₦airaland Forum

RSA:
How on earth someone watch the so called movie for six hours? I mean one movie take six hour,when someone sing a song or is listening to a song they play the whole danm song ,five minutes of it. Anyone who finnish the whole thing must a wife of one broke madabrother .She's probably cant afford go shopping or something .You have to be out of your mind to watch that junk.Anyguy who find time to watch that crap he probably broke asss nigga or fraudster.

eeeyaah, all this while I thought I was interacting with a human being, not knowing it's an slowpoke. Sorry o, let me leave you to your madness. All I know is, South Africans have always been jealous of Nigeria/Nigerians. We've beat them in sports, international affairs, and now entertainment. No vex eh, it's good to respect your betters. Rubbish. LOL

texazzpete:
I have nothing but contempt for this kind of mindset.


1. You're a student directly affected by this strike yet you don't know the demands ASUU are making aren't just about salary increase? Shame on you.

2. How many young, brilliant graduates do you know who would like to stay on and lecture in Universities? The best brains are leaving simply because lecturing is an underpaid, underappreciated and unrewarding career these days.


So ASUU is supposed to cheerfully sacrifice themselves - and the future of Nigerian education - just for you, eh?

No one is asking you people to rebel, or to carry guns, or to confront the armed forces with rocks and stones. ALl you're asked is to do ONE noble thing for once and remain strong. The future of Nigerian education is at stake here. You need better infrastructure, better equipment and you need to have the best brains being retained in academia. All you have to do is make a little sacrifice this once. It would help for you students to march out on the streets of Abuja to voice your complaints, but we all know Nigerians lack the balls to do anything of the sort. So there's the easy option of sitting things out.
Yet apparently that's too hard for you, isn't it?


Pathetic, really.

ONE noble thing, for once? Hellooo, where are you talking out of? Ur ar$£?? I think it's your case that is pathetic, because you actually think there will be any long-term gains to be achieved from all this. You can save your contempt, it's not affecting any one. This is not the first time we've been asked to sacrifice our future because of the so-called ASUU cause. Maybe no one should enrol into any university for the next ten years, until the ASUU have finally achieved all they want from the government - because at this rate it might take that long. Once their lofty demands have been met, maybe then we should be allowed to enrol because at least we can be sure to have an unbroken 4-5years school session, not the 7-8years one we're getting now. Rubbish.

Apparently, it's too hard for you to emphatise with the right party. I'm already a graduate, but I still feel for the ones now in university, who are feeling their time/life/minds being wasted. The ASUU will never get my backing on this, ever. I stand by the Nigerian student, because they are the ones paying the highest price, not the so-called Academia.

RSA:
This movie is on the world stage,where big players are at,crap or no crap it got a recognition from the best critics in the world.
So you don't know anything about SA movie before District 9? thats normal,I dont blame you.Personally I don't know anything about Nigerian movies,never seen one,except those bad shot homevideo on 114 dstv my mother in law love so much,cause its about witches I don't consider them movies,Imean anyone with a little camera could do those,I am talking about movies that are world standards,professional actors,directors,sound,lightings and all that it take to make a movie.

So please keep watching your own home video and leave movies to people who knows thier stories.Ciao princess.

Thank you - and you too, please keep deluding yourself. A movie is more than a few special effects and a dry alien plot. I've had more fun watching the dumbest Nigerian home video than the best your RSA movie industry has to offer. At least your mother-in-law has some taste. World standard indeed. Dream on.

Hmmn, the one person's wardrobe I would love to raid is Paris Hilton's---unfortunately I might not be able to fit into them . But she has all the style that money can buy.

The vid is OK. But please can someone tell Faze to change his rugged look. It's hard to take him seriously when he sings sweet ballads with that head of dreads. I wish he would cut them off, his new style will do wonders over all for him, trust me.

Wot!! People actually import/export this stuff! I don't think the airport would allow such get through their border!!! Oops, or is it shipped in? Now I know where all this flu this and that comes from .

chic2pimp:
If bea does not leave dis week i'll happily eat my shorts. Nothing can save her dis week no matter wot she says.

hmmn, you better bring out your best silver, cos it looks like you'll be eating your shorts after all---I just feel David will be out of the house this time tomorrow . Hope you have some chilli sauce to go with those shorts!

mohawkchic:
[~After reading your post on HM8's that were up for eviction,i watched the recorded recap for last night!!

pheew, I was beginning to worry about you!!! Okay, just when you're starting to like David, he's about to be kicked out right ? Same here. I even stopped looking out for the "preggers" walk. I just wouldn't want Lisa to be on her own again. She lost Karly, and now this. Catch you pepu on the other side!

Laff. Maybe he's the new Tuface. Good music, bad videos. They sure have a lot in common .

Dear ASUU,

We all feel your pain - but every day you keep up the strike, is another day for our young girls and guys to spend on the streets looking for something to occupy their idle minds. Don't be surprised if you call off the strike, go back to campus and find there is noone there. All the students have gone off to learn a trade, join an armed robbery gang or joined a prostitution ring. Do you really want that on your conscience?

That said, I believe people should fight for what they believe in. But with every war comes collateral damage - and in this case, it's not the government that suffers, but your wards, the students. Do what you have to do. Just remember who pays the price when you do it.

From,
Concerned Onlooker

chic2pimp:
If bea does not leave dis week i'll happily eat my shorts. Nothing can save her dis week no matter wot she says.

I hope you're right: but the mixed signs I'm getting from the public about David has me worried. Something tells me they'll want to keep Bea in so she can keep up the good work of wreaking havoc. But Bea will be miserable if she stays, 'cos she's almost run out of pals. Poor Bea .

stillwater:
Sorry I have a different idea and meaning of what and who should be called a singer. You have every right to see D'banj as one though.

Um, ok.
And just when did D'banj's singing become the issue here? Oh yeah, ever since you brought it up.But a singer===>someone who sings. What other definition could there possibly be ? (A rhetorical question; please feel free not to answer)LOL.

Ifygurl:
OMG. I knew some of this people were Nigerians but some i didn't know.

By the way, about Donald Adeosun Faison. I researched it. He isn't Nigerian. He just got a Nigerian name.
Both his parents are African-American, he's mom visited Nigeria when she was pregnant of him. She named him and his siblings a Nigerian name as a remembrance of her visit. I was surprised when i saw that, that's why i researched it. Damn, it would been so cool for him to be Nigerian. oh well.

Shoot!! . I knew it had to be too good to be true . Well, at least the fact that Nigeria made such an impact on the mother to actually give him a Nigerian name, is something in itself .

stillwater:
Music is not the only surviving talent in Nigeria. The Music industry has only been able to expose, upgrade and bring itself to recognised heights, leave impressions and get noticed. It is left for other industries to do the same.

Music itself is pleasurable. I like singing shows. I don't care if they are a million, as far as I hear good voices.

For future reference, don't call D'banj or the likes of him singers, they are simply entertainers.

I don't think anyone here called D'banj a singer - but come to think of it: the guy sings, rhymes, raps and entertains. For future reference, check out his repertoire of songs and you won't be limiting him to being merely an "entertainer". Anyway, this topic was referring to music and musicians; I think D'banj fits that title quite well, don't you?

Trust me, I wasn't refering to Beyonce and all those megastars, but to the everyday American youth. Every one wants to be the next Kanye West or Neyo or Keri Hilson - just like most Naija girls/guys want to be the next D'banj or Kel. Also, I never said all the music they produce is quality - some of it is copycat and repetitive, but don't you prefer your g.f to be in the studio than hawking herself to the highest bidder to gain the glamour and riches that is now the in-thing in Nigeria?

No one is satisfied anymore with wearing a suit in an office while your boss pushes you around - the fantasy world of the celebrity beckons. There are other talents: writing, fine arts, acting etc - but for now, the music industry is more inviting and easier to break into. Have the basic fee for a few days in the studio, and you're on your way to stardom .

aasog:
Singing isnt really a talent. There are millions of people in the world who can do better than your average big mouthed Timaya who keeps shouting "Thunder, Fire, and Bazuka", in all his tracks.
[i]Even a parrot can sing. Nigerians are too lazy, and we just rush into anything that's so easy and glamorous.[/i]Sometimes back, it was 419, now that isnt paying alot anymore. Everyone is running into militancy, politics, oil-bunkering, banking and well the idle youths have music. All you need is to convince yourself having a good studio, a nice pair of fair voice, someone connected in Nijeeze, or SoundCity, and you are there.
Its a shame. We are too concerned about the intangibles. Things that could never save or build our nation.

This is such an unfair thing to say. We aren't the happiest people for nothing: with all the bad governance, mismanagement of resources and poor image, Nigerians always find a way to smile - and that's what music does for the youths, it makes them happy and that's why they prefer to go into music than "419", kidnapping and armed robbery. Not everyone is into music for cheap fame and fortune. Some derive pleasure from it and enjoy sharing that pleasure with the public. What's lazy about that?

I guess then you'll call Americans lazy because trust me, two out of 5 Americans with access to "a good studio, a nice pair of fair voice etc" are waxing music given half the chance. Watch BET and you'll see that like on Nigezie, Soundcity etc, American youths love the music scene too.

RSA:
As if you know what a movie is ,SA make Oscar winning movies.We have South African Film Industry not a Sollyhood/Jozihood/Nollyhood/Ghannyhood

It is said that the love for your country is blinding you.Omo shine your eyes,I don't think the people who wrote the script give a damn or even knows anything about Nigeria,they just used the name.Just like Borat using Kazastan in his movie.So please have chill pill,nobody really cares about you or your country.

Who are you to tell me if I know what a movie is Oh yes, I knew you'd reply sooner or later, I saw the thread you formed about how much the movie has achieved. How come it is the first, despite your claim that SA has a film industry, that is getting any accolades. If you can't see how crappy the movie is, then you're really full of crap yourself. Even huge blockbusters from Hollywood, like GI Joe and Transformers 3 got poor/critical reviews. Some people have taste and look beyond the big noise and see a movie for what it really is. And by the way, Nollywood to me has more to offer than the so-called SA movie industry. Who has ever heard of them anyway, before District 9? Keep deluding yourself.

It's the members that have made NL what it is today - that said, we wouldn't have had a place to rub minds if not for the innovator. So I guess we (owner and members) both deserve kudos!

Uh oh. I really hope Dave doesn't leave this week; but pitted against Bea and Marcus, does he stand much of a chance? The public usually keep in those that "claim" they're dying to leave, like Marcus. And tho' everyone hates Bea, she's acting like she wants to go now, so that's like shaking a flag to a crazy bull. So David might be the scapegoat this week. That'll be too bad bc he's such a fun lad - I loved the message he got from his aunt and best friend . Whoop whoop!! .

shotster50:
Donald Adeosun Faison (born June 22, 1974) is an American actor and voice actor best known for his role as Dr. Chris Turk in the ABC (formerly NBC) comedy-drama Scrubs (2001–2009). Faison first emerged on the scene with parts in films such as Clueless (1995) and Remember the Titans (2000). He has continued his career with Next Day Air.

I'm impressed with the whole list, but this one really hit me!! OMG, he's so funny in Scrubs, and to think he's Nigerian----Taio Cruz, I always guessed, must be Nigerian from his name, tho's spelled differently from the normal "Tayo". I'm sure they are so many more mega-achievers that we don't even know about, simply because they are probably the "silent" ones or work behind the scenes. I am just so proud of all of them and their positive living.

davidif:
Hotel Rwanda, an academy award nominated movie was shot in South Africa, and so was blood diamond, "the ghost and the darkness" and lots of other hollywood movies so please do your research before you talk abeg.

I don't need to do any research; there's a difference between shooting a movie in South Africa(as a location) and a movie from South Africa. Why don't you try to understand a post before you reply So essentially, what I meant to say was, who makes good movies in RSA anyway? Luckily for them they had an American producer but the screenwriting I'm sure was South African so that's why to me it looked like a crap movie - big sales or not.

I'm not sure they were Nigerians, it could have been anyone, probably South Africans. But how would they feel if in Nigeria we did a movie where we painted South Africans as racists, rapists and AIDS-infested or what ever else they're notorious for? I just think it's part of the Naija-hate that S.A. is guilty of.

Thanks for that but it's not about me or what I think, but that Oprah has always been like an inspiration to the minorities in America, especially blacks because at one time, who would have thought a black woman could rise to such fame and power? She has made the young African-Americans believe in themselves, even as she inspires the "older" generation. She was the Obama of her time, let's give her that much .

That movie is a joke. And I don't mean that like it was funny or anything. Who shoots decent movies in S.A. anyway? Those slurs about corruption, prostitution and slum life directed at Nigerians was a cheap shot from a tasteless perspective. I was too annoyed to continue the film. It's crap anyhow .

Only old white women That's a lot of old white women! . I'm no fan of Oprah's and I don't understand her pull, but I say the truth and shame the devil. That woman has made millions of dough out of making millions of people believe in her and what she represents. To deny that would be lying to one's self. From what they read to how they live to even how they think, they look to her for guidance. And by "they", I mean well-thinking, responsible members of the population, whether white, black, hispanic, asian etc.

I've always liked Jombo, from her eye-catching name to her confidence to her great acting. She also has style and I believe she's one of the best in the industry, though underrated.