₦airaland Forum

Politics is a dirty game. The people who seek most desperately political power tend not to be saints.

We live in a hot climate. When electricity becomes stable, people will start using air conditioners, which use much more power. Will the government ban that too?

As a result of my screen-writing forum experience, I've realized something my various loglines and synopses so far have lacked. Magic! An ironic hook. Something that makes the movie a must-see.

Actually, my movie has a hook of sorts. It's a Nigerian super hero story. How many times have you watched a Nigerian super hero story? Wouldn't you just want to see what a Nigerian super hero looks like? Heck, even an Indian super hero movie would interest me. It doesn't have to be great, it just has to be a basically entertaining super-hero movie in an authentic Nigerian setting.

But I can do better than that.

I can create a story with such a strong hook that it would attract to people who may neither be Nigerians nor eager fans of the super hero genre. That's what I'm working on at the moment. I'm going back to square one. Re-imagining everything. This isn't too hard because I'm throwing away just two synopses and a dozen or so loglines. No knowledge is lost, they say, so it's no loss really.

According to one of my screenwriting books, a super-hero story is not really about saving the world, but about the super-hero's struggle to cope with the average people all around him. The gifted soul who is misunderstood by everybody (I can identify with that). And when I think about all the super hero stories I've loved, apart from saving the world, the super heroes had to struggle with problems caused by the people's reaction to their unique abilities. Xmen vs mutant registration, the cure. Spiderman versus the hostile press. The Incredibles versus malpractice lawsuits.

I'm convinced.

My super hero won't just be struggling to make the world a better place. She will also be struggling to cope. This is not to suggest that saving the world isn't important. It is what makes them heroes, not whiners.

He or she. Or they. So stay tuned. And wish me luck!

Thanks, beneli. The principles you listed could help me make my heroines powers more believable.

I also like what you said here:

So somebody who can influences the cognitive processes of others would be a real 'superhero(oine)'.

Exactly! My first story consultant didn't seem to realize how badass and effective such powers could be.
So powerful, in fact, that I have to invent significant limitations to her powers to give the bad guys a chance.

Electricity demand is not a constant. It grows with time and availability. Forget about power stability.

Courage? What courage? Courage to do what every female mammal on earth can do?

What good will talking to him do? The damage has already been done and the Uthainah has lost some money.

If there's a good malpractice lawyer in the house, feel free to contact Uthainah through his email address.

Okay!

It's because you're only interested in winning and you never get tired. You don't care about the actual truth.

Very nice feature.

The question is should it be abolished, not can it.
Make your own judgment of what is right and tell us.

I for one would not like to be responsible for the hanging
of an innocent person based on circumstantial evidence.

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Some or most of the so called pure water are made in people's backyard . . . or so I hear.

What sort of purification process do they go through?

On TV I saw the machines they use. I think the process involves filtration and chemical treatment.

I think I now know the real reason why men like virgins. They are narrower down there. Simple.

Capital punishment should only be an option if all of the following apply:
- In cases of first degree murder.
- If there is overwhelming physical evidence supporting the conviction.
- If the victims (more than one) were tortured before they were killed.

Even in such cases, we should be careful because the death sentence is irreversible because: in countries like Nigeria, where the police is not equipped to properly investigate crime, it's very easy for an innocent person to be wrongly convicted. Better safe than sorry.

Wrong! We have a double digit inflation rate yet the cost of pure water has remained 5 naira for almost a decade. The price increase is long overdue. And government failure has nothing to do with this, really. It's just reality. And pure water is purer than the alternatives, to be sincere. NAFDAC goes through a lot of trouble to ensure that they have machines to properly purify the water they package.

Do you mean beer?

The price increase is surely driven by the cost of the nylon packing and printing. It's overdue anyway.

but his he really getting married?

@ledima: That's some very valuable feedback on what people expect. Thanks a million!
@beneli: Thanks. Can you tell me some of the psychology laws I may need to pay attention to?
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I don't think I achieved very much by asking writers on a popular Internet forums to comment on my logline. I was unable to satisfy them even after several rewriting attempts, because:
- Everything you can think of has already been done in Hollywood.
- Cultural differences: What interests a Nigerian may not impress an American.
- A logline is not enough to judge a story, unless the concept hasn't been done before.
- They are bad people and they don' want me to succeed!

So I'm going to continue writing the story for my own personal enjoyment. I hope to come up with a story that excites me from page 1 to page 90. If it excites me, maybe it will excite you. If not, at least I'll get to watch it over and over again on my PC.
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@all: I'm eager to read your comments. Your support is part of what gives this project momentum!

How much acting experience have you acquired in the UK?

What they did to you was wrong. To protect yourself, next time you get a fake note, just destroy it.

If a man knows how to cook why must he teach his wife? Why can't he just do the cooking himself?

Never argue with combrazor. You can't win, and it doesn't matter whether you are right or wrong.

No vacancies of any kind are allowed in this section

Hmmm. You got this by email, right?

1) Depends on the shipping company
2) Complicated. Basically, you'll need to come to Nigeria.

Moved to autos.

Thanks for the information.

Great idea. I'll bookmark your site and check from time to time.

Thanks. Tuesday Guardian?