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On P.Diddy: The Reckoning

Now considering how I'd been following Diddy's news from the first day Cassie asked for that money, I'm supposed to be done with this documentary by now. But it's been taking me quite some time to watch it cos I start it, become agitated and pause it godu. I've watched two commentaries on it (Josh Johnson and Jessie Woo) on YouTube so I do know the gist of it.  What I'll say is that this dude is literally a spawn of the devil. Shit, it's an affront cos dare I say the devil is more benevolent than he was. Hell, I'd even prefer a deal with the devil himself than make one with Diddy. Yes, that's how horrible he is. Someone so egotistical you hired a cameraman right after you were sued to record you. And in the same fucking recording you're making plans of propaganda and using all means necessary to threaten people.  See this money thing, it's a drug for real. Cos genuinely, he did believe nothing would be done to him which really was true for de...

On When life gives you tangerines

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  Kdrama should never make such a series like this again, this is the hardest series I've seen. And it's not even the one with the most tragedy (a lot of saeguk will it give it run for its money). But it's the rawness of it. The realism that's embedded in each of the episodes. We watched them grow from childhood with dreams, to adulthood with optimism. And we saw life beat them over and over and over. We saw the harshness of life sap some light out of their eyes. But through it all, we still saw unwavering tenderness between our two MCs.  We saw them trudge trudge through parenthood, more financial crisis. We saw them evolve, regrets in middle age and we saw them pick up their dreams again. We saw them find pleasures and contentment, making do with the situation they'd been served by life.  This was a masterpiece of being alive and I didn't even know when a tear escaped my eyes in the last episode cos why was this so heartbreaking, tear-jerking, and whimsical at...

On Dancing for the Devil

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  For someone like me that had fallen prey for brainwashing 419, I can totally get how people become brainwashed to religious cults. Especially if you're doing it for "supposed protection" of your family. The craziest thing about this documentary is that the religious audio snippets by the cult leader is probably the least impressive thing you'd ever listen to. Like the very least, bottom barrel. Okay maybe I'm just biased to never take anything that is covered under the umbrella of religion as trustworthy but this is just crazy. Like literally, once I hear men of God, my brain just screams "Grain of salt. Take this with a full spoon of salt." So you're telling me that you're a Christian, and you read your bible and someone is telling you they're the only way to God and you believe it? My heart goes out to the victims though.

On Court of Gold

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Oh this is an amazing amazing documentary.  I started off by rooting by Team France. By episode 5, I was on Team Serbia (rooting for the underdog and shit). But after team USA defeated Serbia, and by episode 6 for the finale, I couldn't help but cheer for Team USA. I watched the finals live but rewatching the highlights, that was a phenomenal game  Team USA is so arrogant, it grated on my nerves. But I mean why wouldn't they have that confidence?. They've won this gold for 4 times consecutively before the 2024 game. Others would chant their country's name before a game, and team USA was chanting "GOLD." Like not for once did it cross their minds they could actually get silver. It is Gold or nothing. I felt so bad for France. In their own country, and team USA defeated them in both the men and females for finals. I'm shaa looking forward to 2028 Olympics. I know it'd even be more obnoxious since it'd be in the United States. 

On Nobody wants this

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This is great. This was so good. I watched all the episodes in 1 sitting. It's that good. It's this level of romcom Hollywood was doing before and then they fell off. This was what was absent that pushed us to kdramaland exclusively. I went in expecting nothing. I mean I'd seen my friends post it on their status but I didn't even Google the plot or spoilers. I just went in expecting the bare minimum from Hollywood. But colour me surprised  The dialogue is brilliantly done, there are awkward bits but it fits with the characters. It just flows naturally. The chemistry was chemistry-ing. The actors were deep into the role. Like they actually acted as though they wanted to be in the series - not a cash grab venture. This was phenomenal. Amazing. I'm not even hyping it, this is perfecto. It has all the recipes for a real funny movie. Quirky friend. Sister that gives bad advice. Overbearing ex. Unserious brother-in-law. Parents with marital issues. Mother that's not o...

On Jailbreak: Love on the run

I watched "Into the fire: The lost daughter" and all I can say is "mothers' instincts are crazy." That's so surreal. It made me start thinking of spirits' communication and all. I also watched this other documentary on Netflix where this woman allowed an inmate to escape from jail. The story was so ludicrous to me. She was a correctional officer and he was in jail for multiple felonies including domestic violence, and attempted violence. He'd be serving for 75 years. See his mouth like I'm not like that.  And even before his previous sentence, he has always been in and out of jail so it's not even a case of Menedenz brothers And the woman, Vicky White fell for him in prison. They were having phone sex between 2020-2022 when they escaped. Like transcripts from the burner phone she used to call showed over 1000 calls between those years. So that means talking multiple times a day for all those years. In fact, fellow inmates said that sometimes ...

On The Resident Series

  My issue with this"the resident" series is the dialogue. The convos are really really juvenile. Maybe I'm nitpicky cos I was learning screenwriting before but the dialogues are subpar. There are always words, all the time. There are just certain things that we (the audience) should be able to glean from the actors' gestures, or leave it implied for us to get the context.  But they're literally filling every single scene with words. There is a saying we have in copywriting too - "Show not tell" and copywriting is mainly words oo. Not to talk about video production. "SHOW, NOT TELL." But they're telling us every single thing. Like see this scene, especially the one about fiancee. Not once have they shown us the disagreement. Not once. It's also doesn't help that the dialogues are weak, doesn't have the punch I suppose they're gunning for. Which doesn't now make me anticipate or day "one more episode" when it...

On Power Rangers Franchise

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Lmao, I was also a power ranger girlie back then. How did I even get into it? So, I was on junior waec break and I'd gone to the mini market close to my house to look for a kdrama. They didn't have the particular ones I wanted. So I chose the India movie collections they had. Then for some reason, I believe Power Rangers Time Force was in one of those pirated collection. I can't remember. I do remember that I revised to give it a chance after I'd exhausted seeing other movies. Before I knew it, I was back to get others - SPD, Mystique Force, Jungle Fury, RPM, Operation Overdrive. Most of the ones I got were not complete. Jungle Fury and SPD have my favourite theme songs. Mystique force has the best power-ups in my opinion. However, SPD remains the best overall out of all of them. And it's not even a close competition. 

On Parasites - Korea movie

I watched Parasites at the peak of my learning screenwriting in 2020. So, it was almost like a diamond in the rocks for someone learning the nuances of powerful storytelling. I can't even begin to explain how that movie changed my perception of life, class disparity, wealth creation, etc. Most especially, with idealistic and lofty goals, and now reality really is. It's a masterpiece in storytelling. Emphasis on "storytelling." It's no wonder it won 4 Oscar awards.  I even started watching it cos it won Oscars for the best Picture , Director, Screenplay, and International Feature Films. So I figured to see this Korean Comedy thriller movie that got all these Oscars. And by Jove, it was more than deserved.  I'll always recommend anyone to watch it. It's just a jarring movie. Hell, if you follow the scenes attentively, you'd feel like you were poured cold water in that last scene cut. And when you sit back to analyze the metaphors, sceneries and even con...

On American Murder: Laci Peterson

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  This man told his wife he didn't want kids. Yet, he was doting on his girlfriend's kid from a different man. He strangled his 8 month pregnant wife and dumped her in the sea. Before the murder, he didn't agree to the party his heavily pregnant wife is supposed to host to go to a holiday party with this new girlfriend. This is an annual party their family used to organise yearly. He told this mistress he was single initially. Eventually, he told her his wife is dead. His very 8 month pregnant alive wife. And the day he said he lost his wife, that was the same day he bought the boat he eventually disposed his wife and unborn son with. Note, he'd been married to his wife for 5 years at this point and again, everyone thought he was a wonderful man - the wife included. The girlfriend was eventually the one that even exposed his other life to the public. Cos prior to her calling the police, he was perceived as a responsible man. So no, these conversations of men absconding...

On Untold: The murder of Air McNair

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  NFL Great quarterback, successful Career, beautiful wife of over a decade, 2 healthy kids. And yet he lost his life cos he was fooling around with his mistress. This mistress was 16 years his junior. What the police concluded after investigation was that he wanted to break up with the girl (cos he even had additional girlfriends by the side), so the girl shot him 4 times and shot herself too.  I tried to feel sorry for him but I just couldn't find it in me. What a waste

On Love is Blind: UK (2)

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Disclaimer - I'm talking based on my perception of him on TV. This is very subject to change in light of new information. With that said, Freddie is the sweetest guy to have come out from Love is Blind. And he has the most beautiful smile, it literally lights up his eyes. So it was quite sad to see that light ebbed from his eyes in subsequent episodes cos of one girl. He is a full package - he has his own beautiful beautiful house, dresses well, is successful, takes care of his special needs brother, is close with his family, and he is not even arrogant. So I'm wary that they didn't show us everything. Now, he is not without fault - he did confess to cheating almost a decade ago. That's not the worst thing I imagined to be his toxicity especially considering his looks at that... Undoubtedly, UK season is peak reality TV. I absolutely enjoyed this season. There was only one shitty character, and it's a he. But Best season by far and the gap is not even close. And...

On Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez

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Netflix is recommending this documentary to me again. I always feel sorry for this dude whenever I remember him. He was a successful football player with so much potential. He is gay, so much so he hated that himself. Like he'd messed around with his best friend in high school. Continued denying that part of him cos in his mind macho men aren't supposed to be gay. Eventually started doing drugs. Later on, killed some people cos he wasn't controlling his anger. The person he was even indicted for was a colleague in the game. I believe the guy discovered he was bisexual, so Aaron was scared he was going to be outed. And when he finally got incarcerated, he eventually embraced his gayness and got himself a twink boyfriend in jail. But I don't think he ever got over his internalised homophobia. He later ended his life in jail. Quite a sad story. To think he was so good, he helped aid his team to participate in the Super bowl. Very very sad

On America Murder: The family next door

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One thing, you're 5 years into your marriage, always thankful that you have a family, own a house, have 2 beautiful kids, have a loving husband, pregnant with another child, and the next minute, you're dead with your kids. Your murderer you ask? The same husband you're grateful for everyday that you married.  He is the best thing that happened to her. The family said "I couldn't have asked for a better man." He went to her colonoscopy cos of her lupus soon after meeting her. Their Facebook videos are them looking happy, him playing with the kids, doing house work with her together. The bottom line is, "he seemed like a genuinely good guy." 8 years of relationship later (5 of which they were married), he didn't want to be with her anymore.  He claimed he had a discussion with his wife, Shannan Watt and he felt that the spark wasn't there. He is talking about separation and selling the house. House she built when she was single. Note that this...

On Conversations with a killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes

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  Just before he died, Ted Bundy (one of the worst serial killers in America), held on to the scripture, did some prayers before his execution in 1989. This man was responsible for the rape, execution, mutilation and necrophilia (sex with dead people who he killed btw), of over 30 young women. His stated reason? He just had the urge and a voice in his head telling him to kill those reasons. The more logical reason, he had self esteem issues, fell in love with a beautiful woman who later broke up with him, and he was now seeking revenge killing young attractive women  His killings aren't the point of the status, you're telling me as he had fully repented just before his final execution like this, him don go heaven like so. Like that thief on the cross with Jesus.  And according to the Christian faith, some of the women he killed will be in the same heaven as him. And those who didn't get a chance to repent before he brutally maimed them will find themselves in hell? 

On Athlete A

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Phew, this one was hard to watch.  This documentary goes in-depth on how much these gymnasts were abused during the cold war as children. One of the earlier US competitors said the Eastern bloc gymnasts always looked scared, robotic and they didn't seem happy ever And if you watch older videos, they really do look scared. Why won't they. These are literally kids. They put 14 year olds through gruesome gymnast routines. In their minds, the tinier you are, the more flexible you are to do routines. But the bane of the above is that you're cultivating a environment toxic environment. You have total control of most hours of the day for these kids. They are physically, emotionally and verbally abused every day. One of the most toxic coaches would literally have them on scale to measure their weight every day. Jamie Dantzscher even said that after she fell sick and lost 6 pounds, the coach literally told her "you have to maintain that weight." What this means is that thi...

On Dirty Pop: The boyband scam

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  I grew up listening to Westlife and Backstreet Boys courtesy of my siblings. Which is why it was really surprising to me that I never was a 1direction fan, neither did I become a kpop boy group fan. That's not the point of this update. The point is to imagine being the person that made Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys and NSYNC, and only 5 people came to your burial. Only 5 people. Why you might ask? Nothing you haven't guessed. Lou Pearlman was a sleazy businessman who was fronting Ponzi scheme behind all the record labels and boy bands he signed. This Ponzi went on for like 30+ years. Up to 500 million dollars ripped off people. Thank God, it came crashing down. Literally went from fame, and influence, to dying a disgraced fellow.  And the worst part of it, these boy bands were not even enjoying. At the peak of their career, they were being paid around $50,000 a year. Note, these were kids signed before they were adults so of course, they didn't know better before signin...

On Night stalker: the hunt for a serial killer

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When we talk about pro-abortion, it's less about killing off potential Jesus Christ and more like making sure that parents don't birth kids they just can't provide appropriate parenting to. Cos what's the reason you tie up your young son in a cemetery all night as punishment? Why will anyone do that? This same child will grow up being beaten, punched, and eventually exposed to cocaine and heroin. And this same child will grow up to be a serial killer that terrorized Los Angeles for over a year. That's the story of Richard Ramirez. He killed 12 people and raped over 15 people. Apparently, it was even his cousin that taught him how to kill people. And this guy actually went to library, borrow books on how to torture people. The peculiar thing about this killer is that he doesn't even have a victim profile. All his victims were dissimilar. He raped children (boys and girls). I mean children as young as 6 and 8 year olds. He raped young teens, he raped grown women. ...

On American Nightmare

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  People yap about reporting to the police but we are all here last week when a girl was raped in Nigeria police station. That force is hardly reliable in protecting women. Same thing abroad. This woman in this documentary has been assaulted and raped 3 different stages of her life. First time - she was 12. She was scared and ashamed and didn't report it. The second time, she was 19. And when she went to report to the police, the officer talked her out. Cos she was at a party at the time. The third time, she was 30. She was literally kidnapped from her house, and raped two times. And even after the third time, the police and the media said she was faking it. They said she elaborated this scheme so she can rehash her rape experience. Like how do men do this thing? Yeah, I'm calling men cos all the cops that interacted with her during her deposition were men. And you know who finally vindicated her? Another women cop in a different state altogether who was solving a case regardin...

On The Man with 1000 kids

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I thought that documentary where they discovered they had over 94 known siblings , was the height of fertility fraud (that one where the doctor was inseminating women without consent), then I watched this docuseries. This man has over 1000 kids all over the world. He was active in 11 donor banks in the Netherlands (they weren't aware) and based on that alone, he had like 103 kids. Some couples had more than 1 kid with him. In fact, one woman in the documentary personally knew 8 people who had kids with his sperm in her network. Hell 3 kids kids of his were in the same class and they all didn't know before he was exposed.  To add to that, oga was running a side gig where you can contact him directly for private sperm donation. His goal? Be the person with the most children in the world. He is spreading his seeds, that's just his life purpose - he took "be fruitful and multiply" quite literally. This man has procreated in all continents - yes even in Africa (known o...