first real sign of the apocalypse

I'd call it Blaxploitation, except I don't think anyone was being exploited except the financiers, if there were any. Anyway, I thought this was a pretty good harbinger of the Apocalypse--

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Dan seems to be very excited about Yogi. LOL. That was actually pretty fun. "Who killed Captain Alex" will make money somewhere simply because it's the "first" and it will have a cult following. The trailer was crazy though. Some of the martial arts looked pretty good though. The explosions are laughable.

-Nate
 
The funny thing is that video is better than 90% of stuff on ugandan television. Id buy a copy of that in a heartbeat!
 
There's just something so cool about the idea of a Ugandan action movie that it almost doesn't matter what the final product really looks like...
 
hunter richards said:
The funny thing is that video is better than 90% of stuff on Ugandan television. Id buy a copy of that in a heartbeat!
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So, uh, your aware of what is on TV in Uganda?

So is not the worldwide content that is available to everyone else not available to them?

I can understand that some countries suppress information. Is this the case with Uganda too?

I have no idea.
 
Uganda buys most of its programming from foreign sources. I've seen some of their domestically-produced music videos. They're very creative.
 
Sad Max said:
Uganda buys most of its programming from foreign sources. I've seen some of their domestically-produced music videos. They're very creative.
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So, do you think they are getting a share of global productions?
Like, a variety of movies from different countries like we do in the Americas?

Just wondering since I don't know. I got the impression there for a moment maybe they were suppressed in what they could see on T.V, if it sucked as bad as was suggested.

I suppose the budgets aren't there yet also let alone the enviroment for the kind of things we take for granted in our neck of the woods.
Then again, you never know. Maybe the VFX are brutal but that shouldn't stop any other forms of film making. It's never stopped anyone else, has it? Neeeeee-ope.

Just asking though.
 
I'd be surprised if anyone who absolutely didn't have to shot a film - or brought any other kind of business - to Uganda. It's not an easy place to do that kind of work, for obvious reasons.

Although there are some astounding locations there...it would be interesting to research. So far as I know most film production that goes to Africa lands in Egypt, Kenya, South Africa, Morrocco and Tunisia.
 
Sad Max said:
So far as I know most film production that goes to Africa lands in Egypt, Kenya, South Africa, Morrocco and Tunisia.
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Yea, normally, when you think filmmaking, "Uganda" doesn't jump into mind. It's really the last place one would decide to shoot a movie. But I have to admit, seeing this makes me want to know where it will lead. The fact that the trailer has over 100,000 views on Youtube and is becoming a fan fav on blogs and the web actually does mean something. People are paying attention to it and some actually are going to buy it, just because it's so bad.

The irony is the martial arts are pretty good and the worse scenes (the helicopter and rooftop explosion) are the things everyone loves, albeit for a good laugh, but if money is made here, something else will be on it's way and it could be a lot better. Keep in mind this film was shot for about $3500 American which is about a mil in their currency so you really can say, "A lot of money went into this film."

-Nate
 
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Thing is, I don't see this as a Ugandan film any more than I think of a student film to be American or Hollywood. It's obviously a poorly crafted film which just happens to be made in Uganda. I don't see it doing too much for their film industry as a whole. But it certainly is a HILARIOUS preview.
 
It's one of those 'rising tide' indicators, though. It shows that the tools and language and techniques are diffusing to places that no one would have expected to see putting out feature films - even one, even a cheap one, even a not-very-well-made cheap one - and people like the fat ugly little girl in someone's signature are getting their crack at the market.

Maybe some day African action movies will have the kind of cachet that Asian ones started picking up here, in the 1970s. That might be pretty cool.

*edit* given the way that music video directing is often a springboard to bigger and better things, I think there's reason for optimism: I have seen some very creative music videos from places like Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Zanzibar, and Namibia - places all over the African map. I think the potential is definitely there.
 
Thats about what i thought it would be. Is the kids voice a cultural thing? or is that the Ugandan Don LaFontaine?
 
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