Netflix Monday Movies

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Monday is a universal misery day, where we ask the question: do I have to continue with this debt, this job, this daily traffic, this landlord, this addiction (to a substance, or live human being)?

Yes we do. It’s called life. That’s why we sit back and watch some online movies, with the hope that they will eject us from misery day. Bad news though. Movies with original story lines are hard to come by.

NETFLIX MONDAY OR APPLE TV+ MONDAY

Streaming services can give directors production dollars to make original Monday 30 minute films. The cherry on the cake is that they will be ad free, which gives film editors freedom to cut films without worrying about leaving space to insert ads.

Did you say original films? Yes, streaming services can have a spec.

1. No happy ending films.

2. No guns, FBI or TV reporters.

3. No inside a moving vehicle scenes, including phones while driving.

4. No alarm clock going off in the morning and a hand slaps it shut.

5. No scenes with 4 girlfriends. Must they be 4 all the time?

6. No texting, talking on the phone or taking selfies.

7. No local bar or hotel bar scenes.

8. No walking down busy streets clutching coffee cups.

9. No romantic dinner for two.

10. No drinking red wine scenes.

11. No happy birthday scenes.

12. No elevator going up or down scenes.

Uproar! This spec is not realistic, no phones and  laptops. C’mon! My point exactly. People, can we unlock the brain? There are so many untold stories out there.

Cab drivers for example. The things they see in the line of duty, can shut down Hollywood, Bollywood, Nolly-wood and the Hong Kong film industry.

By: Nonqaba waka Msimang.

 

 

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