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District 9 (read my District 9 review) is set in Johannesburg, South Africa which since it release has earned a cult following. This local movie (although it was produced by New Zealand’s Lord of the Rings director, Peter Jackson) did amazingly well internationally and was a big trend on Twitter.

D9’s main character, Wikus vd Merwe, has become a bit of a local hero. There is a hilarious new website dedicated to Wikus.

Fans can upload picture featuring Wikus. They are usually movies posters spoofs and will have either “Wikus”, “prawn”, “swietie” or “fok” substituting one of the original words in the title.  Go check out the fokken site (www.wikus.co.za).  It’s some funny stuff.

If you haven’t watched the movie yet, go see it on the big screen to enjoy the full effect of the visual spectacle. It would be lekker fokken stupid to just watch some bad copy of the movie on your computer.

You will probably want to buy the  DVD too, because it would be lekker to watch it again.

Pictures from The Swietie Man