PLOT
After several rich Filipino families become victims of terrible crimes, they agree to set up and fund a foundation to battle the criminals. Under the command of "Guro", an unsanctioned agency of the government sets up a clandestine crime fighting unit. Each of the members is themself a victim of hideous crimes. This elite unit taken from all walks of life take a leaf from Filipino warriors of old, and cloak themselves in armour, ethnic war paint and tattoos, gaining the name "The Pintados" (Painted Ones). Opposing Pintados is the army of the human/reptile hybrid Katana.
ENEMIES
Anak Araw - an Albino crime syndicate leader
Manananggal - a mythical being from filipino folklore, a female who can sever her upper half and eats unborn babies
Katana - human/reptile hybrid
Dr. Virus
Damarama
Uno Dos Tres
Thundara
Posted on Jun 9, 2006, 7:44 PM from IP address 203.177.249.7
[Story]
Conceived by Ro?o as a prequel to his successful Spirit Warriors
films, Spirits tackles the stories of young people moving from being
children to being teenagers, with the added weight of their
special "powers" making them even more different. "It's perfect
because it's the growing years - adolescence is a time of hormonal
warfare! So it's a fitting metaphor that they're studying what they
can do, what their powers are, at the same time they're dealing with
emotions that come with growing up."
Ro?o has assembled a polished ensemble of up-and-coming actors,
which he handpicked, along with the show's producers, after a
grueling series of auditions. They are the talents that bring to
life Spirits' storyline, which concentrates on a group of small-town
teens who make up their high school's Camera Club. They seem normal,
act normal, and are normal, except for one small detail they are all psychics. And the Camera Club is just a front for what they really wish to accomplish learning more about their psychic powers, and figuring out how to use their powers to help the people in their town.
Apart from breaking barriers with the first-ever teleserye that combines teen adventure with themes of the supernatural, ABS-CBN has also concentrated its efforts into making Spirits the equal of its
director's acclaimed cinematic offerings. ABS-CBN has signed on Feng Shui cinematographer Neil Daza to be Spirits's director of photography, with Feng Shui's musical director Carmina Cuya also providing the music for Spirits. ABS-CBN has also signed on platinum-selling band Rivermaya to create the show's opening theme.
Spirits' accomplished production staff is headed by production
manager Ginny M. Ocampo and executive producer Sheila Ocampo.
Richard Reynante is Spirits' creative manager, with Shugo Praico as
head writer. ABS-CBN VP for Creative Olive Lamasan and ABS-CBN
Senior VP for Drama Malou N. Santos complete Spirits' lead
production team.
Posted on Jun 9, 2006, 8:21 PM from IP address 203.177.249.7
The first horror-adventure series in Philippine television is once again pioneered by ABS-CBN. "Spirits" is the prequel to the successful horror-adventure film "Spirit Warriors" directed by no less than Chito Roo.
It is about eight teenagers who discovered that they have one thing in common -- they're beyond the normal. They received their powers when a supernatural epidemic hit their hometown when they were kids. They used their powers to communicate and understand the world of the paranormal. They formed a club to solve the mysteries of their past, to find answers to unresolved issues in their childhood and help each other realize that they too can live a normal life.
Main Cast: Rayver Cruz, John Wayne Sace, Maja Salvador, Jiro Manio, Serena Dalrymple, Joseph Bitangcol, Michelle Madrigal , and Mico Aytona
Synopsis
The series followed a young woman named Tala, who accidentally unearths a crystal that contained the spirit of the legendary diwata sorceress, Luwalhati, who was imprisoned a hundred years earlier by a devilish being, Harimon. As a promise to Luwalhati, Tala agrees to help her rid the world of evil spirits that, once in the possession or contact of human beings, can bring or unleash corruption and mayhem onto the world.
Knowing that kind of fury would lead to Manila, where most of them would blend into the city's large population, Tala decides to leave her Madulom tribe to move into the area, where she would blend into the mix as a normal working girl, working at a shopping mall.
She would learn, however, that most of the spirits also have ties to Harimon, who was also set free by a young girl named Zorah. (Tala would later learn that she was her mother, who had abandoned her as a child after she became possessed by Harimon.) Upon learning that Harimon and his band of co-horts (The fierce Super Z, female vampire Kabagona, flamboyant drag queen Terracota and shapeshifter Luminax) have resurfaced to unleash and finish the sinister plans to unveil a more evil being bent on taking over the human world, Tala uses her crystal to transform herself into the superheroine Krystala and uses her powers to protect those who are helpless... and to protect the people who are her close friends.
Posted on Jun 9, 2006, 8:22 PM from IP address 203.177.249.7
Marinara:
"Marinara" is about the triplets born out of the love of a mermaid and a man. To save them from danger, the triplets were separated after birth. If the predictions of the wisemen of the kingdom of Laot-Daot will come true, one of the triplets will come back to be their queen! The triplets are Marie, a conservative yet very studious person. Aira is a spoiled brat whose passion is in acting. Her dream is to win an Oscar someday. And Dolphina is a mermaid who will unfortunately be caught accidentally by fishermen. She will become the main attraction of a local carnival.
Helming "Marinara" into an enticing "kwelanovela" becomes Eric�s challenge then. Given Rufa Mae�s comic skills and a cast of dramatic actors, his goal is to harness them all, mix them and define "kwelanovela" as something beyond a sitcom.
"Basically the challenge is how to make it look different because it is a different kind of soap. In fact they told me I have to treat it like a soap. So ang treatment niya as a soap kaya lang comedy siya talaga."
A drama and light romantic-comedy director, "Marinara�s" genre is a genre he looks forward to doing, creatively speaking.
"You can experiment kung tama or mag- iba yung shots mo and as this point I�m still thinking kung papaano ko iaanggulo para mas maging nakakatuwa ang scenes!"
As a director he admits to having just one dilemma.
"Comedy usually requires a build up before the punch. But I have so much materials and ang kailangang ko lang for 17 mins. Hindi ko alam kung paano ko babawasan kasi sayang."
Another challenge was for the stars to practice holding back their laughters since most of the scenes though serious had pinches of punchlines or funny one-liners!
"It is definitely more on comedy. The thrust is really kwelanovela but I call it a realistic comedy too. In life when there�s drama, there�s always comedy and vice versa. It is really challenging to the actors to do something like that. Most of the time, when I yell cut, they all laugh! It is really hard to mount something like this."
Posted on Jun 9, 2006, 8:41 PM from IP address 203.177.249.7
Evil Queen Braguda together with her race the Anomalika attacks the planet of Marte. Surprised by the attack, Adran, Queen of the Adranika, realizes that Braguda is eager to possess the Adranika's powers. To avoid taking their power, Adran gave the white stone to Aio who is tasked to give it to whoever is worthy to inherit it. Aio escapes to Earth before Braguda destroys the planet Marte. Braguda follows Aio and when Aio reaches the earth's atmosphere, Braguda disables her spaceship and it crashes while the white stone fall out of the ship where the young Narda discovers it. Aio survives the crash and meets Narda to tell her to keep the stone until the right time comes to receive "the call". After eight years, Aio secretly disguises as an old beggar calls Narda through a telepathic message. The message tells that Narda is the sole inheritor of the power of the Adranika and she will protect the earth from evil. After Narda heard the message, the word "Darna" appears in the white stone and it instructed to swallow it and yell the word "Darna". Narda follows the instruction and became the superheroine Darna. Darna returns to her mortal state when she utters the word Narda and then the white stone comes out from her mouth.
After Braguda discovers that Darna possesses the white stone, she and her minons try to steal the white stone from Darna. Braguda's intention is combine the power of the magic white stone with her magic black stone so that she can transform the Planet Earth into another "Planet Marte" and mutate all Earthlings into Anomalkans so that they can survive in the new environment and serve Braguda in her quest of Galactic domination. Those servants of Braguda who are sent to fight Darna and cause havoc in Metro Manila include Mambabarang, Dr. Zombie, Sulfura, Nosforamus (resurrected father of Narda) and Valentina the half-sister of Narda whom she once thought was her cousin. Darna is able to defend the city against her enemies and she still possesses the white stone.
[edit]
Origin of Narda
Once thought of as the daughter of Mulong and Ising, Narda is really the biological daughter of Mulong's Half-Sister, Prospera and her true love- Rafael. When Prospera was pregnant with Narda she discovered a space craft that had crashed on her land one fateful evening. As she approached the craft, a dying alien being (An Anomalkan) emerged and transported its DNA into the already pregnant Prospera.
The Alien fled to earth in the hope of escaping the massacare of infants that Braguda had ordered on the Planet Marte. Braguda's rampage was in response to a prophecy that predicted her death one day at the hands of a fellow Anomalkan. To try to avoid her fate, Braguda ordered the killing of all Anomalkan infants that could oppose her one day. But one anomalkan managed to escape the planet Marte and in doing so crash landed to Earth
To help bring about the fulfilment of the prophecy, the fugitive anomalkan impreganted the earth female- Prospera in the hopes that the blending of their species would create a new breed of Anomalkan strong and reilient enough to survive in Earth's environment.
After being impregnated, Prospera now carried 2 babies, one completely human (a product of her relationship with Rafael) and the other- a monstrous Anomalkan humanoid.
When Prospera gave birth, she discovered her human child to be perfectly normal and horrified at her alien one. Prospera carried her alien child to the spaceship in the hopes of killing it there but when the child suddenly shapeshifted to resemble a normal child, Prospera took it back home.
When she returned, her normal baby had disappeared. (who unknown to her was stolen by Mulong when his wife's own baby died in birth). Prospera who planned to name her human child "Valentina" now gave this name to her alien baby.
Mulong named the baby he stole "Narda" after the true Baby Narda who had died and had been replaced. Narda discovered her true origins after her defeat of Braguda and the Anomalkans.
Posted on Jun 9, 2006, 8:46 PM from IP address 203.177.249.7
GMA-TeleFantasya(Television Fantasy) or ABS-CBN FantaSerye(Fantasy Seiries)
it all started when the first fantaserye Marina becomes a monster hit in the Philippines TV ratings garnering the highest 47 percent of audince shares so that followed by the phenomenal of GMA the rival network Telefantasya Mulawin...
ABS-CBN introduces yet another innovation to Filipino television programming as it presents Claudine Barretto in the all-new fantaserye Marina.
Fusing elements of traditional fantasy and myth, high-tech television production methods, and the scope and polish of ABS-CBN's legendary teleserye projects, the all-new genre that the network is dubbing the "fantaserye" makes its bow with none other than the Teleserye Queen Claudine Barretto and a cast of versatile and award-winning performers in a compelling story of destiny, jealousy, passion, and the lengths we all go to for love.
Marina takes the viewer on a fairytale adventure over picturesque lands and even under the sea as we meet the mermaid Marina (Claudine Barretto). Marina was born as Cristina, the daughter of her human parents Esther (Snooky Serna) and Elias (Joel Torre). A normal child in all respects, Marina falls victim to a curse by Victoria (Cherie Gil), a sea deity masquerading as a normal woman who seeks her vengeance over Elias through Elias' daughter. Hoping that Victoria would lift her curse on the child if Elias comes back to her, Elias leaves Esther to raise Cristina alone.
When the curse becomes true and the child turns into a mermaid on her seventh birthday, Esther realizes that Cristina life would be in danger in their superstitious, parochial fishing village, where mermaids are believed to be unlucky. As such, Esther abandons Cristina in the sea, where the child learns to hate her mother. Eventually, Cristina is found by Istah (Sunshine Cruz), the beauteous queen of the mermaids. What destiny awaits the young mermaid under Istah's care? And will she ever long for the human life she left behind?
Aside from Claudine Barretto, Snooky Serna, Cherie Gil, Joel Torre and Sunshine Cruz, Marina will also feature the talents of an acclaimed and experienced cast, including Agot Isidro (Sheila Corrales), Bobby Andrews (Raphael Sandico), Eugene Domingo (Lorelie), Malu de Guzman (Dugong), Meryll Soriano (Luna Raymundo), Debraliz (Pilar Ballesteros) and Jenny Miller (Vyxia). Marina will also feature breakthrough roles for newcomers Maui David (Quiana), Dustin Reyes (Mario Ballesteros) Robin Tolentino (Ronald Martinez), John Barretto (Leon del Rosario), Pauline Luna (Isabel Ballesteros), Gabby Drilon (Carlito Barbero) and up and coming talents Alvin Fortuna (Randolph Rivera) and Luke Jickain (Quintin Sandico).
Marina will reunite Claudine with director Wenn Deramas, who directed her in such unforgettable projects as Mula sa Puso, Saan Ka Man Naroroon, Sa Dulo ng Walang Hanggan and Buttercup, as well as gifted young director Andoy Ranay. Keiko Aquino is Marina's head writer, with Agnes Gagilonia-Uligan as writer. Desirey M. Fernandez is Marina's Executive Producer.
Posted on Nov 5, 2006, 9:48 PM from IP address 203.177.249.175
Teleserye queen Claudine returns with 'fantaserye' Marina http://marina.now.nu :OnLine
ABS-CBN introduces yet another innovation to Filipino television programming as it presents Claudine Barretto in the all-new fantaserye Marina.
Fusing elements of traditional fantasy and myth, high-tech television production methods, and the scope and polish of ABS-CBN's legendary teleserye projects, the all-new genre that the network is dubbing the "fantaserye" makes its bow with none other than the Teleserye Queen Claudine Barretto and a cast of versatile and award-winning performers in a compelling story of destiny, jealousy, passion, and the lengths we all go to for love.
Marina takes the viewer on a fairytale adventure over picturesque lands and even under the sea as we meet the mermaid Marina (Claudine Barretto). Marina was born as Cristina, the daughter of her human parents Esther (Snooky Serna) and Elias (Joel Torre). A normal child in all respects, Marina falls victim to a curse by Victoria (Cherie Gil), a sea deity masquerading as a normal woman who seeks her vengeance over Elias through Elias' daughter. Hoping that Victoria would lift her curse on the child if Elias comes back to her, Elias leaves Esther to raise Cristina alone.
When the curse becomes true and the child turns into a mermaid on her seventh birthday, Esther realizes that Cristina life would be in danger in their superstitious, parochial fishing village, where mermaids are believed to be unlucky. As such, Esther abandons Cristina in the sea, where the child learns to hate her mother. Eventually, Cristina is found by Istah (Sunshine Cruz), the beauteous queen of the mermaids. What destiny awaits the young mermaid under Istah's care? And will she ever long for the human life she left behind?
Aside from Claudine Barretto, Snooky Serna, Cherie Gil, Joel Torre and Sunshine Cruz, Marina will also feature the talents of an acclaimed and experienced cast, including Agot Isidro (Sheila Corrales), Bobby Andrews (Raphael Sandico), Eugene Domingo (Lorelie), Malu de Guzman (Dugong), Meryll Soriano (Luna Raymundo), Debraliz (Pilar Ballesteros) and Jenny Miller (Vyxia). Marina will also feature breakthrough roles for newcomers Maui David (Quiana), Dustin Reyes (Mario Ballesteros) Robin Tolentino (Ronald Martinez), John Barretto (Leon del Rosario), Pauline Luna (Isabel Ballesteros), Gabby Drilon (Carlito Barbero) and up and coming talents Alvin Fortuna (Randolph Rivera) and Luke Jickain (Quintin Sandico).
Marina will reunite Claudine with director Wenn Deramas, who directed her in such unforgettable projects as Mula sa Puso, Saan Ka Man Naroroon, Sa Dulo ng Walang Hanggan and Buttercup, as well as gifted young director Andoy Ranay. Keiko Aquino is Marina's head writer, with Agnes Gagilonia-Uligan as writer. Desirey M. Fernandez is Marina's Executive Producer.
[Lyrics]:
KAILAN KAYA
(sung by Sheryn Regis)
Ahhhh...
Lagi na lang nag-iisa
Lagi na lang nalulumbay
Umaasang sana may magmahal
Hanggang kailan kaya akong maghihintay
Kailan kaya puso ay iibig
Kailan kaya matitikman ng isang halik
Kailan kaya madarama ang isang paglalambing
Nais malaman, Nais maramdaman
Kailan kaya
Ahhhh...
Sana ngayon naghihintay
Sana ngayon ay masaya
Iibigin mo kaya ang isang tulad ko
Hanggang parangarap nang iba at lahat nang ito
Kailan kaya puso ay iibig
Kailan kaya matitikman ng isang halik
Kailan kaya madarama ang isang paglalambing
Nais malaman, Nais maramdaman
Kailan kaya
Kailan kaya puso ay iibig
Kailan kaya matitikman ng isang halik
Kailan kaya madarama ang isang paglalambing
Nais malaman, Nais maramdaman
Kailan kaya
Ahhhh...
Cast of characters:
CLAUDINE BARRETTO as MARINA AGUAS
SNOOKY SERNA as Esther Sto. Domingo
CHERIE GIL as Victoria Raymundo
JOEL TORRE as Elias Sto. Domingo
MERYL SORIANO as Luna Raymundo
AGOT ISIDRO as Sheila Corrales
BOBBY ANDREWS as Raphael Sandico
MALOU DE GUZMAN as Dugong
SUNSHINE CRUZ as Istah
ALVIN FORTUNA as Randolph Rivera
LUKE JICKAIN as Quintin Sandico
EUGENE DOMINGO as Lorelei
DEBRALIZ as Pilar Ballesteros
JOHN BARRETTO as Leon Del Rosario
PAULEEN LUNA as Isabel Ballesteros
GABBY DRILON as Carlito Caballero
MAUI DAVID as Quiana
JENNY MILLER as Vixia
ROBIN TOLENTINO as Ronald Martinez
DUSTIN REYES as Mario Ballesteros
together with
DEEJAY as Manding
JOJIT LORENZO as Gaspar
THESS ANTONIO as Azon
JANE OINEZA as young Marina
KRISTEL FULGAR as the young Luna
Chokoleit- Pearly Shell
Rafael Rosell- Rodge
Diether Ocampo- Prinsipe Lirio
Mura- Ninja
Luz Fernandez- Tandang Ella
Onemig Bondoc- Pinggoy
alam nyo super ganda ng marina kaya lang nasayang sobra.. m so sad. biglang gumulo ng story.. nawalan ng saysay.... dapat title nung gayuma sa dagat.. hahaha!
Posted on Apr 18, 2007, 8:22 AM from IP address 58.69.104.96
remember yun 3 new upcoming talents, robin tolentino,alvin fortuna at luke jickain.. nawalan ng exsena hahahaha!... major role pinalitan... hahaha! mga ingot kc writers.. sayang sila.... yung luke jickain super gwapo ganda katawan... pinabayaan nila.. sayang talaga marina.. ganda ng story sa una lang pala... bhe! natalo ng mulawin... dapat kc hindi nabago ang story line... dapat yung original na script ang tinuloy.. haay sayang talaga mas naniniwala ako na mas may gaganda pa sana...
Posted on Apr 18, 2007, 8:32 AM from IP address 58.69.104.96
The town is celebrating their fiesta on the beach! Everyone is cheering for Victoria for she is the reason they get a lot of fish. Azon goes into labor and Victoria helps her give birth, and everyone cheers, yet again, for her. Later that night, Elias is looking off into the ocean, and Victoria thinks that hes thinking about their soon-to-be wedding. He actually was thinking of the better life hes long been hoping for. She hugs him and says that she will live whatever life, just as long as its with him.
~ Manding and Gaspar tell Elias that they havent been getting a lot of fish for the past couple of days, so they ask if he can get Victoria to summon her power to get more fish. Shes walking by and knows that they need her help. Later, everyone gets a lot of big fish, and they give her the biggest one to show gratitude.
~ Gaspar runs to Elias and Manding, and tells them that the resort has been bought by a new owner. They go to the gates of the big house, trying to see who bought it. They see these people coming down the stairs and notice how beautiful Esther is. Elias and Esther look at each other and there is instant chemistry.
~ Elias and Manding go to the resort to drop off a big fish as a welcoming gift. Pilar is excited to see such a big fish since Esther loves eating fish, so she brings them inside to put it in the kitchen. Esther comes down the stairs and they look into their eyes longingly. Later, they have a picnic on the beach. When Elias feeds Esther watermelon, shes embarrassed that he treats her like a little kid, but its his way of treating a queen. He also admits that the first time he saw her, he knew that she was the kind of woman that hes always wanted to marry. Esther laughs as she cant believe that men in the province are much faster than the men in Manila. He believes that if you love someone, you dont want to waste a single minute with them.
~ A couple days after, Elias waves to Esther, whos on the balcony. Pilar makes a comment that they will be eating fish all the time. Pilar, then, is shocked that Esther is calling him by his first name, and that it seems its not just the fish that hes caught, but her as well. Esther says that theres nothing wrong since theyre both single. Pilar hopes that shes not interested in him just because shes looking for a father figure, but she disagrees and says that hes the only guy that has treated her this way. So Pilar cautions her to be careful with her heart. Now, they always hang around each other all day by the beach. One time, during sunset, he tells her that he loves her and they kiss.
~ Victoria goes to the edge of a cliff and calls for Dugong. She comes out of the water in a snake-like form. Victoria asks her if she's seen Elias. She says yes, but with someone else. Victoria doesnt believe it, but Dugong warns her not to cry when she finds out the truth. Later that night, Elias goes to Victorias home (they were living together), and he packs up his stuff. Victoria is confused and pleads with him not to leave because she will die without him. He explains that it wasnt a secret that this isnt the life he wanted, so when the time comes, he would leave her. In a desperate attempt, she says that she will go with him just as long as theyre together. But he just tells her to leave him since his future doesnt include her and walks out, leaving her heart broken.
~ Victoria goes to Dugong the next day. She's not surprised about what has happened as she warned her before that Elias is a cheater. Victoria asks her what she can do to get him back, especially since she made him fall in love with her before. Dugong says that there is nothing she can do as he loves the other person more.
~ Esther and Elias have a wedding by the sea at sunset. After they kiss, Victoria shows up in a black dress. She goes to Esther and touches her 2-month tummy. Esther sees the curse that Victoria puts on her: the baby will be born deformed. Victoria walks away, and a big tidal wave crashes the wedding. Later that night, Esther and Elias are fighting. He admits that they were together, but once he was with Esther, he broke things off with Victoria. She doesnt believe it, but he reassures her he loves her and only her. Meanwhile, on the cliff, on her knees, crying, Victoria screams to the dark night that they both will regret the day that they fell in love as their kid will pay for all the hurt that they have caused her, and she causes a storm!
~ 6 months later, Pilar and Esther go to Victorias house. Victoria sees that Esther has one more month until she gives birth. Esther pleads to get rid of the curse as the baby had nothing to do with Victorias relationship with Elias. Victoria laughs since its like what theyre fighting about is just candy. Esther says that she feels sorry for her, and that she didnt know about them before. So Victoria gives her 3 choices: 1) to kneel before her and eat the land she walks on, 2) to give her the baby, or 3) to give her Elias. Esther thinks that she is crazy, but she tells her that she can do more crazy things when it comes to Elias. She then tells her to leave before she turns her into a turtle. So Esther takes the glass of water, throws it into Victorias face, and rushes out of the house.
~ Manding and Elias are fighting on the beach because the town is blaming him for the loss of fish for a month. Elias is angered as it is not he who has the power to call the fish. Manding explains that they never had a bad problem with fish when he and Victoria were together. But Elias cant go to her since she is really mad at him. Manding tells him that he shouldve married her instead of Esther. Elias, now furious, tells him that he doesnt care if they starve or dont make money, because he loves Esther and no one can tell him what to do.
~ At the resort, Pilar, regrettably, tells Esther that maybe she should give Victoria what she wants. Elias goes up the stairs and overhears their conversation. Crying, Esther says that shes not going to let this happen, that shes not going to let Victoria get anything from her. Pilar worries about the curse, but Esther doesnt want to be tied to it. She believes that Victoria is a human just like everyone else, and it is God who we follow. She trusts that He wont neglect them.
~ Upon hearing this, Elias goes back to Victoria, and she promises to get rid of the curse. Later that night, Esther throws rocks at Victorias house and is screaming for him to get out. He opens the door, and she sees that they both have made love. He wants to explain, but she doesnt want to hear it and breaks down. So now, Esther is by herself, Victoria is happy with Elias, and the town is happy that theyre getting all this fish again.
~ Esther is in labor. Elias goes to the hospital, and Pilar tells him that she has given birth to a normal, baby girl named Cristina. Hes happy. Later, Victoria asks if he wants to see them, but, to avoid a fight, he says that hes already with her, so it doesnt matter. Victoria reveals that shes going to have a baby also. As years past, Esther is happy taking care of Cristina by herself, Victoria has given birth to her own daughter named Luna, and Elias is still not happy. One day, Elias visits Esther and sees his daughter, but she is angered by his face and goes inside the house.
~ Its Cristinas (played by Jane Oineza) 7th birthday, and she has a big party. All of a sudden, while opening her presents, Cristina feels sick. The doorbell rings, and Esther opens it up. Its Elias, who has come to greet his daughter and give her his present. She orders Pilar to bring Cristina upstairs. Furiously, she tells him that he can give it to his other child and that theyre happy, just the two of them. In Cristinas bedroom, Pilar is freaking out since Cristina keeps crying. She says that her feet are hot, and so Pilar is trying to dampen her with a washcloth, but its not working. And then Cristina says that she cant breathe. Just then, Cristinas feet turn into a mermaids tail. Pilar screams and Esther and Elias go upstairs. Theyre shocked at what has happened to their daughter. Elias runs out knowing who did this. He goes to Victorias home, and, in a violent rage, hes chasing her on the beach. Luna (played by Kristel Fulgar) is telling them to stop. He takes a paddle and hits Victorias back. She falls to the ground, and before he can take another swing, she calls for Dugong. She comes out of the water and takes Elias away...
Episode 2: February 24, 2004
~ Esther tells Pilar to get water. She doesnt understand how this couldve happened. When Elias is gone, Luna goes to her mom and calls for help. All the citizens go to help her, and Victoria cant feel her legs.
~ The next day, Lorelei is skipping on the beach and comes across an unconscious Elias. He doesnt wake up when she shakes him, so she thinks that she is dead. She calls for help, but he gets up. When she turns around, she sees Elias and asks if he saw the dead body on the beach. He looks at her funny and says pag-ibig." She thinks that he is professing his love for her.
~ Pilar brings breakfast to Esther, who has spent all night in the swimming pool with Cristina, who's happily swimming around. Esther wonders if this could be the curse, but they thought that it was gone when Elias went back to Victoria. She tells Pilar to close the resort so that no one will know about this, and that shes not going to let her daughter be a mermaid.
~ Victoria is in her bed surrounded by Manding, Azon, and Gaspar. They ask her if she wants to go to the hospital. She says that she is ok, but they are worried that if she were to die, what would happen to them. She assures them that nothing will happen to her, and when the day comes that she will pass away, Luna will take her place. Luna overhears this.
~ Elias is looking out into the ocean. Gaspar, Azon, and Manding see him and ask him if he knows what happened to Victoria. He looks at them in a daze. Lorelei goes to them and tells Elias (who she now calls pag-ibig) not to talk to them because theyre gossipers. She brings him along with her, and they look at each other wondering what has happened to Elias.
~ Victoria wants water and screams for Luna, but she is nowhere to be found. She is mad that her daughter has left her alone, and Esther walks in. Victoria remembers that it has been 7 years since she has put the curse. Esther doesnt understand why she didnt fulfill her promise since Elias is with her. Victoria explains that just having his body, not his mind and heart, is not enough, and its because of her and her child. She pleads to not blame the child, but to blame Elias. Victoria reassures that she has done something to Elias also. Victoria tells her to leave and to never come back. Esther leaves distraught.
~ Esther goes to the swimming pool to bring breakfast to Cristina, but shes nowhere to be found. Virgilio, Pilar, and Esther worriedly look for her everywhere. They finally find her swimming happily in the ocean. Esther tells her not to ever swim in the ocean because the people in the town hate mermaids. So Cristina asks if shes going to be a mermaid all her life, but Esther says that she will do everything to make her normal again.
~ Lorelei goes home and notices Elias sitting there, so she thinks she went to the wrong house. But she notices that it is her house and thinks that Elias is a burglar. Elias tells her that she was the one who brought her here, and she remembers. She asks him whats his name, and he says tunay ng pag-ibig, so she laughs and warns him not to get caught up in her beauty since they just met.
~ Virgilio brings an albularyo to the swimming pool, but once he sees Cristina, hes scared of her and runs away. Esther is upset and doesnt know what to do now.
~ Manding, Azon, and Gaspar go to Victoria and explains that its been a week since they havent had a lot of fish, so he asks if she can call on her powers again. But she says that she cant because there are other things that are more powerful than her powers. She continues that there is bad luck here because of a mermaid that Esther is taking care of, so if they get rid of the mermaid, the fish will come back. Theyre all shocked at what she just told them. When they go back to the beach, they see that all the fish they got are little and not enough.
~ Later that night, Gaspar and Manding come across the albularyo, whos telling these men about what he saw at Esthers house. They dont believe him, but when Gaspar and Manding tell them about what Victoria said, they decide to go to the resort to get rid of the mermaid.
~ Virgilio opens the door to find the group of men, with their sharp, bamboo sticks, screaming to see the mermaid. He denies what theyre saying, but they dont believe him. Pilar goes down the stairs and sees whats happening. She runs to the swimming pool where Esther is telling a bedtime story to Cristina. She tells her whats happening outside and that theyre planning on killing Cristina. Esther wonders what theyre going to do. Pilar tells her that the only way Cristina can be safe is by putting her in the ocean, but Esther doesnt want to. Meanwhile, outside, the group of men push Virgilio out of the way and go to the swimming pool, but no one is there. Quickly, Pilar and Esther carry Cristina to the ocean. Tearfully, Esther give Cristina her necklace and tells her to not to lose it. She tells her to always remember her moms face and that her mom loves her so much. Cristina is scared, but Esther explains that she is more safe in the ocean. Since Cristina is crying and doesnt want to leave, Esther turns mean, threatens to beat Cristina, and screams at her to leave because the truth is that she is bad luck in her life. So Cristina crawls away into the water, as Esther looks on knowing that this is the last time she will see her daughter...
Episode 3: February 25, 2004
~ Esther holds Pilars hand tightly and says that she cant do this. The men finally find Esther and ask her where is the mermaid. She tells them that it is gone.
~ Elias wakes up knowing something is wrong. He calls out anak, and Lorelei thinks that he is her father. He pulls her with him, telling her that he wants to go to the beach. She thinks that he has to go to the bathroom, so she tells him that he can just go to the bathroom at the house. But he keeps persisting to go and she gets really mad. Lorelei says sorry and thinks that there is something wrong with him. She explains that he forgets things, then all of a sudden, he remembers, but then he forgets again. She says theres medicine for it, but she forgot it.
~ Sad, Esther is looking out into the ocean. Pilar tells her to get some rest since she hasnt slept all day. Esther asks if she is a bad mother, but Pilar assures her that shes not, what she did was right, and that any mother would do the same thing. Feeling lonely, Cristina is by these rocks holding her necklace and calling out for her mother.
~ The townspeople are happy because all the fish are back. Gaspar, Manding, and Azon laugh because they see Lorelei and Elias are playing with each other. Gaspar says that the reason why Elias has lost his mind is because of love.
~ A group of kids show Luna where her father is. When Elias comes out, she hugs him and cries. Lorelei sees them hugging and asks Luna who is she and how does she know Elias. Luna explains that he is her father. Lorelei laughs because this whole time he never told her that he had a kid, even though he kept saying pag-ibig to her. She explains that she saw Elias and brought him to her house because it seemed like they were siblings. Lorelei goes away to get Luna a drink, and Elias, not remembering who Luna is, asks her if she wants to go play at the beach and look for pag-ibig. Luna cries and asks what happened to him. She knows that it was her mom who did this to him. Lorelei comes back and doesnt remember Luna, and they go over what they did before. This makes Luna laugh.
~ The townspeople made a wheelchair contraption and crutches for Victoria so that she can go out and feel the fresh air. She is so thankful, but feels so bad that they worked so hard for this. Manding says its ok since they are thankful for all the help that she has given them. Luna comes back and thanks them because now she wont have to work so hard. Once they all leave, Victoria asks Luna fiercely where she was. Luna tells her that she saw Elias, but he now acts like a little kid, and she knows that she used her powers to do that. Victoria admits it and is glad that this has happened to him. She forbids her from every seeing him, and she threatens to hurt her if she ever hears that she went to go see him.
~ Cristina overhears someone crying. She looks around the rocks (trying to hid herself in the water) and sees Luna crying. Cristina asks why she is crying, but Luna cant see her, so she starts walking closer. Cristina gets worried that she might see her tail, and tells Luna that the water is cold, so Luna tells her to get out of the water. They introduce each other. Luna is surprised that someone feels bad for her because her mother doesnt - she is mean and always mad. So Cristina tells her to go to her dad, but she says that her mom threw out her dad. Cristina is happy that they have a similarity.
~ Lorelei and Elias are picking up trash at the beach. Elias sees Esther looking out to the sea, and he goes to her. He asks her if she knows the answer to tunay ng pag-ibig in the ocean, but Esther is shocked. Lorelei goes to Elias and says sorry to Esther if Elias, her brother, was bothering him. They go away, and Esther is saddened to find out what has become of Elias.
~ Luna asks many questions to Cristina, but she doesnt want to answer. Luna asks how can they be friends if she doesnt want to talk. They both say yes when they ask each other if they want to be friends. But Cristina admits shes scared because once Luna gets to know her, she might not want to be her friend anymore. Luna doesnt think Cristina looks mean and is actually really nice. Luna decides that if she doesnt want to talk, theyll just play. Cristina gets happy, but when Luna wants to play on land, Cristina doesnt want to. So Luna decides that theyll just swim. But before Cristina can warn her, Luna goes underwater and sees her tail. She is happy that she has a friend who is a mermaid. They play in the water all day. Later, Luna asks when they can play again. Cristina says its up to her because she will always be here. Luna promises to Cristina that she wont tell anyone about her, and they say goodbye to each other.
~ Later that day, there is a boat that has stopped to fish. A young boy (played by Fraz Yap) on the boat puts his hand in the water. He sees Cristina, and decides to go in the water. They play together, but, not before long, the other people on the boat grab him and they speed off.
~ Luna brings Victoria to the cliff. Once she leaves, Victoria calls for Dugong and asks if there is any new news. She says that theres nothing new and that she's bored in the water. Victoria explains its because they havent talked in a long time, but Dugong says that she only talks to her when she needs help. Even something simple, Dugong complains, doesnt get thanked for. Victoria says not to worry because she is going to give a small gift. Dugong is curious and asks what it is, and Victoria says that it will be a man. Dugong is really happy.
~ The men of the town are going to out to sea to capture more fish. Lorelei is skipping on the beach and looks out to sea. She turns worried and tells them not to go out because one of them will be gone. Gaspar tells her why are they going to waste a nice day to go fishing. But she reiterates what she said. Manding asks her if shes sure, but Gaspar tells him that shes crazy. All of them laugh, and all of a sudden, she forgets about what she said and even tells them to go ahead to sea. Later, there is a man who goes out to sea by himself. He hears a beautiful voice singing in the water. Intrigued, he goes in the water never to return to land again.
~ Cristina is on the beach crying, but she hears people calling her name. She turns around and sees 4 mermaids in the sea waiting for her. They tell her that theyre there to bring her with them...
Episode 4: February 26, 2004
~ Cristina goes with them to the mermaids beach. All of them are happy and are waving to her. Istah introduces herself and says that for a couple days, they have been watching her and they know that she has no other place to go. They just wanted to tell her that their home is open for her. Cristina thanks them, but says that she is still a human. Vixia tells her that now that she has a tail, she is now a mermaid. Cristina doesnt agree and says that her feet will come back on day. Vixia asks Istah if theyre going to use her human name. Quiana interrupts and thinks that they should name her a different name. Istah agrees. Cristina happily accepts the name that they give her, Marina. They all are happy that they have a new family member.
~ Esther is looking out to the sea once again. Pilar tells Virgilio that she thinks that maybe she should get a psychiatrist for her. Virgilio wonders if Esther is going crazy, and she answers that she might be soon.
~ Luna comes home and Victoria is making a concoction. She asks her daughter to pass her a blood ingredient, but she gets the wrong thing. Victoria gets mad at her and doesnt understand why her daughter is not accepting the fact that she has to inherit her mothers powers. Luna doesnt want to, but it doesnt matter to Victoria.
~ The mermaids are playing in the sea and Marina goes to Istah. She tells Marina that she is one of the most beautiful mermaids here. Marina asks Istah if she can call her mom. Istah explains that mermaids are born through eggs, like fish. Also, mermaids never age no matter how many thousands of years they are. But if its what will make her happy, she agrees to it. Marina is ecstatic to have a mom again.
~ Luna runs to the rocks trying to find Cristina. She calls Cristinas name because she feels lonely and she needs a friend to talk to. She is sad that she cant find her.
~ One day, Marina goes to Istah and says that they should go play on the other side of the ocean. But Istah tells her that it is prohibited since it is the property of Dugong. Cristina wonders who Dugong is. Istah, now angry, warns her never to go there. Vixia and Quiana go to Marina and notices that she is sad. Marina explains why Istah is mad at her. Vixia says that she doesnt like hearing Dugongs name because she's a bad creature that eats people, especially men. They continue saying that when Dugong's singing, it scares all the fish away, and because of that, humans hate mermaids because they think that its the mermaids singing.
~ Doctor Sandico goes to the resort. He asks Virgilio how is Esther. He says that she hasnt changed, is always sad, and crying. Pilar goes to tell Esther, whos still looking at the sea, that the doctor is here. Esther thinks that she sees Cristina and is about to go in the water. They all pull her back from going in. She desperately calls out Cristinas name.
~ Vixia and Quiana find Marina all by herself. She wishes that her feet would come back so that she can go home. Quiana thinks that shes not happy with them, but she assures her that she is happy, its just that she is still half human. They go to Istah and tell her that they were thinking of bringing Marina to Dugong to see if maybe it can help because Marinas always sad. Istah disagrees and says that Dugong will never change. So they ask her how can they make Marina happy. Istah tells them to just play with her because shes going to get used to it living with them.
~ Years pass and Marina has grown up to be a beautiful woman. It seems that Istah was right, and she has gotten used to her new family and mom.
~ At the resort, Isabel tries to sneak out of the house, but Mario catches her. Isabel says that their mom (Pilar) has ordered her to go out and buy something. Overhearing this, Pilar says that she has not said something like that. Mario tells her to work, but she complains that theres nothing to do. He thinks that shes going to go see Carlitos, but she denies it, and since she has no excuse to go out, Mario tells her to help Pilar change the sheets. She asks him why hes so overprotective of her and that it wouldve been better if their father was there. Mario tells her that since their father is gone, hes the one now in charge. Then walks in Raphael, Esthers psychiatrist.
~ Pilar brings him to Esther, whos looking at the sea, and he explains that he was just in the area, so he decided to stop by. Esther is happy that he took over his dads job to take care of her. Hes thankful that she believed in him and says that she is one of his favorite patients. Pilar and Esther laugh because he and his father are the same.
~ Marina and Vixia are looking at Esther, Pilar, and Raphael from behind a rock. Vixia says that Esther is so beautiful and that Marina inherited her mothers beauty. Marina looks at the necklace, and Vixia tells her to throw it away since its so old. Marina tells her that her mother gave it to her, and Vixia is sorry. Marina decides to leave because maybe Istah is looking for them, but Vixia thought they were going to look for her friend (Luna). She decides to do it at another day.
~ Meanwhile, Victoria is on the cliff. Luna comes out to tell her the food is ready.
~ The mermaids has stumbled upon treasure boxes. Vixia is trying to open one, but she cant. Quiana says that if there is a lock on the box, its not going to open. Marina is shocked that she knows about locks. She explains that she knows about them because she and her ex-boyfriend saw one before. Marina is even more shocked to know that she had a boyfriend because that means that she had feet before, so she asks her how did she get feet. Quiana doesnt want to tell her because its not allowed to talk about it, so she tells her to forget about it, but Marina keeps on persisting.
~ Marina and Quiana go into a cave and Marina wonders why theyre there. She explains that this is where she got her feet - through Dugong. She further explains that the reason why Istah made Dugongs lair off-limits is because whenever a mermaid gains feet, their lives tend to get ruined. Vixia finds them and tells them that she was able to open the box. Marina promises Quiana not to tell anyone that she knows about this. When Vixia and Quiana leave, Marina goes deeper in the cave and comes across a glowing stone. While staring at it, Dugong creeps up behind her and Marina screams...
Episode 5: February 27, 2004
~ Dugong asks Marina what is she doing here without any permission and who is she. Frightened, Marina introduces herself and says that someone told her that she can give mermaids feet, so she was wondering if she could get feet. Dugong tells her that if she wants feet, shes going to have to pay for it. Marina says that she has nothing to give and tries to leave. But Dugong stops her and says that because she entered the lair without any permission, in order for her to leave, she has to pay.
~ Istah asks Vixia and Quiana where is Marina. They look at each other and are surprised that she isnt here. Istah gets worried and knows somethings wrong. At the cave, Dugong has imprisoned Marina and she pleads to be set free, but Dugong just mocks her. Quiana explains to Istah what they were doing earlier and that she knows that what she did was wrong, but Marina kept on insisting. Istah is angered by this because Quiana promised to never say anything about her getting feet. She tells the mermaids to gather together with their weapons.
~ The mermaids enter Dugongs lair. Dugong taunts them that they arent going to get Marina. A furious Istah raises a stone. It gives off a bright light that blinds Dugong. Istah orders the mermaids to attack with their fins. Marina tells them to stop. They end up pinning Dugong to the wall with a trident. Victoria feels that something is wrong in the water, so she orders Luna to bring her to the cliff.
~ The mermaids return to their beach and Marina says sorry for putting them through all this trouble. Quiana says that the most important thing is that she is ok.
~ At the cliff, Victoria tells Dugong that she heard something happening in the water. Dugong lies that it was the mermaids fighting with each other because they cant get along. Victoria wonders why Dugong isnt showing itself to her, but Dugong says that they will talk at another time
~ Istah thought that Marina was happy with them and has accepted that she was a mermaid. Marina assures her that shes happy, but she asked her why she hid the fact that there was a way to get feet from. Istah doesnt understand why it isnt enough to hear the mermaids story or that her people wanted to kill her because she was a mermaid. Marina points out that they wanted to kill her because she was a mermaid - bad luck - but if she were to be a human again, then they wouldnt hurt her. But Istah disagrees. She says that humans never change and that she is just going to be hurt. Marina becomes upset and states that shes a human and that no one has the right to take that away from her.
~ Marina goes to see Esther, whos looking at the sea. Raphael and Pilar are with her. She tells Raphael that she and Pilar were thinking of selling the resort because business is low and she has neglected her businesses in Manila long enough. Raphael agrees, but asks her if shes ready to let go of this place and the sea. Esther is crying and Marina wants to be with her.
~ Marina is by herself and Quiana and Vixia try to get her to go with them to go eat. Vixia asks her if shes eaten yet, and she nods her head no. Marina then tells them to leave her alone, so they leave.
~ Luna is giving Elias a bath, so this whole time, she has been taking care of her father. Lorelei comes home from picking up garbage and Luna tells her to take a bath. She doesnt want to. Luna asks her if she feels nasty because shes been wearing those clothes for a couple days already, but she makes excuses that shes going to get wet and will turn into a fish. Luna looks confused.
~ Istah asks Vixia if Marina has been eating. Vixia says no and says that she doesnt even laugh when theyre telling jokes. Istah doesnt want Marina to act like this all the time, so she tells Vixia to tell Marina that she wants to talk to her. Marina goes to Istah. She tells Marina that after all these years, she has treated her as her own daughter and, out of all the mermaids, shes the most important to her. She also says that she gets hurt whenever she sees her sad. But, she continues, if its going to make her happy to go back to where she came from, she agrees to let her go to Dugong to get her feet. Marina doesnt understand. Istah takes out her beautiful necklace and gives it to Marina to give to Dugong as a payment. Marina doesnt want to take it, but Istah insists since she has had this necklace for a long time. Istah is sure that Dugong will accept this necklace. Marina doesnt believe this, but is so thankful, that she starts crying tears of joy. Istah informs her that before she gives the necklace, Dugong has to promise her to give her feet and, most importantly, the batong malahi." She needs the rock so that all the other mermaids will be safe against Dugong. Marina agrees and hugs her mom. Marina takes the necklace and goes into the water, but once she gets into the water, Istah turns very old.
~ Vixia and Quiana ask Istah what has happened and the whereabouts of the necklace. Istah explains that she gave it to Marina to get her feet. Vixia is worried about how are they going to fight Dugong now that the necklace is gone, but Istah assures them that Marina will get the batong malahi so that they can stay safe from Dugong.
~ Marina goes into Dugongs lair and calls for her to come out. Dugong tells her to leave if she has brought nothing, but Marina says that she has something. Dugong wonders what it is, and she shows the necklace. Dugong is shocked, but is very happy. Marina says that she will only give it if she promises to give her feet and the batong malahi. Dugong doesnt agree since the necklace is not enough, so Marina turns around to leave. But Dugong changes her mind since she really wants it. She agrees to give Marina what she wants for the necklace. She orders Dugong to bring the stone to her, but she cant touch the stone. So Marina has to get it herself.
~ Later, she returns with the batong malahi and notices that all the mermaids are crying. She sees what happened to Istah and wants to know what happened. Quiana explains that the necklace was what made Istah stay young and beautiful. Marina feels so guilty and sad that she tells them that she is going to go back and get the necklace. She also says that she would sacrifice her having feet in order for Istah to be normal again. Istah says that it is ok and that she really loves her. Marina asks for forgiveness and that if she just knew, she wouldnt have done it. Vixia tells her that Istah has decided and just wants her to be happy and to enjoy her new life. Marina breaks down and tells them that she loves them all.
~ The mermaids give Marina a goodbye gift of pearls. She hugs both Vixia and Quiana. All sad, they wave goodbye when Marina gets into the water. Later that night, Marina gets to the shore by Esthers house. She sits up and her tail become feet. She feels them to see if its true. She is so happy that she cries tears of joy...
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Please! Can you send me all Marina pictures you have ???
Or video?? Anything! Please I was one of Marina-fanatic fans. I watched Marina all the time since I was in 4th grade in 2004. And I never get bored with it.
So, PLEASE!
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~ When Marina goes on shore, she remembers Dugongs instructions: once shes on land, her tail will become a human with feet. She stands up for the first time in a long time. Someone calls her name. She turns around and its Sheila. She wraps a happy Marina in a robe and they hug. Sheila brings her to a small room. She thanks her for getting everything she needs, especially what she has to learn about business. Sheila says its ok and that she owes a lot to mermaids.
~ The next day, Esther explains to the Sheila (who is an attorney) that if it was up to her, she wouldnt be selling the resort, even though there isnt a lot of memories. Pilar interrupts and tells Esther that they talked about this. She says that she and Raphael felt that this was the right time for Esther to leave and the deal that Sheila is offering is a good one. Sheila assures them that they will not neglect the resort. In fact, in the contract, they can stay in one of the cottages whenever they visit for free, so its like Esther is still the owner. Esther agrees and tells her to make the final draft of the contract.
~ Mario is upset over the conversation between Esther and Sheila. Pilar tells him that they have no right to interfere with Esthers decision because they arent really family. He doesnt understand because theyre happy there and hes happy with his job. Pilar says that if he just knew what Esther went through, but he was small back then to understand. He asks what happened and why she doesnt want to tell him. But she says she cant because its not her secret and that they should just forget this place and leave.
~ Isabel is looking out at the sea and Carlitos is with her. He asks her if it was up to her, would she stay here or in Manila. She says here and hes happy. He comments that she really does have feelings for him and asks her to be his girlfriend. But she tells him its because shes waiting for her dad to come back. Carlitos thought that her dad was dead, but Isabel has a flashback. She remembers when her, Mario, and Virgilio were fishing. Virgilio heard someone singing in the sea and went into a trance, and she was scared. Something was coming toward the boat. He looks in the water and he jumps in. She screams and sees a mermaids tail. She wakes up Mario and they scream for him. Back to the present, she promises herself that if she sees a mermaid, she will kill it.
~ At the fish market, where Luna works, someone tells them that someone bought the resort. They wonder who it is and where theyre from. Someone says that she shouldnt waste her beauty selling fish, that she should work at the resort.
~ Sheila goes to Marinas room and brings the final draft of the contract. When she mentions your mother to Marina, she corrects herself and says Esther. She was wondering if Marina wanted to change anything. Marina says no, but wants her to make sure that she will get everything Esther has so that she can feel how it is to lose everything. Sheila doesnt want to intrude, but she tells Marina that she doesnt understand why Esther hasnt sold or left the resort after all these years. She also says that Esther is always saying that she keeps hoping to see something to for something to return. Sheila doesnt know if Esther is talking about Marina, but if it is her, then Marinas story doesnt fit.
~ At Victorias house, Luna tells her mom that she wants to apply at the resort so she can make more money than in the fish market and she can pay for her medicine. Angry, Victoria says that she isnt going to work for anyone, just her, and if there is something that she is going to learn, its the powers that shes going to inherit. She says that its the only thing she needs, but Luna explains that she has other plans for her future and doesnt want to be selling fish her whole life. Victoria tells her shes being hard-headed and like her dad. If she keeps going with her ambition, she says that shes going to make sure that she turns becomes just like Elias.
~ Marina is bored in her room, so she goes outside. She sees Quiana and Vixia on the beach. Shes happy to see them. They tell her that they came to drop her off a present of pearls from Istah. She asks how is she, and they say she is ok. Marina thanks them, but feels bad that theyre going through all this trouble. Quiana says that the other mermaids did the same thing to her before when she was a human.
~ The next day, Sheila gives the payment for the resort to Esther. She looks at the check and says Marina Aguas. She asks Sheila if shes going to meet Marina, and she says that they will soon meet for they are going to have a welcome party for her at the resort. She gives Esther an invitation to the party and says that everyone is invited.
~ Raphael looks at the invitation. He asks her how it feels to have finally made the decision to sell the resort. She says that its sad, but also exciting because shes going to go back to Manila after all these years. But she keeps thinking of leaving this place. He says that its hard and sad at first, but by the time she takes care of her businesses in Manila, she will feel better. Esther asks Raphael to be her escort at the party, and he happily agrees.
~ Isabel is so excited for the party since its going to be her first real, social party. Carlitos asks if he can go. She says yes because everyone is invited, and she tells him that he is her date.
~ Sheila tells Marina that she was trying to find her dad to give him an invitation, but whenever she asked someone where he is, it seemed that they didnt want to answer her. She didnt want to ask more questions for fear that the people at the resort would get suspicious. Marina is upset by this.
~ Victoria is on the cliff and calls for Dugong. Dugong actually comes out of the water in its normal form wearing Istahs necklace, and Victoria is shocked. She asks where did she get the power to get out of the water, avoiding the question, Dugong says not to panic because she's not going to fight with her for power. Dugong continues to say that Victoria is the most powerful on land, and she is the most powerful under water. Also, she just wanted to see in person her cousin, Victoria!
~ Sheila, walking with Marina, tells the staff of the resort their jobs for the party, and Luna is one of the workers. Shes happy to have a job there. Later, she goes to Loreleis house and tells them that Marina is so beautiful, even though she only saw a side of her face. Lorelei asks if shes beautiful, and Luna says yes, but she says that her being a good person is more important their her looks. She tells Elias that shes going to work really hard so that she can save enough money to remodel Loreleis house and bring him away from this town. Elias doesnt want to leave. However, he wants to go bring Luna to the sea to find the tunay ng pag-ibig. Lorelei cant remember Lunas name. Luna repeats it and she remembers. She says that she doesnt understand why she cant remember things now because she used to smart and beautiful before. After that, she calls Luna Marya (and of we all know that Meryl is the niece of Maricel Soriano).
~ Pulling Lunas hair and pushing her around, Victoria is furious at her daughter. She says that shes always not following her and that the next time she sees does it again, she threatens to not let her see her dad ever again. She then tells her that shes not going to let her work at the resort because she belongs to her. Luna is crying.
~ Esther goes to the beach and puts flowers in the ocean for Cristina. Esther cries, while Marina watches what shes doing.
~ Its the party for Marina. Carlitos asks Isabel why shes avoiding. She says that shes embarrassed by his looks. He is confused. Mario sees Luna and asks why is she late. She is sorry and explains that she had to sneak away from her mom, so he tells her to get ready. Raphael gets a call from Quintin and excuses himself from the table. Sheila introduces Marina. She walks down the stairs in a beautiful dress and wearing the necklace Esther gave her. Everyone claps for her. She says good evening and thanks them for coming. Esther goes up to her and Sheila introduces Esther to Marina. They shake hands. Esther notices the necklace. Marina walks away and Esther asks Pilar if she saw it. Not believing what shes seeing, Esther goes up to Marina and says Cristina...
Episode 7: March 2, 2004
~ Marina pretends that she doesnt know what Esther is talking about. Esther keeps insisting that she is Cristina and that she gave that necklace when she was a little girl before she went away. She asks her if shes not Cristina, then how did the necklace get to her. Pilar is trying to bring Esther away from Marina because everyone is looking at her. Marina looks away and is fighting back tears, while Esther is crying. Later, Marina is looking at the sea. She explains to Sheila that shes waited for the longest time to face her mom with the necklace and tell her that shes not Cristina, but she doesnt know why she feels weird. Sheila says that Esther might suspect something if she leaves the party all of sudden. She says that she just needs to take a breath, so Sheila asks Luna to get her a glass of water. While Marina looks at Luna, she remembers when they were kids and playing together.
~ Esther tells Raphael that she sure that that is the necklace, but Pilar thinks that it might be a copy. She disagrees because of her mother instincts, and is sure Marina and Cristina are the same person. Raphael thinks that there is a logical explanation and that she should just rest. Esther asks him to ask Marina about it, and he agrees.
~ Marina thanks Luna for the water. When she goes away, Marina tells Sheila that Luna was her friend when she was a little kid and that she wants to help her.
~ Isabel is looking at Marina from far away. She is in awe of her beauty, and Mario tells her to stop because shes like a broken record. She tells him that from now on, Marina is her idol, and when she grows up, she wants to be pretty like her. Carlitos tells her that shes already pretty. Mario madly says that if it werent for Marina, they wouldnt be leaving the resort. Sheila brings Raphael to Marina and introduces her to him. He asks for forgiveness about what Esther did, and is about to ask about the necklace, but Marina excuses herself.
~ Esther is dreaming about the night that she gave the necklace to Cristina. She wakes up and grabs the picture of her daughter from the side table. She kisses it and holds it close to her heart.
~ The next day, at Sheilas office, Marina asks her how long Esther would be staying at the resort. Sheila says that they didnt talk about it, but Marina tells her that she has changed her mind and wants them out as soon as possible. Sheila thought that the plan was to make Esther agonize to the point that she would leave, and then they would take over her businesses one by one. Marina says that that is still the plan, but now that she keeps forcing herself to think that she is her daughter, she thinks it will be more hurtful if she kicks them out now to stop Esthers hope of seeing her. The maid comes in and tells them that Esther has come to see her. Marina hides and listens in on their conversation. Esther asks Sheila who Marina is and if she is Cristina. Marina is shocked. Sheila pretends that she doesnt know. Esther says that she wants to know what happened to her daughter, who almost became a but she stops herself and continues to say what has happened to her daughter ever since she left. Sheila asks if she wants water, but Esther pleads with her to answer the question. Marina is upset, while Esther is crying.
~ Victoria pours water on Luna to wake her up. Victoria tells her that she knows she snuck out to go to the resort. She hits her and tells her to hurry and get ready for work. She adds that if she doesnt want to sell fish all her life, shes just going to pass her powers to her so that she will be the queen of this place. Luna says that she doesnt want to. Victoria is furious, pulls Lunas hair, and tells her that she never wants to hear her say that. Luna is crying.
~ Sheila asks Marina if what she said was right because it seems that Esther didnt believe her. Marina says that shes giving them one week to pack up. Sheila says that theyre not ready yet and asks her if she has any sympathy, love, or even forgiveness in her heart for her mother, especially since she overhead the conversation. Marina says no and it wont change. She wants them to leave as soon as possible, and when its full moon, she wants them to be gone.
~ Esther tells Pilar and Raphael that she doesnt believe what Sheila told her. She tells him that since Sheilas boss is Marina, she can hide stuff about her background. He agrees, but says they cant assume. Esther explains that they havent shown any papers about Marina, that they just told her that she grew up in America and is the youngest of 5 kids. She wonders why if theres nothing to hide, then how come all of a sudden they changed their mind from letting them stay there all they want to wanting them to leave now. Pilar thinks its because theyre planning on expanding the resort. Raphael offers to do a background check on Marina to put her mind at ease. Esther is grateful.
~ At the cliff, Victoria tells Dugong that Lunas being so stubborn and if she doesnt open her heart, shes not going to learn her powers. Dugong asks why is she in a hurry. She explains that if Luna doesnt get any powers, how can she get better (about her being paralyzed). Dugong tells her that if she wants Luna to learn her power, then she should use her mind. Victoria doesnt understand how.
~ At Loreleis house, Lorelei gets Lunas name mistaken again and even thinks that Elias is Lunas boyfriend. Luna explains once again, and she remembers. She tells Luna to always remind her because she knows that she always forgets. Just then, Elias starts choking and isnt able to breathe. They both get worried, and at the same time, Victoria is chanting Elias name. Unbeknownst to her, Luna has actually used her power to make Elias breathe again. Victoria says your welcome, Luna and smiles.
~ Raphael is talking to Quintin and asks him to do a background check on Marina. He asks why is he so interested in her and even jokes if she might be his sister-in-law. He tells her to fax him anything he finds.
~ Luna comes home and Victoria asks if HE'S ok. Luna doesnt know who shes talking about. Victoria answers Elias and asks if he can breathe now. Luna is shocked and Victoria admits that she did it. She threatens that if she continues to be stubborn, shes going to do more than that to Elias. She tells her to decide if she wants the power or not and reminds her that her fathers life is in her hands.
~ Luna is looking at the sea and is crying. Marina goes up to her and asks if SHE'S still hurting you. Luna is shocked, but Marina changes what she said and asks her why shes crying. She says that her mom got mad at her. Changing the subject, Marina asks her not call her po because shes not old. Luna says that shes just giving respect because shes her boss. Marina says that it was last night in front of a lot of people, but now that its just them two, she can just call her Marina. Marina also says that she has a good feeling about her. She explains that whenever she sees her, she reminds her of her friend when she was a kid. She then asks Luna if she wants a job at the resort. She says yes, but her mother wont let her. Marina offers to talk to her. Luna says no because shes just going to get mad, and she just wants her to work at their fish stand, but thanks her anyway. Marina asks her about her dad, and offers to talk to him to convince her mom to let her work at the resort. Luna says its not going to happen because they hate each other and its been a long time that theyve been divorced, but she tells Marina that if she just asks her dad, he will say yes because hes nice. Marina asks her where she is.
~ The next day, she brings Marina to Loreleis house. Luna wakes Elias up and when he looks at Marina, they both feel something strange. Elias says that its her, that SHE has found the tunay ng pag-ibig...
Episode 8: March 3, 2004
~ Elias is so excited to see Marina. He grabs her and tells her that its really important to find the tunay ng pag-ibig, which is the answer. Marina starts crying since she knows that he is her dad. At the same time, Luna is trying to break them apart while excusing her dad for he has an illness. Lorelei tells Marina to find whatever hes talking about and comments that shes so pretty. She asks Marina if shes been part of a beauty contest, if shes so beautiful, if this is the time for her to join one, and that she thinks shes crying because shes so beautiful. Marina isnt paying attention and is looking at Elias. Marina runs out, and Luna tells Lorelei that she scared her off. So Luna goes after her. Lorelei comments that Marinas pretty, but rude because if youre pretty, you should be nice. Luna goes up to Marina. She says shes sorry because he reminds her of her dad in America because he also has an illness. Luna is surprised that they have another thing in common. Marina leaves.
~ Carlitos asks Isabel if she wants to watch a movie. She says later, which makes him ask when will that be because theyre almost leaving. She says that Pilar isnt going to approve of her going out, so he says that he will ask Mario for permission. She explains that just because hes friends with her brother, that doesnt mean hes going to let him go with her. Quintin rolls up to the resort. He goes inside and asks Ms. Beautiful (Isabel) where Raphael is. So giddy with his looks, she tells him that hes by the pool. Quintin leaves. She turns around and tells Carlitos that hes so handsome.
~ Raphael asks Quintin what hes doing here. He jokes that his brother is not happy to see him. Raphael says that he told him to do something about Marina. Quintin he tells him not to worry, and that it will be faxed right away. Esther and Pilar go to the brothers. Esther tells him its good that he still remembers this place, and asks him when was the last time he was here. He says it was a long time. She tells him that if he came later, he mightve not caught them there. Quintin asks why. Raphael interrupts and explains to Esther that Quintin was trying to find out about Marina, but when he ordered his brother to do it, he just passed it on to another person. Quintin says not to worry because hes rushing it. Esther hopes before they leave, she can reveal who really is Marina. Pilar says that shes nervous about what theyre doing especially with Quintin and Raphael because theyre giving Esther hope. Esther says theres nothing wrong with what theyre doing. Quintin agrees and says that theyre just checking on Marina. Raphael says that theyre just doing this for her peace of mind. Esther asks Pilar if there was another chance for her to get Virgilio back, wouldnt she do something. Pilar agrees, but tells them to do whatever.
~ Sheila asks if shes sure to Marina. She says yes and that she wouldnt ever forget Elias face. Elias is her dad. Sheila points out that Luna then is her half-sister. Marina says yes, but who is her mom. She explains that thats why she feels really close to her, not because were friends, but because theyre related. Sheila asks if shes suspicious of anything. Marina says no and tells her that she wants to know everything.
~ Victoria is talking to Dugong. Dugong asks her if she followed the advice. Victoria says yes, that Luna seems to be giving in. Dugong teases her and asks if shes pretty, and Victoria says yes in a reluctant way. Dugong asks if she really wants to give up her power. Victoria assures her that she knows what shes doing.
~ Carlitos is talking to Mario, who says that him and his sister is different. Mario says that he wants a simple life and if they lived in the province, its fine with him. But Isabel is different. Carlitos tells him that its like hes saying that he has no chance with Isabel. Mario says its not that because she does like him, but if hes serious about courting her that he just cant be him. Carlitos asks whats wrong with him because he works and gets a lot of business with fishing. Mario agrees, but he cant just go along fishing with his dad. He has to have ambition in life.
~ Luna is walking home. Marina is following her. Quintin is following Marina. Marina sees where Luna lives. She turns around and Quintin scares her. He pretends that hes looking for something and asks her for directions, but she pretends that shes not from around here and leaves. Quintin smiles.
~ At Victorias house, she asks Luna if she has decided about the power. Luna doesnt respond. She repeats that if she really loves her dad, then she should think about his life.
~ Lorelei and Elias are at the beach. Shes putting on make up and asks him if its pretty, but he starts to splash water on her. She gets really nervous and screams that she doesnt like to be splashed on. She has a flashback. She remembers when she was a young, beautiful mermaid (not how she looks like now)! She went to Dugong and asked to be turned into a mermaid. Of course, Dugong asked whats the payment, but she has nothing. Dugong tells her that its going to take her beauty and intelligence. So Lorelei is crying while Dugong is doing the spell. Later, she goes on the beach and she transforms to how she looks today. She makes herself up and goes to Armando, whos drinking with his friends. She says that shes Lorelei, but he doesnt believe it. She explains that she turned into a human because he promised her to love her. He explains that HIS Lorelei is beautiful, white-skinned, and a mermaid. He also tells her that she looks like a crazy person and they all laugh. Back to the present, shes crying and Elias says sorry.
~ Raphael asks Quintin where he went. Quintin explains that he was doing his assignment - following Marina. Raphael is shocked and asks if she saw him. He says that they were even face to face, but she didnt know who he was. He also adds that shes really pretty, so if hes not interested in her, he says that she is her type. Esther interrupts asks him what really happened. He explains that he pretended that he was asking for directions, but she acted weird like she was scared. Esther is confused. He explains that Marina was following a girl, so he asked around and found out that that girls name is Luna, who lives near a cliff. He also says that hes confused because Marina is so interested in these two crazy people (a boy and a girl), and Esther is shocked. She says that its Elias because hes the only male whos crazy in this town. Raphael asks Quintin if hes sure about this. He says cross my heart, hope you die.
~ Marina is on the beach talking to Vixia and a new mermaid named Myria. Myria tells her to take care of herself, especially around these people because theyre not trustworthy. Marina tells them not to worry because Sheila is there, but Vixia warns her about Dugong since it now has power. Marina says that shes far away from Dugong, but Myria tells her that not to be sure even though shes far away from Dugong because she doesnt know what else can happen. Vixia explains that thats why theyre there to watch her, because Istah ordered them to. Marina gets worried. Myria tells her that they just wanted to warn her and to be strong. Vixia says that she feels someone is coming, and they swim away.
~ Its Luna. She calls for Marina, and she asks her what shes doing there. She says that shes just getting air. Luna says that when she was a little girl, she would talk to the ocean when she would have a problem. Luna says that she might not believe what shes going to tell her because she was raised well, but she says that this town has a lot of folk tales. Marina asks like what, and she asks her if she believes in mermaids. Luna says she saw one when she was a little kid. That they were friends and her name was Cristina. She also says that she was really nice since whenever she had a problem she would tell her, and they would swim together, but its been a long time that she hasnt seen her, so she doesnt know if shes ever going to see her. Marina tells her that even though shes far away, she might still be watching her. Luna is happy and comes to the conclusion that Marina believes in mermaids too. Marina wants her to treat her like how she treated Cristina - like friends. Luna says that shes embarrassed, but she will, even though shes her boss. Marina says that if she needs anything or someone to talk to when she has a problem, shes there for her. Luna thanks her and they hug.
~ Esther says that she cant sleep because what Quintin said is still in her head. Pilar tells her not to hope so much because shes just going to get hurt in the end. Esther asks her to explain the actions of Marina, like what is her interest to Elias and who is this Luna because Victorias place is by the cliff. Pilar says that a lot of years have passed, and a lot of people now live here. Esther doesnt believe it. Pilar tells her to not to always follow what shes feeling because sometimes feelings dont tell the truth. Esther says that shes not going to leave the resort until she finds out who really is Marina.
~ The next day, Esther and Raphael go to Sheila. She is giving back the check that Marina gave her. She says that her mind has changed and that she doesnt want to give up the resort and the guesthouse. Sheila explains that the deal is done, they already signed the contract, and that Marina has already paid. Esther says shes giving up the money because she doesnt need it, and if she needs to buy it again from Marina, she will do that. Sheila assures her that its not for sale. Raphael asks her to make an appointment with Marina so that they can talk about it, but Sheila tells them Marina has plans for the resort. Esther tells her that she wants to know the truth if Marina is Cristina. Sheila says that theyve already talked about this, but Esther interrupts and says if she isnt Cristina then what does she want with Elias. Sheila is shocked and Esther is crying.
~ Later, Sheila tells Marina what happened. Marina is upset and asks how did they find out. Sheila says that she doesnt know and was surprised. Marina asks her if they got suspicious, but she hopes not. Sheila points out Raphael could be behind this because hes a doctor. Sheila assures her that resort is hers and that she owns everything , unless they contest the identity of the buyer. Marina asks what she means. Sheila explains that the name Marina Aguas is fake. They can search, but it will take some time before they learn the truth. Sheila asks if theres any hope for her and her mom to make amends. She also tells Marina that if she shouldve seen how much she was pleading to find out if shes her daughter or not, and it makes her really want to believe that she really loves her and that she really didnt want to throw her away. Marina tells her to stop.
~ Later, Mario tells Esther that she has a visitor. Marina and Sheila go to the resort. Esther goes up to Marina and they look at each other...
Episode 9: March 4, 2004
~ Esther tells them that theyre eating, and asks if they want to join. Sheila says that they dont want to intrude, but theyre the ones who asked to talk to Marina. Esther says its good so that they can figure out all the problems. Marina is straight to the point and says that shes not selling the resort. She also tells them that she wants them all to know who she really is, so she passes document papers to Esther that shows that she really is Marina Aguas. They both leave and Sheila asks Marina if they were a little strong. Marina disagrees and tells her we need to be strong in life - that is the biggest thing that she learned from Esther, and that shes just showing it to her mom. Esther is upset and crying. Raphael tells her to look at the bright side because she found out the truth that shes not Cristina, so it was a good decision to sell this place and now to move on with her life.
~ Victoria asks Luna if she has decided because later tonight is the right time for her to pass on her powers. Luna doesnt answer. Victoria advices that she should think of her fathers life the whole afternoon. Luna says that she doesnt need the afternoon because shes already decided. She agrees with Victoria that she should think of her fathers life. She has agreed to get the power, but she tells her that she has to take back Elias curse. She excuses herself to go to the market and leaves right away. Victoria is shocked.
~ Pilar is packing. Isabel asks her what time they are leaving. She says tomorrow night because its a full moon, and thats what Marina asked for. Pilar takes Cristinas baby book and looks at a picture of Esther and Cristina. Later, Pilar decides to go to Marina and brings the picture with her. She explains that Esther doesnt know that shes here, but because they grew up together, shes doing this for her. Pilar wants her to forgive Esther, so that before they leave they will have made amends. Marina doesnt really care what shes saying. Pilar gives the picture to her and says that she is Cristina, Esthers missing child. Pilar explains that she is the reason why this whole time Esthers been sad, lost an appetite to run her businesses, and almost lost her mind. She thinks that Marina doesnt understand how it feels to lose a child because shes still young, but Pilar explains that if you lose someone you really love, especially a child, its really hard. She wants Marina just to understand and forgive her if Esther has troubled her. Marina is crying, but doesnt show her tears to her.
~ Esther goes to Pilar, who is in Cristinas room. Esther asks what shes doing, and Pilar says that shes packing because theyre leaving soon. Esther asks her not to do it because she wants to do it herself. Cristinas room has stayed the same, and there are even mermaid figurines. She cries over her daughter. Marina is looking at the picture, and she is crying as well. Marina remembers when she was a little girl, playing with Esther.
~ By the ocean, Isabel goes to Carlitos and asks him if its true that he applied at the resort. He admits it, but he says he didnt get hired because he didnt graduate high school. She wonders what went through his head to apply. He explains that hes embarrassed of the girl that he has been courting for a long time because she might say she doesnt have any ambition, and if shes going to Manila, he wants to find a good job so that he can save a lot of money. Isabel is shocked that he would really do that for her. He tells her he loves her. She offers to talk to Marina so that she can hire him, and he sarcastically says that shes talking like theyre close. She feels that she and Marina will be close later because shes really nice.
~ Marina goes to Loreleis house and tries to sneak in some things for her dad, while hes sleeping, but Lorelei sees her and asks what shes doing here. Marina says that the things are for them and runs out. Lorelei tells her to come back because she wants to talk to her, and comments on how beautiful Marina is because its like shes looking in a mirror.
~ Dugong asks Victoria if Luna has accepted to get the powers, but Victorias frustrated on what to answer. Dugong laughs and thinks Luna is giving her a problem. Victoria explains that she is blackmailing her because she will only take the power if she brings back Elias intelligence. Dugong asks her if shes going to do it, but Victoria says no because she has never taken back a curse. Dugong says that this will be the first time, but Victoria disagrees. She says that shes not going to let Luna do this because shes not going to lose to her to her daughter. Dugong thinks that once she gives her the power, she might not be able to control her. Victoria explains that no one has ever said no to Victoria and no one has won over her. Dugong laughs and says that Elias has, but Victoria doesnt believe what she said. She tells Dugong that she took care of him and to just wait for tonight.
~ Marina is talking to Sheila. She says that even though they showed her that picture, it doesnt matter to her. She also says that no once can tell the documents she showed them are fake. She still hopes that she gets to see her dad. Sheila wonders if the love she shows for her dad, she could just have a little bit for her mom. Marina explains that he was not the one that threw her out and that it was her mom who always put Elias and her aside. Just then, a worker of the resort brings two lifeguards from Manila to them. Sheila introduces Randolph and Ronald to Marina. Everyone panics when a girl is about to drown in the swimming pool so Randolph dives into the water and saves her. Marina is impressed and hires them on the spot. They both are happy.
~ Luna goes to Loreleis house and asks where the food and clothes came from. Lorelei doesnt remember. Luna tells her that shes going to tell something to her dad. Lorelei forgets again who her dad is, so Luna tells her again. Luna brings Elias away from the table so that they can talk in private. She tells him that what she promised herself, that whatever happens she wouldnt accept her moms power, is not going to happen. She says that even though the power is not from God, she has no other choice, but to do this for Elias. He tells her not to do it. Luna is shocked and asks him if he can understand her. But he goes back to his normal self and tells her that they should find pag-ibig. Luna is crying and tells him that she loves him so much, wants him to be better, and that she would do anything for him. They hug.
~ Vixia and Myria are at the beach. Marina sees them and notices that they always wait for her. They say its because its Istahs orders to watch her. Vixia tells her its also because they miss her. Marina misses them all, as well. At the same time, Luna pulls Victoria on her wheelchair to the beach. Dugong starts to sing in a weird language. Victoria raises her arms. Luna demands her to take off the curse before she gets the power. Victoria says later, but Luna demands now so she can be sure. Victoria tells her that first she has to promise to her that when she gets the power she follow everything she tells her to do. Luna tells her that she will be her slave. Victoria raises her arms and lightning strikes. The curse is gone and Elias wakes up. Hes about to run out, but Lorelei tells him to sleep now. He asks who is pag-ibig and she says that its him because he always says that. He then asks her who she is, but she doesnt remember. He tells her that he needs to talk to Esther because he knows how to turn Cristina into a human again. He explains that he knows that the kiss of true love is what Cristina needs to get rid of the curse. Marina hears the singing and asks them whos doing it. They explain that its Dugong. She asks them what the song means. They say they dont know, but it means that danger is coming. Marina looks worried.
~ Lorelei is shocked that Elias child turned into a mermaid. Victoria is holding Luna by her neck. She remembers what she was talking about with her dad. Victoria has feeling in her legs, and they both stand up. The power seems to be going into Lunas body, but she suddenly breaks apart from her mother. Dugong stops singing. Elias and Lorelei were running on the beach, but lightning strikes him. Marina notices that Dugong has stopped. She wonders what kind of danger is going to happen. Victoria wants to know happened, and Luna says that she cant do it. Victoria tells her that she cant take it back because the time to do this has to be now. Victoria grabs Luna and tells her that they will do it again. Elias goes back to his normal form and tells her that they need to find pag-ibig. Lorelei gets frustrated because she doesnt understand why he keeps changing. Lunas crying and doesnt want to. Victoria tells her that her father will die, but Luna tells her to kill him because his life is nothing right now, anyway. She curses that the moment that her father dies, she will kill herself. Victoria is furious, pulls Luna to the ground, and starts beating her. Marina goes back to the resort, and sees a body on the steps. Its an unconscious and bruised Luna. Marina takes her in her arms and wonders who did this...
Episode 10: March 5, 2004
~ Marina brings Luna to one of the rooms in the resort. Doctor Sandico observes her. Shes sorry that she called this late, but he was the first person that she thought of. He says its ok and just to call him Raphael. She asks if shes ok. He says that shes fine and its a good thing that her wounds arent deep. He also tells her that she just needs rest and that she can take pain killers because her body will be aching in the morning. He asks who hit her, but she avoids the question and thanks him again. Raphael leaves.
~ The next morning, Victoria tells Dugong that she doesnt understand why Luna has courage to fight, but shes scared of the power. Dugong advices her to maybe accept that Luna will never want it. Victoria disagrees because shes her child, and that shes the only one who can get the power to make her better. Dugong tells her to wait because maybe, one day, she will go to her and want the power. Dugong also recalls that Victoria said that the times are changing, but Victoria wonders when will it be where she can walk again. Dugong tells her to have patience.
~ Marina and Sheila are watching over Luna. When she wakes up, she says that shes going to go home. Marina tells her to get some more rest because shes not strong yet, and that maybe she can leave the next day. Luna denies. Marina asks her why shes always on her moms side when shes always hurts her. Luna explains that they dont have a lot in common, but whatever happens, shes still her mom. She thanks her for taking care of her. Marina reminds her that she can tell her if she needs anything. She also offers her to live in the resort with a job so that she can save money to make her father better. Luna wishes it was that easy, but she doesnt know about her mom and her power. Realizing what she just said, Luna changes the subject. She repeats that shes leaving now and thanks her again.
~ Theyre all having breakfast at the resort. Raphael goes to the table and is sorry that hes late because he woke up late. Quintin says out loud that he took an emergency call last night. Esther asks who it was, and he pretends that it was some guys kid. She asks why in the middle of the night, and he lies again. Quintin asks him to just tell her, but he tells him to be quiet and asks for the rice to cover up what theyre talking about. Pilar asks Raphael and Quintin if they packed yet because theyre going to leave with them. Quintin wants to stay, but Raphael tells him that they are going to leave altogether.
~ Luna goes home. Victoria doesnt want to look at her, but says that its a good thing that she came back because she can never leave her and threatens to curse her. Luna tells her that she has been cursed ever since she gave birth to her, so its sure that she will never leave her.
~ Sheila goes to Marina and knows that shes thinking about Luna. Marina says that she wants to help her, but shes always not taking her offer and saying that her mom will get mad. She knows that Luna wanted to tell her something and wonders about the power that she was talking about. Sheila tells her that when she found out that they were half-sisters and ordered to find out about Lunas background, she asked around and found out that Victoria is the name of her mother. If shes not mistaken, Sheila explains that the town believes that Victoria is their sea goddess because she has power. She says that people believe that she was given to them from God or others think of her as a mangkukulam and they believe that she has helped them a lot. She tells her that she heard Victorias nice, but doesnt understand when they said that when she gets mad, she really gets mad. Marina whispers Victorias name to herself and remembers a time when she was a little kid. Pilar was telling Esther that Elias was outside of the house screaming that hes sorry and hes starting to cause a scene. Esther tells her not to let Cristina out and that he can go with Victoria. After, she tells Sheila that shes the Victoria that Pilar was talking about.
~ Later, at Victorias house, she is screaming for Luna. Marina walks in, and Victoria asks who she is. Marina explains that Luna is her friend. Victoria figures out that she is the person that she keeps talking about. Marina introduces herself, and she lets her inside. Theyre looking at each other really weird. Victoria says that she just missed Luna because she has to leave really early to watch their fish stand at the market. She asks what she needs and offers that she could help. Marina reveals that she went there to ask for permission for Luna to work at the resort. Victoria lies that Luna is a shy kid and that she didnt finish high school because shes lazy to go to school, so shes wondering what kind of job shes planning on giving her. Marina offers to educate Luna, even if its just short classes because Luna learns quickly. But Victoria repeats herself that shes really lazy to learn, so it would be a waste. Marina tries to say something, but Victoria continues that if she lets Luna take the job, then what would happen to their place in the market and herself since she cant walk or work, so she has to take care of her. Victoria thanks her, but says that her daughter cant take the job.
~ Sheila goes to Randolph and Ronald and notices that its early for them to start work. They explain that they have to go and check the area so they can be familiar with the surroundings. She agrees. Later, Elias and Lorelei are playing on the beach near Randolph and Ronald. Elias sees a pair of snorkel goggles and steals it away from them. They to get it from him. They get mad, so they start beating him up. Lorelei tells them to stop and screams for help. Manding and some other guys pull them away from Elias, and he points out that Elias is crying. They say that he took their goggles. Manding tells them that hes crazy, so he doesnt know what hes doing. He also tells Elias that its really theirs, so he has to return it. Lorelei says that he doesnt want to, so she tries to trade her bag of things. Manding gives it back to them and Elias is sad.
~ Marina tells Sheila that Victoria looks nice, but is different and its like shes hiding something. She also explains that she was uncomfortable when she looks at you because its like shes looking at your soul. Sheila tells her that if shes going to do something like that again, she has to tell her so that she can go with her. Sheila tells her that while she was gone, someone gave her a dinner invitation. Marina denies to go if its the scuba divers, but Sheila says that its actually Esther, who wants to say goodbye and ask for forgiveness, so she wants them to have dinner later that night.
~ Victoria tells Dugong that she had a visitor and she didnt like what she was feeling. Dugong asks what she means. She explains that shes strong and not an ordinary person. Dugong asks whats her name. She tells it that she is the new owner of the resort, Marina, and asks if she's heard her name. Dugong says not yet, but her name is pretty. Victoria doesnt understand why Marinas smell is different. Dugong sees Luna is coming, so she hides back into the water. Luna tells her that its time to eat.
~ Its a full moon later that night, and Marina is feeling weird. Sheila asks her whats happening and if shes going to have dinner with Esther. She says that she wanted to go, but she feels sick. Sheila thinks she has a fever. Marina doesnt understand why shes so hot right now. Sheila offers to call a doctor, but Marina says that shes going to go outside to get some air.
~ Pilar tells the maids to put the luggage in the car. She calls Esther and tells her that everything is ready. Esther asks her if Marina has agreed to have dinner with them, but Pilar tells her that Sheila told her that shes not going to go because she feels sick.
~ Victoria tells Luna that Marina came over. She asks what she said and gets worried if her mother did anything to her, like fighting with her. Victoria asks why would she fight with her since theres no reason to. She tells her to remember that whoever she becomes close with, shes the only whos going to be there for her in the end. So she advises her to be wise on who to choose as friends, and not to choose friends who cant go against her power.
~ Marina goes to the beach and starts coughing. She starts to become out of breath. She doesnt know whats happening. She collapses on the sand behind a boat. She starts to worry and looks at the full moon.
~ Carlitos wants Isabel to be his girlfriend, but she tells him later. He worries that she isnt going to write, but she promises she will. They all get out of the house. Pilar asks Esther where shes going. She says that she wants to see the ocean for one last time. Raphael offers to go with her, but she says that she can do it by herself and that she will be quick. Meanwhile, Marina knows something is wrong with her feet. She wonders why this is happening. She cant believe that her feet has turned into a mermaids tail. She breaks down and says that this isnt possible. Esther goes outside. Marina starts hitting her tail. Esther hears her crying, and goes behind the boat. She sees Marina. She knows that she is her daughter and says Cristina. Marina looks up with tears in her eyes...
Posted on Feb 16, 2007, 7:18 PM from IP address 222.127.56.137
Mulawin is famous in our country!!! Lots of people idolize "Aguiluz" and "Alwina". Anyway, the acting is OK and the story is totally catchy. It revolves around Alwina and Aguiluz (pronounced as A-gee-luz), two young Mulawins on a quest to find the Mulawin Tree. When she finds it, it will restore balance to the world. But, of course, there are baddies. Those are the Ravena. They were ex-Mulawins who revolted. The queen, Vultra, is the most feared of all. Aside from the Mulawins and the Ravenas, there are Pelicos, which are silly, parrot-like half-man, half-birds. Also, Diwatas and Encantadas, which are fairies and Musangs, creatures who look like lions. The Pelicos, Diwatas, Encantadas and Musangs are on the Mulawins' side, so I'm sure they will win!!!
Posted on Nov 5, 2006, 9:55 PM from IP address 203.177.249.175
An enchanting new world opens in GMAs new telefantasya: Encantadia
Prepare to enter and journey through the enchanting realm of Encantadiaa magical world divided into four kingdoms: Adamya, home of the Adamyans; Sapiro, land of the Sapiryans; Lireo, realm of the Diwatas; and Hathoria, domain of the Hathors. The peace and balance in Encantadia rest on the power of four precious stonesthe gemstones of water, earth, wind, and fire.
Directed by Mark Reyes and Gil Tejada, Jr., Encantadia will bring viewers to a completely different worlda world of powerful fairies, brave warriors, lovable and mythical creatures, and ferocious fiends. This grand production showcases Filipino creativity and ingenuity at its best, from the set to the costumes, props, and the fantastic story itself. GMAs brilliant production team painstakingly created the elaborate world of Encantadia, from the grand throne room and place of worship in Lireo to the dark and dismal domain of Hathoria. The costumes, makeup, and props are colorful and intricately designed. It will also be the first production to make use of animated puppets.
From the land of mortals there live a Fairy King and his daughter. A special daughter who thinks she is human. That is, until fate brings her back home to the land of her parents where she meets her three fairy sisters and finds out her true heritage.
This is the story of Encantadia, the newest fantasy series airing soon on GMA.
Encantadia showcases the talents of Dawn Zulueta, Iza Calzado, Karylle, Sunshine Dizon, Diana Zubiri and Dingdong Dantes. Filmed on an elaborate sound stage and on location around Luzon, the fantasy series aims to bring to life the enthralling adventures of the four fairy princesses and their struggle for both power and peace. This undertaking will span across the entire fairy realm and cross over into the human world.
This mythical world shall open its doors to Pinoy on GMA-7.
Posted on Nov 5, 2006, 9:57 PM from IP address 203.177.249.175
An enchanting new world opens in GMAs new telefantasya: Encantadia
Prepare to enter and journey through the enchanting realm of Encantadiaa magical world divided into four kingdoms: Adamya, home of the Adamyans; Sapiro, land of the Sapiryans; Lireo, realm of the Diwatas; and Hathoria, domain of the Hathors. The peace and balance in Encantadia rest on the power of four precious stonesthe gemstones of water, earth, wind, and fire.
Directed by Mark Reyes and Gil Tejada, Jr., Encantadia will bring viewers to a completely different worlda world of powerful fairies, brave warriors, lovable and mythical creatures, and ferocious fiends. This grand production showcases Filipino creativity and ingenuity at its best, from the set to the costumes, props, and the fantastic story itself. GMAs brilliant production team painstakingly created the elaborate world of Encantadia, from the grand throne room and place of worship in Lireo to the dark and dismal domain of Hathoria. The costumes, makeup, and props are colorful and intricately designed. It will also be the first production to make use of animated puppets.
From the land of mortals there live a Fairy King and his daughter. A special daughter who thinks she is human. That is, until fate brings her back home to the land of her parents where she meets her three fairy sisters and finds out her true heritage.
This is the story of Encantadia, the newest fantasy series airing soon on GMA.
Encantadia showcases the talents of Dawn Zulueta, Iza Calzado, Karylle, Sunshine Dizon, Diana Zubiri and Dingdong Dantes. Filmed on an elaborate sound stage and on location around Luzon, the fantasy series aims to bring to life the enthralling adventures of the four fairy princesses and their struggle for both power and peace. This undertaking will span across the entire fairy realm and cross over into the human world.
This mythical world shall open its doors to Pinoy on GMA-7.
Mahiwagang Puso
-ENCANTADIA theme
Hindi sapat ang isang awitin
Kahit tapat man ang damdamin
At kulang pang magpaalipin sayo giliw
Kunin ko man lahat ng mga tala
Sa akin ay di ka dapat maawa
Higit pa riyan ang aking gagawin
Upang iyong dinggin
Chorus:
Ulan man o bagyo
Lindol ng mundo
Ang sigaw ng bulkan
Pipigilin ko, pipigilin ko
Binigyan mo ako ng mahiwagang puso
Tatahakin lahat mapatunayan lang
Ang pag-ibig ko sayo
Di man kaibigan ang tadhana
Dinala ka ng iyong paghamak
Sa di mapapantayang hangarin kong ibigin ka
Chorus
Ang sigaw ng bulkan
Pipigilin ko kung ibigin mo
Binigyan mo ako ng mahiwagang puso
Tatahakin lahat mapatunayan lang
Ang pag-ibig ko sayo
The Overwhelming Water
No element is far more overwhelming than water. That of which can both give and take away life. Alena (Karylle), the 3rd among the warrior princess holds the Gem Of Water
The Nurturing Earth
Danaya (Diana Zubiri) is the youngest of the four, yet she is the fiercest. She guards the Gem of Earth, a huntress in her own right. What key does she holds in this magical saga?
The Unbridled Wind
Iza Calzado dons the cloak of "Amihan", the vernacular term for the easterly winds- that which is calm and soothing. She holds the power to control the power of wind and weather. Trapped in a love triangle with a mortal Ibarro and her own sister. Would she win the heart of the man she loved?
The Raging Fire
"Pirena" is a vernacular translation of Fire, the raging fury of envy, the symbol of hatred. Pirena(Sunshine Dizon) holds the Gem Of Fire. Being the eldest, Pirena is naturally the epitome of pride, jealousy and hatred. What does fates hold for the eldest of the four warrior princess?
Teleserye fanatics have another reason to stay glued to their television sets on weekdays as ABS-CBN presents a classic fantasy for the entire family, Kampanerang Kuba
Based on the classic silver screen tale by brilliant writer Pablo S. Gomez, which was brought to life by movie legend now Lipa City Mayor Vilma Santos, Kampanerang Kubas television incarnation has been updated and re-imagined in a way television viewers have never seen before as a drama, fantasy and musical all rolled into one.
Kampanerang Kubas all-star cast is led by Anne Curtis, Eula Valdes, Jean Garcia, Jomari Yllana, Jodi Santamaria, Christian Bautista, Patrick Garcia and Luis Manzano.
Kampanerang Kuba is the touching story of Fatima (Anne Curtis), nicknamed Imang, a young woman whose physical deformities never stopped her from being kind, cheerful and full of hope. She was raised in a convent by strict doting nuns, whose kindness she pays back by being of service around the convent as the kampanerang (bell-ringer) of the convents church.
But Imangs story does not begin there not with her mysterious connection to sisters Lourdes (Eula Valdez) and Lucia (Jean Garcia), who belong to one of the richest families in Imangs town.
What binds Imang to the sisters? Is it Lourdes domineering husband Martin (Jomari Yllana)? Lucias husband Antonio (Yul Servo)? Or Lourdes and Martins ill-tempered daughter Veronica (Jodi Santamaria)? Or is it that fateful night when Lourdes and Lucia gave birth at the same time?
Watch the mysteries unfold one by one as Kampanerang Kuba airs weeknights on ABS-CBN.
Also in the cast of Kampanerang Kuba are Bobot Mortiz, Cherrie Pie Picache, Malou de Guzman, Meryll Soriano, Eugene Domingo and Chokoleit. Musical sequences and original songs were created specially for the show by composer and lyricist Vince de Jesus, whose prior works as musical director include the score of films like Crying Ladies and La Visa Loca. Wenn Deramas and Andoy Ranoy, who first collaborated on the top-rating and pioneering fantaserye Marina, return for directing duties in Kampanerang Kuba
Posted on Nov 5, 2006, 9:58 PM from IP address 203.177.249.175
Synopsis
A meteor crashes into the desert of Sto. Sepulcro. Flavio, the panday of the community, forges a dagger and a churchbell from the remains of the meteor. He uses the dagger to fight off the Sombra Oscura, the minions of evil, who constantly attacks the town. By some mystical power, the dagger of Panday transforms into a great sword every time he wields it in defense of the people of Sto. Sepulcro.
In his final battle against evil, he Panday faces off against Lizardo, the son of the devil and the leader of the Sombras. The battle is intense, but, in the end, Panday is able to vanquish his mortal foe.
Having saved Sto. Sepulcro, Flavio decides to give up his sword. He goes to the church and casts his fabled weapon into the bell he also made. A white light then shoots out from the sky, and it lifts up Panday into the heavens.
The people of Sto. Sepulcro rejoice now that Panday has brought them peace. Unbeknownst to them, the Sombras discover that there is a part of Lizardo that is still alive - his brain.
In order to bring him back to life, they must transcend time and space to look for the girl who can resurrect their master.
Posted on Nov 5, 2006, 10:00 PM from IP address 203.177.249.175
Etheria is a Filipino fantasy television series that was produced by GMA Network. The full title of the series is Etheria: Ang Ikalimang Kaharian ng Encantadia (Adamya: The Fifth Kingdom of Encantadia), referring to Encantadia, its highly successful predecessor series. Etheria ran for 50 episodes from December 12, 2005 to February 17, 2006, and then gave way to the telefantasya franchise's next incarnation Encantadia: Pag-ibig Hanggang Wakas, which began to air the following Monday, February 20.
The setting takes place before the events in Encantadia thus it may be considered as a prequel to Encantadia. Although, it is technically a sequel, a continuation of the story of the Encantadia series, because the story plot of Etheria starts with the four elemental Sang'gres (Pirena, Amihan, Alena and Danaya) and Ybarro going back in time when Etheria was in its full glory.
Posted on Nov 5, 2006, 10:01 PM from IP address 203.177.249.175
Saladin is a fascinating world where magic is a way of life. Through the new TV series Majika, this supernatural universe of spells, charms, potions and other magical activities will hold viewers under its spell. In Saladin transpires the tale of Sabina and Argo, salamangkans played by two of the countrys youngest superstars, Angel Locsin and Dennis Trillo. As we enter their world, we become witnesses to their quest for self-discovery as they decipher and make use of their magical powers, and understand why love is the greatest magic of all.
Dennis and Angel arrive at the Majika press conference riding on stallions. Their grand entrance is preceded by a parade of sorts, with various characters in Arabian Nights- and Harry Potter-inspired costumes. Kitchie Nadal sings the theme songs she composed. After the speeches and thank yous, members of the cast situate themselves in specified areas for the five-minute interviews with each reporter. A buss on the cheek from Angel and a firm handshake from Dennis, then we proceed.
Honestly, we dont know, reacts Angel, when asked about the source of the apparent chemistry between her and her leading man. When we work together, its really all work. We give what is expected of us so that the scenes will come out very well. It helps that we remain good friends and he is also a very good actor.
Were very comfortable with each other, Dennis adds.
To prepare for their roles, the two took horse-back riding lessons. I still have two-sessions remaining, Dennis shares.
Angel throws in, I trained for five days three-hour-long, horse-back riding classes with Ms. Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski. I really dont ride horses because Im afraid of them. Initially, I was fretful but I know I cannot do the exercises if I allow my fear to overwhelm me. And I respect Ate Mikee a lot. I really want people to see that I know how to ride the horse.
Aside from the physical demands that the role requires, I am changing the way I act here. In Mulawin, I play the role of a provincial lass that learns to fight in the end. In Darna, I was a super heroine. Somehow, I have absorbed that role so I must take her out of my system to give justice to Sabina.
People will watch (the show) because (it) is something new, Trillo comments. We are doing the best we can to flesh out and make the uniqueness of this fantasy-series come to life. Somehow, I think its very Disney-esque, very magical. The storyline is very light and its not as violent compared to the other shows on air right now. As an actor, it offers bigger challenges and we hope the viewers see that. Aside from riding horses, I am learning archery because the bow-and-arrow is Argos primary weapon. Working out regularly with my trainer and watching what I eat is a must because as you see, my costume is very revealing, he says.
The two are of the same opinion that Majika is not a rip-off of Harry Potter and The Legend of Narnia, but unique in itself. The similarity lies in its integration of magic, which is crucial to the plot.
The Paters are members of Saladins Council of Elders. They are led by Balkan (Eddie Gutierrez), the most powerful Salamangkan. Other members are Malko (Nanding Josef), the Pater of levitation; Dibin (Gabe Mercado), the Pater of magic potions; and Aduro (Jaime Fabregas ), the Pater of beasts and creatures. The last three share their insights about this world of Majika.
The Paters make sure that the powerful dark lord Markadan (Eddie Garcia) remains in prison, for his escape will be a threat to the peaceful existence of Saladin, says Josef. I can control gravity here and make things and people literally float.
Gabe, on the other hand, is, the most junior of the Paters and the most kind-hearted one... He explains, Most of them are really experienced magicians so Im still in the process of learning the extent of my (abilities). Dibin is very light and a quite animated.
It will let us remember the kid in us, relates Fabregas on what makes this show unique. We should never forget that at one point in our lives, we were all kids. The characters here are mischievous; sometimes theyre super playful to the point of being naughty. Some will get hurt, but its not something that is intentional. Nothing is dark or totally evil here. A lot of good and positive stuff is offered for children here.
If they do possess such magic in real life, how would they use it? Josef says, Instead of making someone levitate, can I just make someone sink instead? If Ive got powers, people who cheat, people who are corrupt are the first ones na dapat madyikin.
I wish I can make a potion for courage and a potion to see beyond yourself, replies Mercado. Everybody should drink these two potions so that they can see what is really happening in this country. I also want to create a potion for love. The love that will give you the conscience not to hurt, not to cheat, not to belittle another person.
And for Fabregas: I want to people to have wisdom, this is what we lack. There are a lot of intelligent and smart people. Yung intelligence, diyan pumapasok ang kalechehan at kagaguhan! But wisdom, there are just a few men and women who have it. With wisdom comes sympathy, with wisdom comes justice, with wisdom comes loves. With wisdom, you will treat your fellowmen with common decency.
... with Jake
Terman is a friend of Argo and Ebrio (Polo Ravales), and I was raised to become a good salamangkero, says Jake Cuenca of his character. I am the most determined to be the best among the three of us. Its a very challenging role. I love it. Its different from the soap roles I have done in the past. Most of my characters are gray or are really bad men. Now, I am one of the good ones. In the latter part of the show I will also fall for Sabina, much to dismay of Sara (Ryza Cenon). Sabina is the hottest of them all, I guess.
How did he train for the role? During the training for the fight scenes, I almost broke my ankle so I had to rest for two weeks. So, when I was resting, I attended the acting workshops with Ms. Gina Alajar (who plays Adana) and you know what, it was so intense. To the point that after the workshop, you get really tired, stressed-out and frustrated. Then, Id go frequently the gym. I cannot gain weight because of my costume. I enjoy wearing the costume because its easier to get the feel of the role when youre in it. Pati pagtayo mo nag-iiba.
I hope a lot of people will enjoy this show, especially the kids. After all they are the ones who get thrilled by the costumes, magic, horses and fun adventure. We hope we make them happy, and they will also learn the lessons we impart, ends Jake.
Majika is directed by Eric Quizon and Mac Alejandre with RJ Nuevas as head writer and Don Michael Perez (creator of Mulawin) as creative consultant. It airs weeknights in GMA-7s primetime Telebabad Block starting tonight, March 20.
Posted on Nov 5, 2006, 10:05 PM from IP address 203.177.249.175
Sugo (Filipino for "Chosen One" or "Messenger") is an action-adventure primetime television series produced by GMA Network. It premiered in the Philippines in June 2005.
The series is created by GMA Network, which also produced other hit fantasy-themed series (telefantasya) such as Encantadia, Mulawin and Darna. Sugo combines fantasy, action, adventure, comedy and drama elements. GMA hired international action choreographer Wong Wai Fai and other Hong Kong martial arts experts to make the stunts more believable. Wong choreographed stunts in movies such as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Kung Fu Hustle, Rush Hour 2 and Bulletproof Monk. The series aired in GMA's weeknight primetime block and was a top rater in its time slot according to AGB ratings.
Sugo stars heartthrob Richard Gutierrez playing the twins Miguel and Amante. Joe Chen, a Taiwanese actress plays a role in the series and is one of the leading ladies of Gutierrez. Chynna Ortaleza and newcomer Isabel Oli and are also Gutierrez's love interests.
Sugos story is anchored on the ancient belief that lifes existence lies on the battle between two tribes the forces of Karag-ayan and the forces of the Binhi-lan signifying Yin-Yang.
The story first takes place somewhere in the 16th century, when the Philippines is in its first years of Spanish rule and natives are slowly embracing the Christian faith. Though the Spaniards get many of the natives to convert with ease, some stubbornly stick to their original religion. One is Apo Abukay, a ruthless, ambitious and domineering chieftain of his own tribe. Because he believes that the God of Darkness he worships will grant him wealth and power, he sees the Spanish evangelists as a threat to his tribe's way of life. He then starts an attack on the Church, killing as many priests and lay people as he can get his hands on.
Eventually the fledgling Philippine Church gets worried, and they hold a meeting in which one of them brings in a rich yet blind Spaniard named Conde Vergonze. This clergyman promises everyone present that his companion will help get rid of Apo Abukay. The pair are met with laughs at first because they do not believe that someone blind can help them rout a murderous native. But these laughs are quelled when Vergonze demonstrates his skill.
Soon Vergonze goes on to destroy Apo Abukay's tribe and Apo Abukay himself. One of the last he kills are Apo Abukay's wife and their newborn daughter. Thinking that his work is done, he exits the tribe's hideout.
Unbeknownst to him, one of the tribe's elders survives the massacre. This particular elder realizes that the chieftain's dead wife still has another undelivered baby in her womb. He delivers the baby girl and thanks his god that they, at least, have survived.
His daughter is not the only thing that Apo Abukay leaves behind. He also leaves behind a prophecy: over the course of several generations, a blood ritual will be conducted by his descendants, now called the Binhi-lan, which involves the blood of the firstborn female in that generation. There are two ceremonies to be conducted over the course of the female's (the "alay", or "sacrifice") life: once right after birth, and once on her eighteenth birthday. In a particular generation, the cycle will end and Apo Abukay will finally be resurrected, allowing him to continue his grand design and spread darkness across the land.
But then there will be a "sugo" (literally, "he who is sent") that will be sent to kill the "alay" and stop Apo Abukay from ever resurrecting. The sugo will come from the line of Conde Vergonze, now called the Karag-Ayan, and he is the first-born male in that generation. For centuries, it seems, the two clans have been playing a game of cat-and-mouse: while the Karag-Ayan try to find the Alay, the Binhi-Lan try to hide in order to protect the Sacrifice and conduct their ritual in peace.
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Amante
Amidst this century-long struggle blossoms an unparalleled love between Karag-ayan Amelia (Lorna Tolentino) and the Binhi-lan Rodolfo (Jestoni Alarcon). Though they know about each other's ancestry, they don't seem to care about the fact that their families are mortal enemies and fall in love with each other. However, Amelia's father, the Sugo for that generation, tries to break up their relationship. Having enough of the family feud, the two decide to elope.
In a hut in some undisclosed location, Rodolfo watches Amelia give birth and witnesses the birth of their first baby boy. The former, however, begins to grieve because he thinks his loved one has died in childbirth. Later, Rodolfo's brother catches up and a shootout occurs wherein Rodolfo is accidentally killed. He then takes the newborn boy and raises it as his own son, names him Amante and plans to make him the guardian for the Alay.
The viewers later learn that Amelia is in fact alive and delivers another baby boy, whom she names Miguel. She looks around and is shocked to find that her love is on the floor, dead. She flees the hut, taking her baby along with her.
Meanwhile, Guillermo, a Binhi-Lan, is upset because the woman of his dreams, Graciella, marries his brother instead of him, despite the fact that they [Graciella and Guillermo] were childhood friends. In spite of this he seems not to harbor any ill feelings toward his brother and maintains a friendly relationship with his love interest.
When Graciella gives birth to a baby girl, the would-be Alay, she refuses for her baby to participate in the blood ritual. Guillermo volunteers to help by disguising himself as medical personnel and getting a blood sample of the baby in the nursery, allowing Graciella to flee with her baby while he comes home with the blood sample and another baby. Later on as Graciella nurses her daughter, an elderly woman passes by and claims that the baby belongs to HER own daughter and tries to pry it off Graciella, to no avail. Still later on the same old woman accosts her as Graciella leaves the hospital in a wheelchair, claiming still that the baby Graciella cuddles in her arms is her daughter's.
Isabel: The Offering and Miguel: The Chosen One
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Isabel: The Offering and Miguel: The Chosen One
When Guillermo arrives home, his brothers confront him and he invents a story that Graciella ran away, leaving him with the baby. The brothers decide to take the fake Alay in and name her Rebecca.
A boat accident separates Graciella from her baby, and the old woman who was badgering her earlier discovered the baby and brought it home with her, naming it Isabella. Graciella regains consciousness and performs a frantic search for her missing daughter. She ends up in a car accident wherein she loses her memory and is taken in by the man who ran her over.
Amelia, in the meantime, finds shelter with a kindly old woman named Merced. Her son Miguel grows into a lively young boy during their stay at Merced's, but mother and son are separated when Miguel finds his way to his grandmother's house. Like Graciella, Amelia performs a frantic and fruitless search for her young boy.
A scene from Sugo
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A scene from Sugo
Miguel soon begins to lose eyesight. Soon he is completely blind and is the butt of jokes made by his arrogant cousin, Adan. Adan, along with his father, believes that he deserves the honor of being called the Sugo, especially because Miguel is blind and incapable of defending himself. When a family friend, a kindly old priest named Father Francis comes to call, Adan's father points out what he has been claiming all along. Father Francis agrees to take Miguel into his orphanage.
Life at the orphanage is a far cry from life at the mansion. Here Miguel is not teased for being blind or mocked for being weak; here he makes friends and is taught the art of self-defense by Father Francis. He learns to use his ears as his eyes, so to speak, and quickly identifies people and things just by using his heightened sense of hearing; he even learns how to play basketball exceptionally well using his hearing.
Over the years, Miguel sheds his innocent, shy defenseless image and becomes kind and generous and lighthearted and strong. He is fun-loving, loves to play with the younger kids at the orphanage, steal food from the pantry, and he loves to play basketball as well. Despite that easygoing nature, he is a skilled fighter and he is deemed dangerous by his many opponents, excluding, of course, Adan, who is still as cocky as ever after all these years and still looks down on his cousin despite the fact that Miguel is as good a fighter as he. Miguel falls in love with a childhood friend; Isabella, who, ironically is the same woman he is supposed to kill.
His adventure begins when he meets Mei Li (Joe Chen), a Taiwanese student who is staying in the Philippines from an important mission. She gives him a bracelet, a special one, something of Apo Abukay's, and the Karag-ayan thank her profusely for giving it to them, promising they will deal with it best as they can.
Filipino actor Richard Gutierrez with Taiwanese actress Joe Chen in Sugo aired in Taiwan news
Filipino actor Richard Gutierrez with Taiwanese actress Joe Chen in Sugo aired in Taiwan news
Meanwhile, Amante grows up conceited and arrogant. He is rich, powerful, and has access to high-tech gadgetry and powerful weapons. Unlike his twin, he is dark, moody and cold. Though Rebecca, who grows up spoiled and rebellious, always pleads for his attention, begs her to love him, he always tells her that he is tasked to guard her and nothing else. When he meets Isabella, though, he develops a romantic interest in her, which can only mean more trouble.
The twins will be tasked to fulfill separate but related missions. Amantes mission is to protect the alay (offering) whose blood is the only key to awakening Apo Abukay (Gardo versoza), the Binhi-lan ancient tribal mummy buried in a hidden labyrinth deep in the mountains. Apo Abukay used to be a powerful chieftain who abused his powers, and his awakening would signal the reign of darkness on earth. On the other hand, Miguel must kill the alay, who comes from the bloodline of Apo Abukay, before the dreaded awakening occurs.
(This story is still running its course, but the article will be added to as it progresses.)
Posted on Nov 5, 2006, 10:09 PM from IP address 203.177.249.175
i would like to be in contact with lorna tolentino please.because
i watched one of her movies titled ''the long wait'' (kaytagal kang hinintay).and liked the way she behaved.i am in ghana please.
Posted on Feb 2, 2010, 12:04 AM from IP address 41.210.21.75
[Story]:
With the phenomenal success of primetime television's top-rating teleserye PANGAKO SA'YO, ABS-CBN and STAR CINEMA, the country's leaders in the entertainment industry, once again turned a dream project into reality. Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay.
A mother's search for her long lost son. A young man's quest for the truth. A life which was truly never hers. Directed by the certified hitmaker OLIVIA LAMASAN of the box-office hit Got To Believe, Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay re-defines the drama genre.Together with distinguished TV director LAURENTI DYOGI, Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay is proud of its superbly written script, artistic execution and meticulously mounted scenes --- making it the grandest, most ambitious teleserye to date. It boasts of the most number of award- winning actors ever assembled in a single production.From the sprawling province of Quezon, Zambales, Rizal, Laguna to the streets of Metro Manila, Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay is a heart-wrenching tale of a woman's struggle against the fate which seems to turn against her.The long wait is over.
Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay marks the long-awaited teleserye debut of multiawarded actress Lorna Tolentino who says about the project: This is the soap of all soaps. As an artist, I can say that all the stories I have come to expect from TV and the movies are all in this teleserye. Every role I have portrayed has been leading to this. So as you can expect, Im very happy to be here. LT plays a dual role in Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay, as Lorrea and her twin Lorrinda. All Lorrea wanted was to be loved by the man who was bound to break her heart, the man who would fall in love with her twin Lorrinda. And to make matters worst, Lorrea will lose her son Andrei. She will search for him and this will lead her to the biggest mistake in her life. Lorrinda is the opposite of Lorrea: strong-willed and liberated, and driven by ambition, she gets caught up in a life of crime and would later become a powerful figure in the underground syndicate as The Red Butterfly. In Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay, Edu plays Henri Agos, a man full of deceit, a loving father to his three children by a coldblooded leader in an underground syndicate, like his love the Red Butterfly.
John Lloyd Cruz and Bea Alonzo
Bernard Palanca and Rica Peralejo
Alwyn Uytingco and Shaina Magdayao
Rafael Rosell and Dimples Romano
[Lyrics]:
Sana'y Maghintay Ang Walang Hanggan
Zsa Zsa Padilla -version
(Official Theme of Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay)
Doon ka, dito ako
(You're there, I'm here)
Hindi magkatagpo
(Unable to find each other)
Tawag ko'y di marinig
(You can't hear my call)
Ba't kay layo mo
(Why are you so far?)
Lapitan man ay di mo matanaw
(Even if I come close, you still can't see me)
Bingi't bulag, sa akin ay walang pakiramdam
(You are blind and deaf to my feelings)
Sayang na pagmamahal
(Love is wasted)
Paano na'ng pag-ibig kong walang hanggan
(What about my love that has no end?)
CHORUS:
Sana'y maghintay ang walang hanggan
(I hope forever waits)
Hanggang makilala mong ako ang iyong mahal
(Until you think of me as your love)
Baka ko matutuhan kita'y kalimutan
(I might learn to forget you)
Baka pangako ko'y dumating sa kailanman
(Maybe my promise will reach eternity)
Sana'y maghintay ang walang hanggan
(I hope forever waits)
Sana'y ang iyong paglingap ay muli kong matikman
(Until I can taste your sweet words again)
Subalit kung paglimot ay di mapigilan
(But if my forgetfulness can't be stopped)
Alalahanin mong kay tagal kitang hinintay
(Remember that I waited for you for a long time)
Narito ang puso kong inilaan sa iyo
(Here is my heart laid out for you)
Pagod na, nanginginig, baka magtampo
(Tired, shaking, might throw a fit)
Naghihintay ang labi kong uhaw
(My thirsty lips are waiting)
Handog nito'y ligayang di mapapantayan
(It has happiness that can't be matched)
[Comments]:
***hi..i've search for KTKH trailer..but i couldnt find it. is there anyone know where i can find it..plz..there's still more episodes to go..but my time in malaysia left only a month...i'm afraid i can't watch the ending..urgh..how i wish i can watch the whole drama. please..anyone out there..help me..i'm going to overseas within a month for 4 years...waaa!!
***appreciate your kindness,
ann hulooo.. there.. wanna know what...I've been watching "Kay Tagal Kang Hinitay" couple o' days ago..at channel Prima(Astro) every Monday-Friday,,from 5.00-6.00p.m......congrats..this teleserye is really different from other teleseryes that i've ever seen .. the plot and storyboard really interesting plus the beautiful and charming casts..woohh..
***wei .. korang tengok le cerita baru Filipina "Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay" best giler...citer nih kira macam ganti Pangako Sa Yo ler... pelakon dier.. Claudia(Jean Garcia)..Tony Banks... Bea Alonzo(cantik giler)..hero dier nama John Llyod Cruz..(handsome le jugak)..Rica Peralejo(yg berlakon Mula Sa Puso.. kawan si Via)...citer dier macam niler ghopanye.. kisah adik beradik kembar.. salah sorang tuh anaknya hilang actually bukan hilang.. tapi disebabkan dier kena masuk penjara.. anaknya pun terpisah ler.. yg si anak pulak kejenye mintak sedekah dgn satu agensi yg suka potong tangan bebudak utk meraih simpati... citer mula-mula sedih gak...korang boleh tengok le.. kehidupan di Filipina macam mana... miskin sangat.. korang jgn lupa tengok plak... kt channel Prima(tv8) 5.00 hingga 6.00 petang..hari isnin - jumaat...kalo korang termiss nk tengok pukul 5.. korang bleh tengok pukul 12.30 tgh malam... tuh pon kalo korg rajin nak bangun ler... oklah chow......
***I loved watching kay tagal & now I am missing my aerobic classes in the evening. I've heard that the drama ended in the Philippines a few years ago.
I would be most grateful if you could update/give me a short summary/synopsis of each episode, please........I know the ending would be great but the excitement of knowing a bit more of each episode would be a great bonus for me. Thanking all the fans & Phillipines for a great drama series. So cute & charming Anilov & Yuri. i......i just falling in love with ktkh. What an amazing story. Really wanna know the sinopsis as well as the ending.What happen to everybody? Yuri, Lorrea and etc.....PLSSSSS Someone help me. Slamat
h...i'm afraid i can't watch the ending..urgh..how i wish i can watch the whole drama.
***waaa...kay tagal kang hinintay finally comes to the end but im really mad rite now coz in m'sia, many scenes from ktkh that have been cut off especially on this final week...there was no scene about nikos and gwen..kayla...n many more.....anyway,i hope bea alonzo and john lloyd cruz will end up together.....
now.who's with me?!!! heheheheh
***Siti Nurbaya Adlan FPRIVATE "TYPE=PICT;ALT=Email" Email June 18th 2004
02:05:12 PM
FAVORITE SOAP OPERA(S): Kay Tagal
ADDRESS/COUNTRY: C1508, Mentari Condo, Jln Tasek Permaisuri3, Bandar Sri Permaisuri, 55700, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
CELLPHONE/TELEPHONE NUMBER: 0060123707375
AGE: 30
FAVORITE TV STATION: Astro Cable
COMMENTS? Love most of Phillipines telenovelas, good actor/actresses, strong storyline.
***What is your name? maryta samantha
Location: malaysia
How did you find this website?
by searching the KAY TAGAL KANG HININTAY
How did you find this website? nice
Where are you from? malaysia
Comments & Suggestions:
how do i get Lorna Talentino's email add? because i want to email her that i really like her, she can really act in so many characters in one time, wow ..she is pretty, i think she is the best actress that i ever saw in telenovela. PLS HELP ME..thanks
***hello dear fans of kay tagal kang hinintay.i'm the biggest fan of this soap opera, really big fan! i've been watching this drama since really 1st episode. i really really love this drama's songs, especially the theme song. if anybody can give me the specific title of the songs and also the name of the singers, i'd really really appreciate it. i really need the titles and the singers' names so that i can search for the songs for me to download.
***please guys, i really need your help. kailangan ako tulungan mo. (hehe.. it is right? at least i tried, diba?) ok, maramin maramin salamat! mahal kita! muuuuaaah!
Hello! I saw a pic that said vcd and dvd for this soap... Do you know where i can find the one selling it? i want to buy from him or her... please let me know as soon as possible. i check this site frequently. thank you
Posted on Nov 11, 2006, 4:46 AM from IP address 203.111.234.69
FILEM KAYTAGAL KANG HININTAY DIMAINKAN OLEH PELAKON HEBAT IAITU RICO YAN(ALEX),DAN JUDY ANN SANTOS.DIMANA SAYA NAK DAPAT VCD ITU?...
DRAMA PULA JOHN LLYOD CRUZ DENGAN BEA ALONZA BERPASANGAN.
Posted on Jul 17, 2007, 10:37 AM from IP address 60.52.56.165
hey there hi!! it is the first tym for us to write to you over there,but we think it can be the first success for us to meet with you all in our continent.the thing is that here in africa there the huge number of people who want to see you because we are the funs of your work (art) coz it touch the reality of many of africans life,so we berg you if possible u may come some tym to show us what you people got we real wanna see you.welcome to africa welcome tanzania the land of mountain kilimanjaro,zanzibar island and the great serengeti national park.
Posted on Jun 5, 2008, 3:41 PM from IP address 196.44.161.254
This is it,the long wait was so good.where can i get its dvd.m in uganda,it is not around here and i need it badly...nwai,bea alonzo is just a girl to watch in these soaps,especially with yuri.u inspire many young people..to love their talent.hp to see you,abs-cbn in uganda soon.
Posted on Aug 7, 2008, 6:03 AM from IP address 193.108.214.219
I just noticed all teleseryes you wanted do not have DVDs out yet. That is because, I think, they are still showing in your place. Probably they will release the DVD after the series are finished there. Too bad, you seemed to really like them. Be patient...
Posted on Aug 9, 2008, 2:55 AM from IP address 203.177.57.170
Just wanted to extend a big hello and welcome to all of the Filipino soap fans around the world! I'm just a normal person, but two of my cousins are actors for ABS-CBN, and if ever I get the chance, I promise I will send all of your greetings and love to the actors. Thank you for being appreciative about our Filipino culture, God Bless you All, and keep your hopes up for the future, because life may be hard, but if you have faith, everything will be okay. GOD BLESS!!
We have set up a new telenovela site where you can watch soaps from around the world. There are only Latin soaps now, but very soon we'll add soaps from the Philippines and Asia. It's under construction now, sorry, but it will be complete soon!
hey rich,thanks for your msg abt the fans of philippino soaps.i am a great fan from uganda.please pass on my greetings to yo cousins.n get back to me soon.thank you and GOD BLESS YOU TOO.
Posted on Aug 8, 2008, 2:08 AM from IP address 193.108.214.219
hey...im jeff born in Samoa but now living in N.Z...i went back to samoa and TFC was being broadcasted there, i have no idea why...but all my cousins, auntys, my older brothers/sisters basically my whole family were in tune with The Filipino Channel..i started watching and eventually got addicted to your soaps..ive seen Gulong Ng Palad, Sa Piling Mo, Walang Kapalit and Maging Sino Ka Man...i gota say...Maging Sino Ka Man takes the cake..its awesome...its funny watching the fili culture and samoan culture..its very much alike LOL I HAVE TO WATCH BOOK 2 of Maging!! ARGHHHH HAHAHA Mahal Kita!!! EMAIL ME!!!
Posted on Oct 2, 2008, 10:23 AM from IP address 210.55.121.119
hi....love to know u more since u're just like me...a pilipino soap fans...i'am from malaysia but i'm a great fan of jericho rosales..he's kinda cute, talented and sooooo loveing..don't u think so...
Posted on Oct 15, 2008, 10:07 PM from IP address 219.93.35.33
Me toooo. We have a local shop that sells filo movies but Ive been waiting for them to get book 2 for ages now. I seen a few sites with it up but none with english subs. Plz email me
Posted on Jan 11, 2010, 2:07 PM from IP address 110.33.245.74
I love their films , they are very good actors,they are just wow, EULA VALDES, JEAN GARCIA KRISTINE HERMOSA, LORNA TOLENTINO, JOHN ESTRADA,JERICO ROSALAS, ,,,,,I LOVE YOU ALL.
Posted on Oct 17, 2008, 12:58 AM from IP address 80.87.84.18
wow! I have never missed any episode of all your soaps which i've watched. at this moment in my country kenya we are watching "it might be you". Congrats you guys for the incredible work done.
request:can someone please send m\e the DVD'S for all your soaps already produced! I just cat get enough of John Llyod Cruz , Bea Alonzo not forgetting Christian and Ara of Love is timeless
Posted on May 29, 2008, 9:19 PM from IP address 82.206.143.51
At a magazine, everything you do is edited by a bunch of people, by committee, and a lot of them are, were, or think of themselves as writers. Part of that is because magazines worry about their voice.
For me, just being on the cover of a magazine wasn't enough. I began to think, what value is there in doing something in which you have no creative input?
No, you don't get it, thats why I'm telling you. You think you get it, which isn't the same as actually getting it. Get it?
I am thankful for the mess to clean after a party because it means I have been surrounded by friends.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.
Posted on Sep 8, 2009, 2:09 PM from IP address 120.28.225.250
I have been looking for four Philipino mermaid films, considered lost, for a long time. They are: Dyesebel(1953), Anak ni Dyesebel (1964), Miranda ang Lagalag na Sirena. and Lorelei (1973). I would appreciate any information toward the purchase of copies of these films; thank you. I am also interested in a copy of the television show, "Love to Love". episode "My Darling Mermaid" (2006).
Posted on Apr 7, 2009, 9:12 AM from IP address 75.8.127.210
GMA Does soooo many remakes of teleseryes! ABS-CBN Orig!
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Hmmmm...ever since i started viewing pinoy tv..all the teleseryes they have are either fantaseryes or remakes of other telenovelas! For example RPN 9 started viewing Mari Mar and next thing you know GMA 7 has Marimar but with additional twists....hmmm..another is Dyesebel...with the same actors and actresses! GMA also copies names and ideas from ABS-CBN kapamilya...for example....GMA copied the korean version idea of My Girl from ABS-CBN and produced their own koreanovela Ako Si Kim Samsoon...and names hmmm...mermaids??? Marina from ABS-CBN to Marinara from GMA both dealing with mermaids???? total copycats??? on the other hand ABS-CBN produces soap operas with originality but also set morals and lessons and introduces interesting plots to the story...that is what GMA 7 needs to work on..No Wonder Alot of their stars moved from GMA to ABS-CBN
1. Anne Curtis
2. Toni Gonzaga
3. Mariell Rodriguez
4. Valerie Concepcion
5. Angel Locsin
6. Cristine Reyes
7. Ara Mina
8. Billy Crawford
9. Jake Cuenca
and other more im predicting
Posted on Jul 10, 2008, 1:21 AM from IP address 69.242.50.255
the reason why ABS started doing remakes was because they couldn't produce original quality fantaseryes. duh.
and copied kapamilya my ass. That's funny coz when GMA started the Kapuso thing bigla nalang nagkaron ng Kapamilya.
and what do you mean original soap operas? plots with characters getting amnesia or the rich vs. poor theme isn't what you would call ORIGINAL dude. interesting plots? where? they're all the same naman eh. They just tweak the storylines a bit but they're all the same.
Besides when GMA made a remake of Marimar and ABS couldn't produce a good enough show to at least compete with it biglang naisipan ng ABS na "magremake" ng korea novelas. hmmmm. copying anyone?
get ur facts straight dude.
Posted on Jul 16, 2008, 3:08 AM from IP address 122.55.215.12
actually, pariho kayong tama. pero ang mas kawawa ay tayong mga viewers... kaya naglilipatan yung mga artista kasi may offer... seguro mas malaki ang offer sa kabila at yung iba naman ay natapos na ang kontrata. bout what happened with Angel Locsin, actually it's not her fault but it's with her manager. guys, this two channel is just twisting your minds para pag awayin ang mga manonood. boring din naman kung walang chismaks, pera kaya yun sa kanila. tayo lang nga ang kawawa. pero kung pag dugtong dugtongin nyo ang dalawang estasyon naku parihu lang yun... (peace)
Posted on Sep 20, 2008, 1:42 AM from IP address 121.54.66.26
Telenovela is the Spanish and Portuguese word for prime time serial or soap opera.
Spanish language prime time serials, or telenovelas, are produced in all Spanish speaking countries, and the United States. Portuguese language telenovelas made in Brazil are also dubbed into Spanish for the Latin American market. Telenovelas are usually aired during prime time. Some of the most famous telenovelas have come from Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela, Chile, Spain, and Puerto Rico. In Spain they are also called culebrn ("long snake") because of the convoluted plots and large number of episodes, usually in the hundreds.
However, unlike American soap operas, which can endure for decades with an ever rotating cast of players and characters, most Latin American telenovelas have an average run of four months, and have few cast changes within the course of a serial.
Telenovelas are not only immensely popular in Latin America, Spain, and in Hispanic communities in the United States, but also have a wide following in Russia, Eastern Europe, France, Malaysia, Singapore, China, the Philippines, and Japan as well.
In Argentina, they are usually produced by Telefe and Pol-ka, in Brazil they are usually produced by Rede Globo, SBT or Bandeirantes, in Chile they are produced by TVN and Canal 13, in Venezuela they are usually produced by Venevision or Radio Caracas Television, in Mexico by Televisa and TV Azteca, in Puerto Rico, they were produced by WAPA-TV or Telemundo Puerto Rico. In the United States, Telemundo and Univision, mostly importers of Latin American soap operas, have started producing telenovelas with Latin American casts and, in the case of Telemundo, Mexican producers (Producciones Argos).
ALL ABOUT SOAPS:
Soap Opera: a daytime television or radio drama presented serially & usually dealing w/ domestic themes of a highly emotional character:so called in reference to the soap commercials often presented on such programs. -the webster dictionary
MeloDrama: A DRAMA W/ A ROMANTIC STORY OR PLOT,SENSATIONAL INCIDENTS,AND USUALLY INCLUDING SOME MUSIC AND SONG.ANY SENSATIONAL AND EMOTIONAL DRAMA USUALLY HAVING A HAPPY ENDING.BEHAVIOR OR LANGUAGE OF A THEATRICAL NATURE<WEBSTER DICTIONARY>
[source:GUINESS BOOK OF RECORDS 2000 edition]
* most expensive soap opera:
the brazilian soap opera TORRE DE BABEL(tower of babel) cost $17million to make,with each individual episode costing $100,000.00 the story was written by silvio de abreu.
* biggest soap opera producer:
the brazilian network REDE GLOBO(teleglobo/tvglobe)
is the largest & most profitable producers of telenovelas(soap opera)
* most expensive Chinese soap opera:
THE ROMANCE OF 3KINGDOMS
cost $12.96million to make.there were 300,000 people involved in 44 episode production,which was made in 1996
* longest-running soap opera:
the british soap opera CORONATION STREET,about the inhabitants of the fictional district of weatherfield manchester england,was first shown on Dec.9 1960 and atleast 2 episodes per week have been broadcast ever since.the show was devised by tony warren & is made by graNAda tv
* longest-running religious soap opera:
MAHABHARAT,the most popular soap opera in india,was shown every sunday morning for 2 years from 1994-1996
* most actors in soap opera:
TORRE DE BABEL set the record for the soap opera with the most of actors-300 were under permanent contract,lthough the show could not use more than 280 at one time.
Latin American auds are lapping up repeats and remakes of hit novelas
Rehashing old programs seems to be the newest trend in Latin American TV.
Mexico's Televisa and TV Azteca have spring lineups filled with refried versions of local and international telenovelas.
In Brazil, second-tier nets remake Mexican soaps and old local ones for lack of access to top writers and resources.
In contrast, Argentina is on a creative high, driven by the need for stronger international sales.
So what is fueling this look back? Is it a cheaper option, or have scribes simply run out of ideas?
Spurred by the ratings success of "Cuna de Lobos," a 1986 novela that Mexico's market leader Televisa trotted out again early last year, both Televisa and second-ranked TV Azteca have begun leaning heavily on remakes.
This risk-averse strategy has proved lucrative in ratings and international sales. Televisa saw an 8% spike in foreign licensing sales from 414.6 million pesos ($36.9 million) to $39.8 million between the third quarters of 2003 and 2004.
"You take something that was tested and proved and after 20 or 25 years you bring it up to date because there's a whole generation that hasn't seen the story," says writer Liliana Abud, who is penning "La madrasta" for Televisa. "That's why they do remakes."
Successful novelas of more recent vintage are rebroadcast one or two seasons after their run has ended in Mexico, yielding high ratings. Televisa got a second helpingfor its money by airing "Amor real" in 2003 and again in 2004.
TV Azteca looked outside Mexico for Latino soap ideas.
Its popular "Las Juanas" is a remake of the 1997 Colombian novela by the same name. Azteca's best-performing novela, "Los Sanchez," is a Mexican version of Argentine hit comic novela "Los Roldan."
Last fall, Televisa's remake of 1970 novela "Rubi" was the season's highest-rated telenovela, in third place overall behind a pair of variety/comedy shows.
However, there are caveats.
"It's not that it's easier. It could be that a telenovela has had a lot of popularity the first time, but a second adaptation doesn't guarantee success," says Fides Velasco, producer of "Las Juanas" at TV Azteca. "The public demands more, since they already know what's going to happen, and so it requires a different level of acting and production."
In Brazil, leading net TV Globo gradually strengthened its hold on writers. When it became evident it was impossible to compete with Globo's telenovela production machine in the second half of the 1990s, the smaller nets SBT, TV Record and Bandeirantes sought alternatives.
SBT aired dubbed Televisa telenovelas, Record focused on talk and variety shows, and Bandeirantes focused on sports and news. But it was clear that viewers wanted telenovelas and the smaller webs were forced to follow the trend.
In 2000, No. 2 net SBT inked an eight-year telenovela co-production pactpact to remake Televisa content. The first fruits of this, "A picara sonhadora," aired in 2001. The companies are on their eighth co-production, "Esmeralda."
SBT's retreads usually rank second in the ratings, well behind Globo, but ahead of TV Record.
And originality is not the definition of success. Last year No. 3 net TV Record's original novela "Metamorphosis," produced by local indie Casablanca, was an audience failure.
But its remake of Globo's 1970s hit "The Slave Isaura" is doing well. Record claims it is not a remake but a new telenovela based on Bernardo Guimaraes' 19th century novel.
New or not, auds like it. "The Slave Isaura" ranks second in the 7 p.m.-8 p.m. slot.
Record will follow "Isaura" with "Senhora" in March -- another remake of a 1970s Globo telenovela. Again, Record claims it is not a remake but a new telenovela based on the same 19th century classic by Jose de Alencar that the Globo skeinskein was derived from. Herval Rossano, who directed both novelas in the 1970s, directed both Record novelas.
No. 4 net TV Bandeirantes will co-produce "Floribella" with RGB Entertainment, to air in March. The first Bandeirantes telenovela since 1999, "Floribella" is a remake of Artear Argentina's hit "Floricienta."
"We learned about the astonishing success of 'Floricienta' and decided to remake it in Brazil," says the web's spokeswoman. "We are working with RGB that has the know-how on telenovela production. From the cost point of view, it would not be wise to build a production center here."
"Floribella" costs around $35,000 an episode -- comparable with Globo's original novelas that cost around $37,000 to $44,000.
But even Globo is not above using a retread now and then. It aired a remake of its 1979 telenovela "Cabocla" last year.
It does this partly because the net's writers can't come up with something better, or because there is some part of the plot that becomes current again.
Argentina's TV industry was forced to slash imports and get creative due to a plunge in ad coincoin and 65% slump in the local currency that drained broadcasters' programming budgets four years ago.
They turned to local production companies for everything from dramas to gamers and novelas.
These shingles -- Cuatro Cabezas, Ideas del Sur Prods., Pol-ka Prods. and others -- had to export their projects to make up the costs that could not be recouped by home sales alone.
International sales in 2004 doubled from the 18,500 hours of content sold in 2002, according to market estimates
New telenovelas are expected to continue to do well. Central Park Prods.' classic love-triangle soap "Jesus, el heredero" (Jesus, the Heir) while lower rated last year (30% audience share vs. 70% for "Roldans") has racked up good sales abroad.
Leading Argentine net Telefe, however, is doing some retreads in hope of repeating the success of last year's "La ninera," a local version of U.S. sitcomsitcom "The Nanny." It also is prepping local adaptations of "Married ... With Children" and "Who's the Boss?"
Telenovela shoots in exotic locations of Europe and Latin America
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Brazil
Globo shoots in exotic locations of Europe and Latin America
The Clone had shootings in Morocco; Family ties in Japan; Celebrity in France and An angel has fallen in the Czech Republic. They have started shooting Bellissima in Greece and Chile. They also include actors from different countries in the casting. They license series and miniseries, childrens programs, musicals and special products like the coverage of the Carnival in Rio.
During the last 30 years, Globo has commercialized over 300 productions in more than 130 countries, with a marked presence in Latin American, European, Asian and African markets.
Helena Bernardi is Globos Marketing and International Sales Director, and she says that the products they sell the most are, for sure, telenovelas.
What do you think is the reason for this?
Our telenovelas combine fiction characteristics with society topics through universal subjects and emotional conflicts. They are produced with a high quality and cutting-edge technology and many of them have shootings abroad so they are more universal and appealing to the international audience.
What has been your experience in the sales of formats?
Voce Decide has been sold as a format in 53 countries. Some of them bought the show exactly as it was aired in Brazil. Others, such as Angola, broadcasted it with a local showman but they kept the interactivity of the original program, explains the executive.
However, in other countries, the format was adapted completely with local actors and showmen. Among the countries that bought the format, it is worth mentioning China, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Israel, Germany and Mexico.
What other products do you commercialize?
We license series and miniseries, childrens programs, musical shows and special products, like the coverage of the Carnival in Rio. As it represents an important cultural manifestation of our country, it is appealing to the international world market. They have been bought by France, Russia, Argentina, Indonesia and many countries in Latin America.
Helena Bernardi adds that their main objective is to strengthen the presence of their productions in Eastern Europe a market that has grown rapidly and Asia, which represents a potential territory for their products.The quality of technology: an ally to success
Which where the most sold telenovelas at Globo?
I could mention The clone, for which we sold the broadcasting rights to more than 62 countries; Family ties sold to 66 countries and Terra nostra sold to 84. Historically, we could also list The slave Isaura, which was broadcasted in 79 countries and Little Missy, broadcasted in 62.
What is Globos challenge at the moment?
To satisfy the needs of a sophisticated audience that has developed an expert eye to appreciate a good story when they see it.
In view of the fact that local productions have increased in many countries especially in the telenovela genre Bernardi thinks it is a great opportunity for Globo: We can develop international productions or co-productions with our partners, both in Hispanic and European markets. We have a very competitive standard since we supply the market with telenovelas that deal with universal subjects and are produced with the highest quality and cutting-edge technology, she assures.
Posted on Feb 3, 2007, 9:54 PM from IP address 222.127.52.106
Let me tell you, the best telenovelas come from Colombia and Brazil. Those two countries know how to produce telenovelas, and good quality ones. Mexican telenovelas are just like Filipino telenovelas, probably because of the shared culture between the two countries, and they get too ma-arte sometimes and over dramatic, but wow, those telenovelas from Colombia and Brazil, Ive had the best TV-watching moments of my life with telenovelas from those two countries.
Its obvious the pull that the two networks TELEMUNDO and UNIVISION have in Latin America in that they work in collaboration with other TV networks to produce telenovelas, or borrow their partner network's actors to fill up their shows. TELEMUNDO worked with Brazilian TV network Globo to produce El Clon, and with Colombian TV network RCI to produce Pasion de Gavilanes, and Univision regularly works with Venezuelan company Venevision to produce telenovelas and various comedy and talk shows.
There are TV networks that only pertain to certain countries: TV Azteca is the smaller Mexican network that brought you Paloma (Cuando Seas Mia), RCI is a Colombian network, Venevision is Venezuelan. And its high profile for a celebrity to be on one of the smaller networks, but for an actor to sign a contract with either Telemundo or Televisa means that THEYVE MADE IT, and theyre on their way to worldwide superstardom.
Telemundo is based in Miami, Florida and Televisa is based in Mexico City. Many Latin American actors, for them to get good work, have to move to either the US or Mexico to grow as actors.
Paola Rey and Danna Garcia were HUGE stars in their native Colombia, but it wasnt until they moved to the United States and landed their contracts with Telemundo that they became WORLDWIDE CELEBRITIES. And with the success of Pasion de Gavilanes (Pasion de Amor), Paola Rey landed the hugely prestigious endorsement deals for Neutrogena and Revlon, while Danna Garcia landed an endorsement deal for Garnier. This is a big deal, because very few Latin celebrities get those deals, in fact, not more than a handful of Latin celebs have received endorsement deals in the United States . And these two girls cant walk down the street in any country of the Americas, the US, or Spain without being mobbed by huge crowds.
Without a doubt, Telemundos hottest property right now is Gabriela Spanic. As far as a male leading actor, it's Saul Lisazo. Also hot properties are: PAOLA REY, MICHEL BROWN, DANNA GARCIA, MARIO CIMARRO, AND JUAN ALFONSO BAPTISTA. Even just a telenovela starring ONE of these actors is a surefire hit, so imagine the teaming up of two of them in various telenovelas.
Its also important to understand that not all actors in Latin America are Mexican, nor are all telenovelas from Mexico. PASION DE GAVILANES (Amor) is from COLOMBIA.
GABRIELA SPANIC is CROATION/VENEZUELAN.
BARBARA MORI is JAPANESE/URUGUAYAN.
MICHEL BROWN is ARGENTINEAN.
JUAN ALFONSO BAPTISTA is VENEZUELAN.
MARIO CIMARRO (Pasion de Amor, Gata Salvaje) is CUBAN. Isn't it neat to see how actors look like in real life? We're so used to seeing him in vaquero outfits and with cowboy hats, and here he is dressed all cool and casual, the real Mario Cimarro.
PAOLA REY and DANNA GARCIA are COLOMBIAN.
SEBASTIAN RULLI and SAUL LISAZO are ARGENTINEAN.
After Pasion de Gavilanes, Telemundo teamed up MICHEL BROWN and DANNA GARCIA in TE VOY A ENSEAR A QUERER (Im Going to Teach You How to Love). Then they teamed up PAOLA REY and JUAN ALFONSO BAPTISTA in the worldwide hit LA MUJER EN EL ESPEJO (THE WOMAN IN THE MIRROR). Then MARIO CIMARRO was the protagonista (Spanish for actor with top billing) in the phenomenal EL CUERPO DEL DESEO (Body of Desire). CORAZON PARTIDO, with protagonista DANNA GARCIA just ended, and taking its place in the 9pm timeslot, surely another hit, and another team up from the Pasion cast, PAOLA REY and MICHEL BROWN in Amores de Mercado.
Televisas hottest property right now: SEBASTIAN RULLI (from Rubi) and GALILEA MONTIJO.
GLOBO is a the network that dominates Brazil, and considering the population of Brazil and the fact that the rest of Latin America loves and eats up Brazilian telenovelas, its easy to say that the top 3 networks in the Americas are: TELEMUNDO, UNIVISION, and GLOBO.
Im really happy that I live here in the US. I own a home-business, so while Im working and when I'm not going out to dinner with friends and living my life of course, Im at home doing my internet-based business while watching TV, which is a luxury in itself to be able to do so, to be able to schedule your own breaks, so I can only be grateful to God for that, but what adds to the luxury is the choices you have and the variety of shows you can watch.
If you feel like watching American TV, theres Desperate Housewives, Smallville, Simple Life, MTV, all there. But I usually watch Spanish shows all day, as in ALL DAY. But if you feel like watching Filipino shows, theres GMA Pinoy TV or TFC for me. If you feel like watching Asianovelas, theres the Asian channel featuring the hottest shows from all over Asia, and with English subtitles. For Spanish shows, I dont need English subtitles because Im fluent in Spanish, but for Filipinos who dont speak Spanish, Telemundo offers that option. Univision/Televisa doesnt. And theres Pasion de Gavilanes (Amor) in its full 1-hour original-ness. If you want to know whats happening to your celebs from Latin America, its all there in the Spanish networks daily gossip shows.
So if you want to go the U.S., not only will you have a better life, but your nightly television entertainment also receives a boost. Pretty funny, right.
When I visited the Philippines, I was dying because I could not watch my telenovelas. The thing about telenovelas here is that theyre shown every day all day along in one channel or another, which is fantastic for Filipinos because just like the South Americans that in reality, we sort of are, we eat that stuff up like candy just like they do. They show new ones at night and in the afternoon, and in the mornings they show classic telenovelas from years past.
Ill share with you my TV watching schedule just for fun. In the morning, Telefutura begins showing telenovelas from 6am to 11:30. They show successful telenovelas from years past, so if youre nostalgic, heres your chance to revisit telenovelas from years past. Before they showed Rosalinda with Thalia, and a whole bunch of other good ones, too many to name. Right now 6am is El Precio de tu Amor starring Rubi star Eduardo Santamarina, 7am is my FAVORITE Mi Destino Eres Tu starring the beautiful Lucero and Jorge Salinas. 8 is Entre El Amor y El Odio, 9 is the FANTASTIC Colombian telenovela LUCIANA, which is my current favorite. 10am is a Venezuelan telenovela Destinos, during which I change the station to Telemundo, because theyre showing POR QUE DIABLOS? starring my favorite actress Paola Rey and Manolo Cardonas. Telemundo is great, because they show their morning telenovela for an hour and a half! The 10am slot before showed previous Brazilian hits El Clon, Siete Mujeres, and this FUNNY FUNNY telenovela that I forgot the name of. And now they put a telenovela from their Colombian partner RCI, which stars two of their hottest contract stars Paola Rey and Manolo Cardonas.
At 11 while Im working, I then watch the Spanish morning shows, which feature celebrities from the networks as guests. From 11am - 1pm, the Spanish networks then show their morning gossip shows kind of like Kris Aquinos show which reports on the celebrities and whats up in their lives, etc. you know all that chismis, which is also entertaining in itself to see whos Barbara Mori dating, or whos Sebastian Rullis new girlfriend.
Then at 1pm, Univision starts up the telenovela rounds again and starts with the daily MujerHistorias de La Vida Real, which is a daily show that features stories based on true stories. 2pm is another telenovela that we dont watch, 3pm is Rebelde, and 4pm they have another gossip show, then from 5-7 they have the news, so we're not watching Univision during those times because its boring, and we usually go out to dinner anyway, so we're usually not home.
I watch Rebelde, then I change it to Telefutura because at 4pm is MARIA LA DEL BARRIO, which I LOVE!!!!! No wonder Filipinos were glued to this show while it was on and love Thalia with a passion. 5pm they have Amor de Palos from Venezuela, then 6pm they always have the current childrens telenovela, which I never watch.
Then boom, the networks start their ratings war. 7pm starts the daily night time ratings competition between the two networks. TV Azteca has had moderate success with Paloma (Cuando Seas Mia), the other one, and the new one (see, theyre not really that good which is why not too many people watch it, and I dont even remember their names, the only good one was Paloma and Amor en Custodia, and a few other ones), but the biggest and most expensive shows are on Telemundo and Univision, and 7pm starts the war to who can rake in the most viewers with their shows. Kind of like Philippine television, right?
Right now, its like this. On Telemundo, 7pm is La Tormenta which is like a western suspenseful love story, which I might add won an award, and also features a lesbian couple and a gay couple, 8pm is Tierra de Pasiones, the novela that takes place in the wine grape fields, starring GABY SPANIC and SAUL, 9pm is the new hit Amores de Mercado starring your favorite Pasion stars MICHEL BROWN and PAOLA REY. Then 10 pm is Decisiones, the fantastic daily novela donde usted es el verdadero protagonista where you are the main star, and they did that because when it first started, for every story they filmed two separate endings, the character would come to a turning point, and the audience is given two options, like a) should she do this? Or b) should she do that?, and the audience would text their choice, and then the votes are tallied, and the ending that the audience chose is the ending for the telenovela. Genius, no?
On Univision, which owns Televisa and therefore shows telenovelas directly from Televisa, at 7 is Peregrina about a circus, 9 is Barrera de Amor, and the 10 slot is the Spanish talk show, Cristina, where they feature celeb interviews usually or interesting stuff. For Univision, whenever a telenovela ends, the day it ends, the cast usually goes on Cristina and they talk about the telenovela and stuff. When Rubi ended, Barbara Mori and Sebastian Rulli went on Cristina, same as Alborada, then Fernando Colunga and Lucero went on Cristina, then Sebastian came again after Contra Viento y El Marea ended, then Barbara Mori came again when her movie La Mujer de Mi Hermano was released in the United States. Cristina is based in Miami, where Univision and Telemundo is based. Miami, Florida for Latin America is like the center of everything, its Latin Americas Hollywood, just because all of the biggest stars live there, and if youre an actor and want to get into telenovelas, well Miami, Florida is where you wanna go just because two of the biggest Spanish TV networks are based there, and hold their auditions there, their awards shows there, their talent competitions whenever they have those talent/dance/singing shows where ordinary people can become stars.
You know what? I like Spanish TV because in its base form, not only is it the same culture as a Filipino culture, its like the same thing as Filipino TV: telenovelas, chismis talk shows, dance and singing competition shows, its like Filipino TV but in Spanish and on a grander scale. And that works for me, and keeps me entertained everyday. I would much rather be watching Filipino TV with all my cousins and family in Pilipinas, but obviously I'm in the US, so I can't, so the closet thing to home is Spanish television, and that keeps me happy. It also makes me happy when my family and I watch the same show, because it's imported over there as well.
Stay tuned for next months Telenovela Update where well talk about the hottest Brazilian telenovelas. The reason why we like Brazilian telenovelas is that theyre more realistic and yet more dream like at the same time, I know that doesnt sound like it makes sense, but if you ever watched a telenovela from Brazil, youll understand why it does and why theyre so popular.
In telenovelas, from Latin America and Asia, there is usually a character that we all root for, and then there is that evil character that ruins things for him/her. The difference in Brazilian telenovelas is that it really reflects everyday life in that there isnt always a heroine/villain aspect, in fact, in Brazilian telenovelas, many times there are no villains at all. They have a different format for the way they make their telenovelas than the way Spanish-speakers and Asians do it. There are no villains in Brazilian telenovelas, there are just conflicting desires among the characters, which is exactly what makes it more human.
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Posted on Feb 3, 2007, 9:59 PM from IP address 222.127.52.106
TVN Channel 7 operates national networks, has an international signal and a relevant web. In 1978 it created the drama area and made more than 30 telenovelas and, since 1993 it has produced at least two telenovelas every year reaching such quality in its products that they sell to Mexico, Ecuador, Paraguay and the United States.
Canal 7-TVN is a national channel and has become the only Chilean channel that has steadily sustained utilities for the last ten years and besides, it has been the top one in the prime time with its own telenovelas. Chile is a country in the south of Latin America made up of 13 regions with a population of 15 million people of wich, 5 million 410 thousand of them live in the capital city, Santiago de Chile.
From Chile to the world
Last decade remarkable results have encouraged us to develop another simultaneous project to the production of a 6-month telenovela and we are producing a third telenovela. This is about the creation of an area of young telenovelas production, David Belmar explains to TVMAS from their own studios in Chile during our recent visit to those extraordinary facilities. Their stories are also being bought to be adapted such as Amores de Mercado, acquired by Telemundo from the USA which is now under production in Miami.
The channel managers gave an important step at last MIPCOM where they had a booth to show their products.
We are proud of offering high quality products because it took us many years and big investments to specialize ourselves in telenovelas. We have trained our people in different Latin American industries. We have created script writers workshops with relevant people from world literature, film and theatre industries and we have worked with professionals and technicians graduated from important universities. In other words, we have professionalized this job of making telenovelas and television products in general, said Ernesto Lombardi, commercial director and Daniel Belmar, executive producer. Among their most successful love stories we can mention Amores de Mercado, Roman, Pampa Ilusin, Circo de las Montini and Purasangre.
Facing this Canal 7 huge growth, its competitor, Canal 13, once the leader, installed its own drama area and bet with a successful telenovela as Machos last year. Its topic is men and the mysteries around them. Its script writers, Coca Gmez, Sebastin Arauz and Pablo Ynez, have captured an audience that did not usually watch telenovelas. We tried to reach young public to start showing another position, explains Vernica Saquel, executive producer, in Canal 13 production studios where she was exclusively interviewed by TVMAS. In an adult language we have serious conversations and we speak about different topics related to familiar planning, homosexuality and the Church role today. All this, from a male point of view. To get to know the mystery of being man is to speak about these young people topics: men virginity, ways of relating themselves in a funny way and how they live with women today, says the Chilean successful telenovela producer and the person who gave the idea.
Machos is a phenomenon with an average of 44 points of rating during a whole chapter, even with 50 point peaks, which shows a growing tendency since the beginning of this telenovela was not so good. To penetrate international markets we had to include neutral Spanish and excellent outdoors scenes supported by breakthrough technology and high quality art and photography work.
Sony Television International acquired the telenovela for its international distribution during the First Telenovela World Summit held in Miami last year, where the product was introduced by Canal 13 executives in its first stage of production.
Posted on Feb 3, 2007, 10:07 PM from IP address 222.127.52.106
The telenovelas from Brazil usually feature Brazilian themes, cultures, characters, historical and contemporary events and glossy on-location scenery. For example, Escarva Isaura is about a slave on a Brazilian coffee plantation around 1875. Gabriela, Cravo e Canela stars Snia Braga and is based upon Jorge Amado's novel about life in the cacao-growing region of Bahia. Malu Mulher is about a divorced woman trying to come to terms with her life in So Paulo. Beto Rockfeller is about a ruthless climber in Rio de Janeiro, and features a parade of characters from different social classes. Pantanal is set among the natural beauty of the southeastern swamplands. Thus, the telenovelas are an important source from which the Brazilian receive information about their history, land and people.Brazilian telenovelas are often very racy, with ample female nudity, which makes it difficult to transplant to certain countries. For example, Angel Malo could not be shown in Chile as is. Instead, a sanitized version was produced by Univesidad Catlica TV to suit Chilean sensibilities. The hot Brazilian telenovelas Renacer had to be scheduled in Chile for late night showings, where it held the highest audience share.The TV Globo telenovelas have the biggest budgets, and the production values show through. TV Globo has a Department of Analysis and Research to conduct detailed audience research analysis and routinely modifies telenovela scripts along the way according to audience reaction. When actress Daniella Perez was killed by the jealous wife of her on-screen boyfriend in De Corpo e Alma, the screenwriter Gloria Perez (who happens to be Daniella's mother in real life) continued the story of the character with previously shot film and in flashbacks.
In the diamond mining town of Tijuco in Brazil, the commendador--appointed by the king of Portugal--is the ultimate authority. Having grown up in the relative security of his house, the young and beautiful Xica da Silva finds her world threatened when he decides to sell her to a whorehouse in town, refusing to recognize that a black slave girl could be his daughter. In a desperate bid to save herself, Xica steals the diamonds collected by the commendador for the king, intending to use them to escape. The king's army arrives to collect the diamonds the very next day, however, and when the loot turns up missing, the commendador is led away in chains, his family dispossessed and thrown out in the street with only the clothes on their backs. Martin, the commendador's son, swears vengeance. Xica and the other slaves, however, are sold at auction, and Xica ends up in the home of the Sergeant Major, an old man who bought her solely to slake his lust. To the town of Tijuco, however, comes the new commendador, the elegant and ruthless Joao Fernandes. Immediately struck by Xica's beauty, he manipulates the Sergeant Major into selling her to him. And thus begins a love story, filled with danger, intrigue and passion, between a willful nobleman and a crafty slave girl who rises to one day become queen.
One of Brazil's greatest soap operas; no THE greatest soap opera (or novelas as they are better known). This is a story of a 900-year-old vampire and his love for a woman and his 13-year-old son; set in Brazilian cities like Sao Paulo, San Antonio, and the fictional Maramores. Although this novela was catering to a pre-teen/teen target audience it still delivers a profound message and amazing (and likable characters). The story's main character is Zeca, a normal 13 year old boy who is obsessed with vampires. He's siblings and parents can't understand him but love him just the same. It is later revealed that Zeca is in fact the son of a powerful vampire named Boris who switched him with his parent's real baby at birth. Boris believes that Zeca's "mother" is the reincarnation of his beloved princess Cecilia who chose to kill herself then to be the wife of a vampire. As the story a progress, Zeca begins to develop his powers and tragic turns of events force Livia to live with her mother Zoroastra (named after the Persian prophet Zoroaster to preached of the war between good and evil). That is when vampires start to slowly invade Maramores. Zeca must deal with his vampiric self and still live a normal life (and win the affection of his beloved Bea). The secondary characters are equally fascinating: Galileo (the vampire hunter), Mina (Bori's wife of over 100 years), Cica (the beautiful nurse of Maramores),Agusto (Livia's unrequited love of the past) Martha (the blind-but-evil sister in law of Augusto), Isaura (Martha's suffering maid, her's is a sad tale), Ezequiel (the angel sent by God to fight the vampires), and even famous vampires like Dracula and Nosferatu show up, the list goes on and on.
The special effects are nothing short of incredible. Vampires hurl lightening, angels wield flaming swords, men turn into wolves, and this list too goes on and on.
The music deserves mention as well. Who can forget the haunting theme of the vampires, the exotic music of Maramores, or the active Latin/German song of the angel Ezeqiel (ex nihilo et angelus...must be heard to be believed). Songs like "Fairy Tale" by Shaman is a perfect fit for this novella.
This novella delivers many messages about love, God, and the war between good and evil. One scene has Livia tell Boris that evil and destruction cannot win because God will not allow it. Boris replies that maybe God is tired of humanity and wants to destroy it. Despite that, most of the soap opera is of a highly humorous nature. Scenes like when Galileo's white son was turned black and went Rastafarian; or when Marta led a group of farmers into revolution. I watched the Spanish dubbed version (El Beso del Vampiro) and I loved it (even though the Portuguese audiences said it was poorly done and heavily edited).
All in all this novela deserves recognition and hopefully a time slot on English networks.
"Hoje Dia De Maria" (something like "Today is Mary's Day") is an outstanding fantasy, a fairy-tale about life and feelings, seen from the eyes of a little girl, Maria(Carolina Oliveira, as a child, and Leticia Sabatella, adult - who played Natasha Henstridge's maid in the movie "Bella Donna"). However, besides such an unreal atmosphere, it's not made for children.
The cast of this magnificent mini-series also includes Fernanda Montenegro (Academy Award nominee best actress in 1998 for "Central Station"), a "primadonna" of Brazilian theater, cinema and TV, among other great actors, like brilliant Osmar Prado (Maria's father) and Stnio Garcia (Asmodeu), in one of their best appearances ever. By the way, Asmodeu, the devil, is played by seven different actors. What a finding!
Rodrigo Santoro (from "Charlie's Angels, "Love Actually") plays a sad "birdman", a young man who lives imprisoned in a body of a bird, in a place where the night never comes out, and everybody lives under a permanent sunset. In Maria's childhood, Rodrigo is the tinplate bird who protects the little girl Maria (Carolina, magnificent in her debut as an actress),when she decides, in her sweet innocence, wander round and round through the streets.
Rodrigo's character will fall in love with the adult and beautiful Maria (Leticia), since the day she finds him wounded and saves the bird of dying with an arrow in his chest.
The story reminds us the movie "Ladyhawke" (with Michelle Pfeiffer and Rutger Hauer) a bit, but you probably have never watched anything so beautiful as this story. The music is wonderful and the sceneries are all built with paintings! Creative, outstanding!!! The plot mixes some elements of the traditional fairy-tales and others of the richest Brazilian popular culture of the countryside. That's a finding and works it out very well. All the characters talk like the country-people of the Northeast, what demonstrates the careful work of the director and cast with this production and makes of "Hoje Dia De Maria" something special.
Director Luiz Fernando Carvalho has done once more a brilliant work in "Hoje Dia De Maria". This mini-series would be compared to his debut as a movie director ("Lavoura Arcaica"). The sensibility of his directing can be seen in both productions, what is a warranty of quality for the audience.
Definitely, this mini-series is a must-see, a small masterpiece which deserves to be found out, as well as little Maria's discoveries in her imaginary journey.
In October of 2005, Globo Television released the second part of this magnificent mini-TV series called : "Hoje Dia de Maria - Segunda Jornada". That's another must-see.
What do you get when you mix the story of two young lovers and the making of a human clone? You get an interesting story by way of a Brazilian telenovela (soap opera) called O CLONE (The Clone).
Known for incorporating social issues into her stories, Glria Perez includes the following topics in her latest telenovela: Drug addiction, Middle Eastern culture (Muslim lifestyle), and science fiction (human cloning). Given the current news headlines of cloning and the Middle East, the telenovela becomes even more important and gives cause for discussion after viewing each episode.
O CLONE takes the viewer to two striking locations - modern-day Brazil and Morocco. The two main characters are introduced - Jade, a headstrong Muslim girl from Morocco and Lucas, a docile, daydreamer from Brazil with a Catholic religious background. The two meet and fall in love. The problem is that their different cultures make it difficult for a union between them. Jade's family has chosen a family for her, and Lucas's family is reluctant for him to marry a foreigner. In addition to their story, a scientist creates a human clone after a loved one prematurely dies. This clone later becomes an important part of the lives of Jade and Lucas.
The viewer gets a chance to see a Muslim household and what goes on there. Some of the scenes may be a bit exaggerated since the storytellers use poetic license to make the story more dramatic. However, the scenes can be used to open up a dialogue of discussion about a culture that may not be known or understood by many in the west. Despite the differences between the cultures - Christian and Muslim, it becomes clear that there are many similarities such as one's love of family and the desire to find happiness.
Veteran novela director, Jayme Monjardim and his team have produced an outstanding product with O CLONE. His handiwork shows beautiful close-ups of the actors and enchanting shots of the land and cityscape of Morocco and Brazil. He skillfully captures both places.
The lead actress, Giovanna Antonelli (Jade), gives a believable presentation as the Muslim girl, torn between following her true heart's desire and the dictates of her family to marry the man chosen for her. Lead actor, Murilo Bencio (Lucas) also gives a winning performance as the young man who has fallen in love with a girl from a different society who his family will not accept. Bencio plays three different roles - twins and the clone. Each character is different and convincing.
The rest of the cast also gives strong performances. This includes Stnio Garcia as Uncle Ali, Elaine Giardini as Nazira, Daniela Escobar as Maysa, Vera Fischer as Yvette, Reginaldo Farias as Lenidas, Letcia Sabatella as Latiffa, Dalton Vigh as Said, Antonio Calloni as Mohamed, Adriana Lessa as Deusa, and Jandira Martini as Zoraide. Actually the cast list goes on I'm sure you get the idea. All the actors are good.
O CLONE captured the attention of over 18 million viewers in Brazil. The telenovela successfully took hold of the American T.V. audience, as well. Brazilian telenovelas shown in the U.S. are usually dubbed into Spanish. For the first time in the history of telenovelas shown in the U.S., English sub-titles (closed caption) have been included. Now, non-Spanish speakers have a chance to enjoy the story as well.
In addition to an arresting and sometimes controversial storyline, the telenovela has a fun music soundtrack full of Brazilian and Middle Eastern music. Thanks to musical director, Marcus Viana, the music adds to the success of the novela as a whole.
O CLONE is one of those telenovelas that doesn't waste your time. I highly recommend this Brazilian soap opera for your viewing pleasure.
"Terra Nostra" is a Brazilian telenovela or soap opera that is set in the late 1800s. It takes place at a time when slaves were freed in Brazil and there was a need for workers, especially on the coffee fazendas (plantations) of Brazil. As a result new laborers were sought and a large number of Italians, looking for a better life, immigrated to Brazil to work there.
This historical telenovela tells the story of these Italian immigrants. It focuses on the relationship of Giuliana Esplendore and Matteo Batistela (Actors Ana Paula Aroso and Thiago Larceda) who meet each other during the voyage to Brazil.
Giuliana and Matteo immediately fall in love and plan a life together. Unfortunately, fate and some people do not plan it that way. A series of mishaps befall the couple and keep them apart. When they finally reunite, their conduct affects not only their lives, but also other people they have met along the way.
Moral issues arise which produce fruitful debate for the television viewers. There are no simple answers because none of the characters or issues are strictly right or wrong, black or white. The issues and personalities are gray and will cause the viewers to change their minds during the storyline.
Unlike many telenovela stories, the characters are not larger than life in "Terra Nostra." Instead, they are like everyday people who make everyday decisions. Consequently, the viewers can relate to what is happening in the story.
"Terra Nostra" is written by Benedito Ruy Barbosa and directed by Jayme Monjardim. Both men are responsible for writing and directing other first-rate stories. The telenovela is full of beautiful shots of nature and scenery. The pacing of each episode properly moves so that the viewers can savor the panorama, the story and the acting.
Musical director, Marcus Viana, puts together a heavenly music soundtrack for the telenovela. It is mainly filled with traditional Italian songs that are performed by well-known and talented musicians such as Charlotte Church, Caetano Veloso, Zizi Possi, and Jerry Adriani. The soundtrack also includes original instrumental music by Viana, also a gifted musician experienced with soundtracks for other shows. Three CDs, titled "Terra Nostra" "Terra Nostra 2" and "Speranza" have been successful produced.
"Terra Nostra" has been successfully shown worldwide, from countries such as Tahiti, Russia, Greece, Canada, the United States of America, Hungary to Italy, Spain, Croatia, Portugal and many more.
The combination of a great story, enchanting music, wonderful directing makes "Terra Nostra" a memorable telenovela to watch.
(Forca de um desejo/Forces of Desire)tagged as one of the most beautiful Soap Opera in the world...Beautiful Scenery, BitterSweet Melody, Fantastic Costumes, Great Acting...
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Greetings - I am curious if anyone can tell me about the following telenovelas.
The New Wave (La Nueva Onda)
Campeon (Champion)
I am working for a production company that has the distribution rights for these telenovelas but we do not have any information in the files as to the plots of these shows so I am trying to fill that in. Sadly, I am having a lot of trouble. I would appreciate anything you can tell me about these shows. According to my Boss's information these telenovelas were produced 10+ years ago, they were originally in Portuguese (possibly from Globo) then dubbed into Spanish for Telemundo but they never aired them. Thank you for taking the time to read this and thanks a head of time for your help.
Posted on Aug 13, 2008, 6:58 AM from IP address 67.159.166.58
ALL ABOUT SOAPS:
Soap Opera: a daytime television or radio drama presented serially & usually dealing w/ domestic themes of a highly emotional character:so called in reference to the soap commercials often presented on such programs. -the webster dictionary
MeloDrama: A DRAMA W/ A ROMANTIC STORY OR PLOT,SENSATIONAL INCIDENTS,AND USUALLY INCLUDING SOME MUSIC AND SONG.ANY SENSATIONAL AND EMOTIONAL DRAMA USUALLY HAVING A HAPPY ENDING.BEHAVIOR OR LANGUAGE OF A THEATRICAL NATURE<WEBSTER DICTIONARY>
I'm an avid fan of kapamilya network and most of us here in Bohol is switching only to Abs-Cbn. They are very creative and good talent handler (proof: Angel Locsin is transferring to Channel 2 because she wants some space and sort of talents to discover aside from acting). What I hate very very much about GMA-7 is because they are airing again the shows which Abs-Cbn had earned credit out from the show that they[GMA] replay (METEOR GARDEN...)They always make gaya to the kapamilya network. At isa pa, they always make ratings showing their victory(unbelievable truth).Alam nyo ba na ang nangongopya ay BASURA???????!!!!!!.Kaya hindi nalang ako magugulat kung isang araw PINOY BIG BROTHER naman ang gagayahin NYO!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted on Oct 19, 2007, 1:18 PM from IP address 124.6.174.116
i am a fan of a kapuso ang kapamilya but wag ganyanin ang gma bakit nila i repply ang meteor garden dahil may mga kapuso na hindi nakapanood ng meteor garden sa GMA dahil solid kapuso sila tulad ko. wag ganyanin ang favorite network ko dahil mas mataas pa ang rangko ang GMA kay sa iyong trabaho. comment lang toh walang personalan. at sana i respeto mo rin ang GMA network katulad ko nag respeto ako sa Dalaang Network. hi greet ako kay dyesebel no.1 ang GMA sa iligan i'm proud to be kapuso
Posted on Aug 13, 2008, 3:58 PM from IP address 222.127.245.250
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE PRODUCER OF THE PROMISE.SINCE I STARTED WATCHING THIS PROGRAM HAVE LIKED IT AND IT HAS MADE AN IMPACT IN MY LIFE THAT WHENEVER I DONT SEE OR WATCH ANY OF THE SERIES I FALL SICK AND I CANT WAIT TO SEE THE NEXT EPISODE.
YNA AND ANGELO MAKE A GOOD COUPLE AND I WOULD WISH THEM TO MAKE IT BIG IN LIFE.THEY ARE GOOD ACTORS AND ACTRESS.ITS ONLY A PITY THAT I SEEM TO HATE CLAUDIA[SORRY] BUT I BELIEVE THIS IS ACTING.PLS ANGELO AND YNA TRY TO CONTACT ME THROUGH MY EMAIL AND AM FROM KENYA.I ALSO LOVE THE OTHER ONE'TILL MORNING COMES' ITS ALSO GREAT AND YOU PEOPLE ARE REALLY MAKING MY LIFE CHANGE.SAY HALLO TO ALL THE ACTORS AND ACTRESSES LIKE MARK.LIA.FELICITY.DIEGO.AMOR.CLAUDIA.EDUARDO.BETTYMEA.JONATHAN.GENERAL.TONNY BANKS NOT FORGETTING YNA AND ANGELO.
Posted on Jun 3, 2005, 11:40 PM from IP address 62.24.101.29
Darating Ang Umaga is a tale about love, fate, family and betrayal which revolves around two sisters, Mira (Eula Valdez) and Arriana (Vina Morales) and a mysterious medallion which is responsible for their fate in life. One sister will be a rich and powerful business woman, while the other will live a life of poverty and destitute. The story begins in San Mateo, where the sisters work as slaves for Don Lucio (Dante Rivero), a heartless man with deep resentment for their mother, Milagros (Daria Ramirez). Arriana fins the medallion in a lake bed and also finds love with a newcomer, Abel (Ian Veneracion) When their father (Spanky Manikan) is hospitalised because of a quarry accident, Milagros has no choice but to allow Don Lucio to enslave her daugters in exchange for her husband's life. While in the mansion, the sisters plan to escape, and in betrayal, Mira leaves Arriana behind. Here begins a series of twists and turns in the lives of the sisters 20 years on as their family is separated by deceit, lies and unfortunate circumstances. Could it be the curse of the medallion? Will Arriana find the missing piece of the puzzle to reunite her family and the medallion once more, or will the sinister Savannah (Sharmaine Suarez) find it before her?
Cast:
Eula Valdez and Vina Morales lead an all-star cast in this years newest teleserye from director Rory B.Quintos. The cast also includes Ian Veneracion (Ikaw Lang Ang Mamahalin), Patrick Garcia (Pangako Sa 'Yo), Jodi St. Maria (Pangako Sa 'Yo), Danilo Barrios (Sa Dulo Ng Walang Hanggan), Aiza Marquez (Sa Puso Ko Iingatan Ka), Sharmaine Suarez, Daria Ramirez (Tabing Ilog), Dante Rivero (Recuerdo de Amor), Glydel Mercado (Sa Dulo Ng Walang Hanggan) and Maribeth Bichara (Pangako Sa 'Yo). Supporting roles include Izza Ignacio, Aljon Jimenez, William Lorenzo and Sarji Cruz, Eva Darren, Cody Moreno and Ketchup Eusebio
LYRICS:
Saan Darating Ang Umaga
Bakit ba pinagtago, pala'y maglalayo tayo sa ating buhay? Ang araw na kay ganda, ba't ngang lumisan ka, ay nag dilim ang kulay?
Ang umaga'y nagtampo, anong kasama mo, luha ang tanging iwan? Kung sya ba'y magbabalik, ako'y mananabik, kung kailan at saan...
BRIDGE
Darating ba syan'g kasama ka? Masasalubong man lang ba kita? Subalit ako'y mag aalala, kung ako ay, mahal mo ba
CHORUS
Kahit ba anong hadlang, mananatili kan'g mahal sa aking buhay/tulad. May umaga man pala, kung di kanya dala, ito'y walang buhay...
just like other Spanish colony we develop our own FilipinoSpanish w/c is very unique in any Spanish speaking countries we have our own usage & expressions:
Hoy! in Spanish it means Now! but in the Philippines it means: Hey!
Siempre Spanish means Always/Forever in the Philippines it means: of cousre
Querida means Beloved in Spanish but in the Philippines it has a different meaning: Mistress
samething happen to Harry Potter (Americanising words, spellings, and grammar characteristic of British English, Philosopher's Stone conveyed an incorrect idea of the subject matter, and that a title change was necessary. Rowling and Levine had agreed to change words only when they felt that British usages would be unnecessarily confusing to American readers (e.g., replacing the phrase "Quidditch pitch" with "Quidditch field" in multiple instances).
in the Philippines they change the Telenovelas Title into simplified Spanish:
the Venezuelanian Telenovela La Mujer De Judas was change into Vino De Amor in Mexico & Altragracia in the Philippines.
Pasion De Gavilanes was change into Pasion De Amor
La Revancha change into Solita, Mi Amor
Peregrina into Doble Cara
Mueca Brava into Monica Brava (they chage the original name of the Heroine from Milagros or chilito to Monica)
Amores Descarado into Dos Amores
also they converted some in English the Telenovela El Diario De Daniela was change into Danielas Diary (afraid that filipino might misunderstood it:Danielas Newspaper)
also in the Philippines they disregard the Querida in the Telenovela Maria Emilia, Querida for it coz some confusion if Maria Emilia was the other woman or mistress instead of being Beloved.
Posted on Jan 13, 2008, 9:43 PM from IP address 124.6.181.177
Most English speaking Cameroonians can not afford to miss an episode of Pangako Sa Yo's, "The Promise".
Its 7.00p.m., most tele-viewers are on the Cameroon Radio and Television (CRTV) channel to watch "The Promise". It is a Philippine film screened over CRTV. The film follows the trials and triumphs of Yna, Amor and Claudia - three women whose fates are intertwined with those of the aristocratic Buenavista clan. Their secrets and passions set the stage for the unfolding of a family drama that may lead to their happiness, or destroy them all.
"The Promise" is screened from Monday to Thursday, 7.00 p.m. to 7.25p.m. The atmosphere in most homes is usually calm as all eyes are glued to the television screen.
"The Promise" revolves around the story of a lovely house maid, Yna, who falls in love with her employer, Angelo. Their love story is destined to repeat. Years before, Yna's mother, Amor was also a housemaid in the Buenavista household, wherein Angelo's father, Eduardo was Dona Benita's favoured son. When their love affair was discovered, Dona Benita drove Amor away from the Hacienda. Rejected and oppressed, Amor left the province of Puntaverda but vowed to take avenge. Unknown to Eduardo, Amor was already carrying his child, Yna. Eduardo then married the powerful and influential, Claudia. One day, Amor meets Eduardo, she does not know if her daughter is still alive. A new cycle of love and passion begins in the film, with mysteries and secrets about to unfold.
The population's interest in watching the movie mounts daily. Atem Nelly Atem, a three year-old-child in Yaounde told her aunty that "if you do not have Ena, Angelo, Amoro, etc, in your television, I will not come to your home for holidays".
Nairobi,Kenya:
Yaounde,Cameroon:
Accra City, Ghana
Posted on Nov 3, 2006, 4:29 PM from IP address 203.177.201.195
ABS-CBN to export Filipino Teleserye
AFTER importing the Meteor Garden series, perhaps the most popular Tsinovela shown in Philippine television, it is now the turn of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp. to export its locally produced telenovelas abroad.
The company said Tuesday it would be offering its programs to new markets in Asia, Europe, Africa and Latin America this year following its success in Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei in 2002.
Reena de Guzman Garingan, director for ABS-CBNs international sales and distribution, said the network is slowly being recognized as a program supplier of Philippine series in the said Asian countries after two of the networks drama series, The Promise (Pangako sa Iyo) and From the Heart (Mula Sa Puso) generated a huge following among Malaysians and Indonesians.
Positioned as foreign programs catering to non-Filipino audience, the ABS-CBN exports its locally produced soap operas through licensing among program buyers and Free and Pay TV Networks.
Garingan said that Malaysias RTM and ASTRO Ria Channel as well as TVRI and ANTV in Indonesia have aired The Promise dubbed and subtitled in Bahasa Melayu and Bahasa Indonesia. It is set to air The Long Wait (Kaytagal kang Hinintay) in March in another Malaysian TV station.
Meanwhile, Kenyas Free TV network is expected to air its first Asian series, The Promise, in March among the Kenyans, which would be dubbed in English. ABS-CBN is currently negotiating to dub one of its series in French for the French-speaking Africans.
The success of the initial run of our local series in these countries and the ongoing airing of these programs are indications that the world market is receiving Filipino programs well, Garingan said.
She added that the entry of Mexican telenovelas and Chinese series in local television has opened the door for the network to export its series in the global market.
Filipino local series have comparable production values and content as those of foreign telenovelas. The fact that our programs are enjoying the patronage of international audience means the quality of our series is very good in terms of picture quality as well as its story line, she said.
With the good feedback for the local series among Asian countries, ABS-CBN is now also eyeing India, China and other Mandarin-speaking countries, as well as Eastern Europe and Latin America. Garingan said her team is particularly enthusiastic in targeting India.
It is the first time that the second most populous country in the world, India, is considering an Asian program supplier - ABS-CBN, Garingan said.
The first foreign program formats India adopted were quiz shows such as The Weakest Link, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and Betty La Fea, which produced in Hindi and is not far that ABS-CBN shall conclude a deal with an Indian partner.
Posted on Nov 5, 2006, 4:59 PM from IP address 203.177.249.175
***KAYTAGAL KANG HININTAY is the best teleserye in the philippines in the year 2003 and it was one of the top 5 Emmy international award, and also a top asian series...
***MARINA is the latest Number one teleserye in the philippines with the total rating of 48 percent in Mega Manila, followed by SANAY WALA NANG WAKAS with the total rating of 43 percent, BASTA'T KASAMA KITA 43 percent, IT MIGHT BE YOU 39 percent.....
***heres the latest teleseryes that you will love to watch soon on your malaysian TV... MARINA,this is great story about mermaid,the lead actress here is claudine baretto who is also the lead in Mula sa puso, her role here is a lady that become a mermaid when it is fullmoon.. this is currently the top rated teleserye in the philippines..... SANAY WALA NANG WAKAS, another top rating teleserye,lead actor and actress here are Kristine hermosa and jericho rosales who also the lead in pangako sa'yo, it will be aired in malaysia this comming october according to my source... sorry for bad english... have a nice day..
***As far as episode summary. ABS ( the makers of the soap's you mentioned) use to provide episode summary information fortheir soaps like From the heart (which was shown from 1997 to 1999 in the philippines )..... Since the year 2000 or 20001 they have stopped doing providing such info for their soaps.
In case you are interested to know. In the Philippines , from Monday to Fridays 8pm to 10pm ( primetime ) the 2 top TV channels ABS and GMA
both show filipino Soap opera. Thats 4 straight filipino soap operas. Each soap is 30 minutes only . HOWEVER of the 30 minutes about 15 minutes of that is commercials. So in reality we only get to see 15 minutes of a particular soap everday , 5 times a week . TOO MUCH COMMERCIALS !!!. Did you know that from start to end Mula sa Puso (from the heart ) took 2 years to finish airing here in the philippines. Same thing with Pangako sa Iyo (the promice ) So you guys in Malaysia get to watch 3 episode a day or 15 episodes a week. While we in the the Philippines only get to watch 1 episode a day or 5 episode a week coz of too much commercial.
Also unlike soaps from other asian countries where they finish taping the entire soap before showing it. In the Philippines , soaps are taped while they are showing. For example the episodes of a particular soap that were taped 1 to 2 weeks ago will be shown this week. As to how long a soap will last depends on the ratings. If it rates well, the network will try to extend the soap as much as it can This is why soaps like PSY took 2 years to finish and consistently above 40 % in ratings.
For the past 7 or 8 years,ALL the top 4 ratings shows has been local soaps made by ABS. Ratings goes up as high as 50 %. The only time this was broken was last year when Meteor garden 1 , 2 , Meteor rain was shown here. F4 shows were not even on prime time ( they were shown 5:30 to 6pm ) but they had the top 4 spots in the ratings for 8 months
***In the Philippines its ABS-CBN
In the Philippines , cable or what you guys call pay/sattelite channel subscribers are veyr few. Only about 5 to 10 % of the people in country have cable tv . So 90 % dont get to watch shows like C.S.I or Amazing race . How about in Malaysia are there many people who have pay/sattelite TV ??
DID YOU KNOW that Ethnicity wise of the 84 miillion population in the philippines , 91.5 % are Christian MALAY, 4 % Muslim MALAY , 1.5% Chinese .
***Well, the Philippines was colonized by Spain for over 300 years. It was the Spanish people that brought Christianiity to the Philippines. Before the Spanish came the Philippines was a MUSLIM country. IF not for Spain the the 84 million population of the Philippines would be composed of 95.5% Muslim Malay.
Yes there are no VCD/DVD avaiilable for filipino soaps just like Latin soaps but lately with the highly successful SWNW( timeless) their are viewers who have taped and transfer them to DVD and selling it on the net and making a good profit too. It's in its original language (filipino) no subtitiles . Of coarse this is illegal. But piracy is high in our country anyways about 50 % piracy.OOPS my mistakae I almost forgot about Studio 23 , a free channel owned by ABS so the public does get to see A.Race and CSI !
The most successful soaps of all time in Philippines is Rosalinda and Marimar by Thalia. in the early 1990's. The ratings was Phenomenal about 70 to 80 % ratings . That means that of all the household in the entire philippines that has TV , 70 % or so was watching it
***As far as the 70% ratings of Thalia's soap .That was its peak ratings. Hard to believe but true. It was pandemonium when Thalia came to visit the Philippines to withness Thalia mania . She had 2 concerts here where she sang majority in Spanish language which majority of the Filipinos dont understand . Before Marimar , the Philippines there were no foreign soaps in Philppines exept one on early morning of sunday (taiwan soap) but never rated well Ratings were only 1 to 2% at most. , After Marimar , every TV station started importing mexican/latin soaps . So for the last 8 to 10years , other than prime time soaps (which are all local soaps) all other soaps shown here are mexican/latin soaps.
Then Amazing twins (taiwan series) was shown in 2002 to 2003 ,it was a bit of a success , nothing spectacular in ratings only about 5 to6 %. Then in May 2003 METEOR GARDEN and F4 mania took over. In just its 7th episode it was already # 1 show in the country with 41 % ratings shown at 5:30pm(non primetime ) . If moved to primetime , expert say it would be rating close to 60 % if not even higher , but it was not moved to primetime because ABS want to devote primetime to Local soaps. . Even at 5 :30pm schedule , ABS was charging advertisers with prime time rate for commercial. Thus ABS earned 1 Million in ads from MG each day.Same thing with MG2, Metroer Rain, Meteor Fever . So ABS earned a WHOLE LOT OF MONEY from F4 . For about 5 months, the top 3 spots in ratings in the entire Philippines was by F4 , and 5 of the top 10 shows were theirs , and to think NONE of their shows were on primetime . . In fact MG ratings would even be higher IF only there were no VCD of MG & other f4 shows available.. The Philippines has 2 million plus chinese and majority are rich. Many chinese just bought the VCD since they understand mandarin , instead of watching it on TV (which is dubbed in tagalog ) because ABS put too much commercials
( these figures are ONLY the 5 to 6 month average ratings. At it's peak the rating was even higher ! )
1. Meteor Garden 42.6 % (mon - fri 5 :30pm ) 42.6 is about 6.5 to million viewers avg for 5 to 6 months ! )
2 Meteor Fever 39.4 ABS
3 Meteor Rain 38.4 % ABS
5 Meteor Garden 2 37 %
8 Meteor Garden 1 replay 36 %
4th ,6,7 & 9th place in ratings were all ABS Local soaps( PRIMETIME 7;30 to 9:30pm) avg 33 %
Likewise by placing F4 shows before its news program ABS was able to increase its news program nightly ratings by about about 10 to 15%
Because of MG phenomenal success , ABS and bitter rival GMA started getting asian soaps (taiwan, korean ) . So now I think only 2 mexican soaps left , the rest Asian already coz of F4 success.
***There has never been any Filipino soap that had a Sequel. Once a successful soap has finiished, what happens is the stars of the successful soap is given new soap. For example because of the succcess of PSY, the 2 main stars were given a new soap SWNW ( Sanay' wala nang wakas. The 2 main stars of Kay Tagal because of its successs, were immediately given a new soap IMBY (It might be you --still showing in Philippines )
***One thing with Filipino soap is that at times the soap ends with some questions left unanswered. Whether intentional or not I dont know. Sanay's Wala Nang Wakas (SWNW) for example ended with a few questions left unanswered but the way the story ends ( it had 2 endings ) leaves one more than satisfied .
***Well I cant comment on this coz I did not watch this. BUT this is a gma Soap . GMA primetime soaps ratings only 16 to 22 % average compared to ABS soaps ratings 34 to 43 % average . That has been the case for the past 8 to 9 years or longer. Its not that Filipino viewers are overly loyal to ABS primetime soaps but because ABS soaps are really nicer ( story, production value....) GMA has had soaps before that rated in the low 30 % on the first 1 or maybe 2 weeks of showing but drops sharply in ratings after that coz they have a history of starting series well but quickly gets boring, "overly stretched plots......
HOWEVER GMA is currently havings its first taste of a successful primetime soaps with its FANTASY seiries MULAWIN. ITS A FIRST for GMA to have a primetime soap to average over 30 % for a whole month and counting . Its the first time that ABS has faced such a challenge from GMA. Last ratings I know of ABS (MARINA) ratings is 36% vs GMA (MULAWIN) 35 % .
Because of Mulawin's scuccess. GMA preparing to make another fantasy series DARNA (local superhero ). ABS has its own version KRSTALA . I think they will go head to
***
Posted on Nov 5, 2006, 5:00 PM from IP address 203.177.249.175
Sana itinuloy mo ang kwento. You're ending shows bias again. Marina's latest before was 31% against Mulawin 36%.
And to continue your ABSCBN stories, currently they all faal down to mud. Their primetime's highest is only 28% (Kampanerang Kuba), all flopped.
In the history of Phil Television, GMA is the only TV Station that has all top rated shows from morning til late night beating ABSCBN as a weak network today. ABSCBN's audience share plunges sharply to a minority, leading GMA so far ahead.
Darna's pilot only phenomenally got 47%, the highest telefantasya ever na umabot pa ng 52%
Full House, beat the Meteor garden record! With a phenomenal rate of 51%
Mulawin's ending got 46% while Marina's ending got 35%
Why Marina reached 47%? Well wala pa naman katapat si Marina e. But whenb GMA launched Mulawin, Marina was put into oblivion! That's the naked TRUTH!
Sana ituloy mo pa ang story, make it sure yung TOTOO at ung PAGKABAGSAK ng ABSCBN naman! Dahil GMA ang may record na may ALL TOP RATED SHOWS from am-pm. GOT IT?
Posted on Nov 5, 2006, 5:02 PM from IP address 203.177.249.175
because of the turnaround of events, (in favor of ABS...) GMA is bitter once again because of this all so low ratings! (haha! now you know the meaning of the word 'karma' or 'kharma'!!!)
for all of you who doesn't know what happened, just read on.....
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Here's the full copy of GMA's complaint on ABS-CBN and AGB-NMR:
Letter from GMA
GMA Network complains of inaccurate cable ratings
GMA Network, Inc. is calling for the immediate resolution on what it
described as "inaccuracy" in the result of the popularity ratings in
cable television homes in Mega Manila that pitted the network
against rival ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp.
According to the third-quarter ratings results from AGB Nielsen
Media Research Phils., GMA Network, with a rating of 20.1%, had a
6.8% advantage over ABS-CBN's 13.3% among non-cable TV homes in Mega
Manila.
But among cable TV homes in Mega Manila, GMA Network with a rating
of 10.9% lost by 4.3% to ABS-CBN with 15.2%.
"I found that the discrepancy this big happens only in the
Philippines. There is no other country where they experience this
very big disparity between cable and non-cable," GMA Network
President and Chief Executive Felipe L. Gozon said yesterday.
He added that the ratings for ABS-CBN have been particularly higher
in cable television firms controlled by its rival such as SkyCable
and Home Cable.
"It does not happen in Destiny and in other Beyond Cable [the
holding company] cables. It could be a coincidence that this only
happens here and second coincidence is that those cables are
controlled by our competitor," Mr. Gozon said.
And even before the ratings were released, Mr. Gozon said some ABS-
CBN account executives already knew the results. "Right after the
typhoon, before the ratings were released, an account executive of
ABS-CBN already knew what the ratings were," he said. In addition,
he said the company found from its investigation that there has been
an inaccurate deployment of people meter sets which are attached to
the television sets.
In the past few days, you might have come across a letter signed by a GMA Marketing and Productions executive addressed to clients advertisers and agencies like yourselves. This letter challenges the integrity and professionalism of AGB-Nielsen Media Research, the industrys ratings provider, and ABS-CBN, the countrys leading broadcasting group.
In the face of a rambunctious competitor over the last few years, we have opted to keep our silence, choosing instead to focus on improving our content and enhancing our service to our clients. We believe that you, our valued clients, have been witness to the fruits of our efforts in improving our hold over our audience and bringing delight to you through our efforts to give client-oriented servicing.
However, given this letter that directly questions our companys integrity we believe that it is time for us to respond.
On The Issue of Cable vs. Non-Cable Ratings
Our competitor has raised the issue of the difference between cable and non-cable ratings saying they find it difficult to believe that there would be such a big difference in the viewing of programs in households from these two groups.
Their lack of understanding comes from their stubborn assumption that there are no differences in the situation of viewers whether they come from cable or non-cable homes.
There are many demographic and other variables that make the situation of viewers from cable different from those of non-cable homes. We would also like to add, that similarly, there are differences in the situation of viewers from Metro Manila and the Suburbs.
One of the significant differences that define cable or non-cable and Metro Manila or Suburbs viewers has to do with the low-band frequency of ABS-CBN. The signal of ABS-CBN goes through Channel 2, this is the lowest among low- band channels. All Channels from 2 to 6, because of their low-band frequency are vulnerable to noise such as those generated by use of electricity and telecommunications activity. Noise generated does not generally interfere as much with the reception in areas in Metro Manila which are closer to our transmission tower, but they interfere with reception (making it snowy or distorted) in areas further away such as the suburbs. With the increased use of electricity and telecommunication equipment in the past few years, the noise generated has become significant. Thus you will note that ABS-CBN performs significantly better in Metro Manila than in the Suburbs.
Even in Metro Manila given its size, the reception of Channel 2 is not completely immune to noise, especially houses located in the fringes (north and south). However, among cable homes, the connection through cable, takes away the vulnerability of ABS-CBNs reception from noise, especially in instances when ABS-CBN is assigned to a channel 8 (in Destiny, ABS-CBN is still assigned to a low-band channel 6). Thus, among cable homes, the playing field is level ABS-CBNs reception is equal to that of any high-band channel. With a level playing field the only variable now becomes quality of content.
In Metro Manila where the handicap of a low-band channel is not as great as the suburbs, you can see our performing significantly better than in the suburbs. Among Cable homes where the playing field is level you see the proof of our superior content.
We have always known that given our single mindedness in improving our content, our performance will shine on a level playing field. We see this also in Iloilo City. For many years in the past, we have lost to competition in Iloilo because the signal reaching Iloilo came from Bacolod, making it weak and putting us at a disadvantage in terms of reception quality. However, once we put up our transmitter in Iloilo in the 4th quarter of 2004, we quickly dominated the area.
What ABS-CBN is Doing About Issue of Reception
The issue on ABS-CBN reception is limited to areas that are serviced by our Metro Manila transmission tower. These are basically fringes of Metro Manila and the suburbs. However, outside these areas where we have relay stations and local transmission towers, we perform very well.
We have both short term and long term plans to address the issue of reception in the fringes of Metro Manila and the Suburbs. We have done communication campaigns for correct antennas. You will have noted our plugs for Baron antennas. These types of antennas address the noise issue and give us level playing field. We have done antenna drives (even given free antennas) in some areas. However, the long term solution to our reception issue will come from our introduction of Digital TV. We will be introducing Digital TV starting next year. Under this platform, the issue of reception will become moot.
On ABS-CBN Having Prior Knowledge of Ratings
Our competitor alludes to a text message sent out by one of our Sales Executives to a few friends that seemed to indicate that we have prior knowledge of ratings.
The ABS-CBN executive did NOT have prior knowledge of the overnight ratings for October 4. The executive sent an informal (not an ABS-CBN release) text to a few agency friends on Thursday (Oct. 5). Inadvertently thinking that both Tuesday and Wednesday ratings were out, she referred to the data on hand as ratings for Tuesday and Wednesday. For the record, the only data available on Thursday was data from October 3 (Tuesday). The Wednesday and Thursday numbers came out on Friday (Oct. 6).
There was no advance information. No mole unfairly leaking ratings results to us. The Sales Executive has already apologized profusely for her mistake, which inadvertently seems to have led to such an irrational response.
Issues with AGB-Nielsen Media Research
Our competitor raises the question of over sampling of homes defined by certain demographic variables including cable homes. The AGB-Nielsen Media Research panel over samples the AB and C homes in order to allow advertisers targeting the upper and middle class ability to plan their media campaigns adequately. Because of over sampling for the upper and middle class, there is in effect over sampling of cable homes since the incidence of cable subscription is higher among these classes.
Over sampling based on some key demographic variables, as long as there is proper downweighting upon data processing to correct it, is an acceptable statistical practice. The core sampling design that went into the establishment of this panel was approved by the industrys Television Research Council (TVRC).
We too have our issues with AGB-Nielsen Media Research. But when we have issues, we discuss these with them and show them solid analysis to support our claims. Almost a year ago, we approached AGB with proof, based on a credible third party research, that their Cebu panel was no longer showing results that represent the truth. They made their own independent check and survey. Upon establishing that not so ideal actions from another party resulted to their panels no longer representing reality, they closed down their provincial panels. They have since put up a new panel in Cebu, and among those of you who have seen the results from their new panel in Cebu, you will see proof that ABS-CBN has never lost its dominance in Cebu.
We have other issues with AGB-Nielsen Media Research and we continue to discuss these with them. We do not believe though that a hysterical response will better resolve issues than analytical discussions.
We know that not all our issues with AGB-Nielsen Media Research might be resolved, and we have in fact been the first to sign up with another third party for national TV ratings. If we had a mole in AGB, we would not have initiated the entry of another TV ratings provider.
ABS-CBN Focused on Improving Content and Better Service
Over the last few years, we have listened to our audience more, tried to understand them better, and improved our content.
In Metro Manila, where our reception handicap is not substantial, you will see the great strides we have made given the response of our audience. We lead in the rest of the Philippines.
We have also gone back to solid/fundamental programming providing our audience with programs that make them feel, look inside themselves, think about their values and celebrate their humanity. You will see this in the breadth of our offering which is aligned with our mission to Serve the Filipinos and not pander to their escapist tendencies.
Look at what we have achieved. We are competitive among the highly sought after female 20+ who affirm themselves and their values with such powerful offerings like Bituing Walang Ningning, Sa Piling Mo, Maging Sino Ka Man and MMK. Filipinos from all walks of life find embracive acceptance in Wowowee. We are helping raise better children by bringing value laden programs like Wansapanatym, Noypi, Super Inggo and Pedro Penduko. Young and old examine themselves through lives reflected in Pinoy Big Brother and Pinoy Dream Academy and find thrill in seeing people test their limits in game shows like Pilipinas Game Ka Na Ba and Kapamilya Deal or No Deal. Empowered males (who are more likely employed) respond favorably to empowering Current Affairs shows like XXX and SOCO and content driven news programs like TV Patrol World and Bandila.
And we have achieved all these because our will to serve is guided by our principles of Honesty, Integrity and Professionalism, and supported by our value of Partnership.
Our valued clients, we continue to affirm our commitment to service to the Filipino People and to you. We in ABS-CBN take our values seriously. We can do no less for we are the network In the Service of the Filipino Worldwide.
Maraming Salamat po.
Very truly yours,
JOSE AGUSTIN C. BENITEZ, JR.
Head, ABS-CBN Channel 2 Sales
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Letter from AGB Nielsen Media Research
November 3, 2006
To our valued partners in the industry:
In a letter dated 16 October 2006 sent to advertisers and media agencies, GMA Marketing & Productions President & COO Mr. Manuel P. Quiogue expressed GMAs critical concerns about our television ratings data.
The focus of GMAs critical concerns was the big difference in the viewing of certain GMA programs between cable and non-cable viewers and between Sky Cable/Home Cable subscribers and other cable companies subscribers.
Time and again, we have explained to GMA what we think are the possible causes of the aforesaid difference in viewership. As early as 2003, we gave our response to the Television Research Council which managed the study for the industry and gave its own response to GMA.
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Interestingly, when the ratings for Wednesday were released two days later
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Kapamilya/Kapuso: Say something good sa rival network...
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*syempre ako muna, Kapamilya me. what i like about GMA is yung creativity ng ilang shows. alam nila yung mga bagay na may hatak sa masa. and effective yung mga ginagawa nila.
also, mas natural ang dating ng ilang comedy shows nila like syempre yung Bubble Gang. spontaneous ang mga cast and talagang natural yung pagpapatawa eh.
news? tingin ko medyo mas fast-paced ang pagbabalita nila and mas direct to the point kaya tingin ko marami ang nag-switch sa 24 Oras (siguro sa deliberation na rin ni Mike hehehe). wag lang masyadong sosobra kasi baka maging o.a. na sa pagbabalita eh. yun lang.
*Gma:
lucky yung channel nila 7
maganda dati rainbow satellite me class, kesa kapuso madrama
very creative mahilig mag experimento
maraming awards {dati masasabi ko na most awarded network ang gma at abs naman ay the leading network dahil no.1 cla sa rating}dati
sa station logo mas creative cla
abs-cbn
me production value
yung visuals maganda
pang inernational ang ilang show gaya ng keep on dancing at asap satin medio naiingayan ang mga masa sa asap
*yung ibang soap opera ng abs ineexport sa ibang bansa like mula sa puso and pangako sa iyo. mukhang ok naman ang reception.
*gma is good in copying ideas from abs-cbn and when they do cpoy something they see to it na mahihigitan ang idea na pinagkunan nito like abs-cbn started marina they spoofed it to marinara,but then gma learned that most filipinos loves creatvity thats why they created mulawin,un na!
*abs is good in doing "better." totoo naman na pag may bagong show sa gma na ginagaya nila..ini-improve nila, ginagawang more glamorous, shining/shimmering/splendid.
gma is best when it comes to creativity. they aren't afraid to try something new..na most of the time ay nagki-click sa tao. tsaka kahit minimal resources, nagagawan nila ng paraan to give entertainment. yaho0!!
*ABS CBN- very good dubbing of its Koreanovela, kahit pangit ang k series na acquire nila, napapaganda bec. of their excellent dubbing.
GMA- got the best Koreanovela. Love EXTRA CHALLENGE! Galing sa fantaserye. Eagerly awaiting SUGO. Galing ng NUTS and Bubble Gang, pati "Bahay Mo Ba Ito"
*El ABS busca maneras en cmo recuperar el punto coveted. Las saludo
para eso! Mientras tanto, felicitaciones a GMA para ser nmero uno,
porque darnos demostraciones de la calidad y la hospitalidad
maravillosa.
Felicitaciones del ABS CBN... tambin!
*matatalino ang mga tao behind GMA kaya ang gaganda ng concepts ng bago nilang shows (altho, yung iba nga ay ideas ng ABS. sabi nga nung prof ko dati, ok lang mangopya, as long as you can make it better. weird pero yan kasi yung umaapply sa GMA)... (i'm not saying na hindi matatalino ang nasa abs.)
while ABS CBN has a better share when it comes to good, not to mention, popular artists (i'm not saying na hindi sikat ang mga nasa GMA).
*ok, eto masasabi ko na something good about ABS, maganda ang stage decor/set up at lighting,production numbers sa ASAP, buhay na buhay. Kayalang, kapag mas kilala ang artists sa iba (rival network nila) at nadadala kc ng mga magagandang shows kung saan bida ang mga guests o mainstay ng SOP, eh dun ka na manonood o magpapalipat lipat kahit paano.Kase you can't help but associate those artists in SOP w/ their kanya kanyang shows na gusto mo sa GMA.
*sa gma:
ok ang public affair shows nila(PINOY ABROAD, I-witness etc.)
mas maganda commedy shows nila
Eat Bulaga
good fantaserye
magaling sa promotions... PR
reality shows
abs:
good dubbing
mas maraming sikat na artista
ok yung station id nila...
creative din, hindi nga lang consistent.
love their teleserye lalo na yung Kay tagal..
*dahil sa dalawang istasyon na ito umaangat ang kalidad ng telebisyon natin...
dahil sa network war na ito gumaganda ang mga programs nila....
gma- i love this network! kapuso ako eh!
abs-cbn- i admire their soaps na ineexport na ngayon sa ibang bansa
-magaling silang mag-alaga ng talents
- pinaghihirapan ang production numbers sa mga variety shows nila
*
Posted on Nov 5, 2006, 5:04 PM from IP address 203.177.249.175
There they were, the complete cast of GMA 7s newest Taiwanese import, The Frog Prince, at the networks headquarters on October 11. All garbed in stylish white outfits, the leading femmes Joyce Zhao and Joe Chen looked every inch like adorable dolls. On the other hand, the leading men Ming Dao, Sam Wang and Johny Yan, brimmed with pop-idol charm in their retro padded jackets and styled tresses.
They spoke English better than most Filipino actors. They knew how to charm the local media as well with witty replies to standard queries concerning off-screen romances. (I have no girlfriend now, but if we get to tour Manila tonight maybe be Ill find one! exclaimed Ming Dao.)
The plot of The Frog Prince is old hat; another poor and pretty girl falls for another handsome, wealthy hunk. Such a clich just wont do justice to the vibrant personalities of these wonderful starsespecially if the show is dubbed in Filipino. But what the local viewers dont know wont hurt them. Theyll be getting just half of what the cast has to offer though one half of these beautiful people are better than nothing. GMA 7 is well aware of this as the phrase Made in Taiwan now offers a different connotation, especially if its a teleserye.
The networks head of program management Jose Mari Abacan told Life & Times that The Frog Prince is the biggest teleserye to hit Taiwan. It was actually bigger than Meteor Garden and we have high hopes for it in the Philippines. It did very well on its premiere night on Monday, he said.
Abacan is tasked to travel to Taiwan and Korea to shop for teleseryes. He claimed it isnt hard to make a decision when it comes to selecting a show. He chooses whatever clicks in Taiwan and Korea. He noted that Taiwanese, Koreans and Filipinos have the same tastes when it comes to TV shows. And if the cast is very good looking, its sure to become a monster hit.
Like the Mexican telenovelas, the Asian telenovelas are easy to grasp. Theres always the underdog to root for. The Asian telenovelas eventually took over when Filipino viewers discovered the Asian superstars. They didnt look like Caucasians but they were very good looking. It was even easier to relate to them than the Mexicans, Abacan explained.
Although the Mexican productions have run their course on Philippine television, Abacan sees no end to the Asian fever, not in the immediate future anyway. Every show that had been shipped in from Taiwan or Korea had been a hit in the Philippines, he claimed. None of the imports have ever flopped.
Weve been watching Chinese programs for a long time. Remember the Beautiful Sunday shows they aired every Sunday morning? That was our first taste of Chinese programming. They werent dubbed but we still took time to watch them. So in a way, our fondness for Chinese shows evolved in as much as theyre on prime-time now, he said.
Abacan also claimed that the influx of Asian teleseryes has been good for local television. While he admitted it was less costly to import a show than to produce an elaborate production like Sugo, the imports also inspired local producers to come up with high quality teleseryes. If youll notice, the production values of Asian shows are very high, even better than the Mexican shows. Right now, if you watch the locally produced teleseryes, theyre striving to at least equal the other Asians in terms of production values, he said.
Yet Life & Times noted that high-quality programming from Hollywood has long been on Philippine television and they did nothing to inspire local producers. Abacan explained that Hollywood shows offer a vastly different culture, unlike the Asian shows, which is closer to home. My favorite show is Desperate Housewives. Its a fantastic series but a local producer would find it too hard to offer something similar to what that great show has to offer. The culture it projects is much too different. The average Filipino can never relate to it, he pointed out.
When asked if the dubbing of shows in Filipino actually affected the quality of the original material, Abacan said: We would have used subtitles instead but it would be harder for the mass audience to grasp. Its hard to translate the foreign languages on paper.
Meanwhile, thanks to the Asian teleseryes, Philippine television is suffering from a trade deficit of sorts, with the Philippines on the losing end. Abacan said GMA 7 is trying to fix this. It is marketing Sugo in Taiwan and the United States and he said the response to the show has so far been encouraging.
While Abacan reiterated he sees no end to the popularity of Korean and Taiwanese shows, he said he knows where to shop next once this happens. They have great things showing in India, Japan and Malaysia. Wait until you see them!
Posted on Nov 5, 2006, 5:06 PM from IP address 203.177.249.175
First posted 09:17pm (Mla time) July 06, 2005
By Marinel Cruz
Inquirer News Service
"THE COMPETITION'S loss is our gain," declared Wilma Galvante, GMA 7 vice president for TV Entertainment, when asked to comment about ABS-CBN's losses amounting to P141 million in the first quarter of the year.
"Business was good for us during the first quarter," Galvante told Inquirer Entertainment in an exclusive interview at her office in Quezon City. "This was brought about by the increase in our ratings that began late last year. We are happy that we were able to sustain it."
Galvante said the ratings registered "a total turnaround" when GMA 7 launched the fantaserye "Mulawin" last August. "But even before that, we were No. 1 in terms of total day averaging. We just could not claim we were No. 1 at the time because we hadn't topped the soap block. We were prudent. Our order from the chair (Felipe L. Gozon) was to [first] win on all the blocks."
She pointed out that her team worked on accomplishing that goal, by "doing very well" in their programming.
"When we started working on the soap block, we knew that the competition had a big edge," said Galvante. "But that didn't deter us from producing more shows. We knew we had to start somewhere. So we went into 'soap' production, developed our expertise and learned from our previous projects."
With that as springboard, Galvante said, the network's climb to No. 1 was "unstoppable."
She explained: "Viewers' watching habits was also a big factor. At the start, the impression was that good soaps were produced only by the competition. So the programs we were producing, even if they were of good quality, were not being noticed."
Her network first saw its soap-block rating climb from 17 percent to 32 percent, Galvante said, when it launched "Sana Ay Ikaw Na Nga," starring Dingdong Dantes and Tanya Garcia, in the last quarter of 2001. "The rival show was also good, so it was a neck-and-neck race," she added. "But we persevered; we refused to give in."
In April 2002, GMA 7 produced "Kung Mawawala Ka" starring Eddie Garcia. The show got good reviews, but the network still failed to make it to the top slot, recounted Galvante.---si Camlon andito wahaha "This was at the time when 'Extra Extra!' (then hosted by Paolo Bediones and Miriam Quiambao) was evolving into 'Extra Challenge.' This reality show really brought in the ratings. Nagkakatulungan na ang mga shows (It became a concerted effort). The audience was slowly getting interested."
The program flow further improved, she said, when the high ratings of "Extra Challenge" was followed by equally good ratings for "Mulawin." Then they introduced innovations, she said. "We sat down with people and scouted around for a dependable digital imaging group that could translate to video the kind of pictures that we were seeing in our heads."
Galvante said the goal was not just to air a program and make sure it rated well, but also to deliver viewer satisfaction. At this point, she hopes for only one thing: "That viewer interest does not deteriorate. People must have seen how much more we worked to improve our shows with 'Encantadia.' Masarap panoorin, maganda sa mata (Great to watch, easy on the eyes)."
Of their latest adventure-series, "Sugo" (whose pilot episode aired on July 4), Galvante said, "No one wants to overdose on fantasy programs."
Galvante concluded: "This success we're experiencing did not happen overnight. This came about because we were very focused on winning."
Posted on Nov 5, 2006, 5:10 PM from IP address 203.177.249.175
A Closer Look at Filipino Soap Operas... Know More
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A Closer Look at Filipino Soap Operas
By Edgar Cruz, Contributor
Tuesday, 05 24, 2005
The Channel War is taking a new turn with the competition-oriented
principles of Marketing Warfare expounded by Al Reis and Jack Trout,
with its novel slants and surprises.
The programming mix of the evening primetime block that
three-hour
period of television broadcast right after the evening news is
changing fast. ABS-CBN 2 and GMA 7 have always reserved this period
for a combination of a reality show, a fantasy series, a melodrama
and an imported telenovela. GMA took the brave move of disregarding
this well-tested formula in the present season by having two fantasy
series in the primetime block. But ABS-CBN has an attack ready.
The surprisingly high rating of the new soap opera Mga Anghel na
Walang Langit has stirred the television landscape, giving the show a
breakthrough status. GMA was caught unprepared for such a program
genre a soap opera for and by kids. The same thing happened
when
ABS-CBN fielded Goin' Bulilit against GMA's Naks and Mel & Joey. The
children-oriented show was not a competitor of said GMA shows and,
being the first to target such a segment, caught it vulnerable. Goin'
Bulilit soon solidified its position even before GMA could plan its
counter move.
If Mari Mar was influential in the evolution of the form and content
of local soap operas and Meteor Garden emphasized that soap operas do
not have to be American to sell, Mga Anghel na Walang Langit made it
Pinoy and showed that a soap opera can have high viewership without
big stars and a big budget. It might well have given us the formula
for the essential Third World soap opera for global Pinoys.
Gone are the Gulong ng Palad and Marinela days. By some stroke of pop
destiny, certain developments in soap operas from other parts of the
world cause our own to undergo some sort of mutation, which brings
production values to higher levels, including drama and direction.
But this time around, it is a local soap opera that is doing it. This
is no less than a tremendous leap in popular culture and it might as
well create ripples in the worldwide soap opera industry.
What do future local soap operas look like? Where are they headed?
Here's a summary.
Sticking to melodrama
GMA's shift from one to two fantasy series during the soap-opera
block proved strong for a certain period. But now, it has turned into
a weakness as the company wrongly assumed that ABS-CBN would have two
fantasy series, namely, Panday and Kampanerang Kuba. ABS-CBN knows
that this block is pegged on melodrama. That is why when Qpids
(supposed to replace Spirits) encountered a technical glitch, ABS-CBN
stuck to melodrama by quickly producing Mga Anghel na Walang Langit
with its children-oriented narrative.
As a result, GMA has been forced to realign its primetime programming
with the high ratings of Mga Anghel na Walang Langit. GMA was forced
to schedule its primetime giant Extra Challenge at a later slot
because the attack of Lilliputian people proved too strong. GMA
brainsharers were surely banging their heads like never before when
Goin' Bulilit posted unheard-of ratings. It aired its two fantasy
serials back-to-back around the time slot of Mga Anghel na Walang
Langit to maintain its partial stronghold of the prime-time block.
GMA knows that if it loses control of the primetime block, its claim
of being the number one broadcast station will be greatly imperiled.
It will put in jeopardy its Initial Public Offering, which it has
already postponed. It is trying to remain competitive by quietly
producing a melodrama with a copycat plot of Mga Anghel na Walang
Langit.
What GMA failed to perceive is that ABS-CBN is planning to have two
melodramas. On May 16, it opened Ikaw ang Lahat sa Akin, co-directed
by Erik Reyes and Jerome Pobocan in the French style, starring some
of Star Magic's premium talents. This includes Claudine Barretto,
Diether Ocampo, John Lloyd Cruz, Bea Alonzo, Angelika dela Cruz and
Shaina Magdayao. Shaina gets three leading men: Rafael "RJ"
Martinez,
Kiko Matos and DM Sevilla. In connection with its 13th anniversary
festivity, this drama series is a showcase Star Magic talents.
Ikaw Ang Lahat Sa Akin is written by John Roque, Denise Reyes and
Mari Lamasan. Although it remains faithful to the things that make a
soap opera a highly patronized television genre, it does not follow
type; it is not emotionally charged and free from improbable twists.
Director Erik says, "It's the soap opera that attempts to get
close
as possible to real life. It imitates life, not dramatizes it. It
also makes us realize that our importance as individuals springs from
how much we have loved people important to us, to people we can
say, 'Ikaw ang lahat sa akin.'"
In Ikaw Ang Lahat Sa Akin, the characters of Claudine Barretto and
Bea Alonzo are sisters separated when Claudine was five. Noni
Buencamino, Claudine's father, abandoned her and her mother, Jacklyn
Jose, to live with well-to-do mistress Carmi Martin. But Claudine and
Bea's paths cross again. This time, Bea has turned into a strange and
shy school girl, the target of pranks of the unruly John Lloyd Cruz.
Tirso Cruz III and Hilda Koronel are the parents of John Lloyd. They
have given up on him and have put their hope on bright and
intelligent Diether Ocampo to fulfill their dreams of having a
politician in the family. But unknown to Diether's family and his
rich and beautiful girlfriend Angelika dela Cruz, Diether has a dark
secret he has kept from everybody he loves, and this threatens to
destroy the life he has carefully built.
Ikaw ang Lahat Sa Akin is about how Bea and John Lloyd's imperfect
lives are about to take an interesting turn. An unexpected change
will come from Claudine. She is dead-set on destroying the life of
her estranged father. But what brought about this change in her? And
how will it affect the family? Typical soap opera plot, for sure, but
the non-melodramatic treatment will make it different from other soap
operas that came before it, something that will make you fall in love
and believe in the capacity for loving in defining ourselves.
Back to komiks materials
GMA claims Darna as the first adaptation of a komiks material into a
soap opera. Probably it is, but certainly it is not the first fantasy
soap opera. It's Marina, immediately followed by Krystala. The
origins of these two fantaseryes could not be missed. Marina is
Dyesebel in disguise while Krystala is a covert Darna. The estate of
author Mars Ravelo offered both komiks novels to ABS-CBN for heaps of
cash. But it refused to acquire the television rights like it did
with the franchise of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire and proceeded to
create its homegrown version.
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire was the pattern of Game K N B, which
proceeded to create its own mechanics, set and even theme music,
outliving the foreign franchise. Marina deserves a similar
distinction. It started the current fantasy series trend. But this
creative mindset has changed. Even before ABS-CBN could show
adaptations of komiks novels such as Carlo Caparas' Panday and Pablo
S. Gomez's Kampanerang Kuba, the programming fluke that is Pablo
Gomez' Mga Anghel Na Walang Langit created a local television
breakthrough.
Mga Anghel Na Walang Langit an accident? Well, it is. If not for the
Qpids problem, it could have not been conceptualized. But it is bound
to happen. So that when executive vice president Charo Santos Concio
gave the go signal for the substitute show for Qpids, Goin' Bulilit
director/creative consultant Edgar Mortiz suggested a melodrama about
street kids. He based such a suggestion from the strong performance
of Wowowee when it featured street kids in its Willie of Fortune
segment.
There's no doubt Mga Anghel Na Walang Langit is a stroke of luck. Its
budget is a drop in the bucket, as we love to put it colloquially.
GMA acquired the television rights of Darna reportedly for a
staggering P1 million cash out. Because Melissa Ricks as Jericho
Rosales' leading lady failed to deliver the required input in Panday,
millions worth of footages had to be discarded and replaced. An open
audition for the role yielded more than 200 applicants ranging from
Aiza Marquez to Raya Mananquil.
In all cases, producers of komiks novels adapted into television soap
operas are opting to update the narrative to give it current flavor.
But they are not necessarily for the better. Take the case of Darna
given the title of Mars Ravelo's Darna, of course, for the popularity
push. Instead of a head full of venomous crawlers, Valentina turns
into a cobra when her adrenaline rushes. For sure, GMA's Darna is
anything but Mars Ravelo's.
Will the trend of komiks-based soap operas continue?
After the current crop of scheduled releases, for ABS-CBN, no. For
GMA, yes. ABS-CBN would have created new variations of soap operas by
the time Kampanerang Kuba and Panday end their respective runs. But
for GMA, it is the exact opposite. It will still be at it because it
is usually a season late in its programming. Despite its claim of
being the country's number one broadcast station, it continuously
fails to create programming trends which is unlikely of a station
claiming broadcast leadership. As we know by now, it prefers to come
up with clones of successful ABS-CBN introductions.
Wasn't Mulawin created this way?
No more extensions
Because of viewer and advertiser clamor, it used to be that soap
operas were extended until its dramatic possibilities were squeezed
dry. The problem with this practice is that the storyline tends to
meander, going to all sorts of directions, leaving it lacking in
focus and short of impact. Instead of maintaining interest, such
extensions become a test of loyalty. Of course, there are more
viewers who want to be entertained than be given a loyalty award,
right? Before we know it, viewership of such over-extended soap
operas has plummeted.
Having realized this programming blunder, ABS-CBN is now observing
original run schedules, the only professional way to do it like the
foreign telenovelas. (Of course, they cannot be extended for the
reason that they are canned.) Till Death Do Us Part, the Diether
Ocampo and Kristine Hermosa starrer which was developed primarily to
give in to the clamor of local and foreign-based fans, ran only for a
season. The feeling of cutting clean when it has to end gives viewers
an exhilarating feeling as well as has them clamoring for more.
Multiple directors
Directing a soap opera is such a backbreaking task that Krystala had
as much as four directors when it was still airing. Because soap
operas have a daily run, often with a cast of big stars with knotted
schedules, having multiple directors is a convenient way to keep it
going with messy airing commitments. This will continue. Ikaw Ang
Lahat sa Akin has Erik and Gilbert Perez as regular directors. Mga
Angel na Walang Langit, has three. Director Maryo delos Reyes is
joined by Lino Cayetano and May Cruz.
Targeting the foreign market
What ABS-CBN is doing now is creating teleseryes both for the
national and international markets. With the way it has developed, it
is not only creating soap operas for The Filipino Channel but also
for foreign markets where this cable service is not available. It is
vying to be an exporter of soap operas like Mexico, South Korea,
Taiwan, India, among other countries. This must also be valid for GMA
in connection with Pinoy TV, its international cable channel.
Pangako Sa 'Yo, the Kristine Hermosa, Jericho Rosales and Diether
Ocampo starrer, has turned out to be a major hit in Malaysia and
Singapore, making Kristine a recognizable face while shooting All My
Life in a cruise ship with Aga Muhlach. Director Erik explains this
appeal: "The direction to us when starting a new teleserye is to
make
it good. We are told to make the characters well-loved. We are not
instructed, for example, to create it for the export market." He
adds
that ABS-CBN teleseryes are currently screening in England and Kenya,
dubbed in their respective languages.
Director Erik closes, "Viewers are tired of plot-oriented stories
like the fantasy series. Ikaw Ang Lahat Sa Akin offers a realistic
alternative. This is the trend (in soap operas that) I see in the
future. The audience wants a cleaner, more beautiful and closer-to-
the-truth depiction of the viewers' life. I think that is where soap
operas are going."
Posted on Nov 5, 2006, 5:24 PM from IP address 203.177.249.175
Ghanaian fans of Timeless, the Telenovela which airs on TV3, will see fantasy turn to reality as the National Theatre in Accra hosts some of the top stars of the Asian soap opera on January 27.
Lovers of the Telenovela are expected to troop to the National Theatre to see live on stage Jericho Rosales, who plays Christian in Timeless, among others as he renders a sizzling and thrilling musical performance to his fans.
According to a press statement issued in Accra, Jericho, who has starred in numerous movies and pursued his music career with bands like The Hunks and Jeans, is set to come down with Kristine Hermosa (Ara) and Angelika Dela Cruz (Mary Ann), both co-stars in Timeless, for the concert which will also feature performances by Ghanaian award winners, Samini and Ofori Amponsah.
The visit to Ghana by the 28 year old Timeless and The Promise star from the Philippines is a way of expressing his gratitude for the love and support from his fan-base in Africa including Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya and Cameroon.
This first time musical concert would not only bring Telenovela lovers and their favourite stars in a face to face encounter but would also offer Timeless fans the chance to win free tickets to the concert, Jerichos music CDs and invitation to an after party on Sunday by texting the word Ticket, CD or Invitation to One Touch short code 1945 from now till January 22.
Posted on Mar 9, 2007, 6:17 PM from IP address 222.127.57.92
Filipino singer-actor Jericho Rosales is a big hit in one of Africa's largest countries, after months of watching Pangako Sa 'Yo and Sana'y Wala Nang Wakas dubbed in English.
The locals of Ghana finally had the thrill of seeing Jericho Rosales live in the flesh when he performed as the main act in the 50th Independence Anniversary festivities at the National Theatre last March 6.
"Their reaction to his visit was nothing short of wild hysteria, matching the excitement of the visits of Thalia, Pope John Paul II and F4," enthused Jericho's Management Associate, Marinez Elizalde of Manila Genesis Entertainment and Management.
"People showed up at the airport, along the streets, en route to the hotel and every place that Jericho would go. We were both so shocked. Even little kids would run to him and give him hugs and handshakes. It was amazing!" she added.
The alternate chanting and shrieking of "Christian!" and "Angelo!" (the characters Jericho played on Sana'y Wala Nang Wakas and Pangako Sa 'Yo respectively) by the frenzied mob clearly certified the 2 teleseryes as smash hits in Ghana.
"People would drop everything just to watch these shows, and have clamored for more Jericho's shows to be aired!", reported Janet Carboo-Danquah, Manager for Public Relations of Ghana's local TV3 Network.
Arranged by the promoter, Dzigbodi Attotey of N.A.G. Media Ltd., Jericho appeared on Ghana local television programs Music Music and Start where he promoted his album, and talked about the Philippines in interviews. Local radio stations committed to airplay songs from his album: Jeans Loose Fit (distributed by EMI Records). Jericho wrote all the songs in the album.
At showtime, which also featured Ghanaian award winners Batman Samini, Ofori Amposnsah and Ebo, pandemonium broke out at Jericho's initial appearance on stage rendering Nightsky, a cut from his album. Displaying his versatility as a singer apart from being an actor, Jericho's energy soared higher with his dynamic performance of MR. MART, yet another cut from the same album, as the cheering African audience rocked the theater. The only cover in his repertoire that night was John Legend's Ordinary People, which he dedicated to the appreciative crowd with which he exhorted the appreciative crowd not to act rashly but to think things through, just "take it slow, _cause you and I are all ordinary people."
Posted on Apr 14, 2007, 10:54 PM from IP address 203.177.202.214
star cinema,could you help if i gave you my written stories?
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my friends once told me,'since you are a great writer yo stories for sure will have the philippino stars'names like ara angelo cielo,cz u r so glued'and,please,star cinema or abs-cbn,do you think i can give you my story line and you could use it for your ideas.i got some stories here,m a young talented great writer i thought you could help.thank you so much for your consideration.
Posted on Aug 7, 2008, 6:47 AM from IP address 193.108.214.219
Sanay Wala Nang Wakas is a story of love, friendship and family. Ara (Kristine Hermosa) was abandoned by her mother, when she was young. She was raised by Anton and Nanay Choleng. Ara shares her joy and pain with her two best friends, Newton and Shane.
On a trip to Corregidor, Ara stumbled upon Christian (Jericho Rosales), and they fell in love at first sight. Their intertwined past caught up with them one by one, and destroyed their relationship. Ara and her family took the train, and ran off to Antons hometown.
While on the train, Ara met Leo (Diether Ocampo). When the train crashed, Ara is presumed dead, when in reality she was rescued by Leo. Ara agreed to pretend as Leos girlfriend to please his grandfather. Slowly but surely, she falls for Leo.
Sana'y wala nang wakas
Kung pag-ibig ay wagas
Paglalambing sa 'yong piling
Ay ligaya kong walang kahambing
Refrain:
Kung 'di malimot ng tadhana
Bigyang tuldok ang ating ligaya
Walang hanggan ay hahamaking
'Pagkat walang katapusan kitang iibigin
Chorus:
Kahit na ilang tinik ay kaya kong tapakan
Kung 'yan and paraan upang landas mo'y masundan
Kahit ilang ulit ako'y iyong saktan
Hindi kita maaring iwanan
Kahit ilang awit ay aking aawitin
Hanggang ang himig ko'y maging himig mo na rin
Kahit ilang dagat and dapat tawirin
Higit pa riyan and aking gagawin
Sana'y wala nang wakas
(Sana'y wala nang wakas)
Kapag hapdi ay lumipas
Ang mahalaga ngayon ay pag-asa (pag-asa)
Dala ng pag-ibig, saksi buong daigdig
(Saksi buong daigdig)
Sung by : Sharon Cuneta
Jericho Rosales ... as CHRISTIAN SORIANO
Kristine Hermosa ... as ARABELLA GRACE GARCIA
other casts...
Angelika Dela Cruz...mary ann
Diether Ocampo...leo
Kaye Abad....shane
Marvin Agustin...newton
Desiree Del Valle...francine
Luis Alandy....ramon
Julia Clarete
Serena Dalrymple...raine
Joel Torre
Caridad Sanchez
and
Ms. Gloria Romero...dvv
Roderick Paulate...truman
Cherrie Pie Picache...elizabeth
Gary Estrada
Nina Ricci Alagao
Posted on Nov 2, 2006, 7:07 PM from IP address 124.6.179.200
Hi,although I never wished for Ara & Leo to end up together am very glad that they captured the eyes of everyone around and particularly for Ara she really knows how to really pretend,and for Leo congratulatons for capturing Ara's eyes because she really fell for you(not in real life).
Posted on Apr 10, 2008, 1:26 PM from IP address 194.129.67.171
there i was...
waiting for a chance..
hoping that you'll understand
the things i wanna say...
as my love..
went stronger than before..
i want to see u more and more
but u close your door...
why don't u try to open up yur heart..
i wont take so much of yur time..
maybe is wrong to say please love me 2
coz i know you'll never do,
somebody else is waiting there inside 4 u..
maybe is wrong 2 luv u more each day
coz i know he's here 2 stay..
but i know 2 whom u should belong..
i believe what u said 2 me..
we should set each other free..
that's how u want it 2 be..
but my love went stronger than before,
i want 2 see u more and more but u close your door..
why don't u try
to open up your heart
i wont take so much of yur time..
maybe is wrong to say please love me 2
coz i know you'll never do,
somebody else is waiting there inside 4 u..
maybe is wrong 2 luv u more each day
coz i know he's here 2 stay..
but my love is strong, i don't know if
this is strong,
but i know 2 whom u should belong..
To say that Angelika dela Cruz-Maria Lourdes Egger dela Cruz in real life-is happy these days is an understatement. The 22-year-old drama actress not only has a career that's doing fine, she also has a new house to show for her almost-seven-year stint in showbiz. In addition, her Austrian mother Angelika, a German-language teacher who stayed in Japan for 13 years, is now home for good. And best of all, she has a special someone who brightens her smile, someone who goes by the name of Victor Neri.
Angelika's life is almost like a tele novela, but without the villains. Her father, Ernesto dela Cruz, used to be a member of the Bayanihan Dance Group. On one of the troupe's many travels abroad, he met Angelika Egger of Austria. He brought her to the Philippines, they got married, and they had two children, Maria Lourdes and Edward. Maria Lourdes, known as Sunshine at home, is now Angelika dela Cruz, having borrowed her mother's first name to use as her screen name. Edward is now lead singer and guitarist for the boy band Freshmen.
Mr. dela Cruz eventually dropped out of the dancing profession and shifted to the business of talent promotions, which allowed him frequent visits to Japan. He often took his wife with him. Mrs. dela Cruz soon found a lucrative job as a German-language teacher in Japan, and she ended up staying there for 13 years. During that period, the marriage fell apart. The formal separation came in 1992, when Sunshine was 11 and Edward was 9. It was, however, a very friendly breakup. The kids were left in their father's care, while their mother kept them posted from abroad.
When Sunshine turned 14, her own life took a different spin. She auditioned to sing the theme of the canned cartoon series "Sailor Moon." Backed by her father who had a knack for performing, she made it. That became her ticket to mainstream show business.
"My first movie was Night of Serafina," recalls Angelika. "Magfi-fifteen pa lang ako noon, pero akala ng mga tao, magbo-bold ako. Kapa-kapatid lang naman ang role ko. Bale doon naman ako nakita ng ABS-CBN."
At ABS-CBN, she became part of two soap-opera hits, "Mara Clara Book 2" and "Esperanza," plus the teen hip horror show "Okatokat." Along the way, Angelika, whose real intention was to become a
singer, also landed recording deals, one with BMG Pilipinas and one with Imperial Records, which succeeded in selling her album in Japan.
"Kasi mukha daw akong anime," she amuses herself. "Malalaki daw mata ko, parang anime."
As these successes were happening in Angelika's life, her parents' married life was unraveling. Even before the marriage was finally annulled six years ago, Mr. dela Cruz became father to another boy, Erick, now 12, whose mother is Japanese. The former Mrs. dela Cruz, for her part, became mother to a girl, Mariko, 4, whose father is also Japanese. These relationships did not lead to second marriages but also ended in separation. Yet in the course of all these events, the former husband and wife managed to become even closer as friends.
Daddy Ernie tells this story:
"No'ng magpapagawa na kami ng bahay, sabi ng Mommy niya, magse-share daw siya, kasi daw gusto na niyang umuwi dito. So, nagshare siya ng eight million. Siyempre, mas malaki ang share ni Angelika, pero 'wag na nating sabihin. Ako, nagbigay din, pero ang contribution ko is itong lupa na minana ko naman sa mga magulang ko."
These days, the former married couple are living under the same roof, together with their two children and the two other children they have begotten from other relationships. Happily, the six-bedroom house allows them to have a room each.
In the beginning, there was a debate about building the new house in Malabon. Angelika and her mother, who's now back to being Ms. Angelika Egger, wanted to transfer location. Her father, feeling very attached to the place, did not. In the end, he won them over.
But the decision to stay in Malabon was also prompted by-who would've guessed?-a political career for Angelika. As early as now, she is being wooed by contending political parties to run for councilor. And the "Habang Kapiling Ka" star is seriously considering going the way of Vilma Santos and Joey Marquez.
"Kung kakayanin ng schedule ko, bakit hindi?" Angelika says. "Sino ba ang ayaw makatulong? Yong maging role model ng mga kabataan dito, malaking bagay 'yon, e. Saka isa pa, ang mga kabataan dito, takot sa akin."
In any case, the house construction took over a year to finish. But now Angelika's house is a dominant sight in Barangay Longos, Malabon City. And the soap princess not only seizes every moment she can spend in the house she helped build, she also gets the chance to be with the mother she lost 12 years from.
"Cool kami ng mommy ko, " she says of the original Angelika. "Pag kay Mommy ka nagpaalam, sige lang, go on... pag kay Daddy, magse-set 'yan ng time kung anong oras ka uuwi."
At the moment, she really has nothing much to ask for. But she still dreams, and part of that dream is to own another house.
"'Yong akin na talaga," she smiles. "Wala naman akong balak iwan itong Malabon kaya lang maganda rin 'yong pag gusto mong magisa, may ibang bahay ka pang mauuwian. If ever, gusto ko sanang makabili ng lote sa Loyola Grand Villas. Kasi 'yong soap opera namin halos doon lagi nagte-taping. Naging memorable na 'yong place. Actually, may nakita na ako pero pag-iipunan ko pa. Pag-iiPunan ko talaga. Hindi naman kasi ako maluhong tao, hindi ako mahilig sa damit, sa alahas. Ang luho ko lang telebabad sa cell phone sa mga kaibigan ko. Kaya ako nakakaipon."
Posted on Nov 5, 2006, 4:52 PM from IP address 203.177.249.175
hey Mary Ann,i have just seen you in Time less and i can say your a good actress and i was asking if i waqnt to buy that series of Timeless,how am i going to buy it and how much?please help me on that coz i like it alot
Posted on May 21, 2007, 7:36 PM from IP address 196.44.161.6
SANA'Y WALA NANG WAKAS
Sharon Cuneta/Jessa Zaragosa
Sana'y wala nang wakas (Semoga tiada akhirnya)
Kung pag-ibig ay wagas (sekiranya cinta ini suci)
Paglalambing sa 'yong piling (kemesraan disampingmu)
Ay ligaya kong walang kahambing (bahagianya aku tiada tandingannya)
Refrain:
Kung 'di malimot ng tadhana (sekiranya takdir tidak melupakan)
Bigyang tuldok ang ating ligaya (menghentikan kebahagiaan pada kita)
Walang hanggan ay hahamaking (tiada apa yang akan terjadi)
'Pagkat walang katapusan kitang iibigin (sekiranya tiada hentinya kau ku cintai)
Chorus:
Kahit na ilang tinik ay kaya kong tapakan (walaupun berkali-kali ranjau ku lalui)
Kung 'yan and paraan upang landas mo'y masundan (kalau itulah caranya untuk ku menyusuri mu)
Kahit ilang ulit ako'y iyong saktan (walau berkali-kali kau menyakiti ku)
Hindi kita maaring iwanan (ku tak sanggup meninggalkan mu)
Kahit ilang awit ay aking aawitin (walau berkali-kali lagu ku nyanyikan)
Hanggang ang himig ko'y maging himig mo na rin (sehingga nada kita bersatu)
Kahit ilang dagat and dapat tawirin (walau berapa lautan harus ku seberangi)
Higit pa riyan and aking gagawin (lebih dari itu akan ku lakukan)
Sana'y wala nang wakas (semoga tiada akhirnya)
(Sana'y wala nang wakas)
Kapag hapdi ay lumipas (pabila pedih ini berlalu)
Ang mahalaga ngayon ay pag-asa (pag-asa) (yang penting sekarang adalah harapan)
Dala ng pag-ibig, saksi buong daigdig (membawa cinta ini sebagai saksi seluruh alam)
(Saksi buong daigdig)
Repeat Refrain
Repeat Chorus
Di lamang pag-ibig ko (bukan saja cinta ku)
Di lamang ang buhay ko'y ibibigay (bukan saja jiwa ku akan ku berikan)
Sa ngalan ng pag-ibig mo (di atas nama cinta mu)
Higit pa riyan aking mahal ang alay ko (lebih dari itu sayang, akan ku sembahkan)
hello,kumustz po kayo.nais ko lang pong mangungumusta sa idol ko na si KRISTINE HERMOSA...alm mo ba na sa buong buhay ko,ikaw lang talaga ang eniidolo koH..........sa katunayan nga ang rami-rami ko na pong collection lahat po ay tungkol kay KRISTINE HERMOSA.ganyan ko po siya ka idol...
Posted on May 25, 2007, 4:59 PM from IP address 210.213.144.172
After airing for the fist time here in uganda,we the fans requested that it be aired again.n our local station did.it has just ended and i pray they air it again.my friends and i jazz it over and over!!!!!!!!!!where can i get its dvd?IT SWEPT EAST AFRICA OFF ITS FEET.WOW.Can i get any posters of it?thank you.m an endless fan.i loved the wedding scene...and when ara and christian had just met...it was niiiiiiccccccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
Posted on Aug 7, 2008, 6:18 AM from IP address 193.108.214.219
Now these two were both awesome for ara.leo,funny,out going,loving.xtian..loving warm innocent boy?ok,guy.if i were aara,i really dont knw what i should have done.
Posted on Aug 7, 2008, 6:24 AM from IP address 193.108.214.219
Philippines' network ABS-CBN showcases yet another top-calibre primetime series, "Maging Sino Ka Man (Whoever You May Be)," which premiered on Friday, October 6 after the "Bituing Walang Ningning" grand finale.
magingMaging Sino Ka Man (MSKM) stars the country's premier actors and actresses John Lloyd Cruz, Bea Alonzo, Anne Curtis and Sam Milby. Adding strength to this powerhouse roster of stars is newest Kapamilya, the local showbiz's veteran dramatic actor: Christopher de Leon.
After the launch of their powerful love team during the phenomenal ABS-CBN series, "It Might Be You," and starring in top-grosser movies, John Lloyd and Bea are back again in primetime television.
John Lloyd plays the role of Eli Davide, a persevering guy who comes from a poor family and believes that love can surpass every challenge that may come his way.
Bea Alonzo is Jackie Madrigal. Jackie is from a rich family but remains humble. She is the epitome of a rich girl living a perfect life who has internal struggles and conflicts that she combats everyday.
After her role in the ABS-CBN teleseries "Hiram," and her big break in the title role of "Kampanerang Kuba," Anne Curtis returns to TV as Celine Magsaysay. Celine is a go-getter and aggressive girl who faces every trial in her life head on. She poses a tough image for everyone to see but in reality she is shadowed by her own sadness.
He was well-loved and received during his short stay as a housemate in "Pinoy Big Brother (PBB)" and following a hit movie "You are the One," Sam Milby invades the small screen in MSKM. Sam is JB Berenguer, a part of a rich and prominent family who is closely attached to his mother. He could have anything a man could wish for, except for his freedom.
Multi-awarded Christopher de Leon joins the Kapamilya roster of stars as he plays Fidel Madrigal. He is the father of Jackie, and despite his successes in life, he still is in search for his true happiness. He is willing to risk everything he has to achieve peace and happiness.
Versatile actress Chin-Chin Gutierrez stars as Corazon Vda. De Berenguer, an heir of an established corporation. She comes from a dark past that gives her a hateful outlook in life, but in her is a pure heart.
Also in the series are Dick Israel and Bing Pimental as John Lloyds parents and Smokey Manaloto as his brother.
At the helm of this production are first-rate directors Eric Reyes and Mae Czarina Cruz. Head writer Shaira Mella is joined by Generiza Reyes and Ricardo Fernando III, with Ricky Lee as the creative manager.
Posted on Nov 14, 2006, 7:12 PM from IP address 210.23.183.138
the best teleserye ever made as of the present time! our friends from other countries should watch this, the story is unique and amazing, the cast is so good... truly captivating!
convince your local tv stations to franchise ABS-CBN shows and you'll never regret that.
Posted on Nov 14, 2006, 8:11 PM from IP address 210.23.183.138
Maging Sino Ka Man-John Lloyd Cruz,Bea Alonzo,Sam Milby,Anne Curtis
A NEW TELESERYES FROM ABS-CBN
MAGING SINO KA MAN ( WHO EVER U ARE)
STARRING :
JOHN LLOYD CRUZ ~ BEA ALONZO ~ SAM MILBY ~ ANNE CURTIS
IN THE WORLD FORCED TO CHANGE...
WILL THE TRUTH REMAIN?
ELI (John Lloyd Cruz)... grown up in hardship but has a good heart.
CELINE (Anne Curtis)... daring and a fighter but misunderstood and hurt.
JB (Sam Milby)... he has everything but freedom.
Jackie (Bea Alonzo)... perfect in the eyes of other people but there's hidden sadness in her.
Try to follow and feel what you think is true
ALL ARE WILLING TO GAMBLE...
ALL WISH TO BE HAPPY...
ALL WISH TO BE FREE....
AND ALL WISH TO BE LOVED...
From Star Studio Magazine - September 2006
Bea's Rich, Lloydy's Poor
The lowdown on Maging Sino Ka Man
Maging Sino Ka Man, starring John Lloyd Cruz, Bea Alonzo, Sam Milby and Anne Curtis is inspired by American dramas like Dynasty and the Shakespeare masterpiece Romeo and Juliet.
Shaira Mella, the teleserye's headwriter reveals, "It's filmic in its approach. It's not the usual talkies-type of drama show. It's very visual. We show a lot of full exterior location shots that can only be possible in films. There are cityscapes, a ship at a commercial wharf, plus the extravagant wardrobes worn by the cast."
The series is directed by Erick Reyes and Mae Cruz. Production design is by Noel Ribaya who teams up with Ginny Monteaguado-Ocampo's supervision. Edd Sy showcases his tasteful suit designs for Sam whil Edward Teng handles Bea's wardrobe.
John Lloyd plays Eli Davide, who falls in love with rich girl Jackie Madrigal (Bea).
Mella reveals, "You will see a more sensual, mature John Lloyd and Bea."
Sam Milby is JB, a character inspired by Richard Gere's role in Pretty Woman, while Anne Curtis plays Jackie's cousin, the loud, tactless and easy-go-lucky Celine. The powerhouse cast includes Christopher de Leon, Chin-Chin Gutierrez, Irma Adlawan, Bing Pimentel, Dick Israel, Smokey Manaloto, Keanna Reeves, Malou de Guzman and Ramon Zamora.
Posted on Nov 20, 2006, 8:06 PM from IP address 203.177.250.15
Ang pag-ibig ay sadyang ganyan - cinta sememangnya begitu
Tiwala sa isa't-isa'y kailangan - perlukan kepercayaan antara satu sama lain
Dati mong pag-ibig wala akong pakialam - ku tak pedulikan cinta mu yang lalu
Basta't mahal kita kailan pa man - yang ku tahu aku mencintai mu buat selamanya
H'wag kang mag-isip ng ano pa man - jangan kau fikirkan apa pun jua
Mga paliwanag mo'y di ko kailangan - ku tak perlukan kau menerangkannya
At kahit ano pa ang iyong nakaraan - dan apa pun jua yang kau telah lalui
Mamahalin kita maging sino ka man - ku kan mencintai mu walau siapa pun diri mu
Refrain:
Mahal kita pagkat mahal kita - ku mencintai mu sejak ku jatuh cinta pada mu
Iniisip nila ay hindi mahalaga - mereka fikirkan ini tidak berharga
Mahal kita maging sino ka man - ku mencintai mu walau siapa pun diri mu
Mali man ang ikaw ay ibigin ko - walaupun salah kau ku cintai
Ako'y isang bulag na umiibig sa'yo - aku lah seorang buta yang menyayangi mu
At kahit ano pa ang iyong nakaraan - dan apa pun jua yang kau lalui
Mamahalin kita maging sino ka man - ku kan mencintai mu walau siapa pun diri mu.
Posted on Nov 20, 2006, 8:10 PM from IP address 203.177.250.15
Eli is Mr. Nice Guy of Tondo. Though he was cared for by a family not his own, he grew up on a rich diet of principle and love -- love that he received from his adoptive father, Dadoods, his older brother, Pong, and until 5 years ago, his strict but loving mother, Eloisa. He loved them above everything else in this world. He would do anything humanly possible to protect them from harm. Thus, when he learns that his Kuya Pong agrees to be the get-away driver in a kidnapping, he does all he can to save his brother from disaster. But, too late. When he gets to the scene of the crime, he finds his brother badly hurt from the failed kidnapping attempt, entrusting to him the care of the unconscious kidnap victim Jackie. Against his better judgment, Eli heeds his brothers plea.
Jackie, it turns out, is the sole heiress to a banking empire, the golden girl of high society. Jackie is the kind of person who finds happiness in making other people happy. She is also the fiance of JB, a successful general manager of the family-owned shipping company. Like Jackie, he is the pride of high society and the joy of his mother, Corazon. But JB finds solace in Celines arms during Jackies disappearance.
Celine is Jackies first cousin and her exact anti-thesis. Considered the shame of her family. Celine, who, in spite of her happiness at Jackies return, feels extreme sadness because during her cousins absence, she and JB had grown close. Close enough for her to hope that JB would love her back. JB, whom she has loved all her life.
Like Celine, Eli, too, is brokenhearted. Now that she is back with her family and back in the arms of JB, the rightful owner of her heart, she is lost to him forever. But, he relents to fate, thinking that the most beautiful chapter in his life has ended. That is until he crosses paths with Jackie again.
Maging Sino Ka Man is a primetime teleserye where each one will be able to find a piece of themselves in the characters who are all on a quest to find ultimate happiness in loving.
Four lives. Four hearts. All will learn to love and hope in a complicated world while searching for truth. Everyone is ready to gamble everything, everyone hoping for happiness, freedom and love.
~ abs-cbn.interactive ~
Posted on Nov 20, 2006, 8:18 PM from IP address 203.177.250.15
THANK YOU FOR THESE SOAPS.i missed some episodes of this one,but,i would never miss asing my friends how it is moving on.some boby please tell me the golden ending.i heard of TILL MORNING COMES,Just airing in Uganda,give me the story line kindly.thank you
Posted on Aug 7, 2008, 5:53 AM from IP address 193.108.214.219
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