Nora and Vilma go indie
“June and July mark the start of the independent film season. Next month ushers in the launch of the CineFilipino film festival, followed by the highly anticipated Cinemalaya fest.
“June and July mark the start of the independent film season. Next month ushers in the launch of the CineFilipino film festival, followed by the highly anticipated Cinemalaya fest.
So many new teleseryes are surfacing on the small screen that viewers are having a hard time telling them apart from each other. To make the task easier, each new drama series is given a “hook” or unique selling factor.
“I find TV hosts’ overly dramatic way of talking annoying. Mel Tiangco always seems to be hosting ‘Magpakailanman,’ even when she’s anchoring ‘24 Oras.’ An overload of vocal bombast is also the style of Mike Enriquez and Noli de Castro, who sounds like he’s in a boxing ring. Even Jessica Soho is beginning to sound like a preacher in a pulpit. They treat television like radio, and undermine viewers’ intelligence and taste—it’s insulting.
Now that some teleseryes are winding up their extended storytelling, their plots and subplots have been getting more complex and prolix, the better to keep viewers glued to their TV screens.
GMA 7’s NEW teleserye, “Mundo Mo’y Akin,” started telecasting last Monday, and generally made a positive impression on us, due to the confident and believable portrayals of its two leads, Angelika dela Cruz and Sunshine Dizon.
Recent performances on TV have been a decidedly mixed bag of hits and misses—and therein lie more than a baker’s dozen of potentially instructive observations.
People who wonder why teleseryes have been so phenomenally popular for years posit all sorts of theories to explain their unprecedentedly long reign.
Two new teleseryes made their debut last Monday, Feb. 11—TV5’s “Never Say Goodbye” and ABS-CBN’s “Apoy sa Dagat.” How did their initial telecasts come off?
On “Kailangan Ko’y Ikaw,” the improbable but all-too-predictable has happened: Kris Aquino’s “meek” character has finally disobeyed her father (Tirso Cruz III) and chosen to admit her love for the principled cop played by Robin Padilla—who used to be her younger sister’s (Anne Curtis’) flame!
Fans of “Princess and I” made sure they were all present and accounted for when the popular and long-running teleserye had its concluding telecast two weeks ago.
Glenn Rezada, televiewer: “I’d like to commend the ‘Hiritan 2013’ segment of ‘Unang Hirit,’ where senatorial candidates are featured to answer questions from the inimitable Mareng Winnie Monsod. The segment gives viewers a chance to listen to the candidates’ views on issues and helps voters decide if they’ve got what it takes to become good lawmakers!”
Phil Mangubat, media observer: “Without a doubt, ‘Walang Hanggan’ was very successful—but, its story should have respected viewers’ intelligence. It was a teleserye where protagonists and villains had to die and get resurrected repeatedly in a series of twists—with no rhyme nor reason.
