Caray, Caray!

Howdy =)

Thanks for the post Jean =) I just love tidbits of trivia, like a real injury (or pregnancy in Pepa's case) being written into the storyline.

You missed Gabi running into Malcolm in Martin's room (wearing the uniform no less) and realizing they've been fooling her. Feo covers up telling her that Martin drank too much and had to be hospitalized for alcohol poisoning.

I agree with your comment that it would have made more sense to bring Marting back, but they probably realize that he would spend his time screaming or trying to get to a phone so he can call for help. Off course, they could have locked up Gabi and Martin together to keep a closer watch and not have to deal with two rooms.

Thanks for the heads up on PdG ending and Deseo starting. And here I thought I was thru with daytime TNs after this one, but how can I possibly resist Mario at his yummiest?! That and I'm curious to see Mario playing Andres Garcia. Both are excellent actors, and I'm sure they worked a while together to get the character just right.
 

I thought this would be my last telenovela too, Margarita! But I know I'll feel compelled to watch Mario again, and from what I have read about the story, it looks intriguing. Oh well, so I won't get my life back yet after all, lol.
 

Oh, for Pete’s sake….just when I was thinking I’d be free of this addiction within weeks, they’re doing their best to suck me back in. The ratings for PdG must be proving to be worth the rebroadcast, so what better than dangling another Mario carrot to keep us hooked.

I may need to bail after PdG is over, since I don’t get Telemundo and “Cuerpo” is not available online in it’s entirety as far as I know. I’m considering buying a bootleg copy and keeping up with you all on a daily basis, should a discussion group decide to continue. (Are you considering that, Jean?). From what I have seen the plot and cast look good, but I’m not sure it rates a “keeper”, $100 price tag notwithstanding. My main issue is actually the 2 hours/day schedule, which is a killer for me so I haven’t decided for sure what I’ll do yet. I don’t get much time during the week now to watch PdG so I have to zoom ahead on weekends & coast till Sat., and that strategy won’t work once the summer’s over, so I’ve got to think about it a bit…

I had the very same thoughts, Jean, regarding Juan’s injury & the transport to the hospital. I also wondered why when he was in such extreme pain they all sat around circling like chickens before finally getting going. Then, putting him in Franco’s Jeep was just ludicrous. Had Mario & Danna both really been in the scene together, there’s no way they’d have both fit in the backseat of a Jeep with him having to put his injured leg up. Oddly enough, it wasn’t that so much that caught my radar as the fact that they had separate head shots, with Norma kissing only Juan’s hand rather than his face, which for these two is a dead giveaway that they’re not in the scene at the same time.

Another little trivia item: The plot has Juan's injury the result of the horse he was riding acting up & falling on him, something that actually DID happen to Danna García while filming a telenovela in Mexico a few years ago. She was injured - not sure if it was her leg, though - and spent a week in the hospital, resulting in her fear of riding since then. (I think we’ve only seen her physically on a horse once in this whole show, during a slow, group ride.)
 

Howdy =)

Marie Celeste, there was a scene early on in PdG where Norma almost ran over Juan, but it might have been a stuntwoman. I can't remember if there were any close-ups on the horse.

I have no idea how many episodes of "Deseo" are on YouTube, but there were a lot the last time I checked. I had actually thought about trying to watch it from what You Tube had, but I never checked for sure if the whole thing was there.
 

I had noticed that Norma is virtually never on a horse in PdG unlike her sisters. She did ride when the whole group went looking for Juan but as you said, Marie Celeste, that was at a sedate walk. I just thought she didn't ride. I didn't know she had been injured in a fall.
 

Margarita, there are quite a few segments of ECDD on YouTube posted by many different users, but so far I haven't been able to identify one or more users that consistently posted strings of contiguous segments, as I was able to find with PdG. It's possible they're out there, but they're disorganized enough that it'll be a significantly bigger investment of time to find & organize them than it was for PdG, and that was time-consuming enough. But, I might give it a shot; we'll see. I think I'll order the official DVD from Netlix first & see how hooked I get. ;-)

As for Danna's riding injury, that story is included in the extras on the official DVD. In a little "Secrets of PdG" segment, they refer to the scene you mention, Margarita - where Norma almost runs over Juan. A stunt rider was used in the shot that showed the horse hitting Juan. But the secret is that for Danna's closeup - where she pulls the reins up just before hitting Juan -what you don't see is that she's actually riding on the shoulders of one of the crew members, not on a horse. Here's a link to that clip of the extras. (Danna's story starts at 4:40 & is only a minute long.) It's cute:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUpVk397hWk&feature=related
 

Those extras on the official DVD are fun to watch. I saw the part with Danna riding on a guy's shoulders--interesting! The cast interviews are entertaining, too. I like the one where Armando gets upset at being called a bad guy and defends himself. Also the one where Grandpa goes on a butt-slapping spree and Rosario yells at him. And it's neat to see Mario's interview. "Oh look, he's talking! Just like a real person!" Lol.
 

Thanks for the link Marie Celeste. I try not to watch these until after the show is over in case there are spoilers, but this one definitely didn't have any ;)

It's interesting how Dana's injury made her afraid of horse's, and Mario's injury made him want to make them all ride on their hind legs ;) Both are perfectly valid reactions, though I suspect I'd be in Dana's camp (never learned how to ride a bike, and I'm ok with that). Years ago, when I worked at a Ren Faire, one guy started jouster training. His mom, who was from an area with plenty of horses, mostly rodeos, said if he was ever truly injured by one, she hoped he died. Lest you think she was a callous witch, this was a couple of year's after Christopher Reeve's accident, and she was quite aware of the devastating injuries that can result from a bad fall, especially if the animal proceeds to trample you or falls on you. I'm not saying we should stay away from things that are dangerous (I recently jumped out of a perfectly good airplane and would do it again if it wasn't so expensive) but it makes sense to develop a healthy respect for them.
 

According to this Sunday's TV Guide here in Chicago, next week PdG will be on at 11:00 for one hour only, and El Cuerpo del Deseo will be on at 2:00 (also one hour).
 

There are guides that show PdG is going to 1 hour and ECDD is starting, and other guides that show 2 hours as usual and no ECDD. If you are recording PdG, I would still record 2 hours Monday until we know for sure.