Friday, July 01, 2011
Triunfo del Amor #158 6/30/11 A triumph of that skank-ho producer.
The asshat director calls Os to summon him to film a scene. Since Fer is ok, what's the harm in filming the scene? Os really doesn't want to go, but his work ethic gets the better of him. Max and Cruz side with Os and besides, Os has his cell phone in case they need him.
The Padres confab about Fer's recovery and their hopes for the recovery of her marriage. And also, Burnie is determined to be evil, awww, isn't it sad. PJP thinks he's going to end up on a cross before this is all over.
Os looks good in a vest. Well, so does Gui, but whatever. And where is Leo? Better ask Gui about that since he's the one pulling her strings. The director takes exception and Os warns him that he's gonna make Gui's life hell.
Cruz tries to console Vic by saying that Maria's gotta be confused, what with finding out her daddy's a priest and her grandma's an evil bitch. Leo shows up drunk as a skunk. Vic tries to send her home, but Leo accuses her of stealing her husband. Oh, it's happy fun drunk time. *sigh*
"While I was in jail, you stole my husband and my son!" Leo says she wants back everything Vic took from her. Vic wants some alone time with Leo and Max and Cruz, ever the dumbasses, leave her to it. Vic tries to guilt Leo into sobriety. "Easy for you to talk! You have everything, including my husband and my son! And you've left me with nothing!" Vic tells Leo to quit embarrassing her son. Vic drags Leo to the caf for a coffee.
The director knocks on Os' trailer door and asks him to please let the stunt guys do the stunts. Os doesn't like it. They talk about it long enough that I'm sure either Os or Gui will be getting seriously hurt. Os says Gui doesn't know how to do action scenes and he's going to end up getting hurt. And the problem with this is what, exactly? And since when do actors dictate to a director how a scene is going to go? Hey, maybe I'm just not big-league enough for that. Or maybe that's how they roll at Televisa. Which would explain a few things.
Leo drinks her coffee while Vic lectures her. She tells Leo she's acting like a child and being a coward and ruining Max's life. Vic pays for the coffee and leaves her with her thoughts.
The stunt guy gripes about wanting to use doubles, but Os and Gui insist on doing it themselves. The stunt guy says fine, as long as they follow his instructions exactly. He refuses to take responsibility if something goes wrong.
Cruz and Max get ready to support Fer as Doc Heriberto gives her a pep talk that Mr. 5ft doesn't understand, but makes him crack up laughing. The music guys get in on the action, making everything seem overly dramatic. Lots of close-ups on faces as we go to commercial. Mr. 5ft griped about the stupidity of this scene. If you want to hear the whole rant, you'll have to move in with us. I don't type quite that fast. Yes, dear, we all know there's no question it's going to end up working and Fer will walk again and kick Cruz's producer's ass.
Leo's amazingly late, they can't wait any longer, so they need to rehearse and then film.
Heriberto keeps giving Fer a pep talk. He tells Max and Cruz to let go slowly.
The infamous dangerous scene is Gui chasing Os and throwing him to the ground. The director announces they're going to do the most dangerous part next.
Cruz's producer fed a line of bull to some magazine and they're going to be pissed when they find out it's not true. She assumes Fer will just believe it.
Fer falls over and gets upset. Vic has to walk out, as does Doc. Cruz tells her she just needs time.
Os is hanging off a cliff with Gui holding him. Gui releases the safety line, then he lets Os fall. Everyone bitches at the stunt guys. Gui assumes he's gotten rid of Os for good.
Vic cries and Heriberto consoles her. I'm not even listening. Why am I still watching this show? Mr. 5ft thinks the smoochies should be withheld since he didn't actually fix Fer. Some nurses walk by in slow-mo, grab some popcorn, and watch the action.
When Vic and Heriberto finally pry their lips apart, Heriberto tries to convince her they have feelings for each other. But Vic thinks maybe she's just feeling gratitude and is confused. She breaks away and Heriberto contemplates a cold shower. He flashes back to the kiss that happened about a millisecond ago.
Max and Cruz have a word with Heriberto in the waiting room. Max wants to know WTF the problem is. Heriberto says it's just muscular atrophy and it will take some time. At the same time, he thinks her inability to walk is psychosomatic. If Fer doesn't make up her mind to walk, she won't walk.
Os is fine. He's in good shape and he knows how to swim. The director claims Gui was really, really worried. What. Ever.
Cruz doesn't want to tell Fer about the psychothingy. He says they've just got to give her pep talks. Max says he's going to try out his technique on mom first. The nurses walk in and spread the gossip about Doc Heriberto macking on a patient's mom in the hallway. Max is pissed. The nurses are hungry and start talking about where to go for lunch.
Max goes to Heriberto's office and asks why Heriberto was kissing his mom. Dude, you kiss someone in the hallway where everyone can see you, what the hell do you think is gonna happen?
The medical professionals on set walk out of Os' trailer. The director wants the truth--was it really an accident? Os says it was. "Or what do you think happened?" "Maybe Gui took advantage of the situation and…." Os insists it was just an accident.
Max reads Heriberto the riot act for smooching on his mama in the hallway. Heriberto doesn't think it's any of Max's business, given that he and Vic are consenting adults. Max says that his mother's love life is a matter of discussion for the whole family. Heriberto says Os knows what's going on, not that he's happy about it. Oh, and also, Os gave him free rein to mack on Vicky as long as she's happy about it.
Geez, 10 more minutes of show left and it feels like NOTHING has happened! I'm dying of boredom! And wishing I hadn't started watching the show so close to when it started recording or I'd at least have been able to FF through the commercials!
Fer is upset she can't walk when Heriberto said the operation went well. Cruz and Maria try to pep her up. Fer sends Cruz out for a drink so she can have more sister alone time with Maria. Fer lays on the guilt trip about how Vic always seemed to be a workaholic, but she didn't know it was all to hide her feelings. Poor Vic, how she suffered for Maria. Maria says she'd really rather not talk about it. "But we have to! Think of your son and Jimena's son…if you keep raising them, they'll grow up like brothers. You and I are also sisters, daughters of the same mother. If you accept me, you have to accept our mother too." Maria sighs.
Vic sits in the cafeteria, thinking about holding hands with Maria and Fer. She sees the news of Os's accident on the TV and calls him to find out how he is. Then she changes her mind and decides to go see him.
A nurse comes in and starts Fer on some physical therapy exercises. The nurse moves Fer's legs around, which hurts her back. The nurse gets to cause the pain and Maria gets to soothe. That's enough torture for now, so the nurse leaves. Maria tells Fer she has to get better, so she can stop feeling insecure and stop fighting with Cruz. Um, no, how about she just stop feeling insecure regardless of whether or not she can walk and tell Cruz what his producer is up to? Fer says she can't keep herself from feeling jealous. Cruz has returned with juice and a magazine…that includes an article where that bitch claims to be in a relationship with Cruz. Fer says Cruz is cheating on her. He says it's all lies and he's going to fix it. Well, Fer doesn't want to see him ever again.
Gui gives an interview, saying the accident was only an accident. He says he does feel bad about not doing what the director wanted and using doubles. Oh, and also, he has nothing but respect for Os and this has nothing to do with the theater.
Vic runs home to see how Os is. He says it was just a fall, no big. He came home to change clothes and then go see Fer. He insists he's fine. Vic, despite the scare, is having trouble clarifying her feelings about Os and Heriberto. Os says he knows he made a mistake and he'll be sorry for the rest of his life. Vic says maybe it was a little tiny bit her fault too for ignoring him….
And then my DVR cuts off. Not even a Sweet William Levy in a Kayak. What have I done to deserve this?!!!
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Does anyone know if there is going to be another FC show anytime soon?
Hey, Kat, hope you get another gig soon.
El Steve-o
WHY !?! are they using family members to help Fer try to stand? Where is the preparation? Where are the medical professionals to help? Why does the physical therapy last for only 6 seconds?
If I were bringing a magazine to a sick family member, I would check the articles to make sure they wouldn't upset my loved one.
Where did Oz get that brightly striped bathrobe? Why can't Vicki decide what she feels?
Why was the new episode of Swamp People as appealing as Los Sandoval and groupies? Why does William Levy talk and look like he could fit in with the Swamp People?
La Paloma
Me thinks only the Oz Man and Max Man know how to kiss. . . with gentle urgency. Or, whoever is filming their love scenes, knows which angle to shoot.
I guess Gui's cigar is supposed to indicate his wish to be the alpha male.
This director sucks.
Me thinks only the Oz Man and Max Man know how to kiss. . . with gentle urgency. Or, whoever is filming their love scenes, knows which angle to shoot.
I guess Gui's cigar is supposed to indicate his wish to be the alpha male.
This director sucks.
No acting gig lined up? No prob. Apparently you can just walk onto a set and start giving the director orders.
hang in there on the gigs - I'm betting something fab will surface very soon!
I try not to think too much about the whole Fer in the hospital thing - it's all such a joke at this point. They did a fairly good job when she was first hurt showing the need for therapy,etc. and all that just got thrown out with the bath water.
I keep turning in waiting for the comeuppance to Gui or Burnie to start ( and to get a glimpse of PJP - like the pinup idea), but I have a sick feeling they'l leave that for the last couple hours. In the meantime this slock just stretches out.
Oh, and Max, no grown child thinks their parent's love life is the 'whole family's" business. Well, at least most well-adjusted children, so I guess that explains his stupid comment. Stupid is as stupid does.
Someone asked yesterday if we would ever consider watching this TN again. I would have to be tied down with my eyeballs forced open to ever vier this show again. Heck, FELS is starting to seem like it wasn't that bad in comparison.
Kind of glad I missed this one, though. The near-finale "filler" episodes for most novelas tend to suck, and it definitely sounds like nothing of any importance happened apart from Victoria and Dr. Voice's first kiss. Maybe the slow buildup to Fer smacking the taste out of Diana the producer's mouth, I dunno...
Osvaldo needs to be told about the lies Diana is telling. He would have observed this for years and may have been a victim of this crap. He is sufficiently high-profile now to be able to put a stake in the heart of this one.
Although it would be more fun to see Fer get up out of the wheelchair and bitchslap Diana. Maybe Victoria and Maria can bond over teaching her how.
We're entering the calm before the final storm. Bernarda is cooking up her last stand.
Bean tightening with all things medical in this one!
Not much of an episode, but at least Os didn't bite the dust. Sigh and ugh.
Happy 4th all. We don't have another episode until Tuesday.
I hope something does come up for your acting have you considered sending your resume to Meh-jia? he must be looking for new actors to teach how to work in awful novelas.
I'm really getting sick and tired of everyone telling Maria to forgive that witch. No one is looking at this from Maria's perspective she has a right to feel what she does from all the crap and names and insults Victoria called her.
Max had nothing to forgive Maria and Alonso about considering how psycho both his step mother and his wife were treating Maria that was the best decision she ever made going away with Alonso.Maria never stopped loving Max she just tried to remove herself from some very harmful and hostile people. One being her unknown mother Victoria.
Maria has forgiven plenty of times she forgave Max, PJP and even crazy Bernie she even tried to forgive Victoria after the way she treated her the first time assuming she was after Os. There is only so much a person is willing to take from another person who was treated like Maria was.
Daisynjay that was me who asked if anyone would ever watch this basura again after it ends?
So my question to all today is the worst novela you have ever seen or is there one that can even top this hot mess?
Speaking of Burnie...considering her track record on the show, what's left for her to do now on the assumption that she has to have that one last chance to take somebody out before she gets dusted to wrap up the show? The only thing she hasn't done or had done is plant a bomb...
I have tried so hard NOT to watch this dreck, but like so many of you want to see the fireworks consume Bernie and Co. (not the 4th of July ones--be careful out there).
Question for the Day: Maria & all her extended family were so concerned with Alonso being kept in the dark regarding his fatal disease so his last days would be spent in bliss and contentment.
Where are they now?
Did they just turn their backs and wash their hands of him once he walked out of the church?
If this bunch starts a hospice, I would definitely not check in.
NOK
I still say Televisa/Univision told them to stretch out this show.
But I will confess I no longer watch it, I have already seen the final on the web. I do have to say received my copy of TV y Novelas and they say the wedding of Maria with Alonso had high ratings. I guess true, because I had no idea what was going to happen to Alonso, and did tune in for a bit.
I also saw an interview with one of the actors (Flaco), when he was asked was this the longest novela he's been in, he sort of rolled his eyes. I had to laugh.
I've switched to Herederos as they are also in ultimo semanas, and have a tiny bit more suspense left to their story, besides I still have the hots for Mario Cimarro, my bad boy who won't remove his hat. I had high hopes for William Levy, but in this one he seems to be sleep walking through it, and Maite's leaning head was making me stiff.
Everyone else, including Maria's parents, grandmother and baby daddy call her "Maria Desamparada."
Why was everyone expecting Fer to walk right after having back surgery?
Why didn't Osvaldo admit to the producer that Gui dropped him off the cliff?
And since Osvaldo didn't call Victoria after his accident and she found out about it on Televisa Escandalo TV, might Ossie be giving up on Victoria?
OK so now The Voice is delving into psychiatry saying Fer's inability to walk is psychosomatic and that she is protecting someone Huh! I am wishing with all of my heart that on Tuesday she rolls up to Diana gives her a piece of her mind and then gets out of her chair and bitch slaps the woman for the rest of the show. Unfortunately it looks like the only bitch slapping, as indicated in the previews, is Max smacking Cruz.
Been thinking about Os/Vic. She really is confused. The Voice is kind of like Aldo was in Fea. The guy that comes in and gives the woman her confidence back. Vic herself has said she can't get the images out of her mind of Os doing it with a girl young enough to be her daughter. Anyway you look at it his infidelity struck right at the core of her belief in herself. Then she has breast cancer surgery. She has to feel old, used and disgarded. Along comes The Voice and he makes her feel beautiful and desirable again. She is greatful to him but i think deep down she still loves Os. They have a history good and bad but when the report of the accident came on she immediately called and then ran to find him - not the action of someone who doesn't care.
As for the good doc he seems to need to be needed by someone. At heart Vic is a strong accomplished woman. She isn't the needy creature she appears at the moment. Now Leo is right up his street, someone who needs help and could be a lifelong project for him.
Question of the day _where is Alonso? He walked out of the church in a could of godly light and hasn't been seen or mentioned since.
Me encanta the recap.
happy 4th a todos
Then I'm flat out appalled - at writers too. He jjust goes off to die alone? And they let him? Yeah, what a bunch of self-centered...
Ok rant over
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Vic cries and Heriberto consoles her. I'm not even listening. Why am I still watching this show? Mr. 5ft thinks the smoochies should be withheld since he didn't actually fix Fer. Some nurses walk by in slow-mo, grab some popcorn, and watch the action.
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You totally express my feelings. I began watching, then switched to an episode of Foyle's War on PBS. Far superior.
Blusamarai: This is my first TN I've watched regularly. I saw a few episodes of Heridas de Amor. So between the two, TdA is definitely the worst.
I'd like Univision to return to 2 hour epis so we can finish this basura. My question for everyone, is, which TN should I switch to? I need to keep watching to help mi espanol!!!
I am still not watching except for the last 10 mins. I figure that's all I need. But I am still enjoying the recaps and comments.
Mariquita- As for other novelas on right now, a lot of us are really liking Cuando me Enamoro. We hate the galan but love the heroine and it's not too far along for you to ctach on. Teresa is very far along, so not a good time to jump in. The rerun of Alborada in the afternoon is also very good with a mix of commenters who have seen it before and those who have never seen it.
Someone asked yesterday if we would watch TDA again, I guess I watched 3 times already, I keep going back trying to understand better the language, and every time I realized I missed something.
I had no problem understanding WL in Cuidado con el angel but I had trouble understanding MaiteP.
I’m sad because I have a feeling that Vitoria is not going to be with Os for the end, I read over Mejia’s tweet page that he had a poll done over some Mexican morning show the fans wanted Vitoria /Dr Voice. Probably because the bad publicity Os is having over his private life.
If you missed sweet William in a kayak last night watch this
http://tv.univision.com/pequenos-gigantes/lo-ultimo/article/2011-06-26/pequenos-gigantes-show-dos
OK, isn't there a closet in the operating rm that Heriberto & Victoria could use.
The only other thing I can say about this estupidéz, is they don't give Fernanda a walker after the operation, & they trust 2 buffoons to know how to handle the recently operated Fer to stand, let alone walk. No nurses, no therapists.
I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE, end already, ya, ahora misma.
On TV today they said Osvaldo Rios was in the hospital with a hernia.
Any TN will help you, but it's really a good thing if the TN is tolerable, which this TN barely is. So find one you like. Telefutura had repeats, so you might find sth there.
"I feel so out place in here. I still like to watch TDA."
Hey, that makes at least two of us -- if you don't count the millions of tv viewers who are keeping this show at the top of the ratings.
There IS lots of goofy stuff to make fun of, obviously, but if I weren't enjoying the show overall, I wouldn't be watching it. Whether a person likes it is a completely individual matter of taste.
P.S. I will say that it's much easier to write a "What's wrong with the picture?" kind of comment than a positive one. I do that all the time and I'm a fan! Anyhow, I hope you will feel comfortable commenting here.
Por favor, don't let Mejia butcher anymore novelas!!!!!!!
My question is why Meh-jia has done a poll on when this novela should have ended?
I really like Silvia Navarro, MEPS. Wish it was on in place of TDA.
I watch a little of Teresa as the lead in to TDA but I just can't get into it, seems like the same thing day after day.
If Vic ends up with the Dr. though, I will be upset.
I am taping Alborado, so I can watch it next.
Cindy
If you look over the Wikipedia page always were 176 episodes. It is finishing sooner than was supposed to since we had over a month of 2 hours every night.
It took in Mexico 8 months. I’m surprised all the TN usually takes 8 to 9 months.
Cuando me enamoro are 181 episodes
I understand that you are very unhappy I respect your opinion I don’t see TDA been any different than others TN. I’m sick of the some, girl gets pregnant makes someone else marries her for her morals.
There were plenty things that I didn’t care in TDA but I still find enjoyable to watch.
I remember when I watched LLDA after almost 6 months I stopped watching it made me so sick that was the first TN that I didn’t care for.
BTW Mejia did the poll because was so many fans asking to let Vic stay with Dr Voice.He said that fans over 40 asked to let Vic stay with Os and the younger fans asked the other way.
Thanks NovelaMaven for your post
Rosa
It will be interesting to see if Sacrificio de Mujer is longer or shorter than TdA.
Rosa
Also, in researching the other versions of this story, it's only the Mexican ones in which the young protagonista's biodad is a priest.
I never saw Cristal but if anyone here has I have a question: Was Mommie Dearest all about class distinction rather than sanctimony?
Similarities: The character's name is Victoria and she's got poor girl braids and works as a maid for the rich family; her baby daddy is a priest-to-be named Angel who is headed off to the seminary the day after they make love; his mom is a religious zealot and wants her son to be a priest to watch over her soul.
Where Mejia made it his own: The mother doesn't appear to be a murderer; Victoria is not raped by the factory owner, just fired for being preggers; Vic does not give birth in the rain on the streets, but instead in a hospital. I'm sure there are many more over the top differences later on too.
All this can be seen in this snippet from Cap. 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s9TNDFu4I4&feature=related
Happy 4th everyone!
As for Mejia taking a poll to decide the fate of a couple of characters - how stupid is that. Then again it might explain why some TV's inexplicably go off the rails with odd story lines. Interesting too that the older crowd favors The Voice when the younger crowd goes for Os since there isn't that big a difference in the ages between the two actors.
As for Mejia thinking about messy personal lives - how dumb is that. Os's personal life has been a scandalous mess for years and WL's isn't a whole lot better. Jeeze just write a good concise story, cast it right and you'll have a hit on your hands.
I wonder if the reason we haven't seen Juanjo, is that he was supposed to be killed off & they haven't writen him back in yet. Hopefully he's going to acting school
Not even the failure of Corazón Salvaje can compare to how bad TDA did. Mejía should be proud of himself, it's rare that a producer can create that much havoc for a network.
Jarocha
She looks like the Cheshire cat.
I read over Mejia’s twitter page that he got several messages from fans that they wanted Dr voice to end up with Vitoria. That’s why he did the poll. What he said was that fans over 40 wanted Vic /Os fans under 40 wanted Vic/Dr Voice
In my previus post I'm the one who said that probably the fans didnt care for Osvaldo personal life. I didnt say that was Mejia.
Funny that Vitoria over her twitter page she was pushing for Dr Voice also, so I have no hopes that Os will end up with Vitoria
Rosa
You're probably right but I still vote for Os. In any event the ending of this, like most novelas, will probably be a dud. I have a hard time thinking of one that lived up to the whole show. They tend to either cram everything into the last hour or drag things out and then have nothing left to end with some punch. In any event I won't miss this mess after it is all over.
On another note I read the summary of the upcoming Fuerza del Destino. It has a large cast with some fine talent but is a typical novela, missing baby, revenge, yawn. In addition more bad news is that the producer is Rosy Ocampo - the one producer who makes Mejia look like a genius. Count me among the missing for this one. I'll be heading to Telemundo which consistently comes up with new and interesting stories.
In my mind Televisa peaked about 5 or 6 years ago and has been on the downside ever since.
Elizabeth Alvarez remnds me of Mary Ann from Gilligan's Island, which was more entertaining than this smellynovela!
I'll have to ck out Rosy Ocampo.
Do you happen to know what drastic measures that Televisa is going to try? I would think replacing Meh-jia should be the first move? He's has had too much power there for a long time and what he is producing has been just awful. What is going on with his CDL remake did he already shoot the novela in it's entirety or did he just make a pilot and waited until TDA ended so he can start on that project?
K. Demonio - I agree that E. Alvarez looks like MaryAnn from Gilligan's Island.
Rosi Ocampo has a tendency to start good and end up in circo. However Maria Zarattini wrote La Fuerza del Destino and Benjamín Can directed it so it is of higher quality than her previous productions. I do think it suffers from the same issue as Sortilegio did: they exhausted the plot too soon, but the first couple of months are great. In fact the quality of those episodes is as good as any of the bests Carla Estrada novelas.
Jarocha
rosa
If y meant that I do have a great life. I still love TDA game.
rosa
Go back and re-read. I said I wish I hadn't started watching the show when it started that night at 8pm because I wasn't able to FF through the commercials, not that I wish I hadn't started watching the show, period. And even if I had said I wish I hadn't started watching the show as a whole, so what? I'm entitled to my opinion as much as anyone else.
As for "do the rest of us a favor," if you dislike my recaps then say so on your own behalf, don't claim to speak for others.
And if you think your opinion does differ radically and no one else will agree with you...so what? We don't have a "party line" here. You don't have to love the show and you don't have to hate it. That's what's great about this blog. So just say whay you have to say and don't apologize for it.
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