Caray, Caray!

Great job LatinainMD! I haven't watched the episode yet, but I loved your retelling of the events. I did see the previews though, as I tuned in for the 8pm show, and I know what you mean. They basically showed the whole episode. Why, MC? Why?! Let the bastard suffer!

Looking forward to seeing Solita and her baby bump. So, Solita is close enough for MC to go visit within one afternoon? Remind me again why MC hasn't reached out to her sister in all this time, or why she doesn't go to Nilda if she is so desperate for work and shelter for her, her child, and the nanny? Uhm...I know where Juanita can get a new job. I hear there's a rich lady with a deaf daughter, and two grandkids, and a monkey to take care of...
 

Thank you for the recap, Latina.
I haven't seen the previews, so I guess I have something to look forward to for my recap today (not really, I'm just trying to think positive thoughts).
So, MC decides that she has to kill Alvie because he painted her in the nude? But she only wanted a regular venganza against the people who cause her abuelo's death?
How long before MC ends up in prison after half of Mexico heard her scream her murderous wishes all over the city??
 

Thanks, Latina, for the great recap and commentary. Mechita is more manipulative than I had thought. Interesting. In real contemporary life, who would care about a nude painting? I have to remind myself we are in telenovelalandia. Looks like Maricruz is going to have a hard 14 episodes to her happy ending.

Jarifa
 

Vivi, I loved your job possibility for Juanita.

Jarifa
 

Oh - I got a different impression from how MC gets into trouble from the previews. You know - yet another extreme wildly emotional self-sacrifice for our long-suffering heroine.

Thanks LatinaInMD!

I thought MC said something like - since everyone thought she was a "loose" woman anyway, she might as well accept it and look for "that kind of work". I assumed she was going to go look for a job as a stripper or something. Of course - that may have been just a temporary idea as usual.

So all those interviewers had read the paper and seen the painting and therefore didn't want to hire her?

Hmmm - so Mechita and Al really already "did it". I thought all they shared was a kiss. I loved seeing her manipulate Clem though - LOL!
 

This is hilarious, Latina. You absolutely captured the nonsense of this episode and... in fact... that of this entire novela.

I cracked up last night when Maricruz had that sudden moment of clarity:

"...after all, she has to be honest with herself, whose fault was all this?"

Well of course:

Octavio Narváez!"

If anyone still has any doubt how crazy and self-centered this lady is... well...

Carlos
 

Latina---I must say thank you for the recap even though I disagree with much of what you said. Oh my,
did I say that? Just about everyone on this blog should be novela writers. I'm sure that with as much criticism that is dished out, you guys would all be A1 writers.

Jarifa---A BIG disagreement. I will TONE DOWN what I was going to say. No, not all women would "LOVE" to have a nude portrait of themselves out on display. Which leads me to a question-----

Latina, you might have an answer.
CI gave us a perfect scenario.
A painter wants to do a nude portrait, the "LADY" says no. So the painter paints one anyway. Is there any way under the law that
a woman can protect her dignity or honor in such a case? Yesterday
Carlos pointed out that if it went to court, the woman might have to disrobe to prove that the painting wasn't her. But---then the painter could just say that he did a poor job with the painting. Latina, how could a situation such as this be resolved
or would this be a case for Gloria Allred? There must be a way for a women to protect her herself in a civilized society.

Bad choice---Maricruz with public threats of murder.

I "WILL" be watching tonight and I can assure the Caray crowd that I won't be yawning. Sorry to disappoint.
the gringo




 

Funny, the one time my dvr shuts down before the previews and something big is shown!LOL

Thanks for the recap. At first I was like "where is Tav" but then remembered he was supposed to be going back to the ranch to see his kid.

Audrey: I thought the same thing, that MC was going to go out and look for a male escort job or some sort. But wouldn't that be grounds for Tav to get custody of Lupita?
 

Ok - so this was the first night I could watch at least part of this TN in over a week...oh, the horror!! Latina, this was majestic and you hit the nail on the head with your descriptions of some of these "people".

And I did get to see Solita, and yes, I wanted to throttle MC for suddenly being all caring and yes, I almost threw something at the TV during this scene. She's been nearby all this time and this is the first we see her? Breathe.....

And wonderful mother that goes into tirades about killing people right in front of her impressionable daughter. Just, NO!

Why do we even need that creepy woman/child Mechita in this anyway?

Tonight might be a night to tune in just to see someone get there's..but knowing we will also be getting a lot of bemoaning to the camera from She Who Will Not Be Named...don't think I'll panic if I don't get home from work in time.

Daisynjay
 

@gringo - sorry, I'm not a litigator; I do strictly transactional work; so yes, your question about legal recourse is more appropriate for Gloria Allred. Also, if I may repeat what I've said before, I'm sure you will recall that during the entire first half of C.I. I was one of it's biggest fans, and esp. of MC/MariAle. I could handle all the plot nonsense and all the bad editing. But they lost me when they completely destroyed the essense of MC's character in the second half. She is nothing but a shell of her former self. Remember, I watched the first two versions. Even in La Venganza, where she did go on to lose her whole fortune (which didn't happen in Marimar), she was still likeable. She is not likeable anymore to me - not because of the self-centeredness pointed out by others, but because the monkey writers made her downright stupid. She was uneducated before, but not stupid. She is beyond idiotic now.
 

Thanks Latina. Sounds like this was painful to watch and even more painful to recap. I cherish the hard work of all you recappers. Generally it's more fun than this. What a shame. But you all are hanging in there. Muchas gracias.


 

Thanks Latina for the recap.

I spent last night yelling at MC ("No, Maricruz! No!") and laughing at Clem and Mechita (both of them are ridiculous).

So, Solita is being well cared for, has a nice home and is going to school. Yet, she still has pig tails!! It's petty but I am so irked about that! Where is her make over?

I am looking forward to the end of Alfie. I like the actor but he is playing the character so well that I totally am ready for Alfie to bite the dust.

Caryn
 

Great recap!

I don't think they can make MC as stupid as Oblivo no mater how hard they try.

How many women would Oblivio have to marry if MC went to work in a strip club? Can see the local headline now: pilot goes berserk in jealous rage...weds 17 women. Doris swoons!

These two: MC and Oblivio just can't end up together. They cannot function as a married couple.
 

Murder??? I can understand that a lot of women would not want their nude portrait hanging up in public
"contemporary life" or not. Public threats of murder? Bad choice Maricruz. When our favorite
scumbag Alfie ends up dead, Mari,
you'll be suspect #1. And in Mexico, you are guilty until you can be proven innocent. Dark clouds ahead?

Solita---I guessed wrong. Maybe there is no miracle cure for her out there. I really thought that there would be a or maybe two miracle operations by now. I was hoping.
the gringo
 

It's amazing. A whole episode without a protagonist. I almost forget how lead couple look like together. Now i'm sure, that for Romero and natalie it wasn't a story about love or about a lead couple. They were needed only at the beginning of the story to attract the audience. natalie and Romero used this novela to show almost all free stars and new actors from Televisa. It's their story and not the story of MC and Octavio.
I feel, that I was deceived. I was charmed by the story of the wild girl and her pilot and more then 40 episodes I was watching on crazy Simona, Miguel and JA, then on Alfonso and his world. What next? I was promised, that it's a nice love story. Aga.
Sorry, but now I feel even more badly about all this then 2 months ago. So sad, so sad.
Alegria
 

I thought that at the last interview that they showed, the guy seemed interested not in hiring Maricruz but maybe in getting to know her better at another level.

I imagine that Octavio will be arrested for Al's demise, Maricruz will believe that he did it, and offer herself in his place. One or the other will be convicted and spend a bit of time in the slammer. I wonder if they have those hi-lo outfits in Mexican prisons? Spike heels? If it's Maricruz, let's hope for her sake that the outfits aren't horizontal stripes.

Carlos
 

thanks, Latina, for that excellent recap of "Tales from Another Planet."

my favorite line in the whole show was, "a libertine....and the best." I say , if you are going to be a libertine..Be the best. At least, Alfie excels at something. he is the biggest sleeze in town.
 

Great recap, Latina.
I consider myself a here and there Sunday artist painting whatnots. In my bathroom hung a copy of the famous "Olympia" nude painting of Edouard Manet, impressionist, and the original is in Musee the Orsay, Paris, France which I was very fortunate to have seen. So is the "La Maja Desnuda" by Francisco Goya which is on display in Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain. So, I hope that MC gets famous via this way if Alfonso sells the painting to that middleman (is it Von Klaus?)
In other words, there is nothing wrong having nude paintings or artists that paint nude models. Why the big fuss over it?
Oh, by the way there is a nude pregnant painting by Gustav klimt "Hope" which reminded me of the furor that Demi Moore created when she first posed nude with her big belly as a cover for a magazine.
You're right Jarifa, we need to "brace yourself; looks like we're in for a bumpy ride".

 

LatinaInMD, thanks for your excellent recap. Shaking my head at MC' efforts to manage her latest fiasco.
I'm ready for someone to make Alfonso go away--permanently. I don't want to cheat Mechita out of her wedding, though. She made me laugh with her newfound ability to manipulate her family and fiance. She could make Alfe tow the line as long as she had control of the money.
It was nice to see Solita and know her life is going well. Don't understand why MC doesn't just pay a visit there for a while. Nilda could probably help MC find a job and Lupita and Juanita would have a safe place to stay.
 

Carviville - I heard MC say to Juanita last night that she was going to "send Lupita to her father", so I think she's already thinking of giving up custody.
 

I started a new novela last night.
Por Siempre Mi Amor. The story is
[mostly] centered around rich, well off, upper class people in Mexico. As I was watching I started to laugh my head off thinking about the picky people who make up the list of members of CI's Complainers Club. The ones that point out every little flaw. During the new show last night, one of the rich households
was having a party. A photographer was there taking pictures of the happy celebration.
When the photographer left, someone met him outside and demanded the film from the camera.
Rich people in Mexico still using film in their cameras?
Susanlynn---Cathyx, were they on planet Bizarro?
the gringo

 

Gringo- Actually, the events that happened in Siempre last night are happening some years in the past. We are going to get a time jump soon when all the kids become adults. I'm sure by then everyone, even professional photogs, wil be using digital cameras. I am confident Siempre will not break my tn beanie like CI did.
 

Audrey: Wow, she must be feeling desperate to give Lupita to Tav, knowing Doris will be there too. These characters go to such extremes with their decision making I feel like I'm watching a telenovela. Oh wait, I am!
 

Alegria, the point for me when this show lost its charm was with the death of Lucia. She was the true focal point of Maricruz's vengeance and after her death that just seemed to fizzle and sputter out. Miguel, José Antonio, and Simona... none were energetic enough to warrant much in the way of vengeful attention.

There also were no worthy suitors lined up either. The closest to any chemistry was with the Ex-mir Karim. Although I was rooting for the Luv Guv, he never stood a chance. And did anyone ever take Al seriously?

The most interesting thing these days is that odd hotel room. I say that this show died with Lucia.

Carlos
 

I don't think that whole brouhaha about the nude painting is about "a" nude painting. All the "escandalo" is because THIS particular artist, who everyone in the industry knows is NOT very good, has a reputation (which he loves and encourages) of sleeping with all his models, especially the ones he paints in the nude. Meche's mother knew about his rep, she just doesn't like the fact that with the theft of "The Dama" by the "jealous ex-husband" and the retaliation of Alf with the Dama Desnuda, the whole media circus has just caused HER family to be put on (vulgar) display. Alfonso's mother at first thought the same thing, but quickly tried to figure out how to get some advantage from it with her other rich friends by kissing up to them and telling them that they are more enlightened than old-fashioned what's-her-name (Meche's mother).
 

Carlos, yes, you are right. I never will understand why Romero copypasted twice this part even if he knew, that it wasn't planed. This part of the story even wasn't written by original author - Ines Rodena. The success of the show - actors. A can't understand how they could play sooo good with such a baaaad screenplay.

Ok, let add some positive. Fotos.
Mujer desnuda
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http://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/q71/1382253_406683316120894_981251755_n.jpg
Mujer con ropa :)))
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This foto stood in Simona's and Octavio's bedroom. Fernando Moreno Guijarro? :)))))
http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/677/zwee.jpg
Alegria
 

I have seen the actress who pays Mechita's mother somewhere. Does anyone know what other novelas she gaze been in ?
 

I know I have been less than active, but again I want to thank the recappers for keeping up with this.

Alegria-I, too am very sad at what this has become. And I'm only keeping up with recaps.

Carlos-My interest died with Lucia as well.

 

Sorry...she has been in ?
 

Me too Carlos - after the death of Lucia it lost it for me. And I notice that coincided with the end of the remake and an extension with mainly new material/plot.
 

Carlos, you're right about Lucia, she was the only true villain, after they killed her they had to increase the badness level in otherwise bland characters.
Miguel was no saint but he was less than happy when he found out what Lucia had done to MC, so much that he distanced himself from her even if they had a happy marriage.
JA and Simona were both good, too, espcially JA, who had the thankless role of playing the good guy in love with the heroine who will never love him back.

When they tried to spin the story, change those characters so much, it obviously felt wrong for us. Add the fact that all the Isla Dorada characters just vanished and MC became an idiot who lost all her father's money in a few months and there you have it - a somewhat tolerable tn turned into a hot mess.
 

I want to correct my name, Vifa2 should have been Vida2. Hahaha.