Caray, Caray!

Xint, I am now grinning from ear to ear. This was absolutely sensational. Excellent recap, marvelous captions and not one, but TWO screen shots of my Matias. My day is complete. Gracias!

"Into and Out of the Vortex" was wonderful. "Greta works herself into another gasping, chest clutching frenzy"; "Armando. Just because", "Greta badgers Sofia about why she's giving up a dream son-in-law like Pato for a fantasy with that miscreant Salvador" were great.

Loved the Redd Fox/Fred Sanford image threatening to join his Elizabeth. By faking her chest pains, Greta is really wandering into irredeemable territory. Now, there really is nothing in the least bit likeable about her.

I also thoroughly enjoyed the singing but it didn't seem like Jade was actually singing so I am not convinced it was her.

I realize you really like Pedro and I know I would feel the same if my telenovio Eduardo Yanez had been in the same situation. You handled this with style: "Chava 2.0 Wait, this is an upgrade?" was my favorite.

"That's the most action I've seen this whole TN!" I'm delighted Matias will hopefully be getting a storyline rather than the few pitiful lines and "cameo" appearances. I hope he and Irais had as much fun doing their scenes as we did watching them.

Xint, the day is looking much brighter thanks to you...

Diana
 

Diana, I KNEW Greta was faking it !
 

Along with my coffee, I have had a few good laughs this a.m. Thanks, Cynderella.

Fred Sanford indeed! Loved it!

Sorry guys, but I have to disagree about the musical interlude. To me, the whole Dani/Oliver singing/playing thing just looked/sounded fakey and badly produced. They should have skipped it. Cheesy!

Cynderella, who would have you cast for Chava?

Jarifa

 

Jarifa, I wouldn't be surprised if Greta talks Patrick into demolishing the poor people's neighborhood.


 

Xlnt- Just ditto everything Diana said in her comment. :) What an excellent way to start off this Sunday morning with laughter. Loved your quips about Chava 2.0.
 

Thankx Xlnt this awesome recap. :)


I love recaps with small screenshots, I always show them to my friends, who follows Hasta or I tell for her what happens in the TN, and we laugh together on the funny heads/scenes/subtitle.

 

Vivi, here's some sports comparisons:

Greta: Florida St
Sophia: Oregon
Dani: TCU
Alexa: Alabama
Lucas: Ohio St
 

xlnt, thank you so much!!! LOVE the screen shots. :))

I stopped in to watch this TN on Friday because I wanted to see how they handled the new and improved Chava...then...I FELL ASLEEP!

You always make me laugh, xlnt.

AlejoPIt's good to see you, amigo. :))

Question: So, they are just going to pretend that nothing ever happened to the original Chava for him to have this new and improved "luke"?

Fatima
 

Coyote......FYI, that might have been Zepeda. He can't sing! It's awful! I'm just interested in the new shower scene! I can turn down the volume. This recap is funny!
 

Whoopsie! I should have thanked xlnt. Cancel my ? too.

Jarifa
 

Jarifa, I would have used the same cast as originally planned but I would have switched the roles around. I would have Diego Olivera (Armando) as Chava, Julio Camejo (Matias) as Armando, and Pedro Fernandez (Chava) as Matias. It would have worked too, because Matias has yet to kiss anyone.


 

Dear Fatima,

Thanks. :)
Where DZ goes, I also go there and now it is the Uni. :-)

Unfortunately, it is not my favorite TN, I don't like so much, but here are your recaps, and those make more enjoyable the show for me than it is really. :-)
 

Very Interesting, xlnt.

Actors's ages: Zepeda 41; Fernândez 45 and just for discussion Olivera 46. Eventhough Zepeda seems more youthful than Fernández, I would have liked to have seen a much younger actor maybe mid-thirties in the Chava role. Is there a lack of leading men in their thirties? I have only been watching for 2 1/2 years and don't have much knowledge of the actors/acresses in the genre.

Jarifa
 

Jarifa- David Z is 40.

Other current leading men:
Eduardo Yanez- 54
Fernando Colugna-48
Jorge Salina-46
Christian Meier (La Malquerida)- 44
Jaime Camil (Pobres)-41
Cristina de la Fuente (Quiero Amarte)-40
Sebastian Rulli (Robo)-39
Gabriel Soto-39
Daniel Arenas (La Gata)-35
William Levy- 34
Mane de la Parra (La Malquerida)-31
Osvaldo de Leon (La Malquerida)-30
Juan Diego Covarrubias (DQTQTQ)- 27
Brandon Peniche (La Malquerida)-27

 

Oh, and Pablo Lyle (Por Siempre mi Amor)-28
 

Guy Ecker (Por Siempre Mi Amor)-55

 

Vivi, you never fail to impress because you always have so many facts at your fingertips. So there is a substantial group of younger galanes. Thanks for the info.

Jarifa
 

Jarifa- :) If a question is asked, I get curious too, so I have to look it up.
 

AlejoP,

You are correct, our wonderful recappers always write a better story!

Maybe they will put in some subtitles that say: "The role of Chava is now being played by David Zepeda". They used to do that in the American soap operas. Guess no one really worried about it, but if we didn't have the internet with all of the chismes, the galan switcheroo could have been a huge surprise.

To me, sorry to say, Pedro just isn't galan material. I think Cynderella would agree with me on that count.

Fatima
 

Xint, I wish you had been given the chance to submit your casting suggestions - I think what you suggested is inspired.

Diego as Chava and Julio as Armando - excellent. And I agree Pedro as Matias would have worked perfectly.

Vivi, thank you for your list...I always get a kick out of the fact Eduardo (my fav) is older than Arturo Peniche and Cesar Evora yet he always gets cast in roles that could easily go to younger actors. Not that I am complaining :)
 

That was me, Diana
 

Diana- Yeah, Arturo Peniche (52) and Cesar Evora (55) moved over to playing the senior galan or father of/friend of the galan or heroine a while ago; or the villain. But I really don't think Big Ed can do any more galan roles unless it's something written for an older man with adult kids.
 

Typos: Cristian, not Cristina, de la Fuente. And of course, Jorge Salinas (Mi Corazon es Tuyo).
 

Vivi, curiosity is a wonderful atttribute to have.

Jarifa
 

xlnt,

I think Diego as Chava would have been perfect! He's a dreamboat in my book. He and Jorge Salinas are tied for 1st place as my fave dreamboats.

:)

Fatima
 

Re: Chava 2.0...Poor Pedro. I am just not sure I would have paid $440000 to not have to kiss Marjorie and maybe lay around with her with most of our clothes off. But then I'm just weird. Uh huh...:-)
 

Thanks, Xlnt. Terrific recap. My favorites:

No wonder she believes them. They look like two sad puppies at the dog pound.

Well maybe I'll just call in my flying monkeys.

I’m a Pedro fan, but DZ made a fine entrance. I’ve never seen DZ play a blue-collar guy, so it’s interesting to see him dressed down and affecting a down-home barrio voice.

So glad to see Matias’s story stepping up. Silvana’s got some nerve being jealous of him with Irais after the way she always dissed him. My favorite scene was Irais clamping down on Matias’s fingers.
 

I'm expecting Matias & Irais to be a couple down the road.

Silvana: you made your bed with Patrick & you're going to lie in it !
 

xlnt, thanks for the great recap; I just noticed late last night that you posted it. The captions were hilarious! Flying monkeys!

That was the perfect perplexed Alexa picture to put with the perfect caption: "We went to bed, his wife beat me up and then he dumps me?"

I notice they always try to balance Greta's heinous side with a tiny cameo her softer side; it's still working for me, but it's close.

Greta's manipulations are so obvious they are more hilarious than effective. I guess the story just needs her to bring pressure right now. She's pretty good at remorse; maybe she can make us believe when she sees the light.

I miss the theme songs; I bought about 10 Pedro Fernández CD's in the last month -- and the souvenir DVD from Dinero.
 

I don't see Greta ever being redeemed anytime soon.

Can't wait for all of the dirty secrets to be exposed for everyone to see!
 

It is going to take a painfully long time, alright.
 

My husband talked me into giving this show a chance back when it was still in the "Coming Soon" stages, since he's a big Pedro fan. After a while, PF really grew on me in this role, and TBH, I was not impressed with the new guy. He's nice to look at, sure, but PF really made the role come alive and had great chemistry with the actress playing Lupe. They were really believable as mother and son, and I'm going to miss that :( After the kiss-n-spin, when DZ opened his mouth and let loose his first lines as Chava, my husband immediately said, "NOPE!". We'll probably keep watching to see if he grows on us with time, but right now, we're both a little sad about the change...
 

I watched a little of Dulce Amor. Hasta chosethe actors that resemble the original actors. Olivera resembles the original "Armando" who was taller than everyone else. The Dulce "Chava" looks like Zepeda with a long hair. The only actors who do not resemble the originals are Lucas (blonde). Please note: all of the actors in Dulce neededa haircut (I'm getting old). Pedro was the odd man out because he didn't resemble his muscular morsle counterpart.
 

Thanks for the interesting casting tidbits Cynderella.

"muscular morsle counterpart" made me smile.

Diana
 

Fatima, Diego has become my favorite. It used to be FC, but his role in PEAM ruined it for me. Speaking of PEAM, Blanca Soto is in a Telemundo TN, Senora Acerto. I caught one episode and she's surprisingly good.

Vivi, Some of those actors are much older than I thought they were. I did not think Rulli was 39.

Anonymous @ 10:28, Your husband had the same reaction I had. Zepeda's voice is awful. Pedro's Chava did have good mother/son chemistry with Lupe'. Zepeda is much too perfect to be the spawn of Javier.

If anyone is looking for eye-candy, I've watched the first four episodes of Tierra de Reyes on Telemundo. The main characters are three brothers who are construction workers. So far there have been a few (very) minor accidents that resulted in the male leads taking their shirts off for first aid - you know, sponging off the wound and putting on a Band-Aid.


 

Checking out Telemundo's schedule, their prime time novelas replay three hours later, which is a nice thing.

Aaron Diaz must be one of the Reyes. He had a guest spot in the mid-century drama, "Pan Am," some years ago where he looked dreamy -- better than telenovelas. This sounds interesting. Thanks!
 

Bit off topic, but Televisa's "Gracias" promo for 2014 is out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnGB48b6O2I

Features a bunch of actors from their novelas (a number of which haven't aired in US yet) dancing and lip-synching to "La vida es mejor cantando."

Includes full legion from Hasta el fin del mundo. Some noticeable cropping and editing to removed Pedro Fernandez from the Hasta el fin del mundo sections.
 

Thanks, RG! LOL! Yes, I noticed the interesting edit of Pedro. We got an arm a few times. This song and video is my least favorite I think of the Televisa holiday videos we've seen in the last few years. I love seeing all the stars as usual, and it was cool that this year they filmed most of them on set for the video. Probably made it easier than bringing them all together in one spot as they have done in other years.
 

This is a much cheaper than their usual holiday promos which were becoming fairly elaborate productions.

Keeping all the casts together on set and in costume did make everybody easier to recognize; in the past promos sometimes I wonder if I actually recognize everybody and involve some guesswork, especially when they feature quick cutting.
 

RG- Do you know why the Queiro Amarte cast wasn't included. That tn ended mid-2014, didn't it? Not that long before Robo ended, and that cast was included.
 

I like this Gracias 2014 video, it is a nice video, and has a cheerful atmosphere, but I have some problems:

1,I don't feel the Christmas feeling
2,I am not a Pedro fan, but why did Televisa cut him? I think the healt problem is not a ground for refusal. Or why didn't they plan this scene with DZ, and they shouldn't used this method:
http://www.dodaj.rs/f/2E/Yj/3CrccSaN/image2.jpg
3, Where is Quiero amarte, Por siempre mi amor, and Que pobres tan ricos cast?

 

I'm guessing Quiero Amarte just missed the cut off for this promo. It actually ended almost two months earlier than Lo Que La Vida Me Robo. Quiero Amarte ended on June 1st; Lo Que La Vida Me Robo ended on July 27.
 

Yeah, the exclusion of Que Pobres Tan Ricos is actually the bigger puzzle as it left the air on June 29. But it is my understanding that Que Pobres Tan Ricos actually wrapped production way earlier than that to accommodate Jaime Camil.
 

If anyone would like to help recap the show, we are looking for volunteers for Mondays, Tuesdays or Thursdays!

Please let us know!
 

RG- That makes sense. They probably filmed these somewhere in June or July. Pobres also ended in June and wasn't included. Alejo- Por Siempre ended in May in Mexico.
 

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Also, they had to pick some cut off because otherwise you'd have the same actors showing up in the casts of different shows. They included Yo no creo en los hombres which stars Adriana Louvier and Flavio Medina from Quiero Amarte.

There are also a number of inserts on a blue set that were probably filmed much later that fill in some missing faces or late cast additions: David Zepeda, Arturo Peniche, Alejandra Barros, Carlos de la Mota, Diana Bracho with Ana Martin, a fairly random pairing of Daniela Romo with Ingrid Martz.

Not sure, but I believe I also see Rebecca Jones looking very slim. She's doing one for Televisa/Univision next year.

Alexis Ayala is one of the only actors to show up with two casts. He is in the Lo que la vida me robo sections and the La sombra del pasado sections. And talk about staying in character - notice his character in that one is missing an arm.
 

Too bad Greta can't have Isabela as a daughter, Yolanda is no match for her. Those two (G and I) deserve each other. Oops ! Did I mix two tns? :-)
 

Pornstache has not changed a bit and I wonder if Loopy will ever extricate herself from that Tarbaby now that he is onto her divorce plans.
 

I love those Televisa full-cast videos; this one seems to be celebrating New Year's and looking back at the productions of the previous year.

It makes me wonder if Televisa has sold enough telenovelas to countries that don't celebrate Christmas that it is changing it's approach with those.
 

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The new intro is awful!!! Yuck!
 

Actually we are NOT looking for a recapper for Monday, that's my day.
 

WOW ! If Marjorie wanted some smoochie-lip and pressy-body she got it with ugly muscle bound Zapatas. :-) And ole Fausto called Greta out on being such a bitch and marrying October rather than the Pacman who she loooooved.
 

Chava 2.0 " everyone wants to knock your teeth out" to Pato. He's growing on me. He may be growing a pair.