tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253949922024-03-28T09:44:55.285-04:00Caray, Caray!English language recaps of Telenovelas.Rgv Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08920684509923445590noreply@blogger.comBlogger261500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-63102918489790035222011-07-16T15:21:00.003-04:002015-10-17T01:57:06.270-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo, Week of July 18, 2011: Discuss Amongst YourselvesHEREDEROS - Gran FinalThis train wreck finally ended. Can you believe that this was the one day my TiVo failed to record the program? I had to go over to my Mom's to watch it. But I had to turn down the sound at the end, it was so ghastly. This was perfect example of how bad writing can ruin the advantages of a talented and attractive cast and a beautiful setting. And they didn't really have anyUnknownnoreply@blogger.com62tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-8918547257288724722011-07-09T07:27:00.004-04:002015-10-17T01:57:06.300-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo, Week of July 11, 2011: Discuss Amongst Yourselves¡Hóla a todos! I had a great time in Iceland. Thanks to Novela Maven for taking my turn to do our weekly post.Here are some pics from my trip.A seaside town in western Iceland.Everybody's favorite: a Puffin! You can't tell in this picture that the Puffin is on the edge of a cliff where the wind was blowing 50 miles/hour.Typical Iceland scenery.Ditto.A Red-throated Loon and her chick. Red-throatedUnknownnoreply@blogger.com57tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-14790203406035375502011-07-01T23:11:00.001-04:002015-10-17T01:57:06.225-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo, Week of 7/4/11: Discuss Amongst YourselvesHave a wonderful and safe Fourth of July, everyone! Jean is off on a birding adventure in Iceland. And I’m not. Oh well. The page is yours!NovelaMavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990028700278795104noreply@blogger.com42tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-66620016619229602622011-06-25T10:30:00.001-04:002015-10-17T01:57:06.278-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo – Week of June 26, 2011: Discuss Amongst YourselvesHerederos del Monte is in its últimas semanas and according to the station promos, Flor Salvaje is on deck as its replacement. The new novela is being produced jointly by Telemundo and RTI in Colombia. Starring Mónica Spears, a gorgeous former Miss Venezuela, the novela also features several actors familiar to fans of El Clon, most notably Roberto Manrique (Alejo in El Clon). Further down the NovelaMavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990028700278795104noreply@blogger.com48tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-6046454328114754532011-06-18T09:00:00.002-04:002015-10-17T01:57:06.262-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo, Week of June 20, 2011: Discuss Amongst Yourselves¡Hóla a todos! Happy midsummer! It seems like the folks that are watching Casa and Corazon are enjoying them. Thanks for the recapettes. I'm only watching Herederos right now. Let the discussion begin!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com42tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-35557067904291276542011-06-10T23:10:00.000-04:002015-10-17T01:57:06.239-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo, Week of June 13, 2011: Discuss Amongst YourselvesHola a todos! Here’s a new page for your commenting pleasure. I’ve fallen a bit behind but hope to join the conversation later on in the week. Enjoy!NovelaMavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990028700278795104noreply@blogger.com44tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-68219298011251188102011-06-04T06:35:00.004-04:002015-10-17T01:57:06.286-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo - Discuss among yourselves, Week of June 7Hóla a todos from Minneapolis where I went to my niece's high school graduation last night.REINA- My final thought is that I wish they would do an interview with the writers because the actors were good but without the great writing, this would not have been the fantastic novela it was and there is no better example of that than...HEREDEROS through Thurs.- Things are picking up slightly here as Unknownnoreply@blogger.com44tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-83777345228774489982011-05-28T13:39:00.004-04:002015-10-17T01:57:06.293-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo, Week of May 30, 2011: Discuss Amongst YourselvesLa Reina del Sur – as of Friday, May 27We viewers are having almost as much trouble as Teresa in saying our goodbyes to this amazing story. In its last full week, we see Teo finally exposed for the rat he has always been. When Flores and his men lead a raid on the decoy ship, Teresa knows without a doubt: Teo is the Judas. Teo has to die. When Pote takes Teo from his home and forces him to NovelaMavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990028700278795104noreply@blogger.com64tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-68919072841658798632011-05-21T06:28:00.005-04:002015-10-17T01:53:29.535-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo, Week of May 23, 2011: Discuss Amongst Yourselves¡Hóla a todos! Thanks for all the great comments and recap-ettes.AURORA- Gran finale. I'll leave that to Urban Anthropologist. I tuned in a few times and it looked pretty conventional to me but then I have never watched the show.REINA- One full week left and then the gran finale on Monday. Super episode last night.Ratas really has cleaned up his act. The old Ratas never could have pulled off the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com69tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-63610820712861245352011-05-07T15:28:00.002-04:002015-10-17T01:54:40.850-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo, Week of May 9, 2011: Discuss Amongst YourselvesREINAI watched Friday's episode, virtually all of which took place at Teresa's birthday party.Confessions - voluntary and otherwise:Conejo confesses to Alberto that she murdered her husband and his mother. Eugenia crashes the party, hangs all over Teo and tells Teresa that she isn't going to give him up. Eugenia follows Teresa into some other room and Teresa tells her that she knows that Eugenia Unknownnoreply@blogger.com48tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-43021302907548320692011-04-23T17:54:00.002-04:002015-10-17T01:53:29.506-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo, Week of April 25, 2011: Discuss Amongst YourselvesAll the Telemundo novelas were pre-empted Good Friday night for the movie: El niño llamado Jesús. This reminds me of my favorite name of a novela character. There was a character on La Tormenta named, Jesús Niño. To be named Baby Jesus seems like quite a burden.I am way behind on Reina and haven't watched any of the episodes this week but fortunately Hombre de Misterio and the rest of the gang Unknownnoreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-9780911818981445322011-04-16T10:39:00.002-04:002015-10-17T01:53:29.563-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo, Week of April 18, 2011: Discuss Amongst YourselvesLA REINA DEL SUR: As of Friday, April 15♪♪She is the very model of a modern major CEO ♪♪She takes meetings and makes decisions. Her enemies and rivals track her every move. She is learning to delegate – but that lesson is coming slowly. She is trying to be dispassionate – and that lesson is coming along even more slowly.SHE TAKES MEETINGS ABROAD: She travels to Colombia and strikes a deal forNovelaMavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990028700278795104noreply@blogger.com63tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-14605165966089718152011-04-09T08:03:00.005-04:002015-10-17T01:53:29.466-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo, Week of April 11, 2011: Discuss Amongst YourselvesREINA - viernesOh dear, Teresa's desire to avoid hurting innocent people turns out really badly. A super powerful episode.Mohammed manages to call his mother from his cell phone but he can't say anything and she hangs up.Dris meets with Don Epifanio. He says that he believes Teresa is running from her past and can't return to Mexico so that is where he wants to be. Don Epifanio plays innocent andUnknownnoreply@blogger.com58tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-22513845173790457192011-04-02T01:17:00.001-04:002015-10-17T01:53:29.489-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo, Week of April 4: Discuss Amongst YourselvesLA REINA DEL SUR – hasta viernesThis week we see Teresa complete her sentimental and academic education in prison, under the tutelage of Patty O’Farrell, black sheep of a wealthy Irish-Spanish clan of aristocrats. We also get a glimpse of the dark secrets in the O’Farrell family, including a suggestion of a history of father-daughter sexual abuse that helps to explain Patricia’s hatred for her NovelaMavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990028700278795104noreply@blogger.com84tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-18177768766877961812011-03-26T11:24:00.005-04:002015-10-17T01:53:29.473-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo, Week of March 28, 2011: Discuss Amongst Yourselves¡Hóla a todos! Some of you know that when I write recaps, I include a lot of photos. I'm not writing recaps for Herederos or Reina and I don't have access to my TiVo setup where I can import the video right now but I thought that Santiago's departure was worth some effort so I grabbed a couple of shots from the online version of Thursday's episode. Descanse en paz, Santiago. We'll miss your hunkyUnknownnoreply@blogger.com80tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-59550622920828567142011-03-19T01:23:00.004-04:002015-10-17T01:53:29.514-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo, Week of March 21, 2011: Discuss Amongst YourselvesLA REINA DEL SUR
Part One: A Comment -- feel free to skip the purple prose and go directly to the summary below.
¿Se acabó la luna de miel? ¿Pa’qué te digo que no si sí?Let’s get a few things straight. For my money, this is still the best acted, best written Spanish language telenovela-formatted dramatic series I have ever seen. Yes, that’s a mouthful –Spanish Language Telenovela-Formatted NovelaMavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990028700278795104noreply@blogger.com76tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-59667500274601375732011-03-12T15:36:00.004-05:002015-10-17T01:53:29.521-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo: Week of March 14: Discuss among yourselvesHEREDEROS: Viernes- A pretty boring episode. Aside from Guadalupe accepting Gaspar's proposal on Beatriz' advice and Jose agreeing to accept paternity for Simón, not much new happened. Julieta moved back home and Sofía had dinner at the Millán's. REINA: Viernes - Teresa does not want to get involved with another drug trafficker. She tells Santiago that she doesn't want to be wondering all the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com80tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-8903234073553771692011-03-04T23:26:00.004-05:002015-10-17T01:53:29.555-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo: Week of March 7: Discuss among yourselves¡Bienvenidos a marzo! I have not seen the last two episodes of Herederos so I will only comment on Reina.REINA - Viernes If Thursday's episode had the classic prostitute with the heart of gold, tonight's had the equally classic aging prostitute taking vengeance on the younger, more attractive woman. Hunky Santiago Fisterra comes into the bar and is immediately smitten with Teresa who is behind Unknownnoreply@blogger.com56tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-419908906612241442011-02-25T23:47:00.004-05:002015-10-17T01:53:29.496-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo, Week of February 28: Discuss amongst yourselves!ALGUIEN TE MIRAA few words about the final episode:I hate the choice the writers made – with that slight knowing sneer and sweep of the hair off his forehead, Emilio is transformed into el Cazador, the next generation. It says that everything we thought we knew is a lie. That evil is innate and it is passed on from one generation to another. Julián’s mother was a monster who abused him. Emilio’s NovelaMavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990028700278795104noreply@blogger.com96tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-55364120697120327352011-02-19T10:53:00.003-05:002015-10-17T01:50:16.251-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo: Week of February 21, 2011: Discuss Amongst Yourselves!The big news on Telemundo is the announcement that La Reina del Sur starts February 28 and it will take over Alguien’s time slot.ALGUIEN TE MIRAA month passes. A veneer of normalcy covers the friends’ lives.Rodrigo helps Valeria through her latest relapse. Valeria’s love and gratitude toward him is such that she would do anything to keep him from suffering. And right now he is tortured by the NovelaMavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990028700278795104noreply@blogger.com77tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-81543583731251993742011-02-11T21:09:00.003-05:002015-10-17T01:45:29.498-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo: Week of February 14 -- Discuss among yourselvesHappy Valentine's Day! - ¡Feliz día de San Valentín! -While Alguien is hurtling towards its conclusion, Herederos is lumbering along and who knows what is going on in Aurora. Thanks for all the great comments during the past week.On Friday's episode of Herederos, there were a few amusing moments to relieve the Juan/Paula/Jose menage a trois, the Lucas hates his mother story where now he has Unknownnoreply@blogger.com109tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-66660479741108202812011-02-05T00:16:00.001-05:002015-10-17T01:45:29.492-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo: Week of February 7, 2011ALGUIEN TE MIRA – últimas semanasWe’ve had horrible moments of graphic violence before but nothing like the sustained hideous sadism of Julián’s triple murder: Daniel’s lawyer, the lawyer’s secretary, and finally, Daniel himself.Up to now, Julián has eluded justice with a combination of meticulous planning, skill and dumb luck. But this time -- this time! -- we were sure the forensic evidence NovelaMavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990028700278795104noreply@blogger.com121tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-48071866647110518892011-01-29T07:07:00.004-05:002015-10-17T01:46:26.393-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo: Week of January 31 -- Discuss among yourselvesHello from snowy New Jersey! Thanks to everyone for the great comments. I'll start off with Friday's Herederos, the only novela I am watching right now. Herederos- Guadalupe leaves home and tells her Dad that she can't forgive him for hiding the fact that her mother is still alive and in fact, cares about her. Gaspar promises to help her find her mother - look at the return address on the letterUnknownnoreply@blogger.com98tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-85743834756685460012011-01-22T11:42:00.002-05:002015-10-17T01:46:26.408-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo: Week of January 24 -- Discuss Amongst YourselvesLast week’s comments were terrific. Thanks everyone!NUEVO RICO, NUEVO POBREThis is for real: Last Friday there was a piece in BBC Mundo about how Venezuelan authorities pulled the Colombian novela, Chepe Fortuna, off the air because:…promueve la intolerancia política y racial, así como la xenofobia y la apología del delito.(...it promotes political and racial intolerance as well as xenophobia NovelaMavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990028700278795104noreply@blogger.com93tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-81668233421555520182011-01-15T06:46:00.002-05:002015-10-17T01:46:26.400-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo: Week of Jan. 17¡Hola a todos! Thanks for the great comments last week. With Alguien at an exciting point and Herederos beginning, there was a lot comment on.HEREDEROS Thursday - Juliéta finally picks up on Paula's intentions towards Juan. They quarrel. Meanwhile Paula is searching for more information about the brothers to further her plan. After she finds out that Pedro is in love with Juliéta, Paula asks him Unknownnoreply@blogger.com98tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-31703388146647208202011-01-07T22:46:00.003-05:002015-10-17T01:45:29.469-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo: Week of Jan. 10ELENA - the finale - part 2I suppose there could have been a bigger waste of an hour but it's hard to imagine. Here's what happened - nothing. La Gemela went to a mental hospital/prison designed by Elena that looked like the poster child for cruel and unusual punishment and then, not surprisingly for someone kept in those conditions, she died. Everyone else lives happily ever after and Elena has Unknownnoreply@blogger.com103