Saturday, December 12, 2009

How Cholo and Jodi Almost Made Me Cry


LOL.
I have never seen an entire episode of the local adaptation of Stairway To Heaven, not even if I was a semi-regular viewer of the original thing. But since I have this strong fetish for tragic endings (especially on love stories), I bothered to take some time to catch the last few moments of its final episode aired last night.

Tragic endings.

I simply love sad endings as much as happy ones. I scavenge for stories that conclude with goodbyes or better, death. It all started with Jack and Rose, and then amplified hugely by Jamie and Landon. Here comes my emo side. Gah.

Now back to Stairway To Heaven. I actually assumed the ending would verge on being cheesy to trashy, but I was pleasantly surprised that it wasn’t that dreadful. Had Rhian Ramos acted better, I think the ending would be a grand slam. My eyes almost welled up. Just almost.

So I was really getting into Jodi’s death scene (with Jodi bidding goodbye and Cholo telling her to hold on just for a couple more seconds) then the maddening voice of Regine Velasquez suddenly played on the background. Hate that part right there. Worse, a CGI-ed ‘stairway to heaven’ materialized and some glorious rays of sunlight and floating orbs to match. Er, what was that, seriously? I almost felt like a heavenly being would descend to fetch Jodi up, or a sea creature would emerge from the vastness of the sea to strangle Cholo down back to Atlantika.

I cried of laughter.

56 Comments:

Superjaid said...

havent watch the ending kasi ramdam ko ng may part na magiging oa kasi pinoy ang gumawa..magagaling ang mga artista natin pero yung mga tao sa likod ng camera tulad nung mga nasa effects ang di talaga kagalingan..sad to say

Badong said...

SUPERJAID: wow base! hehe. medyo tumpak ka dun sa sinabi mo. pero I have high hopes na in the near future e mas magiging maganda na ang wuality ng mga palabas dito. meron giba naman kasi na masasabi mong maganda talaga.

gege said...

ahaha!
kainis.
mga tao sa bahay affected.
ako lang epal.

"ay??? may ganun???"

nakita ko teary-eyed si nanay (lola)...

naisip ko,
ayoko na palang magcomment.

:P

Badong said...

GEGE: kaso nakapag-comment ka na

Xprosaic said...

Ay teka... di ako makarelate... jijijijiji

Anonymous said...

When I read the part where you said you watched an episode of Stairway to Heaven, I almost cried of laughter too. Lol.

Add those orbs of light and stuff, bad actors, and the screeching of Regine Velasquez-- you get a typical GMA7 telenovela.

EngrMoks said...

hindi ako nanonood ng drama series ng GMA7, kasi hindi sila magaling gumawa..pero yung ending nito, accidente lang nalipat ni misis ko at pinanood namin dahil ending na, nagandahan ako..masyadong malungkot at ok ang acting...

gege said...

yun nga ee.
minsan talaga di ko mapigil...
pero pag si 'mincy girl'

i'm doing whatever it takes!

ayoko na ng tampuhan cheverlou!

talagang tumugon ako dito...


:P

Badong said...

XPROSAIC: haha! sorry!

VAJARL: kahit ako nakornihan sa sarili ko at pinag-tyagaan ko yun. ahaha! sa totoo lang wala na kong pinapanood na telenovela ngayon -- mapa-GMA man o ABS. wala lang talaga akong magawa non. *defensive*

Badong said...

MOKONG: ok naman talaga yung ending e. minus the CGI. hehe

GEGE: di ko ma-gets. anonng pero pag si mincy girl?

minatots said...

LOL. :P

I did watched the ending, too. Grabe ang galing ni Dingdong. Hahaha.

Same here, naloka din ako sa stairway at sa boses ni Regine, pa-emote ka na biglang may ganon? Ano ba yan! I was actually waiting for the "Joooodiiii!!!!!" *sabay tingin sa langit part* pero wala. O wala nga ba?

gege said...

mincy girl???

CLUE.

RED sya.

isa pa???

RED na RED.

haaaay...

given na yan badong.

:P

Anonymous said...

hahahaha. naloko ako sa title ah. akala ko pa mandin nakakaiyak talaga. eh hindi naman kasi talaga ako nanonood ng tv lately. :)

never akong nakapanood niyan kahit nung sembreak eh. so no comment na lang.

dadating ang araw, titingalain ulit ang larangan ng telebisyon at pelikula ng Pilipinas :)

kaspangarigan said...

Sorry, Ako rin hindi maka-relate.

Tambay lang muna ako dito.

Anonymous said...

Ayan, hindi kasi ako nanonood madalas kaya hindi ko alam ang nangyari. Pero hindi pa yata sya tapos dito sa Saudi. Delayed yata kami ng one week.

Pero now that I read your post, magkukunwari na lang ako na wala pa akong alam. So namatay pala ung character ni Rhiann huh.

Cge. I'll watch the ending here in Saudi. (Baka sakaling magbago. Hehe).

I promise not to laugh when I see the CGI'd stairway.

Anonymous said...

ang senti mu pre....pero sakto ka...ang sakit nga naman pag nangyari to sa totoong buhay...

Anonymous said...

Bohahaha. Busy ba ang graduating? Manuod ka ng Darna para uminit ulo mo kay Marian. Hindi ko matanggap na maraming nanunuod non. Parang wala ng pag asa ang Pilipinas. Lol.

Snow said...

mahilig ka pala sa tragic love stories. :)

Badong said...

MINATOTS: haha! I have to agree magaling yung acting ni Dingdong. naku, thank goodness wala yung eksenang sinabi mo. mas magiging korni ata pag ganun. hehe

GEGE: di ko nagets yung 'pero pag si mincy girl'.

Badong said...

KAROGER: yes karog! I like that last sentence! apir tayo dyan!

KASPANGARIGAN: hello! salamat sa pagtambay! ako rin bibista dyan!

Badong said...

NEBZ: haha! Sir Nebz! iyakin ka ba? sige intayin mo na lang yung ending dyan!

RON: hehe. totoo yun! sana lang di mangyari yun!

Badong said...

VAJARL: LOL! nako, ni sa isang episode wala akong pinanood don. at may bago pang mga kontrabida a? haha! how exciting.

SNOW: yes! I love them!

gege said...

what i mean is...
pero pagdating kay 'mincy girl'.
anu pa mang comment ko, anu pa mang reaction ko...
itatago ko na lang. AKIN NA LANG yun.
lam mo namn kung magtampo yun, eeee alam mo naman ako.
pag nasorry nakooo once. yun na yun.
ahaha!
nasang lupalop ka ba?
hindi mo alam 'rough times' namin ni mincy.
:p

Badong said...

gets.

Spices of Life said...

hmmm.... they say that there's so many nice tagalog teleserye lately but unfortunately i don't have TFC here since I choose not too. might as well check it out online...

Jag said...

Hindi ko to napanood kaya d ako makarelate hehehe...

Babati n lng ako ng Happy Holidays!hehehe...

Random Student said...

Tragic ba? You ought to watch Atonement.

Badong said...

APRIL: er, I don't think watching them is a good idea. kidding. they're not that bad anyway. hehe

JAG: hehe. Happy Holidays din kaibigan!

RANDOM STUDENT: ah yes! antagal ko ng iniisip na panuorin yan. keira knightley. haay.

orville said...

ako din mahilig sa mga sad endings. i remember the movie "the mist" grabe talaga ang naging reaction ko dun... na appreciate ko ang movie.. isang stephen king masterpiece.. kasi ang ending nya ay kakaiba.. likewise, sa sinabi mo na mahilig ka s sad endings.. ako din.. kasi as kakaiba ang dating ng pelikula.. hindi common..

pabisita po.

gege said...

'the mist'

ahaha!!!

yun ba isa sa movie na napanuod natin?

ahaha!

kainis...

:P

Badong said...

ORVILLE: the mist. grabe, antagal kong naka-recover sa pelikulang yun. ang sama ng ending! ahaha! pero trivia lang, hind talaga yun yung ending sa book. wala talagang patayang naganap. hehe

MinnieRunner said...

Well, I love Stairway to Heaven - THE ORIGINAL ONE! I simply hate Filipino Adaptations. Can't we just make their own? If Koreans can make a good one, can't we?

Anyhow, back to that adaptation, it doesn't even made me felt like crying. Unlike the original one which really made my tears flow a bountiful.

Also, I hate DingDong Dantes.

It was just like turning a novel into a film. They just can't give justice to the ORIGINAL one.

jan geronimo said...

"I cried of laughter."

And that's just one of the great things why I can't get enough of your writing.

Merry Christmas, Joel. :)

Anonymous said...

Maligayang pasko Badongkadonks. :)

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Traveliztera said...

hahaha badong...feel na feel ko na nung umpisa kong binabasa entry mo --then u started to describe how the ending went--natawa ako. haha. honestly, whenever the pinoys make things simpler sa effects--ang ganda. :) masyadong pinapa-grand e hehehehe


merry xmas btwwww!!!

ANENG said...

hi there kuya badong.. this was my first time visiting ur blog.. i honestly have the same opinion.. panira talaga ung effects na ganon. kumorni.. hmmp..


btw.. i follow ur blog.. feel free to visit mine.. hope ull follow me back.. thanks a lot. more powers..

sterndal said...

hi friend

di ko napanood ending eh

night shift kasi ako nun

sayang

pero maganda talaga yang stairway ha

lalo na yung korean version

excited na nga ako ipalabas yung endless love hehe

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