GASTUSAN GALORE
2005 is the ‘golden age of Philippine television slash movie fantasy media’.
Media… I mean, take a look around. You’ll see Exodus ads dangling on the pavement of our public train stations. You’ll see Angel Locsin’s wings spanning across the highest billboards of Metro Manila (the WINGS.. the chicken wings, silly). You’ll see the pa-tweetums Heart Evangelista appearing to be flirting with Jericho Rosales on the posters of Panday underneath the posts of superhighways. You’ll see Richard Gutierrez… you’ll se Diana Zubiri…
Hah… you’ll see all the stars who became popular in all the fantaseryes on TV, whether those TV series being aired from the Kapamilya or the Kapuso stations. (Heck… wag niyo nang isingit ang Iba Tayo. Wala pa silang budget.)
They are dominating the skyscrapers of Philippine Media economy. They consume the largest expenditures for props, sets, costumes, and CG animation integration. Integration–you pay for the software, the computers, and the labor of the CG artists, all-in-all–fortune. Ang yaman na namin siguro.
And apparently, they possess the greatest income in our TV market–starting from all their loyal advertisers down to their original merchandisers, and even to the not-so-original merchandisers–the hoodlums and the scalawags who tend to use the popularity of these shows as notebook covers, cheap junk food wrappings and even clothings from UK (ukay-ukay, dummy). Grabe, garapalan sa violation of intellectual property rights.
Speaking of the black market, 2006 is the apocalypse of TradIstas. Traditional Artistas.
Just a punchline.
Are you still familiar with the TV show ‘Sana’y Wala Nang Wakas’ to exist on TV? What about “Till Death Do Us Part”? Or “Vietnam Rose”? Or “Ikaw Ang Lahat Sa Akin”?
Swear, 90 % of you will shake your head and an aftermath migraine will pester your consciousness perpetually for trying to recall if ever your neurons respond to your intrapersonal inquiry that these shows ever came into existence. Ang galing ko talaga sa run-on sentences. ^_^
It’s all because of the fantaseryes “Mulawin”, “Darna”, “Encantadia”, “Panday”, “Kampanerang Kuba”, “Sugo”, and “Etheria” that swallowed Maricel Soriano and the rest of her fellow tradistas who have served the primetime block as their permanent bailiwick, whole.
Kawawang mga artista. Nakain sila ng sistema… ng mainstream… ng kung ano ang uso.
Pesteng nyawa. Hehehe.
Think about it… Filipinos seem to be depreciated by accepting the fact that they (or WE) are being submerged to grave poverty. But then, what HAPPENS is superficially CONTRASTING–that is if you are reading the ENTERTAINMENT section of your newspaper.
Have watched MMFF (Metro Manila FIlm Festival 05) last night, and was surprised to see Her (deliriously unacceptable) Excellency Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as one of the guests of the aforementioned awards night. Ponder why? It’s because she recognized that the entertainment industry is slowly making waves in a despicably greener pastures (wait a minute–waves in pastures? I’m kidding myself). And she happened to be kind enough (even the rarest instance) to donate Php 1M-worth cheque incentives to each of the movies which participated in the fest. Wow naman.. duh… that’s only a minute fraction of what she has spent with her croonies behind the Hello Garci and the Election controversies.
And notice the movies leading the box-office charts? Enteng Kabisote, Mulawin the Movie, and Exodus.. all with expenses not less than 50 Milion Pesos! Whoah!
I guess it’s because of their intimidation to Encantadia’s 100 Milion peso worth budgetary expenditures and a double of it for its income.
Nyer… but read between a wider context (nah… I’m just frenzy today).
Enteng Kabisote is expensive, but no good. Mulawin the Movie is expensive, but no good.
Worse, Exodus is VERY EXPENSIVE— and SO HILARIOUSLY RUBBISH.
Heck–Bong has even planned to export the movie to other countries. Shucks, I’ll swear to myself not to visit our kamag-anaks in Thailand, China, and Taiwan… kinahihiya ko na ang sarili kong maging Filipino. Rubbish! Andun pa naman si Iya Villania… sayang… hay Iya…
Hanggang Dolby 5.1 Surround sound at Multi 3d rendering lang naman ata ang pwedeng ipagyabang ng Exodus. Basura!
Gayunpaman, it’s noticeable that produces are not scared of multiplying the holes in their bank accounts. They are not anymore frightened to spend gazilions of pesos to produce a movie or a TV show– take Encantadia, Etheria, and Exodus as examples– not anymore frightened that they might lose their properties if their produced flicks or TV shows turn into a big juicy delicious flop. Yummy.
Eto na ang uso. Pagastusan to the max. Mas magastos, mas maraming special effects, mas ok.
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Need to read “The Pretenders” by F. Sionil Jose and ‘Cien Años de Soledad’ by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Deadline is on Friday.
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!
Tags: Philippine Movies, Exodus, Mulawin, Metro Manila Film Festival
