Watch This Scene to Convince You That Megan Young is Fit to be Marimar!

Just before this Monday's pilot episode of Marimar (2015), watch this video so that you get convinced that Megan Young can give a different taste to the role... and a good one at that!

It's Doble Kara versus Marimar on August 24

On the red corner, it's one of this generation's finest actors... Julia Montes for Doble Kara!

VS.

On the blue corner, it's Ms. World 2013 and Starstruck alumnus... Megan Young for Marimar!

Who will prevail to be the winner?

Let's heat up the competition even more and it seems like with this part of the battle, the blue corner has an obvious advantage...

The leading men.

Anjo Damiles and...

Edgar Allan Guzman for Doble Kara.

The prime leading man of GMA Network...

Tom Rodriguez for Marimar.

The battle begins this August 24!

What DLTM Pilipinas lost in the PH Franchise

We were looking forward to the Philippine version of Don't Lose The Money via GMA Network. As it launched today, we have considerable observations both good and bad that hopefully the network will pay attention to.

 The Good Points
☆Tom Rodriguez. Seems like the show capitalized too much on a great host that they forgot about the technical aspect. But yea, Tom is way better than Luis Manzano as a host.

☆Set is fine. It's fine but could have been bigger. But that's already a good point. 

☆Tom Rodriguez. Oh did we mention him already. He's so good both in delivering and his energy is unimaginably at a high note from start to finish.

 The Bad Points
▪Technical aspect of the show is not impressive. There's not a good timing on the lights and sound. The volume of both their voices and the sound effects is too low it won't get viewers excited enough.

▪Poor editing & direction. Again, you would notice the poor editing coz it lacks in the 'suspense' department. Hosting is not given enough airtime as compared to the US version where there is enough viewer-host interaction.

▪Too bright. That's always the weakness of GMA Network game and variety shows. What's up with the brightness preference?! Watch some clips from the original franchise and you'll know what we are talking about.

TMTM. Too many to mention for bad points.

With all these, we have this as a conclusion: Tom Rodriguez can be given his own show without being an international franchise so as not to suffer from the inconsistencies of the director. And we're so sure Rico Gutierrez is not the director of this franchise. Definitely no touch of Tatak DRG.

The Challenge of My Husband's Lover

Tonight, a first on Philippine TV is airing its pilot episode. My Husband's Lover, a case of adultery committed by Lally's husband not with another woman but with a man.

Written by the infamous writer on GMA block Suzette Doctolero, My Husband's Lover stars Carla Abellana as Lally married to the character played by new recruit Tom Rodriguez. The 'kabit' is no other than Dennis Trillo.

While we agree that it's different as to what people behind it say, we also think that the viewing public ought to know that this is not at all a different story of almost every housewife's struggle. In fact, it's just the same at some point.

So the real challenge of the soap opera's team is not to show a different twist and a different concept. The real challenge is on how to make viewers intelligently realize that after all, there's only black and white and no gray area. That any type of unfaithfulness, be it committed with the opposite or same sex, is still unfaithfulness at the end of the day.

True, to most women, it will hurt more if it's the case of Lally's husband. Less hurting than what Marian Rivera's character experienced in Temptation of Wife. But again, both shows have a common denominator--sin in the form of adultery.

Sin comes in different forms. No such thing as smaller or bigger sin. Whatever form it has, it's sin. This is the challenge of the show... Not just to show that love is love no matter what form. But more than anything, to show that sin is sin no matter what form. That unfaithfulness is adultery no matter who's involved.

As this message gets out through the soap opera, here's hoping that it will create the same realization that Temptation of Wife presented when it ended... That adultery is and can never be dignified no matter what. True, their stories are worth hearing but never to be justified.

God bless the team of this show. Hoping that the show will not succumb to the demands of money to show gay scenes that may not be necessary in the story. Ms. Suzette Doctolero is better than that.

Watch My Husband's Lover music video here