CJC'S LOAD OF CROC
Klasik Komiks lasted for only 9 issues, while the rest of Caparas' komiks line likewise failed to catch on. As he is wont to do, "CJC" again leaves the local comics industry for the film industry, taking his creations with him. Last year, he produced and directed a TV adaptation of Kroko, which was broadcast on IBC 13. Unfortunately, Hal Santiago's magnificent monstrosity in the original comics was reduced to a laughably obvious fake rubber crocodile in the TV version.
But it seems as though CJC just has an affinity for crocs (political acquaintances aside). Just last week, TV5 premiered a new television series, Bangis ("Fierceness/Ferocity"), which is supposed to be an adaptation of an earlier Caparas croc-comic, Pangil ("Fang" or even "Jaws"), itself filmed in 1986 as Matatalim na Pangil sa Gubat ("Sharp Fangs in the Forest/Wilderness"). The difference, however, is that Pangil was a straight-up thriller, while the fantasy-oriented Bangis is about the friendship between a young boy and a giant, friendly, TALKING crocodile. I watched a few episodes, and it's basically, meh. Gotta admit, though, the giant CGI crocodile looks kind of interesting.
THE 2000s # 12: RUDY FERNANDEZ, ARA MINA, WITH ROI VINZON, DAISY REYES,
BEMBOL ROCO, EFREN REYES, JR., JUDE ESTRADA, DINDO ARROYO IN "PALABAN"
(2000)
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*A successful police officer is assigned to a mission to hunt a notorious
gang of bank robbers headed by a former member of an elite force.*
*"Palaban" ...
1 day ago
Hal Santiago = awesome. Dunno if I'd call him the greatest, but he's up there!
ReplyDeleteCJC, not so much. Ravelo is the Komiks King. No one can take that from him.
San po pwede mapanuod to?
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