tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552337539512473269.post8169615426891662444..comments2023-11-27T16:42:51.285-08:00Comments on Pinoy Superheroes Universe: CAPTAIN BARBELL 2011: Certified Blockbuster or Complete Bust?Aris B. Panganibanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13416299676920535759noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552337539512473269.post-84583911417876798112012-07-25T06:55:47.600-07:002012-07-25T06:55:47.600-07:00Kakainis. Mga anonymous comments.Kakainis. Mga anonymous comments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552337539512473269.post-88843468804801422392012-05-10T08:44:56.423-07:002012-05-10T08:44:56.423-07:00Yeah, I caught that episode. It's about as go...Yeah, I caught that episode. It's about as good an explanation as any.<br /><br />That would also have to be the same explanation for why no one recognizes Darna. Strangely enough, I never questioned it then. I guess I just chalked it up to "magic."Aris B. Panganibanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13416299676920535759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552337539512473269.post-22960311967891639642012-04-20T09:27:44.569-07:002012-04-20T09:27:44.569-07:00Are you sure about that "gazillion"? How...Are you sure about that "gazillion"? How sure are you those always got good responses? Because I know very many marvel and dc films which were even considered worst by americans themselves. U.S. have critics and fan reviews may it be good or bad review so why can't Philippines have?<br /><br />*Instead of "tangkilikin ang produktong pinoy", why not change slogan to "gawing katangki-tangkilik ang produktong pinoy."<br />Evertime there's a bad comment about something "Philippine," from a filipino filipinos go wild and are like: "Oh! you're evil. Tangkilikin mo 'to. Mahalin mo 'to."<br /><br />It's not crab or colonial mentality. You don't even know what it means. Don't you know that the comic industry of Philippines died because of poor writing? People wouldn't support comics during the 90's anymore because it's becoming rip-offs and if not, horribly written.<br /><br />There is no Pixar/Marvel standard of judging. By saying Pixar/Marvel standard, you are the one that has colonial mentality. You think Pixar/Marvel is more superior than our industry. Our films and tv shows are improving in terms of special effects but what's being pointed out is this tv show's quality so stick to it. Don't bring up the whole Philippine industry.<br /><br />*Colonial mentality is defined as the feeling that the foreign who colonized your country are more superior than you.<br /><br />**We also have our best and worst products.<br /><br />If you were a doctor why not cure dullness - in general and Philippine Criticism Fear.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552337539512473269.post-36959883834849111302012-04-20T09:10:28.230-07:002012-04-20T09:10:28.230-07:00Don't you know why Philippine Comic Industry d...Don't you know why Philippine Comic Industry died? Luckily people are currently trying to revive our comic industry which is why we now have a comic convention. Please search METRO COMIC CON and support it, you will see lots of NEW Filipino comics which are trying to BRING BACK QUALITY. A filipino comic legend joined the talk there and told us how filipino comic industry died; it was all because of horrible writing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552337539512473269.post-77652797078115225802012-04-20T09:01:50.769-07:002012-04-20T09:01:50.769-07:00Instead of "tangkilikin ang produktong pinoy&...Instead of "tangkilikin ang produktong pinoy", why not change slogan to "gawing katangki-tangkilik ang produktong pinoy."<br /><br />I believe that the writer loves his country which is why he wants good quality for Captain Barbell. Your embarrasing your country for being proud of a rip-off. The writer is not being proud of foreign industry, he is just pointing out what ideas the show has ripped off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552337539512473269.post-91456510701764176892012-04-20T08:55:23.894-07:002012-04-20T08:55:23.894-07:00Special effects were good although story - not! Yo...Special effects were good although story - not! You can't expect Filipinos who know of quality writing to love something that is poorly written. Instead of forcing Filipinos to love horrible stuff why not make a change and do better stuff which are lovable. This is what's wrong to many Filipinos.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552337539512473269.post-61647671407609071152012-04-20T08:51:28.626-07:002012-04-20T08:51:28.626-07:00Maybe you love this show but many people who are a...Maybe you love this show but many people who are aware of the foreign stuff they ripped off will hate this. Besides, if you have read the Captain Barbell comics, this show has bad writing and worst Captain Barbell costume. GMA is trying to make Philippine DC/Marvel out of him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552337539512473269.post-65190642232276437942012-03-13T14:51:59.511-07:002012-03-13T14:51:59.511-07:00I found it! Eureka! The episode where Captain Barb...I found it! Eureka! The episode where Captain Barbell explains to Lelay why no one recognizes him.. Captain Barbell April 26, 2011 Episode.. Part 3.. here's the link.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it7kbhKtV_g&feature=relatedMyxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17588098704893237826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552337539512473269.post-57650771216403331432012-03-13T14:51:08.848-07:002012-03-13T14:51:08.848-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Myxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17588098704893237826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552337539512473269.post-8355629112669139672012-03-06T16:15:53.115-08:002012-03-06T16:15:53.115-08:00..About Captain Barbell not being recognized as &q.....About Captain Barbell not being recognized as "Teng" If I'm not mistaken there was an episode where Teng explains to Lelay how as Capt. Barbell he is covered by some sort of cloak or aura so that no one really sees his real face.. I promise I'll get back to you on that one.. I am sure I watched that in one of the episodes..Myxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07611295683299626175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552337539512473269.post-71996351316053425292011-08-16T08:38:39.219-07:002011-08-16T08:38:39.219-07:00If I could be a doctor I would find a cure for Col...If I could be a doctor I would find a cure for Colonized Mentality (as my professor used to say it). I always get the feeling that many Filipinos use the Pixar/Marvel Standard for quality. I think they have raised the bar too high and it made many Filipinos think that everything that is done in their home country will never be good enough and will always be boring and a total crap. I hope some people could give some positive comments on the "achievements" and "improvements" of our films. <br /><br />I've seen gazillion foreign movies and tv shows and many I would say were total crap but they always get positive responses...I wonder why...<br /><br />I hope in the future we could cure colonized mentality and maybe a therapy on crabe mentality so we can all enjoy the hard work of our own artists and our own ideas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552337539512473269.post-8971971495270537862011-07-29T07:34:28.086-07:002011-07-29T07:34:28.086-07:00Just wanted to comment on the final episode.
So, ...Just wanted to comment on the final episode.<br /><br />So, the moral of the story is-- it's okay to murder people if you're a superhero?<br /><br />Come on, my 3-year old nephew watches this stuff. Way to be a role model.<br /><br />I saw no justification for it at all. The bad guy was pretty much beaten. He looked like he was dying anyway. Besides, if CB was just gonna chuck him into the sun, he should've just done it in the first episode. Would have saved him all that trouble.<br /><br />Ah, well, there's no point in complaining now. The show's over and done, and good riddance. The last several episodes just felt like they didn't care anymore. And if they don't care, neither should I.Aris B. Panganibanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13416299676920535759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552337539512473269.post-22281053000074192011-07-14T03:51:54.948-07:002011-07-14T03:51:54.948-07:00I used to watch Zaido just to ogle the Amazonas. ...I used to watch Zaido just to ogle the Amazonas. Otherwise, it's crap. Yung armor mukhang kartolina, yung robot mukhang kutson.<br /><br />Well, the good news is GMA can't do Darna anymore. Reportedly, ABS-CBN now has the rights.Aris B. Panganibanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13416299676920535759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552337539512473269.post-1814919134236988352011-07-12T23:19:20.659-07:002011-07-12T23:19:20.659-07:00Captain Barbell series needs to end early... congr...Captain Barbell series needs to end early... congrats Dominic Zapata. You're a crappy director eversince. Try mo naman mag direct ng indie films na lang. lahat ng sequences, boooorrrinnng!!!!<br />remember your Zaido shit? you made the Babilos robot a walking balikbayan box with rubber shoes!!! nakakatawa ka talaga. GMA talaga, walang maisip... next siguro Captain Barbell loves Darna... sige GOOO!!! crappy GMA shows. let's just watch Channel 21 at least maraming good shows dun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552337539512473269.post-57009909827601363672011-07-12T23:15:18.795-07:002011-07-12T23:15:18.795-07:00from Zaido to Captain Barbell... they all suck! GM...from Zaido to Captain Barbell... they all suck! GMA 7 makes em all like crap. Dominic Zapata's Zaido was the worst ever rip-off of the original Shaider series. Now, he's at CB... check the story lines, the effects and the dragging sequences... I'd rather watch GMA NEWS TV.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552337539512473269.post-76744137191128154542011-06-24T05:08:02.919-07:002011-06-24T05:08:02.919-07:00Perhaps, but that wasn't the point you mention...Perhaps, but that wasn't the point you mentioned earlier, was it? You basically just said stuff that I actually agreed with in my review. Why didn't you just mention what the problem was in the first place?<br /><br />So fine, you may have a point in this regard. It's a matter of personal taste, I suppose. I just think it clashes with the local ambiance, but that's just me. Strangely enough, I only have a problem with the idea of the local sci-fi technology when the government is involved, but whenever it's shown being used by private citizens, I'm okay with it for some reason. You could come up with some contrived reason for it, like maybe some kooky mad scientist type invented it or maybe it came from aliens, and I'd be fine with it, but when it comes from the government, I just can't help but get skeptical. I guess my feeling is, okay, if the government has access to such awesome technology, they could really turn things around in the country. But other than that, the state of the nation depicted on such shows is pretty much the same situation in the real world. It would probably help if they went and said, "well, this is actually set in the future." But even then (especially then), things should be very different. <br /><br />Maybe I'm just overthinking the whole matter, in which case the fault is probably mine. But I never made my criticisms under a "local shows suck, Hollywood rules" mentality, as you are apparently accusing me of. I'm just trying to understand how such high concepts can make sense in a local milieu.Aris B. Panganibanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13416299676920535759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552337539512473269.post-62225031848949321432011-06-23T23:48:34.136-07:002011-06-23T23:48:34.136-07:00"But you know what I find really weird? That ..."But you know what I find really weird? That in a show that has superhuman characters all over the place, the least believable part of it for me is that the Philippine government can afford things like an ultra high-tech law enforcement organization, futuristic weaponry and a supervillain prison. I don't know, I can buy stuff like that in a comic book, but I just can't get myself to go along with it in a live-action show. And CB isn't the only show who has done this, other shows tend to portray a technologically-advanced vision of the country. Sure, I suppose they just want to depict our nation in an optimistic light, but suspension of disbelief can only go so far. I just find it funny."<br />Most western films have used the same plot before a thousand times before but I haven't heard from a Filipino compaining on foreign films using too advanced technology not presently seen today.. .But when it's a local film, it is already considered FUNNY because the Philippines is too poor to buy those advanced technology weapons in reality EVEN just for Sci-fi and Entertainment. <br />My point now is valid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552337539512473269.post-91424384060399651372011-06-23T18:12:18.243-07:002011-06-23T18:12:18.243-07:00I think I reviewed the show as fairly as I could (...I think I reviewed the show as fairly as I could (I may even have been too kind, actually), but you have a right to your opinion.<br /><br />But the problem is, I don't see how you can disagree with my review (are you sure you even read it?), because you make almost the same point that I did. While I wouldn't go as far as to say the show is excellent, I did say that the effects are a big improvement in local superhero shows. I did say that it wouldn't be fair to compare it with Hollywood films, and I didn't (in fact, one of my main points is that they shouldn't blatantly copy foreign films, like the previous series did). So I don't know how we disagree there. Basically, I judged the show on its own merit and not according to western standards.<br /><br />That said, I do love my country more (why do you think I started this blog?), but just because something is Philippine-made doesn't mean I will blindly praise it regardless of quality. If there's something I don't like, I will say so. I won't settle for puwede na yan. Kung may igaganda pa, e di gandahan na. If ever I gave this show a bad review (and I don't believe I did), it was not to put it down, but so that maybe, MAYBE, those involved might put my views into consideration and improve their craft. Because I do want these shows to succeed. I do want to see local shows that I can really be proud of.<br /><br />So no offense, but to coin a phrase, your argument is invalid.Aris B. Panganibanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13416299676920535759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2552337539512473269.post-90232164757873627032011-06-23T07:00:48.221-07:002011-06-23T07:00:48.221-07:00You have a terrible review of the series. It may n...You have a terrible review of the series. It may not be comparable to western shows in terms of special effects but I certainly believe it is a huge leap for a local superhero to have an excellent show. I am not a fan of Cpt. Barbell but I think they did a really fantastic job on this one. Love your country more and be proud of what we have achieved Don't be too proud of western films, they're not even ours to be proud of them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com