Twilight - Philippine Version

Philippines
December 24, 2008 12:17pm CST
i mean it, SERIOUSLY. ahahahaha! yes, ABS-CBN together with its partner Ignite Media has bought the rights of stephenie meyer's series of twilight books - TAKIPSILIM will be the title of the local version. guess what, Rayver Cruz will be Edward Cullen. HAHAHA! GOD. and Shaina Magdayao will be bella. hay. i can't even do anything about it. lol. say, anyone? lol merry christmas to you all and cheers!
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11 responses
@Galena (9110)
27 Dec 08
can't really criticise. after all, Hollywood is always re-making films from other countries for a western audience. it will make it more accessable to people from the phillipines, and I'm sure people will enjoy it. I can't imagine I'd ever watch it, but that doesn't make it bad.
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• Philippines
28 Dec 08
hi, Galena. for once, i have two kind responses for this topic. ahaha. well, if only you knew the actor who will portray cullen's character, you will understand the violent reactions of my fellow anti-takipsilim peeps above. ahahaha! cheers to you! =) happy new year to you and to your family.
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@Galena (9110)
28 Dec 08
I have to admit to being clueless about the actors. still, no one can live up to the image in my head, so to one degree or another, they're all going to mess it up. hehe.
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• Philippines
24 Dec 08
but still....twilight is the original....they can't copy the exact twilight ^^ but this is kinda good and kinda bad...for the fans of edward cullen...im sure girls will be mad at this...:)
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@tabachi (263)
• Philippines
25 Dec 08
yeah...im mad...wahahaha....nobody can come up close to robert pattinson as edward cullen..ther's only one edward cullen and that's the robert pattinson the intensely handome brit actor...no one else...same situation for bella..it's only kristen stewart...so what now?i bet the phillipine version will be the comedy version....hahahaha
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@modstar (9605)
• Philippines
27 Dec 08
Ok, Let me protray Edward Cullen. The expose-my-face-on-the-sun Edward Cullen lol!
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@Galena (9110)
27 Dec 08
you're right that there's only one Edward Cullen, and Robert Patinson didn't even come close to the one that went from the book in my hands into myhead. he did a good job, but lets face it, no mortal being can live up to the supernatural, fictional one.
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@mjoy07 (202)
• Philippines
26 Dec 08
oh my! why just can't we create our own shows? stop copycat or a filipino versions of.. all of the shows on tv are filipino versions, don't we have talented script writters that can create our own show? own story and own concept?
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• Philippines
26 Dec 08
rounin was an original concept - i think but not as appreciated by others. ABS-CBN is a good station though and i know they can reallyt come up with something original than doing local copies of the movies that hit big in US. well, let's see how this goes.
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• Philippines
28 Dec 08
yes. true. less appreciated but i love that show even though it was aired late . =)
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@modstar (9605)
• Philippines
27 Dec 08
Rounin is original alright but lacks promotion. Things that are new to people needs heavy promotion.
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@modstar (9605)
• Philippines
27 Dec 08
I can't do anything about it either lol! If only i'm James, i would kill Rayver right away before the taping starts. lol! At least this one's not a rip-off like Lobo which took the idea from the movie Blood and Chocolate . I think they should make a Philippine version of Twilight Zone than Twilight lol!
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• Philippines
28 Dec 08
oh. i thought they also got that idea in a Korean Tv series called forbidden love but changed some of the scenes and even Noah's persona. thanks, modstar for the response/ cheers! =)
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@modstar (9605)
• Philippines
28 Dec 08
In Filipino, "Magsama silang dalawa! (Philippines and Korea)". lol! You check "Blood and Chocolate" then you'll see the similarities in the famous Angel Locsin Wold transformation lol!
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@tabachi (263)
• Philippines
25 Dec 08
whoa!!!!!!wahahaahahahaaaaa!can't imagine shaina magdayao as bella and rayer cruz as edward cullen...whaaaaatttt!i don't think that they can come up to what robert pattinson and kristen stewart have done....even in the looks dept...sorry no offense..lol..i just hope that this isn;t going to be twilight the comedy version!!!!!!
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• Philippines
26 Dec 08
sad but true. i dn't know how this will go but i am sure ABS-CBN will need a lot of luck for this. ahahaha!
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• Philippines
28 Dec 08
lol. not at all! not a single percent. ahahaha!
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@modstar (9605)
• Philippines
27 Dec 08
Rayver Cruz is an infant version of Edward Cullen lol!
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• Philippines
31 Dec 08
i actually read about it at perez hilton's website and what a ruckus it caused hehehe... i do wish it won't push through, seriously. coz even if people would tell me that "you don't have to watch if you dont want to", it still won't help appease me coz just the thought that its a local version of Twilight is enough to have me itching to check it out and look for everything that's wrong about it, gaaaaaah. depressing.
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• Philippines
2 Jan 09
lol!!!
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@Galena (9110)
31 Dec 08
I just read that as " a lolcat" version of Twilight. hehe, now THAT would be funny.
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• Philippines
30 Dec 08
No. The network actually denied the rumors. Coz if this was true, then $1M is too little for them to buy the rights of this blockbuster novel. http://www.pep.ph/guide/3151/ABS-CBN-denies-doing-Twilight-remake/1
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• Philippines
31 Dec 08
lol. i've read it too before seeing your post. like what i have previously responded, i think ABS is still undecided - maybe because of the negative feedbacks. but let's see. =)
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@owstalaga (4707)
• Philippines
18 Jan 09
well since abs-cbn has denied it even though they did plan on making it, i'm sure they won't push through with it anymore because of all the clamors against it... hahaha. Too bad for ABS-CBN. =)
• Philippines
19 Jan 09
lol. a lot of raised eyebrows, imagine how painful it is to have received such reactions from the people. i love your manga. =)
@jeiyah_12 (1041)
• Philippines
30 Dec 08
Philippine Media has really no originality. Maybe it would be nice if they made their own story and not copy Hollywood or International works so that there would be no comparison in the versions. That would be a great no-no for me...
• Philippines
31 Dec 08
lol. it's a sad reality really that all we have here are, 50% mostly rip offs from other countries' successful shows/movies. don't worry. it's never too late. they will come up of an original soon. =)
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@jeiyah_12 (1041)
• Philippines
2 Jan 09
yeah I hope so...
• Philippines
31 Dec 08
oh my gosh .... I like Shaina but I never liked Rayver ... and I think it is better for our entertainment industry to conceptualize something original than spend money on buying rights just to go with the trend
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• Philippines
2 Jan 09
you can say that again. even though some are successful like PBB, Deal or No Deal, Fear Factor and many more to mention - yes, i still hope that any of our stations will come up something so that we could earn more and uplift our economy. i hope year of the Ox will enlighten them this year. lol. happy new year, nats!
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@jlamela (4898)
• Philippines
19 Jan 09
Oh my God, I am praying that ABS-CBN will not do such a stupid thing. I mean, Twilight is Twilight, it is such a fantastic movie about an extraordinary love between a human and a vampire and making it in a local version will be a huge absurdity. I mean why can the Filipino filmmakers just think of any plot and not just copy from International released. I don't think so that Star Cinema can bring out the phenomenal success and wonderful story of Twilight, it will just look silly. Gosh, local talents are far far away compared to hollywood celebrities. From what I have heard ABS-CBN executives already denied the rumors of remake, stating that the news is simply unfounded. Just leave it to Summit entertainment and star cinema must look for original story and not copied one.
• Philippines
19 Jan 09
lol. yes, it pains us sometimes that the networks here in country - all they do is copy. but soon, i am sure we can some up something very original that the other countries will soon be copying our shows. so that our economy will boost soon. =) hopefully. =)