JUST A THOUGHT: Keep your fears to yourself, but share your inspiration with others.
FIGHT SCENES: Gathered from ardent TV viewers that they now prefer lots of action on their teleserye.
Such formula is being mined to perfection by “FPJ’s Ang Probinsyano.” Viewers claim they tend to relax, grab a bite, during dramatic scenes, but perk up once the action scenes heat up.
Last Monday, Nov. 19, GMA rolled out Cain at Abel, on the same timeslot as Coco Martin’s 3-year old running series.
The new show offers tons of action and fight scenes. One of its three directors, for example, is Toto Natividad, a famed director of action pictures in the 90s and who, for a time, also co-directed “Ang Probinsyano.”
Program leads Dingdong Dantes and Dennis Trillo confirm they have to prepare physically for hard action scenes.
They kick, go rough and tumble on rooftops in squatter areas. Dingdong believes the TV audience is wide enough to accommodate all of them.
FIRST TIME TOGETHER: The first-time partnership between GMA kings Dingdong and Dennis is considered a milestone.
Dingdong says it was just a matter of time that he and Dennis got to work together. In December’s MMFF, Dong is united, also for the first time, in a movie, “Fantastika,” with Richard Gutierrez.
It’s all a matter of timing.
WARRING BROTHERS: Inspired by the Biblical tale between loving-then-warring brothers Cain and Abel, the series launches an entirely new story far detached from the one told in the Bible.
It is, in fact, just as far removed from the movie of the same title directed by Lino Brocka in the 80s, which starred Christopher de Leon and Phillip Salvador.
What has been retained is the over-all theme of sibling rivalry, summed up by Cain’s famous line in reference to Abel, “Ám I my brother’s keeper?’’
Cain at Abel also stars Solenn Heussaff, Sanya Lopez, Eddie Gutierrez, Chanda Romero, Dina Bonnevie, Ervic Vijandre.
