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Atlantika Is Getting Exciting!

The recent episodes of Atlantika became exciting. The turn of events were quick. Compared to the earlier episodes, which were too "soapy", Atlantika today is worth watching you wouldn't want to miss an episode. I hope this continues till the end. Dingdong (Dantes) has improved a lot with his fight scenes. His fight, however, with Joanne Quintas showed that the latter was a mediocre actress rather than a villain with extraordinary power. Such lousy scene can be avoided by zooming on the action movements rather than showing full shots of the scene where one can see how awkward some actors are in a fight scene. The best fight scene I have seen so far on TV was that of Richard Gomez and Christopher de Leon. It was from a GMA7 soap directed by Joyce Bernal. The scene was on a bridge.

Superheroes should not be stupid

Superheroes may have weaknesses but should not be stupid. In last nights episode, Aquano, after getting hold of the black pearl, he dropped it after being attack by Piranus. If Aquano was a smart guy, he should have immediately put the black pearl in a very safe place. Why is it that writers make bad guys smarter than the good guys (or the main character)? In other words, why do writers make their main characters stupid. What I didn't like about Darna was that this superwoman was stupid. She just couldn't make a decision right away. She was always out-smarted by the villains. In Majika, Sabina, again was a stupid salamankera (magician). Again, she was always out-smarted by the contravidas . In Captain Barbell, Teng was stupid about his alibi. When Levi asked him if he hurt himself when he was riddled by bullets, he said that he was not. A better alibi could have been "not much; good thing I decided to wear a bullet-proof jacket that night". Yes, I understand that th