JOSHUA: Mulawin should be shot down



Been watching the TV show Mulawin for sometime now. I used to praise and defend the show from anybody who wants to criticize the show. Afterall, it's very rare for a Filipino TV show to have a fantasy theme and have a fast paced and original plot. Lately, however, I was disappointed to find out that the writers are copying LotR's plot. It would have been different if they just based some aspects on the movie (afterall, LotR is considered to be one of the corner stones in today's fantasy genre) but not the actual plot. Here's a sample: A character, Mulagat (read: Boromir)) died after the party is ambushed by the enemy. Right after the ambush Alwina - the female lead (read: Frodo) - decides that the quest shoudl be hers alone in order to protect her friends so she goes off on her own. Aguilus (read: Sam) - goes after the love of his life. As this is happening two children which are part of the party Gas (read: Merry) and Wis (read: Pippin) are captured by the enemy. The rest of the party - Dakila (read: Aragorn), Bagwis (read: Legolas), Gasgas (read: Gimli) - decide to rescue the children. Sound like something from the end of the Fellowship doesn't it. In the next couple episodes, Aguillus nearly drowns in the river trying to catch up with Alwina (read: that boat scene where Sam almost drowns following Frodo). After that Aguilius and Alwina discuss how stories will be written about their exploits (read: Sam and Frodo moment again). Still after a few episodes, another character - Aviona (read: Gollum) get possessed and starts to talk to herself in two voices while she plots the death of Alwina and Auguilus.



::Sigh::.



The show had so much potential.