When I heard that Televisa was doing a remake of Kara Para Ask (Black Money Love), a superb Turkish dezi, I was a bit anxious about how the story would turn out. But so far, I have been disappointed. I understand that the writers tried to make the story their own and contextualize it to Mexico (replacing jewellery trafficking from the Turkish version with trafficking of antique Pre-Hispanic Mexican art) but this adaptation is bad, and cannot stand against the original which was far better in many ways.
One of the things that I noticed is how the interaction between the characters and their implication to the plot has really been watered down here. For instance, the Dario character in the original was an anti-heroine and he proved to be a match for his father, but in this version, the character is not as compelling a match to stand up and take revenge against is father. I also didn't like how some characters have been adapted in this version (Teresa, Piedad). Another thing is the relationship between Leonardo and his brother which doesn't look strong at all here (so that the eventual truth of the betrayal has more impact later on), so sometimes, the viewer is left to fill in gaps in terms of character motives and back stories, and how theier actions affect those around them, especially if you watched the Turkish version. Most importantly, the chemistry between Leonardo and Elisa is not there at all, and cannot be compared with the great love of Elif and Omer in the Turkish version, a love that was believable, made you root for them as the protagonists, and a love that could defeat all odds. In Imperio, the romance does not inspire at all.
I love Giselle Gonzalez because I feel that she is the most creative and daring producer to come out of Televisa in recent years with her different style of story-telling that is raw, almost authentic, non-traditional, and trying to think outside the box (I really loved her previous telenovelas Yo no creo en los hombres, La candidata) but with this one, it is a total miss.
One of the things that I noticed is how the interaction between the characters and their implication to the plot has really been watered down here. For instance, the Dario character in the original was an anti-heroine and he proved to be a match for his father, but in this version, the character is not as compelling a match to stand up and take revenge against is father. I also didn't like how some characters have been adapted in this version (Teresa, Piedad). Another thing is the relationship between Leonardo and his brother which doesn't look strong at all here (so that the eventual truth of the betrayal has more impact later on), so sometimes, the viewer is left to fill in gaps in terms of character motives and back stories, and how theier actions affect those around them, especially if you watched the Turkish version. Most importantly, the chemistry between Leonardo and Elisa is not there at all, and cannot be compared with the great love of Elif and Omer in the Turkish version, a love that was believable, made you root for them as the protagonists, and a love that could defeat all odds. In Imperio, the romance does not inspire at all.
I love Giselle Gonzalez because I feel that she is the most creative and daring producer to come out of Televisa in recent years with her different style of story-telling that is raw, almost authentic, non-traditional, and trying to think outside the box (I really loved her previous telenovelas Yo no creo en los hombres, La candidata) but with this one, it is a total miss.