You never know what you will find when you clean out your closet!

I thought that I had no more telenovelas around after so many years of staying away from them but I found a dvd set of novelas that I had downloaded from somewhere..a couple of days ago.

I know that Luz María was a well liked novela judging from the comments on Telenovela-World. I’ve never seen it and I know that I had been keeping it for a rainy day. So I popped it in the dvd player while I was cooking (one advantage that I must admit I love is not having to read the subtitles and I’d been meaning to brush up on my Spanish) Angie Cepeda, our Peruvian actress, does speak quite fast but still is very easy to understand, as is all the cast, especially Christian Meier.

I’ve been mildly enjoying it..since my expectations are non-existent..I know what I’m getting and that’s fine..for now it’s enough..but considering the length I don’t know how long I’ll last of course.

Anyway, it’s a bit of a stroll down memory lane too which I’m enjoying and a reminder that I did enjoy watching them till they got unbearable and were replaced by our Asian dramas…

#angie-cepeda, #christian-meier, #luz-maria, #telenovela

yenchan69 1:21 pm on April 2, 2019

“Luz Maria”– memorable for two main reasons. 1) I couldn’t get enough of Christian Meier begging for sex. Everytime they even kissed he was like “please, please, let me…” LOL. 2) the most repulsive villana ever imo. She was so sick with lust for the galan that it made me feel dirty. I used to like that actress so much too, but she grossed me out so much with her twisted impersonation that I could never look at her the same again. It was a matter of being WAY too good at her craft. I have rarely hated a villana more!! LOL.

I was pretty addicted to Luz Maria back in the day but it was long, slow moving and incredibly frustrating… I wanted the protagonists to get together so bad but they had like 30 seconds of screentime per episode it felt like, hahaha. I’m probably exaggerating, but I remember totally fuming about it. LOL. I could never watch it again, I think.
- Robin N 11:15 am on April 3, 2019
  
  I know we talked a lot about “Luz María” in the foro when it was airing! And I think we also talked about how Christian Meier was not all that great as an actor, though he improved with time.
  
  What was always a challenge with that one (as with many of the novelas we watched) was the amount of filler scenes with background characters — often what I thought of as the ‘village idiots’. I wonder what it would be like if an editor took a pair of scissors to the footage and tightened it up!
  - chingu123 12:43 pm on April 3, 2019
    
    Village idiots..love that!! So many unnecessary fillers around..it definitely would be interesting to see a drama without them..
chingu123 9:07 am on April 3, 2019

that pretty much confirms my expectations..lol! And since I’m only at the very beginning I must say that I initially felt sorry for the villana..I know that she’s overly obsessed with her handsome husband and very insecure but I guess that’s not surprising since she’s in a wheel chair and he’s such eye candy..and speaking of begging for sex..lol..it will be interesting to see him go from avoiding his wife’s advances like the plague to begging Luz Maria for the very same..course I’ve already gotten to know this villana and can see why you would have this strong aversion to her..something rotten inside..putrid…beneath an angelic face!!
dramaqueen315 2:00 pm on April 3, 2019

Unfortunately or fortunately, my novela time doesn’t go back to the really good one’s that I’ve heard so much about. I came along when some were pretty good, but got pretty bad really fast, lol. Sometimes I long for a good novela, but overall I’m ok. I do occasionally watch the Fifteenth hundred version of “ Betty” on Telemundo, called “ Betty in NY.” Some of it is pretty funny and I also need to brush up on my Spanish……….
- chingu123 2:09 pm on April 3, 2019
  
  well I know one very good one that we watched together tc..Hija del Mariachi!! But going further back..did you actually see the original Betty La Fea, Corazon Salvaje, Cafe Con Aroma de Cafe, Por Que Diablos..etc?
  - dramaqueen315 2:26 pm on April 3, 2019
    
    Yes! Hija! Gosh I loved that novela! There were times we didn’t agree on “La Raquel,” but you saw a side of her that I couldn’t ( Or wouldn’t) at the time. But I learned from you, Camelia, that she, ( Raquel), and other characters in this novela definitely weren’t of the black or white kind. In hindsight I appreciated your insight. She was just a mother who was concerned and wanted what she thought was best for her daughter……only saw “ Cafe,” but that was on YouTube so there were times when it was both visually and hearing impaired, making it not very enjoyable. The others you mention, that I’ve heard so much about, no……I did see “Pura Sangre,” which I thought was darn good too!
    - chingu123 2:41 pm on April 3, 2019
      
      I truly enjoyed our many discussions..always respectful and everyone was very passionate about her and what she was all about..which reminds me..are you still in touch with Nadji? I lost track after TW disappeared. So sorry that you have yet to enjoy CS and BLF..you can’t imagine the love affair that many of us had with Juad del Diablo and Senor Armando Mendoza..lol!!
      - dramaqueen315 2:45 pm on April 3, 2019
        
        I email Nadji from time to time—-which reminds me I should now! Thanx Camelia!
- chingu123 2:51 pm on April 3, 2019
  
  please say hello from me!!
  - dramaqueen315 3:31 pm on April 3, 2019
    
    Nadji says hello! 😁