Missing Pinoy Komiks? Read LITTLE JUNGLE at Nostalgia Manila!
Our friend (Komikero) Gerry Alanguilan reports: “It is unfortunate, but the collapse of the old komiks industry is all but complete. All the old komiks you used to know like Funny Komiks, Pilipino Komiks, Tagalog Klasiks, Hiwaga, Espesyal, etc… are now all gone. The companies that published them are either closed, or have closed their comics departments.” Nostalgia Manila supports our dear comic artists and friends who are fighting hard to revive the Filipino Komiks Industry.
So in this time of great loss and extinction of a favorite Pinoy past-time, Nostalgia Manila treats you to something truly special. In the tradition of Funny Komiks and hilarious Sunday comics serials, Nostalgia Manila brings you an original called Little Jungle!
Nostalgia Manila Nominated For Best Socio-Political Blog In The Philippine Blog Awards 2007
There are 12 award categories for the Main Category Awards, and Nostalgia Manila has been officially nominated for Best Socio-Political Blog.
Nostalgia Manila was conceived on September 10th 2006. A cathartic result of a person who refuses to be desensitized by today’s hyper media culture, often projected and filtered throughout the rest of the world. Most do not realize that there are many people out there who share a common yearning for the past. The world has changed a lot in the last few decades, and there are those who feel somewhat alienated by the changes they’ve witnessed and experienced.
From Waikiki With Love: Remembering Tom Babauta
By: Guillermo Ramos
For decades the Philippine movie industry has been graced by foreign “actors” who want to try their luck in local showbiz. In the 60’s you had John Saxon, who appeared as the token Caucasian in movies like El Pinoy Matador, a Dolphy movie shot entirely in Spain; and the Pinoy spaghetti western Sergio Leone take-offs starring Chiquito. In the 70’s you had Sajid Khan, an Indian looker who appeared in mindless romantic comedies with Nora Aunor and Vilma Santos. His career in the Philippines didn’t last long because Filipinos are inherently racist and not very keen on actors who have dark skin. He was displaced in the public’s affections by Junior the American singer.
In the 80’s you had Tom Babauta, whose talent hung delicately on his cheekbones, triceps and his “big kahuna.”
Dekada ‘70 A Not So ’70s Film
Ah! Here we are. Excellent! Here was a movie about a family struggling to live a normal life during the hardships of martial law in the ’70s. Wow! I couldn’t get over the fact that someone had finally made a film that was set in ”70s Manila . That’s a damn huge undertaking. For someone who is absolutely fascinated with the ”70s (and also lived through it), this film really sparked my interest. But then I started thinking hard… I tried my darndest to remember the last really good Filipino film I saw that was actually made in the last decade. The last one I saw worth remembering was Manila By Night, City After Dark: Ishmael Bernal’s masterpiece, which was made in the year 1980. I couldn’t help but ask myself: “How good… or how bad could Dekada ”70 be?” Would Star Cinema be able to deliver a critically acclaimed film? Would they really be able to capture ’70s Manila ?! I sniffed around for online film reviews, and just as I suspected: every single one had praised the movie using up all the good adjectives in the dictionary. One film critic even praised it as if it were the best Filipino film ever made! Too many good reviews and not one single bad one had me suspicious. I started to have my doubts about the film, so naturally I had to find out for myself, right? So in one click, I ordered the movie be delivered to me; the spoils of modern technology.
Two days later I found it in my mailbox. I wasted no time and immediately began to watch the film that had tugged at my curiosity a few days earlier. I reminded myself… “Keep an open mind.” The film begins; I watch closely.
Nostalgia Manila Featured On TFC
Nostalgia Manila Featured On DTour
This just in: Our friend Dio Baquir has informed us that Nostalgia Manila has been featured on DTour. DTour (for Digital Tour) is a 30-minute tele-magazine show that features he latest on e-news, gives reviews on the hottest gadgets and offers tips and suggestions on how to become more tech-savvy. DTour is your guide to technology, gadgets, websites and modern living. Catch Digital Tour only on TFC (The Filipino Channel).
Many thanks to Dio, to the hosts, and to the production staff of DTour for featuring Nostalgia Manila. Visit Nostalgia Manila!
Nostalgia Bloggista: Candice Tiu
Name: Candice Tiu
Blog: http://candishhh.blogspot.com
1. Where did you grow up, and what made that place special?
I grew up in Sampaloc and Quezon City. What made the Sampaloc area special was because we lived right next to a bakaery, so every morning – we awoke to the aroma of freshly baked bread. The downside was that we had regular visits from rats! Huge rats actually. And as for Quezon City, it was special because when we moved there it was the high time when MTV was being shown on TV and there was the FEN-P channel that showed numerous cartoons on a Saturday Morning.
2. What was your favorite tv show, cartoon, or children’s show growing up? What did you like about these shows that made them your favorite?
Favorite TV Shows:
1) Beverly Hills 90210 – I remember it being shown every Friday nights the reason why I liked the show? Dylan McKay, period.
2) Palibhasa Lalaki – what a riot cast! Tita Minerva! and Cynthia Patag was hilarious!!
Favorite Cartoon Shows:
1) New Kids on The Block – It was being shown on FEN-P! Feeling sikat because supposedly this channel was hooked from the US cable in Subic/Clark. Is there any truth to that?
2) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Michaelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Pizza!
Voltes V Evolution Alienates Original Fans
By: Edwin Manalo
Launched by anime channel Hero TV (a subsidiary company owned by ABS-CBN), Voltes V Evolution promised to capture the hearts of a younger generation that never got to enjoy this animated classic. Voltes V first aired in the late ’70s right till about the early ’80s; but not even Voltes V’s Laser Sword could stop Marcos from pulling the plug on the show. The people behind Voltes V Evolution cast some of today’s hottest stars to re-dub the character voices, thinking that it would definitely appeal to this new generation of viewers. Being a big Voltes V fan myself, I wasn’t really sure how good this newly re-dubbed series would be; but I gave it chance and watched several episodes, hoping this would pacify this die-hard fan’s inner voice. After a few weeks or so, I was curious to find out what other fans had to say about Voltes V Evolution.
Nostalgia Bloggista: Annalyn Jusay
Name: Annalyn Jusay
Blog: http://www.annalyn.net
1. Where did you grow up, and what made that place special?
I was raised by my late grandparents in this remote place called Padre Burgos, Southern Leyte. This is a coastal town of which the famed Limasawa island is a part of. We had this nice concrete bungalow fronting the sea from where you can see the mountains of Surigao in the far horizon. The place was horrible during the typhoon season but it was completely perfect during the rest of the year since we always went boating and I caught this little shells and colorful little fishes during low tide. Everything was special because it was the closest thing to nature one can get. I actually slept hearing the waves lapping on the shore.
2. What was your favorite tv show, cartoon, or children’s show growing up? What did you like about these shows that made them your favorite?
Growing up, we didn’t have any TV! Just this transistor radio from where we heard the news and all these dramas dubbed in Cebuano.
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Nicholas Stoodley – Living in the Twilight Zone
Chapter 6 – Basketball Fever Part One
In 1980 it was decided that what the brand “Nicholas Stoodley” needed a bit of spectacular publicity and hence there emerged from Los Angeles the Nicholas Stoodley Basketball team which, according to the meeting in question, would arrive in Manila, play in the PBA 2nd conference at the Araneta Coliseum and, hopefully, slaughter the opposition and make the brand into a countrywide phenomena!
The players were assembled from NBA hopefuls who were hanging around hoping to be picked for a team later in the year or they’d end up serving burgers in McDo. The chance to play in Manila (wherever in the world that may have been) sounded like fun – a free trip, pocket money and hey… isn’t Manila famous for R & R? A place the American troops went wild in whenever they escaped from the Vietnam War!
The first practice session they had upon arriving in the country was actually the first time they had actually played together as a team …
