ACAPULCO CUERPO y ALMA snippet 2

Business finally done, David phones German, asking where Marcelo was and is exasperated when informed Marcelo was no where to be found. He tells German he was heading back to Acapulco with his secretary; Marcelo will have to go home himself. David, his secretary and pilot go into the helicopter and it takes off.

As Marcelo and Lorena celebrate; something comes loose and the helicopter flies strangely. David is flung out and falls several feet; the helicopter crash lands; killing the pilot and David's secretary.
Lorena gently reminds Marcelo they'd agreed not to have sex until after the church wedding when he tries to get amorous. He receives a call from German confirming 'everything went according to plan'.Hanging up, he tells Lorena that he was being summoned back to the office in Acapulco.
At the Montalvo mansion, David's younger sister Cinthia complains to Elena that David was too much of a workaholic. Marcelo comes back alone, telling the 2 women that he and David argued again. David's lawyer and best friend Oscar arrives; looking worried and calls Marcelo aside. Cinthia talks with  David's blonde girlfriend Aide, who is confident they'll announce their engagement soon.
Oscar is very worried that David isn't back yet. Marcelo 'receives' a call about the 'accident' and tells Oscar about it. As Oscar weeps, Marcelo tries to hide his glee. (BASTARD!)

Marcelo breaks the news to Elena, Cinthia and Aide; who cry in anguish as well- Cinthia rushes off to inform her husband Enrique.
Later, Marcelo shows Elena the marriage certificate and a photo of Lorena  he'd 'found' in David's room. Elena is surprised David had married in secret to someone he never spoke of but agreed to call her; her number was in David's address book (put there by Marcelo of course). Lorena's amazement at the call from Elena turns to devastation at the news of 'David's' death.

She and Lorena arrive at Acapulco; Julia is amazed and impressed by the mansion while poor Lorena is very confused. Elena welcomed them both. Lorena still doesn't understand; Davis had told her he had no family, which puzzles Elena as well but explained that she was David's stepmother and she had another son, Marcelo who was away; investigating the accident. (Yeah, right) Lorena sobbed, unable to accept that David was dead.

Cinthia hopes Aide won't make a spectacle of herself at the the memorial service; she was of course pissed off that David had 'cheated' on her. Elena comes out with Lorena and Julia and introduced them to Cinthia and Enrique. Cinthia looked disdainfully at their simple dresses.
In Zithuatanejo; Lorena's father is amazed when Marcelo appeared and tells him the truth about himself- blackmailing him to keep quiet.
Cinthia is furious Marcelo didn't come to the memorial service. Enrique is resentful David had married before he died as Cinthia was deprived of inheriting; Lorena was the heiress instead.
Meanwhile, a very injured David was being tended to by two men who had found him!
Lorena gets the shock of her life when 'David' wakes her up from sleep; he prevents her from screaming.

Elena defends Lorena when Cinthia and Enrique say disdainful things about her.
In the garden, Lorena is horrified when Marcelo tells he he isn't David and refuses to let everyone keep believing she's David's widow. Marcelo hotly denies being behind the accident when she accused him.
David promised to reward his rescuers if they take him home; throwing in his gold watch in addition. (VERY tacky to accept money for saving a life by the way)
'You killed him, didn't you?' Lorena shouted at Marcelo. He said he didn't but admitted he'd always wanted David's money and that he and Lorena can enjoy it once they married proper. But Lorena refused to go with such a plan, neither can she forgive him for lying to her.

In the morning, Lorena is prepared to go back to her town but Marcelo stopped her; warning her that no one messed with him; her Papa, Aurellio and Julia will be killed if she didn't cooperate.
At the gates; a van arrives, with David, wounded and bleeding! The amazed guards help him into the house; calling for Elena. Lorena and Marcelo are shocked; Marcelo hurries to David as he's led into the living room. David sees the beautiful stranger staring at him. 'Who are you?' he asked, before passing out...

ACAPULCO CUERPO y ALMA snippet 1

                  

Long before I created this blog, I found out my favourite telenovela, TU O NADIE, was remade twice in 1995: Acapulco Bay & Acapulco Cuerpo y Alma (Acapulco Body and Soul). At first, I thought Acapulco Cuerpo y Alma was the second remake  , but according to one of the actors of Acapulco Bay, after I commented on Facebook that both remakes were shot in the same house, it was released after Acapulco Bay. So now... I'm sharing it in this blog. By the way, each snippet is made up of episodes, not one. 

 Zithuatanejo, 1995.

 A beautiful young woman runs across the street laughing gaily and holding a package; her shiny black hair flying in the breeze. This is the heroine- Lorena Garcia, and she's on her way back from the tailor's with her wedding dress. Waiting for her at their father's beach restaurant & bar is her younger sister, Julia, who isn't pleased Lorena is late, but Lorena is too happy to care; she holds up her pink flowery dress for Julia's inspection. 


Acapulco. Marcelo de Maris, who's been passing himself off as someone else to Lorena, is scolded by his stepbrother for unauthorised purchase of land in Zithuatanejo. His stepbrother is a handsome man, late 30s or early 40s- David Montalvo, the hero of this story. 

Back in Zithuatanejo, Julia remarks to Lorena that it's strange 'David' doesn't want a reception, nor was he inviting his friends to the wedding. Lorena reminds Julia that David has no family, and they'll have a huge party when they do the church wedding. (Poor Lorena!) Julia is obviously jealous of Lorena's upcoming wedding, as Lorena won't be working in the bar after that. 
Back in Acapulco, Marcelo's Mum and David's stepmother, Elena Montalvo, asked Marcelo if he'd talked with his brother. Marcelo snappishly reminds her that David is NOT his brother and that they hated each other. Actually, he's very resentful that the late Mr Montalvo had left David everything (his resentment is not justified as David is a Montalvo while he isn't, besides that- David's father had left him a huge trust fund & a permanent position in the company).

 David and Marcelo later travel to Zithuatanejo to deal with the purchase Marcelo had made without David's permission. While David is handling business matters, Marcelo sneaks off to marry Lorena in a civil ceremony. (As David's name and signature are in the marriage certificate, she's NOT really married to Marcelo). Meanwhile, the helicopter David arrived in is being sabotaged by German, Marcelo's henchman.

Crystal Chappell asked to return to DAYS???

Well, well, well... how the tables have turned!  Carbo fans smarted over what was regarded as a huge insult and unfairness some time last year; when Crystal Chappell was bounced out of DAYS OF OUR LIVES and a wonderful love story- Bo & Carly- ended on a very sad note. But since that time CC has only waxed stronger as she threw all her acting talents and energy on her hit web series; VENICE (which even earned her an Emmy,  so sucks to NBC) and two more for her fans to look forward to... The Groove  and The Team. Since her firing, she's gotten even more love and support and I for one admire her greatly at the way she simply accepted what happened and  went onwards. And since she left; DAYS went from bad to worse; no thanks to a very silly man.
Now what did we Carbos hear recently via Twitter? The embattled DAYS executive producer Ken Corday has fired the head writers and rehired the ones he fired after CC's departure and more so... CC has been asked to return to DAYS! HA... like I predicted in my open letter to Corday & another post ; he was going to regret doing what he did and now it's turned out to be true. But CC, however  turned down the offer to reprise her memorable role of Carly Manning; which is not to be wondered after what she had to put up with the last time; bias, bias and more bias!

On one hand it's a pity because the Carbo fans really want Bo and Carly to reunite.... *sigh* but on the other hand, what reason does she have to go back to DAYS? They obviously want to use her to bring back ratings, probably give her character an unsatisfactory story line and the viewers who support Bo and Carly will only end up disillusioned again. If thats the case, all the more good  reason why she respectfully declined their offer; she's far bigger than
that ridiculous show which is nothing more than a ruin long
faded from its former glory.

Ken Corday had no respect  for the viewers' wishes last year and he has no right to ask the lady to come back after the way she was abruptly fired. Personally I'm not  surprised she said no; I would have done the same thing in her shoes. If KC wants to salvage his precious show (which I doubt he actually cares about) he should be prepared to offer more than he offered to CC before, plus a public apology.IF it's more than acceptable then yay Carbo back on our screens! But if the answer's still no yet again; it doesn't change our love for Crystal. After hearing she declined returning to the show we all love her even more!

                                                   Kudos to you CC!!! xxx