Amaya - the first historical epic series on TV

Sadly, GMA 7 doesn't have a stable of good writers.

I have to agree. They couldn't come up with fresh ideas. Tsk.

I dont think the story center around the love triangle between Marian's character and that of the two men. The main storyline revolves around Amaya's tragic life of losing her parents, of a royalty becoming a slave and the struggle of her people form overcoming the oppression brought about by the greed and thirst for power by a cruel rajah and her scheming and ambitious stepmother. There's also an interesting substory about a jealous and equally rotten stepsister, and another stepsister who can be good or evil but her character is still mysterious. So I guess we should not assume that this is just a rehash of old soap operas but is a new kind of show that could be the start of similar quality works that will benefit our culture and people's awareness of their country's root in the long run. I do hope other TV channels like ABS-CBN and TV5 will come up with their own concepts and not just threw mud which doesnt do the industry any good results.

yep! thanks. Avisala LetranKnights25 To be a writer on these kind of productions are really so hard to conceptualized. Well, of course there will be some situations that can be easily detected and tagged as copied materials. But I don't mind that, as long it is intelligently and smart choice for the writer to put that on the scene. The truth really is we can not compete with those kinds of Koreans epics like "Jumong", "Jewel in the Palace", "Queen Seon Dok" and others. Because of the Spaniards conquistadors swept away our ancestors heritage, cultures and traditions. Before those time Koreans and other Asian countries like China, Japan, India and others are already on advance state of civilizations for more than a thousand years. The Philippines are like those tribes or people found on some small islands on the center of Pacific like those Polynesians group of Islands.

I strongly agree there gjbaigar, the show in Mulawin and Encantadia shows the true innovative ideas from GMA when it comes to intertwined it with our culture. though there are some that are too obvious to be a copy cat but they are improving i must say.. i hope can make some tele novela about our history in world wars with the foreign occupiers.

I agree, as a writer, that is hard to conceptualized a original (emphasis here since the program is getting under fire in that respect) program. I kinda understand what these writers are going trough since I am in the media industry. It's hard to get a story approved before a network or a 'creative committee' with too much pressure and too expectation. Now, it's riding on a high hype and the program have to deliver. I think that you can blame the networks and the 'creative committees' aside from our lack our pride in our history and culture. History left us with a uncertain national identity and it haunts us this very day and perhaps in the future. There is a wide gap and a lack of historical-based programmes in the country. I don't blame the networks. They probably think it's not marketable enough and the costs can be staggering if you want to be as close to history as possible. After all and at the end of the day, it all boils down in the balance sheet. we can never be Koreans and have their histiry and culture, and maybe we should just aspire what is the best for us, both in TV and the culture thing.