Shaina Magdayao, Lobo Thursday, Lobo: The Movie

Shaina Magdayao

I mostly see her on ASAP dancing and have only seen her act once. It was a MMK episode where she played a young girl with a disorder who got sexually abused by her sister’s (Vina Morales)  husband’s friend. Shaina played her MMK character so well and she barely spoke any lines!

However, in Lobo’s case, Shaina playing as Gabby is not doing wonders for this kid.

And that is the answer — she’s too young. Her face screams, “I’m a teen. Not a girl, not yet a woman!” Whenever Gabby is being filmed, I find myself losing interest on the scene at hand. Eventually, I’ve been finding myself shrieking in delight less ever since Lyka changed hairs, which I will get to later.

Returning to Gabby/Shaina, first of all, one wouldn’t even know what kind of character Shaina is playing. Is Gabby a tough soldier who reports to the boss and kicks anyone’s ass, or is she the hopeless in love teenybopper after Noah? She’s becoming so melodramatic over everything, it’s really getting annoying. Even if she was the former, I still wouldn’t believe it, especially with Shaina’s young fresh face. Oh, and don’t get me started about all those times the scene is calling for seriousness and Shaina huffs and puffs and talks with a deep voice. GAHHHHHH. So annoying.

Seriously though, Gabby is not a good role for this girl.

Lobo

Moving on, I’m somewhat disappointed when Lyka changed hairs. Ever since then, things just got too serious. I miss the good times back at the House of Elle. I don’t know if whether things will be the same again because:

1. Lyka and Noah have already found out the truth about each others’ past and
2. Both have professed their love for each other already.

So there’s basically no surprise left in their relationship, other than trying to stay alive. Sigh.

Shows like this should just be made into a movie. That way, we don’t have to sit day after day in front of the tube (by whatever means you watch it from! hehe), watching Noah and Lyka run from and into Gabby and her squadron. Rather, the movie would show JJ and Ulay as children for the first twenty or so minutes, the next ten would feature them trying to cope with the loss of their parents and becoming separated. The next forty-fifty minutes would show how they meet again, but as Noah and Lyka. After that, Lyka changes into a lobo and the next thirty minutes would be where the TV show is currently at. (At this point, the 30 minutes is likely to be 30 episodes. hah). Then there’s the climax and then the conclusion. What a nice 2 hour movie that would’ve been.

However, luckily for us, we get to watch Papa Piolo strut his stuff every day. I guess, there is a silver lining.

 On today’s episode,

in a nutshell, Gabby tells Lyka to leave Noah the heck alone and Lyka slams her ass (I’m highly exaggerating). Nessa awakes from her animal potion slumber and holds Lyka as Lyka experiences pain from her loboness, which I found heart wrenching. Come on, watching your daughter suffer like that — that’s why she finally woke up! Applause to Agot Isidro for a great scene tonight. After that, it’s your usual Noah and Lyka planning how to get the hell out of this mess. One can really tell how I lose interest in things when I write in a sarcastic tone.

I say, bring back Lyka to Manila so she can start her waya training already!