Super Twins
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| Super Twins | |
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 The First Super Sisters of the World |
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| Genre | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi |
| Creator(s) | GMA Network |
| Starring | Jennylyn Mercado Nadine Samonte Dennis Trillo For the complete list, see the Cast |
| Theme music composer | Michael V. |
| Ending theme | Jolina Magdangal |
| Country of origin |  Philippines |
| Language(s) | Filipino, Tagalog, English |
| No. of episodes | n/a |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Wilma Galvante |
| Running time | 30-45 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | GMA Network |
| Picture format | 480i SDTV |
| Original run | February 12, 2007 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Atlantika |
| Followed by | tbc |
| Links | |
| Super Twins Official website | |
Super Twins is a Philippine TV telefantasya show currently airing on GMA Network's nightly primetime block. The show is part of GMA's First Quarter Explosion and debuted on February 12, 2007.[1][2]
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[edit] Synopsis
The story revolves around twin girls named Sha-sha and Tin-tin who transform into teenage superheroines Super S and Super T, respectively. They transform by kissing their special rings. Using their powers, they commit themselves into saving people's lives, defending humanity from the evil Eliazar.
According to the story, the rings are made of a certain metallic stone which once formed the core of a ball of fire called santelmo (St. Elmo's fire). The metallic stone contains the power of the sun. Whoever possesses the santelmo gains extraordinary powers.
But one time a santelmo crashed on earth and broke up in two: the metallic core and the ball of fire. The ball of fire was caught by Eliazar, who could not take in the fullness of the santelmo but gained significant powers from it. The metallic core, which contains most of the santelmo's power, came into the possession of a woman named Ester, who happened to be pregnant with the twins. Later on her husband Manuel wrought the metallic stone into rings. Then as the twins turned seven, Manuel gave the rings to them. Sha-sha and Tin-tin can only transformed by chanting the words: "Kapangyarihang Araw!, Taglay ay liwanag, Kambal na lakas, kami ang Super Twins"(The Power of the Sun!, Contains light, Twin Powers, We are the Super Twins!)
But, the story goes, Eliazar later on wanted to conquer the whole world, so he went on to search for the metallic stone as well. And so the search ended up in a saga of encounters with Super S and Super T.[3]
[edit] Heroes
- Sha-sha/Super S
- Tin-tin/Super T
- Eliseo
[edit] Villains
- Eliazar
- Magnesia
- Metallad
- Candyman
- Moshi Moshi Manika
[edit] Production
Super Twins is directed by Dominic Zapata, who also directed past GMA Network telefantasya shows such as Mulawin, Darna, Sugo and Captain Barbel.[4]
Jennylyn Mercado and Nadine Samonte were made to wear sailor costumes, orange for Mercado and blue for Samonte, and face paints plus accessories that matched the color of their costumes. They also underwent training in taekwondo and capoiera for their fight scenes.[5] Samonte was earlier pulled out from another primetime show Bakekang to do Super Twins.[6] Then in the course of the latter show's filming, she got her left arm nearly burned in a fireworks accident.[7]
Dennis Trillo was given a dual role as a hero and as a villain.[8] He was also given training in wushu, kung fu and capoiera for his role as a fight master and mentor of Sha-sha and Tin-tin. His training involved stunts and harnesses, the latter he found the most difficult part to do. [9] He was also made to act under imaginary situations like throwing thunderbolts and getting hit by bullets.[10]
[edit] Episodes
From the Super Twins Episodes page at the iGMA.tv site:[11]
- Twin Power -- February 12 to 16, 2007
- Alloya's Plot -- February 19 to 24, 2007
- Making Metallad -- February 26 to March 2, 2007
- Super Twins To The Rescue! -- February 26 to March 2, 2007
- Dangerous Lessons -- March 5 to 9, 2007
[edit] Cast
From the Super Twins Cast page at the iGMA.tv site:[12]
- Jennylyn Mercado as Super S
- Nadine Samonte as Super T
- Dennis Trillo as Eliseo/Eliazar
- Nicole Dulalai as Sha-Sha
- Ella Cruz as Tin-Tin
- Ian De Leon as Manuel
- Marian Rivera as Ester
- Tanya Garcia as Aloya Blossom
- Camille Prats as Drew Barimor
- Patrick Garcia as Billy
- Cristine Reyes as Magnesia
- Tetchie Agbayani as Doña Besta
- Mura as Metallad
- Melissa Avelino
- Dominic Roco as Ian
- Felix Roco as Lester
- John Feir
- Antonio Aquitania
- Luz Valdez
- Sheena Halilias Sheena
- Bianca King as Katrina
- Ryan Yllana as Candyman
- Iwa Moto as Monica/Moshi Moshi Manika
- Alessandra de Rossi as Nickellina
[edit] Soundtrack
The opening theme song of the show is a ballad entitled Alinlangan (Doubt). It was sung by pop icon Jolina Magdangal, composed by comedian Michael V. and arranged by Albert Tamayo.[1] [13]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Twice the adventure, twofold the drama", Malaya - The National Newspaper, February 12, 2007. Accessed last February 26, 2007.
- ^ Avante, W. "'Super Twins' to premiere tonight, February 12, on GMA-7's primetime block", Philippine Entertainment Portal, February 12, 2007. Accessed last February 25, 2007.
- ^ "Super Twins - About The Show", iGMA.tv, n.d. Accessed last February 25, 2007.
- ^ Mendoza, R. "'Super Twins' director hopes to sustain ratings supremacy", Philippine Entertainment Portal, February 14, 2007. Accessed last March 3, 2007.
- ^ Bien, J. "Super Pre-T", iGMA.tv, February 26, 2007. Accessed last March 3, 2007.
- ^ Nardo, J. "Nadine Samonte to be pulled out from 'Bakekang'", Philippine Entertainment Portal, December 26, 2006. Accessed last March 3, 2007.
- ^ Gonzales, R. "Nadine Samonte nearly burned in fireworks accident", GMANews.TV, January 31, 2007. Accessed last March 3, 2007.
- ^ Erece, D. "Bembol Roco's twins featured in 'Super Twins'", GMANews.TV, February 7, 2007. Accessed last March 3, 2007.
- ^ Avante, W. "Dennis Trillo signs exclusive contract with GMA-7", GMANews.TV, February 8, 2007. Accessed last March 3, 2007.
- ^ Bien, J. "Doing it differently", iGMA.tv, March 3, 2007. Accessed last March 3, 2007.
- ^ "Super Twins - Episodes", iGMA.tv, n.d. Accessed last February 25, 2007.
- ^ "Super Twins - Cast", iGMA.tv, n.d. Accessed last February 25, 2007.
- ^ "Jolina sings Michael V's Super Twins theme", GMANews.TV, January 31, 2007. Accessed last February 26, 2007.
[edit] See also
| GMA Telebabad | |
|---|---|
| 24 Oras · Asian Treasures · Super Twins · Jumong · Bakekang: Replay |
