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    The document summarizes the 5th episode of the 2022 TV series remake of Darna. It discusses the plot where Narda, the daughter of the original Darna, is chosen as the new successor. In the climactic scene, Narda's deceased mother appears to tell her she is ready, Narda grabs the white stone and transforms into Darna. Although actress Jane De Leon was well-received in the role, the CGI effects during Darna's transformation and rescue were disappointing and did not meet expectations of improved quality over previous versions.

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    The document summarizes the 5th episode of the 2022 TV series remake of Darna. It discusses the plot where Narda, the daughter of the original Darna, is chosen as the new successor. In the climactic scene, Narda's deceased mother appears to tell her she is ready, Narda grabs the white stone and transforms into Darna. Although actress Jane De Leon was well-received in the role, the CGI effects during Darna's transformation and rescue were disappointing and did not meet expectations of improved quality over previous versions.

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    The document summarizes the 5th episode of the 2022 TV series remake of Darna. It discusses the plot where Narda, the daughter of the original Darna, is chosen as the new successor. In the climactic scene, Narda's deceased mother appears to tell her she is ready, Narda grabs the white stone and transforms into Darna. Although actress Jane De Leon was well-received in the role, the CGI effects during Darna's transformation and rescue were disappointing and did not meet expectations of improved quality over previous versions.

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    TV Series: Darna 2022

    Darna is a popular and iconic pinoy superhero by Filipino artist Mars Ravelos. It’s first appearance was
    on May 13, 1950 in a Philippine comics. Since then, it has been adapted into movies and TV series over
    the years. Just recently, the newest remake of Darna has been released under ABS-CBN through their
    online platform dubbed Kapamilya Online Channel. A lot of people have great expectations of TV series
    as it has been remade many times hoping that it’s production especially its computer graphics interface
    (CGI) has improved. The much-awaited episode of Darna is always its first transformation. Here is my
    honest thought on the newest Darna transformation of its 2022 remake that happened on its 5 th episode
    that aired on August 19, 2022. I’ll evaluate the episode basing on these criteria:

    Opening – Well, unlike other Pinoy TV series, Darna 2022 has no opening song or like a montage of
    scenes but rather its episode starts with a recap of the previous episode. The recap shows enough
    scenes that will guide viewers who missed the previous episode.

    Theme – The main theme of TV series is fantasy or popularly called as a “fantaseries” here in the
    Philippines. Like the previous Darnas, it also has a touch of romance and comedy to paint the series with
    colors especially in serious and intense scenes.

    Plot – Every Darna remake has its own version of the story, but it is always centered to the story where
    the protector of the “stone” or “puting bato” passes it to its successor. What I like about this new
    version of Darna is that the successor of the white stone is just her daughter. It’s a fresh plot from the
    previous remakes that will give viewers a hint of a totally different plot of Darna. In its fifth episode,
    Narda the daughter of the first Darna, is chosen as its next successor. This is were her deceased mother
    showed up when she was in the verge of death from rescuing people in a devastating calamity. Her
    mother’s spirit tells her that she was already ready to become the next protector of the stone. Then out
    of nowhere, the stone appears in which she immediately grasps and swallow making her iconic
    transformation after shouting the word “Darna”.

    Character – The role of Darna was initially given to Liza Sobrano but due to a major accident that caused
    her a serious injury, the role was transferred to Jane De Leon. Jane was a new face in the industry, only
    little knows about her. People doubted if she could justify the role. In my honest opinion, after seeing
    her transform, I think she was just perfect for the role, and it was evident from the clamor of praise it
    gained online after the episode aired.

    Dialogue – It was realistic, what I mean is, even if we are aware that it is scripted, the dialogues of the
    characters seemed so spontaneous. A commendable work for the script writers.
    Ending – The episode ended with a cliff-hanger, giving viewers a thirst for the next episode. After Darna
    transformed, she flew and rescued people. But I think viewers wanted more exposure of her iconic
    costume to give critics.

    Production – Since it is a fantaseries, we expect most scenes to require CGI. People, including me, had
    high expectations of its CGI since standards have been raised by Hollywood superhero movies. It was
    somewhat, disappointing that over the years, there are only little improvements of the graphics of
    fantaseries in the Philippines. A lot of people are still puzzled why it could not compete with the
    Hollywood standard CGI. We always wonder if it only has low budget or maybe our CGI artists still lack
    the skills exceed expectations.

    As the most awaited episode of the series, I must say, as a fan of Darna, it was disappointing. Based on
    their previous interviews, it director has always bragged that their CGI have improved but in all honesty,
    we all can say that it still has not. There’s no way the episode could improve than improving its CGI and
    this is also, I think, the element that failed the expectations of the viewers.

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