The Kalye Series: #ALDUBRandomThoughts

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Just like what you've read in the title, this post is just full of random thoughts I've been wanting to express but I don't really have someone to talk to. Don't worry, most of the time, I'll be posting these random thoughts of mine with the same title as above.

I just got home and immediately had my turn on the desktop located in our living room. My younger brother has been using the PC when I'm out for school today. Of course, checking my twitter and facebook account is already a daily routine, and now with this AlDub fever, I always try to get some updates about Maine, Alden, the hashtag for today, the video post from Eat Bulaga, and sir Joey de Leon's tweets. I always take time watching the uncut version of EB episodes whenever I can't really watch the show because of schooling. I prefer the whole version of the episodes because some scenes are deleted on the video post on EB's facebook. And I'm always interested in Sam YG and Alden's "Laglagan Wars" and some stin of #SaPat loveteam. Yeah, I'm a fan too. TNT - "Totohanan na, to!"

Just some thoughts for today's episode and the previous episodes of Kalye Serye. I have already explained this to some AlDub fans already way back when some of them are just ranting on those numerous plot twists and side stories Eat Bulaga is putting on Kalye Serye. I always tell them that the creative heads of this phenomenal Kalye Serye are taking the risks. They are putting random plot twists and characters alongside the story - which if you would notice would be somewhat inconsistent on the early episodes of Kalye Serye and even from the backstory of the two - Lola and Yaya back when they just entered the Problem Solving segment. You will always see some plot holes. Of course, Kalye Serye doesn't really mind the plot. I mean, it's not their main priority. It's actually a good thing. Modern teleseryes are actually prioritizing the plot and the flow of the story rather than the values, the genre and the characters they have.

And it is actually a good thing. A very complicated plot will just mess it up. Four year old kids wouldn't really understand what's going on if you are really going to put some mind-boggling plot here. And yeah, we are not really into the plot. We are mostly for the genuine "kilig" moments. That was the reason it was a hit. The drama, the comedy, the suspense were just additional, bonus.

You need something to keep them apart? Plwood! You want them to feel each other's presence but don't want them to see each other's faces? A blindfold! Let them kiss - not a split screen kiss, without physical  contact, a straw will do. Interrupt their date? Alarm clock! Duh! No need for a tragic event like a plane crash or something. No need for complicated stories. It's just one of Kalye Serye's characteristics which we viewers love. Simplicity.

Back to the though I was driving into. Sorry, this post became too random that I just put everything that pops in my head which actually diverted me too far on the "thought" I want to share. But it actually makes sense. It's not called random thoughts for nothing, right?

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What we are witnessing right now is actually the prize the creative heads got from their gamble back then.As I have said, they have put plentiful random thoughts and characters, twists, and side stories just to add spices to the main story not knowing what the future really has in store. Would it fit to the current characters and side stories we already have? Wait a minute, that's actually not their main priority as I have told you before. Their main priority is to prolong the story for the viewers. Of course, if all the episodes are actually just dubsmashes and kilig, I'm pretty sure that the popularity the Kalye Serye has will quickly diminish before our very eyes. Got my point?

They have come up to the point I had in mind. By accident or by incident, Kalye Serye is now on its point where it can stand on its own. The point where the viewers will still applaud on today's episode even one half, or even both of them are not in the episode. The other characters alone can now also carry the episode on their shoulder along with the excitement and thrill the current side stories and plot twists provide. And just like we know, anything that can stand alone on its feet is study, and mighty enough to endure anything that comes banging into it.  It is now a good thing to know that, at this moment, their "kilig" moments are not a necessity for a great episode, unlike those early ones. You don't believe me? You heard Maine calling Alden in live television earlier, didn't you? :)