Oh wow, you're just full of great ideas! :) Diego Junior? OMG! I agree, there were so many plot lines you could have another continuation of the series although it really must have Alicia and Julio to make it really appealing for the fans, imho, especially this fan. But I also loved Ayala, too. Pep Anton Muñoz is a terrific actor! And really, so was Antonio Reyes (Hernando). :) Of course, if it took place in the 30s, it really wouldn't be the same because of the costumes, which I thought were just stunning.
BTW, I found out that Netflix cuts some scenes once in a while. Go figure. I've been watching the first season again on Hulu this time, which runs the episodes in their original format, and have noticed a couple of scenes I never saw before. There are several I noticed in the third season, too. I can't imagine why they do that. It's not like they're on a schedule and have to make every show a certain length. Sometimes you really have to wonder about the people making these kinds of decisions. What were they thinking? With Grand Hotel, every scene advances the plot and may have some key point that asks or answers a question. One of the scenes I noticed was after Julio had borrowed those tails to wear as a "guest" in the restaurant in the first episode. Later, the owner of the suit throws a fit about his missing clothing. That wasn't in the Netflix version. But I always kinda wondered how Julio got away with that and no one was the wiser. Apparently, he was.
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guersonweb
10 years ago
I hadn't realized that! I'm now watching the series again on Antena3 (the spanish channel that originally showed the series) to watch the missing scenes :)
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wendycscott9
10 years ago
Well, I found out YouTube now has the show in the original format of episodes over an hour long, with English subtitles, which I've been watching just to see how the show had been originally conceived, and I've only found a couple of scenes I hadn't seen before. If Netflix did cut some scenes, they must have been pretty inconsequential. I had only noticed a couple of missing scenes in the third season, which I had watched online before I went back to Netflix when it was put up there. YouTube has this weird way of presenting the show as if it's in a movie theater with "seats" and red "curtains" on either side of the "screen," go figure, and I'm wondering if it's worth the trouble to watch it on there when it looks so much better on Netflix.
But what would it take to get the producers to put this show out on DVD with optional English subtitles? I have no idea how to get in touch with them about this. But if anyone who reads this knows, it would be really nice if you could let them know there are some of us who would definitely buy the entire set if it were available like this in the proper format for the US. And if anyone finds out it has become available, I sure would appreciate a reply to this post to that effect! ¡Muchas gracias!
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guersonweb
10 years ago
The quality on youtube is not the best, you are right. I initially watched season 3 on youtube and then I discovered I could subscribe to the spanish tv channel that produced the show and watch it through their player, which streams in HD. Since I don't need the subtitles, I've been re-watching a lot of material from there as well as new shows.
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wendycscott9
10 years ago
Lucky you. If my Spanish were that good, I'd do the same. I figure it'll be a couple of years before I can watch any of these shows without subtitles and really know what they're talking about. Pero todavía estoy tratando aprender español, y es posible que seré capaz de verlo sin subtítulos. Uno de estos días. Ahora no. However, it is amazing how much I can understand with the subtitles. Every day I seem to know more of it. Estoy asombrado realmente.
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