Forever Sucks

NO, THIS IS NOT without some bitterness on today’s celebration of Heart’s Day. ‘Forever Sucks’ is the title of the webisode now up on D5 Studio’s online portal, http://www.d5.studio, and I find it cute after watching today’s first two episodes.

I hope saying it’s “cute” won’t offend anyone.

‘Forever Sucks’ features Jasmine Curtis-Smith as Izabel, a 170-year-old vampire pretending to be a normal 21-year-old call center agent, and theater actor JC Santos as Tony, her Team Leader.

Actually, I got the link to the show through JC, since he’s a Facebook friend. After seeing him in several theater plays in the past, I became fascinated with his good acting skills. BS aside, JC is a gift that gives color to the now-booming Philippine theater world, among many other actors and actresses of course.

Since finding time to watch live plays is a problem for many (including me in the past months), seeing our well-loved theater actors on screen, and online, is a special treat. At least that’s what I felt watching the first two episodes of Forever Sucks today.

Jasmine Curtis-Smith is a well-rounded actress. No contest. I liked her from the start. I’ve seen her in a lot of TV shows and indie movies, and she’s a good pair with JC, aside from the fact that Jasmine, tagged as TV5’s princess, has one of the prettiest faces in local showbiz.

Light, Timely, With Promise

Set in a call center, the first episodes of ‘Forever Sucks’ are light, timely, and promising: something call center people (and everyone) would watch on a lunch break or while stuck in traffic. It’s good that it’s online and free; WiFi or mobile data is enough. I just hope the story becomes as unique and engaging as possible. Because yes, we also deserve quality content.

Directed by Joel Ferrer, ‘Forever Sucks‘ also stars Gio Gahol (Pol), Gab Pangilinan (Nancy Jane), and Sari Estrada (Phylis). Gio, yup, another charmer, is also a theater actor, currently part of PETA’s ‘3 Stars and a Sun’ along with Gab, while Sari is into acting and filmmaking. She directed the Cinemalaya entry ‘Where’s Lolo Me?’

Go and watch the first episodes of the series here.