ZOE SALDANA....avatar de la galaxia

Continuando con el talento latino, hay algunas celebridades que por el hecho de haber nacido y crecido en los E.U.A, parecieran pertenecer al gremio de all-american, pero no por ello se puede negar sus raíces y nombrarlos talento orgullosamente latino. Tal es el caso de Zoe Yadira Saldana Nazario, quien naciera en el estado de Nueva Jersey, un Junio de 1978, hija de un padre afro-dominicano y su madre puerto riqueña, creció entre Queens, NY y Republica Dominiana tras fallecer su padre en un accidente automovilístico. Una vez alla descubrio su pasion por el ballet y el baile, llevandola a unirse a la academia de danza local. Esta experiencia seria la que le abriría las puertas a la industria, una vez que regresa a Nueva York y se enlista en el teatro de la Juventud de NY, donde un agente la descubriría en una de sus puestas en escena y la reclutaría para su primer primer película "Center Stage" (2000), un drama adolescente sobre una compañía de ballet y la lucha de los jóvenes que luchan por forjar una carrera en una industria que no acepta errores y que esta enfocada una clase elitista y donde la joven interpreta a una de las villanas del grupo, una joven decidida a ganar y que no se toma a la ligera su competitividad. La cinta tuvo mezcladas criticas y taquilla.

Tras esta experiencia, Zoe deja la escuela y se enfoca en su nueva faceta dentro de la actuacion, ligandose un rol en "Crossroads" (2002), una cinta sobre tres amigas de la infancia en un road trip que busca unirlas y descubrirse como mujeres. Mas que una pelicla este es un vehiculo para explotar la carrera de la cantante Britney Spears, lo cual conviertio a la cinta en un exito mas fue criticada por los conocedores de cine. Sin embargo este también favoreció para poner a la joven actriz en los reflectores de la industria, que la llevaría a otro proyecto ligado a la música, "Drumline" (2002), la historia de un joven que al ingresar a una de las mas prestigiosas Universidades del Sur del país, ingresa a la banda, una de las populares del país, llevándolo a un diferente mundo detrás del futbol y las porristas. La cinta obtuvo excelentes criticas y fue un sorpresivo exito en taquilla. Mas tarde ingresa en las grandes ligas con el blockbuster, "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" (2003), interpretando a una pirata que se une al grupo de rebeldes en busca de venganza contra el pirata Jack Sparrow interpretado por Johnny Deep. La cinta fue un exito moderado que catapulto una exitosa franquisia para la casa Disney.

Para 2004 aparece en "The terminal", una historia basada en un evento real sobre un hombre que queda estancado en la terninal del aeropuerto convirtiendose esta en su nuevo hogar. Bajo la dirección de Spielberg y co protagonizando al lado de Tom Hanks como una oficial de migración que es fanática de Star Trek, un factor que la llevaría en 2009 a formar parte del reboot de dicha franquicia por el director y productor J.J. Abrahams y que en su primer film "Star Trek" (2009), seria un éxito que reviviría la franquicia, mas sus secuelas han ido decayendo en interés y taquilla, mas no en calidad obteniendo cada una excelentes criticas. Asi re interpreta a Nyota Uhura, una oficial de la popular nave Enterprise y que termina relacionandose sentimentalmente con el Dr. Spock, en ambas secuelas: "Star Trek" Into the Darkness" (2013) y "Star Trek: Beyond" (2016). Pero volviendo a sus inicios, tambien forma parte de "Constellation" (2005), una cinta independiente sobre una familia afro americana que se reune en Alabana para celebrar sus raices y tradiciones. Desgraciadamente la cinta estuvo enlatada por un tiempo y su corrida limitada no ayuda a crear impacto en la comunidad afro americana, a pesar de contar con elenco popular para dicha audiencia.

Brincando a un cine mas comercial y tratando de poner su nombre como rol protagonico co protagoniza la comedia romantica "Guess Who?" (2005), una chistosa historia que cambia los roles, siendo ahora una mujer de color quien invita a su novio a pasar el fin de semana festivo con su familia e introducirlo a ellos, siendo el reto que el es un hombre blanco, desatando toda clase de bromas para el genero sobre familia y racismo, haciendo de la cinta un éxito en taquilla aunque con tibias criticas, pero la popularidad de sus co protagonistas, Ashton Krutcher y Bernie Mac opacarian su presencia en pantalla. Despues de un periodo donde oscilo en peliculas independientes que fueron directo a video o contaron con una exhibicion muy limitada. Siendo hasta 2008 que la vemos de vuelta en el cine comercial con "Vintage Point" (2008), un thriller acerca del intento de asesinato del presidente visto desde la perspectiva de varios personajes, siendo ella una reportera en la escena de los hechos, llevando al espectador a atar cabos mediante diferentes historias. Con un elenco multi estelar, la cinta fue un exito de taquilla mas no en critica, pero esto le abriria las puertas para unirse a la franquicia de "Star Trek" (2009) que defnitivamente la catapultaria a un nuevo estatus en su carrera y que a su vez seria un parte aguas para formar parte de "Avatar" (2010), la nueva cinta de ciencia ficcion del directos James Cameron y que ha sido descrita como una historia de Pocahontas en el espacio, y donde la actuacion de la actriz es completamente generada por computadora al interpretar a una alienigena nativa del planeta Pandora. La cinta fue un exito rotundo y aun a la fecha guarda algunos records en lahistoria del cine, sin mencionar que ademas se colo a algunas de las ceremonios de premios de la industria mas prestigiadas, ganando unicamente en categorias tecnicas.

Con semejante empuje su carrera tomo un nuevo giro, básicamente en historias de acción, tal como "The Losers" (2010), una historia de un grupo de agentes bajo contrato en una misión por encontrar a un narco traficante en Colombia y donde la actriz interpreta, a lado de actores como Idris Elba y Chris Evans, a un oficial local que les ayudara en su misión. La cinta apenas recupero su presupuesto y la critica la ignoro asi que paso a ser una mas del monton. Meses despues regresa en otra historia muy similar, ahora sobre unos agentes tratando de resolver el ultimo operativo de un grupo de roba bancos, en "Takers" (2010), y done interpreta a la novia de uno de los agentes que acaba de proponerle matrimonio justo ates de involucrarse en esta mision. Ni el elenco encabezado por Paul Walker y Hayden Christensen lograron inyectar algo a la cinta que aunque debuto numero uno en su fin de semana de estreno, tuvo una tibia recepción, fue aplastada por la critica y olvidada pronto. Por ende regresa a las comedias de color con "Death at a funeral" (2010), con un ensamble de actores de color, basado en la cinta original britanica sobre una familia reuniendose para el funeral del padre de dos hermanos y una serie de eventos que tornaran el momento triste en una comedia de humor familiar, donde la actriz interpreta a la prima de Chris Rock y Martin Lawrence, los protagonistas.A diferencia de sus pasados intentos, esta vez la cinta si fue un exito.

Con otra propuesta independiente, la vemos a lado de actores como Rosamund Pike y Dylan McDermott en "Burning Palms" (2010), un thriller sobre los estereotipos de una ciudad como Los Angeles, contada desde varias perspectivas y ubicaciones. Otro intento fallido para la actriz quien interpreta a una mujer que es violada cuando un joven irrumpe en su departamento. Dando un brinco a su primer protagónico y cargando el peso de una cinta en sus hombros, protagoniza la cinta de acción "Colombiana" (2011), una producción del director y productor francés Luc Besson, sobre una mujer que tras haber heredado información vital de su padre, un reconocido narco, tendrá que enfrentar a sus enemigos, la policía y demás gente que están dispuestos a todo por la información. La cinta tuvo un exito moderado para el verano lo cual le impidio convertirse en una franquicia y transformar a la actriz en una heroina de accion. Dando un giro vuelve al cine de drama, con la tragicomedia "The Words" (2012) a lado de Bradley Cooper y Olivia Wilde acerca de la vida de un escritor en dos facetas de su vida y como estas colisionan de manera imprevista entre la realidad y la ficcion de un libro. La cinta fue aplastada por la critica y por ende un fracaso en taquilla. probando nuevas propuestas participa en "Blood ties" (2013), un thriller basado un la cinta francesa homonima, que cuenta la historia de un hombre y su vida tras salir de carcel por cometer asesinato y violacion y su impacto e la vida de su ex esposa, hijos y amistades. A pesar de un elenco multi estelar que incluye a Marion Cotillard, Clive Owen, Mila Kunis, entre otros, fungio como cinta independiente y por ende una taquilla baja.

Al parecer su gusto por el cine independiente crece, uniendose a la ambiciosa produccion de "Out of furnace" (2013), un poderoso drama acerca de un obrero de Pensylvania que trabaja en las fabricas de acero, pero que tras el regreso de su hermano menor de la guerra y sus problemas por adaptarse a la sociedad lo orillan a tomar medidas para protegerlo que pondran su propia vida en riesgo. Protagonizan Casey Affleck y Christain Bale. A pesar del fracaso en taquilla, la cinta gano popularidad y pedigree por su guion y actuaciones. Otro intenso drama que co protagoniza al lado de Mark Ruffalo es "Infinitely Polar Bear" (2014), una historia sobre un hombre bipolar tratando de ayudar a su esposa a criar a sus dos hijas apesar de su situacion. La cinta gano excelentes criticas pero nuevamente se fue directo a una corrida limitada en un verano plagado de blockbusters. Mas tarde la variamos formando parte del universo Marvel en "Guardian of the Galaxy" (2014), la adaptación del popular comic que fue una sorpresa en taquilla y critica de dicho verano, interpretando a Gamorra, una alienigena de piel verde que con habilidades de una asesina se unirá al equipo para defender la galaxia y poner algún orden entre el resto de la testosterona del grupo. Lo que pareciera ser su estilo, ser parte de franquicias de ciencia ficción, ubicadas en algún lugar de la galaxia le ha traído suerte y éxito, mas decide incursionar en la animación prestando su voz a uno de los personajes principales de "The Book of life" (2014), basado la tradición del día de muertos en Mexico.

Finalmente este año la veremos en "live by night" (2017), una historia de gangsters y la vida de un hombre que como todo mafioso se turna de simple e ingenua en un pozo sin fondo lleno de violencia y crimen. Desgraciadamente la cinta se esperaba fuera un éxito por el talento involucrado mas ha resultado un total fracaso en taquilla y critica. Pero las cosas podrían cambiar en unos meses ya que regresara en la secuela "Guardians of the galaxy vol. II", que promete ser uno de los éxitos del verano  y aunque el peso de la cinta recae en todo el grupo involucrado, su participación como la mujer kick ass del grupo la pone por en cima del resto. Ya veremos que le depara el destino ahora que también se planea una secuela de Avatar próximamente lo cual podría finalmente definir su carrera y poner el talento latino en un buen lugar dentro de la industria Hollywoodense.

BYE BYE ... UNDERWORLD

These days we got so many options at the movies that we have to choose carefully what to watch, specially around this season when we get all this award winning options that not just bring incredible stories but terrific performances or perspectives from visionary directors. So that would give us plenty of material to talk about but not always what seems good in paper works out. Sometimes something fails in the process leading it's final product to the editing room or a second writing for a better ending. And as we know we are not perfect so neither it is any industry. And entertainment has become huge since globalization and the fascination of us for celebrities and fame is bringing to the industry millions so now everyone wants a piece of the cake but is not all about entertain. Wall people are turned into and hooked by is the story, and the characters on it, the setting, even if it's fiction or not, has to be a good, fun product to justify what is behind it, but if you try to be creative and bring interesting, worthy options to the table becomes a hard peace to keep on with so at some point the quality will be poor or will turn into just the revenue instead of the art or the real intention of the story just to make more money from it. So when a formula works, why not to explode the idea so these days we are all about franchises, remakes, reboots, and very small room for originals. And even worse, now we are getting to a point where we are smashing up ideas delivering a product that feels like a hybrid from other experiences we've already seen, and that's exactly where and what takes us to this time as this month we got to perfect examples to the point and sadly with horrible results.

 The first one is the perfect example of how turn an original idea into a franchise and try to squeeze t's already poor plot into whatever might fill up 90 minutes of violence and action sequence serving no story and character develop. "Underworld: Blood Wars" (2017), is the fifth entry of these series about a millennial war between vampires and werewolves. The story started with Selene a vampire warrior chasing the werewolves new victim, a human that might become the first hybrid between the two species, just to fall for him and together start a new fight, on the independent side against both species realizing neither of them has a true reason to keep fighting each other but that seek of power and triumph. A story that uses its fascination for monsters and that underworld to relate our now days where still see people fighting among races, ideologies, believes, territory, natural resources just to benefit a few and killing thousands in the process. Packed with decent action sequences and a setting dark and old from Eastern  Europe and far from the glowing sunshine land of America, was an option that built a fan base among the years, giving it a green line for a sequel that brought more money than the original, so why not keep those green bills coming? Even if that means sacrifice the originality because there is no much more to tell. So now we get to see four sequels that have been a war that goes on and off with new characters on the table just to struggle with the issues from the characters of the first movie.

So what we get know, in this new entry of the this franchise feels more like a clash of GAME OF THRONES meets TWILIGHT, where our heroine Selene keeps fighting the werewolf pack as they are chasing her to get her daughter, the only hybrid alive since they kill the man she loved once, so now with the help of the only ancient one (a vampire coming from the line of the original ones), which happens to be young and sexy, and willing to sacrifice everything for her, now she debates between the memory of her love for a werewolf and vampires, just to end being chase by another clan of vampires that want her blood, as been proved to be a special one, able to walk in daylight and stronger than the average. So these two know have to hide from both species, again, for the fifth time, but now with another loyal ancient clan of vampires that are more pacifist than the rest and are hiding in the top of a ridge, an iced one, just exactly as the the withe wall from the Westeros, with it's inhabitants wearing big flurry coats and long white hair, preaching peace and practicing some kind of rituals to heal them and even bring someone back from the death. Of course they will join their battle, one that will turned into a sword fight between clans and species and all without a real reason other than bring to the hardcore fans more action scenes to rave for and see how this two species smashed each other, but at this point we can't care less about the characters or what is happening with them, if they have any motivations anymore, or what is all this fight about other than someone trying to get something from the other. As if we haven't got enough of that already.

The second movie to come into this terms is the monthly horror option. And is hard to judge since the genre already by itself is a tough cookie, one that can't be taken too serious and leaves small room to analyze or go deep on it, but at least it's suppose to be fun and while trying to bring some scares or thrills, should be entertain and funny. Sadly not the case of "Bye Bye Man" (2017), a new horror film that even sets everything for a scary story or at least some scary moments, everything leaves there, at just the setting of what is supposed to come and it never delivers. The story centers in three friends that while in college find a very cheap big house out of campus so they can be roommates and enjoy the pleasure of life for cheap. Specially for two of them, a young couple that can't wait to settle and move together so they can experience that idea of becoming a couple and hopefully soon a family. But following all cliches known, things that great to be true are not but a tramp. So is this place that starts bringing some paranormal activities that push them to discover a weird writing in one of the furniture, that repeats, don't think it, don't say it, and the name of the movie, which happens to be a demoniac entity that will hunt them till the commit suicide or end killing others, all by just saying their name, which is obvious to guess they will, as who can keep something like that for their self, specially if not superstitious at all. And so the strange man with his dog will appear to start messing with their minds turning this momentum into a psychological thriller that has everything but deepness and psychologic, because we never understand and relate to these guys that start acting as stupid as any frat boy and following all the rules to be killed in any scary movie.

While trying to wait for a good scare, you can't but think about other movies of the kind, others that actually scare and give you goosebumps. First one very recent, IT FOLLOWS, an indie film about a group of teenagers chased by something that seems like some kind of curse that spreads like a disease, one you get after having sex with someone that has it and will pass to you so either will kill you or you pass it to other by having sex with them. All as a metaphor of this awakening of teenagers to sexuality and how it can affect and transform lives. So the same way this thing no one but the infected sees will follow them till death, same as the bye bye man will follow them till death just that he won't leave them till they die and can spread to others by saying his name, so this gets reloaded but for no reason. Which also reminds to another movie, one older, called CANDYMAN, about an evil spirit that will come to kill you if you say his name three times at midnight. So that was how thing worked back in the 80's and 90's. Now we live in an express culture that delivers everything fast and easy. So you will get an evil spirit hunting you just by saying his name anytime, just once. And in comparison with the other man, that has a backstory about why he became that way, this time we never get to that part, and by then we are so bored and distracted that we don't even care but just to this to end. We actually want everybody to be death just to finally get a bit of gore and feel like the ticket was worth it but to see an experimental try out of horror that never scares, feels like two different movies that we've  already seen and brings nothing to the table, not even a story to be invested in or characters to relate to, in other words, bye bye.

WHEN A MONSTER CALLS... anger needs to be released

How many times have we felt trapped? Like we can not see the light or the way through some situations or for some periods of time in our lives. Like stuck in the moment forever. And we are not enjoying this, on the contrary we are feeling miserable and every single day pass by feeling like an eternity just pulling us down, to a point where we lose ourselves, we lose all hope, we fight to survive but there is something inside us that pulls us back and keep us just standing in a moment where everything seems to move but us. Anger, sadness, anxiety, depression, all come together trying find a escape for what's happening inside us but also comes creativity as a form to express our thoughts and feelings. Some of the major creations in art had come for a rough path from it's artist. So if we mix all this elements we get a new fine piece of cinematography, titled "A Monster Calls" (2016), based on the YA novel of the same name, that won popularity due to it's theme, so appealing and profound that reached the hearts of an audience with it's imaginary about a young boy struggling with his mom's cancer, turning into a story that can relate to anyone's coming to age process while we struggle with feelings proper from such young age to the realization that growing up is not easy and life is not a fairy tale anymore, or maybe it never was.

Conor, is a 12 year old boy that not only missed his absent dad that left her mom once he moved to America and now has a new family, but now his entire world, based basically with and by his mom is collapsing, when she is diagnosed with cancer and all possible treatments seem to be failing. But she keeps hope going on because the least she wants for her son is more suffering that what he already had coming from a broken family. But he is not a child anymore so he can realize she is not getting better and on top of that he has to act like a grown up sometimes when she needs her medicine or gets sick. How can you deal with the fact of losing someone if the time while still is here seems like hell? And he is a teenager facing all the normal issues a teenager goes through as been bullied in school and having no friends but his imagination and his drawings, a talent gotten from his mom, that keeps his mind away from the cruel reality he is trapped in. Not to mention that his uptight and cold grandmother doesn't help much when she stops by to check on her daughter and trying to help with the chores only making him to close himself from the rest and hope for a better option for him.Because after all he is not a bad person, and he is doing his best to deal with all what's going on, just happens is too much to handle at once.

Until one day, a monster appears from the tree up in the hill behind his house to meet him, offering 3 tales in exchange of his story. Of course the young boy will refuse to this game as he has more important things to do and he only wants to be left alone, but the monster keeps showing up, until finally they go through the first story and then the second and finally a third one. But this tales make no sense to the boy, a prince that tries to save his town but kills her lover, and a witch that deserves forgiven, and an apothecary that denies help to others because can't forgive and a hero that is invisible to others, how all this can be of some help to a young boy struggling with life and a life that is losing all meaning, reason why all he needs and asks to this monster is to help his mom, so the way he can understand all this fairy tales is in a way that could help to save his mother. Specially coming from a tree that has lived for centuries and seems to have all the answers of life that he needs, just not delivering them in any easy way. But soon he will realize that the monster is not here for his mom and that she doesn't need help but it's all about him. He is the one who needs to be saved and has to realize that his life is about to change, because there are no happy endings like we used to believe in fairy tales, and no one is 100% good or evil, we all have different shades and agendas so we can't always judge by the cover, so we need to learn to forgive and stop judging and be able to express ourselves in order to make us present and connect with others.

Just by realizing that the ones who need help when losing a relative are ourselves is the first step to realize that monster that is hiding inside us and holding us from moving forward. And the only way to do so is by accepting the fact that life the way as we know is will be gone and even we don't like that idea, will happen, and we need to come to peace with our new reality. Losing a parent is something that no one want to confront even less someone at young age but we need to realize that are just looking for what is best for us and the less they want is to cause pain and hold us back from a future that is full of potential but as part of being young their words of wisdom are hard to understand and sometimes only fairy tales work as a way to deliver those messages and realize that all happens for a reason and life changes but we also need to be open for that change and let others in. How many time do we wonder what if?, in many situations when we were young or now as adults we would love to go back and change because we understand better what happen and need some closure. How can we cope with the loss of someone that is so close that represents our entire world and life after it just seems to end but at the same time all what we want and need is to be over one way or the other? How about the pain from the people who loves you and stays close to help you through illness? Who help them to deal with the pain and ease the situation?

We need to fight our own demons or monsters as we use to call them in order to move on, to let us set free, but the only way to approach that battle is by understanding ourselves and our circumstances so we can learn from them and know how to respond. The movie is so well done that you have to be a cold stone to not relate with this young boy journey and visually develops a very unique concept by telling stories through animated in, based on his own work in his drawings and the monster will serve the purpose to deliver the message and get the job done, and maybe that would be one of the very few flaws of the movie, as you never get the sense of to whom is this movie made for, the kids for whom the book what written for and trying to serve as a new contemporary dark fairy tale, closer to reality than to fairies, or to the grown ups looking for strong, deep story about coping with the loss of someone, specially your parents, an event that most everybody has to face at some point, so has been lost in translation, resulting in a poor box office even critics are loving it and the few audiences able to give it a chance have been touched by this magical story full of great performances, that never get over shadow by the special effects and the direction works perfectly to keep you entertain while touching the deeper fiber in your soul and the result is an experience that will take you a few minutes to recover after leaving the theater but will stick in your head and touch your heart, just as any of those moments when we feel that we have lost a very important part of your life. Take than anger and make some art from it because life is a monster that will call you to arms more than once.

Re discovering history...HIDDEN FIGURES

Continuing this path were we as society, we've been evolving to a point where the long due fight for human rights, equal rights, tolerance, acceptance, respect is a must, not a necessity but is part of everyone's life and we embrace that as part of looking to each other as equals without barriers of race, gender, sexual preference, religion. We all try to live and survive in modern times, fighting to be a better person and do our best at whatever we decide to do. We now move forward creating a variety of relationships and breaking paradigms that kept us holding off from a better be. So coming from this tendency and a new era where we look at each other as equals and we fight the same battles together as we applaud anyone's good effort, comes a new feel good movie based on a true story about some women that actually did a great job back in the 50's but due to the repression of the era where the white man ruled and all the others were seemed as a minority, is time to start recognizing the effort of so many people that had built the future, and the present we all live in. Many people that was working behind all those figures that are now part of history and we treasure for so many years but as always, it has been a team work that took them there, so the stories behind all those people working to help them and to make things happen deserve some kind of recognition.

So it is "Hidden Figures" (2016), a tribute and a film that not only will make you smile and feel better after leaving the theater but serving as remembrance of the work of the people that once didn't get the recognition they deserve for their achievement in changing our world and making history. In addition, this is a story of three women that not only are black, but also women working in a men's world, one called NASA, a place that was trying to get a man in space and has a tough competition from their fellow institution in Russia, the first country that send a man in space, so pressure for USA was getting harder and in times of Cold war, these were matters that moved the country among others, so when finally a group of astronauts were assigned to the mission, only missing thing is to figure out all what is needed to do so. That's where this story begins, meeting these three friends that working behind a desk, mostly doing paperwork on the basement of the farthest building in the campus, finally get their opportunity to be assigned to this bigger project and make use of their capabilities that many of their co workers would envy, proving that women can be strong and intelligent, but also initiating without intention a new era and revolution for civil and equal rights for black people in a time where the can't even pick a book from the library if not from the color section. And just when we thought education was available for everyone as a right of freedom and opportunity

First we met Dorothy Vaughn, the oldest of these women, working as a manager just that happens she is not one. She's been fighting for the promotion and the opportunity but due to her color and the way her white boss looks at her job, she keeps being refused to it, until one random day, trying to her best at her job, she hears about this new machine that will help people to do things faster and multi task in activities that will take for some longer than needed, making things as equations simpler and faster. Her driven took her to start learning about this machines, now called computers, and that way becoming the first afro-american woman to manage a computer in the USA. And once she's able to prove the real IBM guys how to use it, she will turn all eyes on her and others will ask for help giving her that opportunity she's been looking for and proving wrong to others that judge her by the cover. On a side note, have to remind you, that this is a feel good movie, than more than expose a situation as drastic and unbearable as discrimination and racism is, tries to bring some kind of tribute to this women, so most of the situations, even we can realize for sure were harder and more dramatic, what we get to see here is  more friendly and funny version of the events that will make us relate to these characters and even when we are witnessing their struggle in that era, they still manage to make us laugh and smile looking them fighting back to the curves in every situation.

Then we have Katherine Johnson, a shy widow, mother of three, that she only wants to do her job and be able to provide the best for her family but she happens to be a genius for math. This has been since elementary school, and her capabilities took her to get a degree in an ivy league school, where she become one of the few african american girls there. But now she has been working behind a desk, doing some numbers here and there a special assignments until gets the chance to prove the director of this so important mission her talent and even she gets rejected by the rest of the team, treating her as someone inferior or with less value than the rest, she manages to keep a good work going, and helping in what is needed even they totally block her from some important information, but thanks to a friendly and open minded astronaut that trust her gut and her abilities, he is the one to ask for her if still want him to do the job. That way she is able to calculate the trajectory of the capsule where the first man will be orbiting around the Earth and most important, the speed and point to come back instead of keep orbiting forever till get lost in space. How could a woman would be able to do that? And prove the rest of a men crew wrong? Because some talents and abilities are not related to race or gender, and that;s why is important to see each other like human beings instead of using labels for everyone because everyone is special and unique, and able to transform or destroy life as we know it so the only way to relate and understand each other is starting to see everyobody as equals and treat them all the same.

But also we get to see the other side of this characters, the one after work. Even they did all this great contribution to make a global event such as send someone to space, that are also women struggling with their lives. They have families waiting for them to come home. They have to be wives, and mothers, and friends, so that way we get to see why drives them to become the figure they will, and how for some matters more just do their job and bring food to home and for others is more about achieve their dreams, get to change things and fight for their cause but always proud of who they are. That's where we meet the third woman, Mary Jackson, a beloved wife and mother, than after proving her knowledge  for math and physics, she fights to be able to get the proper education, meaning be able to go to school but working on NASA, there are some standard, so she needs to go to a school for white people, so why she has to quite to her dreams and the possibility of a proper education when has proved her abilities to become a great student and an excellent engineer, just because her skin color, something that she didn't choose and is changing her life. So when we are witness of the daily fight of some to achieve some goals, we can get inspired or we can just keep suffering for our problems as if ours could be the worse and only ones, or just fight back and if not make history and change the course of living, at least we can change our own lives and the way we are choosing to live them, because we can all, always be a hidden figure behind others transforming their lives while making ours better. It's always a team work and behind a great man there's always a great woman.

PASSENGERS... are you enjoying the ride?

What would you do if you are facing an imminent solitude? Facing the fact that you will be alone for the res of your life? That life has played you a bad trick and now like if you were left alone in a dessert island you are facing the rest of your life trapped in a bubble by yourself? Obvioulsy the right thing to say would be to face the inminent destiny that awaits you or just opting to take your life, but what if you can actually change things and that means choose someone to join you in this horrible situation? You have the power in your hands to take someone's life to fulfill yours, what would you do? Would you face your destiny by yourself with all the perks and cons that that implies or would you opt for bringing someone to  the same situation so you both can go along meaning the life of that other or others will be taken for any possibility in the future. Of course the right thing and the moral thing to do is to face you destiny by yourself, but we as humans we are social creatures. We need that interaction to survive and full fill a lot of necessities and desires, so wold those circumstances justified the end? Would it be understandable and ok to have someone that will join us for the rest of our lives, to enjoy, and love, and fight the daily struggle even that means taking away that persons will to choose what would they wanted for their life?

All these philosophical questions serve as an interesting plot for a new sci fi film that pretends to explore the moral side of humanity when facing extreme situations like the ones just described but sadly, all of them just hang as a possibility for more falling for the easy way trying to please the crowds with a cheesy plot full of cliches and a lack of real plot that take us nowhere, trying to follow the rough path for a couple that fell in love and now is struggling with the circumstances they are trapped in. This is "Passengers" (2016), a new film that shows as a science fiction/ adventure  on the cover just to turn into a romantic adventure that lacks of romance and adventure, not even fits as a comedy as they just keep the sci fi because it's setting but with so many influences feels confusing and reminds us another movies like the one of a big ship sinking in the middle of the ocean after been hit by an iceberg while two passengers try to save their love and future together, or others about a man drafted in an island far away from civilization and trying to survive by himself while trying to find a way to get out of there, almost getting crazy and loosing himself for the lack of interaction with any other person.If we mixed those two examples we get something similar to what we are about to see, now just happening in the space as a place far away where we are trapped with no other way to go and played by two of the most popular and bankable celebrities of this time.

Chris Platt plays the role of a young man that left his planet to take this journey to populated a new planet where traveling for 120 years is needed, but when his capsule fails after an accident waking him up after just 30 years of the trip, just to realize that he is the only one among the other 500 passengers, leaving him trapped in the space ship by himself. Even there are more people around, they are sleeping to make it through the trip and get to their destination alive because there is no way to go when traveling deep in the galaxy, so has to make it by himself, meaning finding a way to kill time, entertain himself, leading this to the feeling of a life without purpose. Until he runs into beautiful girl, that while she is sleeping, he will get into all her life just to find some kind of connection that will push him to his limits at the point of the possibility to wake her up as a perfect companion to the new life he got into, but depriving her of her own choice to have a life and taking away her opportunity to continue her journey to this new planet. Since the moment we saw the poster, the preview or bought the ticket we knew how this goes. She will wake up to feel just as he did, trapped by the circumstances, facing the reality of losing her porpoise to go into this journey and leave her planet and all what was part of her life back there.

Again all these potential ideas are left on the side, with the potential of hitting into a darker story about those decisions that sometimes we are forced to make, pushed by circumstances, and how do we face them, how strong can our will to survive can be and how close we can get to try to finish with our own life when seems like there is no more reason to keep living. Instead of that we get a try out of a new kind of romance where two persons fall in love just and first of all because there are the only option for each other. Second because most of what happened was intended by him to pursue her, so he knows all details he needs to surprise and charm her, but we can't but wonder, will they fall for each other if the other passengers were walking around and if he wouldn't had all the information about her, putting him in a regular situation where a guy tries to get to know a girl. And using a new setting of finding love in space, they will translate any kind of cliche into a possibility for romance in a space ship, that feels more like a five star hotel or a luxury cruise. Sadly not even the romance works as we can't relate to this guys and we can't root for them under their situation. And as if we were under the stars, when romance starts to feel good and around, it's put on the side for a crisis that these two have to face in order to save their future but maybe to get them closer or add a little more adventure to the story, as if we were asking for it?

Or maybe was the intention of add some purpose to a story that keeps trying and trying to be something that is not even fun and needed. So what keeps this space ship and film on board is the charm and chemistry of the two actors, the FX that definitely create an evolving setting, an amazing photography and score that trap us visually into this possibility and mainly is Jennifer Lawrence character the one that we care more about, is she a victim of her circumstances after leaving earth just in a quest of doing something than no one has, write about it and go back to her life that won't exist anymore just proving her lack of commitment with the people around her, just trying to find perfection and justified by the fact that she needs to keep looking and searching for something that amazed her by doing what no one has instead of finding happiness in the simple things of life, one that has been and now is trapped by the situation of falling for a way the made her fall in love and open herself as she hasn't before just to realize that this man was selfish and took her life and her choices, even he is proving to be the right one and making her feel this way, this kind of love, but is it real love an illusion based on their destiny? Would it be the same as when someone leaves everything to follow their spouse or partner for a better job or life opportunity? or is it all about the fact of someone making a choice for us? Is there a justification in order to save someone's life to sentence other's? Is it real love and destiny when someone chooses us because we are the only option and because life tries to slap you i the face for all the wrong choices made before? Well next time you better choose right when going to the movies and looking for a realistic, deep and romantic story.

JAMES FRANCO...12 hours express

Pocos actores trascienden de la fama al talento nato, y muchos se encasillan y forjan una carrera basada en estereotipos o popularidad, pero solo unos pocos logran moverse en la industria de tal manera que su talento se expande en todas direcciones, no solo actuando, sino produciendo, dirigiendo, escribiendo, ademas de relacionarse con otro grupo de actores que terminara en un pequeño circulo en una industria que mas que talento y arte busca crear negocio. Asi el caso de James Edward Franco, quien no conforme con lograr popularidad y reconocimiento en la industria filmica ha buscado la oportunidad de mostrarse como artista y fomentar su unica vision y talento para contar historias con valor personal para el. Y todo comenzó en Palo Alto California, en abril de 1978, hijo de hijo de una guionista y ocasional actriz y un hombre de negocios en el Silicon Valley, y nieto de una editora de libros YA, era de esperarse creciera alrededor de arte y cercano a una industria que lo llamaría mas tarde como estrella del mañana, creciendo a lad de sus dos hermanos, Dave el mas chico, también actor, pero a pesar de actuar en obras en la secundaria y tener el deseo de la actuación, temía seguirla por miedo al rechazo. Sin embargo después de su primer ano estudiando Literatura, deja la universidad para perseguir su sueno y teniendo que trabajar en McDonald's para mantenerse, lo cual le dio la oportunidad de practicar acentos con los clientes y tener una lección de humildad que a la fecha agradece.

Tan solo despues de 5 meses en talleres de actuacion decide empezar a audicionar, logrando roles en comerciales y series de television pero su debut filmico viene con "Never been kissed" (1999), una comedia romantica protagonizada por Drew Barrymore, sobre una joven reportera que se hace pasar por estudiante para escribir sobre aquella nostalgica etapa y lo que interesa a los jovenes de esa generacion pero termina enamorandose de su profesor y lograr vencer su inseguridad por no haber sido popular cuando adolscente y conseguir su primer beso. Franco aparece como el chico popular de la escuela que hara la vida imposible a la joven protagonista. Tras esta cinta vendria otra comedia adolescente, "Whatever it takes" (2000), otra vez interpretando al joven popular de la escuela y que actua como patan para acostarse con todas las chicas que lo idealizan, pero la cinta no brillo mucho al contar una historia simple que la opaco en una epoca inundada de opciones en este genero. Sin embargo, esto le abriria la oportunidad de protagonizar un filme para television interpretando a James Dean, en una historia biografica del popular joven, y aunque la cinta no logro el interes deseado, la actuacion de Franco gano excelentes reviews y nominaciones a premios como los Emmy, Golden Globes, SAG, entre otros, poniendo al actor en la mira de laindustria.

Y no paso mucho para que su fama creciera al foar parte de la trilogia de la adaptacion filmica del super heroe "Spider-man" (2002), interpretando al joven Harry Osborn, el mejor amigo de Peter Parker, un joven que tras ser mordido por un arana obtiene habilidades similares a dicho aimal que le permitiran ayudar a otros en necesidad y combatir el crimen mientras lidia con el hecho de ser un adolescente y lo que implica crecer con una responsabilidad tan grande. Las secuelas "Spider-man 2" (2004) y "Spider-man 3" (2007), fueron un éxito que se fue incrementando con el tiempo, inclusive la segunda parte es considerada mejor que la original, mientras la tercera fue una decepción. Le seguiria la cinta "Sonny" (2002), dirigida por el actor Nicolas Cage quien busco personalmente al actor para su protagonista, en una historia de un joven que es expulsado de la milicia y regresa a su natal Nuevo Orleans para terminar trabajando como prostituto. La cinta solo gozo de una limitada exhibicion y fue aplastada por la critica. Por fortuna logra colarse en la cinta "City by the sea" (2002), donde el actor interpreta a un adicto vagabundo en una historia sobre una familia tratando de sobrellevar los errores del pasado, y co protagoniza al lado de Robert de Niro, quien lo eligiria para el papel tras ver su trabajo previo y buscando involucrarse en un cine mas serio y artístico, forma parte del elenco de "The Company" (2003), un drama dirigido por Robert Altman,  protagonizado por Neve Campbell sobre la compañía de ballet Joffrey Ballet, pero la cinta paso desapercibida por la critica y publico.

Tratando de seguir construyendo su carrera mas allá de ser una cara bonita mas, forma parte de "The Great Raid" (2005), interpretando a un capitán de una elite infantería en su historia verídica en las Filipinas durante la segunda guerra mundial. Desgraciadamente y apesar de abrir en pleno verano y contar con un presupuesto digno de un blockbuster, la cinta fue totalmente ignorada. Sin embargo para 2006 las cosas mejorarian logrando dos roles protagonicos, el primero en "Annapolis", interpretando a un joven luchando por ser aceptado en la fuerza naval ubicada en el puerto del titulo y u lucha personal con su distante padre. El drama no logro buena recepcion en taquilla y la critica la aplasto, apesar de su esfuerzo entrenando en clases de boxeo. El segundo tampoco seria miel sobre hojuelas, interpretando al legendario héroe Tristan en "Tristan & Isolde", un romance épico basado en la leyenda medieval sobre un guerrero que se enamora de la hija de su enemigo al ser rescatado por esta, poniendo su relación en un drama entre familias y países enemigos, pero otra vez, la historia se quedo corta y no genero el interés necesario para ser un éxito poniendo en tela de juicio el potencial del actor como iman taquillero. Ese mismo 2006, aparece en "Flyboys", donde logro adquirir su licencia de piloto en otra historia de guerra, ahora situada en la primera guerra mundial y que cuenta toda la trayectoria de un grupo de jovens pilotos desde que se enlistan, su entrenamiento y su exeriecia en batalla. Pero nuevamente el resulado no es mas que otro desastre en la carrera del actor.

Para 2008, las cosas toman un nuevo gira al co protagonizar al lado de su amigo de su tiempos en television, el actor Seth Rogen, en "Pineapple Express", una comedia de accion sobre un mesero y su dealer de mariguana que se ven perseguidos por asesinos a sueldo tras verlos cometer un asesinato. Producida por Judd Apatow, y su singular humor, la cinta fue todo un exito e inclusive la interpretacion de Franco, como un drogadicto levalio una nominacion a los Globos de Oro. Gozando las mieles del exito, meses mas tarde lo vemos en el polemico drama "Milk", cinta basada en la historia real del primer politico gay y su lucha por la igualdad de derechos para los homosexuales en EUA. Al lado de un elenco de primero que incluye a Sean Penn y Josh Brolin y bajo la dirección del talentoso Gus Van Sant, el actor interpreta a la pareja romántica del protagonista. La cinta no solo fue un éxito sino que cause impacto social por su temática llevandola a participar en todos los premios de la temporada de la industria fílmica. Demostrando que su carrera es mas por amor al arte que la fama, participa en varios proyectos meramente como actor secondario o cintas independientes sin ambicion taquillera, ente ellas "Camille" (2008), "Nights in Rodanthe" (2008), "Shadows and Lies" (2010), "Date Night" (2010), y todo esto mientras es nombrado el hombre mas sexy de 2009.

Para 2010, lo veremos en la adaptacion filmica de la popular novela "Eat, Prey and Love", a lado de Julia Roberts interpretando a su amante mientras sobrevella su divorcio. La cinta estrenada en el verano fue un exito en taquilla y critica, apesar de la corta aparicion del actor. Combinando proyectos tambien lo vemos en "Howl" una cinta experimental que explora el trayecto del poeta Allen Ginsberg y su poema homonimo al titulo de la cinta, asi como en el proyecto que se fue directo a video "Love & Distrust", donde 5 cortos de 8 diferentes personas y nacionalidades que buscan encontar su sentido y proposito en la vida. Pero nuevamente es sino hasta que protagoniza "127 hours", un drama basado en una historia verídica de un joven ciclista que queda atrapado entre dos rocas en un canon obligando a buscar la manera de sobrevivir hasta optar por amputarse el brazo para librarse, ganandose el reconocimiento y atención de la industria con multiples nominaciones y algunos premios, ademas de llevar a la cinta a un éxito seguro, posicionándolo finalmente como una celebridad de Hollywood, capaz inclusive de conducir los premios de la Academia.

Posteriormente regresa al mando del director David Gordon Green buscando repetir el exito previo con la satira "Your Higness" (2011) sobre dos hermanos y guerreros medievales y su lucha por no ser unos perdedores y ganarse el amor de una hermosa doncella. Ni el hecho de co protagonizar a lado de Natalie Portman salvo a la cinta de un inminente fracaso. Para el verano daría la sorpresa al protagonizar la precuela "Rise of the Planet of Apes" (2011), reviviendo la popular serie con una entrega que fue amada por la critica y un éxito de taquilla que ya genero dos secuelas, interpretando a un joven científico que usa a un simio al que adopta para hacer experimentos genéticos que terminarían en un desastre para la humanidad. Posteriormente apareceria en un rol secundario en "The Iceman" (2012), biografia del famoso asesino a sueldo Richard Kuklinski, interpretado por el actor Michael Shannon, debutando en el festival de Venecia pero ganando una tibia recepcion por ambos lados. Mas tarde, co protagoniza a lado de un grupo de jovenes promesas la cinta "Spring breakers" (2012) un melodrama de accion sobre un grupo de jovenes universitarias que durante su viaje a Florida conocen y relacion con un narco traficante que las empujara a un camino de adicciones, crimen y violencia, todo en busca de pasar un gran rato de locura. Dado su contenido sexual y de fiesta, asi como su elenco que incluye a Selena Gomez y Vanesa Hudges como chicas malas, la cinta fue un exito de boca en boca relegando al actor a un segundo plano, factor que no le importa en lo mas minimo.

Regresando a los blockbusters para mantener presencia entre sus seguidores y sobre todo mostrando su interes por participar en proyectos que de alguna manera le interesan o elacionan con alguno de sus tantas amistades en la industria, ahora poniendose de nuevo bajo la mano del director Sam Rami, quien lo lanzaria a la fama, participa en "Oz, the great and powerful" (2013), una nueva adaptacion de la popular fantasia ahora enfocandose en la historia previa del mago y las brujas de dicha tierra. Co protagonizando a lado de actrices como Michelle Williams, Mila Kunis y Rachel Weisz, convirtiéndola en todo un éxito de taquilla para el estudio Disney y poniendo de moda nuevamente la popular historia. Y continuando la buena racha, forma parte del elenco de "This is the end" (2013), una sátira apocalíptica, sobre un grupo de jóvenes festejando el fin del mundo, y reuniendo a un cast que incluye a la nueva generación de jóvenes comediantes que ademas son todos un grupo de amigos en la industria, lo cual atrajo a la audiencia a las salas de cine y la convirtió en un éxito en taquilla ademas de sorpresivamente agradar a la critica para una cinta del genero. Regresado al cine independiente no pudo contenerse en participar en una cinta que brinda tributo a la industria pornografica con "Lovelace" (2013), a lado de Amanda Seyfried quien interpreta a la popular estrella porno de garganta profunda, y donde el actor interpretaria a un famoso productor.

Mezclando su carrera filmica con su banda y discografia, loogra la primer adaptacion de una novela suya, "Palo Alto" (2013), acerca de un grupo de jovenes viviendo en aquella zona de Los Angeles, Cal. y enfrentando las dificultades propias de la edad  y el despertar sexual, el actor interpretando al entrenador de soccer que seducira a una de sus jovenes alumnas. A pesar de su limitada exhibicion la cinta conto con una buena recepcion. Continuando la mezcla de diferentes proyectos se pone en la mano del guionista Paul Haggis en la cinta "Third Person" (2013), una cinta que entrelaza tres historias que parecieran no tener nada en común, y donde el actor interpreta a un joven padre luchando por quitarle la custodia a su ex esposa acusada de maltrato físico. El drama es confuso y la historia no hace ningún sentido por lo que limito su corrida comercial y fue rechazada por la critica, a  pesar de su reparto multi estelar como Mila Kunis, Liam Neeson, Olivia Wilde y Maria Bello. Dando un giro inusual, interpreta al villano en la cinta de accion "Homefront" (2013), sobre un agente de narcos que se muda con su hija en busca de re iniciar su vida en un nuevo sitio, hasta ser perseguido y acosado por un narco iniciando una batalla que se ira incrementando conforme se va complicando poniendo en resigo no solo la vida de ambos sino de sus seres queridos. Para el genero y siendo protagonizada por Jason Stathman, tuvo un aceptable recepcion.

Y lo que pareciera ser una nueva tendencia afortunadamente no lo es, pero aun asi se cuela en el thriller "Good People" (2014), a lado de Kate Hudson, en una historia sobre una pareja de americanos que viviendo en Londres se ven atrapados en deudas hasta encontrar por zares del destino una suma de dinero que ponddra su moral y su vida en juego. Desgraciadamente la cinta tuvo tan malas criticas que limitaron su exhibición comercial. Como si eso no fuera suficiente, produce y protagoniza la comedia "The interview" (2014), una historia polémica sobre un grupo de reporteros que son obligados por la CIA a asesinar al presidente de Corea del Norte. La cinta fue hackeada y exhibida antes de su estreno el cual acarreo una de las peores criticas y taquilla en su carrera, por fortuna las noticias sobre la distribuidora opacaron el pésimo producto. Meses después regresa con "True Story" (2015), la historia de un posible asesino que es capturado en Mexico usando la identidad de un prestigiado reportero del New York Times, quien al enterarse de esto, acude a entrevistar y enfrentar al sospechoso. Co protagoniza a lado de su amigo Jonah Hill y con excelentes criticas no logra éxito en taquilla. Entre este tiempo a participado en casi una docena de proyectos independientes que si acaso han logrado una proyección limitada en casa de arte o en video, mientras otros aun siguen pendientes de ser exhibidos, convirtiéndolo en uno de los actores con mayor presencia en la industria del entretenimiento, no solo en cine y música sino apariciones en television como la serie "Saturday Night Live" y "11.22.63" sobre la posibilidad de cambiar el evento del asesinato de Kennedy entre otros eventos como escritor, productor, director, y acciones de caridad y apoyando a sus amigos en cameos de sus proyectos.

Este año, siguió con agenda llena, lo vimos primero, o mejor dicho, oímos en dos cintas animadas: "Sausage party" (2016), una parodia donde la comida enfrenta su realidad de ser devorada por los humanos, haciendo burla de temas como la religion, apertura sexual, amor, razas que goza de momentos originales e hilarantes que la convierto en un éxito del verano para los adultos. Y la segunda, en la adaptación de la clásica novela infantil "The little prince" (2016), prestando su voz al señor zorro, y aunque aplaudida por la critica, su estreno comercial fue limitado y se fue directo a video. Tan salo un mes después lo vimos en "Goat" (2016), una cinta independiente, que produce y en la cual participa como un viejo miembro de una popular fraternidad que regresa para exponer la naturaleza y excesos de este sistema colegial que abusa de su propuesta para abusar de los jóvenes que desean formar parte de ella si como los mismos miembros, la cual ademas de entretener sirve como propuesta social. Otro éxito en critica pero limitada taquilla. Otro mes después aparece en "King Cobra" (2016), otra vez una cinta que expone la industria pornografica ahora contando la historia de un joven actor porno y su asesinato en 2007 por dos de sus productores, uno de ellos interpretado por el actor, otra vez tratando de exponer esta industria mas fue intento fallido al generar malas criticas y una minima taquilla con cero exposición. Y por ultimo lo vemos este mes en la comedia "Why Him?" (2016), una divertida cinta sobre la relación de un padre y su hija que esta saliendo con un millonario joven de la industria tecnológica pero que carece de filtro al hablar y su personalidad llega a ser demasiado excéntrica poniendo en sus limites al conservador y controlador padre de familia. Hasta ahora la taquilla y las criticas han sido muy tibias mas aun esta por verse su alcance en esta temporada decembrina y con otra docena de proyectos bajo el brazo, entre ellos la nueva cinta en la saga Alien "Alien covenant", tenemos Franco para rato.

SUPERGIRL...alienating yourself?

It's a plane it's bird, it's super...oh no! wait it's not even superman...it's "Supergirl" (2015-current), a new twist on the super hero spectrum that after invading the multiplex now has found a new house in TV, and after a few years exploring all this strong male characters is time for women to take control. Under the same premise from her cousin Kal-El, a young girl from planet Kripton is sent to Earth to protect her little baby cousin just get trapped in space among with a huge space ship that serves as a space prison for all those bad people that treated their planet that went to the apocalypse as we already know and we are familiar with that story? So if we've seen these story before since the perspective of the man of steel, why do we need more of it? Or what was missing from his cousin to tell, specially for a tv show? Well, for sure it's been a few decades since the last we saw how men were able to save the world but things have changed we don't live in a world ruled by men. Minorities have overcome to speak loud and stand for themselves. We live in times where there's a daily fight for equal rights and respect, trying to leave all by the same rules with no exceptions of gender, race, preferences, ideologies, cultures. So the tale of an alien trying to make things right in a different planet while figuring out herself and changing perspectives from people around her and all around the globe resonates more powerful than ever.

So yeah, maybe we know the basics about the story of this super heroes that came to our planet as refugees just to turn into heroes with super powers able to save the day and show to humanity our flaws and strengths but mostly our capability to love and overcome difficulties, but when we turn the table from a perspective a minority, a girl that happens to be an alien, a geek, and a teenager, things get a different perspective. Mostly because now the story moves from a feminist perspective. Men are put on the side to serve not as main characters but to show other sides of masculinity where you don't need to save the world by yourself to be a real man or be stronger, sometimes the fact or being able and open to ask and accept some help will make you better and will achieve your goals faster. Men have been entitled as a superior being. They rule the world, they save the day, they are able to transform, create, manipulate, destroy, rule and leader but there's more than that. There are more people and living creatures among them so it can't happen that way. As every empire in history their time has come so women have proved to be as strong and powerful as men, able to stand side by side in any fight, trying to prove they can lead organizations, corporations, countries, cities, and can be as useful and helpful as any one, and that applies to any other minority that has been overshadow by the power of the mighty white men. This is the time when we get to see stories about women trying to change, rule, transform and realize they also have something to say. They have struggles similar to men. They also love and fight to be successful and recognize their own talent.

So when we met Kiara, a young girl that was raised by a family on the country side, along with her step sister, she tries to figure out our culture, the perfect excuse to expose it as a collage of incoherent values where we rave for the brave but judge the one who take the first step as if all were afraid of what could happened and even she lives hiding her truth self, as instructed to avoid being rejected and pointed for those who won't understand her unique personality until one day she is forced to exposed herself and her powers in public to safe her sister from a plane crash. That moment will define her as a new era where she needs to do something about it, with the opportunity to save lives, help others and make a difference. But obviously the rest won't take as exciting as she did. Everybody will start questioning if this is another threat or a miracle. specially after the world already knows and accepted Superman, so now there will be two super heroes and that raises some fears and will point to the girl as the wicker just because her gender so she will have to prove it. So all along it's first season we go through this journey of acceptance from others for who you truly are and accepting yourself with pros and cons, knowing that even having super powers won't make you perfect and will make some mistakes and won't please everybody because there always be someone trying to judge you or stop you for their own reasons the same way we can't like everybody. So as a woman she will have to work harder to prove everybody's wrong and be accepted as an equal.

And then, just when things seemed to get better, another group of aliens will come out. Some with good intentions, others not so good, specially because they were living in a space prison paying some kind of sentence back in the galaxy where they are from, so now our planet is invaded by a group of aliens that live among us and while trying to adapt to our society, some will protect it and others will try to take advantage of it, so we the humans, are trapped in between this war but we are at home and they are foreigns trying to change our security and safe place, the only one we have. As similar as this sounds, the plot resonates in so many levels in times of globalization. Frontiers have expanded to another level. Cities are filled by people from around the world. traditions are shared and adopted as part of keeping and open mind and embrace new perspectives. So the struggle of a group of allies serving as immigrants in a foreign planet that might serve as home but is not theirs, will expose our fears and love to this current situation where some countries are facing the fact of new waves of immigrants from other countries, and the fact that these aliens might be or look superior to us, changes the fact of what we call security because they can destroy us and our lives depend on a small group of them that are actually willing to help while helping each others to find their lives in a place far from their home.

Charged with plots about politics, media, immigration, feminism, the show also takes a break for some fun, not taking itself too serious, serving just as a vehicle to expose these topics that feel more than actual and use a mythology to get deep on them but at the end the story centers on a girl that while saving the world also tries to have a life. She is working hard to make it through her boss office and her demands, while learning one or other trick to move up in the latter, while figuring out what does she really want to do with her life and find what she really is. Also she will try to feel normal, having a family on the side and making new friends that will stand at her side to fight with her, building a perfect team that will prove that working alone is not the answer but letting others in and get to know you, will bring more benefits. And why not? she is a girl, so she deserves and wants to be loved, to feel desired and meet that connection that will excite her and push her to keep going, but with such a busy agenda and too many things going o in her head, like saving the world and finish all errands in a 9 to 5 job won't make it easy, learning that being the princess is not as charming and useful as we thought because there is a big responsibility on your shoulders and having the eyes of the world on you can be intimidating, but at the end learning that we are a work in progress and that having a work team that will push your limits while bringing the best on you is more a blessing than a curse and the best super power we all can have, other than be able to flight, have a super strength and other things can't compare to the power of love, family, friendships and most important the realization of how great we are just by being ourselves, without labels of race, gender, preferences, ideologies, but just as a simple being.