Darna (2005) User Reviews

Soaring to Legendary Heights

[slsalazar · 8/10 · 22 November 2006]

It is said that if you can't sell your product then its a bust right? Well, you have Darna, a name tagged to history as the most famous superheroine in the Philippines. The series soared to 38 percent throughout its run and it had the record of being the most watched pilot episode with a whopping 47.1 rating.

The rationale behind it? Being a daily series, you have to have fresh characters every week so you wouldn't bore the audience. Take Darna as the Batman - if he had only the Joker as his villain wouldn't that be redundant? Plus each character was developed - for the villains, mambabarang was a mangy guy who loves roaches that's why society hated him. molekula was a girl who accidentally gained powers was at first a vengeful superhero that had issues, eventually turning her wicked.

darna herself was never billed as a girl with unsurpassable strengths. despite her powers she was a pure heart with a weak spirit. the darna character could have been well loved but her narda character appeared rubbish. she was poor, she can have her true love, and basically everyone wants to step on her. the darna character had emotion, and every single character that revolved around her proved valuable to the series.

okay so the series might have dragged a bit in the end but there is no escaping the fact that her entry to the TV sets created a phenomenon.

A waste of time

[carybalin · 29 May 2005]

Another garbage to flog Philippine television. "Darna" was a fairly anticipated show but a few weeks after its debut, viewers have more to complain about than celebrate.

What's wrong with this series? There are too many cast members. Not enough screen time for all of them. Too many evil characters. The plot is lacking. Character development is insufficient. The series starts off okay at first, but after a few episodes, it predictably goes the route of a soap opera --- a bad one. The lead actress looks great in her costume but lacks charisma. The supporting actors are either over the top or can't act. Avoid this one like the plague.

The Best Female Super Hero, Darna is my childhood favorite super hero

[hailynmontes · 10/10 · 26 December 2021]

This is a first tv series version of darna, and Angel Locsin is great actress. It was also here that Angel Locsin was known for her performance as Darna. I just want to say this show is good even though we know it is an adaptation but we can say that the story is different from the original story in the comics.

no videos

[chewyhangman · 1/10 · 21 March 2019]

Hi, there is no video associated when i click the episode. how can i watch this all the episodes?

Annoyingly bad special effects; But who cares? It's a phenomenon!

[pope_innocentyears · 11 April 2005]

the Darna Checklist: Scantily-clad flying super-heroine? Check. Supervillains trying to take over the world? Check. Handsome love interests? Check. Fantastical special effects? Well...

Darna is a promising new concept on TV: a comic-book like storytelling of the trials of a Superheroine destined to become the savior of mankind against super evil that is desperate to create havoc all over. Angel Locsin, fresh from her stint as bird-girl Alwina on 'Mulawin' starts as Darna, the local version of Wonder Woman. Actors and included in the bill are Eddie Garcia, Sandy Andolong, Christopher de Leon, Alessandra de Rossi, and a whole slew of other great actors.

Even the commercialization of the parent network was outstanding: there is no lack of TV guesting and promotions. In fact, the first few episodes are top-raters.

However, there are a few shortcomings that are not easy to overlook. Firstly, some of the special effects are so bad, its annoying. Obviously, the directors lack of vision, and probably due to the lack of budget alloted for special effects. However, no high budget is needed if the director had the vision... Peter Jackson and George Lucas created their first masterpieces with virtually no budget at all.

Secondly, the characters are one-dimensional: Evil aunt is evil. Hero girl's parents are pitiful. Oh and don't forget a big evil snake ala-anaconda to make things worse.

Thirdly, overacting, overacting everywhere! Hello Sandy Andolong? We can't blame her actually, she hasn't acted for a while. But isn't your 'screaming evil character' just too much? We hope there's development regarding this on future episodes.

n a final note, regardless of all these wee complaints, Darna is still a top-rater among evening audiences. The problem arises when audiences will finally realize that these problems are hard to overlook, Darna might lose the top spot.

WORST TV show of 2004. And probably the cream of the crap of Philippine TV

[Fru_is_Insomniac · 17 October 2005]

Darna is another wretch show produced by annoying GMA 7. Darna is about an ordinary girl, who became super hero. Ohhh well.

Well obviously Darna is a trying hard comic-book remake by Mars Ravelo's classic. The lame and crap special effects makes this TV series so annoying. The Lead girl was terrible! On her flying scenes, she was like a flying cockroach, who is chased by annoying villains. The dumb actors also makes this TV series crap. Some actors, who are veteran in acting, looks laughable here. They're annoying! Even Alessandra De Rossi (Who is really create in "Small Voices") looks crap! The crappy costumes too! They like cutted from rags and carpets and tie together and make an awful costume. There are so many plot holes, I guess GMA makes the CRAP storyline MORE CRAP! And plus, Angel Locsin, also good in "The Echo" is the WORST Darna ever.

To International subscribers of GMA Crap Pinoy TV: AVOID all costs...this show is really horrible.

The Filipinos: Well good luck!

-20000000000000000000000000/10

An awful, terrible show.