00:00Lazos de Amor. This classic that features Lucero in the role of triplets is an adaptation by
00:06Liliana Abood of a story by Jorge Lozano Soriano. The soap opera was produced by the renowned Carla
00:13Estrada for Televisa in 1995. It tells the story of triplets who, after an accident,
00:21lost their parents and were left with sequels that changed their lives and personalities
00:26forever. La Otra, The Other Woman. An original story by Liliana Abood, the soap opera La Otra,
00:34produced for Televisa in 2002, had some points of its plot inspired by the film The Strange Passenger,
00:42and others inspired by real-life cases of people who look very similar without being related.
00:48But it is not a remake, and every original story ends up being inspired by one thing or another.
00:55The plot tells the story of two women who are completely identical on the outside but could
01:01not be more different on the inside. When one of their boyfriends thinks she is dead,
01:06he meets her lookalike and, trying to fill the void left by the other, marries her. But the
01:12girlfriend was not only alive but had been suffering for years from his supposed abandonment
01:18while living oppressed by her cruel mother. Besides being original, this soap opera is really good.
01:25Whoever hasn't seen it yet, I highly recommend it. El Manantial, The Spring. Many people think
01:31this soap opera is a remake of Cañeveral de Pasiones because there are some similar points
01:37between the two. But no, it is an original story by writers Cuauhtémoc Blanco and Victor Manuel
01:43Medina. Produced by Carla Estrada in 2001. El Manantial is a property coveted by two rival
01:51families. Behind this rivalry was an extramarital affair that, when discovered, ended in a tragic
01:58outcome. But years later, when the children of the rival families fall in love, they must face all the
02:06obstacles created by their parents' mistakes and hatred in order to be together. This one is really
02:12good. Whoever hasn't seen it yet, I highly recommend it. Amigas y Rivales. Friends and Rivals. This teen
02:20novella, full of outbursts and controversies, is an original idea by producer Emilio La Rosa with the
02:27mission of replacing Primer Amor a Mil Por Hora. And it fulfilled its mission well, after all. The story
02:35of the young girls who were friends and rivals at the same time worked out very well and became a
02:41true
02:41success among the young audience. Chains of Bitterness. Written by Maria del Carmen Peña and
02:49José Cuauhtémoc Blanco, this 1991 Televisa production became a great classic. It tells the
02:56story of a young woman who, after losing her parents in an accident, falls into the hands of her cruel
03:03and
03:03controlling aunt, who is not happy and will not allow her niece to be either. She hides a grudge against
03:10Cecilia, who was actually the daughter of her sister with the man who she loved, a priest who didn't even
03:17know he had become a father. Another soap opera that is very good, even though it is very sad.
03:23Cuna de Lobos. Den of Wolves. The classic of classics of Mexican telenovelas, this 1986 Televisa
03:32production was written by Carlos Olmos and inspired by the film The Anniversary. But the inspiration is
03:39mainly around the construction of the villain Catalina Creel, because the central drama of the soap opera
03:45ends up being completely different from the film. The story shows us a cruel matriarch capable of
03:52anything to protect the interests of her offspring, in this case her biological son Alejandro and his wife
04:00Vilma, who cannot have children. In his eagerness for a blood heir, Alejandro deceives Leonora, a young woman
04:07who thinks she married him. When Leonora becomes pregnant, Alejandro's plan is to take the child from her
04:14so he and Vilma can raise it as their own. Meanwhile, Vilma fakes a pregnancy. And of course, when the
04:21matriarch
04:22discovers her daughter-in-law's fake pregnancy and her son's plans, she does everything to bring the grandson to
04:29her wolf's cradle, taking him from the arms of his real mother, who will have to become another wolf to
04:35fight the
04:36family and recover her son. I have nothing more to say about this soap opera. No wonder no one dared
04:43to make a remake for over 30 years. And can I say something? They shouldn't have dared.
04:52Camaleones. Chameleons. Choosing two strong names among the young audience of the time to star in the
04:58story, the plot by producer Rossi Ocampo brought Belinda and Alfonso Herrera back to teen soap operas.
05:06The 2009 plot is set in a school, and yes, the intention was to bring the rebelde audience,
05:13they even formed a band, but of course it never reached the same success. To avoid being called a
05:19copy of its predecessor, the plot brings elements of suspense and action, and the protagonists are nothing
05:26more and nothing less than a pair of professional thieves. I never watched this, so I can't go into
05:33more details, but yes, it is an original story with no previous versions. Mi Pecado. Burden of Guilt.
05:41It seems Televisa was inspired to create original works at that time, because the story that succeeded
05:48Camaleones was also an original work. Starring Maite Peroni, the soap opera produced by Juan Oserio
05:55brings a tragic story of impossible love between two young people from families with past rivalries.
06:02But even though the plot is not a burst of originality, the soap opera is indeed an original work. Many
06:09people find this soap opera boring, but I think it has some interesting points, such as the final
06:14revelation about why the mother hates her daughter. Antes muerta que licita. Anything but plain.
06:21Another soap opera starring Maite Peroni, this story produced by Rossi Ocampo for Televisa in 2015,
06:30is also not a burst of originality. But no, it is not one of the remakes of the Betty La
06:36Fea franchise.
06:37Despite the similarities, those who watch the soap opera realize that the plot brings several differences,
06:43and the focus is not the same as other soap operas that feature the ugly protagonist falling in love
06:50with her boss. Here, the journey is much more about the protagonist herself, and how far she will go to
06:57break her ethical limits in order to succeed. I like this soap opera. I find it super fun,
07:03and it conveys a valid message. Alborada and Pasión, the successors of Amor Real.
07:09After the enormous success of the 2003 soap opera Amor Real, a remake of Bodas de Odio,
07:16producer Carla Estrada made two other period soap operas that were original for Televisa in the
07:22following years. And even though they didn't have the same success as the first, the three became known as
07:28Carla Estrada's period trilogy with Colunga. The first was Alborada, a work written by Maria Saratini.
07:36It aired in 2005 and brought Lucero as Fernando Colunga's romantic partner. Luis belonged to the
07:43family of a count who wanted to assassinate him because, in reality, he was the true count of
07:48Guevara, who had been usurped when the cousins were babies.
07:55The aunt had placed her son, Diego, in the count's place and pretended that Luis was her son.
08:01In one of the assassination attempts, Luis was forced to hide inside a house where a cruel mother-in-law
08:08forced him to impregnate her daughter-in-law, Hippolyta, pretending to be her husband, in exchange
08:14from not handing him over to the men who wanted to kill him. The second work, Pasión, arrived in 2007,
08:20and was the least successful of the three, which is perhaps why it was the last. But I like it
08:26a lot, too.
08:27Also written by Maria Saratini, this time the soap opera starring Susana Gonzalez
08:32brought Fernando Colunga as a pirate, forced into that life after being unjustly accused of murder.
08:43Camila, in turn, was engaged to Santiago, but on the night of their engagement,
08:47the lord of the region kidnapped the poor girl to demand his right of the first night—basically,
08:54the right to have the first night with a woman who was about to get married.
09:00After that, Camila was still kidnapped to be sold as a slave and bought by an elderly man who wanted
09:06a wife just so he wouldn't leave his inheritance in the hands of his daughter, as he knew she would
09:11hand the fortune over to her cousin Ricardo. And who was Ricardo? Yes, the pirate. And who unjustly accused
09:18him was the uncle who married Camila. Well, you just have to watch to see how this tragic plot unfolds.
09:28I simply adore it and highly recommend it.
09:31But I'll end this list here. Do you remember other Mexican soap operas that were not remakes?
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