CODENAME: XANDER RETURNS – A Feel Good Nostalgia Trip for All. CODENAME: XANDER RETURNS – A Feel Good Nostalgia Trip for All. When in Manila, and you are into watching Japanese action shows like Maskman, Mask Rider, and Shaider! The Dulaang Rock Opera Company (Dulaang ROC), a theater student organization of the University of Asia and the Pacific (UA& P) is currently staging one of its biggest production of 2. Codename: Xander Returns. X Vallez/Juan Ekis) and with composition of Ian Amane, Codenaeme: Xander Returns gives off a unique musical vibe that combines musical theater with elements of the Japanese tokusatsu shows that we fell in love in the 1. Heavily inspired by Space Sheriff Shaider, you will see a lot of bad guys, heroes in metallic blue armor and even a love story that might take a tragic turn. Codenaeme: Xander Returns is a . The musical follows the exploits of Xander, Pulis Pangkalawakan. 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Watch xXx: The Return of Xander Cage - Trailer 2016 English Movie Online - Xander Cage is left for dead after an incident, though he secretly returns to action for a new, tough assignment with his handler Augustus Gibbons. Releasing on 1st Jan'2016. XXx: Return of Xander Cage full movie, Xander Cage is left for dead after an incident, though he secretly returns to action for a new, tough assignment with his handler Augustus. Xander Cage is left for dead after an incident, though he secretly returns to action for a new, tough assignment with his handler Augustus Gibbons. Will Xander and the rest of his crew fight off Drigo and Ida? Well, I don’t want to spoil the entire story so you got to watch the show and find out yourself. Drigo and Ida, with the Amazonas in the background. We got to watch Codename: Xander Returns at the UA& P Dizon Auditorium on its premier night and we were treated to one good performance. After the show we got to interview the show’s director/writer Mr. X Vallez and the musical composer Mr. Here’s our interview with the two gentlemen: Q: ! As the writer of this production, we. A friend of mine, after a staging of a play I did a few years back jokingly asked me: . So it became a dare.) It took me 3 years to complete and I had the help of Ian to write the music. So yes, it started out as a joke, but now it? As the composer, what inspired you to compose the songs with X? Ian: The songs were originally written for the first version of the play. So if you actually watched the first one, they were more tightly inter- bound with the story. In this version, there are some songs that are, and aren. It is to also give the audience a taste of what that character wants to happen or the desire that moves that character. But again, they are not as tightly ingrained in the story as they were before. Cami and JJQ: With the musical being inspired by Shaider , I gotta ask, was the series one of your favorite Tokusatsu shows growing up? Shaider was just ok to me. I enjoy watching Shaider but I wasn. However, there were a lot of images from Shaider that stuck in my brain. One big example is that big head character (Great Emperor Kubilai) , who I was really afraid of. Basically, I was really terrified of the villains of Shaider when I was a kid so that. Actually, that was one of my motivations in writing this storyline because they never really got to be together at the end of the series. Here, I wanted to explore the love story that never existed in the entirety of Shaider. Ian: I didn. That and maybe it was on another TV station in the province. I saw mostly Mask Rider Black and the other guy that turns into a robot (Machineman?). When X got me into it, a few years later, and I found it cool. But my favorite show that I watched when I was a kid was Mask Rider Black. Alexis and Annie. Q: What. The version of last year had JJ as a writer, a musical, so it had a meta aspect. My friend said that the JJ character could be doing anything and it will not matter, so it. We decided to do a re- write and it became slightly dark. We had several versions of this play. One major revision we did for this play (Xander Returns) is that a character turns evil because of a major loss (what loss? Watch the play to find out). Q: What was the hardest part writing the musical? X: The hardest part in writing this version of the musical is to try and keep the songs. Retaining the songs from the previous version, last year. Writing new songs would. But since we had pre- existing songs, the challenge was that the songs would still fit the plot. A lot of the lyrics were written beforehand and they were easier to reconstruct. Writing the music, we ahd 3 years to do it. The Dancing Monster! That guy who draws up the energy of the victims after he forces them to dance? That original version of the monster was that it would have been a run of the mill monster that destroys buildings and creates havoc. When Ian was creating the music, he said, . So it (the monster) was inspired by the music to decide the form of the monster and the strength of the enemy. Ian: I think that . I had an idea to have the power of the bad guys to be about dance. For me, the ultimate dance is disco and not ? This is some sort of Pinoy homage to that genre. My pitch is that we are giving tribute to that culture that affected us, enriched us, one that we borrowed and grew up with, but with a Pinoy flavor. This one is especially for the . So if they are looking for a combination of a nostalgia trip and a sound trip that. This play is now more complex than what the Japanese had before in terms of themes because we tried to show the concept of heroism and how love can sometimes twist heroism into something else. Like I said earlier, Codename: Xander Returns was a good show. It had elements of those Japanese TV shows that I loved watching as a kid back in the 9. They had entertaining fight scenes with the bad guys, the . If you’re in that 8. Shaider, Maskman or Masked Rider Black, you’ll love watching this musical. Christian Vallez and Ian Amane for giving their time to give us the interview. I would also like to give props to the young performers and crew of the Dulaang ROC theater organization for pulling off a good show! Don’t forget to catch Codename: Xander Returns this week from 9, 1. February 2. 01. 6 at the Celestino Dizon Auditorium, G/F at the University of Asia and the Pacific (UA& P), Pearl Drive, Pasig City. You may also get your tickets before the show or via online at http: //dulaangroc. I guarantee you, it’s a nostalgia and sound trip that you will enjoy very much! WIM Photos by: Jonathan Guillermo. Reminders: Please observe the proper dress code while inside the UA& P campus . Slippers and slip- on footwear are not allowed for use within the University premises. Share This Article Martin Vicencio. Martin is an avid professional wrestling fan. He is also into sports, food and secretly trying to hone his craft in the realm of theater. As a side- note, Martin is also the owner/author of this lovely blog: http: //dextreme.
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