Batang Quiapo Alternative Storylines - 6/3/2024

 TANGGOL TO FINALLY MEET HIS FATHER?



After a preview where his new female best friend, Bubbles ( played by Ivana Alawi) will be raped by Pablo ( played by Elijah Canlas ) and his goons, Tanggol will decide to fight back . 

The accused is Alberto but unbeknownst to Coco Martin's protagonist character, Tanggol, is Ramon Montenegro. His biological father. 

So his father is not that psychopath police officer Rigor Dimagiba.  It is that Mafia-esque boss Montenegro. The beauty of the story is that it highlights the sinister ideas of Montenegro's adapted sister, Olga ( played by Ivana Alawi) and it gives her more time to express herself through acting. That is a great thing, Direk Coco.


Nonetheless, these are the things that I wish would be shown less in Batang Quiapo

1. Please, enough of Rigor saying he is "disciplining" Tanggol. Being two-faced does not work with him. Hate him all you want, but reveal the truth soon. Tanggol does not need to know. But cut the "disciplining my son" perspective. It's wicked, inhuman and enabling such violence. 

2. If number one won't work, here's number two. Stop delaying the firing of Rigor. Make him do what he does but please, stop continuing to make him a cop

3. I would love to see Primo ( played by Lito Lapid) to be mention by Tanggol as exaltation. Your real father is an evil gangster and your stepfather is a corrupt motherfucker. You might as well keep a guy who goes perfectly as not just a father-figure but almost an actual replica of the Fernando Poe Jr Batang Quiapo movie. And yes, Coco is perfectly right to not stay at the same hideout as Primo. 


Someday, I'll be writing all this down. 

I'm already writing this down