Esta nueva ficción creada de la mano de Laura Belloso and Asier Andueza ,quienes ya formaron parte de la primera edición de la franquicia, y producida por Atresmedia y Globomedia, cuenta con una premisa parecida a la original: un internado situado en medio del bosque y apartado de la sociedad donde ocurren toda clase de misterios que unos alumnos serán encargados de desentramar. Sin embargo, después de visionar la temporada completa podemos comprobar que las dos series en realidad no tienen mucho mas en común.
A pesar del hecho de que ambos internados: Las Cumbres y Laguna Negra, conviven en el mismo universo, como bien se encargan de informarnos Yon Gonzalez y Blanca Suárez durante los primeros minutos del primer capitulo volviendo a sus roles recurrentes en una corta entrevista televisiva; mas allá de eso, ambas series son completamente distintas y no cuentan con ningún tipo de continuidad argumental entre ellas, mas allá de algunos guiños que el espectador de la original entenderá al momento.
Esto nos lleva a pensar como público ¿realmente era necesario este reboot? ¿se ha usado el éxito y nostalgia de una gran serie como excusa para crear otra completamente distinta?
En los últimos años, el sector audiovisual se ha visto invadido por los reboots, remakes, spin-offs , secuelas y precuelas de grandes series y películas cuyo éxito pasado ha sido utilizado como pretexto para “revivirlas” por las grandes productoras y crear un producto triunfador a partir de otro producto triunfador ya existente.
Muchas han sido las ficciones que han vuelto o planean volver a nuestras pantallas este año después de su final. Producciones españolas como “Física o Química”, “Los protegidos”, “Los hombres de Paco” o “Camera Café” son algunas de los retornos mas sonados a los que se unió esta semana “El internado: Las Cumbres”. Todas ellas parten de un fenómeno fan muy potente que es utilizado como principal público y cupo de garantía del futuro éxito de la serie o película que se buscar “revivir”. Y aunque es cierto que esta fama previa es indudablemente un plus con respecto a las ficciones que tienen que abrirse paso desde cero, también puede resultar en un problema.
Al crear su base alrededor de un producto ya existente y
conocido, este tipo de narraciones están atadas a una serie de expectativas que
el publico busca a ver cumplido con respecto a la ficción original y lo que
esperan que sea la nueva serie o película creada a partir de ella. En este
aspecto afecta bastante el tipo de continuación que se vaya a realizar, si se
va a crear una historia completamente nueva como es el caso del reboot del
internado o, si se va a continuar una historia con los mismos personajes y
tramas argumentales tal como se hizo en “Física o Química: el rencuentro”.
Otro inconveniente es la sobreexplotación y alargamiento exagerado de tramas que ya están o deberían estar cerradas. Todos conocemos casos de series que se han extendido durante temporadas y temporadas perdiendo la esencia original de la historia. Lo mismo ocurre cuando queremos devolver a la vida series o películas, que estamos ante la posibilidad de arruinarlas completamente reabriendo tramas que ya estaban cerradas y liándolas imposiblemente, explotando algo que no da mas de si y únicamente mancha el recuerdo de la original.
Es por eso por lo que al expandir universos y revivir
historias hay que tener en mente si esas continuaciones son realmente
necesarias y si van a aportar riqueza a las historias o simplemente van a
enredarla. Muchas veces es mejor apostar por nuevas tramas que mantenerse
anclado a la nostalgia de las viejas.
The boarding school: Las Cumbres and the fever for the continuations
Last Friday, December 19th, the new Amazon Prime series “The boarding School: Las Cumbres” premiered. A long-awaited title either , due to the enormous amount of promotion with which we have been bombarded in recent weeks from all sectors of entertainment; or since this new series is nothing less than the reboot of the famous Antena 3 series "The boarding school: Laguna Negra" that enjoyed great popularity during its broadcast years (2007-2010) and served as a stepping stone to the fame of many of its actors.
This new tv show created by Laura Belloso and Asier Andueza, who were already part of the first edition of the franchise, and produced by Atresmedia and Globomedia, has a similar premise as the original: a boarding school located in the middle of the forest and away from society where all kinds of mysteries occur and some students will be in charge of unraveling. However, after viewing the full season we can see that the two series don't have much in common.
Even though both shows: Las Cumbres and Laguna Negra, coexist in the same universe, as Yon Gonzalez and Blanca Suárez inform us , returning to their recurring roles during a short television interview in the first minutes of the first episode. Aside from that, both series are completely different and do not have any type of plot continuity between them, beyond some hints that the viewer of the original will understand .This leads us to think as a public, was this reboot necessary? Has the success and nostalgia of a great series been used as an excuse to create a completely different one?
In recent years, the audiovisual sector has been invaded by reboots, remakes, spin-offs, sequels, and prequels of great series and films whose past success has been used as a pretext to "revive" them by the big producers to create a winning product out of an already existing winning product.
Many have been the fictions that have returned or plan to return to our screens this year after its end. Spanish productions such as “Física o Química”, “Los protegidos”, “Los Hombres de Paco” or “Camera Café” are some of the most popular returns to which “The boarding School:Las Cumbres” joined this week. All of them are based on a very powerful fan phenomenon that is used as the main audience and a guarantee of the future success of the series or film to be “revived”. And while it is true that this previous fame is undoubtedly an advantage against shows that have to make their way from scratch, it can also result in a problem.
By creating its base around an already existing and known product, this type of narration is tied to a series of expectations that the public seeks to see fulfilled concerning the original fiction and what they expect the new series or film created to be. In this aspect, the type of continuation that is going to be carried out affects a lot : if a completely new story is going to be created as is the case of the boarding school reboot or if a story with the same characters and plotlines such as it was done in "Fisica o Quimica: the reunion".
An example of this excessive lengthening could be the case of Marvel, which each year releases 3 or 4 films or series, some better than others, which are all interconnected, forming a very extensive universe that only evolves and becomes larger and more complicated to maintain as the years goes by. This is part of an enormously ambitious project and undoubtedly successful for the moment, however, it is worth wondering exactly how long it can be sustained before the ship that has been created based on dozens of interconnected stories is flooded by its weight.
That is
why, when expanding universes and reliving stories, you have to keep in mind if
these continuations are necessary and if they are going to add richness to the
stories, or simply mess them up. There are times when it is better to bet on
new plots than to stay anchored in nostalgia for old ones.
Laura Sánchez
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