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<blockquote data-quote="Monzo" data-source="post: 439224" data-attributes="member: 19949">I didn&#039;t really like Grand Hotel, and even though it&#039;s only been a few years since I saw it, I barely remember it. The reason I&#039;m bringing this up is the Spanish original, Gran Hotel, which didn&#039;t really have much in common with Grand Hotel.It speaks volumes for Gran Hotel that there were a total of four remakes. Besides the American one, I also saw the Italian one, which was a complete copy of the Spanish original in terms of plot. What I found interesting was that Austrian characters and actors were also involved, but I remember with horror that the score in the Italian Gran Hotel was intense and loud.I&#039;ve also watched two other Spanish series by Gran Hotel creator Ramón Campos: Velvet and Tiempos de guerra. I have to say, Ramón Campos has a way of making it immediately obvious that a series is his. While Gran Hotel had likable main characters who I hoped would find their way to each other, Velvet was the complete opposite: I didn&#039;t like the supercouple at all, regardless of whether they were together or not. Furthermore, the villains in Velvet weren&#039;t nearly as good as those in Gran Hotel. I&#039;m amazed that Velvet lasted four seasons on Spanish television, while Tiempos de Guerra was canceled after just one. The season finale was fantastic, and in the version I saw (the German-dubbed one), there was a scene after the bombing during the wedding (it was a kind of Spanish Moldavian Massacre) where one of the characters wrote in her diary, revealing to the viewer that everyone had survived. I&#039;ve always wondered if Spanish viewers got to see this resolution, or if the series ended with the chaos after the bombing.Ramón Campos seems to have a fondness for Amaia Salamanca, as I&#039;ve seen her in three of his series. First, she was the heroine in Gran Hotel, then a bitch in Velvet, and then the heroine again in Tiempos de Guerra.Does anyone else have a soft spot for Ramón Campos&#039;s series?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Monzo, post: 439224, member: 19949"] I didn't really like Grand Hotel, and even though it's only been a few years since I saw it, I barely remember it. The reason I'm bringing this up is the Spanish original, Gran Hotel, which didn't really have much in common with Grand Hotel. It speaks volumes for Gran Hotel that there were a total of four remakes. Besides the American one, I also saw the Italian one, which was a complete copy of the Spanish original in terms of plot. What I found interesting was that Austrian characters and actors were also involved, but I remember with horror that the score in the Italian Gran Hotel was intense and loud. I've also watched two other Spanish series by Gran Hotel creator Ramón Campos: Velvet and Tiempos de guerra. I have to say, Ramón Campos has a way of making it immediately obvious that a series is his. While Gran Hotel had likable main characters who I hoped would find their way to each other, Velvet was the complete opposite: I didn't like the supercouple at all, regardless of whether they were together or not. Furthermore, the villains in Velvet weren't nearly as good as those in Gran Hotel. I'm amazed that Velvet lasted four seasons on Spanish television, while Tiempos de Guerra was canceled after just one. The season finale was fantastic, and in the version I saw (the German-dubbed one), there was a scene after the bombing during the wedding (it was a kind of Spanish Moldavian Massacre) where one of the characters wrote in her diary, revealing to the viewer that everyone had survived. I've always wondered if Spanish viewers got to see this resolution, or if the series ended with the chaos after the bombing. Ramón Campos seems to have a fondness for Amaia Salamanca, as I've seen her in three of his series. First, she was the heroine in Gran Hotel, then a bitch in Velvet, and then the heroine again in Tiempos de Guerra. Does anyone else have a soft spot for Ramón Campos's series? [/QUOTE]

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