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Strawberries with Sugar: And a Generation Marked

March 28, 2017 / BY Badriah
Original Source: https://goo.gl/u3dUvT Chosen by: Daniela. Translated by: Daniela. Revised by: Badriah. (No revision needed, Daniela did a great job). “Morangos com Açúcar” was a portuguese teen drama, created by TVI. It was aired between 2003 and 2012, with more than 2000 episodes and 9 seasons. Without any doubt, this serie marked a generation. That’s why the people born in the late 80’s and 90’s are called “Morangos com Açúcar generation”. Morangos ended 5 years ago, but people still...

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Captain Falcão: The Portuguese Superhero!

March 21, 2017 / BY Badriah
Analysis - Captain Falcão Sergio Batista. April 30th, 2015 Before joining the PróximoNível team, I have already had some practice in writing game reviews. However, the same does not apply to movies, something I do not consider myself the greatest expert on. But I am able to distinguish a good film from a bad one and there is no better way for me to start writing movie reviews than with a film about a fascist...

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Philosopher's Stone: A poem by António Gedeão

March 20, 2017 / BY Badriah
Philosopher's Stone (by António Gedeão) They don't know that dreams are a constant in life so concrete and well-defined as any other thing, like this grey rock upon which I sit and rest, like this gentle stream skipping serenely, like these tall pine trees that shuffle in green and gold, like these birds that cry in fountains of blue. They don't know that dreams are wine, are foam, are ferment, are thrilled and thirsty creatures,...

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António Variações, the Freddie Mercury of Portugal?

March 17, 2017 / BY Badriah
Original Link: https://goo.gl/PwfeaC Translated by: Badriah Revised by: Luisa Chosen by: Daniela In this song called Always Absent, António Variações is asking someone a series of questions. This person seems distant, lost, lonely and people do not like that about him. From the lyrics we can tell that the person is also trying to find their way, achieve their dreams, but somehow they get locked in a fantasy that gives them thrill, that make their life more meaningful. Towards the end of...

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Comic Con Portugal 2016

March 01, 2017 / BY Badriah
Original Source: https://goo.gl/8cznDk Translated by: Luisa Revised by: Badriah Chosen by: by Luisa *Please Turn the CC on Amara Player for Subtitles* Comic​ ​Con​ ​Portugal​ ​is​ ​the​ ​main​ ​and​ ​most​ ​famous​ ​Pop​ ​culture​ ​event​ ​in​ ​Portugal.​ ​It took​ ​place​ ​during​ ​late​ ​December​ ​of​ ​2016​ ​for​ ​four​ ​days.​ ​And​ ​the​ ​report​ ​we​ ​are​ ​presenting​ ​you​ ​is one​ ​done​ ​by​ ​RTP​ ​Arena,​ ​in​ ​which​ ​various​ ​visitors​ ​were​ ​interviewed​ ​during​ ​the​ ​event commenting​ ​about​ ​their​ ​current​ ​opinions​ ​of​ ​the​ ​newest​...

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