Los únicos explained

Genre:superhero live-action television series
Creator:Adrián Suar
Director:Rodolfo Antúnez
Sebastián Pivotto
Creative Director:Liza Gieco
Opentheme:Los Únicos
Octavio Stampalia
Country:Argentina
Language:Spanish
Num Seasons:2
Num Episodes:243
Executive Producer:Adrián Suar
Runtime:60 minutes
Company:Pol-ka
Channel:El Trece

Los únicos (Spanish; Castilian: "The uniques") is a 2011 Argentine superhero live-action television series aired by El Trece in the prime time. The "uniques" are a superhero team working as a covert operation unit. Main actors are Arnaldo André, Mariano Martínez and Griselda Siciliani, the two main supervillains are played by Favio Posca and Carlos Belloso.

Premise

Unlike most productions by Pol-ka, Los únicos is not a telenovela featuring common people or a vengeance plot.[1] Instead, it is a crime fiction comedy with metafictional elements. As such, it avoids the usual constrains of the plots of the aforementioned genres.[1] The plot is influenced by the X-Men film series, Heroes and Sky High.[1]

Nicolás Cabré makes a spin-off of the Sin Código telenovela, playing again his former character of "Axel Etcheverry". In the new plot, the "Nielsen Security" group has gone bankrupt, and Axel blames his former teammate Gabriel Nielsen for it. Nielsen (which was played by Adrián Suar, creator of both series) has appeared a number of times, as well as other characters and references to the former telenovela.

Arnaldo André composed his character, an experimented leader managing a team, based over his own protective relations with relatives, and the ways TV producers try to motivate him to accept a work. He made a deliberate effort to avoid giving an authoritarian style to the character, to avoid comparisons with his former character at Valientes.[2]

Production

The series has had cameos from notable Argentine actors, such as Esteban Prol,[3] Eugenia Suárez, Carlos Baute and Anabela Ascar.[4] Gonzalo Heredia, from the previous successful telenovela Malparida, played himself in a casual scene,[5] with a brief cameo of Juana Viale, also from that telenovela.[6] Osvaldo Laport will play again his former character of "Amador Heredia" from Soy Gitano.[4] Miguel Ángel Rodríguez and Martín Bossi will play crime bosses, and Ana María Orozco will join the team.[4] A fashion show will include the presence of Pía Slapka, acting as herself, and fashion designer Roberto Giordano.[4]

The series had a successful rating, with nearly 20 points.[7] [8]

Plot

The "Uniques" are actually one of several covert operation units of skilled or superpowered people working at different countries. Alfredo Monterrey organized many of those units, and the series is about the creation and organization of the Argentine branch. His recruits are Diego Rouvier, Axel Etcheverry, María Soledad Marini, Rubén Hagi, Rosario Ahumada, Violeta Morano and Hugo Albarracín. María has superhuman strength, Axel has an unbreakable skeleton, Rubén Hagi has indestructible skin, and Violeta Morano is precognitive. Diego, Hugo and Rosario have no superhuman powers: Diego is a skilled secret agent, Hugo is an ex-soldier with a split personality disorder and Rosario a former burglar with a taste for high-stake thefts. The team is opposed by the villains Livio Muzak and Ronco Milevich. Ronco is capable of electric manipulation.

Cast

Brigada: Los Únicos

Original members
Portrayed byNameDon Información
Diego Rouvier Higher IQ
Axel Etcheverry Superior Bone Strength
Rúben Hagi Impenetrable skin
Rosario Ahumada Professional Scammer
Soraya Bismarck
Helena Epstein Transferred to Jamaica at secret mision.
María Soledad Marini Superior Strength
María Paula "Poly" Said Professional Hacker Retires and join to Los Únicos España.
Alfredo Monterrey Strength Accepts and moves on a mission at Mir Station.
Hugo Albarracín / Rambo Elite Soldier Retires and moves to Africa
Violeta Morano Extrasensory ability Transferred to London on a mission, later rejoined and was murdered.

In production

Los Unicos Junior

Portrayed byNameRoleYearNotes
Sofía Reyes Student / Agent 2011–2012
Keira Beltrán Student / Agent 2011–2012
Bruno Epstein Student / Hacker 2011–2012
Juan Manuel Guilera Lucas Miller Student / Agent 2011–2012
Victorio D'Alessandro Ciro FuentesStudent / Agent 2011–2012

In production

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Los únicos . Marcelo . Stiletano . 2011-02-09 . . . Spanish . The uniques.
  2. André. Arnaldo . Arnaldo André. Adriana Schettini . Arnaldo André: "La televisión me dio todo, todo, todo" . . 2011-02-18 . Clarín espectáculos. 2011-03-31-->.
  3. Web site: Esteban Prol se suma a "Los únicos" . 2011-03-20 . . . Spanish . Esteban Prol join "The uniques" . 2011-03-31.
  4. Web site: Más invitados especiales para Los únicos . 2011-03-31 . Teleshow . . Spanish . More special guests for "The uniques" . 2011-03-31.
  5. Web site: Este horario es mío . 2011-03-17 . . . Spanish . This hour is mine . 2011-03-31.
  6. Web site: Casi inadvertido, el "cameo" de una estrella en "Los Unicos" . 2011-03-16 . . . Spanish . Almost unnoticed, the "cameo" of a star in "The uniques" . 2011-03-31.
  7. Web site: Primero, la ficción . 2011-03-17 . . . Spanish . First, fiction . 2011-03-31.
  8. Web site: "Los Unicos" sigue marcando tendencia . 2011-03-18 . . . Spanish . "The uniques" keeps marking trends . 2011-03-31.