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Post by ljones on Oct 17, 2006 16:13:46 GMT -5
Season 1 was about Prue's relationship with Andy. It also featured the beginning of Piper's relationship with Leo. I have a question regarding telekinesis. A forum for the new TV show, "Heroes" had this to say about telekinesis: And from the following web page - www.zodiac3000.com/magic/telekinesis.htm - a telekinetic can do the following: Has anyone ever heard of this, before?
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Charmed will be in my life and heart forever...because forever will I be Charmed & Obsessed :)
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Post by 1fanofcharmed on Dec 3, 2006 15:47:54 GMT -5
Same here
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Post by Astral Echo on Dec 4, 2006 11:31:45 GMT -5
I only need to read the first page to come to a answer if the WB forced Charmed to become all fluffy then why not change the station when the show was on a high. Lets face it they have always been treated like crap by the WB anyway. If it was that bad Kern would of made sure Charmed was moved to another network, even something like Sci-Fi would of done, as long as we got what we wanted.
If the WB was so guilty then why didn't Kern make sure Charmed was moved, why didn't he make sure the show was treated well. It's his job right, so basically it's mostly Kern's fault anyway. Don't just blame the WB, it's not exactly their fault, it's just the kind of network they are. Blame Kern I say!
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Post by vandergraafk on Dec 6, 2006 21:19:06 GMT -5
I don't think Sci-Fi has nearly as much budgetary clout as a WB did (at the time). Besides, for many customers of cable, Sci-Fi was not part of the basic tier of cable programming. It now is practically everywhere.
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Post by whitelightertony on Dec 9, 2006 15:40:33 GMT -5
Also, The Sci-Fi Channel has a record for treating even its highest-rated series very poorly.
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Post by ArchAngel on Dec 16, 2006 20:23:27 GMT -5
I don't think Sci-Fi has nearly as much budgetary clout as a WB did (at the time). Besides, for many customers of cable, Sci-Fi was not part of the basic tier of cable programming. It now is practically everywhere. Pffft. Everyone blaming budget cuts for the lack of FX obviously never watched Xena:Warrior Princess or Adventure of Hercules which were very low budget and the "Spirit Magic" FX was just speeding up and slowing down the frames on the Camera speed...lol They have actually have had people pretending to "freeze", quite poory mind you, on earlier eppisodes of Charmed, Phoebes forsight is just a extra shots done in black and White, and Paige's tele-orbing and Orbing is a bunch of CGi lighting effects Okay, the last one was supposedly custom done for everytime a whitelighter had to orb including Paige and everytime she had to Tele-orb something. Why they did a custom job instead of using a standard reusable sequence...Like the Startrek Transporter sequence...I have no Idea likewise Bluescreening Alyssa doing all of Phoebe's moves and feeding it into the computer 1 time to drop in her levitating fighting moves (and appropiate clothing for the sequence) instead of renting a harness for every scene which wasn't only expensive but dangerous to her because she actually had to strap up seemed to be another stupid decision on the part of FX budgeting. But no, I lost interest in the show once the Magic of "Sisters that happen to be Witches" switched to "Women looking for love and self discovery..oh Hi Sis,bye Sis you are in my way now"... and still think the last eppisode was a romantic "And they lived Happily ever after cause they all caught their Prince Charming type cute, all brawn and no brain submissive boy toys" cop out...lol Don't get me wrong, I liked the ending, but it leaves no chance for a revival, Spin off, or Movie for those of you hoping for one.
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Post by ljones on Dec 18, 2006 11:54:36 GMT -5
I hate to say this, but your description of the sisters' husbands at the end of the series is pretty much on target. Leo, Coop and Henry are pretty much submissive boy toys, aren't they?
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Post by ShantaD on Dec 18, 2006 14:26:55 GMT -5
Only to weak, insecure men who find independent women with lives and careers outside the home scary and emasculating and who therefore must believe there is something wrong with men who can handle such relationships.
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Post by valkyrie131 on Jan 18, 2007 5:15:31 GMT -5
I think you are right in that they got WAY away from the Wicca thing. I was disappointed in that seeing as how that was the basis for the show. I think it was a change in writers or maybe the network, just trying to appeal to more people. Nevermind that some of us had watched the series from the beginning and enjoyed that part of the show.
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Post by vandergraafk on Jan 19, 2007 18:33:05 GMT -5
No, I think the probably goes back to the beginning of the series. Constance Burge wanted to write a show about sisters. The WB wanted a Buffy type show. So, Constance Burge writes a pilot about three sisters who happen to be "witches". Although she probably did a bit of research in order to use some of the language of witchcraft, Ms. Burge was hardly an expert. Thus, many of the errors - as they relate to Wicca - are inherent in the way the show was conceived. Had the show called them the protectors, i.e., supernatural beings who use potions, spells, magical powers, to protect the innocent, avenge attacks upon the innocent by going after demonic entities perpetrating evil. the show would not have been one bit different!
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Post by Winchester Witch on Apr 16, 2007 0:22:02 GMT -5
Wow, you would think with the success of all the paranormal TV series on today that the network would not have pushed the supernatural(no pun intended)or wiccan aspect of charmed under the rug but in fact they have. Point in case Paige's wedding was so mainstream it just didn't fit. Perhaps that is why so many of us old school fans are finding these past few years disappointing. It seems like the original writers went to great length to teach the audience about wicca to give the show depth and an edge, but now they stay clear of it to perhaps grab a broader audience. Am I the only one that feels this way? You could be right on that one ...I wasn't really thinking that much about it. Personally, I feel the reality shows have taken over television; there are so many of them now and new ones keep coming in that there is no more space for the wicca-supernatural-themed shows. I guess people would rather watch bad singing or everyday stuff than stuff you don't see all the time. What has America become? ?
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Post by ljones on Apr 16, 2007 14:12:08 GMT -5
Only to weak, insecure men who find independent women with lives and careers outside the home scary and emasculating and who therefore must believe there is something wrong with men who can handle such relationships. I'm a woman and I found the idea of the Charmed Ones ending the series with brainless and emasculated boy toys to be very unimpressive. Apparently, the producer and the writers seemed frightened by the idea of both strong women and strong men as partners.
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Post by ShantaD on Apr 16, 2007 20:31:39 GMT -5
Oh good grief. Maybe Tarzan wasn't available.
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Post by vandergraafk on Apr 17, 2007 22:47:08 GMT -5
Wait a minute! Henry is an emasculated boy toy? What acid are you dropping?
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Post by ljones on Apr 25, 2007 11:06:40 GMT -5
I was not that impressed by Henry. By the way . . . has anyone heard the latest news regarding the Wiccan religion? The Department of Veteran's Affairs have finally allowed Wiccan religious symbols to be allowed on the graves of U.S. veterans: news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070423/ap_on_re_us/wiccan_soldier
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Post by vandergraafk on Apr 25, 2007 11:30:45 GMT -5
But: an emasculated boy toy? Hardly!
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Post by ljones on Jul 18, 2007 12:12:31 GMT -5
By the way, did you know that "whitelighter" is a term used in the Wiccan community? The term is used to describe those who view "Deity" only in the good, but without any unappealing or unpleasant aspects. And from what I've learned, Wiccans harbor a pejorative ( or contemptuous) view these "whitelighters". Does this mean you view both Leo and Coop as emasculated boy toys?
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Post by vandergraafk on Jul 18, 2007 16:03:40 GMT -5
Leo is definitely not a boy toy. Mr. Mom, maybe. Coop? Hardly got to know him.
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Post by ljones on Jul 21, 2007 0:12:52 GMT -5
Leo is definitely not a boy toy. Mr. Mom, maybe. Coop? Hardly got to know him. Boy toy. Both of them.
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Post by ljones on Jul 22, 2007 22:04:46 GMT -5
Why do snakes have such a negative reputation in Western society, compare to how they are regarded in Asia and Western Africa?
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