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Post by Sadrick on Oct 17, 2015 15:28:10 GMT -5
In fairness, some of my posts have advocated a revitalisation of the series or something along the lines of what the X-Files is doing now with most of the concepts introduced in later seasons bypassed. I think there's a general consensus that agrees that the latter four seasons (or five if you include S4) of Charmed weren't exactly the golden years.
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Post by erikamarie on Oct 17, 2015 15:42:33 GMT -5
Let's calm down!
As I told, too often the Cafè looks like an I- hate- Charmed -board
Maybe it's because I am European and in the only two board that I follow, both about Lost, we speak of the characters, of the interpretations, of the potential alternative developments, but we care very little about actors and writers
I don't think that Kern was the Evil and Doherty an heroin, I not give a darn for both , I'ld like to talk of Charmed and I think that many members'ld like to talk of it not about Spelling's attitude
So, it's better we calm downand learn to accept other people's ideas, free to love Billie or to worship mermaids and Avatars: we'ld remember that our opinions are not facts and others' opinions are just as valid as ours
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Post by Chrisaholic on Oct 17, 2015 16:28:56 GMT -5
Thanks. I completely agree. Besides, erikamarie, I'm an European as well.  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2015 17:38:42 GMT -5
Erikamarie is in Switzerland, I believe. That would make the two of you "neighbours"  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2015 21:06:57 GMT -5
In fairness, some of my posts have advocated a revitalisation of the series or something along the lines of what the X-Files is doing now with most of the concepts introduced in later seasons bypassed. I think there's a general consensus that agrees that the latter four seasons (or five if you include S4) of Charmed weren't exactly the golden years. It's a shame that CBS' planned reboot ended up falling through. This site saw some of its best activity in years not long after it was announced. Tons of people were coming out of the woodwork to talk about it, even if it was to criticize the idea, and others were passing around their own ideas on how the reboot should go. For once, people had something new to talk about instead of beating the same old crap about Phoebe/Cole, magical powers, and whatnot to death over and over again. Once the reboot died, so did all of that great discussion, and it was back to the same old, same old. Very sad.  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2015 23:22:42 GMT -5
I agree. That reboot could have given Charmed Online Fandom a much needed shot in the arm. Who knows what we could be discussing now had it happened.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2015 0:22:30 GMT -5
I agree. That reboot could have given Charmed Online Fandom a much needed shot in the arm. Who knows what we could be discussing now had it happened. I know. Talk about a missed opportunity. Back in March 2014, I went and collected data on every thread here, organizing them based on date of last post. Here's my results: General Discussion: - 2008: 290 - 2009: 288 - 2010: 98 - 2011: 114 - 2012: 65 - 2013: 108 Total: 963 Threads Character Boards:Prue: 52 Threads 2008: 6 2009: 19 2010: 0 2011: 4 2012: 15 2013: 8 Piper: 32 Threads 2008: 9 2009: 8 2010: 4 2011: 1 2012: 3 2013: 7 Phoebe: 38 Threads 2008: 3 2009: 9 2010: 9 2011: 11 2012: 1 2013: 5 Paige: 44 Threads 2008: 4 2009: 24 2010: 2 2011: 3 2012: 2 2013: 9 Men of Charmed: 38 Threads 2008: 11 2009: 8 2010: 4 2011: 5 2012: 2 2013: 8 Other Characters: 20 Threads 2008: 4 2009: 1 2010: 3 2011: 3 2012: 1 2013: 8 Total: 224 Threads 2008: 37 2009: 69 2010: 22 2011: 27 2012: 24 2013: 45 Bay Mirror: 2006-07: 21 2008: 8 2009: 7 2010: 9 2011: 21 2012: 2 2013: 0 Total: 68 Threads Off-Topic:2005-07: 17 2008: 122 2009: 92 2010: 22 2011: 20 2012: 14 2013: 18 Total: 305 Threads As you can clearly see, activity here took a complete nosedive after 2009, with the Off-Topic forum being the hardest hit. No, I am not sh!tting you, there are threads from 2005 in that subforum! thecharmedcafe.proboards.com/thread/3633/gilmore-girlsthecharmedcafe.proboards.com/thread/3603/tree-hillthecharmedcafe.proboards.com/thread/3660/law-order-suvIt's only three threads, but the fact that there's anything in there that was last updated that long ago tells you how dead that part of the site is. And, it's obvious that the comics are the sole thing sustaining activity in the Bay Mirror subforum and only barely so. Pre-2010 threads are still the majority in there. Yes, the data's a little old now, but I can't imagine it'd look much different. A large chunk of this site has been inactive since the end of last decade, and activity only continues to go downhill. |
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Post by sol on Oct 18, 2015 8:25:26 GMT -5
My nan often told me: remember that when you point the finger at another, the other three fingers of your hand are pointed at you!
It'ld be best to forget the past quarrels and start up again!
kriswyatthalliwell and misterchristxpher where playing with some speculations, they would be of interest or not, but it was their right to propose them, without producing peeved reactions, at least it was something different from the eternal moaning about Kern or Spelling!
My friend Leonor told me that Charmed Cafe is a site where you cannot get ideas but only nod regarding dogmas: only the first three seasons are watchable, all the sisters are dreadful except Prue,Brad Kern is guilty of anything
Kern who? I never cared for wirters or showrunners!
I think it'is worthwhile to keep up this site, the only way is that everyone feels free to say what thinks, even to love Melinda (gulp)!
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Post by sol on Oct 18, 2015 8:31:31 GMT -5
Imagine if Prue, Piper, and Phoebe had to battle the Rowe Coven (The Warlock equivalent of The Charmed Ones) in Season 3.In this hypothetical, Prue would have never met Brendan Rowe in "When Bad Warlocks Go Good" and he would have joined his brothers to create the evil P3. This battle would take up a portion or maybe all of the Belthazor Arc of season 3, Also Piper would have full control of her Molecular Combustion and Prue would be able to TK in AP Form.
Tell me what you think of this whole hypothetical, and if it would have made a good arc for season 3?
Also tell me who you think would win this battle? I don't know about the battle, I only think that they met the brothers when they where inexperienced, it'ld be different years after, once they became witches expert in both potions that spells They'ld give even Rex an hard time! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2015 11:37:47 GMT -5
It's that same elephant in the room, lack of new episodes. Aside from the comics and various Fan Fiction, there has been no new Charmed for nearly ten years now. And without someone like Joss Whedon to keep fan momentum going, people just drifted away.
I mean, why talk about a show that's been dead for ten years when there are many newer shows like the Flash, Arrow, Agent Carter, etc, all which are putting out new episodes, to talk about. To the world outside the Charmed Cafe, Charmed is simply old news.
I wish that reboot had happened. Not only would it have allowed Charmed to start fresh and avoid the mistakes of the 1998-2006 incarnation, but it would have brought Charmed Online Fandom back to life.
Alas, it didn't happen, and we just cope with the hand fate dealt us.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2015 14:26:13 GMT -5
My friend Leonor told me that Charmed Cafe is a site where you cannot get ideas but only nod regarding dogmas: only the first three seasons are watchable, all the sisters are dreadful except Prue,Brad Kern is guilty of anything Kern who? I never cared for wirters or showrunners! And, that is more the blame of the show itself, not the fans. Like it or not, Charmed has a very rocky history, and the behind-the-scenes drama had a significant impact on how the show turned out. It's hard not to bring it up when talking about the show, for better or worse. It's that same elephant in the room, lack of new episodes. Aside from the comics and various Fan Fiction, there has been no new Charmed for nearly ten years now. And without someone like Joss Whedon to keep fan momentum going, people just drifted away. I mean, why talk about a show that's been dead for ten years when there are many newer shows like the Flash, Arrow, Agent Carter, etc, all which are putting out new episodes, to talk about. To the world outside the Charmed Cafe, Charmed is simply old news. I wish that reboot had happened. Not only would it have allowed Charmed to start fresh and avoid the mistakes of the 1998-2006 incarnation, but it would have brought Charmed Online Fandom back to life. Alas, it didn't happen, and we just cope with the hand fate dealt us. I agree 100%. I wish there was more interest out there for Charmed, but it's just not the case. Yes, the comics exist, but let's face it, their audience is miniscule. Few people even know they exist, and even compared to other comics, they're not selling too hot. |
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Post by West on Oct 18, 2015 22:00:00 GMT -5
I haven't been able to post online due to family issues at home for the past month, but I tried to help with activity here and generate discussions with some of my poll threads with favourite episode, favourite season for each sister and the if charmed had been in another city thread.
But talking about the Kern, Shannen and production dramas has gone on forever, and it always will.
It could be nice if maybe we started a charmed episode of week thread, and having weekly discussions on episodes. Maybe start at season 1 and go from there.
An idea on another forum i was apart of years ago was we do a what if or discussion thread weekly. Fans compiled a list of questions and we randomly picked one each week. So in that case, it would be with charmed what if Phoebe had died instead of Prue, did Phoebe make the right decision to not kill Cole and lie to her sisters, what if so and such episode ended differently, what if Leo died and stayed gone after season 1, etc. those sort of questions.
I guess what I was trying to do was get some good discussions going here, and maybe the reboot of charmed would of helped, at least we would have something to discuss even if it ended after one season.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2015 22:54:21 GMT -5
I haven't been able to post online due to family issues at home for the past month, but I tried to help with activity here and generate discussions with some of my poll threads with favourite episode, favourite season for each sister and the if charmed had been in another city thread. But talking about the Kern, Shannen and production dramas has gone on forever, and it always will. It could be nice if maybe we started a charmed episode of week thread, and having weekly discussions on episodes. Maybe start at season 1 and go from there. An idea on another forum i was apart of years ago was we do a what if or discussion thread weekly. Fans compiled a list of questions and we randomly picked one each week. So in that case, it would be with charmed what if Phoebe had died instead of Prue, did Phoebe make the right decision to not kill Cole and lie to her sisters, what if so and such episode ended differently, what if Leo died and stayed gone after season 1, etc. those sort of questions. I guess what I was trying to do was get some good discussions going here, and maybe the reboot of charmed would of helped, at least we would have something to discuss even if it ended after one season. You've definitely done a good job of trying to spark activity here, even if you're not always able to show up. I like a lot of your threads, and I especially like that you try to introduce less beaten-to-death topics instead of creating the 1000th thread about Phoebe/Cole or Prue's death. Weekly discussion threads wouldn't be a bad idea, although they'd need regular activity to keep going. Weekly/monthly discussions have been tried here before, and what would usually happen is that they'd eventually die off due to lack of activity and interest. Look no further than the Season 5 subforum. It was only supposed to exist for a month, but then the Admin vanished, and now its been here for close to 4-5 years. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2015 23:41:37 GMT -5
One of the things about Charmed that I have zero interest in is powers (who gets them, how to they advance, blah-de-blah blah). I don't give a rats behind about powers, they're just a bunch of silly special F/X. To me, its about character development, world building (like that Multiverse thread), that's what gets my interest. Shame the Multiverse thread seems to have died in favour of more threads about rubbish powers  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2015 0:25:18 GMT -5
One of the things about Charmed that I have zero interest in is powers (who gets them, how to they advance, blah-de-blah blah). I don't give a rats behind about powers, they're just a bunch of silly special F/X. To me, its about character development, world building (like that Multiverse thread), that's what gets my interest. Shame the Multiverse thread seems to have died in favour of more threads about rubbish powers I have to agree with Tim, here. I can't think of a topic more worthless than magical powers. They were never the most important aspect of the show, and there's zero depth to the topic. It's nothing but cheap SFX. I have no clue why there's so many threads about powers at this site. Is there really nothing else to talk about? |
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