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Post by jdpm1991 on Sept 3, 2015 15:45:04 GMT -5
Am I the only one who thinks the magical aliases arc should have lasted longer? it was my favorite arc of the 8th season.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2015 18:29:16 GMT -5
It was a good idea, but the Budget Nuke totally ruined it.
I mean the sisters are supposed to be dead, but they're living in the same house, and two of them have the same jobs. Of course, both Good and Evil had to be dumber than Jethro Bodine not to see though that, the only reason they did is because the writers had no choice. They did this arc with no budget to build new sets, so both sides had to conveniently forget that the sisters could glamour.
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Post by Chrisaholic on Sept 4, 2015 13:24:40 GMT -5
I agree. The aliases could have lasted longer. Would have made the whole 8th season more interesting if it had continued a bit longer.
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Post by West on Oct 27, 2015 21:16:53 GMT -5
I guess so, what I found stupid was they lived in the same house as three cousins.
What they should of done was have them living somewhere else. That would of made more sense. But budget was an issue.
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Post by Melinda Halliwell on Oct 28, 2015 6:04:00 GMT -5
I guess so, what I found stupid was they lived in the same house as three cousins. What they should of done was have them living somewhere else. That would of made more sense. But budget was an issue. Which's why 'Witness Protection' exists so people who need that have different names, jobs and places where they live. If the show was going down that route with the sisters then that's what should've happened concerning them I mean Victor owned the house and P3 which he could've kept still till they came back finally and if you got rid of Coop and Dex then the producers would've had money to use new sets obviously. |
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Post by West on Oct 28, 2015 6:54:24 GMT -5
I guess so, what I found stupid was they lived in the same house as three cousins. What they should of done was have them living somewhere else. That would of made more sense. But budget was an issue. Which's why 'Witness Protection' exists so people who need that have different names, jobs and places where they live. If the show was going down that route with the sisters then that's what should've happened concerning them I mean Victor owned the house and P3 which he could've kept still till they came back finally and if you got rid of Coop and Dex then the producers would've had money to use new sets obviously. That would of been so great, if only they had planned things properly, but alas season 8 was a mess. It could of been nice to see them living somewhere else. Okay, maybe them living in a completely different state would be too big of a change. But I'd be fine if they moved somewhere else, even an hour away from the manor, and had different jobs with the alas. Its so stupid to see Phoebe as her cousin joining the Bay Mirror. Piper could of had an alas where she works in a restaurant, and after seeing how much she loves it. Its what leaves her passion for P3 going downhill throughout the remanded of season 8, and by the series final she finally decides to open up her own. Also the idea that Victor keeps all the house and P3 still till they return makes sense, and I like it. They could of afforded a new house for the Halliwells to live in while they were using magical aliases, if you dump coop and Dex and not use the money for Phoebe's loft then there is money. Maybe then Billie and Christy's story could be done way better without Coop's screentime in the way, which leads to a better final without Coop's ring, but knowing Kern it still wouldn't save it, he would still time travel somehow. |
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Post by adzpower on Oct 28, 2015 10:44:12 GMT -5
I think my favorite arc from season 8 was the one where it ended.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2015 16:53:09 GMT -5
It wasn't so much the lack of planning as it was the lack of a decent budget. At this point, the WB was in full blown Titanic mode, getting their a** handed to them by the Utterly Pointless Network, the end was near. So that's why they gutted, disemboweled, the budget the way they did.
Since they had no money to build any new sets, they had to use what they had. So that meant that these "cousins" had to live in the same house and have the same jobs, yet no one in the world of magic, Good or Evil, caught on. My suspension of disbelief was stretched almost to the breaking point by this absurd premise.
I read in an interview that Brad Kern gave for The Book of Three: Volume Two, in which he said that, when he first heard what the budget for Season Eight would be, he considered refusing to make the seasons under such restrictions. Perhaps he should have done just that and let Charmed end with Season Seven.
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Post by sol on Oct 28, 2015 17:01:49 GMT -5
Am I the only one who thinks the magical aliases arc should have lasted longer? it was my favorite arc of the 8th season. Not my favorite but I liked it, I rather hoped that the season began a few years after the beginning of their new lives Victor had received from her daughters the mandate to manage the P3, the Manor and their accounts, as well as the legal protection of his grandchildren, then he lived lawfully in the Manor with the children It'ld be adequate if he had asked for help to a nice and that this nice had moved with her husband to help with P3 and with the children, then Piper and Leo'ld have lived with their sons and Victor without attracting suspicion This doesn't apply to Paige and Phoebe, they'ld live on their own, in a different part of the city, coming up with a new job, Paige loved to paint, Phoebe'ld carry on her studies of psychology, instead of wasting time holding on to the past |
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Post by West on Oct 28, 2015 20:00:50 GMT -5
Actually a time jump may have been good, it surprises me that it takes place what not more than a few weeks tops. It could of been good if they jumped forward at least a year or two, and them living there new lives.
Not that that would change the writing and Kern would still screw it up. Maybe then Paige could have been dating Henry for sometime already, and the first episode would show some flashbacks to what they got up too in the past year or two.
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Post by sol on Oct 29, 2015 11:43:07 GMT -5
. Maybe then Paige could have been dating Henry for sometime already, and the first episode would show some flashbacks to what they got up too in the past year or two. I'ld like this line, they'ld use the technique of star wars, to start from a point of the story and move on After all, the birth of the relationship between Paige and Henry wasn't the most exciting event for the fans, much more interesting is the time when Paige admits to being a witch! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2015 0:00:25 GMT -5
Again I must point out that the Budget Nuke made all these scenarios impossible.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2015 6:23:57 GMT -5
I think the entire magic alias arc should've never been done in the first place. It felt like overkill to me. Like someone else said, I'd rather they'd done a time skip for season 8 instead.
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Post by Chrisaholic on Oct 31, 2015 7:47:53 GMT -5
They used the aliases one time good (the school play) but otherwise, not fun since all were back to their old jobs and places. And this very fast!
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Post by Esmeralda on Oct 31, 2015 12:32:30 GMT -5
I think the entire magic alias arc should've never been done in the first place. It felt like overkill to me. Like someone else said, I'd rather they'd done a time skip for season 8 instead. Well, I understood why they did it - Holly, Alyssa and especially Rose wanted a break from Charmed and the magical aliases would've given them that chance where the only time Holly, Alyssa and Rose would've have to be oncamera would've been when they were alone. Unfortunately, as usual, Charmed took a great idea and screwed it up, making both the Elders and the demons seem like total idiots when they could've figure out that these "cousins" were actual Charmed Ones. |
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Post by Esmeralda on Oct 31, 2015 12:33:52 GMT -5
I think my favorite arc from season 8 was the one where it ended. If you mean when they showed the triquetra and that was it, I agree totally! Such a shame - we fans were *so* happy when we found out it was going to be renewed... |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2015 0:02:15 GMT -5
I agree that a time jump would've made the storyline a whole lot better. As for budget restraints, a time jump could have facilitated and justified them changing the P3 and Bay Mirror office sets into new 'homes' for each sister. Also, they managed to create a police station for Henry, a dorm room for Billie and a new apartment for Phoebe so that is a lame excuse. In fact, I would argue the complete removal of Billie, Christy and Coop from the season. That would save money and story credibility. Perhaps they could've kept in Leo's 'Taken' plot though, which would be the sisters' reason for coming out of hiding.
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Post by erikamarie on Nov 2, 2015 17:38:12 GMT -5
A jump of four-five years would make more credible the story of the friendship with Billie and Christy, giving more time to develop it
They would also have to introduce the story of Victor who has to pretend to be the children's guardian and his relations with the Elders, after all many of them were worried about Wyatt, how could they manage to leave his education to his grandfather?
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