Charmed Reboot: Will you be watching?

[SimplyAretha]

I wouldn't go as far to say excited, but it definitely has my interest peaked. I'll be tuning in. Or recording it for later.

[peytonhalliwell]

I'll watch the first episode out of curiosity, but probably not watch the rest. From what I've been hearing not many people will be watching either.

[Esmeralda]

I'll definitely watch the first episode out of curiosity, but it will really have to blow me away (and up to this point it hasn't since I really don't like any of the characters except for MAYBE the mother, the same way that Patty was originally my favorite Classic Charmed character) for me to continue.

But that's okay. Someone who will be 65 when it starts isn't someone The CW is interested in as audience.

I like the idea of continuing a Classic Charmed re-watch once the reboot starts and if I don't like the reboot, just watch another episode of Classic Charmed during the time that Classic Charmed ran on Sundays.

If I do like the reboot, I'll watch an episode of Classic Charmed while Supergirl is on since I have no interest in that.

[Ruth Marie]

Jun 6, 2018 3:53:26 GMT -5 Esmeralda said:

I'll definitely watch the first episode out of curiosity, but it will really have to blow me away (and up to this point it hasn't) for me to continue.

But that's okay. Someone who will be 65 when it starts isn't someone The CW is interested in as audience.

I'm interested in how members who grew up watching Classic Charmed respond to the reboot being older (original fans when it was airing). I feel the reboot is interested in gaining a new fanbase and that means anyone who never saw Classic Charmed and they are 18 and below.

I'm with you. I'll watch the pilot and go from here on how I feel after. It has to be so good for me to tune in for week 2.

[rebooted]

I've seen the interviews at Comic Con and from that I can actually say that I am excited about the Reboot.

To be honest. Fans have been crying out for a reunion since 2001 when Shannen left and if there is a void to fill, and the original actresses just can't put their differences aside (which is what, funnily enough the TV show is all about), then I am done with the original cast.

In fact I can't stand any of them any more. Watching Holly at the latest ComicCon convention just annoys be. She cuts of Brian, the host, the fans. Constantly digging. And it annoys me how she thinks that her becoming a Producer made Charmed great. It looks like they (HMC and AM) shot down a lot of the original scripts that the writers wrote for each of the characters.

While the new PO3 doesn't have as much of the 'star factor' that the original did, I think that the show could be just as successful because of that factor and I am glad that they are adding a 2018 lens over it with the feminism, political and muliticulturalism.

I like the tension between Macy and Mel, the old oldest and the new oldest and the fun Phoebe Madison/Maggie.
I also like how it nods to the original series.

Lets not forget that Charmed was slighly riped off BeWtiched, Sabrina and Buffy. The only thing that eeeks me is the name of the show, but I can get past that.

To be honest, I think the show will honour the mythology and PO3 practices of the original but its on a totally different platform and I think the leads all really are professional unlike the original egomaniacs.

In terms of chemistry - I think that will build over time, unlike how instant it was with SD, HMC and AM - who already knew each other before the show started.

[West]

Yeah Holly really has such a big ego these days. Coming out of Shannen's shadow has really done a number on her. Maybe back then no conventions and Social Media meant we fans never saw the real Holly.

I'm glad I didn't attend conventions. So I'd lose respect for them.

I'm really certain. No I'm convinced Piper is just Holly in S5-8 when she became producer. Phoebe too with Alyssa. They ruined the characters just as much as the writers.

I'll tune into the pilot out of interest. But I just hope the political issues isn't a weekly thing in the reboot. I like that stuff not so centric. I like my fantasy shows because it calms me and takes me away from my Real Life.

But hearing the news of a Buffy reboot. I dread Charmed again being compared to it. I liked Buffy back then. But I don't think I can sit through teenage drama again. I'm older and out of touch with that. That I'm meh on it.

I don't think I'd ever predict all the shows I grew up watching would reboot only just over a decade after they ended.

The chemistry on the reboot might progress. But the fact the oldest is half unlike Classic Charmed season 1. It will take time for them to bond. I hope the middle and oldest have conflict.

I guess this reboot has a chance for the actors and crew to not let egos get in a way. Being produced with many women will help. That we won't see any sisters dying for good or fighting or quiting.

[Esmeralda]

The more I hear about the reboot the less I'm excited about it. I'll always love Prue, Piper and Phoebe up to the point where Phoebe lies about vanquishing Cole, no matter what I think of the actors, because it's the characters I love, not the actresses. It was the way Alyssa played Sam in "Who's the Boss?" and Holly played Kimberly in 'Picket Fences' that got me interested in Charmed, not my feelings towards them and Shannen.

Just because the original actresses are feuding isn't a good enough reason to totally redo Charmed, especially when they're only using the name to try to push their agenda and take advantage of #MeToo. The fact that they also want to do Buffy makes me sick. Once more Charmed gets to be in their shadows. I'd still prefer waiting another 10 years and let others play Prue, Piper and Phoebe (not Paige, Piper and Phoebe like this group is), but starting it when Prue doesn't die.

Of course, the fact that I'm now 65 means I'm not in the age group that The CW is interested in, so I'm sure they don't care if I watch any more than I care if I watch.

I did break down and read the spoiler. More and more I think that's the way I want to watch this, the way I've been watching Supergirl through others reviews with no desire to watch it. I'm curious to see what happens in this reboot, but not enough to want to watch. So I changed my vote to that.

[gzv969]

Jul 22, 2018 5:02:13 GMT -5 West said:

Yeah Holly really has such a big ego these days. Coming out of Shannen's shadow has really done a number on her. Maybe back then no conventions and Social Media meant we fans never saw the real Holly.

I'm glad I didn't attend conventions. So I'd lose respect for them.

I'm really certain. No I'm convinced Piper is just Holly in S5-8 when she became producer. Phoebe too with Alyssa. They ruined the characters just as much as the writers.

I'll tune into the pilot out of interest. But I just hope the political issues isn't a weekly thing in the reboot. I like that stuff not so centric. I like my fantasy shows because it calms me and takes me away from my Real Life.

But hearing the news of a Buffy reboot. I dread Charmed again being compared to it. I liked Buffy back then. But I don't think I can sit through teenage drama again. I'm older and out of touch with that. That I'm meh on it.

I don't think I'd ever predict all the shows I grew up watching would reboot only just over a decade after they ended.

The chemistry on the reboot might progress. But the fact the oldest is half unlike Classic Charmed season 1. It will take time for them to bond. I hope the middle and oldest have conflict.

I guess this reboot has a chance for the actors and crew to not let egos get in a way. Being produced with many women will help. That we won't see any sisters dying for good or fighting or quiting.

Buffy reboot? Where have I been? Original cast or new cast?

[gzv969]

Jul 22, 2018 11:03:03 GMT -5 Esmeralda said:

The more I hear about the reboot the less I'm excited about it. I'll always love Prue, Piper and Phoebe up to the point where Phoebe lies about vanquishing Cole, no matter what I think of the actors, because it's the characters I love, not the actresses. It was the way Alyssa played Sam in "Who's the Boss?" and Holly played Kimberly in 'Picket Fences' that got me interested in Charmed, not my feelings towards them and Shannen.

Just because the original actresses are feuding isn't a good enough reason to totally redo Charmed, especially when they're only using the name to try to push their agenda and take advantage of #MeToo. The fact that they also want to do Buffy makes me sick. Once more Charmed gets to be in their shadows. I'd still prefer waiting another 10 years and let others play Prue, Piper and Phoebe (not Paige, Piper and Phoebe like this group is), but starting it when Prue doesn't die.

Of course, the fact that I'm now 65 means I'm not in the age group that The CW is interested in, so I'm sure they don't care if I watch any more than I care if I watch.

I did break down and read the spoiler. More and more I think that's the way I want to watch this, the way I've been watching Supergirl through others reviews with no desire to watch it. I'm curious to see what happens in this reboot, but not enough to want to watch. So I changed my vote to that.

I’m going to wait for the season to complete or until Christmas before watching. By then I would have heard enough buZzZz on whether it’s good or not. Then I can bing the entire episodes or first season if I feel like it.

[Esmeralda]

Jul 24, 2018 5:05:29 GMT -5 gzv969 said:

Jul 22, 2018 5:02:13 GMT -5 West said:

Yeah Holly really has such a big ego these days. Coming out of Shannen's shadow has really done a number on her. Maybe back then no conventions and Social Media meant we fans never saw the real Holly.

I'm glad I didn't attend conventions. So I'd lose respect for them.

I'm really certain. No I'm convinced Piper is just Holly in S5-8 when she became producer. Phoebe too with Alyssa. They ruined the characters just as much as the writers.

I'll tune into the pilot out of interest. But I just hope the political issues isn't a weekly thing in the reboot. I like that stuff not so centric. I like my fantasy shows because it calms me and takes me away from my Real Life.

But hearing the news of a Buffy reboot. I dread Charmed again being compared to it. I liked Buffy back then. But I don't think I can sit through teenage drama again. I'm older and out of touch with that. That I'm meh on it.

I don't think I'd ever predict all the shows I grew up watching would reboot only just over a decade after they ended.

The chemistry on the reboot might progress. But the fact the oldest is half unlike Classic Charmed season 1. It will take time for them to bond. I hope the middle and oldest have conflict.

I guess this reboot has a chance for the actors and crew to not let egos get in a way. Being produced with many women will help. That we won't see any sisters dying for good or fighting or quiting.

Buffy reboot? Where have I been? Original cast or new cast?

New cast - supposedly following Ripoff Charmed's lead and making Ripoff Buffy a minority - a black Buffy. deadline.com/2018/07/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-series-reboot-in-works-black-lead-monica-owusu-breen-joss-whedon-1202430592/ Major difference is Joss Whedon will be part of that. Wonder what Ripoff Charmed would've been like if Connie Burge was in charge... At least with Ripoff Charmed, they won't be named Paige, Piper and Phoebe. Much too soon for that, but with the #Metoo movement going on, all the TV execs want to take advantage by rebooting (aka ripping off) any 90's fantasy show with strong female leads and making them minorities.

[Esmeralda]

Jul 24, 2018 5:10:04 GMT -5 gzv969 said:

Jul 22, 2018 11:03:03 GMT -5 Esmeralda said:

The more I hear about the reboot the less I'm excited about it. I'll always love Prue, Piper and Phoebe up to the point where Phoebe lies about vanquishing Cole, no matter what I think of the actors, because it's the characters I love, not the actresses. It was the way Alyssa played Sam in "Who's the Boss?" and Holly played Kimberly in 'Picket Fences' that got me interested in Charmed, not my feelings towards them and Shannen.

Just because the original actresses are feuding isn't a good enough reason to totally redo Charmed, especially when they're only using the name to try to push their agenda and take advantage of #MeToo. The fact that they also want to do Buffy makes me sick. Once more Charmed gets to be in their shadows. I'd still prefer waiting another 10 years and let others play Prue, Piper and Phoebe (not Paige, Piper and Phoebe like this group is), but starting it when Prue doesn't die.

Of course, the fact that I'm now 65 means I'm not in the age group that The CW is interested in, so I'm sure they don't care if I watch any more than I care if I watch.

I did break down and read the spoiler. More and more I think that's the way I want to watch this, the way I've been watching Supergirl through others reviews with no desire to watch it. I'm curious to see what happens in this reboot, but not enough to want to watch. So I changed my vote to that.

I’m going to wait for the season to complete or until Christmas before watching. By then I would have heard enough buZzZz on whether it’s good or not. Then I can bing the entire episodes or first season if I feel like it.

That actually sounds like a *very* good idea!

[Assassin Witch]

Ugh. Like, new Sabrina? Yes. Different genre, different title. Let's do this.

Charmed, Roswell, Buffy... Stop touching my shows. And Stop forcing politics.

My probably is...i hate it. But I know I won't last long before checking out the premiere. But i feel that way only for Reboot because Charmed was my childhood. I ain't touching Roswell, New Mexico. And for BtVS to work...being a true continuation in a new location might work. Though...last season kinda messed up the prophecy...

[West]

Yeah so many shows of my childhood are being rebooted. It's worse that it's so very early. Just over a decade since all ended isnt the right time.

At least Sabrina had the decency to change titles and Genre.

I hope the Buffy reboot is a continuation with just a new slayer somewhere else in the world. Maybe this new Buffy just has the name Buffy that her mother gave her after the legendary slayer Buffy. I don't think Whedon would reboot this universe, when he's told it before. At least it won't be on CW. He wants to shop the reboot to cable or Netflix. I wish Charmed had that option.

They are forcing the political themes. If any new female centric show in this era isn't Metoo themed, it wont be picked up. I'm not sure if the Wayward Sisters pilot was passed by CW because it wasn't Metoo enough. But I feel sadly that's just how it will be for the next few years. All future shows with female leads will demand Metoo be centric.

[Assassin Witch]

That's a disservice to female characters and female viewers.

[West]

Most definitely. It's too bad because rebooting these franchises in another 10-20 years when Metoo isn't so big might have been fun. Now that won't happen.

Thankfully Sabrina looks to be little Metoo. I hope so, so that might be a more enjoyable show. I'm probably most excited to see that one. But that one's much different than the sitcom which helps.

[Esmeralda]

Jul 24, 2018 18:57:52 GMT -5 Assassin Witch said:

That's a disservice to female characters and female viewers.

It most definitely is. Unfortunately the younger female generation whom The CW is pointing the reboot at probably won't realize that for another ten/twenty years.

I'm very curious to see if Classic Charmed fans who were teenagers or in their twenties when Classic Charmed originally aired will react towards Ripoff Charmed the way I did towards Classic Charmed. If they do a storyline like Cole's (and they almost have to - it's SOOOO #MeToo! Phoebe could be the one who could say, "Me, too.") will those fans still see it as love or as obsession?

[Assassin Witch]

I started the show when I was....9? I know I started at some point in S1. I've been here the long haul. Never once have I liked Phoebe/Cole. I realized, rewatching years later...it wasn't that I hated Cole. He is a fascinating character. Just them together ruined Phoebe and especially ruined great S4 episodes. (Looking at you, APFTP & SPL.)

I feel like Sabrina was rebooted because of Riverdale. Ours is just politics. Roswell, too. They're going to talk and make it around illegal aliens... Bitch, no. Roswell is about outer space peeps. What are you doing?!?!? I ain't touching that. That will surely fail. CR may work because it has buzz from the polarization of the Classic fandom. The female leads. "Feminist" angle. For me, I know I will check it out because this was my childhood. My first fandom. I can't stay away.

[Esmeralda]

How 'bout someone like Chris? Think your reaction would be any different?

[Assassin Witch]

Hard to know. I found AOL chat rooms in S6. I love Bianca, the potential for the Phoenix, and Chris/Bianca.

But I did realize that individually, I don't enjoy S6. There are some terrible episodes. But I like the potential of Chris and Wyatt so very much. Idea, great. Writing, poor.

I think even now, whenever I decide to rewatch, I think I will always love the boys because I can't not. And I have a habit of ignoring canon anf just enjoying fandom's interpretations.

But I did move Prue/Andy to my #1 ship of the show. I know during the original run, everything wad PL, but that did change, slightly with time. My love for the Phoenix and Chris/Bianca won't end because it's in my head. My own interpretation clouds my judgement.

[Esmeralda]

Jul 25, 2018 0:54:25 GMT -5 Assassin Witch said:

Hard to know. I found AOL chat rooms in S6. I love Bianca, the potential for the Phoenix, and Chris/Bianca.

But I did realize that individually, I don't enjoy S6. There are some terrible episodes. But I like the potential of Chris and Wyatt so very much. Idea, great. Writing, poor.

I think even now, whenever I decide to rewatch, I think I will always love the boys because I can't not. And I have a habit of ignoring canon anf just enjoying fandom's interpretations.

But I did move Prue/Andy to my #1 ship of the show. I know during the original run, everything wad PL, but that did change, slightly with time. My love for the Phoenix and Chris/Bianca won't end because it's in my head. My own interpretation clouds my judgement.

Gotcha. I see some of my favorite shows from the 60's/70's and even knowing that they're hokey and male-centric with treating women like possessions, I still love them, I just can't.

I'm mainly wondering if something like Cole's story or Chris' story showed up on the reboot, would you feel the same way towards those characters as you did during Classic Charmed. Hopefully in both cases the writing would be a lot better and all fans watching would enjoy the storylines without having to come up with fanfics to explain what the show doesn't.