{Season 1} SPOILERS AHEAD! Filming Info, Previews

[coltoncharmed]

Another thing. Surprised they didn't make the whitelighter female than having the sisters taking orders and being guided from a man. The supporting cast is male apart from the sisters girlfriend.

But having him male must be so he can be father to one of the sisters.

[Esmeralda]

That's my guess. Either that or we'll find the reason he doesn't orb like Charmed whitelighters is that he's truly a demon.

I really don't like the fact that it looks like they're going to repeat Classic Charmed's biggest mistake that is also constantly The WB's/The CW's biggest mistake - making sexual partners more important than family.

[Chris]

Aug 8, 2018 15:03:00 GMT -5 cyma said:

Okay first of all Three Daddies?

Does it mean Source, whitelighter and mortal? Or maybe the twist is the Mom is an evil witch of the family line. How did she end up getting pregnant so quickly with three different dudes not to mention abandon the first kid? Or maybe the father ran away with Macy after finding out the truth about Macy's mother. It would also explain why telling her two remaining daughters about sisterhood sounds so corny and unconvincing. Like those demons trying to act like normal average human beings. Maybe Mommy Dearest was trying to create the Triad with her daughters to defeat the Source.

Aug 8, 2018 11:35:56 GMT -5 Chris said:

The new whitelighter power of transportation/teleportation looks exactly like how the witches and wizards Apparated in the Harry Potter film series. People are also calling this show a rip off from Supernatural too since there are elements from that show spilling into the Rip Off.

All those political and Me Too movements being part of the show didn't shock me. But seeing a whitelighter named Harry enter the room like wizards in Harry Potter in the promo titled "Girl Power"....   

Curious, which elements of Supernatural are being ripped off?

There's this blog I found on twitter by a woman named Katrina, and she briefly goes over the comparisons. I'll add some screen shots in here below...

[Esmeralda]

So why isn't this called Mel the Demon Slayer by making the new Slayer be Hispanic and gay and feminist and whatever else and have the vampires she's battling be demons instead while just making her have sisters be an incidental rather than making them Charmed? It sounds like it's just as much a rip-off of Buffy as it is of Charmed.

So why just pick on Charmed?

Is it because they're coming out with a modern feminist ripoff of Buffy (who was the ultimate Girl Power), too, by making her black? At least their creator will be part of theirs - why couldn't Connie be part of ours? Then maybe it would also be within the Charmedverse, but something has happened to make the rules different? It would be so much more easily accepted as Charmed if they didn't only give us Easter eggs and not the Charmedverse.

[Esmeralda]

Aug 8, 2018 15:03:00 GMT -5 cyma said:

All those political and Me Too movements being part of the show didn't shock me. But seeing a whitelighter named Harry enter the room like wizards in Harry Potter in the promo titled "Girl Power"....   

If that promo is somewhere in this board, I haven't spot it, so I'm going to go ahead and post it:

So, what do you think?

I'm still not impressed - and using the spirit board to tell people to be sure to watch Charmed is one cracked Easter egg!

Sincerely, the only thing I like about it is the idea of their mother dying right away and them wanting to solve her murder - even if I prefer Jeremy just waiting for the last sister to return home before he goes after their powers.

I'm still trying to figure out if Harry is truly their whitelighter OR their version of Jeremy while also being one of the sisters' father.

And I can find that out by reading other people's summary. Since that's the only thing I'm curious about - the sisters don't interest me at all, nor do their powers since I much prefer the Classic Charmed powers and the way Classic Whitelighters orbed - that's why they were called whitelighters, for Pete's sake! - I'm not going to waste an hour watching the premiere unless you guys give it a LOT of praise!

[askfreebie]

Aug 8, 2018 15:08:51 GMT -5 cyma said:

Aug 7, 2018 10:40:28 GMT -5 askfreebie said:

The height difference is super noticeable, I don’t get why they’d cast an actress significantly taller than the other two.

I'm okay with it. I actually want to see Macy stop a bickering session by lifting her two short half-sisters off the ground by the back of their coats or something.

That would be hilarious.

[rebooted]

I agree with some other posters when they say that the sisters interesting at all. At least not yet.

I found Prue, Piper and Phoebe immediately interesting, even in the worst Season 1 episodes. And I do think I was drawn to the actresses as well.

Just as a 11 year old, Prue inspired me to be responsible, I resonated with Piper because she was so insecure and Phoebe, well, who couldn't love Fun Phoebe.

Right now, I think I only really like the youngest. I also think its weird that Macy is double the height of the other two...

[rebooted]

Also I think of the new Charmed like 'Devious Maids',

I was a big fan of Desperate Housewives and watched until the very end. And then I enjoyed watching Devious Maids as an extension of it, but I whole heartedly enjoyed the characters, the writing and the actresses of Desperate Housewives.

[West]

Yeah that's true. If you have fond memories of a Classic original series. You tend to just feel more connected to it and struggle to do the same with a reboot or remake. And this Charmed will be more appreciated by new fans who never saw the original.

I'm sure anybody who watches old incarnations of Superman or Star Trek will feel the same.

You might come to enjoy new versions of incarnations of it. But it won't have the same effect it had on you when you first watched the Classic or original back in the day.

I have great memories growing up with Charmed, Buffy and many other shows that are being brought back rebooted or having new incarnations. But it won't have the same effect it did on me when I saw them the first time.

[purelywyatt]

Update: The cast had their table read yesterday for a few scenes that they have re shot today for the pilot episode. They also had their table read for episode two which they'll be filming next week.

[West]

Aug 10, 2018 15:40:58 GMT -5 purelywyatt said:

Update: The cast had their table read yesterday for a few scenes that they have re shot today for the pilot episode. They also had their table read for episode two which they'll be filming next week.

Interesting so them reshooting material might well have been based on reactions from Comic Con and feedback from press. We did speculate this.

But this is pretty standard when a series goes beyond a pilot.

I hope what they did reshoot turns out to make the pilot better. Hope so.

[Granny Charmed]

Aug 9, 2018 18:05:33 GMT -5 Esmeralda said:

That's my guess. Either that or we'll find the reason he doesn't orb like Charmed whitelighters is that he's truly a demon.

I really don't like the fact that it looks like they're going to repeat Classic Charmed's biggest mistake that is also constantly The WB's/The CW's biggest mistake - making sexual partners more important than family.

I'm none too pleased to hear dear that whitelighters dont orb. Maybe cost savings. I'm sure orbing costs so much. But maybe he is a demon.

I truly hope that isn't the case. But this being CW. I won't be surprised.

I'm still not liking what I'm hearing about the reboot. But I might just follow along with what my daughter or granddaughter think of the show. Hearing about it from them might be how I watch this.

[Granny Charmed]

Speaking of I'm guessing Classic Charmed never did table reads. Since that would mean the cast and writers (whoever wrote the script of said episode present for table read) in the same room. And from what Holly and Alyssa claimed dears they never saw the writers ot Brad apart from calls.

Are table reads pretty common for a majority of shows?

[prudencehalliwell]

As far as I know not every show does them. Just depends. I don't think the writers are present with table reads. Since this shoots in Vancouver. The writers room might be based in LA or America. I don't think both are close near eachother.

Someone else might know more.

[CharmedFaith]

Every tv show does table reads since thats the first time everyone goes over the script together. Whose there is a different story.

[Granny Charmed]

Aww thanks dear. As you said who attends is up to them. Since I'm guessing Brad Kern never attended any of the Classic Charmed table reads. Since that's the impression I got from Alyssa and Hollys interview about the Kern drama. They never saw him at all on set apart from the finale or 100th episode.

So wondering who was running their table reads. Might just be the director or assistant or something.

Thanks for that. Wasn't aware that every show does table reads. I'm also guessing not every cast member is present for them due to time and schedule.

[pheebs]

Aug 9, 2018 19:44:07 GMT -5 Esmeralda said:

So why isn't this called Mel the Demon Slayer by making the new Slayer be Hispanic and gay and feminist and whatever else and have the vampires she's battling be demons instead while just making her have sisters be an incidental rather than making them Charmed? It sounds like it's just as much a rip-off of Buffy as it is of Charmed.

So why just pick on Charmed?

Is it because they're coming out with a modern feminist ripoff of Buffy (who was the ultimate Girl Power), too, by making her black? At least their creator will be part of theirs - why couldn't Connie be part of ours? Then maybe it would also be within the Charmedverse, but something has happened to make the rules different? It would be so much more easily accepted as Charmed if they didn't only give us Easter eggs and not the Charmedverse.

Seems to me since Supernatural is CW's longest-running show (Isn't it on season 14 or 15 now, I don't watch it), they will try to appeal to fans of this show too and also Buffy (since that show always get's compared to Charmed). Looks like this is ripping off more than just Charmed. 

I just said the same thing Es in another thread. Connie really should have been consulted on it. It must be horrible to be Connie, I can't blame her for not wanting anything to do with Charmed since she left. Her creation being taken from her by Kern and now someone else is doing it again. 

Actually shouldn't she be given credit and Charmed originally based from a story by Constance M. Burge. That's what they always do for any reboot, remake or story that is based upon something else don't they. 

I guess they could have changed the rules if the sisters gave up their powers, the Charmed Ones and Power of Three passed to another ancestor or family line. I'm not sure how you can work the rules, but something that makes it part of the Charmedverse.
Like I hear this Buffy reboot is doing (I'm sure I'm wrong, not a fan of this series but what I think I read), not rebooting but rather a new story set in the same universe years later. 

[pheebs]

Aug 9, 2018 18:59:48 GMT -5 Chris said:

Aug 8, 2018 15:03:00 GMT -5 cyma said:

Okay first of all Three Daddies?

Does it mean Source, whitelighter and mortal? Or maybe the twist is the Mom is an evil witch of the family line. How did she end up getting pregnant so quickly with three different dudes not to mention abandon the first kid? Or maybe the father ran away with Macy after finding out the truth about Macy's mother. It would also explain why telling her two remaining daughters about sisterhood sounds so corny and unconvincing. Like those demons trying to act like normal average human beings. Maybe Mommy Dearest was trying to create the Triad with her daughters to defeat the Source.




All those political and Me Too movements being part of the show didn't shock me. But seeing a whitelighter named Harry enter the room like wizards in Harry Potter in the promo titled "Girl Power"....   

Curious, which elements of Supernatural are being ripped off?

There's this blog I found on twitter by a woman named Katrina, and she briefly goes over the comparisons. I'll add some screen shots in here below...

So is the youngest sisters boyfriend really a demon? I think that's her on/off boyfriend. As far as I know, he's just a guest star. So he might be the Jeremy. 

[coltoncharmed]

Did I find this interesting:

Key Details About the Charmed Reboot That Every Fan of the Original Should Know

Let's start with some details that we know are carry overs from the first version. Creator Jennie Snyder Urman told journalists at TCA that the show will still have a Book of Shadows, which is the sisters' encyclopedia to witchcraft — a handy tool to have since they're all new at this, just as they were in the original. There are also still Whitelighters, or guardians who take human form (more on that later), a spirit board, an attic in which to practice, and dangerous demons with jet-black eyes. But most importantly, Snyder Urman said, is that the show will still believe in the Power of Three and the "feeling that, at its core, this is a love story between three sisters."

A Variety of Different Cultures Will Be Explored

Snyder Urman said the characters' "racial identities" will also factor into storylines, which makes sense given that interracial marriage and kids are becoming more common. Melonie Diaz, who plays middle sister Mel, is Puerto Rican, and the writers like the idea of exploring brujeria — or the Spanish practice of witchcraft. There's even a Latino witch on the show's writing staff.

No More Rhyming Couplets

The first sisters famously vanquished demons with spells that included rhyming couplets (think of them as creative plays on the classic "double, double, toil, and trouble"). The reboot's producers told the TCA audience that they have done away with this because they felt it was so indicative of the older show. Also, Snyder Urman said it's hard to keep this pattern going if they want to "get into different languages and different cultures."

Why This Whitelighter?

Rupert Evans plays Whitelighter Harry Greenwood in this version. An academic type prone to wearing cardigans and occasionally mentioning Roxane Gay, he's more similar to Giles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer than the original's strapping Leo Wyatt (and is therefore probably less likely to be a love interest for these sisters).



"I think he has a bit more about him, I hope," Evans said at TCA in regards to the Buffy comparisons. "And I think the writers and the team and everyone's been very been very encouraging about what we're going to do with the Whitelighter and with Harry in the forthcoming season."


www.popsugar.com/entertainment/photo-gallery/45140298/image/45140745/What-Staying

I'm confused. Are Guardians suppose to be whitelighters, or are they talking about Guardians as in Familiar Cats taking on human form?

If Whitelighters don't orb in this reboot. Yes, give them the name Guardians instead. And so he's closer to Giles from Buffy than Leo. So Harry is based off Buffy's British Watcher.

I can see why they might want him to be called a Guardian not a Whitelighter in this reboot. Also explains why they don't orb. I really hope they do decide to not call them whitelighters then. 

[pheebs]

Aug 14, 2018 1:55:34 GMT -5 coltoncharmed said:

Did I find this interesting:

Key Details About the Charmed Reboot That Every Fan of the Original Should Know

Let's start with some details that we know are carry overs from the first version. Creator Jennie Snyder Urman told journalists at TCA that the show will still have a Book of Shadows, which is the sisters' encyclopedia to witchcraft — a handy tool to have since they're all new at this, just as they were in the original. There are also still Whitelighters, or guardians who take human form (more on that later), a spirit board, an attic in which to practice, and dangerous demons with jet-black eyes. But most importantly, Snyder Urman said, is that the show will still believe in the Power of Three and the "feeling that, at its core, this is a love story between three sisters."

A Variety of Different Cultures Will Be Explored

Snyder Urman said the characters' "racial identities" will also factor into storylines, which makes sense given that interracial marriage and kids are becoming more common. Melonie Diaz, who plays middle sister Mel, is Puerto Rican, and the writers like the idea of exploring brujeria — or the Spanish practice of witchcraft. There's even a Latino witch on the show's writing staff.

No More Rhyming Couplets

The first sisters famously vanquished demons with spells that included rhyming couplets (think of them as creative plays on the classic "double, double, toil, and trouble"). The reboot's producers told the TCA audience that they have done away with this because they felt it was so indicative of the older show. Also, Snyder Urman said it's hard to keep this pattern going if they want to "get into different languages and different cultures."

Why This Whitelighter?

Rupert Evans plays Whitelighter Harry Greenwood in this version. An academic type prone to wearing cardigans and occasionally mentioning Roxane Gay, he's more similar to Giles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer than the original's strapping Leo Wyatt (and is therefore probably less likely to be a love interest for these sisters).



"I think he has a bit more about him, I hope," Evans said at TCA in regards to the Buffy comparisons. "And I think the writers and the team and everyone's been very been very encouraging about what we're going to do with the Whitelighter and with Harry in the forthcoming season."


www.popsugar.com/entertainment/photo-gallery/45140298/image/45140745/What-Staying

I'm confused. Are Guardians suppose to be whitelighters, or are they talking about Guardians as in Familiar Cats taking on human form?

If Whitelighters don't orb in this reboot. Yes, give them the name Guardians instead. And so he's closer to Giles from Buffy than Leo. So Harry is based off Buffy's British Watcher.

I can see why they might want him to be called a Guardian not a Whitelighter in this reboot. Also explains why they don't orb. I really hope they do decide to not call them whitelighters then. 

So they are also ripping off Buffy in some way too. Yikes!!! 

Guardians, who take human form? Maybe this is a whitelighter in this version. 

I am curious if they add a Familiar, Classic Charmed didn't really do much with them. In fact it wasn't until Cat House that they learn what a Familiar was. We saw signs of Kit being a Familiar when she sensed Rex in Wicca Envy or a demon in Deja Vu All Over Again.