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Post by West on Aug 14, 2018 9:56:25 GMT -5
Did I find this interesting: Key Details About the Charmed Reboot That Every Fan of the Original Should Know 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. I hope that whitelighters go by the name of Guardians or something else. But I'd love if they did more with the Familiar mythology on this show. Don't like the idea that they are trying to turn Harry into a Giles like clone and dragging Buffy into the show too for comparisons, with making him British like him. Was Giles the only adult figure who guides they could think from to draw inspiration. But the fact he doesn't orb, they really should just make him something else and not an angel. I'm getting this feeling that this reboot is as I predicted way back with the early outlines. It will be more similar in tone to Buffy and Supernatural than Classic Charmed at all. With maybe some humor and light moments. Already drawing inspirations from Supernatural with demons and black eyes, already drawing inspirations from Buffy with Giles. Using the words Apocalypse which always get used on Buffy and Supernatural. I wouldn't be surprised they also looked at what the current CW audience watches. Doesn't surprise me, these new writers looked at other current CW shows to see what made these appeal to the current generation at CW this last decade. |
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Post by pheebs on Aug 17, 2018 22:13:48 GMT -5
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Post by pheebs on Aug 17, 2018 22:16:18 GMT -5
Well, they won't ever be able to capture how very special All Halliwell's Eve was to me, as one of my favorite episodes from the show. So this Halloween episode definitely has massive competition.
I still regard it is one of my favorite Witch themed episodes of all time featuring Halloween.
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Post by Esmeralda on Aug 18, 2018 7:50:30 GMT -5
Well, they won't ever be able to capture how very special All Halliwell's Eve was to me, as one of my favorite episodes from the show. So this Halloween episode definitely has massive competition. I still regard it is one of my favorite Witch themed episodes of all time featuring Halloween. Agreed, completely totally. Trying to reboot a fan-favorite episode is a dreadful mistake, the same way their version of 'Something Wicca This Way Comes' will never live up to Classic Charmed's. |
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Post by summerreading on Aug 18, 2018 10:48:23 GMT -5
Well, they won't ever be able to capture how very special All Halliwell's Eve was to me, as one of my favorite episodes from the show. So this Halloween episode definitely has massive competition. I still regard it is one of my favorite Witch themed episodes of all time featuring Halloween. Agreed, completely totally. Trying to reboot a fan-favorite episode is a dreadful mistake, the same way their version of 'Something Wicca This Way Comes' will never live up to Classic Charmed's. That would be the biggest insult to be a fan of Classic Charmed's episodes. Having seen the pilot at Comic-Con, I can safely say it doesn't hold a candle to "Something Wicca This Way Goes". The use of their mother and setting her death as a starting point for the series might be the only thing in the whole pilot that really worked well. But I'm sure there are fanfics around here maybe where someone set up Grams death in the pilot being how the sisters became Charmed. But it's interesting to wonder how Patty being around to raise them and not Grams would change Charmed. That I'm envisioning Victor possibly playing a part in raising Paige if we had to come up with a reason for how she came to be. I was tempted to rewrite the pilot and fix what I felt didn't work, but I'll wait until it airs. |
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Post by Esmeralda on Aug 18, 2018 14:00:32 GMT -5
Agreed, completely totally. Trying to reboot a fan-favorite episode is a dreadful mistake, the same way their version of 'Something Wicca This Way Comes' will never live up to Classic Charmed's. That would be the biggest insult to be a fan of Classic Charmed's episodes. Having seen the pilot at Comic-Con, I can safely say it doesn't hold a candle to "Something Wicca This Way Goes". The use of their mother and setting her death as a starting point for the series might be the only thing in the whole pilot that really worked well. But I'm sure there are fanfics around here maybe where someone set up Grams death in the pilot being how the sisters became Charmed. But it's interesting to wonder how Patty being around to raise them and not Grams would change Charmed. That I'm envisioning Victor possibly playing a part in raising Paige if we had to come up with a reason for how she came to be. I was tempted to rewrite the pilot and fix what I felt didn't work, but I'll wait until it airs. It would be fun for a Classic Charmed fan to rewrite the ripoff's first episode (and I agree - wait til that airs - remember the differences between the Unaired Pilot with Lori Romm and 'Something Wicca This Way Comes' with Alyssa. The same could be true with this...) using the Halliwells and using both 'Something Wicca This Way Comes' and 'PreWitched' to fix what we don't like. I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with it. |
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Post by CharmedFaith on Aug 18, 2018 21:55:48 GMT -5
Agreed, completely totally. Trying to reboot a fan-favorite episode is a dreadful mistake, the same way their version of 'Something Wicca This Way Comes' will never live up to Classic Charmed's. That would be the biggest insult to be a fan of Classic Charmed's episodes. Having seen the pilot at Comic-Con, I can safely say it doesn't hold a candle to "Something Wicca This Way Goes". The use of their mother and setting her death as a starting point for the series might be the only thing in the whole pilot that really worked well. But I'm sure there are fanfics around here maybe where someone set up Grams death in the pilot being how the sisters became Charmed. But it's interesting to wonder how Patty being around to raise them and not Grams would change Charmed. That I'm envisioning Victor possibly playing a part in raising Paige if we had to come up with a reason for how she came to be. I was tempted to rewrite the pilot and fix what I felt didn't work, but I'll wait until it airs. They arent rebooting an episode though unless they rip off the episode which I doubt. |
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Post by pheebs on Aug 18, 2018 22:09:25 GMT -5
Well, they won't ever be able to capture how very special All Halliwell's Eve was to me, as one of my favorite episodes from the show. So this Halloween episode definitely has massive competition. I still regard it is one of my favorite Witch themed episodes of all time featuring Halloween. Agreed, completely totally. Trying to reboot a fan-favorite episode is a dreadful mistake, the same way their version of 'Something Wicca This Way Comes' will never live up to Classic Charmed's.  That would be the biggest insult to be a fan of Classic Charmed's episodes. Having seen the pilot at Comic-Con, I can safely say it doesn't hold a candle to "Something Wicca This Way Goes". The use of their mother and setting her death as a starting point for the series might be the only thing in the whole pilot that really worked well. But I'm sure there are fanfics around here maybe where someone set up Grams death in the pilot being how the sisters became Charmed. But it's interesting to wonder how Patty being around to raise them and not Grams would change Charmed. That I'm envisioning Victor possibly playing a part in raising Paige if we had to come up with a reason for how she came to be. I was tempted to rewrite the pilot and fix what I felt didn't work, but I'll wait until it airs. It would be fun for a Classic Charmed fan to rewrite the ripoff's first episode (and I agree - wait til that airs - remember the differences between the Unaired Pilot with Lori Romm and 'Something Wicca This Way Comes' with Alyssa. The same could be true with this...) using the Halliwells and using both 'Something Wicca This Way Comes' and 'PreWitched' to fix what we don't like. I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with it. That would be fun to see done. I can't wait either like Es. That would be the biggest insult to be a fan of Classic Charmed's episodes. Having seen the pilot at Comic-Con, I can safely say it doesn't hold a candle to "Something Wicca This Way Goes". The use of their mother and setting her death as a starting point for the series might be the only thing in the whole pilot that really worked well. But I'm sure there are fanfics around here maybe where someone set up Grams death in the pilot being how the sisters became Charmed. But it's interesting to wonder how Patty being around to raise them and not Grams would change Charmed. That I'm envisioning Victor possibly playing a part in raising Paige if we had to come up with a reason for how she came to be. I was tempted to rewrite the pilot and fix what I felt didn't work, but I'll wait until it airs. They arent rebooting an episode though unless they rip off the episode which I doubt. I'm sure they won't dare. Them doing a Halloween episode, It has heaps to hold up against with Charmed's fantastic episode. That I feel it will be probably a generic demon of the week episode set at Halloween. Charmed's Halloween episode just holds up so well, it can't be as great. |
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Post by Ruth Marie on Aug 18, 2018 23:53:26 GMT -5
That would be the biggest insult to be a fan of Classic Charmed's episodes. Having seen the pilot at Comic-Con, I can safely say it doesn't hold a candle to "Something Wicca This Way Goes". The use of their mother and setting her death as a starting point for the series might be the only thing in the whole pilot that really worked well. But I'm sure there are fanfics around here maybe where someone set up Grams death in the pilot being how the sisters became Charmed. But it's interesting to wonder how Patty being around to raise them and not Grams would change Charmed. That I'm envisioning Victor possibly playing a part in raising Paige if we had to come up with a reason for how she came to be. I was tempted to rewrite the pilot and fix what I felt didn't work, but I'll wait until it airs. It would be fun for a Classic Charmed fan to rewrite the ripoff's first episode (and I agree - wait til that airs - remember the differences between the Unaired Pilot with Lori Romm and 'Something Wicca This Way Comes' with Alyssa. The same could be true with this...) using the Halliwells and using both 'Something Wicca This Way Comes' and 'PreWitched' to fix what we don't like. I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with it. That sounds like much fun. I myself thought about this strongly for re-doing Season One-Three (I'm currently working on). I think I agree that the parts with the mother dying could just as easily be done with Grams with the Halliwells in a fixed version of 'Something Wicca This Way Comes' and 'PreWitched'. Maybe you can even find a way to have Patty be around too. Maybe even finding a way for Prue to be Macy and enter the scene after. Lot's of ideas. Many members did this last year with the fanfic contest with many concepts and ideas using a different way the sisters got their powers and so on. I just wished they were still here on the boards, couldn't find them, but I remember a few members came up with good starting points. |
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Post by summerreading on Aug 19, 2018 0:45:27 GMT -5
That would be the biggest insult to be a fan of Classic Charmed's episodes. Having seen the pilot at Comic-Con, I can safely say it doesn't hold a candle to "Something Wicca This Way Goes". The use of their mother and setting her death as a starting point for the series might be the only thing in the whole pilot that really worked well. But I'm sure there are fanfics around here maybe where someone set up Grams death in the pilot being how the sisters became Charmed. But it's interesting to wonder how Patty being around to raise them and not Grams would change Charmed. That I'm envisioning Victor possibly playing a part in raising Paige if we had to come up with a reason for how she came to be. I was tempted to rewrite the pilot and fix what I felt didn't work, but I'll wait until it airs. It would be fun for a Classic Charmed fan to rewrite the ripoff's first episode (and I agree - wait til that airs - remember the differences between the Unaired Pilot with Lori Romm and 'Something Wicca This Way Comes' with Alyssa. The same could be true with this...) using the Halliwells and using both 'Something Wicca This Way Comes' and 'PreWitched' to fix what we don't like. I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with it. Thank-you.  That will be fun to do. Like we're doing with our own reboots right now, we certainly can do a rewrite with the Halliwells or even an Alternate Series changing everything and going a different direction. It would be fun for a Classic Charmed fan to rewrite the ripoff's first episode (and I agree - wait til that airs - remember the differences between the Unaired Pilot with Lori Romm and 'Something Wicca This Way Comes' with Alyssa. The same could be true with this...) using the Halliwells and using both 'Something Wicca This Way Comes' and 'PreWitched' to fix what we don't like. I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with it. That sounds like much fun. I myself thought about this strongly for re-doing Season One-Three (I'm currently working on). I think I agree that the parts with the mother dying could just as easily be done with Grams with the Halliwells in a fixed version of 'Something Wicca This Way Comes' and 'PreWitched'. Maybe you can even find a way to have Patty be around too. Maybe even finding a way for Prue to be Macy and enter the scene after. Lot's of ideas. Many members did this last year with the fanfic contest with many concepts and ideas using a different way the sisters got their powers and so on. I just wished they were still here on the boards, couldn't find them, but I remember a few members came up with good starting points. How cool - any chance they are still around. I'd love to read those. You can certainly do anything or even rewrite them to use Patty instead of Grams. But I do like the idea of Paige being raised by Victor, and that is why she is sent away. You can even rewrite it with the Halliwells, and if I recall the original 2013 CBS reboot was focused on four sisters. So there's plenty of stories. I better not get too carried away, this isn't a brainstorming thread, but discussion on the reboot. I'll keep any idea's I have for after the reboot ends. |
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Post by Esmeralda on Aug 19, 2018 10:29:35 GMT -5
That would be the biggest insult to be a fan of Classic Charmed's episodes. Having seen the pilot at Comic-Con, I can safely say it doesn't hold a candle to "Something Wicca This Way Goes". The use of their mother and setting her death as a starting point for the series might be the only thing in the whole pilot that really worked well. But I'm sure there are fanfics around here maybe where someone set up Grams death in the pilot being how the sisters became Charmed. But it's interesting to wonder how Patty being around to raise them and not Grams would change Charmed. That I'm envisioning Victor possibly playing a part in raising Paige if we had to come up with a reason for how she came to be. I was tempted to rewrite the pilot and fix what I felt didn't work, but I'll wait until it airs. They arent rebooting an episode though unless they rip off the episode which I doubt. I certainly hope they don't, but I can't help wondering if they will. Classic Charmed used up a LOT of plotlines... I can certainly see them using one or more of them, but doing it their way, the way they used both 'Something Wicca This Way Comes' and 'Charmed Again" in their pilot, but did it their way. I really don't mind them doing that - it's part of being what networks count as reboots nowaday, even when they're not, since this isn't using the names of the original characters in different ways as a true reboot would (thank God - when we talk about Prue or Piper or Phoebe or Paige or Leo or Cole or any of the others, we'll know which characters we're talking about) but it doesn't mean that Classic Charmed fans won't prefer the original version. But the situation that I like bringing up is "The Fugitive". That was my family's favorite TV 1series back in the '60's - we never missed it! Then in 1993, they turned it into a movie - same characters but played by others and done differently, the true definition of a reboot. (Please note - the TV show ran from 1963-67 - the movie didn't come out until 30 years after the TV series came out. A true Charmed reboot with Prue, Piper and Phoebe played by others should *not* be aired for another ten years, and no way this rip-off should be aired at all!) I took my parents to see it and all three of us totally completely loved it! For me, the same is true for the original Star Trek series and the first Star Trek reboot - again, taking a 1960's TV show and turning it into a movie FORTY years later. If they did that to Charmed, I wouldn't be grumbling one bit - well, then, being 65, I might not even be alive then but you know what I mean. As is, I'll continue to have fun ripping the rip-off that's being put out way before its time! |
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Post by prudencehalliwell on Aug 20, 2018 0:23:11 GMT -5
They arent rebooting an episode though unless they rip off the episode which I doubt. I certainly hope they don't, but I can't help wondering if they will. Classic Charmed used up a LOT of plotlines... I can certainly see them using one or more of them, but doing it their way, the way they used both 'Something Wicca This Way Comes' and 'Charmed Again" in their pilot, but did it their way. I really don't mind them doing that - it's part of being what networks count as reboots nowaday, even when they're not, since this isn't using the names of the original characters in different ways as a true reboot would (thank God - when we talk about Prue or Piper or Phoebe or Paige or Leo or Cole or any of the others, we'll know which characters we're talking about) but it doesn't mean that Classic Charmed fans won't prefer the original version. But the situation that I like bringing up is "The Fugitive". That was my family's favorite TV 1series back in the '60's - we never missed it! Then in 1993, they turned it into a movie - same characters but played by others and done differently, the true definition of a reboot. (Please note - the TV show ran from 1963-67 - the movie didn't come out until 30 years after the TV series came out. A true Charmed reboot with Prue, Piper and Phoebe played by others should *not* be aired for another ten years, and no way this rip-off should be aired at all!) I took my parents to see it and all three of us totally completely loved it! For me, the same is true for the original Star Trek series and the first Star Trek reboot - again, taking a 1960's TV show and turning it into a movie FORTY years later. If they did that to Charmed, I wouldn't be grumbling one bit - well, then, being 65, I might not even be alive then but you know what I mean. As is, I'll continue to have fun ripping the rip-off that's being put out way before its time! That really does make so much sense Es. They really should not be doing it now, but Charmed isn't the only one. This past decade is filled with dozens of reboots, and they are not done making them just yet since you keep on reading reports in the news about another show from the 80s or 90s (mostly 90s) being rebooted or brought back. Which means, that in another decade or two, they'll have to start coming up with original ideas. But if it wasn't for Metoo, I think Charmed and Buffy wouldn't be coming back at all. I just wish most of them were like you suggested with Star Trek or The Fugitive, 30 to 40 years later. Not 10 to 20. But I can see Charmed (a true reboot on Prue, Piper, Phoebe and or Paige) being done in another 20 years. Obviously, by them, all the original fans (who were old enough to see it when it aired) will be no younger than 40. |
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Post by Esmeralda on Aug 20, 2018 7:33:41 GMT -5
That's the funny thing about it - you really don't hear that much about #MeToo anymore. I think the networks hopped on the bandwagon a bit too late!
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Post by summerreading on Aug 21, 2018 7:10:45 GMT -5
That's the funny thing about it - you really don't hear that much about #MeToo anymore. I think the networks hopped on the bandwagon a bit too late! It has started to die down, hasn't it. Maybe this will mean the #Metoo stuff in this show will die down soon enough. Hopefully. |
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Post by pheebs on Aug 21, 2018 23:07:13 GMT -5
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Post by coltoncharmed on Aug 22, 2018 0:01:50 GMT -5
So they have a familiar, An earlier I shared earlier said something about guardians who take human form? Curious what this show does with their one.
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Post by Ruth Marie on Aug 22, 2018 7:08:00 GMT -5
LOL, I can't be the only one who is more excited reading Team Charmed Cafe's reboot project 'Elemental Charmed' than this one. I find that this Cafe's ideas are already looking more promising than what the real CW one is doing.
The promo's don't make me excited, with what they are doing.
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Post by Assassin Witch on Aug 22, 2018 11:29:49 GMT -5
The only thing that looked good about that trailer was the colors. Like, not for the show, but like the in between CW color things.
God, it looks so bad.
Quality of effects look so fake. Like, excuse me while I enjoy the 90s/early 00 special effects.
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Post by prudencehalliwell on Aug 22, 2018 16:39:23 GMT -5
Not to mention Charmed is getting remastered in HD. So it will look even better. To those young kids refusing to watch Classic Charmed because of dated effects. Think again! |
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Post by Granny Charmed on Aug 22, 2018 22:23:13 GMT -5
The only thing that looked good about that trailer was the colors. Like, not for the show, but like the in between CW color things. God, it looks so bad. Quality of effects look so fake. Like, excuse me while I enjoy the 90s/early 00 special effects. More and more I'm really absolutely hating everything I see with the trailers dear. The effects look horrible. I truly appreciate Classic Charmed's effects more now. Especially it being remastered for HD. It will hold up much better. |
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