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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2018 13:15:03 GMT -5
There’s an option for time-jumping so that the actresses could finally act their own age. Everything in the pilot already seemed to have been rushed according to the trailer. So why not perform a time jump mid-season or next season. Maybe they'll do that in order to hurry along Macy's integration into the sisterhood. I can't believe the girls appear to already have their "we're sisters, we stick together" moment in the pilot. Even Classic Charmed spread that relationship out over 5/6 episodes for Paige. And even that felt too quick! I am confused as to how old Mel and Macy are supposed to be. I keep hearing online that the reboot sisters are "younger", but how? Yes, Maggie is in college, but Mel and Macy are working so surely can't be much younger than Prue and Piper were in S1? I feel just from the trailer that Mel seems too old to be in her early 20s. Not that she looks old, but she seems more mature. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2018 13:25:08 GMT -5
That's true, they really do look like sisters. The oldest doesn't, but of course, she's a half. But the height differences between the oldest and her younger sisters is such a huge difference. I couldn't help but think she was their mother, especially when I looked at photos of the cast at CW Upfronts. I don't get why she couldn't use her real accent and found a good excuse for the mother sending her away and she grew up in England. That does seem like a lazy way, and most CW shows typically barely do much with people's jobs, they eventually find excuses to have them fired and whatnot. Especially shows with a supernatural genre. I'm fine with college if they use it as a way to bring in innocents. Ex Libris was a fantastic innocent of the week episode with Phoebe and her ghost. Those are the sort of stories I hope we see in the reboot. I just hope they limit the college frat parties, relationship drama's and don't attempt any of those teacher-student affair plots. But at least we won't have to worry about any of them wanting a husband or child. If they are in college, then that won't happen until the end of the series at least. The youngest shouldn't even be in a longterm relationship or serious one for ages, shes younger than Phoebe, so I'd completely acceptable she wouldn't be tied down for too long. I know, it's a bit irritating that Macy looks NOTHING like the other two, or the mother. I wish she'd been like Paige in that there was some resemblance but still marked differences. Paige was like her sisters in hair and eye colour but then had much lighter skin tone. The height difference is ridiculous as well. I am reminded forcibly of Lori Rom sticking out like a sore thumb in the unaired pilot. It would've been interested if they'd made Macy English, you're right. Her growing up in another country would've highlighted how different her life has been from her birth family. College frat parties  I'm just thankful that all three aren't in college, or even worse, one in high school. We have enough shows about 25-year-old teenagers stomping around, never going to class, driving huge cars and complaining about their love lives. That was what was good about Phoebe being in college, she was older and past all that. Yeah, I hope they don't marry them off and lumber them with kids too early either. |
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Post by purelywyatt on Jun 4, 2018 16:39:58 GMT -5
There’s an option for time-jumping so that the actresses could finally act their own age. Everything in the pilot already seemed to have been rushed according to the trailer. So why not perform a time jump mid-season or next season. Maybe they'll do that in order to hurry along Macy's integration into the sisterhood. I can't believe the girls appear to already have their "we're sisters, we stick together" moment in the pilot. Even Classic Charmed spread that relationship out over 5/6 episodes for Paige. And even that felt too quick! I am confused as to how old Mel and Macy are supposed to be. I keep hearing online that the reboot sisters are "younger", but how? Yes, Maggie is in college, but Mel and Macy are working so surely can't be much younger than Prue and Piper were in S1? I feel just from the trailer that Mel seems too old to be in her early 20s. Not that she looks old, but she seems more mature.From what those who've seen the pilot is saying there's a 10 age difference between Macy and Maggie. So, since Maggie is 18 that'll make Macy 28 and Mel might possibly be 24 or 25. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2018 2:37:51 GMT -5
From what those who've seen the pilot is saying there's a 10 age difference between Macy and Maggie. So, since Maggie is 18 that'll make Macy 28 and Mel might possibly be 24 or 25. That makes sense. They are basically the same age as the Halliwells then, with only Maggie being considerably younger. |
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Post by Ruth Marie on Jun 24, 2018 15:25:44 GMT -5
From what those who've seen the pilot is saying there's a 10 age difference between Macy and Maggie. So, since Maggie is 18 that'll make Macy 28 and Mel might possibly be 24 or 25. That makes sense. They are basically the same age as the Halliwells then, with only Maggie being considerably younger. So the only difference is Maggie is five years younger than Phoebe. Yep. Prue turned 28 in S1 and Piper was 25. So has Mel got a job? She must be graduated or extremely close to graduating if she's 24 or 25. So Mel and Macy are actually closer in age out of all the sisters. 10 years between Maggie and Macy and six/seven between Maggie and Mel. |
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Post by Assassin Witch on Jun 24, 2018 22:42:37 GMT -5
I think I saw something that was saying Mel might be a graduate student? *shrugs*
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Post by Ruth Marie on Jun 26, 2018 1:11:35 GMT -5
*Sigh* Of course so all three sisters are at the campus. I bet the entire cast is including the whitelighter as a professor. This reboot sounds like it's aimed much younger. At least classic Charmed felt adult when the sisters were getting jobs except Phoebe for a while in college but the campus wasn't a big focus.
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Post by Esmeralda on Jun 26, 2018 7:21:03 GMT -5
*Sigh* Of course so all three sisters are at the campus. I bet the entire cast is including the whitelighter as a professor. This reboot sounds like it's aimed much younger. At least classic Charmed felt adult when the sisters were getting jobs except Phoebe for a while in college but the campus wasn't a big focus. Speaking of Phoebe in college, when I was re-watching 'Pre-Witched' as part of my 20th Anniversary Re-Watch, I came across this line: So it does sound like Phoebe *did* do some schooling before she left for New York, so her finishing in a year makes more sense. I wonder how quickly the youngest of this bunch (still mixing up names...) will finish her schooling - if she does. |
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Post by pheebs on Jun 28, 2018 15:26:51 GMT -5
Something I just realized about the middle sister. Her freezing power is too strong already. Wow!! Piper couldn't freeze everything. This sisters freezes the whole room and you can see a bird outside frozen. So her powers is literally freezing time not slowing down molecules like Piper did. Check out the first few episodes of Classic Charmed. Originally Piper's power DID freeze the whole room, actually stopping time as was said in Melinda Warren's prophecy. In 'Something Wicca This Way Comes', the pot stopped bubbling and the clock stopped telling time. It was only later that she tried and could only freeze certain people or certain portions of people and suddenly her powers became the power to freeze people rather than stop time. It will be interesting to see if if the middle sister's power changes into manipulating molecules the way Piper did. I hope not. I much preferred freezing time since then it couldn't become explosions that made Piper the Power of One who didn't need her sisters to vanquish demons. I count that as one of Classic Charmed's worst mistakes. Thank you. I didn't realise this. Some plotholes. I hope they can be more consistent in this reboot with how the powers work. How would you handle the powers on Charmed? Did you like the additional powers. I preferred just advancing the originals and them growing. |
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Post by Esmeralda on Jun 28, 2018 17:52:48 GMT -5
Check out the first few episodes of Classic Charmed. Originally Piper's power DID freeze the whole room, actually stopping time as was said in Melinda Warren's prophecy. In 'Something Wicca This Way Comes', the pot stopped bubbling and the clock stopped telling time. It was only later that she tried and could only freeze certain people or certain portions of people and suddenly her powers became the power to freeze people rather than stop time. It will be interesting to see if if the middle sister's power changes into manipulating molecules the way Piper did. I hope not. I much preferred freezing time since then it couldn't become explosions that made Piper the Power of One who didn't need her sisters to vanquish demons. I count that as one of Classic Charmed's worst mistakes. Thank you. I didn't realise this. Some plotholes. I hope they can be more consistent in this reboot with how the powers work. How would you handle the powers on Charmed? Did you like the additional powers. I preferred just advancing the originals and them growing. We've got a number of threads on that in the Book of Shadows and Power Vault board. Powers is my least-favorite part of the series, preferring the sisterhood, but I know it's important to a lot of other fans. Me, personally, I'd prefer what I wrote here, with these being Melinda Halliwell (not Warren, so Grams doesn't lie when she says Halliwell women keep their maiden name - the three "cousins" would also be sisters with the last name of Halliwell, but not these three powers so they couldn't be Charmed.) PRUE and PAIGE: Premonitions - makes sense for the leader to have this - and this would allow Paige to develop into the leader rather than Piper, despite being a half and the youngest. Typical Es - this would *not* be whitelighter influenced. Paige's only whitelighter power would be to orb so she'd be a witch with a single whitelighter power and a single witch power and not a living whitelighter with all of their powers. It would also prevent Prue from becoming a Mary Sue. PIPER: Shielding (similar to what Baby Wyatt has and that she can extend to others so she can protect her sisters. This allows them the time to cast the Power of Three spell, similar to when she'd freeze things, but no longer need that particular special effect, the reason they dropped it, and no way it would develop into explosions which made her the Power of One. Like Wyatt, she has to actually activate it; she can't panic-shield, so if she's unconscious or caught by surprise, she's a dead duck) The shield would absorb whatever was thrown at Piper, so it would just be defensive and never offensive the way Paige's power changed when she learned how to ricochet. PHOEBE: Shoot fire (just like P. Russell) - show that powers aren't good or evil but depend upon how they're used. But like Prue's TK, although she can burn baddies and stop them, it doesn't kill them. For that they need the Power of Three. With those three absolutely no need to progress the powers. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2018 2:23:18 GMT -5
I think Phoebe must've been almost finished with college when Grams died. Grams died in early 1998 and Phoebe was born in 1975, making her 22 almost 23. My guess is she failed a year and so that's why she went back to retake it in S2.
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Post by Granny Charmed on Jun 29, 2018 18:16:57 GMT -5
I think Phoebe must've been almost finished with college when Grams died. Grams died in early 1998 and Phoebe was born in 1975, making her 22 almost 23. My guess is she failed a year and so that's why she went back to retake it in S2. That must be it dear. I always assumed that Phoebe dropped out of college at some point well before Grams died. I guess with her shoplifting and being distant, I had thought she had quit college, but she may have failed. So her taking a year to finish college in S2-S3 does make sense now. I guess she was finishing whatever she didn't before Grams died. I'm not sure how long it takes for some to finish college, it all depends on what you're studying. My granddaughter is currently in college, it has taken her a while, but four-five years seems to be standard. But times are different than when I was studying a very long time ago. |
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Post by Assassin Witch on Jun 30, 2018 12:27:39 GMT -5
If you're a fulltime student, it would be 4-5 years. So the college setup seems to be a long haul storyline. Plus, in general, it seems to be a college town.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2018 7:23:30 GMT -5
That must be it dear. I always assumed that Phoebe dropped out of college at some point well before Grams died. I guess with her shoplifting and being distant, I had thought she had quit college, but she may have failed. So her taking a year to finish college in S2-S3 does make sense now. I guess she was finishing whatever she didn't before Grams died. I'm not sure how long it takes for some to finish college, it all depends on what you're studying. My granddaughter is currently in college, it has taken her a while, but four-five years seems to be standard. But times are different than when I was studying a very long time ago. You're probably right about her dropping out, Granny. I don't know how American college differs from our university here in the UK, but here you can retake a year if you fail your exams/assignments, or even extend/defer your final dissertation in your last year because of extenuating circumstances. Maybe Phoebe only did a year or two in college then dropped out, which is why Grams and her sisters became so fed up with her - because she was still acting like she was in high school. |
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Post by Granny Charmed on Jul 7, 2018 19:28:31 GMT -5
That must be it dear. I always assumed that Phoebe dropped out of college at some point well before Grams died. I guess with her shoplifting and being distant, I had thought she had quit college, but she may have failed. So her taking a year to finish college in S2-S3 does make sense now. I guess she was finishing whatever she didn't before Grams died. I'm not sure how long it takes for some to finish college, it all depends on what you're studying. My granddaughter is currently in college, it has taken her a while, but four-five years seems to be standard. But times are different than when I was studying a very long time ago. You're probably right about her dropping out, Granny. I don't know how American college differs from our university here in the UK, but here you can retake a year if you fail your exams/assignments, or even extend/defer your final dissertation in your last year because of extenuating circumstances. Maybe Phoebe only did a year or two in college then dropped out, which is why Grams and her sisters became so fed up with her - because she was still acting like she was in high school. That's a very good point. Obviously, the college has changed since I attended so very long ago. So if someone who is American and attended college in the 90s or 00s have more help. I'd love to hear it. But it appears that Phoebe dropped out and did act like a high schooler. It's funny because she felt and acted much younger than what she was 22. When the shoplifting, and bringing the cops bringing her home to Grams, I'd think she was a 17 or 18-year-old. |
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Post by Ruth Marie on Jul 10, 2018 21:01:06 GMT -5
I checked out Spoilertv.com with Production dates for shows filming. The reboot will start shooting July 31, 2018 - December 14, 2018 (pending of course if it gets 22 episodes).
So expect spoilers and such starting to leak in August. I'm not familiar with shows filmed in Vancouver but unlike Classic Charmed. Were in a social media world, then when it aired. So I say the filming pics and leaks will be much bigger.
I have to wonder how Classic Charmed would have fared if Social Media was around back then. Then again, maybe it's for the better. As I'm over the petty shipping wars that teenagers do today for shows on social media, and why the messaging boards feel like a safe haven for discussions.
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I'm just thankful that all three aren't in college, or even worse, one in high school. We have enough shows about 25-year-old teenagers stomping around, never going to class, driving huge cars and complaining about their love lives. That was what was good about Phoebe being in college, she was older and past all that. 
