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Post by rebooted on Dec 16, 2018 3:38:55 GMT -5
I couldn't create a thread in the Reboot section so I hope someone moves this there - if its appropriate.
But I was wondering, out of the people who gave it a go...
Who is still watching the reboot? And when did you stop watchin it.
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Post by Esmeralda on Dec 16, 2018 8:31:27 GMT -5
Haven't wasted a second watching it and am glad of that. The more I hear about it, the gladder I am that I never gave it a try. A bit of a shame, because there are some storylines that might have made for interesting fodder for Classic Charmed fanfics (the idea of their mother being around and murdered rather than Grams, the idea of Elders being a group of older witches (IF that meant they threw out the idea of whitelighters even better), the idea of the half-sister being older and Piper never existed so it's just NuPaige, NuPrue and NuPhoebe, the idea of keeping Cole as a bad guy rather than a bad boy turned good, even the idea of Cole needing to get rid of his human side in order to stay alive if only they'd done them better by not just flying through storylines like they're going out of style, trying to throw 4 seasons of Classic Charmed into 13 episodes of Rip-off Charmed.
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Post by Assassin Witch on Dec 16, 2018 15:37:32 GMT -5
[moved to the Reboot board]
never watched. reading the descriptions when I put the threads up does not tempt me. And reading people's thoughts... Nope. Nothing entices me to check it out.
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Post by Melinda Halliwell on Dec 17, 2018 5:07:00 GMT -5
I've seen the reboot since it started but after downloading episodes online as I don't have the CW channel on my TV in Britain to watch it outrightly.
This hasn't grabbed me as well as Classic Charmed so far I must say but I'm willing to give the show a shot and see if it improves in the new year obviously.
Some things which have interested me are the sisters being coloured with one of them a lesbian going on modern times then. Harry is just their whitelighter and not involved with any of the girls thankly. I've liked the look of some of the shows magical effects used there. Death actually means something with Niko's cop partner Trip not coming back. And consequences occur like when Mel reverses time and makes it she never met Niko but loses her university job because Niko wasn't around to wake her up in time for Mel's interview actually.
The things I don't like are the girls already involved in relationships although Mel and Niko were cute. The first year should be about them as sisters and becoming witches learning their powers like Classic Charmed did. I don't care for Parker or Galvin although Parker having health problems is something different original Cole never had obviously. I hope he dies saving Maggie then stays dead and doesn't come back. Things have been introduced too fast like Elders, half and full whitelighters though I do like Harry. And I would've liked Niko staying over Parker and Galvin but maybe she might return somehow future wise perhaps.
I look forward to finding out more on the rouge witch agency and their intentions next year.
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Post by cyma on Dec 17, 2018 5:25:19 GMT -5
Still watching. But I gotta say after episode 4 I totally forgot there was going to be a another episode. The review thread here reminded me.
If I count another family member, a non-Charmed fan but a Grimm fan who watched with me, then episode 4 was their first and last time watching the reboot.
Failure, flop and a few other colorful words were used to describe their thoughts about the episode. Also admitted that Charmed original was a hundred times better than this piece of turd 0.o
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Post by SimplyAretha on Jan 18, 2019 21:53:42 GMT -5
I'm still watching, I'm going to give it a season. I have to say the pilot episode could have been better, I don't know if it was editing or the storyline but the story flow was a little off. I do like the changes they've made in the characters and the storylines so far. It's definitely close enough to the original Charmed that if it was called something else, there wouldn't have been complaints that it's trying to be Charmed. Originally I thought it could have been called something new but at this point, it is what it is.
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Post by Esmeralda on Jan 19, 2019 5:50:18 GMT -5
 Very good to know, since you're the first person who didn't say that the best way to enjoy it is to treat it like a totally different show that has nothing to do with Classic Charmed. How does it remind you of Classic Charmed outside of two sisters and a half-sister who are witches? |
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Post by summerreading on Jan 19, 2019 6:18:48 GMT -5
I'm glad your enjoying it. But it is true, if they called it something else inspired by Charmed, It may get less heat but I feel it got off the ground for having name recognition being named Charmed.
But it isn't just Charmed. It is any reboot these days.
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Post by SimplyAretha on Jan 19, 2019 15:55:02 GMT -5
Very good to know, since you're the first person who didn't say that the best way to enjoy it is to treat it like a totally different show that has nothing to do with Classic Charmed. How does it remind you of Classic Charmed outside of two sisters and a half-sister who are witches? The basis for the original show idea was sisters who happen to be witches. I still wonder what the show would have been if Constance M. Burge had stayed on as Executive Producer. I think the reboot was trying to get back to that basic foundation. I think they basically took character traits from multiple OG Charmed characters and tossed them into a salad bowl and reassigned them to different people and some just combined them. For example, Maggie and Parker are like the new Pheobe and Cole. Except, we never met Cole's actual parents, and in this one, we know more about Parker's family and little hint why he is who he is in this reboot series. You wouldn't really get any of this because it's taken 9 episodes. I have to admit, the first two episodes, I had saved on my DVR and eventually watched it when I had nothing else to watch. It was hard to start, but as the show continues, I'm getting more invested. I would say just watch it with an open mind and take off the need to compare it to the OG Charmed because, for me, no reboot will ever compare so why set it up for failure. Like the other comments, it was too much information to fast. And I can see they just are trying to move past setting up the reboot universe, but in doing so, they rushed through opportunities to build a connection with the audience with who the sisters actual were. I think there are many flaws in the sisters but if your characters don't have flaws then how can they grow as people. And when creating characters, you want to see them grow and possibly have the audience grow with them. Since Charmed originally aired, I have had many jobs, and it's only these past five years that I have come back to my original love which is storytelling. I have my own film production company, I make films and write scripts, I have even written tv show pilots, and working in this world and learning the rules that I can see this reboot from a fresh perspective. There are definitely things that I would have done differently, but I didn't create this show. Creating a show is no easy task, and I want to give the show creators time to show what story they are trying to tell. |
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Post by summerreading on Jan 19, 2019 21:44:42 GMT -5
Very good to know, since you're the first person who didn't say that the best way to enjoy it is to treat it like a totally different show that has nothing to do with Classic Charmed. How does it remind you of Classic Charmed outside of two sisters and a half-sister who are witches? The basis for the original show idea was sisters who happen to be witches. I still wonder what the show would have been if Constance M. Burge had stayed on as Executive Producer. I think the reboot was trying to get back to that basic foundation. I think they basically took character traits from multiple OG Charmed characters and tossed them into a salad bowl and reassigned them to different people and some just combined them. For example, Maggie and Parker are like the new Pheobe and Cole. Except, we never met Cole's actual parents, and in this one, we know more about Parker's family and little hint why he is who he is in this reboot series. You wouldn't really get any of this because it's taken 9 episodes. I have to admit, the first two episodes, I had saved on my DVR and eventually watched it when I had nothing else to watch. It was hard to start, but as the show continues, I'm getting more invested. I would say just watch it with an open mind and take off the need to compare it to the OG Charmed because, for me, no reboot will ever compare so why set it up for failure. Like the other comments, it was too much information to fast. And I can see they just are trying to move past setting up the reboot universe, but in doing so, they rushed through opportunities to build a connection with the audience with who the sisters actual were. I think there are many flaws in the sisters but if your characters don't have flaws then how can they grow as people. And when creating characters, you want to see them grow and possibly have the audience grow with them. Since Charmed originally aired, I have had many jobs, and it's only these past five years that I have come back to my original love which is storytelling. I have my own film production company, I make films and write scripts, I have even written tv show pilots, and working in this world and learning the rules that I can see this reboot from a fresh perspective. There are definitely things that I would have done differently, but I didn't create this show. Creating a show is no easy task, and I want to give the show creators time to show what story they are trying to tell. That all makes sense with having the knowledge of filming/writing and producing. That is really gives you a viewpoint so much different than all of us here. I'm interested to read your reviews for it, even if I haven't watched beyond the pilot.
Maybe now that they got a full series order, they might not rush through plotlines now, that I heard so many had issues with in these first nine.
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Post by Esmeralda on Jan 20, 2019 8:11:49 GMT -5
The basis for the original show idea was sisters who happen to be witches. I still wonder what the show would have been if Constance M. Burge had stayed on as Executive Producer. I think the reboot was trying to get back to that basic foundation. I think they basically took character traits from multiple OG Charmed characters and tossed them into a salad bowl and reassigned them to different people and some just combined them. For example, Maggie and Parker are like the new Pheobe and Cole. Except, we never met Cole's actual parents, and in this one, we know more about Parker's family and little hint why he is who he is in this reboot series. You wouldn't really get any of this because it's taken 9 episodes. I have to admit, the first two episodes, I had saved on my DVR and eventually watched it when I had nothing else to watch. It was hard to start, but as the show continues, I'm getting more invested. I would say just watch it with an open mind and take off the need to compare it to the OG Charmed because, for me, no reboot will ever compare so why set it up for failure. Like the other comments, it was too much information to fast. And I can see they just are trying to move past setting up the reboot universe, but in doing so, they rushed through opportunities to build a connection with the audience with who the sisters actual were. I think there are many flaws in the sisters but if your characters don't have flaws then how can they grow as people. And when creating characters, you want to see them grow and possibly have the audience grow with them. Since Charmed originally aired, I have had many jobs, and it's only these past five years that I have come back to my original love which is storytelling. I have my own film production company, I make films and write scripts, I have even written tv show pilots, and working in this world and learning the rules that I can see this reboot from a fresh perspective. There are definitely things that I would have done differently, but I didn't create this show. Creating a show is no easy task, and I want to give the show creators time to show what story they are trying to tell. That all makes sense with having the knowledge of filming/writing and producing. That is really gives you a viewpoint so much different than all of us here. I'm interested to read your reviews for it, even if I haven't watched beyond the pilot.
Maybe now that they got a full series order, they might not rush through plotlines now, that I heard so many had issues with in these first nine.
I'd also like to read a review from your point of view, SP, even if nothing you wrote made me interested in watching it myself. But the way your review of S6 made me enjoy hearing about the season I hate from a different point of view, I'd love to read yours about this. |
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Post by SimplyAretha on Jan 20, 2019 18:02:50 GMT -5
Okay, was thinking of doing a review of the episodes. I will start from the beginning.
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Post by Esmeralda on Jan 20, 2019 18:21:52 GMT -5
Go ahead and just put them in the thread for that episode. I LOVE reading what fans think of shows they like, especially when I have no desire to watch them myself. Been doing that with Supergirl since it first started on CBS. That's Superwoman, not Supergirl, my favorite superhero when I was a kid! Have yet to watch a single show on The CW - at age 65, very simply not my thing. |
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Post by West on Jan 20, 2019 22:56:04 GMT -5
I'm watching it trying not to think too much of Classic Charmed, that will help me try and enjoy it. Some things still annoying me. Still, it isn't must-see television, and If I miss an episode, it won't kill me, but I'll watch when I do. But The Sisters of Arcana is probably the more interesting story of the season, and I think Jada is the only potential love interest of any of the sisters I can stand to like, the other two guys are just  The pacing and speeding of storylines are an issue. I hope now that they have a full season order, the second half's pacing is better. Remembering even Classic Charmed's first half of S1 wasn't as good as the second half. Still, this show annoys me in parts. But I'm not thinking too much about Classic Charmed, the more I do and the more I compare, the more I'll not be able to at least try and enjoy this. I don't even think of it as Charmed but rather Charmed: The Witches of Michigan or just The Witches of Michigan. Still Classic Charmed still has a place in my heart, and this is never going to compare by a long shot. But I'm trying not to think too much about Classic Charmed when I watch. |
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Post by Esmeralda on Jan 21, 2019 8:58:31 GMT -5
I'm watching it trying not to think too much of Classic Charmed, that will help me try and enjoy it. Some things still annoying me. Still, it isn't must-see television, and If I miss an episode, it won't kill me, but I'll watch when I do. But The Sisters of Arcana is probably the more interesting story of the season, and I think Jada is the only potential love interest of any of the sisters I can stand to like, the other two guys are just The pacing and speeding of storylines are an issue. I hope now that they have a full season order, the second half's pacing is better. Remembering even Classic Charmed's first half of S1 wasn't as good as the second half. Still, this show annoys me in parts. But I'm not thinking too much about Classic Charmed, the more I do and the more I compare, the more I'll not be able to at least try and enjoy this. I don't even think of it as Charmed but rather Charmed: The Witches of Michigan or just The Witches of Michigan. Still Classic Charmed still has a place in my heart, and this is never going to compare by a long shot. But I'm trying not to think too much about Classic Charmed when I watch. LOL, sounds like you do anyway. I have to ask - if it was just a show called "The Witches of Michigan", would you have given it a try? Would it have bothered you more if it reminded you of "Charmed" when it wasn't called "Charmed"? And would you keep on giving it a chance for as long as you have? Funny. If I was a lot younger and actually enjoyed shows on The CW and it was called 'Charmed: The Witches of Michigan', I think I would've given it a chance. Most reboots that use the same exact name have characters whose name are the same as the classic version. The fact that this one didn't (the Pruitts...) and was still just called "Charmed" is part of what bugs me so much about it and why I'll continue to refer it to as the ripoff. It's like everyone who wanted The Charmed Sons. They didn't want it to be called Charmed, because it *wasn't* Charmed - based on Charmed, but *not* Charmed. The same should've been true for this one. It's why I'm glad we're calling our virtual one not "Charmed" but "Elemental Charmed". Even our rewrites of the episodes are "Charmed; ReImagined". That's giving the proper props to the classic show which the ripoff doesn't. |
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Post by West on Jan 21, 2019 19:40:37 GMT -5
I'm watching it trying not to think too much of Classic Charmed, that will help me try and enjoy it. Some things still annoying me. Still, it isn't must-see television, and If I miss an episode, it won't kill me, but I'll watch when I do. But The Sisters of Arcana is probably the more interesting story of the season, and I think Jada is the only potential love interest of any of the sisters I can stand to like, the other two guys are just The pacing and speeding of storylines are an issue. I hope now that they have a full season order, the second half's pacing is better. Remembering even Classic Charmed's first half of S1 wasn't as good as the second half. Still, this show annoys me in parts. But I'm not thinking too much about Classic Charmed, the more I do and the more I compare, the more I'll not be able to at least try and enjoy this. I don't even think of it as Charmed but rather Charmed: The Witches of Michigan or just The Witches of Michigan. Still Classic Charmed still has a place in my heart, and this is never going to compare by a long shot. But I'm trying not to think too much about Classic Charmed when I watch. LOL, sounds like you do anyway. I have to ask - if it was just a show called "The Witches of Michigan", would you have given it a try? Would it have bothered you more if it reminded you of "Charmed" when it wasn't called "Charmed"? And would you keep on giving it a chance for as long as you have? Funny. If I was a lot younger and actually enjoyed shows on The CW and it was called 'Charmed: The Witches of Michigan', I think I would've given it a chance. Most reboots that use the same exact name have characters whose name are the same as the classic version. The fact that this one didn't (the Pruitts...) and was still just called "Charmed" is part of what bugs me so much about it and why I'll continue to refer it to as the ripoff. It's like everyone who wanted The Charmed Sons. They didn't want it to be called Charmed, because it *wasn't* Charmed - based on Charmed, but *not* Charmed. The same should've been true for this one. It's why I'm glad we're calling our virtual one not "Charmed" but "Elemental Charmed". Even our rewrites of the episodes are "Charmed; ReImagined". That's giving the proper props to the classic show which the ripoff doesn't. LOL looks like in the end the habits to compare just don't go away. I think I'd still watch it. I gave Witches of East End a try and really liked that show (again I do just love witch shows in general), even when I got reminded of Charmed. I guess I don't need it to be called Charmed to get me interested enough to try. Just give me a witch show on sisters or a mothers or d aughters etc. with a good concept and story. Like Charmed was inspired by The Craft, maybe WOEE was by Charmed. Too bad WOEE failed then they may have continued this trend than using popular show names and hoping this would prove more successful than doing something different. But that is how I see this current decade. They are cashing in on the 80s and 90s bringing back things from the past and rebooting because the name alone gets buzz and they think if something worked back then, it will again. Only for a new audience, I'm sure they don't care about the original fans. Too bad Witches of East End and Secret Circle didn't last long. Had they lasted and been successful. I'd even wonder if they would have tried rebooting Charmed. Seeing that two failed shows about witches didn't work they then decided to go for branding and what did work with witches in the past like Charmed and Sabrina. Only Sabrina went a different name and isn't like the sitcom. I can see why Sabrina got less backlash than Charmed. That makes sense. Hearing the name Charmed you expect to see Prue, Piper, Phoebe etc. and get how that were to bug you when they use the Charmed name. It should be a different name. But I get why they called it Charmed to generate buzz and get on the MeToo trend. Which they should have known would backfire. But Hollywood will do anything for money. That is great that the virtual ones are named that. Being inspired by Charmed. |
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Post by Esmeralda on Jan 21, 2019 21:22:31 GMT -5
LOL, sounds like you do anyway. I have to ask - if it was just a show called "The Witches of Michigan", would you have given it a try? Would it have bothered you more if it reminded you of "Charmed" when it wasn't called "Charmed"? And would you keep on giving it a chance for as long as you have? Funny. If I was a lot younger and actually enjoyed shows on The CW and it was called 'Charmed: The Witches of Michigan', I think I would've given it a chance. Most reboots that use the same exact name have characters whose name are the same as the classic version. The fact that this one didn't (the Pruitts...) and was still just called "Charmed" is part of what bugs me so much about it and why I'll continue to refer it to as the ripoff. It's like everyone who wanted The Charmed Sons. They didn't want it to be called Charmed, because it *wasn't* Charmed - based on Charmed, but *not* Charmed. The same should've been true for this one. It's why I'm glad we're calling our virtual one not "Charmed" but "Elemental Charmed". Even our rewrites of the episodes are "Charmed; ReImagined". That's giving the proper props to the classic show which the ripoff doesn't. LOL looks like in the end the habits to compare just don't go away. I think I'd still watch it. I gave Witches of East End a try and really liked that show (again I do just love witch shows in general), even when I got reminded of Charmed. I guess I don't need it to be called Charmed to get me interested enough to try. Just give me a witch show on sisters or a mothers or d aughters etc. with a good concept and story. Like Charmed was inspired by The Craft, maybe WOEE was by Charmed. Too bad WOEE failed then they may have continued this trend than using popular show names and hoping this would prove more successful than doing something different. But that is how I see this current decade. They are cashing in on the 80s and 90s bringing back things from the past and rebooting because the name alone gets buzz and they think if something worked back then, it will again. Only for a new audience, I'm sure they don't care about the original fans. Too bad Witches of East End and Secret Circle didn't last long. Had they lasted and been successful. I'd even wonder if they would have tried rebooting Charmed. Seeing that two failed shows about witches didn't work they then decided to go for branding and what did work with witches in the past like Charmed and Sabrina. Only Sabrina went a different name and isn't like the sitcom. I can see why Sabrina got less backlash than Charmed. That makes sense. Hearing the name Charmed you expect to see Prue, Piper, Phoebe etc. and get how that were to bug you when they use the Charmed name. It should be a different name. But I get why they called it Charmed to generate buzz and get on the MeToo trend. Which they should have known would backfire. But Hollywood will do anything for money. That is great that the virtual ones are named that. Being inspired by Charmed. Ah, that's where we differ. I don't like supernatural shows in general - it was the sisterhood that drew me to Charmed. I wanted to give WOEE a try (it actually sounds a bit like what we're doing with Elemental Charmed where it's based on a family, not just sisters) but was busy watching another show and never did. Then when my other show got cancelled and I wanted to try WOEE, it was gone. Oh, well. I'm also sure they don't care about us fans of the classic, which is why I'm glad we have this board for people who do. Well, I think they would've gotten a similar buzz if they'd called it: Charmed: Michigan or Charmed: Witches of Michigan and have them related in some ways to the Halliwells, even if they never showed the Halliwells - perhaps related to Melinda's second daughter. Even that would've helped. But when all they were doing was using the name...sorry, that just rubbed me the wrong way. It's also funny because from what I've read, it sounds like they used #Metoo to get a buzz, but just like Classic Charmed, it's gone male-centric, even though it's women who are in charge. I hear they're more interested in a male family than they are in the Charmed Ones' family (I can never remember the names, especially with them using both names, like if they called the Halliwells the Halliwell-Matthews.) And now it's not the older sister who's the half-sister but the middle one who has the same last name as the younger one? That reminds me of when "Melinda" suddenly showed up with a thingy...a total jump-the-shark moment in SEASON ONE! That really disappointed me, because I really liked the idea of the half-sister being older, especially if her father was a warlock, especially when they talk about the darkness in the oldest. But that doesn't sound like that's what they're going to do. And I really liked the idea of them trying to solve their mother's death and having her die at the beginning rather than Grams. And had they left whitelighters out of it and made Harry more of a Giles character than a whitelighter, the idea of the Elders being a bunch of living older witches of which their mother was one - I like that *so* much more than what Classic Charmed did. And I was hoping that how they did these stories would make great fodder for future alternate-universe Classic Charmed fanfics. But it sounds like the ripoff is like Classic Charmed in one way - if they have a good idea, they're going to screw it up... But like I told SP, I'm glad you've decided to watch it. I like "watching" shows through others eyes, especially when it's not a show I want to take the time to watch. Oh, yes, our virtual series is called Elemental Charmed and it's based on the ideas in that thread that you were part of - I think you had some of the ideas that inspired it. In ours, the family name is Warren, a nod of the head to Melinda Warren, and they are Prudence, Patience, Paige, Piper and Phoebe (a nod to the Halliwells and Paige), but unlike Charmed, Prudence is the matriarch (like Grams, but still living), Patience and Paige are *her* daughters and Piper and Phoebe are Patience's daughters, so Prudence's granddaughters. They are very similar to their namesakes, but each has control over an element. Does any of *that* sounds familiar? It's also very female-centric with no male co-stars, only a few male recurring guest stars. Even the demons are the demonesses of and the warlocks are also all female. The fact that it's truly female-centric has turned off some members, but we've had fun with it. We've been doing an S1 re-watch, watching each episode on *its* 20th anniversary (although that may change) and Summer Reading came up with the idea of rewriting the episodes that she calls 'Charmed: ReImagined". Her first try is a fantastic combination of 'Something Wicca This Way Comes', the unaired pilot, and 'Pre-Witched" and she totally rocked it! We're all hoping she does a lot more of this! |
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Post by West on Jan 21, 2019 21:50:59 GMT -5
LOL looks like in the end the habits to compare just don't go away. I think I'd still watch it. I gave Witches of East End a try and really liked that show (again I do just love witch shows in general), even when I got reminded of Charmed. I guess I don't need it to be called Charmed to get me interested enough to try. Just give me a witch show on sisters or a mothers or d aughters etc. with a good concept and story. Like Charmed was inspired by The Craft, maybe WOEE was by Charmed. Too bad WOEE failed then they may have continued this trend than using popular show names and hoping this would prove more successful than doing something different. But that is how I see this current decade. They are cashing in on the 80s and 90s bringing back things from the past and rebooting because the name alone gets buzz and they think if something worked back then, it will again. Only for a new audience, I'm sure they don't care about the original fans. Too bad Witches of East End and Secret Circle didn't last long. Had they lasted and been successful. I'd even wonder if they would have tried rebooting Charmed. Seeing that two failed shows about witches didn't work they then decided to go for branding and what did work with witches in the past like Charmed and Sabrina. Only Sabrina went a different name and isn't like the sitcom. I can see why Sabrina got less backlash than Charmed. That makes sense. Hearing the name Charmed you expect to see Prue, Piper, Phoebe etc. and get how that were to bug you when they use the Charmed name. It should be a different name. But I get why they called it Charmed to generate buzz and get on the MeToo trend. Which they should have known would backfire. But Hollywood will do anything for money. That is great that the virtual ones are named that. Being inspired by Charmed. Ah, that's where we differ. I don't like supernatural shows in general - it was the sisterhood that drew me to Charmed. I wanted to give WOEE a try (it actually sounds a bit like what we're doing with Elemental Charmed where it's based on a family, not just sisters) but was busy watching another show and never did. Then when my other show got cancelled and I wanted to try WOEE, it was gone. Oh, well. I'm also sure they don't care about us fans of the classic, which is why I'm glad we have this board for people who do. Well, I think they would've gotten a similar buzz if they'd called it: Charmed: Michigan or Charmed: Witches of Michigan and have them related in some ways to the Halliwells, even if they never showed the Halliwells - perhaps related to Melinda's second daughter. Even that would've helped. But when all they were doing was using the name...sorry, that just rubbed me the wrong way. It's also funny because from what I've read, it sounds like they used #Metoo to get a buzz, but just like Classic Charmed, it's gone male-centric, even though it's women who are in charge. I hear they're more interested in a male family than they are in the Charmed Ones' family (I can never remember the names, especially with them using both names, like if they called the Halliwells the Halliwell-Matthews.) And now it's not the older sister who's the half-sister but the middle one who has the same last name as the younger one? That reminds me of when "Melinda" suddenly showed up with a thingy...a total jump-the-shark moment in SEASON ONE! That really disappointed me, because I really liked the idea of the half-sister being older, especially if her father was a warlock, especially when they talk about the darkness in the oldest. But that doesn't sound like that's what they're going to do. And I really liked the idea of them trying to solve their mother's death and having her die at the beginning rather than Grams. And had they left whitelighters out of it and made Harry more of a Giles character than a whitelighter, the idea of the Elders being a bunch of living older witches of which their mother was one - I like that *so* much more than what Classic Charmed did. But it sounds like the ripoff is like Classic Charmed in one way - if they have a good idea, they're going to screw it up... That's okay, we're all different. I know fantasy and supernatural shows are not your things, and if I'm not mistaken you don't like to be scared. And many of The CW shows or former The WB shows, wouldn't be your thing. Maybe if you were as young as many of us were in the 90s. It is a good thing we have this board for those who care about Classic Charmed, funny I don't see or have come across any forums for the reboot (or rip-off as you call it). Yeah, it's funny about that. They want to #MeToo to get the buzz, but stil have males in it. I'm surprised their whitelighter wasn't a female. They have given some focus to Parker (Nu-Cole) and his family, father, mother, and brother. I'm not that interested in this plotline. We really should be getting ourselves familar with these new sisters. Classic Charmed allowed us that in S1, this one has jumped straight to S3/S4 right away. The pacing is an issue. I like things to progress at a decent pace. Yeah, they have many problems that Classic Charmed faced, and they just do not know what they want to do with the fathers. They clearly don't have a true plan mapped out. That really didn't make me be shocked as I'm sure the writers wanted, and just left me confused. Since so many episodes, I was left wondering who they are talking about when they mention a father and which father is whose when a name is mentioned. When I first heard about the show, I was wondering if the half-sister's father was a warlock or demon. Once she was said to have darkness in her, I just knew he had to be one. But now, that is not the case. I really did get a Giles vibe off Harry, and I do like they changed the Elders to be living older witches. I just don't get how whitelighters fit into this, it makes the Elders out to be controlling people when they take away a whitelighters memory of their former life and where do they get power to make them immortal when the Elders are not. If they just let Harry not be a whitelighter but some adviser, that might have worked better. I'm sure they are going to be that way. I'll see how I feel in the second half of S1, since it appears they are slowing down the plot, since they got ordered a full season. Next weeks, looks like a standalone episode. Thanks, I hope you and others who are not watching, can find something to enjoy or at least follow it through our eyes and reviews. That sounds very cool, that you did all of that. I remember that thread that inspired it. That does sound familiar to me, but I'll have to check out more in the threads to be sure. I've seen the S1 re-watch, It is so nice to see how active this board has become and that members are doing a full re-watch. I've seen that on other forums, but them people lose interest. I hope it doesn't here, and you go through most of the series. I watched the first episode for the anniversary, but haven't watched more episodes. I might see if I can do it again, just depend. That sounds so cool that she managed to combine all of those episodes into a Charmed: ReImagined. |
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Post by Esmeralda on Jan 21, 2019 22:29:53 GMT -5
Ah, that's where we differ. I don't like supernatural shows in general - it was the sisterhood that drew me to Charmed. I wanted to give WOEE a try (it actually sounds a bit like what we're doing with Elemental Charmed where it's based on a family, not just sisters) but was busy watching another show and never did. Then when my other show got cancelled and I wanted to try WOEE, it was gone. Oh, well. I'm also sure they don't care about us fans of the classic, which is why I'm glad we have this board for people who do. Well, I think they would've gotten a similar buzz if they'd called it: Charmed: Michigan or Charmed: Witches of Michigan and have them related in some ways to the Halliwells, even if they never showed the Halliwells - perhaps related to Melinda's second daughter. Even that would've helped. But when all they were doing was using the name...sorry, that just rubbed me the wrong way. It's also funny because from what I've read, it sounds like they used #Metoo to get a buzz, but just like Classic Charmed, it's gone male-centric, even though it's women who are in charge. I hear they're more interested in a male family than they are in the Charmed Ones' family (I can never remember the names, especially with them using both names, like if they called the Halliwells the Halliwell-Matthews.) And now it's not the older sister who's the half-sister but the middle one who has the same last name as the younger one? That reminds me of when "Melinda" suddenly showed up with a thingy...a total jump-the-shark moment in SEASON ONE! That really disappointed me, because I really liked the idea of the half-sister being older, especially if her father was a warlock, especially when they talk about the darkness in the oldest. But that doesn't sound like that's what they're going to do. And I really liked the idea of them trying to solve their mother's death and having her die at the beginning rather than Grams. And had they left whitelighters out of it and made Harry more of a Giles character than a whitelighter, the idea of the Elders being a bunch of living older witches of which their mother was one - I like that *so* much more than what Classic Charmed did. But it sounds like the ripoff is like Classic Charmed in one way - if they have a good idea, they're going to screw it up... That's okay, we're all different. I know fantasy and supernatural shows are not your things, and if I'm not mistaken you don't like to be scared. And many of The CW shows or former The WB shows, wouldn't be your thing. Maybe if you were as young as many of us were in the 90s. It is a good thing we have this board for those who care about Classic Charmed, funny I don't see or have come across any forums for the reboot (or rip-off as you call it). Yeah, it's funny about that. They want to #MeToo to get the buzz, but stil have males in it. I'm surprised their whitelighter wasn't a female. They have given some focus to Parker (Nu-Cole) and his family, father, mother, and brother. I'm not that interested in this plotline. We really should be getting ourselves familar with these new sisters. Classic Charmed allowed us that in S1, this one has jumped straight to S3/S4 right away. The pacing is an issue. I like things to progress at a decent pace. Yeah, they have many problems that Classic Charmed faced, and they just do not know what they want to do with the fathers. They clearly don't have a true plan mapped out. That really didn't make me be shocked as I'm sure the writers wanted, and just left me confused. Since so many episodes, I was left wondering who they are talking about when they mention a father and which father is whose when a name is mentioned. When I first heard about the show, I was wondering if the half-sister's father was a warlock or demon. Once she was said to have darkness in her, I just knew he had to be one. But now, that is not the case. I really did get a Giles vibe off Harry, and I do like they changed the Elders to be living older witches. I just don't get how whitelighters fit into this, it makes the Elders out to be controlling people when they take away a whitelighters memory of their former life and where do they get power to make them immortal when the Elders are not. If they just let Harry not be a whitelighter but some adviser, that might have worked better. I'm sure they are going to be that way. I'll see how I feel in the second half of S1, since it appears they are slowing down the plot, since they got ordered a full season. Next weeks, looks like a standalone episode. Thanks, I hope you and others who are not watching, can find something to enjoy or at least follow it through our eyes and reviews. That sounds very cool, that you did all of that. I remember that thread that inspired it. That does sound familiar to me, but I'll have to check out more in the threads to be sure. I've seen the S1 re-watch, It is so nice to see how active this board has become and that members are doing a full re-watch. I've seen that on other forums, but them people lose interest. I hope it doesn't here, and you go through most of the series. I watched the first episode for the anniversary, but haven't watched more episodes. I might see if I can do it again, just depend. That sounds so cool that she managed to combine all of those episodes into a Charmed: ReImagined. And actually she combined more! I missed mentioning the novel, "The Power of Three". If you or anyone else is interested, it's here: Charmed Re-Imagined. The best way to catch up with Elemental Charmed is to just read the episodes. They're here. Yeah, I think the younger generation is more interested in social media and talking about the rip-off there than on message boards. But I'm so glad there's enough of us here who still enjoy the extra characters you get in message boards and the fact that you can fit stuff like fanfics on it. And, yes, you're right - I don't like to be scared, and as the CGI gets more and more realistic the more they scare me! Give me cartoon violence that I KNOW is fake ANY day! |
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Post by gzv969 on Jan 22, 2019 2:07:40 GMT -5
I watched the pilot episode but I haven’t had the desire to watch any after that. I may watch the entire season during the summer when I no longer have anything else to watch.
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Very good to know, since you're the first person who didn't say that the best way to enjoy it is to treat it like a totally different show that has nothing to do with Classic Charmed. How does it remind you of Classic Charmed outside of two sisters and a half-sister who are witches?
