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ZheToralf Floating Advice Reminder from somewhere in Germany Since: Dec, 2009
#1: May 17th 2018 at 10:05:13 AM

So.. this is happening. When I saw the thumbnail I though it was a fanmade trailer, but it's legit.

edited 17th May '18 10:07:05 AM by ZheToralf

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Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
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#2: May 17th 2018 at 10:11:03 AM

[up] Don't just post a video with nothing man, it's against the rules

I was re-watching Obscurus Lupa's reviews of Charmed last week, coincidentally.

Honestly, the original was so bad in terms of writing or continuity, that is a Reboot who would have to try REALLY hard to be worst.

That said this one looks like they are at least setting conflicts between the sisters, and a meta plot. So there's that.

edited 17th May '18 10:14:12 AM by Ghilz

windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#3: May 17th 2018 at 10:13:43 AM

Well that sure was a trailer for the Charmed reboot. I'll probably check out the pilot. It's from the creator of Jane The Virgin and I hear good things about that show so maybe it'll be better than the trailer makes it out to be.

Chariot King of Anime Since: Jul, 2014
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#4: May 17th 2018 at 11:09:12 AM

Huh I heard about this years ago but never actually expected it to be a thing. I never saw the original so I might check this one out.

Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#5: May 17th 2018 at 11:24:56 AM

"We're better together. Your differences are your strengths. And nothing is stronger than your sisterhood." All while people are picketing in the background.

Hmmm.

This is one of those shows I didn't watch much of but always knew existed. I always used to get it mixed up with Charlie's Angels for some reason. Now I just see it in reruns on the TV guide.

As loath as I am to slog through another CW series, if Riverdale is any indication their non-superhero shows frustrate me less.

edited 17th May '18 11:25:22 AM by Soble

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VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#6: May 17th 2018 at 11:41:07 AM

Damn, after hearing about it years ago I dismissed it as a possibility. Imagine my surprise at seeing this topic.

I mainly watched the show during middle school, back when TNT aired it daily. I remember liking the entire thing at first, but the more times I watched less high an opinion I had for the post Prue-Seasons. Eventually even my opinion on some of the early seasons became more critical, but overall I still found the early years better than what came after.

I mean I'm going to give this a shot because I'm an old fan, at least I think I count as an old fan, so I do want it to keep the originals strengths while avoiding it's flaws.

windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#7: May 18th 2018 at 1:02:11 AM

So am I right in assuming that they'll avoid pairing off the whitelighter and one of the sisters in this version given the obvious age difference between the actors?

edited 23rd Jun '18 8:34:44 AM by windleopard

3of4 Just a harmless giant from a foreign land. from Five Seconds in the Future. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#8: May 18th 2018 at 6:26:45 AM

That or get offed by the first Darklighter and there's a Younger and Hipper replacement.

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Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
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#9: May 18th 2018 at 6:37:24 AM

So long as the relationship doesn't turn semi-abusive like it did in the original show. Where Piper regularly exploded Leo and was all around kind of a bitch.

Mizerous Pet Owner from Hell Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: Brewing the love potion
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#10: May 18th 2018 at 4:24:25 PM

Who will be the Angel errr Cole of this show? :V

Just Makima.
VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#11: May 18th 2018 at 7:23:40 PM

Honestly I'd rather they not touch that plot line. The way it developed and ended left a bad taste in my mouth, so I don't want to risk sitting through it again.

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#12: May 19th 2018 at 2:29:28 PM

A short but informative video on key Charmed facets, including the reboot.

edited 19th May '18 2:32:04 PM by VeryMelon

Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
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#13: May 19th 2018 at 5:14:42 PM

[up][up] Dunno, it's be interesting to see what that plotline looks like when not written by morons who retcon events every other episodes to make one character a clear villain when he wasn't, and then going back and forth on that.

CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#14: May 19th 2018 at 10:07:38 PM

Damn, I would have thought Buffy would be back first.

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DS9guy Since: Jan, 2001
#15: May 20th 2018 at 12:19:00 PM

All my knowledge of Charmed comes from Manic Episodes. "Makes it easy!"

edited 20th May '18 8:23:08 PM by DS9guy

lalalei2001 Since: Oct, 2009
#16: Jun 2nd 2018 at 7:48:16 AM

All my knowledge of the original Charmed is 'the show everyone compared unfavorably to Buffy that starred 3 witch sisters and had a really divisive fourth character later on.'

EW's preview and the official description describes the reboot thus:" “This fierce, funny, feminist reboot of the original series centers on three sisters in a college town who discover they are witches. Between vanquishing supernatural demons, tearing down the patriarchy, and maintaining familial bonds, a witch’s work is never done”"

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CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#17: Jun 2nd 2018 at 5:51:42 PM

Charmed was a show which was....fun.

It wasn't particularly intelligent as a show but it was fun, the characters were likable, and it had nice melodrama.

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InkDagger Since: Jul, 2014
#18: Jun 2nd 2018 at 6:57:43 PM

"Characters were likable."

Laughing long into the distance

CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#19: Jun 2nd 2018 at 7:19:30 PM

I'll like anything with Alyssa Milano and Rose Mc Gowan.

Rose is the best Scream.

Well, second best Scream.

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Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
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#20: Jun 2nd 2018 at 7:43:11 PM

the characters were likable

You watched a very different version of the show. Or you love watching Piper whine about her angel husband doing angel things like saving people, and exploding him for it. Or all the sisters shirking out of saving people for mundane crap.

TheLovecraftian Since: Jul, 2017
#21: Jun 2nd 2018 at 7:45:12 PM

This is a thing?

I never really watched it, just saw a few episodes with my mother a long, long while ago. I remember both of us being confused as to how they managed to destroy their apartment every episode and yet have it looking pristine in the next.

edited 2nd Jun '18 7:45:33 PM by TheLovecraftian

CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#22: Jun 2nd 2018 at 8:23:04 PM

A Witch Did It.

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#23: Jun 3rd 2018 at 4:11:55 AM

They were likable in the first three seasons at least.

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#24: Jun 3rd 2018 at 4:34:03 AM

I don't think Charmed needs a re-boot. And besides aren't all these re-boots totally SJW-ish. I mean look at ghost busters 2016 it failed. This will last half a season or will just have one.

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Mizerous Pet Owner from Hell Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: Brewing the love potion
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#25: Jun 4th 2018 at 12:58:56 AM

[up][up] Barely likable when they actually tried saving people before WE WANNA RETIRE ALREADY GEEZ!

Just Makima.

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