Charmed (2018)

No Alyssa Milano, No dice !

Mr E wrote: »

The Charmed reboot starts on the CW this Autumn on Sunday nights. The original show was a guilty pleasure of mine when it was on - I watched it all.

The new trailer came out today and I'm not sure about it.

I'll give it a go and see what it's like anyway.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loWpbevW9xg

Afaik it's gonna be paired up with Supergirl on Sundays?

Btw who are the actors there, some look familiar?

Patty O Furniture wrote: »

Isn't that how they found out about Paige when Prue left/died
Afaik Shannen is going thru chemo at the moment?

I don't think she'll be coming back, considering that's the 2nd Spelling show she got fired from?

That's what i mean. In the original they started with 3 but in this they have 2 with 1 to be found like Paige.
And none of the original 3 will be in it since it seems they weren't happy with the remake happening

why make a terrible Remake of an already terrible series?

But I will never understand what is fierce, funny, or feminist in creating a show that basically says the original actresses are too old to do a job they did 12 years ago

It's far more likely that the CW saw more value in a reboot than trying to wrangle a show with 8 years of history that went off the air 12 years ago. Especially when the show was allowed to wrap up it's story and give a proper ending.

I know she wants her Charmed to return, but she can't just blame it on ageism like that.

Seems okay but lacking the CHARM and MAGIC of the original series.

First episode seems a bit rushed, they should have had a double episode opener to introduce the characters better and for them to learn the craft. Good CGI involved.

Couldn't stick with this - found it bland.

I was actually a fan of the original, but maybe that was just younger me whose tastes have changed in the 10 or more previous years.

I can't take this reboot seriously. The acting is weak, and just feels like a different show.

Mr E wrote: »

I've really warmed to this show. There have been a few patchy episodes, but episode 16 was fantastic.
It felt like a season finale, but there are still 6 to go.

It was also renewed for a second season.

Anyone else watching?

Yep, I’m still watching it, totally agree on episode 16. It was also announced that it will have new show runners next season and will focus less on the family drama and more on the supernatural stuff

Never bothered watching this series. Though I also never watched any of the later seasons of the original with Kaley Cuoco. Apart for the house in that clip, did any of the original cast have a cameo?

Seems the non Superhero CW shows get very little activity here. Like was looking for the Nancy Drew thread here to say something about the new Tom Swift series. It has 17 posts in it.

Funnily enough, what I was going to say about Tom Swift can be tied to this as I was just looking up Charmed on usual sources and it and Tom Swift aren't even getting much attention from rippers. There are no rips of either show that don't have the CW logo.

Yeah the Kung Fu thread here gets very little activity too even though it's a great show. Even shows like The Flash and Superman and Lois are getting less traffic here too even though they had episodes this week. I think The CW just doesn't have as great shows as they used to a few years ago. Regarding Charmed, I gave up watching midway through season 3 as just felt it was going nowhere.

There was always going to be strong pushback from the fanbase and cast of the original, alike, and it is very much in the category of why bother doing it. One could understand if the original had been say a short-lived moderately popular 1980s show but not one that finished in 2006, is still in circulation and continues to be very popular. This version never got the numbers and looks very like a network's attempt to recycle previously successful formulas to mask their own lack of new ideas.

Only one of those was worth watching, the remake of the oldest of them! The others weren't that hot the first time around anyway!