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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Oct 30, 2018 22:39:01 GMT
Sorry for not responding to your post last night, leesilm. I saw it...but I hadn't yet watched the episode, and so I held off replying until I had seen it. Okay, I'm dying to talk about the new ep since I finally got to watch it!!! I loved the whole thing with Mel and Harry, I honestly thought I was going to throw something if people kept making the two of them share scenes, but this episode totally turned that around. I really enjoyed seeing them starting to figure each other out, from her talking about her mom's gift of always supporting/loving Mel for who and what she was before Mel was old enough to understand that she was different from what others might expect of her, through Harry's tidbit of backstory with Fiona (I'M DYING TO KNOW MORE about this Fiona, and if she was from his mortal life or Whitelighter beginings?), and the whole thing about the bracelet. Then, when Harry promised her at the end to help her deal with getting the Elder's permission to tell Nikko, and restarting Macy's heart- cause that would have killed Mel to lose her, especially by Mel's doing. Yeah, I liked their interaction too. I thought there was some good development in their dynamic. I also don't dislike Harry as much now as I did in the first episode. Though I do kind of wish they didn't have him to 'fix' things all the time (and also, that ability he has to heal people all the time makes it kind of hard for it to seem as if anyone's ever in real danger). I do think/hope that as the show progresses, the sisters will start getting themselves out of trouble and not always have Harry to help them. Also really liked the stuff with Maggie, about her needing to learn about balance, work/life, school/Greek life, personal/selfless, etc., and also how she deals with her gift. I especially liked both her teasing with everyone when they got home to see her party-ready house, and her quiet scene with Macy up in their mom's room. I could watch the sisterly bonding for days. Also, it was a nice touch to have both of them teasing under their breath about no one noticing Mama was a witch with wolfsbane and such sitting in plain sight on shelves all through the house. I continue to find her oddly endearing (which is quite the feat, as I think if handled differently, her character could have come across as very annoying). I think it's just that Sarah Jeffrey *makes* Maggie likeable, even when she's doing questionable things. Although she seemed focused on her phone and everything going on with her social stuff, she was there for her sisters and it even led to one amusing moment, I found (where they all look at her like she's going to cause problems, and she says she's put her phone on flight mode or whatever). I too like her scenes with Macy (though sometimes Macy seems a bit harsh towards her...but then she softens and lets her 'in' emotionally/shares personal stuff with her). Also, it was interesting finding out that there are consequences to using magic for 'personal gain'. Poor Maggie, gaining a wart...but at least it seemed gone by the end. I also didn't completely hate the new guy she met. At least he seemed to have more personality than her boyfriend or whatever the guy she was with in the last two episodes was to her. The only real eyeroll-worthy thing about it was that the new guy, Parker (I'm always suspicious of guys named Parker in shows after Buffy the Vampire Slayer), turned out to be the boyfriend of the girl who Maggie's been trying to impress/get on the good side of. I especially enjoyed Macy's story this week. First off- her comment about when people learn an attractive woman over the legal driving age is a virgin, totally true. I've seen it happen (admittedly, it does seem slightly worse for guys), and I loved how her sisters tried so hard to undo the damage and make it alright, while also making it worse. Second- loved her reunion with her Mr.Bond, they are just too cute! The CW even gave her a staircase moment, descending the stairs in her godly get-up, like Persephone come back from the Underworld, and him all Bond-worthy yet awestruck. If this is a sign of what kind of romance these two are going to have, sign me up to watch it unfold every week! Really looking forward to the dilemma next week about what to do with a beast, inhabiting a body with the innocent human soul trapped inside. I mean, I feel like Mel, Maggie, and Macy are going to do whatever they have to do, including disobeying the high and mighty Elders if need be, to save this young woman's soul. Even with Mel having just told Harry no more recklessness, I can see her now when she stands with her sisters as they tell him they won't let him or the Elders throw out the baby with the bathwater (or in this case, the human soul with the demon). This might only be be, but I thought Macy looked quite a bit different with her hair pulled back compared to how she usually has it down. I don't mind her and her 'Mr. Bond', but I foresee trouble in their future if he keeps losing patience with her having to go off and help her sisters. The demon was somewhat amusing in this episode when she turned up at the Halloween party looking like...well...itself, and no one blinked because they just shrugged it off as a costume. I'm surprised that I'm liking the show as much as I am and that I'm enjoying it more than the show that's on after it where I am (which would be Supernatural - which, I feel, should've ended many seasons ago).
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Post by leesilm on Oct 31, 2018 1:14:49 GMT
Sorry for not responding to your post last night, leesilm. I saw it...but I hadn't yet watched the episode, and so I held off replying until I had seen it. Okay, I'm dying to talk about the new ep since I finally got to watch it!!! I loved the whole thing with Mel and Harry, I honestly thought I was going to throw something if people kept making the two of them share scenes, but this episode totally turned that around. I really enjoyed seeing them starting to figure each other out, from her talking about her mom's gift of always supporting/loving Mel for who and what she was before Mel was old enough to understand that she was different from what others might expect of her, through Harry's tidbit of backstory with Fiona (I'M DYING TO KNOW MORE about this Fiona, and if she was from his mortal life or Whitelighter beginings?), and the whole thing about the bracelet. Then, when Harry promised her at the end to help her deal with getting the Elder's permission to tell Nikko, and restarting Macy's heart- cause that would have killed Mel to lose her, especially by Mel's doing. Yeah, I liked their interaction too. I thought there was some good development in their dynamic. I also don't dislike Harry as much now as I did in the first episode. Though I do kind of wish they didn't have him to 'fix' things all the time (and also, that ability he has to heal people all the time makes it kind of hard for it to seem as if anyone's ever in real danger). I do think/hope that as the show progresses, the sisters will start getting themselves out of trouble and not always have Harry to help them. Also really liked the stuff with Maggie, about her needing to learn about balance, work/life, school/Greek life, personal/selfless, etc., and also how she deals with her gift. I especially liked both her teasing with everyone when they got home to see her party-ready house, and her quiet scene with Macy up in their mom's room. I could watch the sisterly bonding for days. Also, it was a nice touch to have both of them teasing under their breath about no one noticing Mama was a witch with wolfsbane and such sitting in plain sight on shelves all through the house. I continue to find her oddly endearing (which is quite the feat, as I think if handled differently, her character could have come across as very annoying). I think it's just that Sarah Jeffrey *makes* Maggie likeable, even when she's doing questionable things. Although she seemed focused on her phone and everything going on with her social stuff, she was there for her sisters and it even led to one amusing moment, I found (where they all look at her like she's going to cause problems, and she says she's put her phone on flight mode or whatever). I too like her scenes with Macy (though sometimes Macy seems a bit harsh towards her...but then she softens and lets her 'in' emotionally/shares personal stuff with her). Also, it was interesting finding out that there are consequences to using magic for 'personal gain'. Poor Maggie, gaining a wart...but at least it seemed gone by the end. I also didn't completely hate the new guy she met. At least he seemed to have more personality than her boyfriend or whatever the guy she was with in the last two episodes was to her. The only real eyeroll-worthy thing about it was that the new guy, Parker (I'm always suspicious of guys named Parker in shows after Buffy the Vampire Slayer), turned out to be the boyfriend of the girl who Maggie's been trying to impress/get on the good side of. I especially enjoyed Macy's story this week. First off- her comment about when people learn an attractive woman over the legal driving age is a virgin, totally true. I've seen it happen (admittedly, it does seem slightly worse for guys), and I loved how her sisters tried so hard to undo the damage and make it alright, while also making it worse. Second- loved her reunion with her Mr.Bond, they are just too cute! The CW even gave her a staircase moment, descending the stairs in her godly get-up, like Persephone come back from the Underworld, and him all Bond-worthy yet awestruck. If this is a sign of what kind of romance these two are going to have, sign me up to watch it unfold every week! Really looking forward to the dilemma next week about what to do with a beast, inhabiting a body with the innocent human soul trapped inside. I mean, I feel like Mel, Maggie, and Macy are going to do whatever they have to do, including disobeying the high and mighty Elders if need be, to save this young woman's soul. Even with Mel having just told Harry no more recklessness, I can see her now when she stands with her sisters as they tell him they won't let him or the Elders throw out the baby with the bathwater (or in this case, the human soul with the demon). This might only be be, but I thought Macy looked quite a bit different with her hair pulled back compared to how she usually has it down. I don't mind her and her 'Mr. Bond', but I foresee trouble in their future if he keeps losing patience with her having to go off and help her sisters. The demon was somewhat amusing in this episode when she turned up at the Halloween party looking like...well...itself, and no one blinked because they just shrugged it off as a costume. I'm surprised that I'm liking the show as much as I am and that I'm enjoying it more than the show that's on after it where I am (which would be Supernatural - which, I feel, should've ended many seasons ago). No worries. I had it on my DVR type deal. I have this hypothesis (granted, all in my brain) that there will be someone who injures them, or a character they love, in such a way that it blocks magic from healing. OR something will happen where we learn Harry's healing abilities aren't infinite- notice he got sweaty and his face looked like he was straining to bring Macy back, compared to the bare flicker of a thought to heal Maggie's cut earlier. That we'll learn that Harry basically has 10 major healings he can do in a 24hr period, 30 minor healings, or 1 bringing someone back from the brink of death -- but once he's expended that, he's dead in the water, magically speaking. Which means you could have an episode where maybe Maggie screws up and so Harry has to do a couple big healings on she and Macy, then Mel gets hurt protecting them while the other 2 were hurt, and maybe there are a few innocent bystanders that Harry heals-- then he's running on fumes and one or two sisters get very badly hurt... leaving Harry to have to choose to get one of them back to safe-but-still-injured and leave the other still injured, do nothing, or heal them both and possibly die in the process. Something along those lines. Something where Harry has to choose who he can save before he runs out of juice and the sisters have to realize that Harry's isn't a Genie in a Bottle who can white-out their errors every time. Really loved the "pumpkin cookie" conversation though. It was fun watching their faces as they went back, tit for tat. They almost felt like siblings or feisty first-cousins in that scene. I could almost see her mom off in a corner of Heaven, chuckling. I have to agree, about Maggie. She could have easily been super-annoying and a little brat with a social media addiction, instead she is this emotional, caring kid who isn't fully matured/grown up yet, but she's terribly endearing. I agree- the actress has a lot to do with it.
Honestly, one of my closest friends is so much like Macy in that way. When you get in a little too close, physically or emotionally, and especially if you catch her on a bad day, she gets very harsh and even biting. Then, there's a second later reaction, where you can tell she heard the echo of her harsher response and is figuring out how to back track it. But she was also raised in a household where mother was very harsh and a bit of a religious fanatic who ruled with an iron fist - so my friend and her siblings have some very deep-running psychological scars. Probably because of that friendship, I feel a lot of empathy for how Macy doesn't know how to do normal-sister stuff and normal-family stuff the way Mel & Maggie do. Yeah, Parker seemed so cool but then it was like, "You are a bit too cool, are you a bad guy, player, or something else suspicious?" Then he was dating the blonde kappa chic and I figured it out. Totally agree on both points- she did look rather different with the pulled back hair (although, call me crazy, I kind of loved her as Lara Croft up in the room with Maggie- she would have been a kick butt tomb raider). Plus if she keeps rushing off to take of 'sister things', when they are about to kiss, flirt, date, etc., that will get old for any guy (it would get old for Nico too, if it seemed to happen a lot with her), also getting that vibe that this can't last. He's too nice, they work together too well (although I did love his 'You complete me' corny joke about the Halloween costume), and she's too happy with him. I feel like they'll have sex and then he'll get his life force eaten by some demon or another. Reminded me of an evil-version of when Goliath and Det.Eliza Maza were able to go out on Halloween night, in GARGOYLES, because everyone just assumed Goliath had a killer costume instead of him being a centuries-old supernatural being. It worked really well, just the right tone of the humour and the right amount of it, for the subject matter and theme of the episode. Got a chuckle out of the guy doing his ranty-podcast about women wanting to be more powerful than men (Nikola Tesla would have argued women were already there) and so the virgin-eating-demon turns him into a snack. I admit that I never cared for SUPERNATURAL, had a friend who loved it when it came on and she used to invite me over to watch, plus one of my closest friend's (now ex)girlfriend was obsessed, so she used to make me watch it with her. Especially the scary episodes on nights she was going to have to walk back from class/work/tutoring by herself. I just couldn't get into it, I was more into SciFi channel's SANCTUARY and CW's VAMPIRE DIARIES [or, later, PENNY DREADFUL]. I'm usually not home for CHARMED, so I record it and then watch it at like 1AM when I'm home/available. PS:Did you notice the floor of the place where Maggie had to wait on the Kappa trio? It has the trinity/Charmed symbol in a circle, on the floor! You can see it just as Maggie looks up and sees who is at the table. And on a totally unrelated note, I kind of love the costumes for the sisters in ep3. Mel's button up shirt/suspenders deal when she was handing out cookies and her sexy-witch one for the party, Macy's various costumes for the Halloween party, and Maggie's work clothes then her costume.
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Post by leesilm on Oct 31, 2018 1:18:38 GMT
For fear of a huge wall of text, I'm adding a second post rather than more paragraphs.
I'm dying to know the backstory on Fiona. Sounds like she might have been Irish. Was she part of Harry's background as a spy, like she was also a spy? Was she a singer, actress, or dancer he knew from his acting days? Did he die trying to save her, and that's how he earned his spot on the Whitelighter team? Did he get inspired by her, to try to save the world, then come back to learn the terrible fate that awaited her while he was off fighting in foreign lands? I need to know, CW!!!!
In the meantime, I'm rewatching the episode tonight to make sure I got my lines of dialogue/etc. all right in the fanfic I did instead of sleeping on the way to work. Then I can post it. I had an idea of who she might be, and how that might tie into Harry's teaching style, why he was chosen to be a Whitelighter, etc. I did make Fiona Irish, gave her a last name, a job, backstory, a power resembling one of the Charmed sisters, etc. etc.
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Oct 31, 2018 2:46:21 GMT
For fear of a huge wall of text, I'm adding a second post rather than more paragraphs. Yeah, sorry I made a wall of text with my 'quoting' of your post. I'll go back to doing it the old fashioned way/how I used to do it...by simply italicizing what you wrote instead, if that's okay. Something where Harry has to choose who he can save before he runs out of juice and the sisters have to realize that Harry's isn't a Genie in a Bottle who can white-out their errors every time.Here's hoping something like that happens, because I know other shows with characters who have powers similar to his, such as healing abilities, oftentimes become a 'crutch' for the other characters to lean on and then whenever someone gets hurt, there's never any sense of danger, as you know the character can just make injuries disappear or whatever. Really loved the "pumpkin cookie" conversation though. It was fun watching their faces as they went back, tit for tat. They almost felt like siblings or feisty first-cousins in that scene. I could almost see her mom off in a corner of Heaven, chuckling.Something I forgot to mention in my last post was when Macy dropped the egg she was levitating...I'm pretty sure no one cleaned that up and it was just left on the floor/everyone simply walked around the mess. Here's hoping one of them cleaned it up after the scene ended. I have to agree, about Maggie. She could have easily been super-annoying and a little brat with a social media addiction, instead she is this emotional, caring kid who isn't fully matured/grown up yet, but she's terribly endearing. I agree- the actress has a lot to do with it. Glad to see there are other fans of her, including yourself and taylorfirst1. After watching the first episode, I thought I'd be one of the only ones who found her endearing (as oftentimes I find characters I like are the ones most other people dislike and vice versa). She's actually said or done something that has amused me each episode, plus I've thought Sarah Jeffrey has handled the emotional scenes pretty well. Actually, all three actresses have, I think. They might seem a little bit 'rough' in some of the other scenes, but when things get heartfelt, I reckon they're pretty decent. Honestly, one of my closest friends is so much like Macy in that way. When you get in a little too close, physically or emotionally, and especially if you catch her on a bad day, she gets very harsh and even biting. Then, there's a second later reaction, where you can tell she heard the echo of her harsher response and is figuring out how to back track it. But she was also raised in a household where mother was very harsh and a bit of a religious fanatic who ruled with an iron fist - so my friend and her siblings have some very deep-running psychological scars. Probably because of that friendship, I feel a lot of empathy for how Macy doesn't know how to do normal-sister stuff and normal-family stuff the way Mel & Maggie do. Yeah, Parker seemed so cool but then it was like, "You are a bit too cool, are you a bad guy, player, or something else suspicious?" Then he was dating the blonde kappa chic and I figured it out.It's good to hear your explanation for why you think Macy is the way she is. I can't say I have any experience with anyone similar in personality to her (nor do I have any siblings). I'm hoping we get to see them getting along more and less fighting - though I realise them having arguments at times is pretty much a guarantee...I just hope we get to see them getting along with each other more than not. Totally agree on both points- she did look rather different with the pulled back hair (although, call me crazy, I kind of loved her as Lara Croft up in the room with Maggie- she would have been a kick butt tomb raider).I enjoyed her in the Lara Croft costume too. Kind of wish she'd stuck with that one. Plus if she keeps rushing off to take of 'sister things', when they are about to kiss, flirt, date, etc., that will get old for any guy (it would get old for Nico too, if it seemed to happen a lot with her), also getting that vibe that this can't last. He's too nice, they work together too well (although I did love his 'You complete me' corny joke about the Halloween costume), and she's too happy with him. I feel like they'll have sex and then he'll get his life force eaten by some demon or another.Yeah, something bound to happen to the guy. Either he finds out about them, dies, or finds out about them and then dies. Or possibly becomes evil? Who knows. I just don't think he can remain in the dark forever without it getting old. One thing I am never too fussed on with these shows is the secret-keeping, as inevitably the secret does eventually come out to the main characters' nearest and dearest in most shows I've seen (and oftentimes it's for the better...though just as often it seems to lead to death of said character who finds out the secret). Reminded me of an evil-version of when Goliath and Det.Eliza Maza were able to go out on Halloween night, in GARGOYLES, because everyone just assumed Goliath had a killer costume instead of him being a centuries-old supernatural being. It worked really well, just the right tone of the humour and the right amount of it, for the subject matter and theme of the episode. Got a chuckle out of the guy doing his ranty-podcast about women wanting to be more powerful than men (Nikola Tesla would have argued women were already there) and so the virgin-eating-demon turns him into a snack.
I admit that I never cared for SUPERNATURAL, had a friend who loved it when it came on and she used to invite me over to watch, plus one of my closest friend's (now ex)girlfriend was obsessed, so she used to make me watch it with her. Especially the scary episodes on nights she was going to have to walk back from class/work/tutoring by herself. I just couldn't get into it, I was more into SciFi channel's SANCTUARY and CW's VAMPIRE DIARIES [or, later, PENNY DREADFUL]. I'm usually not home for CHARMED, so I record it and then watch it at like 1AM when I'm home/available.I used to watch Gargoyles ages ago, but not very often and my memory of it is pretty fuzzy. As for Supernatural...I used to love it as a show, but now I more watch just out of habit. I probably should just let it go, but occasionally they have some good bits/episodes...though they're few and far between these days. PS:Did you notice the floor of the place where Maggie had to wait on the Kappa trio? It has the trinity/Charmed symbol in a circle, on the floor! You can see it just as Maggie looks up and sees who is at the table.
And on a totally unrelated note, I kind of love the costumes for the sisters in ep3. Mel's button up shirt/suspenders deal when she was handing out cookies and her sexy-witch one for the party, Macy's various costumes for the Halloween party, and Maggie's work clothes then her costume. I didn't mind their costumes either. I hadn't noticed the symbol on the floor...but I forgot to mention I liked/got a kick out of the 'Charmed' title card being drenched in blood for this Halloween-themed episode. I'm someone who usually likes opening credits sequences, with a theme song, shots of the main characters and shots from different episodes. However, if Supernatural proved anything to me, it's that just having a seemingly 'simple' title card can still be made interesting. Every season of that show has a new one, and they've even had one-episode 'special' versions of the title card for certain episodes. Here's hoping we see something like that with this show (maybe something Christmas-themed if we get a Christmas episode?). Thanks for your reply. Sorry for not responding straight away, but I always will...as soon as I get a chance to.
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Post by leesilm on Oct 31, 2018 17:45:46 GMT
Sorry, my best friend gets on my case because I tend to just run off at the mouth (or keyboard) and go on, and on, and on. I will send her something and just typed back GWoT (giant wall of text), and until I break it down, she won't read it. Every now and then, I catch myself moderating that habit even when I'm talking to/with her. My other bad habit is, such as with CHARMED where there are 3 leading ladies, going "she did that, and then she responded with this, and then she told them to stop and she yelled when they didn't, and then she ran off", so no one can keep track of which 'she' I am referring to. As for the magic crutch -- totally agree. In one book I wrote (I write for fun, only ever share the fanfics though, haven't worked up the guts for my original stuff yet), I had a pair who are friends and the one is a witch who can heal the other is a butt-kicking fairy, but when the fairy gets hurt she goes to the witch for healing, and I have an entire thing worked out where she can't get to the witch to be healed, so she has to fight while being badly hurt for a while, and the witch almost doesn't get to her in time and it is so bad that it drains the witch, so she has to break it up into 3 healings over 2 days. Later in the story, the witch is the one who is hurt, so who heals the healer?... I feel like they could use that on CHARMED, have either where Harry is the one who is hurt, or the Charmed ones can't get to him (or him to them) for help. I decided she had probably cleaned it up, off-screen, once she got over the 'snack' thing. Cause we never actually saw her bake or decorate all those cookies (if the decorating is anything to go by- Macy is quite talented in the kitchen), so I just assumed she cleaned then. Although part of me wondered how no one seemed to be obviously walking around the busted egg on the floor. Yeah, like when I used to watch BEING HUMAN, I used to think the same for Meghan Rath (her little bro plays Brainiac on SUPERGIRL, she's currently on HAWAII 5-O), with her character, Sally. On paper, Sally comes across as whiny, sad, and a bit of a flake. By the way M.R. played her, she had this vulnerability that came from caring too much for her own good, she had a temper though you could understand why she got upset about the things she did, she was so selfless a lot of the times, and she was sweet, though she did have a short attention span at times and she was high energy, so you could see why people would think her flaky. And she had such amazing chemistry with the other two roommates, it made watching her scene with both/either of them a joy. Some actors just have a gift for that, taking those kind of 2D/cookie cutter characters, and making them seem like a real person who while not perfect, is highly likable. Heck, DiNozzo from the older NCIS seasons or Jamie Reagan on BLUE BLOODS, could both go into that category. I think we will. Seems like they are doing some normal 'growing pains' kind of stuff, where they are getting used to each other, and also stuff like them not-wanting Macy to move their mom's stuff ("a living shrine to our dead mother"), Macy pointing out that it is really the Veras and her not just the three of them, and things like that. Then, after a while, maybe we will see things popping up here and there like where two of them thought the board had Mom and the third doesn't, and have them getting through. I think she'd have made a kick butt Croft. Also would have been an extra chuckle at her hanging out with Bond, considering the actor currently playing Bond was once Lara Croft's love-interest. Yeah, that was always my issue watching the older SUPERMAN show (with Dean Cain), always having to keep his secret from Lois and everyone at the Planet. I gotta say I did appreciate in the MAN OF STEEL movie where they let Lois in on things pretty quickly and she's the one who helps Clark keep his secret. Don't get wrong, with some formats - it works well. Like a series I used to watch about a woman who worked for the CIA, and one about a US marshal who did witness protection, both had to let their parents/siblings/etc. think they had tamer jobs so that way their families had no idea they were getting shot at, chasing killers, and they had insane security clearance levels. For that, it works because you see how they can't tell their loved ones and they struggle with it, but you also see why they can't and even why they should not. But it can be very frustrating for the viewers sometimes, if not handled well. I also agree, it can't go well for this guy. He is just so nice and he seems like such a good guy, he is going to get possessed, killed, or something. No way the two of them get to have a long-term, healthy, happy relationship. Just doesn't work that way in TV, 9,999 times out of 10,000. If you're into books, I might suggest some books about Cal Leandros and his brother Nico. www.goodreads.com/series/41550-cal-leandros A lot of people compare them to the better parts of the early seasons of SUPERNATURAL. Cal (short for Caliban) Leandros is half-demon and he gets kidnapped by demons when he is very young, then his elder brother Nico goes from being three times his brother's age to being only a few years older when Cal comes back from the demon's dimension. The two fight demons, travel trying to stay one-step ahead of Cal's father, and more. They have wonderful banter, makes me (And friends of mine I talked into reading them) actually laugh out loud while reading. Yeah, I tend to like the intros more like what ENTERPRISE or BONES, rather than the quick card. But you're right, it can be kind of cute when they change up the card somehow to reflect it being a Halloween/Christmas episode. I know whe I used to watch the original QUEER EYE show, when they had themes for a few eps (i.e. going to Texas, or working in LA), the cityscape behind them would change to reflect the them so they'd pass the Hollywood sign or a double decker red bus to indicate where they were working. No worries. I'm never home to see the show, so I end up watching it a day or two later, then I come on here once I've got some time.
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Post by Vits on Nov 1, 2018 10:31:43 GMT
The original CHARMED is one of my all-time favorite shows... but I didn't love it from the start. Don't get me wrong. Season 1 was solid but nothing spectacular. The pilot wasn't a complete hint of what was yet to come. The show worked to me once it became an ensemble show (not just about the sisters) and once the self-aware humour kicked in. I'm glad that this remake already had self-aware humour from the pilot (which I just watched). I feel like it managed to balance the same story beats with the changes enough to not feel like a rehash (nice touch adding mixing the original's pilot with the arrival of PAIGE). The 3 sisters are interesting characters and their whitelighter is a likeable asshole. I do wanna see more of their adventures. Some episodes of the original show had a feminist message, but not the majority. It was a show that just happened to have 3 female leads. I don't mind that this remake is feminist, but saying things like "I have the right to change my mind" to a demon while he's attacking you? It felt awkward. Was it meant to be funny or something? This pilot had 2 surprise villains and they were both defeated within minutes of each other. I think they should've saved 1 of the defeats for the next episode.
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Post by leesilm on Nov 5, 2018 5:08:10 GMT
Okay, did anyone else at the end go, "Okay, Darken Rahl just got in the elevator with her. Bad things are about to happen.", or was that just me?
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Nov 7, 2018 11:28:56 GMT
Okay, did anyone else at the end go, "Okay, Darken Rahl just got in the elevator with her. Bad things are about to happen.", or was that just me? I’m afraid I didn’t get that^ reference...so I looked it up. Ah, you were referring to Craig Parker at the end there and a show he appeared in called Legend of the Seeker. I never saw that. Was it any good? I mainly know him as being an elf who appeared in the first two LotR movies and from the TV series Reign, which he starred in from Season 2 onwards. I’ve seen him in some other things as well. As soon as I noticed his name in the list of guest stars, I figured he’d probably be playing a bad guy or something similar. A few other thoughts on the episode (I’m going backwards, I know)... Naturally Trip, Niko’s partner/friend, was dead meat as soon as he saw the witches doing their witchy thing. When a character who isn’t one of the leads sees the heroes using powers in supernatural series like this, it usually means one of two things – either they’re going to be brought in on the ‘secret’/join the club...or they’re going to end up dead (I guess a third option could be mind-erasing). At least we saw someone who Harry couldn’t revive at all. It’s good that they showed that the death affected not only Niko, but Mel as well. The real surprise was learning that the Elder, Charity, pinned the murders that had happened on poor dead Trip. Guess she’s not so ‘good’ after all. Up until then, I didn’t mind Charity/’Witch Olivia Pope’ (I don’t watch Scandal...but I did understand that reference at least). She was amusing to start with, being so nonchalant with the handing out daggers to each sister for the ritual sacrifice. I also thought her purple lightning whip was kind of nifty (it was giving me flashbacks to the Emperor from Star Wars - though he shot purple lightning from his fingers). It’s a shame that Elder Land isn’t great with their security apparently, since Craig Parker’s character could just waltz in and make Charity give him the paint can with the demon trapped inside. I’m surprised to find myself liking Harry a bit more with each episode. In this one, he earned some points by going against the Elder’s wishes to kill Angela and helping the sisters save her. His line near the end about them getting frequent visits from an Englishman and not stacking their pantry with anything but absolutely rubbish tea (paraphrased) was also amusing. And Rupert Evans managed to play well off of Virginia Williams, making it clear that their characters had a ‘history’ before the sisters ever brought it up. I thought it was good that Maggie expressed concern over not only the prospect of touching ‘Harby’ (as she called the Harbinger), but also the fact that touching it would be worse for her than the others, since she’d be forced to hear its demony thoughts. However, by the end she used her mind-reading abilities in a positive way and helped Angela be free of the demon possessing her. Good on her for that. Though I wish they could somehow ‘expand’ her power so it wasn’t so limiting. The other two have powers that they can really do quite a bit with, but Maggie’s seems somewhat ‘limited’. And yes, it was a bit eyeroll-worthy that she ‘had’ to kiss the boyfriend of her blonde friend, Lucy, so as to keep him from seeing ‘Harby’ and I’m sure it’ll become this ‘thing’ between the three of them. These sorts of secrets never seem to end well. Lastly (or is that ‘firstly’?), I wasn’t expecting them to already alter the title card again after having just done so last week. Last time it was drenched in blood, this week it was smoking (referencing the smoking/charred rat after ‘Harby’ got a hold of it). I thought that was neat.
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Nov 20, 2018 16:16:27 GMT
So I was watching the latest episode of Charmed last night on DVR and I couldn't help but notice the commercials. There was literally one segment that was only 3 MINUTES long between commercial breaks right in the middle of the episode. I noticed the same thing with Supergirl. CW is really getting crazy with all the commercials.
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Post by leesilm on Nov 22, 2018 5:04:37 GMT
I am getting caught up, cause I had to record a couple eps due to school/work/writing/life.
"I was pressing my trousers", and Harry as their new roomie. HA! Love it.
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Post by leesilm on Nov 24, 2018 5:28:22 GMT
Hey'd anyone else notice the necklace their mom is wearing in the flashback (PS: Who was the lady in black she was talking to?), is the same key Macy pulls out of the wall?
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Nov 28, 2018 22:25:33 GMT
I have to say the show has not done much for me so far. I'm a big fan of the original series even though it got quite weak in the last couple of seasons (like most long running shows). But this remake has none of the style, chemistry, or world building of the original. So far Maggie is the by far the best thing about the show.
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Post by leesilm on Nov 29, 2018 4:10:23 GMT
I do agree, a lot of long-running shows do get stale after a certain point. It seems especially noticeable in shows that play on some sort of Will-They-Won't-They for a main plot-line of the show. Ensembles with lots of different plots going on with each character, tend to fair better in the long-term. I know shows like SANCTUARY or MASH did fine with more than 3 seasons and were still as well-written in the final seasons as in the first seasons. Sadly, there are also those shows that were amazing, but sadly short-lived (Firefly, the original Star Trek, etc.).
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Post by Vits on Nov 29, 2018 11:58:09 GMT
I'm on episode 4. NIKO does a lot to convince TRIP that the sisters aren't hiding anything. At the end of the conversation, NIKO refers to MEL as her girlfriend. Until this point, I wasn't sure if TRIP knew that. Why didn't he reply "Exactly. She's your girlfriend, so you're not being objective about this."?
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Post by leesilm on Dec 2, 2018 3:22:25 GMT
I'm on episode 4. NIKO does a lot to convince TRIP that the sisters aren't hiding anything. At the end of the conversation, NIKO refers to MEL as her girlfriend. Until this point, I wasn't sure if TRIP knew that. Why didn't he reply "Exactly. She's your girlfriend, so you're not being objective about this."? I wondered if he was a more 'roll eyes' type of guy than sassing her back. Honestly, he doesn't seem (in little bit of time we spent with the character) to be overly sassy, unlike Mel or Maggie. Would have made sense for him to point that out to her, though.
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Post by Vits on Dec 4, 2018 22:23:24 GMT
I'm on episode 5. I'm sorry, but how can dumb can the sisters be to cast a spell that re-writes history without thinking about the butterfly effect? Actually, what if MEL not getting her job (as the result of her never having met NIKO) would somehow have resulted in MACY never meeting her sisters? That would mean no Charmed Ones.
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Post by leesilm on Dec 5, 2018 5:14:25 GMT
I'm waiting for them to find out about some other relationship and/or job related butterfly effect.
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Post by Vits on Dec 6, 2018 14:20:30 GMT
I'm on episode 6. At the beginning, MAGGIE tells MEL that it's weird that she doesn't know BRENDA even though she has supposedly always been part of the sorority. Why doesn't MEL say "It must be the history-changing result of our past re-writing spell"?
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Post by leesilm on Dec 6, 2018 16:06:43 GMT
I gotta get caught up, I am a couple eps behind.
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Post by Vits on Dec 15, 2018 13:54:18 GMT
I'm on episode 9. Did I miss something? Is this meant to be a mini-series? They haven't even finished their 1st season and they've already completed a lot of arcs from the original show. The final scene was exciting, but the shot of the sisters looking at the portal closing should've lasted 1 or 2 more seconds (which wouldn't have cost more money), because we would've seen them upset at what happened to HARRY. Instead, GALVIN expresses his shock and they see him. Again, what's the rush?
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