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[ZeroX03]

Jane the Virgin is better than Charmed ever was. I'm cool with them taking the concept and doing new things with it.

Can't reboot perfection. They will make it all angsty and moody

That's Berlanti, this is Jennie Snyder Urman. If anything I'd except it to be more comic and light hearted while doing the family drama more realistically.

 

[umop_3pisdn]

Maybe this time it will actually be good.

The only good thing about Charmed was Obscurus Lupa's manic episodes covering the series.

 

[Samimista]

Good to hear it.

Charmed is one of my favorite shows.

 

[Purkake4]

Will it be as great as the Macgyver reboot?

Honestly cw is pretty good right so yea reboot that shit.

I kinda want a Buffy reboot after supernatural and vampire diaries ends

Who would write it?

 

[Koriandrr]

Can't reboot perfection. They will make it all angsty and moody

This.

I rewatched the original like last year, it's still pretty damn good, it hasn't aged all that bad, apart from the thin 90s eyebrows. It's a great show that doesn't need a reboot. It was my favourite show as a teen and I still love it, I honestly don't understand this decision to reboot it. Knowing CW they'll make it even more teeny/soapy and have the most drop dead gorgeous people as cast. (although nothing can really beat young Rose McGowan)

 

[Slayven]

Hire his brother. Problem solved.

You are a goddamn genius. Like hiring an ashmore or a helm, they are interchangeable

 

[Bishop89]

 

[Delio]

Bring back the future brothers!

 

[ZeroX03]

Knowing CW they'll make it even more teeny/soapy and have the most drop dead gorgeous people as cast. (although nothing can really beat young Rose McGowan)

You haven't seen Jane the Virgin have you?

 

[curiouscharles]

Idk Jane the Virgin is pretty awesome. I wouldn't call it angsty in the typical CW way at all.

if by pretty awesome you mean pretty much the best "sitcom" [don't know what else to call it] on television? then yes i agree.

seriously JtV is INCREDIBLE, charmed was always good fun - myself and my wife are rooting for this [like, REALLY rooting for this].

 

[Diprosalic]

this show was clearly aimed at girls but the actresses ran around in skimpy outfits the whole time, i never really understood why.

 

[Mr-Joker]

The reboot hails from the team behind the CW’s dramedy Jane the Virgin

Honestly that's a good thing as Jane the Virgin is a good show unlike Charmed which is just so bad that the main characters aka the hero of the show are so goddamn unlikable and aren't any better than the demons they fight.

Plus later season would pad out the show by showing shots of San Francisco.

This show gets replayed so fucking much from start to finish on E4 (UK) that I must have seen it through like 5 times.

Same, I just keep it on for background noise when I am writing.

Though I miss the day when E4 would replay Friends from start to finish, I miss that show. ;_;

 

[Purkake4]

this show was clearly aimed at girls but the actresses ran around in skimpy outfits the whole time, i never really understood why.

It was all about that Shannen Doherty - Alyssa Milano rivalry. Plus like 90s TV stuff.

 

[Toxi]

Can't reboot perfection. They will make it all angsty and moody

...You mean exactly like the first show became?

 

[ZeroX03]

this show was clearly aimed at girls but the actresses ran around in skimpy outfits the whole time, i never really understood why.

Were you a teenage boy at the time?

 

[The Last Wizard]

Don't know how I feel about this.

 

[Diprosalic]

Were you a teenage boy at the time?

yes, well, pre-teen and i mean i enjoyed it but i never met another guy who was into it or even watched the show. just a lot of women.

i mean i haven't watched twilight but it's all about the men in that one, i expected charmed to be this way too.

 

[duckroll]

I like sexy witches.

 

[LionPride]

It's like people don't know what Jane the Virgin is

 

[Lothar]

Honestly cw is pretty good right so yea reboot that shit.

I kinda want a Buffy reboot after supernatural and vampire diaries ends

Fuck a Buffy reboot. Sarah Michelle Gellar is just 39. Bring the old cast back. Any that wants it and do something with them. From what I can tell, they all look mostly the same except for Xander.

It doesn't have to be written by Whedon. That style doesn't look like it'd be too hard to copy.

 

[Slayven]

...You mean exactly like the first show became?

 

[Mr-Joker]

this show was clearly aimed at girls but the actresses ran around in skimpy outfits the whole time, i never really understood why.

Maybe they were trying to target the lesbian teens?

 

[ZoddGutts]

Fuck a Buffy reboot. Sarah Michelle Gellar is just 39. Bring the old cast back. Any that wants it and do something with them. From what I can tell, they all look mostly the same except for Xander.

It doesn't have to be written by Whedon. That style doesn't look like it'd be too hard to copy.

They could just bring in the actor of Xander twin brother.

 

[Soulfire]

Love Charmed, love Jane the Virgin, not excited about this though. Not a fan of the 70s setting at all.

TVLine has unofficial descriptions of the characters that sound horrible.

Tina: African American. Whip-smart, Tina is one dissertation (and one dissertation advisor) away from a PhD. She can be reserved, even standoffish, in uncomfortable situations, but she picks up on
everything and she’s definitely making quick, accurate judgments about you.
Paige: Caucasian Cheerful, curvy, wholesome and as all-American as the apple pie she can’t wait to serve to the husband she has yet to marry. Paige’s main goal in life is to marry a rich doctor and be a wife and mother.
Annie: Caucasian. Intense, smart, and quick to anger. She dresses neutrally, though she could give two s–ts if you like her outfit, so stop wondering what “neutral” means. But under that tough façade, well… there is a fragility. A person desperate to be loved, and love.

 

[The Last Wizard]

Love Charmed, love Jane the Virgin, not excited about this though. Not a fan of the 70s setting at all.

TVLine has unofficial descriptions of the characters that sound horrible.

Are they not sisters anymore? Cause if so the power of three is down the drain:/

 

[Nudull]

Paging Obscurus Lupa

 

[ZeroX03]

Love Charmed, love Jane the Virgin, not excited about this though. Not a fan of the 70s setting at all.

TVLine has unofficial descriptions of the characters that sound horrible.

Those descriptions are usually junk and vague for casting purposes. Wouldn't read much into it.

 

[Soulfire]

Those descriptions are usually junk and vague for casting purposes. Wouldn't read much into it.

Well thank god

 

[Stuart444]

Loved Charmed so much. Can't see this turning out well but I'm willing to give it a chance.

 

[LionPride]

Well thank god

So basically, a black woman, a "curvy" white woman, and likely a skinny white woman

That's all we got

 

[ReaperXL7]

Meh, call me when they got the balls to bring The Craft back from the dead.

Ahh when the hipsters really got into Wicca for awhile.

 

[Soulfire]

So basically, a black woman, a "curvy" white woman, and likely a skinny white woman

That's all we got

It's CW so they'll be gorgeous too. As long as the rest of the descriptions aren't 100% accurate I'll probably try it out even though I don't like the 70s.

 

[Delio]

Paging Obscurus Lupa

I loved her reviews even tho i loved Charmed.

 

[ryseing]

Scrap this and do a Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (the Teenage Witch) reboot with the same team. I'll take my bucket of money in the form lotto scratchers, CBS productions. Thanks

It'll happen if Riverdale takes off, which I think it will.

Wasn't there a rumor going around

Spoiler

that Sabrina would show up in the finale?

 

[OnionPowder]

My wife is probably watching Charmed on Netflix right now (unless she fell asleep). I wonder what she's gonna think about this

 

[LionPride]

It'll happen if Riverdale takes off, which I think it will.

Wasn't there a rumor going around

Spoiler

that Sabrina would show up in the finale?

Look, Riverdale already looks like it'll be around for at least five seasons. If she shows up at all in Season One they have me for life. Mainly because that almost ensures she gets a spinoff show

 

[Masterspeed]

Yo.

I won't tolerate a Buffy reboot BTW.

So let's hope that's the only thing they try to revive.

Joss Wheadon will bring in a storm if that ever got announced.

 

[Rur0ni]

The Cole arc was the best.

 

[Purkake4]

The Cole arc was the best.

Should have just spun Cole off and let the main series die, those last seasons man...

 

[Bladenic]

Well Jane the Virgin is a great show, so that's kinda cool.

 

[Koomaster]

Cautiously optimistic. The last season or two of Charmed got to be complete garbage, but I really loved the series as a whole. Used to watch the reruns every morning on TNT as well. Probably seen the whole series half a dozen times if not more just because of that alone. xD

Anyway, I would definitely be down. I am not a reboot hater, if the reboot is not good I just won't watch and forget about it. The old material is still there if I ever get the hankering to rewatch the original Charmed again. But if there is the possibility the reboot turns out great, then it's another awesome dip into the Charmed universe which would make me happy!

 

[Captain Europe]

Buffy reboot is impossible without SMG, she IS Buffy. A reunion would be the shit tho!

Charmed seems more doable, it doesn't really have to be the original characters. Curious what they would do with today's technology.

 

[GulAtiCa]

I might be interested. I really loved the first series.

 

[Koriandrr]

You haven't seen Jane the Virgin have you?

Nope, synopsis and trailer didn't get me interested at all.

Meh, call me when they got the balls to bring The Craft back from the dead.

Ahh when the hipsters really got into Wicca for awhile.

I thought they are resurrecting it? Or.. continuing it.. or something like that?

 

[LumpOfCole]

My cousin is an actor and was in one or two episodes of Charmed, and to this day people will stop him on the street because of the role and want a picture or autograph. Charmed fans are next level.

 

[EatChildren]

Piper was best witch.

 

[Electric Eye]

My fiance is going to pass out when she hears this.

Just broke the news too. "NOOOOOOOO!"

yep.

 

[ZeroX03]

Piper was best witch.

Correct

 

[The Hobo]

Piper was best witch.

Watching her go from middle child relying on her big sister, to becoming the eldest and leading the family was pretty great.

 

[The Last Wizard]

Should have just spun Cole off and let the main series die, those last seasons man...

I believe you mean a Chris and Wyatt spinoff.

Piper was best witch.

My man.