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Post by Tim on Feb 26, 2019 12:15:12 GMT -5
Aside from the Rex and Hannah arc, and later Rodriguez, the first season of the original series was mostly stand alone episodes. The evil being showed up, caused trouble, the sisters came in, vanquished the evil being, the end. However, during those episodes we got some nice sister moments that helped establish the characters. With no story arcs to distract the writers, they were able to focus on the sisters themselves.
The reboot should have done this. Focus on the sisters, before moving into world building.
Amen to that.
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Post by BettyNewbie on Feb 26, 2019 19:13:04 GMT -5
Aside from the Rex and Hannah arc, and later Rodriguez, the first season of the original series was mostly stand alone episodes. The evil being showed up, caused trouble, the sisters came in, vanquished the evil being, the end. However, during those episodes we got some nice sister moments that helped establish the characters. With no story arcs to distract the writers, they were able to focus on the sisters themselves. The reboot should have done this. Focus on the sisters, before moving into world building. And, that's likely where the problem is. This show clearly doesn't want to do "Monster of the Week" episodes and instead have everything be part of a big, continuing arc. Which is standard for modern TV storytelling, but it may not be the best for a show like Charmed (where the premise is entirely based around the sisters' bond with each other). |
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Post by adzpower on Feb 27, 2019 6:34:10 GMT -5
I hope they kind of switch to an episodic format for season 2 but perhaps have little tid-bits of the overall arc in each episode, nothing major until it starts to come to fruition, just so its still all connected but you could watch them at anytime and not struggle to understand the story of the individual episode, I'm aware that's easier said than done though.
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Post by BettyNewbie on Feb 27, 2019 10:11:19 GMT -5
I hope they kind of switch to an episodic format for season 2 but perhaps have little tid-bits of the overall arc in each episode, nothing major until it starts to come to fruition, just so its still all connected but you could watch them at anytime and not struggle to understand the story of the individual episode, I'm aware that's easier said than done though. If they were wise, they'd consider doing that, but sadly, that's not the trend of current TV.  This show really wants to be centered around a big, ongoing mystery arc (Marisol's death) like so many shows are nowadays, but that doesn't really jibe with the original Charmed premise -- three sisters who are the world's most powerful witches and are destined to protect innocents from evil. That premise needs a more episodic format, at least in the first 1-2 seasons. We need to see the sisters actually trying to live out their Charmed destiny before the heavier storylines start hitting. |
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Post by Tim on Feb 27, 2019 12:03:24 GMT -5
Kind of like the Rex and Hannah arc. For the most part, it was in the background, and had little to do with the actual episode.
The reboot really needs to take ideas from the Connie era, rather than the Kernus one.
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Post by Melinda Halliwell on Feb 28, 2019 6:50:47 GMT -5
But like people have said if that's what's expected nowadays and what youngsters want then the show will hash out overall story arcs than one episode formats instead of asking folks what they'd like perhaps.
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Post by Tim on Feb 28, 2019 12:10:05 GMT -5
And that's part of the problem. Classic Charmed was NEVER good at big story arcs (smaller ones, like Rex and Hannah, were fine though).
The reboot is having the same problem here, plus they should have waited a season or two, before throwing all this at us.
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Post by BettyNewbie on Feb 28, 2019 14:06:31 GMT -5
And that's part of the problem. Classic Charmed was NEVER good at big story arcs (smaller ones, like Rex and Hannah, were fine though).
The reboot is having the same problem here, plus they should have waited a season or two, before throwing all this at us.
Exactly.^^^ The show wants to jump right into heavy mythology and worldbuilding without taking the time to actually establish the sisters as characters first. All of this crap with Parker should've at least been held off for Season 2. |
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Post by Tim on Feb 28, 2019 17:16:34 GMT -5
The reboot should have taken points from SPN. The first season, aside from the hunt for yellow eyes and finding John, was mostly stand alone episodes. Dean and Sam roll into town, fight and defeat the monster, and leave. The end.
We really didn't get into world building until Cas showed up at the start of Season Three.
The Charmed reboot should have done the same. The only hope is, now that the future of the show is secure, they can slow down and just breathe.
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Post by Melinda Halliwell on Mar 1, 2019 4:38:32 GMT -5
Cas showed up in season 4 not 3 Tim.
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Post by Tim on Mar 1, 2019 12:10:00 GMT -5
Oops!
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Post by Melinda Halliwell on Mar 1, 2019 17:16:38 GMT -5
That's okay I forget also when certain characters showed up when.
It was blonde haired Ruby played by Katie Cassidy who turned up at the start of season 3.
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Post by Tim on Apr 5, 2019 23:21:51 GMT -5
The reboot really needs to look at the Original Series on how to do Season One right, IMO.
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Post by Katie on Apr 10, 2019 20:00:28 GMT -5
The reboot really needs to look at the Original Series on how to do Season One right, IMO. I just said this in the original board, when Summer brought up how great S1 has been with her rewatching at the Cafe. Still, S1 of the original is miles better than the reboot, just with how they did the whole season. Really the first season would have been enough if they cut the Parker and family stories out completely, and just focused on the mothers killer, Charity and the Sarcana stuff, that is more than enough. With the Sarcana introduced in the second half of S1, so the first half is all standalone building the sisters up. Maybe you can have the Elders brought into the picture mid-season. Then you'll have a better S1. |
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Post by Tim on Apr 11, 2019 23:15:10 GMT -5
The original series knew how to take its time. No rush, rush, rush, like the reboot.
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This show really wants to be centered around a big, ongoing mystery arc (Marisol's death) like so many shows are nowadays, but that doesn't really jibe with the original Charmed premise -- three sisters who are the world's most powerful witches and are destined to protect innocents from evil. That premise needs a more episodic format, at least in the first 1-2 seasons. We need to see the sisters actually trying to live out their Charmed destiny before the heavier storylines start hitting.
