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Post by Katie on Sept 24, 2019 21:28:20 GMT -5
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Post by Melinda Halliwell on Sept 25, 2019 3:23:42 GMT -5
So Harry might know the villain then? Could he be a friend from his former life who turned bad? Someone he made a deal with or a relative perhaps?
We'll have to wait and see.
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Post by Tim on Oct 12, 2019 11:27:44 GMT -5
So Seattle is going to be their new home? Makes sense, it's easy to disguise Vancouver as Seattle.
Mel is taking her new duties seriously, while Maggie and Macy just want to party.
Macy was offered a new job in another city. Of course, we knew she wasn't going anywhere.
That control center they found themselves in... Was anyone else getting the Men Of Letters Bunker vibes here?
Of course, the Charmed Ones have no one to help them with the books and such there.
So all the white lighters were wiped out with the Elders (Harry only survived because he'd been severed from the collective). So there are thousands of witches that have no idea what happened.
So does that mean the sisters and Harry have to rebuild the whole system from the ground up?
So, the house moved to Seattle along with the sisters. It's in a vacant lot, and cloaked. However, this does raise some questions:
1. The house is invisible, but what if someone enters that vacant lot (some kids perhaps). Will they run the risk of smacking into it?
2. Where is the house now getting its electric power and plumbing from?
3. What about the old neigbbourhood? A house doesn't just up and vanish without someone noticing!
And we're off!
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Post by adzpower on Oct 13, 2019 6:24:32 GMT -5
What. An. Episode.
Seriously, this might be my favorite of the entire series so far, non-stop from the very beginning, a mysterious, powerful new villain who rivals the power of three, the girls displaced through portals and given a new "command" centre to take charge of witches now the elders are gone, a completely new location for them to live in? Does that mean they will never go back home? Does Maggie have to leave college? Mel her job? Perhaps we'll find out next week.
What I loved the most is no relationship drama, no Parker.
Although with the new setting I have a feeling this season is almost like the "real" reboot of Charmed, new places, new jobs, new love interests (boxing guy and witch shop girl?), which means maybe no more Parker, no more Niko or Jada.
Some things still need clearing up but I was literally on the edge of my seat the whole episode, and omg I almost forgot the book of shadows is gone?! Didn't see that happening. Ever.
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Post by Melinda Halliwell on Oct 13, 2019 7:52:53 GMT -5
That's good because not only does it add suspenseful drama to the show but also real danger too not only for the sisters but witches everywhere as if Eames plan from 'Blinded By The Whitelighter' in the original series worked then with the Elders here included.
The sisters and witches will have to look over their shoulders when it comes to evil picking and choosing who they fight then having no healers to repair their wounds giving a real sense of morality.
The fact the BOS was destroyed not having a protection spell like the original BOS is interesting because that means the girls won't have access to information anymore on threats and how to destroy them via spells or potions then.
They will have to do real research whilst a new BOS is created.
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Post by Melinda Halliwell on Oct 13, 2019 8:27:35 GMT -5
The season premiere was good from the start to finish with the demon coming in the book being destroyed, the portal and everything. How the girls were dis-empowered except Macy who I was worried about generally having no Harry to heal her initially. I got Supernatural Men Of Letters bunker vibes too from the command center type place when the girls exited the incoming portal then. I'm glad relationship drama wasn't the focus of this episode which what was happening to them rightly was coincidentally. Mel seemed like Prue to me a little bit when she was talking to the witch in the attic taking her new duties seriously whilst Macy and Maggie weren't at the time. Pleased both of them came around at the end all reading from the same page. Surprised Harry's doppelganger was the demon in disguise meaning he either comes from a mirror world where White lighters are demons then or Harry has some evil twin brother perhaps. Liked the effect used when uncloaking the manor in the vacant lot. Was that Harry in the end recounting the demon reveal after being resurrected or the demon doppelganger posing as Harry? The way the scene played out I wasn't sure exactly. And yes this did start to feel like a proper reboot of Charmed evidently.
I've just thought Harry's doppelganger could be this Charmed's version of a Dark Lighter also instead of a demon then.
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Post by Tim on Oct 13, 2019 11:23:35 GMT -5
I merged your last two posts, Katherine, I hope you don't mind.
One does get the impression that they are starting over. A new city means new characters for the sisters to meet. They will have to get new jobs and such.
Looks like the new show runners have learned from the mistakes of the first season.
Amen.
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Post by adzpower on Oct 13, 2019 17:47:05 GMT -5
It felt super different tonally to me as well, its like the new writers came in, saw that season one mostly re-used stories from the original and decided enough was enough, from season 2 onwards we're doing our own thing, and it shows, the episode was great imo, though I find it interesting that they would just ditch the town they were living in. Was there an out of show reason for this maybe?
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Post by Katie on Oct 13, 2019 21:56:46 GMT -5
Was I the only one getting Harry Potter vibes. The whispering in Macy's head, reminded me of Voldermort doing it to Harry in the movies.
Also, Safe Space gave me plenty of Diagon Alley vibes from Harry Potter.
I liked the first episode because it was sisterly centric.
I'll admit, the ONLY part I hated was the book being destroyed. That really upset me and was disgusting, that they dared destroy it the writers. That was in their family, and the book is so important, and that it had no protection. Maybe, they can somehow get it back. All those family spells lost.
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Post by Katie on Oct 13, 2019 21:59:13 GMT -5
It felt super different tonally to me as well, its like the new writers came in, saw that season one mostly re-used stories from the original and decided enough was enough, from season 2 onwards we're doing our own thing, and it shows, the episode was great imo, though I find it interesting that they would just ditch the town they were living in. Was there an out of show reason for this maybe? After how poorly received S1 was, and the pacing and writing being so bad. I don't blame them doing a reboot of the reboot. It allows them to fix things. It looks like they also saw that setting the show in a small town just doesn't work, I certainly didn't think it did. Seattle now as the setting, allows them to explore the whole city not a small town. I really liked this episode, because it was so sisterly centric, and they have removed all the love interests, yes we gained one. That fixed it. |
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Post by Melinda Halliwell on Oct 14, 2019 2:14:08 GMT -5
I got Voldemort vibes too from the whispering and Diagon Alley prompts when the sisters exited the door also in the shopping mall.
I wasn't too keen on the whispering thinking was Macy and Harry gonna kiss which I hope doesn't happen and he should just stay their White Lighter family friend.
I didn't like their BOS being destroyed either but it was interesting seeing that happen, unlike the original show's book which did have a protection spell surrounding it.
Being now set in Seattle like San Francisco means what the sisters do should be hidden unless some massive portal in the sky or ground opens up or the sister's magic's exposed alerting people to that then no-one will know anything being not in a small place like Hilltowne obviously
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Post by adzpower on Oct 14, 2019 5:45:35 GMT -5
I feel like them destroying the book of shadows was the writers metaphorical way of saying they aren't going to rely on stories from the original anymore, like the literal representation of them throwing away anything from the original was represented by them disintegrating the book.
Though I have a feeling it'll be back one day, perhaps a new version will be magically created or they will be able to reach back in time seconds before it was destroyed and grab it. They have portals to take them anywhere on earth now, who's to say time is off-limits?
I do think however, and I know this will probably be explored more in the coming episodes, but the sisters seemed so okay with just giving up their lives, their hometown, their jobs, the people they knew, their education. Last season Maggie was desperate to get into that serority and now she doesn't care about leaving that or Lucy behind?
Also I like that their powers are gone (temporarily I presume), it'll force them to come up with non-magical solutions to problems and its like the new writers realised that last season their powers progressed way too quickly, so this is like a reset where they will have to learn them again from scratch, but in a proper pace this time.
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Post by Melinda Halliwell on Oct 14, 2019 13:00:31 GMT -5
Which I look forward to seeing amongst other things like the shows new feel also.
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Post by Jean on Oct 14, 2019 19:01:46 GMT -5
I appreciated that it felt more sisterly centric. And the S1 cast is gone especially the love interests. We'll see if they resurface.
Looks like a new city and no more Elders and Whitelighters (Harry being the last one) is a good turn to let the show stray less from Classic Charmed stories and become it's own.
Hopefully the book returns and they can get it back.
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Post by Tim on Oct 14, 2019 23:35:14 GMT -5
Not to mention the fact that their house just vanished into thin air! How will that be explained? There are no Cleaners in this reality to cover this up.
If Parker stays gone, I won't shed a tear.
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