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Post by adzpower on Sept 19, 2021 8:44:17 GMT -5
Perhaps a sister from a different timeline? I remember at the end of season one, Macy created all these different alternate histories so she could be the one to have grown up with Maggie whilst she was possessed by The Source. Perhaps this new charmed one is from one of those alternate timelines? So technically she shares DNA with the sisters but isn't one they grew up with? Not sure how it would work but hey that's the writers job!
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Post by BettyNewbie on Sept 19, 2021 10:42:02 GMT -5
They're really banking on this show lasting several more seasons, because otherwise, it feels pointless to introduce a brand new main character in what could possibly be the final season.
And, I would hope that she's something besides another long-lost half-sister, given that the show already did that storyline with Macy.
If you're still watching this show, more power to you, but I feel even more glad I bailed midway through Season 2.😒
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Post by Dark Avenger on Sept 19, 2021 19:44:39 GMT -5
They're really banking on this show lasting several more seasons, because otherwise, it feels pointless to introduce a brand new main character in what could possibly be the final season. And, I would hope that she's something besides another long-lost half-sister, given that the show already did that storyline with Macy. If you're still watching this show, more power to you, but I feel even more glad I bailed midway through Season 2.😒 They really are. Don't get why, Walker is their big CBS show on the network hit, and Nancy Drew has a spin-off ordered to series. They don't need to rely on the reboot now, they have met their CBS productions quota. I too am glad, I quit when I did. I just have little faith in another long lost sister, they already did it once. Macy also freaking only knew her sisters for what three years, how on earth can you expect Maggie and Mel to suddenly accept yet another long lost sister so soon. It's really going to be awkward. They should have went on with no new sister, this show barely makes the power of three important. In fact the show did worse using power of three spells than S4-S8 of Charmed, when I complained it was used less. The reboot did it so bad, I even wondered why they bothered with the power of three in the first place. More power to those who keep watching. I'm sorry, the Classic Show is just always going to be more remembered and beloved than the reboot, and I feel like the reboot will be long forgotten in years to come. On the plus side, good luck to this new actress. She is Australian, and she was born and raised in the same city as I was. WOW! Not enough to make me watch, but nice to see someone making it in Hollywood. |
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Post by BettyNewbie on Sept 19, 2021 22:50:47 GMT -5
They really are. Don't get why, Walker is their big CBS show on the network hit, and Nancy Drew has a spin-off ordered to series. They don't need to rely on the reboot now, they have met their CBS productions quota. I too am glad, I quit when I did. I just have little faith in another long lost sister, they already did it once. Macy also freaking only knew her sisters for what three years, how on earth can you expect Maggie and Mel to suddenly accept yet another long lost sister so soon. It's really going to be awkward. They should have went on with no new sister, this show barely makes the power of three important. In fact the show did worse using power of three spells than S4-S8 of Charmed, when I complained it was used less. The reboot did it so bad, I even wondered why they bothered with the power of three in the first place. More power to those who keep watching. I'm sorry, the Classic Show is just always going to be more remembered and beloved than the reboot, and I feel like the reboot will be long forgotten in years to come. On the plus side, good luck to this new actress. She is Australian, and she was born and raised in the same city as I was. WOW! Not enough to make me watch, but nice to see someone making it in Hollywood. Seriously.😑 The ratings are in the gutter, and from what I've been reading, S3 wasn't well-received. And, S4 is only going to be a half-season, to boot. I just can't fathom how this show's going to last much longer, especially now that the network has other, more successful shows to fulfill the CBS quota. What's the point of bringing in a new sister this late into the game? As you said, the Power of Three barely exists on this show, anyways.
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Post by Tim on Sept 19, 2021 23:17:00 GMT -5
The reason they want at least four season is so they'll have enough episodes for syndication. It's a money thing.
Anyway, good luck to the new cast member. I see that once again they went outside North America (although she's half-American as her father is from New Orleans).
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Post by BettyNewbie on Sept 20, 2021 0:47:04 GMT -5
The reason they want at least four season is so they'll have enough episodes for syndication. It's a money thing. That's the thing, though. Season 4 is very likely to be the last season, and it will be a shortened season, too. Why bother introducing a new main character? I realize you're one of the few people here enjoying the show and want it to last a long time. But, you have to look at reality. This show probably won't be getting an 8 season run.😕 |
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Post by Melinda Halliwell on Sept 20, 2021 2:51:34 GMT -5
As season 4's going to be shortened and perhaps the last one I agree why does Charmed need to introduce another sister or whatever relative she'll be to the Vera ladies when people here are already saying the power of three was hardly used anymore anyway.
You can just have Mel, Maggie, and Harry grieve over Macy a little whilst still protect the innocent with Jordan character supporting and Josefina popping up again maybe, and then have this new character be a completely different person who either works at Safe Space or is some magical person whatever or just not have added anyone at all which original Charmed could've also done had they not introduced Paige till season 5 then.
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Post by Tim on Sept 20, 2021 11:55:26 GMT -5
Nor do I want it to. It's not a state secret that many feel the original series ran a season or two longer than it should have.
Five seasons should be more than enough for this show. It will give the new actor two years.
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Post by BettyNewbie on Sept 20, 2021 13:49:38 GMT -5
Five seasons should be more than enough for this show. It will give the new actor two years.
A fifth season isn't guaranteed, though. Plus, S4 will only be half as long as previous seasons, so it would really only be either 1.5 seasons (if S5 is a full season) or two half-seasons (if S5 is another half-season). That's not enough to introduce and flesh out a new main character, IMO. And, before you bring it up, had the original Charmed ended at S4, I wouldn't have wanted Paige to exist, either. I would've rather had either one more season with Prue or tried to wrap things up with just Piper and Phoebe.
On principal, I'm against having new main characters in final seasons. This is why so many fans hated Billie in the original Charmed and the Potentials in Buffy. Final seasons should be about wrapping up the stories of established characters, and having to set aside time to introduce new characters distracts from that.
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Post by Tim on Sept 20, 2021 16:56:04 GMT -5
On the other hands, fans seemed fine with Erzi Dax (played by Nicole de Boer) on the final season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Guess it's just a matter of how the character is handled. The writers didn't try to shove Ezri in front of the other characters. She did have a couple of episodes devoted to her, but that's as far as it went.
And we must remember that, unlike the mess of 20 years ago, this time the writers knew, months in advance, that this was all coming down. They had time to prepare for it.
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Post by BettyNewbie on Sept 20, 2021 18:25:59 GMT -5
On the other hands, fans seemed fine with Erzi Dax (played by Nicole de Boer) on the final season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. One negative issue which was raised was that the number of Ezri-centric episodes reduced the number of those available to close up the story arcs involving other characters.
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Criticism was directed at some of the character's aspects, and toward the introduction of the character. Jim Johnson-Smith, in American Science Fiction TV, uses an example of Ezri and Worf's concentration on their romantic relationship in the episode "'Til Death Do Us Part" instead of being more concerned with their capture by the Breen. Ezri was described as "an ill-conceived idea that never really took off and has left many DS9 fans angry that a show favourite (Jadzia Dax) isn't around any more" by the website Flickering Myth. The review on DVD Talk also stated "With its large ensemble cast, DS9 could have gone on perfectly well without a replacement for Jadzia. Instead, we get a "replacement Dax" who turns out to be, hands down, the least interesting and most annoying character DS9 has been stuck with."
In addition, as de Boer feared, the Ezri-centric episodes came in for criticism. DVD Talk described "Prodigal Daughter" as "clearly an attempt to cram some back-story into Ezri to make up for the fact that she's a new character", and "Field of Fire" as "utterly generic". The former was also considered to be the weakest of the season by the crew on the series, with Behr apologising to de Boer for it afterwards. No, she wasn't widely-reviled like Billie Jenkins, but she still received criticism for being a brand new character introduced in a show's final season. It's not accurate to say that she was universally loved and accepted.
(Plus, I don't know if you can really compare a large ensemble series like DS9 to Charmed.)
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Post by Dark Avenger on Sept 20, 2021 20:54:05 GMT -5
They really are. Don't get why, Walker is their big CBS show on the network hit, and Nancy Drew has a spin-off ordered to series. They don't need to rely on the reboot now, they have met their CBS productions quota. I too am glad, I quit when I did. I just have little faith in another long lost sister, they already did it once. Macy also freaking only knew her sisters for what three years, how on earth can you expect Maggie and Mel to suddenly accept yet another long lost sister so soon. It's really going to be awkward. They should have went on with no new sister, this show barely makes the power of three important. In fact the show did worse using power of three spells than S4-S8 of Charmed, when I complained it was used less. The reboot did it so bad, I even wondered why they bothered with the power of three in the first place. More power to those who keep watching. I'm sorry, the Classic Show is just always going to be more remembered and beloved than the reboot, and I feel like the reboot will be long forgotten in years to come. On the plus side, good luck to this new actress. She is Australian, and she was born and raised in the same city as I was. WOW! Not enough to make me watch, but nice to see someone making it in Hollywood. Seriously.😑 The ratings are in the gutter, and from what I've been reading, S3 wasn't well-received. And, S4 is only going to be a half-season, to boot. I just can't fathom how this show's going to last much longer, especially now that the network has other, more successful shows to fulfill the CBS quota. What's the point of bringing in a new sister this late into the game? As you said, the Power of Three barely exists on this show, anyways.
Me either, I truly don't see it lasting that much longer. S3 wasn't well received at all, and Macy was always the more popular sister than the other two, and the best actress of the three. It won't surprise me we get news that S4 will be its last in the next few months or even ahead of S4 airing next year. Honestly, if it were, I'd not bother adding in a new sister, and bank on the actress playing Macy coming back for the final episode of S4. I can also see CW, ending it, and just airing S4 over summer next year and not in their mid-season line-up. On the other hands, fans seemed fine with Erzi Dax (played by Nicole de Boer) on the final season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. One negative issue which was raised was that the number of Ezri-centric episodes reduced the number of those available to close up the story arcs involving other characters.
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Criticism was directed at some of the character's aspects, and toward the introduction of the character. Jim Johnson-Smith, in American Science Fiction TV, uses an example of Ezri and Worf's concentration on their romantic relationship in the episode "'Til Death Do Us Part" instead of being more concerned with their capture by the Breen. Ezri was described as "an ill-conceived idea that never really took off and has left many DS9 fans angry that a show favourite (Jadzia Dax) isn't around any more" by the website Flickering Myth. The review on DVD Talk also stated "With its large ensemble cast, DS9 could have gone on perfectly well without a replacement for Jadzia. Instead, we get a "replacement Dax" who turns out to be, hands down, the least interesting and most annoying character DS9 has been stuck with."
In addition, as de Boer feared, the Ezri-centric episodes came in for criticism. DVD Talk described "Prodigal Daughter" as "clearly an attempt to cram some back-story into Ezri to make up for the fact that she's a new character", and "Field of Fire" as "utterly generic". The former was also considered to be the weakest of the season by the crew on the series, with Behr apologising to de Boer for it afterwards. No, she wasn't widely-reviled like Billie Jenkins, but she still received criticism for being a brand new character introduced in a show's final season. It's not accurate to say that she was universally loved and accepted.
(Plus, I don't know if you can really compare a large ensemble series like DS9 to Charmed.)
I don't think you can compare a large ensemble show to Charmed. It's much different. Where you add a new regular to a cast of just four other regulars, when one of them exits mid-season. I think on an ensemble show it's easier to look away with someone new is added, because there isn't a defined star, when 10 or more are sharing screentime. |
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Post by BettyNewbie on Sept 20, 2021 21:20:18 GMT -5
Me either, I truly don't see it lasting that much longer. S3 wasn't well received at all, and Macy was always the more popular sister than the other two, and the best actress of the three. It won't surprise me we get news that S4 will be its last in the next few months or even ahead of S4 airing next year. Honestly, if it were, I'd not bother adding in a new sister, and bank on the actress playing Macy coming back for the final episode of S4. I can also see CW, ending it, and just airing S4 over summer next year and not in their mid-season line-up. 👆👆👆 I think the fact that S4 will only be half as long is already a pretty big indicator that the CW doesn't plan on renewing it. It means that the season only exists to fulfill a minimum episode quota, and the network wants to wrap the show up as quickly as possible and move on. I tried to give this show a chance, but it was a total misfire. S1 was decent, but half-baked, and everything since then has just been a mess.😵😑 It says something that S4 will be the second time in just 2-3 years that the show will have a new producer and soft-reboot. This show never had a long-term plan. |
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Post by Tim on Mar 10, 2022 0:13:25 GMT -5
Season premier is Friday, March 11, at 8:00 PM, in the U.S. In Canada, it will be Sunday, March 13, at 8:PM.
As in the case with Nancy Drew this season, the W Channel is showing it Sunday, instead of Friday. Don't know why.
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Post by Sunday on Mar 10, 2022 1:24:33 GMT -5
Good luck to those watching. I sure won't. I doubt the show has much life left in it. Hopefully, they handle the aftermath of her death well. And hopefully, they do a decent job explaining how the power of three can even continue when they pulled the half-sister card right away already.
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