I'm a huge fan of the original Charmed. I have all 8 seasons on dvd. I'm busy watching them again. I watched the first few episodes of the reboot and stopped watching because it's a huge disappointment. I agree with everything you're saying. The original is far superior. I love your review. I just subscribed to your channel.
Macy was trying to wear a similar jacket to paige upon meeting her sisters. Meaning she is trying to fulfill two roles from the original charmed (prue and paige). Honestly i will always prefer the original. The cast from the original know how to be sisters on screen. Holly and Alyssa were cast to play sisters in grays anatomy (if i wrote the right tv show) and their chemistry as sisters is still believable. Their names are even a reference to the original show. The reboot is about witches that happen to be sisters while the original is about sisters that happen to be witches. Thats why the original cast was able to play and still continue to play on screen sisters. Because even though they are witches they remember that they were sisters before becoming the charmed ones.
@@ianesgrecia8568 I think it's a mixture of both. The way they wrote their powers is awful. In the reboot they were getting insane amounts of power advancements. It doesn't make sense to me on how they just got their powers and they already had three power advancements and on top of that the demons were already immune or were able to resist their powers. In the original each episode showed us a new skill or more control over their power (like piper growing confident to where she can freeze people without needing a trigger) instead of it growing rapidly. The original also showed that the more powerful they became the less immune the demons were. The acting needs alot of work as well. In the original they always had these "sister moments" that made it believable. Even when two of the actresses (ones who play prue and phoebe) werent getting along, their on-screen chemistry is very real. In this reboot every "sister moment" are replaced by a spell.
The original will always reign supreme it’s one of the main reason why I got into paganism and witchcraft. The reboot I agree it’s bad acting and poor dialogue, but I do appreciate that they tried to appeal to certain demographics by making the girls Hispanic, Macy and Maggie being half black, Mel being a lesbian, etc... I truthfully think that it could have been something good on its own, but since they used the Charmed name it was disappointing.
well if that is so, they might as well made their ethnicity more diverse, half asian, half black/hispanic, and a white girl. Though it might be not very convincing haha
@@calebhart7240 yes that's odd but it would make the "sisterhood or blood is thicker than water" theme more enforced, I mean despite having different father or mother (having the same father would be less awkward though), family will always got your back. But I like that they tried to appeal to LGBT community. Maybe it would be good if the lesbian one is swaying to both sexes but in the end will stil lend up with a guy.
Yeah no they ruin every show with their wile theology and racial stuff the original charmed where all white and it was fine as an Hispanic I don’t feel discrimated by not “Hispanic “ ppl on movies or show it’s stupid looking to other ppl to represent bewcsue what you can’t represent yourself 🙄😒🤔
I enjoyed the review. Some people just can't take constructive criticism. Everyday when we go to our daily jobs we are constantly being watched and reviewed. Certain jobs in real life always have constructive criticism especially if you are wanting your employer to a job review. I should know bc I ran my own business. I love my job and my employees. Certain people just can't take consteuctive criticism. I to have issues with the reboot and you addressed them.
Bottom Line: if it isn't broken, don't fix it. One thing I didn't like was in episode one where Phoebe cribs one of Doreen Valiente's poems and she doesn't get any mention in the credits.
The original charmed was the embodiment of women power. They were all beautiful, intelligent and enjoyed kicking ass occasionally. And men had staring roles in the show that were actually relevant to the plot.
The acting, the directing, even the silliness and humor and absurdity that occurred in the original, was based on the idea of family. The new one... No. Just... no.
Don't be shy to say that first of all, the charisma of the original actresses was the top reason why the series has been loved by the audiences. Not only their beauty COMPELS you to watch the show but also the delivery of their lines and the dialogue, were so convincing and just right. I am not being racist but the reboot actresses didn't really have the faces (let alone) for both genders alike to be hooked. It's as if they can only manage to make 2 - 3 types of emotions with their faces with most of the time just a smirk. Well, we can also blame the scriptwriting for that who made the cringey unrelatable lines. In my honest opinion, Original - pretty faces, charisma, acting, dialogue, storyline, book of shadows exterior look. Reboot - sfx and convincing spells in latin texts and rune drawings in the book of shadows, serious darker theme tones thru fight scenes (perhaps).
Yeah! I mean just look at their reactions n facial expressions. It looks so mechanical. The scene where Macy sends zat that glass-I think-flying-it's-just-SO artificial. Like it's a kind of parody.
Sorry I didn't see that scene. We refuse to watch this show. I only saw one episode so we could do this review. My wife saw two episodes and said they were both painful to watch. I'm sure your right about the acting. It was horrible at the beginning and I'm sure it hasn't improved.
Alyssa milano go into it with the marketing team of the new charmed reboot because they were trying to pass it off as a feminist version as if the original wasn't. I agreed with her.
One of the reason why the original was better because it made sense. In the originals the girls's mother died while they were young. So they didn't know a lot of stuff about her. But in the reboot the girls are grown yet they never noticed that they mom was a witch. Find. But their mother never told them? Macy shows up and tells them she's their sister and everything is ok. Macy should have been upset at the fact that her dad didn't tell her,and that her mom gave her up.
Turns out Macy was stillborn or some shit and Vera made a deal with a necromancer to bring her back to life and she could never look the kid in the eye or it would die again or some dumb shit like that.
@@billbombshiggy9254 Exactly! So instead of Macy being half white lighter, like Paige. She's half demon. Which is mess up. Especially since Macy hated her demon side.
@@billbombshiggy9254 What was really dumb is them bring in the half sister so soon. When Macy left the show they had to bring in Michaela. Then they destroyed the charmed lore that the charmed ones were special because of the sisterly bond. They made it that anyone can be a charmed one. Which totally sucked.
Fast forward to now and the reboot has gotten a little better now that there’s been more time for character development. But nothing will ever be better than the original. The original is just too nostalgic. I think the reboot made a mistake in ignoring the original as if it didn’t exist. I think it would be a good idea to maybe make the reboot set in an alternate universe (multiverse type situation) where the new sisters are the charmed one in it. They could tie it in to the original by having the original sisters travel to the rebooted sisters universe or something like that to stop a great evil or something like that. Idk 🤷🏾♂️ I just think it’s mistake to not include the original cast who made charmed what it is. They were such great actors and actresses in the show
Even though the original Charmed is dated, the acting and relationship of the Halliwell sisters felt so more real than the Vera sisters. Compare how Piper and Phoebe felt after Prue died and the struggle to get over her death then finding Paige and accepting her. I really am thrilled to have a reboot of the show and havn't seen a Great episode yet. There has been some Okay episodes yes, but the original had me in tears and laughs. I literally watch the reboot and be wanting more. I mean we are on the 4th season smh. The Vera sisters bond is no comparison to the originals. Also Macy's death had me like "WTF"??? She was not only a which, but had demon blood and new orleans background. I was expecting them to go more into depth with that aspect of her POWERS, she was the SOURCE! The creators could have done so much with her charactor, but they made her weak if you ask me and focused too much on her and Harry Ugh! I was so excited when i found out her back ground with her father and the whole new orleans aspect of playing off dark voo doo and so much more. I really was rooting for the reboot and will try to continue to support, being that i am super fan, but the creators just havn't brought it for me yet. I hate to be one of those fans, I really tried to give the reboot a chance. I just cant lol.
As a gay man I adored the family dynamic of the 90s charmed. It very much felt like a family navigating the choppy waters of normality crashing against a secret you had to keep (a personally relatable touch stone, i suppose) but my goodness the reboot is like sandpaper compared. Particularly in the first season but certainly seeded through the rest of them, i found the female chauvinism guising as feminism to be quite off-putting. It felt preachy and forced. Like, i really don't believe any woman so militantly hateful of an entire gender (within which there is a huge amount of diverse beliefs and alignments) could be portrayed as a protagonist. Were the shoe on the other foot, it absolutely wouldn't fly either. I hated that they insisted on a diverse cast but one, didn't fully commit to a latin cast, and two, then did absolutely nothing with the that rich heritage they cast such an intense spotlight on. Even the gay representation in the show reeks of "gay is my label, gay is my personality". The original is vastly superior. My two cents. Why, you might even say, EXCEEDINGLY superior :D
Thank you for watching and for having high standards when it comes to storytelling. I can't believe how many people think this horribly written and horribly acted show is good, or at least watchable.
The funny thing about the book for the reboot is they stole the design from Beautiful Creatures. Look up the book used in the film version of Beautiful Creatures, it's the EXACT same book, they just slapped a triquetra on it. They couldn't even come up with their own design, something new, they copied it from somewhere else. Actually, a lot of props in the reboot are identical to various other films and shows and it frustrates me because even though it's a reboot i would have preferred some level of originality in their lore and props tied to that lore.
The reboot would have been more successful if it crossed over into the original,even if the girls didn't come back you could have brought back Wyatt and Chris, Leo,Cole,even Billie.
Thx for this! Have only seen clips of the reboot, and it doesn’t look awful, but the original is absolutely magic. I always wondered if the resentment between Prue and Phoebe actually seeped into the actors and that’s why Alyssa and Shannen couldn’t get along. It’s 2024 and I still want the original back! ❤❤
In the original the book of shadows had it's own protection. In the reboot any,and everyone can touch the book of shadows. Also in the reboot you do not have to be sisters to be a charmed one. 3 random strangers can become the charmed ones. Let's face it, the reboot suck.
I haven't watched the Charmed reboot but the trailers made it look like a hot mess and from the reviews I saw, many were not enjoying it so I had a feeling it was gonna flop but stay on because damn it CW invested into it and they' were gonna see it through lol. I was actually following the show with Movie Nights reviewing it and just hearing her break down what was happening in the episodes, it just didn't sound appealing, especially when she mentioned how at least in the first season, the girls felt more like tropey cliches with not much depth to them. With the original Charmed, it wasn't perfect but in the first 4 seasons, it had a lot of charm to it and ignoring dated CGI visuals, I think the show holds up and can still be enjoyable. I just have a problem with the later seasons post season 3-4 onward where Piper and Phoebe just became horrible haha. Anyway nice review, very constructive. They really were just better off making a spiritual successor type of show than a reboot.
my recommended dropped this for me to look at, I was curious as watched the OG show after I had been 2 years practising at that moment. So of course I tried the reboot for a season and a half... mostly because I wanted to give Madeleine a chance because of being given 2 traits from the OG show. But gave up. I think to me the craft, practical magic and OG Charmed are my go too's. That's my era of witch stuff.
I do agree that the original series is superior, it lasted longer and even evolved into a completely different version of itself after the introduction of Paige. However, the newest version of Charmed did things the original series only wished they had thought of. ❤
So, I finally decided to give the reboot a try since it made it past two seasons. I could not make it past the first few episodes of season 2. I will say I loved the OG series; it's one of my favorite shows. I tried to give the reboot an honest try, but man, I just couldn't stick with it. The acting was bad, the plot seemed to skip necessary dialogue or scenes; the plot didn't seem linear and I did not know what was happening by season 2. I don't know who was in the writing room, but it really seems they half-assed the reboot.
Considering the book of shadows in the reboot is destroyed in the first episode of season 2 in the 2018 charmed reboot probably doesn't matter you won't make a replica
I just went to have a complete meltdown on the chipmunk bit. Shame, split second later I realized it's gone 10pm here and it shut it down, moment ruined :/. Been a long time since I had a meltdown like that. Damn time.
@@Mr_Mack88 Yeah, those original three actresses were a total package (as for rose, she's not that pretty but she was able to do her job as good as those three)... beautiful, charismatic and really good at their job. While the new ones, nope. I am not against black or Latina actors, it's just that they aren't really watchable, only the sfx is the great thing that happened to the reboot.
I to got mad at Netflix when charmed got cancelled and bought the series,because the new series they are trying to pass off as charmed sucks, but then again, I have 34 complete TV series including supernatural munsters, Addams family, and the originals, and of course charmed✌️😎
Better stories, better characters, better spells, better demons, better CGI, better acting... No wokism, no neo-feminism. The OG show was simple yet efficient. They tried so hard to be " in the mood of time " with the new one that it actually is boring. The acting was bad as well. Pity, I was excited when they announced the reboot
I smile everytime you show the Og charmed on screen. Ngl I don't mind the reboot but it's just not the same. It's just doesn't seem right. The Og brought something original but then reboot just tries to Copy what we already loved from OG.
It's like comparing the Sam Raimi's Spider-Man films and the Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man films......I say the Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man films are exceedingly bad and thus, re-titled Marc Webb's The Atrocious Spider-Man.....
Dude, force feeding diversity? I love the Charmed reboot and believe the original sucks. However, modern day Charmed isn't even diverse enough. Guess to you 30+ year olds, a few people of color with a room full of white people is too much.
that title seems redundant..9/10 reboots are inferior and 7/10 suck balls....your just copying an already established series with a fanbase instead of being creative and doing your own thing which may fall flat but at least its new so you don't have to impress an old fan base......this is why we hate the girl meets world power puff girls reboot and teen titans go cause their not original and they are inferior too...more modern stuff that came out recently that I enjoy to just see around that came out like loud house, phineas and ferb, gravity falls, wander over yonder, adventure time, amazing world of gumball, its always sunny in philly, bob's burgers, rick and morty, community, archer, brooklyn and modern family while not great shows and stuff I would barley watch when i'm bored only cause of my spoiled great mid 90's to mid 2000's standards mind you but they are all shows in the past dozen years that I can see why they specifically got popular and if I was a kid I would enjoy them too cause they have effort in them honest to god effort unlike most of the rest of t.v. in the west.....their good shows...you know whats bad?...when they rebooted ren and stimpy without the creator...good job there.....thats what this feels like..
I much prefer the original series I do watch the reboot and like it the I saw the original series recently and I still love it at least the first 4 seasons the later seasons not so much 😚☺️😌😻😕😾
I barely made it twenty minutes into the first episode of the new charmed before my eyes rolled out of my head and I groaned out loud. Too much woke trash references.
I am a die-hard ORIGINAL Charmed fan; however, I'd like to make a point I think everyone should keep in mind: the point of view espoused in this series is not the white person's view of witchcraft. Instead, the point of view espoused here is the hispanic and black views on witchcraft. I've noticed a lot in the show pulled from the practices of rootwork and conjure (which I practice) alongside that of the Lucumi (Santeria) faith. They immersing all that into Wiccan ontology, and it's creating a level of discomfort for ALL viewers who practice these different forms of magick and faith. So, keep that in mind. Which show is best in my opinion? The original Charmed. However, am I enjoying this one? I am. Still, I love your review. This is a great concept for a TH-cam channel!
I'm glad minorities are getting work. The only way to elevate any minority group in Hollywood is to make a quality show or movie with a mostly minority cast that gets great reviews and produces money. Movies like Black Panther, Get Out and Hidden Figures will help minorities get work because they are successful and well made. The acting and writing on the new Charmed are the worst I've seen in years. Executive producers don't care about anything but ratings. Everyone in Hollywood tends to have a huge ego. I know because I lived there for 15 years. Everyone in Hollywood blames everyone else for their failures. That is why actors get labeled "box office poison." They are the easiest to blame when a show or movie fails. The entertainment industry is the most competitive business. Producers don't care about anything but money and they never repeat, what they consider to be, a mistake. The ratings for this show dropped from 1.5 million to .5 million last season. I don’t think it is going to get a third season. I’m surprised it got a second one. If this show gets canceled the executive producers who made it will most likely never take a chance and cast a Hispanic or African actor again. I think this show could do more to hinder minority actors than help them. I’m sorry but I don’t see anything good coming from this show in the long run.
@@AdamBerkWriter I agree with almost everything you wrote. The show is doing a lot of things wrong in my amateur opinion. See how much of this you agree with: It's trying to be too unique by squeezing four seasons of the original Charmed world into the first season. I barely believe that Mel and "baby girl" are sisters. I barely believe they're friends. And I care so little about the youngest sister that I can't remember her name no matter how many times I try. She's over emotional an whiny and weak. So I just refer to her as baby girl, because she is very much a baby. Phoebe from the OC (Original Charmed) was physically weak but street smart and worldly. And when, in the first season, she came to grips with what she thought made her the weakest sister, she learned martial arts which made her, thanks to her magickal gifts, the strongest sister. That was an incredible story line built throughout the show until the character who was the shallowest and least cared about became the powerhouse who brought the source of all evil to his knees with her heart, pulled him back from destruction in the afterlife by the incredible force of love she engendered in him, and became so powerful that a demon made a deal with the elders and framed her so she lost her powers and returned to being the magickally weakest. But her resolve and strength of character made up for the loss of magick, and she was still the strongest of them all. As the sorceress once said about her, "Don't underestimate Phoebe. Her powers are most unique." They were unique because she pushed herself and made the most of what she had. Ultimately, her true magick was her resolve and strength of character. Baby girl has too much catching up to do. She wasted an entire season being weak, shallow, and whiny. And Mel? She is the most self-centered of the three. She was the oldest sister who became the middle sister when Spacy-Macy showed up (Macy always looks like a doe in a bright spotlight -- overwhelmed and confused). That's the exact opposite of Piper, the middle sister who became the oldest sister, making Phoebe the middle when half sis Paige showed up and was the baby witch and baby sister. But Mel doesn't seem to like, much less love, Baby Girl. They're not even friends. They're acquaintances who are roommates as far as I'm concerned; and there's no developmental period for a sisterhood to bond between the two who grew up together and the one who showed up on the doorstep. That went a little something like this: "Hi, I'm Mel, your long-lost sister." Fifteen to thirty minutes of resentment and disbelief out of Mel, and a lot of displace anger, with Baby Girl trying to say, "But she's one of us!" And then -- BOOM -- let's all live together, play house, and pretend like we love each other so we battle demons of the highest level with no period to truly develop our magickal powers. The whole setup was unbelievable, and, WHEN are they actually going to mourn their mother's death? I could go on and on. But you get my drift. Too much, too soon, and now that they already pulled out the (revised) source of all magick, which was really supposed to be the source of all evil, where do they go from here? And -- how did they learn to be such badass fighters with no training? And what happened to the BoS? I hate to say it, but that was the central character in all the OC episodes. They treat it about as sacred as an elementary school textbook.
@@ochanilele350 Wow. I can't really comment on all the specifics you mentioned because I've only seen one full episode of the new show and I was so bored after that episode that I stopped watching it. Yes, the storylines and acting in the original were 100 times better. My wives refuse to watch the reboot too, but one of her friends keeps her posted about how bad it is. According to my wife's friend, it is getting worse. So I'm going to assume everything you said is 100% correct.
The prop designers tea stained, painted and frayed the pages inside that book to look old and antique. The pages and the cover don't match. Even if it doesn't go back to the 1600s, it is supposed to be a family heirloom. The cover doesn't even look like it dates back to the 1970s.
I know this video is old but I’ll add that since the original charmed and the reboot is over I enjoyed both of them I can’t choose between each one because as a black man I can’t relate to the original cast which by no surprise was played by white women i can’t relate to the new one still being a black man but I can tell you there was a lot more black representation, then there were in the original so because of that the reboot has me as a fan
Okay, if skin color and gender are why you can't relate to a character, you have issues. Unless it's the opposite gender talking about opposite gender problems, it's easy to relate. I relate to several black/native/Asian/Latino characters. I don't only relate to white women. That's kind of ridiculous.
Example: if a black man is talking about his prostate problems or erectile dysfunction, I cannot relate to that. But if he's talking about his asshole father who wouldn't call when he found out his daughter was diagnosed with a life altering auto immune disorder, I can absolutely relate to it.
I've only just watched the Pilot episode and while I agree with your opinion overall I got to admit that the Show wasn't as bad as I expected, it wasn't good, but atleast it wasn't Ghostbusters levels of bad, as I expected
Ghostbusters 2016 was a badly written mess but at least the 4 actresses had talent. They have all been good in other films. The new Charmed has 3 of the worst actresses in TV history. Charmed 2019 makes Ghostbusters 2016 look like Gone With the Wind.
As an avid fan of OG Charmed I think both shows are pretty equal. I think OG Charmed's first half and the reboot are on par, the 2nd half of OG Charmed though is where it lost its charm (Seasons 5-8). The characters (particularly Phoebe and Piper) lost what made them likable before and Phoebe especially ruined the later half of the show, this is especially noticeable during Seasons 5 and 6. Season 8 was terrible. The less focus on supernatural elements/witchcraft as well as less focus on sisterhood which define a part of the earlier seasons (Seasons 1-4) the reboot lacks the sisterhood charm of OG's first 4 seasons, it's pacing and lack of direction are also a major problem. However I think both did well at focusing on the magic and supernatural element. I also think Macy is really the only reboot sister I'm fully invested in, whereas I liked Paige (my favorite sister) and Prue. I also liked early season Piper as well. I do like the Reboot BoS (though I do prefer how ancient look of the Book of Shadows from the OG Charmed) I think it's one thing from the reboot that transitioned well. I also like the bigger focus on spell casting.. I also think the reboot does a better job with the Whitelighers than OG Charmed did because I did not like the Elders at all. Leo and Harry are about on par.. Idk I'm one of the few OG Charmed fans who does like the reboot, though it has its problems. OG Charmed had a better opening, where it takes time to show the sisters, what their lives/dynamics are and they have to learn/stumble upon what their powers and such are, there's also the issue of Prue being in denial about it. The reboot's pilot just throws everything in haphazardly and doesn't do a good first impression/introduction because you don't get time to set up who these girls are or anything. That being said it doesn't feel right to compare their storylines considering the reboot only has one season with 11 episodes so far.
I love the remake so much more than the OG! Very grateful for updated writing, lesbian and feminist representation, and very talented BIPOC cast. The graphics rock. I do miss the theme song, but not the overwhelming straightness - witches are hella gay IRL y'all
The acting and writing are horrible. The second DEFINITELY IS BAD. Bad is too nice of an adjective. Awful, horrible crap. The worst acting and writing I've seen in years.
I think the reboot is doing fairly well. The first episode was rushed but I think they did that because they thought they wouldn't get picked up for a whole season cause of all the hate. I'm glad they are going in a new direction because everything that people want has already been done in the original. if you want it to be like the original so bad just watch the original. Plus with the whole adoption thing they are sprinkling that through the whole season so she is gonna get answers. I also find it interesting that the bond the sisters had in the beginning was so tight. The original sisters were on a rocky boat in the beginning and had to learn to 'deal' with each other, while the new one shows how close siblings can be and how accepting people can be. Oh and a side note, I kind of like the acting in this one a tiny bit better because in the original they were so bland with the acting sometimes. Let's not forget that this charmed is for the new generation, you guys have your charmed let us have ours. That's just my opinion on this whole thing.
The dislike for the reboot was well deserved. The old Charmed was an amazing show with a low budget, and those actresses got in there and worked with the writers so their characters were growing and evolving and, even better, consistent in every show. The acting and the writing made you believe in the sisterhood and the magick, not the low budget special effects. And in spite of the consistently high ratings, CW kept chopping the budget. That's the reason Phoebe's phenomenal powers, which that character earned through personal development and hard work, were taken away by the episode where she was on trial. They had just cut the budget to the point where ONE display of Phoebe's levitation would put them in the red, so the actresses got with the writers and created a story for that consistent with the show and Phoebe's character development. In other words -- they were angry Charmed got so much attention, and they tried to ruin it from within. That's also why Leo got cut out in season 7. Budget cuts. An I'm sure you noticed the special effects got worse and worse, but no one cared or criticized it because the characters and thhe acting and the writing was just so phenomenol. Plus, the reboot never got to define itself. They redid the pilot -- what? -- three times. The original pilot that got shelved was set in the 70s. Yes, it was. They were going to make the reboot a prequel, only the writers were too supid to realize the 70s were well defined in the old show, and they'd have to explain how it WAS a prequel when the original Charmed sisters would have been babies and toddlers already iwth that premise. And then they realized they'd have to explain how a white grandmother, a white mother, and four white children came right after a bunch of latin americans. They weren't even thinking. So the new show was a redo and a rehash of a poorly planned and executed pilot. The should have left it alone, or somehow gotten the original cast involved in AT LEAST the writing of the scripts.
Here is the 2017 release about the planned reboot of Charmed. They actually shot this concept for the pilot with the three current actresses. www.glamour.com/story/charmed-reboot
It took them exactly ONE YEAR to realize how horrible it was, so they came up with a new concept for the reboot., And then they started shooting the pilot again. And once it was bought, they moved at the speed of light to shoot half a season likity split: www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/a15894078/charmed-reboot-tear-down-patriarchy/
Totally agree! This show is good and I think the actresses are just as good as the originals. I also like that the the characters are diverse it adds layers that the original didn't have. I do like the OG but people give this one a chance.
I feel like they’re equal, I love the both, they’re both separate shows and the reboot Charmed is doing very well, if you want it to be like the OG Charmed then just go watch the OG, the reboot has a lot of differences from the OG which makes it special in its own way,they arnt exactly the same.
But that’s the reason why so many people are angry about it, that it’s waaaaaayyy too different and it has no connections of the OG other then there being three sisters, being witches, and fighting demons. But that is all it has in common with the show, but everything else is not, personally I don’t mind there being a reboot for Charmed I just don’t like how they went about with it. They are not respecting the original of what it REALLY stands for, they’re trying to push all these agendas down our throats with each episodes, and they cast three women of different race and used the excuse that they have different fathers so they can push the whole people/women of colors. Don’t get me wrong we should have more shows for powerful women and people of color I just feel that they went about it in the wrong direction, and instead of using charmed to do it they should’ve just had this show be a NEW show because the story and the characters are new and have the show be called Enchanted or something like that. All I’m saying is that the show would have a lot more respect if they would’ve made those changes and left the OG alone.
If the worst acting and writing in TV history can make a show special, then sure, the new Charmed is special in its own way. Just like The Room and Plan 9 From Outer Space are special in their own ways too.
This review feels very biased and Judgy in a 'i don't wanna like it so I won't' kinda way. Not saying they can't have this opinion or base their review off of this opinion. I really got no issue with them voicing what they feel. Just doesn't feel very objective (if one can be with any form of creative media) I liked the style of the book of shadows. It looks like any other modern book and honestly the original didn't look very period accurate or old either so the comparison just feels like comparing one new thing pretending to be old to another new thing pretending to be old lol
The acting and writing horrible. I would have given this show the same honest review even if it wasn't a reboot. Also neither my wife or I are a fan of the original Charmed. It was way to predictable and repetitive to hold our attention.
because the original charmed..the girl much beautiful and sexy than the remake..Alyssa Milano (Phoebe), Holly Marie Combs (Piper), Shannen Doherty (Prue) and later Rose McGowan (Paige)..all of them gorgeous..because I'm born 1963, so I much much prefer the original Charmed than the remake..that's my opinion..
While I agree that the OG is better you guys didn’t mention anything about the diversity. The main cast of the original was all white unless you counted Darrell which he was a minor character anyway. This newer version has POC and LGBT+ representation which in opinion is wonderful. I think you should watch more recent episodes. One thing I will say is the beginning of the 2018 version is the first season was a bit hard to watch but they have come into their own. ❤❤❤
There were plenty of diverse characters, not just black but yes the family was white so? Most of the US is white and it make absolute sense, giving the years during the show was filmed
Not zat I'm being mean but Macy seems-like-a robot zat u just splashed water on n just goes like zzziiiiitttt-zzzziiiiitttt-I-am-in-trou-ble-please-help-me...!!! It's so bad n cheap!!!
Sorry it’s season 4 of the new Charmed ones and it this point they’re way better and much more powerful than the OG charmed ones 🤷🏽♂️ and they’re women of color (my favorite part). Something the OG charmed FAILED to do miserably which is to have DIVERSITY in their casting. Let’s have a show about witches (societal outcasts) and then let’s not included any actual outcasts 🙄🙄🙄🙄 Many of you so called “charmed” fans are forgetting that the writers for the Original charmed didn’t know what they were doing and literally made shit up as they went along. 🙄 - Phoebe’s powers made zero sense in her power evolution ….. Also noticed how they were dressed. Even Alyssa Milano said it herself. They HAD to dress partly scandalous because that’s was the ONLY way to get ratings because no one was trying to watch charmed back then. But please keep telling the world how bad the new charmed is… Now that we have 3 new sisters (of color), y’all are big mad….. 🙄🤣🤣🤣 and these videos just show and prove that. I have a feeling that if these new charmed ones were white women and didn’t use magic from other cultures, this would be a “bigger” hit. 😒.
It's clear you have never watched the whole show, there were many black witches on the show, just like other ppl of colour, just the main family was white and that obviously bothers you
The OG was so much better which is why I just bought the show on DVD
I'm a huge fan of the original Charmed. I have all 8 seasons on dvd. I'm busy watching them again. I watched the first few episodes of the reboot and stopped watching because it's a huge disappointment. I agree with everything you're saying. The original is far superior. I love your review. I just subscribed to your channel.
Macy was trying to wear a similar jacket to paige upon meeting her sisters. Meaning she is trying to fulfill two roles from the original charmed (prue and paige). Honestly i will always prefer the original. The cast from the original know how to be sisters on screen. Holly and Alyssa were cast to play sisters in grays anatomy (if i wrote the right tv show) and their chemistry as sisters is still believable. Their names are even a reference to the original show. The reboot is about witches that happen to be sisters while the original is about sisters that happen to be witches. Thats why the original cast was able to play and still continue to play on screen sisters. Because even though they are witches they remember that they were sisters before becoming the charmed ones.
Yeah. That's the thing. The characters actually have chemistry on scene. These new ones... I don't know if it's the writing or bad acting...
@@ianesgrecia8568 I think it's a mixture of both. The way they wrote their powers is awful. In the reboot they were getting insane amounts of power advancements. It doesn't make sense to me on how they just got their powers and they already had three power advancements and on top of that the demons were already immune or were able to resist their powers. In the original each episode showed us a new skill or more control over their power (like piper growing confident to where she can freeze people without needing a trigger) instead of it growing rapidly. The original also showed that the more powerful they became the less immune the demons were. The acting needs alot of work as well. In the original they always had these "sister moments" that made it believable. Even when two of the actresses (ones who play prue and phoebe) werent getting along, their on-screen chemistry is very real. In this reboot every "sister moment" are replaced by a spell.
The original will always reign supreme it’s one of the main reason why I got into paganism and witchcraft. The reboot I agree it’s bad acting and poor dialogue, but I do appreciate that they tried to appeal to certain demographics by making the girls Hispanic, Macy and Maggie being half black, Mel being a lesbian, etc... I truthfully think that it could have been something good on its own, but since they used the Charmed name it was disappointing.
well if that is so, they might as well made their ethnicity more diverse, half asian, half black/hispanic, and a white girl. Though it might be not very convincing haha
@@thorc.8571 that would be a very odd take on the charmed ones hahaha 😂 all three being maternal half sisters, each of them with a different dad. 😂😂😂
@@calebhart7240 yes that's odd but it would make the "sisterhood or blood is thicker than water" theme more enforced, I mean despite having different father or mother (having the same father would be less awkward though), family will always got your back. But I like that they tried to appeal to LGBT community. Maybe it would be good if the lesbian one is swaying to both sexes but in the end will stil lend up with a guy.
Yeah no they ruin every show with their wile theology and racial stuff the original charmed where all white and it was fine as an Hispanic I don’t feel discrimated by not “Hispanic “ ppl on movies or show it’s stupid looking to other ppl to represent bewcsue what you can’t represent yourself 🙄😒🤔
I enjoyed the review. Some people just can't take constructive criticism. Everyday when we go to our daily jobs we are constantly being watched and reviewed. Certain jobs in real life always have constructive criticism especially if you are wanting your employer to a job review. I should know bc I ran my own business. I love my job and my employees. Certain people just can't take consteuctive criticism. I to have issues with the reboot and you addressed them.
Thank you. That is a great way to put it.
Bottom Line: if it isn't broken, don't fix it. One thing I didn't like was in episode one where Phoebe cribs one of Doreen Valiente's poems and she doesn't get any mention in the credits.
The original charmed was the embodiment of women power. They were all beautiful, intelligent and enjoyed kicking ass occasionally. And men had staring roles in the show that were actually relevant to the plot.
The acting, the directing, even the silliness and humor and absurdity that occurred in the original, was based on the idea of family. The new one... No. Just... no.
Don't be shy to say that first of all, the charisma of the original actresses was the top reason why the series has been loved by the audiences. Not only their beauty COMPELS you to watch the show but also the delivery of their lines and the dialogue, were so convincing and just right. I am not being racist but the reboot actresses didn't really have the faces (let alone) for both genders alike to be hooked. It's as if they can only manage to make 2 - 3 types of emotions with their faces with most of the time just a smirk. Well, we can also blame the scriptwriting for that who made the cringey unrelatable lines. In my honest opinion, Original - pretty faces, charisma, acting, dialogue, storyline, book of shadows exterior look.
Reboot - sfx and convincing spells in latin texts and rune drawings in the book of shadows, serious darker theme tones thru fight scenes (perhaps).
@@AdamBerkWriter what do you mean?
They are pretty but they have ZERO chemistry.
Yeah! I mean just look at their reactions n facial expressions. It looks so mechanical. The scene where Macy sends zat that glass-I think-flying-it's-just-SO artificial. Like it's a kind of parody.
Sorry I didn't see that scene. We refuse to watch this show. I only saw one episode so we could do this review. My wife saw two episodes and said they were both painful to watch. I'm sure your right about the acting. It was horrible at the beginning and I'm sure it hasn't improved.
Alyssa milano go into it with the marketing team of the new charmed reboot because they were trying to pass it off as a feminist version as if the original wasn't. I agreed with her.
One of the reason why the original was better because it made sense. In the originals the girls's mother died while they were young. So they didn't know a lot of stuff about her. But in the reboot the girls are grown yet they never noticed that they mom was a witch. Find. But their mother never told them? Macy shows up and tells them she's their sister and everything is ok. Macy should have been upset at the fact that her dad didn't tell her,and that her mom gave her up.
Turns out Macy was stillborn or some shit and Vera made a deal with a necromancer to bring her back to life and she could never look the kid in the eye or it would die again or some dumb shit like that.
@@billbombshiggy9254 Exactly! So instead of Macy being half white lighter, like Paige. She's half demon. Which is mess up. Especially since Macy hated her demon side.
@@billbombshiggy9254 What was really dumb is them bring in the half sister so soon. When Macy left the show they had to bring in Michaela. Then they destroyed the charmed lore that the charmed ones were special because of the sisterly bond. They made it that anyone can be a charmed one. Which totally sucked.
@@luvprue1 wasn't the one they brought in like, not even related to them at all, she had just had bone marrow from one?
@@billbombshiggy9254 Yes, Michaela was not related to them. I think it ruined the charmed lore.
Fast forward to now and the reboot has gotten a little better now that there’s been more time for character development. But nothing will ever be better than the original. The original is just too nostalgic. I think the reboot made a mistake in ignoring the original as if it didn’t exist. I think it would be a good idea to maybe make the reboot set in an alternate universe (multiverse type situation) where the new sisters are the charmed one in it. They could tie it in to the original by having the original sisters travel to the rebooted sisters universe or something like that to stop a great evil or something like that. Idk 🤷🏾♂️ I just think it’s mistake to not include the original cast who made charmed what it is. They were such great actors and actresses in the show
Even though the original Charmed is dated, the acting and relationship of the Halliwell sisters felt so more real than the Vera sisters. Compare how Piper and Phoebe felt after Prue died and the struggle to get over her death then finding Paige and accepting her. I really am thrilled to have a reboot of the show and havn't seen a Great episode yet. There has been some Okay episodes yes, but the original had me in tears and laughs. I literally watch the reboot and be wanting more. I mean we are on the 4th season smh. The Vera sisters bond is no comparison to the originals. Also Macy's death had me like "WTF"??? She was not only a which, but had demon blood and new orleans background. I was expecting them to go more into depth with that aspect of her POWERS, she was the SOURCE! The creators could have done so much with her charactor, but they made her weak if you ask me and focused too much on her and Harry Ugh! I was so excited when i found out her back ground with her father and the whole new orleans aspect of playing off dark voo doo and so much more. I really was rooting for the reboot and will try to continue to support, being that i am super fan, but the creators just havn't brought it for me yet. I hate to be one of those fans, I really tried to give the reboot a chance. I just cant lol.
Omg same!! Masie is my most favorite charmed one in the reboot but they did her dirty by powering her down and making her all about Harry😑
I didn't even bother with the new Charmed. Sounds like I'm correct in my exceedingly good judgement.
Lol. Ha ha. You're funny.
@@IsisChandler3x3 thank you.
true
It probably would be a fine show if it was called something else
Your roast is so exceedingly good. I agree that the original is best.
Thank you!
It's not even a debate.
I agree completely
As a gay man I adored the family dynamic of the 90s charmed. It very much felt like a family navigating the choppy waters of normality crashing against a secret you had to keep (a personally relatable touch stone, i suppose) but my goodness the reboot is like sandpaper compared.
Particularly in the first season but certainly seeded through the rest of them, i found the female chauvinism guising as feminism to be quite off-putting. It felt preachy and forced.
Like, i really don't believe any woman so militantly hateful of an entire gender (within which there is a huge amount of diverse beliefs and alignments) could be portrayed as a protagonist. Were the shoe on the other foot, it absolutely wouldn't fly either.
I hated that they insisted on a diverse cast but one, didn't fully commit to a latin cast, and two, then did absolutely nothing with the that rich heritage they cast such an intense spotlight on. Even the gay representation in the show reeks of "gay is my label, gay is my personality".
The original is vastly superior. My two cents.
Why, you might even say, EXCEEDINGLY superior :D
Finally a video that agrees on what i think about the new charmed!!!! Great video
Thank you for watching and for having high standards when it comes to storytelling. I can't believe how many people think this horribly written and horribly acted show is good, or at least watchable.
The funny thing about the book for the reboot is they stole the design from Beautiful Creatures. Look up the book used in the film version of Beautiful Creatures, it's the EXACT same book, they just slapped a triquetra on it. They couldn't even come up with their own design, something new, they copied it from somewhere else. Actually, a lot of props in the reboot are identical to various other films and shows and it frustrates me because even though it's a reboot i would have preferred some level of originality in their lore and props tied to that lore.
The reboot would have been more successful if it crossed over into the original,even if the girls didn't come back you could have brought back Wyatt and Chris, Leo,Cole,even Billie.
I stopped watching after the 1st episode.
terrible
You're very intelligent and have standards.
Thx for this! Have only seen clips of the reboot, and it doesn’t look awful, but the original is absolutely magic. I always wondered if the resentment between Prue and Phoebe actually seeped into the actors and that’s why Alyssa and Shannen couldn’t get along. It’s 2024 and I still want the original back! ❤❤
Would consider reacting to older shows that had witches like Bewitched? Endora could whip up a great chant.
That is a great idea. Thank you. We will add it to our list of upcoming shows.
In the original the book of shadows had it's own protection. In the reboot any,and everyone can touch the book of shadows. Also in the reboot you do not have to be sisters to be a charmed one. 3 random strangers can become the charmed ones. Let's face it, the reboot suck.
just started watching the original, im loving it!!
I haven't watched the Charmed reboot but the trailers made it look like a hot mess and from the reviews I saw, many were not enjoying it so I had a feeling it was gonna flop but stay on because damn it CW invested into it and they' were gonna see it through lol. I was actually following the show with Movie Nights reviewing it and just hearing her break down what was happening in the episodes, it just didn't sound appealing, especially when she mentioned how at least in the first season, the girls felt more like tropey cliches with not much depth to them. With the original Charmed, it wasn't perfect but in the first 4 seasons, it had a lot of charm to it and ignoring dated CGI visuals, I think the show holds up and can still be enjoyable. I just have a problem with the later seasons post season 3-4 onward where Piper and Phoebe just became horrible haha. Anyway nice review, very constructive. They really were just better off making a spiritual successor type of show than a reboot.
What about their powers
my recommended dropped this for me to look at, I was curious as watched the OG show after I had been 2 years practising at that moment. So of course I tried the reboot for a season and a half... mostly because I wanted to give Madeleine a chance because of being given 2 traits from the OG show. But gave up. I think to me the craft, practical magic and OG Charmed are my go too's. That's my era of witch stuff.
Rose McGowan (Paige), Alissa Milano (Phoebe), Holly Mary Combs (Piper), Shanon Dordty (Prue)
I do agree that the original series is superior, it lasted longer and even evolved into a completely different version of itself after the introduction of Paige.
However, the newest version of Charmed did things the original series only wished they had thought of. ❤
I agree 👍 💯 old charmed is better!!! 3Ps
So, I finally decided to give the reboot a try since it made it past two seasons. I could not make it past the first few episodes of season 2. I will say I loved the OG series; it's one of my favorite shows. I tried to give the reboot an honest try, but man, I just couldn't stick with it. The acting was bad, the plot seemed to skip necessary dialogue or scenes; the plot didn't seem linear and I did not know what was happening by season 2. I don't know who was in the writing room, but it really seems they half-assed the reboot.
I smile everytime you show the Og charmed on screen
Considering the book of shadows in the reboot is destroyed in the first episode of season 2 in the 2018 charmed reboot probably doesn't matter you won't make a replica
it just dose not feel like charmed charmed one are shannen holly alyssa and rose are charmed one
I just went to have a complete meltdown on the chipmunk bit. Shame, split second later I realized it's gone 10pm here and it shut it down, moment ruined :/. Been a long time since I had a meltdown like that. Damn time.
Watch her head move. It's forced 3:30 🙃👀
I think she glitched
LOL
NOT TO MENTION ALYSSA MILANO IS LIKE THE MORE BEAUTIFUL MARIAH CAREY VERSION. She seems doesn't age.
Shannon Daughtrey is fine as well I’ve always had a big crush on her lol.
@@Mr_Mack88 Yeah, those original three actresses were a total package (as for rose, she's not that pretty but she was able to do her job as good as those three)... beautiful, charismatic and really good at their job. While the new ones, nope. I am not against black or Latina actors, it's just that they aren't really watchable, only the sfx is the great thing that happened to the reboot.
I watched 5 episodes of the new series and I couldn't take it
Also I feel the command center gives a power ranger feel over the Book of Shadows being in in the Attic.
I to got mad at Netflix when charmed got cancelled and bought the series,because the new series they are trying to pass off as charmed sucks, but then again, I have 34 complete TV series including supernatural munsters, Addams family, and the originals, and of course charmed✌️😎
Wait till you see the new craft movie its terrible and only good to watch for a good laugh
A review to that is coming.
Better stories, better characters, better spells, better demons, better CGI, better acting...
No wokism, no neo-feminism.
The OG show was simple yet efficient.
They tried so hard to be " in the mood of time " with the new one that it actually is boring. The acting was bad as well.
Pity, I was excited when they announced the reboot
best review I've ever seen!thank you for this❤
Wow, thank you!
The original will always reign supreme ....this new show is trash...
We agree 100%
4:40 that got me laugh so hard
I really enjoyed watching you two talking about Charmed!!!
Thank you.
I smile everytime you show the Og charmed on screen. Ngl I don't mind the reboot but it's just not the same. It's just doesn't seem right. The Og brought something original but then reboot just tries to Copy what we already loved from OG.
I was happy when I found out it finally got cancelled
It's like comparing the Sam Raimi's Spider-Man films and the Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man films......I say the Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man films are exceedingly bad and thus, re-titled Marc Webb's The Atrocious Spider-Man.....
I agree with you both 💯
I subscribed!!!!💗💜
Thank you and welcome to the channel.
The remake sucks
Yes!
This video:
Me: Yes
Finally the reboot ends and the nightmare ..... Finally !
Let's all play Ha Ha You're Dead by Green Day to celebrate this awful reboot ending.
I feel like the new charmed is force feeding us diversity instead of naturally applying it into the story.
Good point.
Dude, force feeding diversity? I love the Charmed reboot and believe the original sucks. However, modern day Charmed isn't even diverse enough. Guess to you 30+ year olds, a few people of color with a room full of white people is too much.
All the movies are now.
Great Points
Thank you.
that title seems redundant..9/10 reboots are inferior and 7/10 suck balls....your just copying an already established series with a fanbase instead of being creative and doing your own thing which may fall flat but at least its new so you don't have to impress an old fan base......this is why we hate the girl meets world power puff girls reboot and teen titans go cause their not original and they are inferior too...more modern stuff that came out recently that I enjoy to just see around that came out like loud house, phineas and ferb, gravity falls, wander over yonder, adventure time, amazing world of gumball, its always sunny in philly, bob's burgers, rick and morty, community, archer, brooklyn and modern family while not great shows and stuff I would barley watch when i'm bored only cause of my spoiled great mid 90's to mid 2000's standards mind you but they are all shows in the past dozen years that I can see why they specifically got popular and if I was a kid I would enjoy them too cause they have effort in them honest to god effort unlike most of the rest of t.v. in the west.....their good shows...you know whats bad?...when they rebooted ren and stimpy without the creator...good job there.....thats what this feels like..
I agree. All these reboots are cash grabs. Nothing more
I much prefer the original series I do watch the reboot and like it the I saw the original series recently and I still love it at least the first 4 seasons the later seasons not so much 😚☺️😌😻😕😾
I feel like the new Charmed is dark and forceful on being woke
lmbo this video was hilarious 😂 the reboot IMO is awful 😖
I barely made it twenty minutes into the first episode of the new charmed before my eyes rolled out of my head and I groaned out loud. Too much woke trash references.
I am a die-hard ORIGINAL Charmed fan; however, I'd like to make a point I think everyone should keep in mind: the point of view espoused in this series is not the white person's view of witchcraft. Instead, the point of view espoused here is the hispanic and black views on witchcraft. I've noticed a lot in the show pulled from the practices of rootwork and conjure (which I practice) alongside that of the Lucumi (Santeria) faith. They immersing all that into Wiccan ontology, and it's creating a level of discomfort for ALL viewers who practice these different forms of magick and faith. So, keep that in mind.
Which show is best in my opinion? The original Charmed. However, am I enjoying this one? I am.
Still, I love your review. This is a great concept for a TH-cam channel!
I'm glad minorities are getting work. The only way to elevate any minority group in Hollywood is to make a quality show or movie with a mostly minority cast that gets great reviews and produces money. Movies like Black Panther, Get Out and Hidden Figures will help minorities get work because they are successful and well made.
The acting and writing on the new Charmed are the worst I've seen in years. Executive producers don't care about anything but ratings. Everyone in Hollywood tends to have a huge ego. I know because I lived there for 15 years. Everyone in Hollywood blames everyone else for their failures. That is why actors get labeled "box office poison." They are the easiest to blame when a show or movie fails.
The entertainment industry is the most competitive business. Producers don't care about anything but money and they never repeat, what they consider to be, a mistake. The ratings for this show dropped from 1.5 million to .5 million last season. I don’t think it is going to get a third season. I’m surprised it got a second one. If this show gets canceled the executive producers who made it will most likely never take a chance and cast a Hispanic or African actor again. I think this show could do more to hinder minority actors than help them. I’m sorry but I don’t see anything good coming from this show in the long run.
@@AdamBerkWriter I agree with almost everything you wrote.
The show is doing a lot of things wrong in my amateur opinion. See how much of this you agree with:
It's trying to be too unique by squeezing four seasons of the original Charmed world into the first season. I barely believe that Mel and "baby girl" are sisters. I barely believe they're friends. And I care so little about the youngest sister that I can't remember her name no matter how many times I try. She's over emotional an whiny and weak. So I just refer to her as baby girl, because she is very much a baby.
Phoebe from the OC (Original Charmed) was physically weak but street smart and worldly. And when, in the first season, she came to grips with what she thought made her the weakest sister, she learned martial arts which made her, thanks to her magickal gifts, the strongest sister. That was an incredible story line built throughout the show until the character who was the shallowest and least cared about became the powerhouse who brought the source of all evil to his knees with her heart, pulled him back from destruction in the afterlife by the incredible force of love she engendered in him, and became so powerful that a demon made a deal with the elders and framed her so she lost her powers and returned to being the magickally weakest. But her resolve and strength of character made up for the loss of magick, and she was still the strongest of them all. As the sorceress once said about her, "Don't underestimate Phoebe. Her powers are most unique."
They were unique because she pushed herself and made the most of what she had. Ultimately, her true magick was her resolve and strength of character.
Baby girl has too much catching up to do. She wasted an entire season being weak, shallow, and whiny.
And Mel? She is the most self-centered of the three. She was the oldest sister who became the middle sister when Spacy-Macy showed up (Macy always looks like a doe in a bright spotlight -- overwhelmed and confused). That's the exact opposite of Piper, the middle sister who became the oldest sister, making Phoebe the middle when half sis Paige showed up and was the baby witch and baby sister. But Mel doesn't seem to like, much less love, Baby Girl. They're not even friends. They're acquaintances who are roommates as far as I'm concerned; and there's no developmental period for a sisterhood to bond between the two who grew up together and the one who showed up on the doorstep.
That went a little something like this: "Hi, I'm Mel, your long-lost sister." Fifteen to thirty minutes of resentment and disbelief out of Mel, and a lot of displace anger, with Baby Girl trying to say, "But she's one of us!" And then -- BOOM -- let's all live together, play house, and pretend like we love each other so we battle demons of the highest level with no period to truly develop our magickal powers.
The whole setup was unbelievable, and, WHEN are they actually going to mourn their mother's death?
I could go on and on. But you get my drift. Too much, too soon, and now that they already pulled out the (revised) source of all magick, which was really supposed to be the source of all evil, where do they go from here?
And -- how did they learn to be such badass fighters with no training? And what happened to the BoS? I hate to say it, but that was the central character in all the OC episodes. They treat it about as sacred as an elementary school textbook.
@@ochanilele350 Wow. I can't really comment on all the specifics you mentioned because I've only seen one full episode of the new show and I was so bored after that episode that I stopped watching it. Yes, the storylines and acting in the original were 100 times better. My wives refuse to watch the reboot too, but one of her friends keeps her posted about how bad it is. According to my wife's friend, it is getting worse. So I'm going to assume everything you said is 100% correct.
@@AdamBerkWriter The show got renewed for a third season.
They’re taking some scenes out of context.
Did you not think maybe their Book Of Shadows wasn't meant to look "old". Harry says "Your mother's spellbook". Who said it was from the 1600's?
The prop designers tea stained, painted and frayed the pages inside that book to look old and antique. The pages and the cover don't match. Even if it doesn't go back to the 1600s, it is supposed to be a family heirloom. The cover doesn't even look like it dates back to the 1970s.
I know this video is old but I’ll add that since the original charmed and the reboot is over I enjoyed both of them I can’t choose between each one because as a black man I can’t relate to the original cast which by no surprise was played by white women i can’t relate to the new one still being a black man but I can tell you there was a lot more black representation, then there were in the original so because of that the reboot has me as a fan
Okay, if skin color and gender are why you can't relate to a character, you have issues. Unless it's the opposite gender talking about opposite gender problems, it's easy to relate.
I relate to several black/native/Asian/Latino characters. I don't only relate to white women. That's kind of ridiculous.
Example: if a black man is talking about his prostate problems or erectile dysfunction, I cannot relate to that.
But if he's talking about his asshole father who wouldn't call when he found out his daughter was diagnosed with a life altering auto immune disorder, I can absolutely relate to it.
I've only just watched the Pilot episode and while I agree with your opinion overall I got to admit that the Show wasn't as bad as I expected, it wasn't good, but atleast it wasn't Ghostbusters levels of bad, as I expected
Ghostbusters 2016 was a badly written mess but at least the 4 actresses had talent. They have all been good in other films. The new Charmed has 3 of the worst actresses in TV history. Charmed 2019 makes Ghostbusters 2016 look like Gone With the Wind.
As an avid fan of OG Charmed I think both shows are pretty equal. I think OG Charmed's first half and the reboot are on par, the 2nd half of OG Charmed though is where it lost its charm (Seasons 5-8). The characters (particularly Phoebe and Piper) lost what made them likable before and Phoebe especially ruined the later half of the show, this is especially noticeable during Seasons 5 and 6. Season 8 was terrible.
The less focus on supernatural elements/witchcraft as well as less focus on sisterhood which define a part of the earlier seasons (Seasons 1-4) the reboot lacks the sisterhood charm of OG's first 4 seasons, it's pacing and lack of direction are also a major problem. However I think both did well at focusing on the magic and supernatural element. I also think Macy is really the only reboot sister I'm fully invested in, whereas I liked Paige (my favorite sister) and Prue. I also liked early season Piper as well.
I do like the Reboot BoS (though I do prefer how ancient look of the Book of Shadows from the OG Charmed) I think it's one thing from the reboot that transitioned well. I also like the bigger focus on spell casting.. I also think the reboot does a better job with the Whitelighers than OG Charmed did because I did not like the Elders at all. Leo and Harry are about on par.. Idk I'm one of the few OG Charmed fans who does like the reboot, though it has its problems.
OG Charmed had a better opening, where it takes time to show the sisters, what their lives/dynamics are and they have to learn/stumble upon what their powers and such are, there's also the issue of Prue being in denial about it. The reboot's pilot just throws everything in haphazardly and doesn't do a good first impression/introduction because you don't get time to set up who these girls are or anything. That being said it doesn't feel right to compare their storylines considering the reboot only has one season with 11 episodes so far.
I love the remake so much more than the OG! Very grateful for updated writing, lesbian and feminist representation, and very talented BIPOC cast. The graphics rock. I do miss the theme song, but not the overwhelming straightness - witches are hella gay IRL y'all
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I watched both and yes the original is better but the second is definitely not bad.
The acting and writing are horrible. The second DEFINITELY IS BAD. Bad is too nice of an adjective. Awful, horrible crap. The worst acting and writing I've seen in years.
Adam Berk Writer lol to each their own I guess
it's the worst
I also think the new one is good.
I think the reboot is doing fairly well. The first episode was rushed but I think they did that because they thought they wouldn't get picked up for a whole season cause of all the hate. I'm glad they are going in a new direction because everything that people want has already been done in the original. if you want it to be like the original so bad just watch the original. Plus with the whole adoption thing they are sprinkling that through the whole season so she is gonna get answers. I also find it interesting that the bond the sisters had in the beginning was so tight. The original sisters were on a rocky boat in the beginning and had to learn to 'deal' with each other, while the new one shows how close siblings can be and how accepting people can be. Oh and a side note, I kind of like the acting in this one a tiny bit better because in the original they were so bland with the acting sometimes. Let's not forget that this charmed is for the new generation, you guys have your charmed let us have ours. That's just my opinion on this whole thing.
The dislike for the reboot was well deserved. The old Charmed was an amazing show with a low budget, and those actresses got in there and worked with the writers so their characters were growing and evolving and, even better, consistent in every show. The acting and the writing made you believe in the sisterhood and the magick, not the low budget special effects. And in spite of the consistently high ratings, CW kept chopping the budget. That's the reason Phoebe's phenomenal powers, which that character earned through personal development and hard work, were taken away by the episode where she was on trial. They had just cut the budget to the point where ONE display of Phoebe's levitation would put them in the red, so the actresses got with the writers and created a story for that consistent with the show and Phoebe's character development.
In other words -- they were angry Charmed got so much attention, and they tried to ruin it from within. That's also why Leo got cut out in season 7. Budget cuts. An I'm sure you noticed the special effects got worse and worse, but no one cared or criticized it because the characters and thhe acting and the writing was just so phenomenol.
Plus, the reboot never got to define itself. They redid the pilot -- what? -- three times. The original pilot that got shelved was set in the 70s. Yes, it was. They were going to make the reboot a prequel, only the writers were too supid to realize the 70s were well defined in the old show, and they'd have to explain how it WAS a prequel when the original Charmed sisters would have been babies and toddlers already iwth that premise. And then they realized they'd have to explain how a white grandmother, a white mother, and four white children came right after a bunch of latin americans.
They weren't even thinking. So the new show was a redo and a rehash of a poorly planned and executed pilot.
The should have left it alone, or somehow gotten the original cast involved in AT LEAST the writing of the scripts.
Here is the 2017 release about the planned reboot of Charmed. They actually shot this concept for the pilot with the three current actresses.
www.glamour.com/story/charmed-reboot
It took them exactly ONE YEAR to realize how horrible it was, so they came up with a new concept for the reboot., And then they started shooting the pilot again. And once it was bought, they moved at the speed of light to shoot half a season likity split:
www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/a15894078/charmed-reboot-tear-down-patriarchy/
THIS is why the show is so stiff and so bad. Unless the writers get a clue, it won't last a third season.
Totally agree! This show is good and I think the actresses are just as good as the originals. I also like that the the characters are diverse it adds layers that the original didn't have. I do like the OG but people give this one a chance.
I feel like they’re equal, I love the both, they’re both separate shows and the reboot Charmed is doing very well, if you want it to be like the OG Charmed then just go watch the OG, the reboot has a lot of differences from the OG which makes it special in its own way,they arnt exactly the same.
But that’s the reason why so many people are angry about it, that it’s waaaaaayyy too different and it has no connections of the OG other then there being three sisters, being witches, and fighting demons. But that is all it has in common with the show, but everything else is not, personally I don’t mind there being a reboot for Charmed I just don’t like how they went about with it. They are not respecting the original of what it REALLY stands for, they’re trying to push all these agendas down our throats with each episodes, and they cast three women of different race and used the excuse that they have different fathers so they can push the whole people/women of colors. Don’t get me wrong we should have more shows for powerful women and people of color I just feel that they went about it in the wrong direction, and instead of using charmed to do it they should’ve just had this show be a NEW show because the story and the characters are new and have the show be called Enchanted or something like that. All I’m saying is that the show would have a lot more respect if they would’ve made those changes and left the OG alone.
If the worst acting and writing in TV history can make a show special, then sure, the new Charmed is special in its own way. Just like The Room and Plan 9 From Outer Space are special in their own ways too.
+Hope_bts03 : Do not compare that shit to the original one, because THE ORIGINAL is ICONIC !!!!!!!
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This review feels very biased and Judgy in a 'i don't wanna like it so I won't' kinda way. Not saying they can't have this opinion or base their review off of this opinion. I really got no issue with them voicing what they feel. Just doesn't feel very objective (if one can be with any form of creative media) I liked the style of the book of shadows. It looks like any other modern book and honestly the original didn't look very period accurate or old either so the comparison just feels like comparing one new thing pretending to be old to another new thing pretending to be old lol
The acting and writing horrible. I would have given this show the same honest review even if it wasn't a reboot. Also neither my wife or I are a fan of the original Charmed. It was way to predictable and repetitive to hold our attention.
because the original charmed..the girl much beautiful and sexy than the remake..Alyssa Milano (Phoebe), Holly Marie Combs (Piper), Shannen Doherty (Prue) and later Rose McGowan (Paige)..all of them gorgeous..because I'm born 1963, so I much much prefer the original Charmed than the remake..that's my opinion..
While I agree that the OG is better you guys didn’t mention anything about the diversity.
The main cast of the original was all white unless you counted Darrell which he was a minor character anyway.
This newer version has POC and LGBT+ representation which in opinion is wonderful.
I think you should watch more recent episodes. One thing I will say is the beginning of the 2018 version is the first season was a bit hard to watch but they have come into their own. ❤❤❤
There were plenty of diverse characters, not just black but yes the family was white so? Most of the US is white and it make absolute sense, giving the years during the show was filmed
The original was only good with Shannen Doherty atleats this show they aren't at each other knecks and the visuals effects are better.
Not zat I'm being mean but Macy seems-like-a robot zat u just splashed water on n just goes like zzziiiiitttt-zzzziiiiitttt-I-am-in-trou-ble-please-help-me...!!! It's so bad n cheap!!!
I love the new one the old one is to not interesting enough for my family and me too
I don't like the original
I like both but the New Charmed is better. Hands down better in every way.
“The acting is so so bad” you obviously just like complaining.
You obviously have NO standards.
The acting was bad. It was some of the worst acting I have ever seen. Deal with it. Your little woke show wasn't good.
Sorry it’s season 4 of the new Charmed ones and it this point they’re way better and much more powerful than the OG charmed ones 🤷🏽♂️ and they’re women of color (my favorite part). Something the OG charmed FAILED to do miserably which is to have DIVERSITY in their casting.
Let’s have a show about witches (societal outcasts) and then let’s not included any actual outcasts 🙄🙄🙄🙄
Many of you so called “charmed” fans are forgetting that the writers for the Original charmed didn’t know what they were doing and literally made shit up as they went along. 🙄 - Phoebe’s powers made zero sense in her power evolution …..
Also noticed how they were dressed. Even Alyssa Milano said it herself. They HAD to dress partly scandalous because that’s was the ONLY way to get ratings because no one was trying to watch charmed back then.
But please keep telling the world how bad the new charmed is…
Now that we have 3 new sisters (of color), y’all are big mad….. 🙄🤣🤣🤣 and these videos just show and prove that.
I have a feeling that if these new charmed ones were white women and didn’t use magic from other cultures, this would be a “bigger” hit. 😒.
It's clear you have never watched the whole show, there were many black witches on the show, just like other ppl of colour, just the main family was white and that obviously bothers you