What if they did a Charmed reboot where the sisters are part of a paranormal investigation agency so their powers aren't out of place.
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A Charmed Reboot Idea
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Yes, for four seasons from 2018-22 on The CW. Aside from a weak second season, I liked it quite a bit, finding it a significant improvement on the cheesy original.
As for the original question, I don't understand what was "out of place" about the sisters' powers in either of the previous series, given that both depicted worlds where there was an extensive (if secretive) community of magic-wielders and supernatural beings.
Anyway, if they were a trio of female detectives, would that make them Charmed's Angels?
YMMV, but I found the CW very weak and derivative, though I also thought some of the original was very weak.
Also, what I meant by out of place is that if they're paranormal investigators in a show about witches one would expect them to have powers. I envision a version where witchcraft isn't hidden but open and there are those who covet abilities and consort with demons and warlocks to get them, those who are wary but content to live in peace with them, and those who are evil, just like in the other versions. I think it could be an interesting take.
Just out of curiosity, what did you like about the reboot?
Also, what I meant by out of place is that if they're paranormal investigators in a show about witches one would expect them to have powers. I envision a version where witchcraft isn't hidden but open and there are those who covet abilities and consort with demons and warlocks to get them, those who are wary but content to live in peace with them, and those who are evil, just like in the other versions. I think it could be an interesting take.
Just out of curiosity, what did you like about the reboot?
Since this is a discussion related to a fantasy television series, I’m going to send it to the Science Fiction & Fantasy forum.
Well, it had a lot more substance and less shlock than the original. The original was trying to be a Buffy knockoff without the intelligence, but the remake was smarter, more serious, and richer, telling stories exploring feminism and queerness and ethnic identity and social justice, and had some potent and nuanced character drama. It even took a more global approach to its magic system, rooting a lot of it in non-European mythology and cultural heritage, which was interesting and fresh. It largely fell apart in season 2 when a new staff took over and semi-rebooted its storyline, dropping most of the cast and plot threads from season 1 and becoming shallower and cheesier, but it recovered in seasons 3-4 and became a good show again, though never quite as good as season 1.
Not that season 1 was perfect. Its feminist perspective took a major hit right off the bat in the pilot when the sisters' Whitelighter, the main white male character in the show, literally abducted the sisters, tied them up, and explained their true identity and destiny to them, rather than having them discover it and empower themselves. But that was a single mistake and the show quickly moved beyond it.
Although for me, a large part of the appeal was that it co-starred Madeleine Mantock, whom I quite liked when she was in the Greg Berlanti remake of The Tomorrow People on The CW a few years earlier.
As far as being "derivative" goes, I found it interesting how different it was from the original, using the general concept but building it around new characters and reimagining the mythology of the series in new ways (for instance, completely redefining the nature of Whitelighters). There seems to be a trend in recent years of shows like that, reboots that take the general concept but start over with completely new characters, usually centering on people of color when the original casts were white -- The CW had Charmed, 4400, and Kung Fu, and Netflix did that reboot of One Day at a Time with a Latine cast. Plus there's Apple TV+'s reboot of PBS's Ghostwriter, which has little in common with the original besides the title, but both versions have centered on diverse casts. Oh yeah, the 2009 V remake on ABC also counts as a same-premise-different-characters remake, but with little increase in cast diversity.
I might give it another shot then once I'm done rewatching Babylon 5.
That seems like kind of an unnecessary change that would take it to far away from original premise for me.
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