Since the original Charmed
show that I was a fan of is being rebooted, I thought that I would say what I
would want from a reboot of it. I might go through a rundown of what I liked of
the original series and where I could see things improved in a reboot.
The main things that you need
to know about Charmed is that it is a grown up version of the magical girls
genre where a group of women have magical powers and use them to fight against
all sorts of evil with it. It was an adult version as it had a lot of sex and
violence that you wouldn’t see in kid’s shows. The recurring plot was the main
draw for me as I kept wanting to come back to see what would happen to the
characters in the next episode.
One of the problems that could
happen in a female centric show is that the villains tend to always be men or a
group of men. Now, while men are often villains in fiction and generally in
real life, it can come off as seeming mean towards them in a way. While I plan
to do a post in the future about whether or not it would be good in terms of
gender equality to have female villains, I won’t talk about that here. What I
do know is that the only recurring female villains in Charmed either lasted
very briefly or were second fiddle to the greater, male villains. Isn’t that a
problem?
It wasn’t that often that one
was surprised by the original Charmed. It had great writing at times, but it
seemed that they never kept the audience in dark about anything. The only real
secret that they kept was Chris’s identity for most of the sixth season.
Something I would like to see in the Charmed reboot is them being less open to
the audience about things so that there can be some real shocks and we aren’t
just relearning things when the characters do.
Another change that I hope
takes place is that there should be a whole lot less sex than there was in the
original series. I would to see strong and independent women and them
constantly having sex is just not something that would be ideal in my mind. I’d
be fine with them having romantic partners. But if it is just one sexual
conquest after another, that would just be another problem with it in my mind.
It is hard to tell for sure
what to know from the upcoming show in advance of its airing. But I hope that
they go with some of the suggestions here if they can. The show had interesting
plots and the elements that would recur in it would be nice at times. We’ll see
if any of the old elements will be brought back. I hope that the show is good
and if it isn’t, then I won’t watch any further.
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