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"Reboot" wannabe remake = Mistake


When I first heard about the "idea" of rebooting Charmed, I thought "no!" and "why?!", this "idea" all "started" at CBS, who later didn't go forward with it - good for you CBS. I think it was only last year when CW decided to move forward with a reboot, and to be written by Jane the Virgin's showrunner (a show I already dislike) - but it was going to take place in the 70s in a New England town and follow 3 women: Annie, Paige, Tina - not sisters. It was not going to be connected to the series, or follow "Charmed" at all and said to be a "very standalone show" - I would be OK with this if it wasn't called a Charmed reboot, because it's already a completely different show and should've been on its own. Move to early this year, now we learn the reboot has been "reshaped" and follow 3 sisters in a college town after the death of their mother - shock to learn they are witches. From there on, every week we learned new things about this "reboot" trash, it was more disappointing. Its only been 12 years since Charmed ended (only 11 if you count when they started this horrible idea) - doesn't follow the Halliwell's, or have anything to do with the original cast, creators, etc. If anything it's a stolen series, with some changes. Plagiarism.

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I hate how they just take the name of any old movie or tv show and put it on a totally unrelated and inferior product.

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I saw a brief advertisement for it and my stomach turned. I had to run to the bathroom. Almost did not make it.

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Thanks for the warning! Hope you will soon recover!

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Yep.They are calling it a reboot but in reality it has entirely new characters and an entirely new story that has nothing to do with the original.It's essentially just stealing the basic plot and title.

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/It's essentially just stealing the basic plot and title./

exactly this.

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They should have given The Secret Circle another season instead of rebooting Charmed.

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