Post by Steven on Jul 18, 2004 0:22:53 GMT
I'm really not all that proud to admit this, but Charmed is my new guilty pleasure. I only discovered it a few months ago, and now I'm hooked.
I think I needed something to fill the void left by the ending of Buffy, and while Charmed is to Buffy what Family Affairs is to Coronation Street, it makes me feel all warm and tingly.
I think part of the enjoyment has come from the fact that not only are the characters monumentally stupid (they seem to frequently forget they have magical powers when it suits the plot for them not to be used), but the entire production staff seems to be missing a few chromosomes as well.
Take the episode I saw today, for example. A wisened and embittered old woman who was referred to only as The Crone set up a plan to steal baby Wyatt (in order to see his terrible and powerful future) by robbing the Halliwell sisters of their senses. She stole Piper's sight. She stole Phoebe's hearing. And then she stole Paige's...voice.
I am terrified by the thought that at no point during the production of this episode did any of the (presumably) sentient and educated adults working on the show realise that your voice is not one of your five senses.
That said, I still love the show with a fiery passion. Sitting and yelling "Orb! Don't run, you fool, orb! Orb up the bloody stairs!" at your telly on a Saturday afternoon is surprisingly good fun.
I think I needed something to fill the void left by the ending of Buffy, and while Charmed is to Buffy what Family Affairs is to Coronation Street, it makes me feel all warm and tingly.
I think part of the enjoyment has come from the fact that not only are the characters monumentally stupid (they seem to frequently forget they have magical powers when it suits the plot for them not to be used), but the entire production staff seems to be missing a few chromosomes as well.
Take the episode I saw today, for example. A wisened and embittered old woman who was referred to only as The Crone set up a plan to steal baby Wyatt (in order to see his terrible and powerful future) by robbing the Halliwell sisters of their senses. She stole Piper's sight. She stole Phoebe's hearing. And then she stole Paige's...voice.
I am terrified by the thought that at no point during the production of this episode did any of the (presumably) sentient and educated adults working on the show realise that your voice is not one of your five senses.
That said, I still love the show with a fiery passion. Sitting and yelling "Orb! Don't run, you fool, orb! Orb up the bloody stairs!" at your telly on a Saturday afternoon is surprisingly good fun.