The Power of 3 Can't Help This Reboot

Listen sis. They did not kill Shannon Doherty off Charmed for this. Prue is rolling over in her grave. When The CW announced they were doing a Charmed reboot, I honestly was not excited. Charmed was my absolute favorite show as a pre-teen. A reboot wasn’t needed. But since it was my favorite show I decided to give it a chance. It was a train wreck. 

I really love the idea that the new Charmed ones are Hispanic (One of them for sure is Afro Latina-even better) but these actresses have absolutely no chemistry with each other. In the original Charmed, you really believed they could’ve been sisters. We didn’t even know Shannon Doherty was acting a fool on set. They had to kill her off the show her behavior was so bad, but on camera they never skipped a beat. You can tell the 2018 Charmed ones are actresses thrown together. Watching them on camera seems like we are watching their very first interaction with each other ever. 

Something that also really bothered me in the premiere episode was how much they shoved down our throats that it’s 2018 and all of the political issues we are facing. That wasn’t what Charmed was about. This episode consistently threw the #MeToo movement in our faces. I’m totally aware of the climate we live in and what issues our country is facing, but the writers tried so hard to make this an issue on the show it  felt forced and unnatural. Where is the magic? Where’s the power of 3? If I wanted to hear this much about the movement I’d watch CNN. WE GET IT. Charmed is about magical sisters not political activists. I understand keeping with the times but the original Charmed never had to remind us it was 1998- we just knew. The art of subtlety is lacking here. In the reboot of Sabrina, (review for this coming soon) that began streaming this weekend, it is definitely clear the women feel more powerful than the 90s version but it’s still clear that they have to bow to the will of men. Charmed writers, Take notes on how to make a statement without saying it over and over again. Show us. Don’t tell us. 
On top of everything else, the special effects on this show are really childish. How did the effects look way better than this in the late 90s? 
I watched the second episode of the show because I tried to look at it like “If the original Charmed didn’t exist would I like this show?” The answer is still no. The lack of chemistry and plot is just to bad to endure week after week. I give up. Bring back the Halliwells. Raise Prue from the dead. Anything is better than this sis.