Story of Charmed

[gwaevalarin]

I just watched the specials of the Charmed season 8 DVD box. Yeah, it's hard to believe, they finally put specials on it. And I just have to quote some things.

First of all my favourite quote about Chris:
"Chris is certainly powerful and special in his own way but was not the prince William of the family."
(Curtis Kheel)

By the way those specials are sort of the first time I get the feeling that Drew is actually at least a little bit into the show. In the interviews I saw with him so far he seemed more like: Well, it's a job.
Maybe it's the atmosphere on set or they didn't give him time to completely get out of character again before shooting the specials. Whatever it is, this made me squeee:
"We're here to entertain, we're here to make people laugh, cry, lose themselves, find themselves."

I love that they did a special that was mainly about the fandom. I was never part of the Charmed fandom. As much as I love the show I just never felt like it was a fandom I fitted into but I find a glimpse of famdom in general in that special. You know, the whole meeting all those different people from everywhere around the world online that all love the show and building new friendships. I met some of my best friends through fandom in one way or another.

And last but not least this quote because I just think it just sums it up, especially the last part:
"I'd rather look at it in a positive way. At what a extraordinary archievement it is to have a show last for eight years. Ferociously clawed a space for itself, endured a couple of shedule changes and remained a staple of the WB for eight seasons. I'm incredibly proud of that, of all the incredible labour that went into it. And in this market, in this day and age in television, where long running shows are almost unheard of, especially genre shows, I only felt pride and I only feet pride for everybody concerned. And I know that, for the rest of my life and for the rest of the lives of everybody who has been part of the show, whenever they menton that they did Charmed, whenever somebody asks them "What show did you do?" someone's gonna... their eyes are gonna get real big and they're gonna say "Oh, you did Charmed? I love that show!"
We weren't the best show on television, we didn't win any awards, we didn't have the largest numbers but I always believed we were the most imaginative show on television. If you're going to carry that mantle, you really have to reach for the stars."
(Jonathan Levin)

It was really time for the show to end, but that doesn't mean that I don't miss it. *sighs*

And, well...

Comments

[shaitanah.livejournal.com]

I guess I was never part of the Charmed fandom either, though I've written fanfics and well, read fanfics, too!))
I still stick to my opinion - the time for the show to end was around Season 6 or at least 7. To me, Season 8 seemed to be a sum up of all the lacks of the show.

[gwaevalarin.livejournal.com]

I still think season 7 was worse that season 8.
Hm, if we take the few good moments of season 7 and mix it up with season 8, maybe we'd get an okay last season. Or we could just take the best moments of season 7 and 8 and replace the two episodes of season 6 Chris wasn't in with them. ;)
Seriously: You're right. The show did go on for too long. But I still loved it. And I still miss it.

[shaitanah.livejournal.com]

I liked Kyle in Season 7. When he died, I was disappointed, so I don't think much of it anyway. Great idea, you know, eliminate non-Chris episodes in Season 6!))) Hell, Chris saved the show after I hated Season 5.