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Post by The Matriarch on Jan 9, 2009 12:14:56 GMT
Season seven of Charmed begins as benevolent witch Piper Halliwell (Holly Marie Combs) mourns the loss of the "Whitelighter" Chris, whom at the end of the previous season had been revealed to be the future son of Piper and her husband, Leo (Brian Krause). Later in the season, Leo, who has become an Avatar (which may or may not be good news), works overtime to make certain that Wyatt, his other son by Piper, does not fall prey to those demonic forces who are envious of the boy's inbred magical powers. Among the many plot strands this season is one involving government agent Kyle Brody (Kerr Smith), who, while ostensibly assisting Paige (Rose McGowan) in her efforts to track down and neutralize as many demons as possible, drops several hints that he is not all that he seems. In another story arc, Piper, Paige, Phoebe (Alyssa Milano), and the Avatars combine their talents to create a utopia-like state on earth -- but there are unanticipated consequences. The season's conclusion is dictated by the activities of Zankou (Oded Fehr), a previously imprisoned demon who, upon being freed, sets about to destroy the "Charmed Ones" by perverting their witchlike powers, and by stealing those powers for his own nefarious purposes. As the season finale draws to a close, the Halliwell girls arrive at the grim conclusion that the only way to stop Zankou is to sacrifice their own lives.
Discuss everything season 7 here.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2009 2:41:54 GMT
I first posted my reviews of each season during S8 at a different site. My feelings for them haven't changed much in the last few years. Because they're a bit controversial and always get conversations going, I decided to post them here so here goes.
SEASON SEVEN
What tells you the most about my feelings towards S7 is the fact that my favorite characters are the demons!! I LOVE KYRA, DRAKE & ZANKOU!!! ZANKOU IS ONE OF THE HOTTEST GUYS ON CHARMED, EVER!! ONLY BANE IS HOTTER AND COLE, JUST BEHIND THEM!!
The whole bit with the Avatars was dumb. Enough said. Kyle could've been so perfect if it wasn't for the fact that he was so obsessed. That he was turned into a whitelighter and Leo punished when Leo did more to save the world than Kyle ever did was totally disgusting!!
None of the actors did a good job except when everyone saw all the deaths, with the kids doing the best job! But the fact that THAT--family deaths and not what it was doing to the rest of the world, taking away their free will--was disgusting. So was the fact that Kern and Shannen still hadn't been reconciled so Shannen didn't let Prue be part of that montage!
Except for that one scene, all the characters became a parody of themselves, so cardboard was the showing of their feelings. And except for Sandra, who I liked a lot, the Elders continue to be more demonic than angelic.
The worst moment of the entire season was when Phoebe wanted to use the power-switching spell just so that Piper could see her vision of the future. If that wasn't personal gain, I'm not sure what was! Originally Piper did it to save Leo's life, but this???
Leo's fall was also disgusting, setting him up for Vayo con Leos. If he was going to be mortal, he should've gone back to his own time--he was useless in this one. And if Piper truly loved him (which I don't think she ever did), she would've let him go--or better, bind her own powers, bind her sons' powers and go back to the 30's with Leo, where she could just be a mother and have the normal life she wanted so badly!
Also fat ugly baby Chris! Why couldn't they have found a cuter set of twins, like the ones who play Wyatt? What makes it hilarious is that Baby Chris were played by set of fugly girl twins! No wonder so many fans thought that Chris was gay, despite his relationship with Bianca!
THE WAY THE SHOW WAS SET UP, PRUE'S POWER OF ASTRAL PROJECTION IS A PART OF HER ABILITY TO MOVE THINGS WITH HER MIND, HER POWER AS PART OF THE POWER OF THREE!! IT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TAUGHT!! Maybe Paige could've done it, since her power is also to move things with her mind, including herself, but not Piper or Phoebe--those two, at least, should've died in the finale!! Had that been the finale--had they truly died saving the world, it would've been great, just like Prue (and almost Piper) dying in "All Hell Breaks Loose". But as is, it stunk. Nothing was more disgusting than seeing them just walk away from their destiny, as if the Elders (or demons) couldn't see through those disguises! IF YOU DON'T WANT TO USE YOUR POWERS PROPERLY THEN GIVE THEM UP AS WELL AS BINDING YOUR SONS' POWERS, YOU SELFISH B!TCHES! OOOOOOOOOO @ Kern!
The best moment of the show was Drake! Although I rolled my eyes at the whole Robin Hood thing, I totally loved Show Ghouls!! DRAKE TAUGHT THE CHARMED ONES HOW TO CARE FOR INNOCENTS!!! The first time in *how* long? He also showed them how to be happy and how to live. I hated seeing him go, because as soon as he did, the sisters went back to their self-centered ways, taught to them by Chris in S6!!
I also *love* Kyra!! I wish she was the one who learned to help the sisters in S8, not Billie! A spinoff about a demon who wants to be human would've been fantastic! Killing her off was a horrible mistake!
I was also hoping Kyle would end up being a relative of Cole's--the names are similar and they look similar in certain poses. "Charmed Noir" is one of my favorite episodes. The guy who played Kyle could also act better than all of the other slampieces through the series.
Oh, did I forget to mention Leslie???
All-and-all, the bad guys truly saved the season, because the sisters and Leo sure didn't!!
D+/3 out of 10/Bad, but not terrible
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Post by temporalcombustion on Mar 17, 2009 19:52:21 GMT
This season is one of my favorite season although I have to agree with some things you said: - Astral Projection, a power you can learn. - Kyle, the obsessive human. - Leslie, his character was good but why did they have to hire Nick Lachey? - Kyra being killed. She was one of the best characters. A good demon, funny, nice. The story of her and Leo, I found so funny. Zankou is the smartest demon from Charmed. He actually planned his attacks like demon used to in earlier seasons like Rex and Hannah, he didn't just attack and hope he would kill one of the sisters. His vanquish was also one of the best vanquishes ever. Drake was also a demon I loved. He should have married Phoebe! Bringing Cole back for one episode was also something very good. I really liked the conversations between him and Piper (What are you? Ghost, demon, poltergeist, nightmare? ) Phoebe "feeling" something (Cole) was a good idea of the writers, it showed how strong the connection between them was and how much they love each other. I hated the idea of the sisters changing their looks at the end of season 7 to try and have normal life, but I forgot about that after season 8 because I enjoyed the storyline around it. Season 7 gave me that Charmed feel again. The stories interested me a lot more then s6 and it was not to dark or not to bright but just how Charmed was supposed to be.
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Post by Lexi on Mar 17, 2009 22:14:37 GMT
Zankou!!!!! I loved loved loved him. He has to be my favourite demon of all time (Barbus very closely behind him). He did plan his attacks and he didn't just go after the sisters, he broke them down psychologically, which I loved. His vanquish was great too, that fact that he came so close to defeating them. Really, I think that should have been the season finale, maybe leaving it so you don't know if they made it out alive or something similar. I think it would have left it open much better for a spin off idea and then we wouldn't have had the castastrophy that was S8!
Kyra was awesome, I love Charisma Carpenter and loved the way she played the character. And a *full* demon that wanted to be human, it was such a fresh idea. I just wish they'd have done that in the end rather than kill her off. The way her and Leo were together was awesome and it would have been so funny if she did stay human and Leo realised that he was with the wrong person and Kyra was a better match for him. hehe. But that's me being mean.
Drake. Now what can I say about him except for I love Billy Zane! Drake was awesome but I think he would have been better with Paige rather than Phoebe. I wasn't overkeen on the Robin Hood episode but Show Ghouls definitely has to be one of my favs from S7, along with The Seven Year Witch.
At first I hated that they brought Cole back into it for that episode, I never liked Cole, but in teh end it turned out great and I loved Holly and Julian playing opposite everything. Piper's sarcasm came back in that episode and it almost felt like she was the old Piper again.
I hated the way the girls treated Darryl in this season and don't blame him for leaving to get out. Its a shame though that he did go, because I really liked him, but he was a little useless from S6 onwards. I just felt like he got in the way and there was no need as much as I liked him.
There's a load more that I hated, but I don't have time to post it now. Maybe I will when I have a little more time.
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