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Yes, there is the small blonde heroine just transferred to the school and her best friend -- who is a lesbian.
There also appears to be a Giles-like character and a teacher that reminded me a bit of Jenny Calendar. And OF COURSE, there is the immortal and evil beloved guy.
But it is alot more like Charmed. I think it's a combination of a failure to write as well as Joss and the ME staff and the way she can use powers.
It looks like it's trying to *look* like The Craft, which, no. Just no. But maybe it's better than it looks.
I've often heard Charmed compared to The Craft to the detriment of Charmed so that kind of makes sense.
I love that the "Prequel" aspects happened during Angel's human lifetime, you know, for yet another area of comparison.
The impression I got from a couple of people who saw it is that Hex aspires to be like Buffy and is actually more like Charmed.
Well, at least aiming for Buffy and missing leaves room for a bit of quality. Imagine what it would be like if they were aiming for Charmed and missed.
Hex is just woeful. Utterly woeful.
Hex is just woeful. Utterly woeful.
I haven't seen it, but I was skeptical because in Entertainment Weekly, the creators said something like "Unlike Buffy, we take the genre seriously." Um, yeah. Good luck with that.
It is sitting on my TIVO, I am curious
Watched on TiFaux. The Fairuza Balk-looking character actually turned out to be more of a Kelly Osborne type. It's mildly entertaining, if you like old Hammer films, without the vintage kitsch.
"Unlike Buffy, we take the genre seriously." Um, yeah. Good luck with that.
If they mean horror, I find that easy to believe. Buffy used horror tropes but it wasn't really a horror show. Wasn't the genre-breaking what some people found appealing?
Wasn't the genre-breaking what some people found appealling?
It certainly was for me. I can't stand regular horror, barring rare instances. Once I got over my pre-concieved notions about the show and actually watched it (the WBs "creepy announcer guy" made me think it was just normal horror.) I fell for it pretty quickly when I started catching re-runs on FX.