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Riverdale TV Series

Started by Imnotmark, April 02, 2016, 10:30:59 PM

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apple

I'm excited for this! I think it'll be a pretty good drama! I'm a sucker for murder mystery stories. Plus the retro neon aesthetic of the promotional pictures looks super nice compared to most gritty
shows that try to go for a colorless and desaturated look.

The casting seems spot on imo! I absolutely love the pick for everyone! Ross Butler as Reggie is so great! I've talked to Ross before and he's such a sweet guy! I'm kinda disapointed it's looking like Reggie won't have a very big role in Riverdale which is unfortunate... Camila as Veronica is also amazing! She is the perfect Ronnie! I'm so ready for her and Betty's relationship! I already ship them so hard! I hope they are endgame... All the actors are so cute! I can't imagine a better casting! I love that it's so diverse! It's going to be filled with such great representation!


I'm also glad their going more for a dark humored drama rather than a straight up sitcom or something. I don't think a comedy would work very well. Most of the jokes that work in comic form
would fall very flat and most teenagers aren't really that interested in that kind of comedy anymore anyway.


:smitten:
<3 archie/jughead <3

irishmoxie

Quote from: apple on January 06, 2017, 06:52:35 PM
I'm excited for this! I think it'll be a pretty good drama! I'm a sucker for murder mystery stories. Plus the retro neon aesthetic of the promotional pictures looks super nice compared to most gritty
shows that try to go for a colorless and desaturated look.

The casting seems spot on imo! I absolutely love the pick for everyone! Ross Butler as Reggie is so great! I've talked to Ross before and he's such a sweet guy! I'm kinda disapointed it's looking like Reggie won't have a very big role in Riverdale which is unfortunate... Camila as Veronica is also amazing! She is the perfect Ronnie! I'm so ready for her and Betty's relationship! I already ship them so hard! I hope they are endgame... All the actors are so cute! I can't imagine a better casting! I love that it's so diverse! It's going to be filled with such great representation!


I'm also glad their going more for a dark humored drama rather than a straight up sitcom or something. I don't think a comedy would work very well. Most of the jokes that work in comic form
would fall very flat and most teenagers aren't really that interested in that kind of comedy anymore anyway.


:smitten:


Are you a plant from ACP?

apple

Quote
Are you a plant from ACP?
Do you mean Archie Comics? No, I don't think they'd hire me at all! I don't think they'd like me very much. I was trying to get them to give me a copy of an unaired Archie cartoon back from 2013 (I looooooveeee the Archie cartoons!) and they threatened to turn off their DMs  :'( 


That would be really cool, though!
<3 archie/jughead <3

60sBettyandReggie

Quote from: apple on January 06, 2017, 06:52:35 PM

The casting seems spot on imo!


:2funny: ::)


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I still stand by what I said a long while ago. I hope it gets cancelled soon. But since people nowadays love awful TV I imagine it could sadly last a while.  :tickedoff:

apple

Quote from: 60sBettyandReggie on January 06, 2017, 08:56:20 PM
Quote from: apple on January 06, 2017, 06:52:35 PM

The casting seems spot on imo!


:2funny: ::)


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I still stand by what I said a long while ago. I hope it gets cancelled soon. But since people nowadays love awful TV I imagine it could sadly last a while.  :tickedoff:
:0 why?? What was wrong with who they picked?


Why do you want it to get cancelled? We haven't seen it yet but I think it looks really good!!


I read the leaked script too and I really liked it! Not as dark as I was expecting but that's okay! I like the humor they threw into it, to! I laughed a lot when Reggie said Archie got "hella swole". It may seem silly but I like Reggie's over-the-top characterization of a modern teen. I'm hoping they will have more stuff like that. I think it could potentially be really clever and funny. Although I will say, I cannot believe they honestly are going to play Mad World. It's the ultimate meme song. It can't be used seriously anymore. I also dislike how stereotypically gay they made Kevin. It's like his only personality trait is 'gay'. That's a big pet peeve of mine I hope they changed it up a bit from the leak.


Of course, we won't know for sure until we see it but I'm pretty excited for it!
<3 archie/jughead <3

spatzi

Honestly, I really hope Riverdale can breath new life into the fan communities. Or at least spark people's old interest in Archie Comics. Kids I talk to always remember reading Archie Comics, but y'know it isn't a obsession like it has become for me by now  :buck2:


I really appreciate what Archie Comics has done recently in terms of representation. And I hope they do more going forward. Like perhaps Reggie Mantle being bi.

Thestereotypebuster

I was a cautiously optimistic when I heard about this show. But I'm really excited for it now. I just wish people would be more open minded about the way the show is headed. I mean, obviously they're trying to take it in a new direction. I mean, we don't want to see the same stories rehashed over and over again, do we?
I'm just worried all this hate one the casting and the storyline might affect the cast's morale.  :-[

Acejughead

Quote from: spatzi on January 06, 2017, 09:38:51 PM
I really appreciate what Archie Comics has done recently in terms of representation. And I hope they do more going forward. Like perhaps Reggie Mantle being bi.

YES!!! Bi Reggie would be amazing, especially since there are so few bisexual characters in the media! Riverdale is already including multiple gay characters so I have high hopes!

mycatisabunny

Quote from: spatzi on January 06, 2017, 09:38:51 PM
I really appreciate what Archie Comics has done recently in terms of representation. And I hope they do more going forward. Like perhaps Reggie Mantle being bi.


Honestly, representation is the way a savvy media company such as Archie Comics grows their audience. Every time someone my age or older complains about a show or book or whatever being "too PC", I see more younger people becoming fans because they feel like they're being listened to.

60sBettyandReggie

Political Correctness is a cancer. It ruins everything.

apple

Quote from: 60sBettyandReggie on January 07, 2017, 10:41:40 AM
Political Correctness is a cancer. It ruins everything.
I'm sorry but I really don't see how changing the race of a couple characters is harming the source material. That's not even what "political correctness" is. The characters that are most changed from their comic counterpart are actually the ones who were kept white anyway.
<3 archie/jughead <3

Justnobody42

Quote from: apple on January 07, 2017, 10:48:29 PM
Quote from: 60sBettyandReggie on January 07, 2017, 10:41:40 AM
Political Correctness is a cancer. It ruins everything.
I'm sorry but I really don't see how changing the race of a couple characters is harming the source material. That's not even what "political correctness" is. The characters that are most changed from their comic counterpart are actually the ones who were kept white anyway.


What political correctness is in Archie? The only really image-conscious stuff you see Archie do is outside the comics, like shutting down parodies and fan-fictions. 

mycatisabunny




Quote from: mycatisabunny on January 06, 2017, 09:52:42 PM
Every time someone my age or older complains about a show or book or whatever being "too PC", I see more younger people becoming fans because they feel like they're being listened to.


Quote from: 60sBettyandReggie on January 07, 2017, 10:41:40 AMPolitical Correctness is a cancer. It ruins everything.



Whether that's true or not (I disagree, but I know I'm not going to change your mind), more people have joined these forums in the past week than in the entire previous two months. Riverdale is already getting us more Archie fans, and the new younger folks are getting into the classic stuff too. Without new fans, the company stagnates and as fans we don't want that

60sBettyandReggie

#373
Quote from: apple on January 07, 2017, 10:48:29 PM
Quote from: 60sBettyandReggie on January 07, 2017, 10:41:40 AM
Political Correctness is a cancer. It ruins everything.
I'm sorry but I really don't see how changing the race of a couple characters is harming the source material. That's not even what "political correctness" is. The characters that are most changed from their comic counterpart are actually the ones who were kept white anyway.



???  I didn't even mention anything about race. But now that you mention it, it does harm some because the characters were actually based on real people. For example Josie was based on Decarlo's wife. But the people doing the casting are all "screw that" let's make her black, heck, let's make all three of them black. But that is a secondary thing, it doesn't affect the story (I hope). I stand by what I said about political correctness, though.(and I am not talking about race here) It needs to stop. People have become such pussies nowadays.





Acejughead

Quote from: gillibean on January 07, 2017, 11:46:52 PM

Crap... I hope they don't try to throw Sabrina into Riverdale...

Sabrina is already planned for the show, and is apparently going to be a major part of it second season...

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