Quote from: old_jughead on April 11, 2016, 11:16:16 PM
I think they were still childhood friends but they had a recent falling out and won't be friends again until near the end of the season.

That's the injustice of it. Jughead and Archie in the comics have been through it all. They have had there share of ups and downs and they always bounce back to remain friends. Those two characters just don't hold feuds for long periods of time. It is kind of the same thing with Betty and Veronica. They fight like cats and dogs in most stories in the comics, but they always remain best friends in the end for the most part. It's just another things to add onto the pile that is not a good representation of Archie comics.

Quote from: The Bee on April 11, 2016, 11:33:05 PM

Quote from: old_jughead on April 11, 2016, 11:16:16 PM
I think they were still childhood friends but they had a recent falling out and won't be friends again until near the end of the season.

That's the injustice of it. Jughead and Archie in the comics have been through it all. They have had there share of ups and downs and they always bounce back to remain friends. Those two characters just don't hold feuds for long periods of time. It is kind of the same thing with Betty and Veronica. They fight like cats and dogs in most stories in the comics, but they always remain best friends in the end for the most part. It's just another things to add onto the pile that is not a good representation of Archie comics.

On the one hand, Archie stories rarely continue the way TV shows do, so everything has to wrap up and reset after 4-12 pages no matter what — even a completely faithful adaption (in spirit) would have to draw things out a bit longer ... in this case, the root issue seems to have been Jug totally freaking Archie out by kissing him ...

Quote from: kassandralove on April 12, 2016, 01:23:36 AM
Literally on vacation right now trying to have a good time but I just can't because all I think about all day and night is how Archie is getting destroyed right in front of my eyes. 
This forum is the only possible way to save everything before it becomes another ambercrombi and shit disaster.

For the love of all that is holy we must band together and save Archie before it's too late!!!! 

Sadly, it doesn't appear that anyone in charge cares about anyone in this case, is is paying attention to anyone beyond their sycophants — and probably won't until hir with a brick of total public a(nti)pathy ...

Quote from: kassandralove on April 12, 2016, 01:23:36 AM
Literally on vacation right now trying to have a good time but I just can't because all I think about all day and night is how Archie is getting destroyed right in front of my eyes. 
This forum is the only possible way to save everything before it becomes another ambercrombi and shit disaster.

For the love of all that is holy we must band together and save Archie before it's too late!!!! 



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How can we save it?

Quote from: invisifan on April 12, 2016, 04:10:23 AM

Quote from: The Bee on April 11, 2016, 11:33:05 PM

Quote from: old_jughead on April 11, 2016, 11:16:16 PM
I think they were still childhood friends but they had a recent falling out and won't be friends again until near the end of the season.

That's the injustice of it. Jughead and Archie in the comics have been through it all. They have had there share of ups and downs and they always bounce back to remain friends. Those two characters just don't hold feuds for long periods of time. It is kind of the same thing with Betty and Veronica. They fight like cats and dogs in most stories in the comics, but they always remain best friends in the end for the most part. It's just another things to add onto the pile that is not a good representation of Archie comics.

On the one hand, Archie stories rarely continue the way TV shows do, so everything has to wrap up and reset after 4-12 pages no matter what — even a completely faithful adaption (in spirit) would have to draw things out a bit longer ... in this case, the root issue seems to have been Jug totally freaking Archie out by kissing him ...

That is true, but it makes it like Jughead and Archie had some sort of falling out altogether and in turn could be nasty towards each other which I can't imagine ever happening even if it is only for a season of shows.

Quote from: JonInIowaCity on April 12, 2016, 09:57:54 AM

Quote from: kassandralove on April 12, 2016, 01:23:36 AM
Literally on vacation right now trying to have a good time but I just can't because all I think about all day and night is how Archie is getting destroyed right in front of my eyes. 
This forum is the only possible way to save everything before it becomes another ambercrombi and shit disaster.

For the love of all that is holy we must band together and save Archie before it's too late!!!! 



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How can we save it?

The problem is we can't. They are going to do what they want. The only way this show will be stopped is that people will not view it and it will get cancelled.

I don't know this for sure, but I think that Archie Comics is depending financially on the success of this show. The death of "Riverdale" won't save Archie Comics. Somehow I think it will make it even more fragile. IMHO, as always...

Quote from: JonInIowaCity on April 12, 2016, 11:53:13 AM
I don't know this for sure, but I think that Archie Comics is depending financially on the success of this show. The death of "Riverdale" won't save Archie Comics. Somehow I think it will make it even more fragile. IMHO, as always...

I also don't feel if this show fails that ultimately means Archie Comics goes down the drain quickly. If they are hanging all there hope on a T.V. series then the company is in much worse shape than I can in imagine.

I know that people are stressing about this show and how it distorts the comic book versions of the program. I'm not there. I'm looking forward to checking out "Riverdale" and seeing how it evolves into its own creation. It might suck. Or it might turn out to be great. But I want to wait to see how this turns out.

Quote from: JonInIowaCity on April 12, 2016, 11:59:47 AM
I know that people are stressing about this show and how it distorts the comic book versions of the program. I'm not there. I'm looking forward to checking out "Riverdale" and seeing how it evolves into its own creation. It might suck. Or it might turn out to be great. But I want to wait to see how this turns out.

Like I said before in several posts I plan on watching it, but I am really not going into it as this is a show about what went on in the Archie Comics for many decades. I am looking at it right now as just another teen drama like all those others that just so happens to have the same character names as the Archie comic characters that I read.

And that's really how you should look at it, in my mind.

It's really the only way you can look at it without giving yourself an ulcer.

I think there could be two scenarios for the outcome of this show. Teens will flock to another teen drama with no regard that it has anything to do with Archie Comics and the show has a few seasons until it dies off.

or

Teens could be getting tired of the amount of similar shows that have been flooding the market over the past decade or so. Either way I don't think the majority of the impact of this show either on the success or demise side will be because it is related to Archie Comics in any way.

As far as the Archie name goes I expect it to mostly draw in older people out of curiosity ... Whether they will then be more intrigued or disgusted is anyone's guess.

Quote from: invisifan on April 12, 2016, 12:51:18 PM
As far as the Archie name goes I expect it to mostly draw in older people out of curiosity ... Whether they will then be more intrigued or disgusted is anyone's guess.

From what I have been hearing from Archie fans and I mean that by the fans that have been around for several years that most are disgusted with what is going on with this show. Many of these dedicated  Archie comics fans may have already decided to boycott this whole thing altogether already. I myself can't do that because I am the type of person that just has to see how it is going to go down. Is it going to take flight or sink? I would be dying inside if I didn't watch to see for myself.