Quote from: invisifan on April 23, 2016, 01:49:33 PM

Quote from: GingerGal on April 23, 2016, 01:20:25 PM

Quote from: 60sBettyandReggie on April 23, 2016, 01:10:15 PM
Big comic fan but is he an Archie comics fan?

I don't know if he is a fan of it, but I bet he read some since he got the part of Jughead.

As an American comics fan (and a part of American pop culture) it's hard not to be aware of Archie comics and Jughead in particular, but actually reading them is a lot less likely (and might be a mark against actors for roles in the show, given the changes).

From what I've heard about this show maybe the actors have been told NOT to read the comics because they are trying to develop new personas of these characters for the show.

Quote from: GingerGal on April 23, 2016, 01:53:52 PM

Quote from: invisifan on April 23, 2016, 01:49:33 PM

Quote from: GingerGal on April 23, 2016, 01:20:25 PM

Quote from: 60sBettyandReggie on April 23, 2016, 01:10:15 PM
Big comic fan but is he an Archie comics fan?

I don't know if he is a fan of it, but I bet he read some since he got the part of Jughead.

As an American comics fan (and a part of American pop culture) it's hard not to be aware of Archie comics and Jughead in particular, but actually reading them is a lot less likely (and might be a mark against actors for roles in the show, given the changes).

From what I've heard about this show maybe the actors have been told NOT to read the comics because they are trying to develop new personas of these characters for the show.

tsk, tsk, that's too bad. They should read them so they know exactly how the TV show writers are messing the comics.

Quote from: 60sBettyandReggie on April 23, 2016, 02:09:59 PM

Quote from: GingerGal on April 23, 2016, 01:53:52 PM

Quote from: invisifan on April 23, 2016, 01:49:33 PM

Quote from: GingerGal on April 23, 2016, 01:20:25 PM

Quote from: 60sBettyandReggie on April 23, 2016, 01:10:15 PM
Big comic fan but is he an Archie comics fan?

I don't know if he is a fan of it, but I bet he read some since he got the part of Jughead.

As an American comics fan (and a part of American pop culture) it's hard not to be aware of Archie comics and Jughead in particular, but actually reading them is a lot less likely (and might be a mark against actors for roles in the show, given the changes).

From what I've heard about this show maybe the actors have been told NOT to read the comics because they are trying to develop new personas of these characters for the show.

tsk, tsk, that's too bad. They should read them so they know exactly how the TV show writers are messing the comics.

I am not an expert on the "Classic" characters personalities but I do know what they look like and a lot of the actors/actresses in this show don't even seem to look like the characters from the comics.

📼 📺 📀 📼 Now it's only 23 days till The CW decides if RiverDale will be a show on their network on 5/19/16 📼 📺 📀 📼.

Quote from: BettyReggie on April 25, 2016, 12:43:44 AM
📼 📺 📀 📼 Now it's only 23 days till The CW decides if RiverDale will be a show on their network on 5/19/16 📼 📺 📀 📼.

Do ya think it's gonna make it to a full season?

Quote from: GingerGal on April 25, 2016, 06:38:07 AM

Quote from: BettyReggie on April 25, 2016, 12:43:44 AM
📼 📺 📀 📼 Now it's only 23 days till The CW decides if RiverDale will be a show on their network on 5/19/16 📼 📺 📀 📼.

Do ya think it's gonna make it to a full season?

Let's hope that doesn't happen 

Why the hell are they turning Melody black?  Valerie is in the cast list, so why change Melody's race?  Really getting fed up with race changing when casting comic characters.  Leave them alone and don't change characters that have been around probably longer than anyone assoicated with the show has been.

Quote from: Rockym on April 25, 2016, 02:50:06 PM
Why the hell are they turning Melody black?  Valerie is in the cast list, so why change Melody's race?  Really getting fed up with race changing when casting comic characters.  Leave them alone and don't change characters that have been around probably longer than anyone assoicated with the show has been.

It definitely doesn't look like this show is aiming to be anywhere near the traditional Archie Comic style and that seems to have a lot of people up in arms.

Quote from: GingerGal on April 25, 2016, 06:38:07 AM

Quote from: BettyReggie on April 25, 2016, 12:43:44 AM
📼 📺 📀 📼 Now it's only 23 days till The CW decides if RiverDale will be a show on their network on 5/19/16 📼 📺 📀 📼.

Do ya think it's gonna make it to a full season?

If it gets picked up at all it will almost certainly get to run a full season, but what that is will be defined in the contract — anywhere from 6-24 episodes these days, with 22 being the most common regular season, but 13 being common for a 1st season/trial/replacement series ...

Quote from: Rockym on April 25, 2016, 02:50:06 PM
Why the hell are they turning Melody black?  Valerie is in the cast list, so why change Melody's race?  Really getting fed up with race changing when casting comic characters.  Leave them alone and don't change characters that have been around probably longer than anyone assoicated with the show has been.

Because they can? Marvel really started the whole race-swapping thing when they had the chance to get Samuel L.Jackson to play Nick Fury — that was just a marketing thing to have a big name actor for a major character ... they at least introduce new characters to do it these days ...  DC is the one that is the worst — their TV shows seem to automatically swap red-head → black character which I take quite personally, and aside from Archie and Cheryl ACP seems to be fallowing their lead and expanding on it ...

Quote from: invisifan on April 25, 2016, 05:55:36 PM

Quote from: GingerGal on April 25, 2016, 06:38:07 AM

Quote from: BettyReggie on April 25, 2016, 12:43:44 AM
📼 📺 📀 📼 Now it's only 23 days till The CW decides if RiverDale will be a show on their network on 5/19/16 📼 📺 📀 📼.

Do ya think it's gonna make it to a full season?

If it gets picked up at all it will almost certainly get to run a full season, but what that is will be defined in the contract — anywhere from 6-24 episodes these days, with 22 being the most common regular season, but 13 being common for a 1st season/trial/replacement series ...

From all the talk and what I have read it seems like a lot of the fans of the comics would rather not see the show make it.

The fans aren't the demographic they are aiming for — there aren't enough and instead of trying to grow that existing fanbase they are looking for a new, larger one, apparently ...

Quote from: invisifan on April 25, 2016, 06:26:43 PM
The fans aren't the demographic they are aiming for — there aren't enough and instead of trying to grow that existing fanbase they are looking for a new, larger one, apparently ...

As they should.

Quote from: invisifan on April 25, 2016, 06:26:43 PM
The fans aren't the demographic they are aiming for — there aren't enough and instead of trying to grow that existing fanbase they are looking for a new, larger one, apparently ...

While pushing away the fans they already got? That doesn't seem very smart.

Quote from: GingerGal on April 25, 2016, 06:30:06 PMWhile pushing away the fans they already got? That doesn't seem very smart.

No one is suggesting they are really ... 

Quote from: kassandralove on April 25, 2016, 06:40:22 PM

Quote from: GingerGal on April 25, 2016, 04:21:08 PM

Quote from: Rockym on April 25, 2016, 02:50:06 PM
Why the hell are they turning Melody black?  Valerie is in the cast list, so why change Melody's race?  Really getting fed up with race changing when casting comic characters.  Leave them alone and don't change characters that have been around probably longer than anyone assoicated with the show has been.

It definitely doesn't look like this show is aiming to be anywhere near the traditional Archie Comic style and that seems to have a lot of people up in arms.

The thing about Archie is that everyone and their mother knows him heard of him or read a comic once in there life archie is the most famous comic book character that isn't a super hero. There is no need to change thing around to build a larger demographic because we all know the gang and Expect to see them how we remember them.
This show is going to confuse people and could even detour parents from showing there kids archie if they are all going to be meth heads.

I haven't heard the Meth Heads yet, but it wouldn't surprise me because the teen drama shows on today have at least one character it seems doing some sort of drugs.