Quote from: 60sBettyandReggie on March 09, 2017, 08:43:07 PM
Betty's hair is all wrong. Where are the bangs? The ponytail?

I don't think Betty had bangs or a ponytail in the 1950s, which is what this is supposed to look like (that or 1940s).

From my defunct Betty Cooper FAQ:

This information comes from Archie Comics Online as of Saturday, October 23, 1999:

Just as it's hard not to like Archie, it's absolutely impossible not to love Betty. Blue eyed, blonde, perky and beautiful with a personality that's sweeter than honey, Betty is the sort of girl boys can't help but fall madly in love with. A smile from Betty can brighten even the darkest mood and her bubbly, always positive outlook on life makes everyone around her feel like a million dollars.

While Betty isn't perfect, it just seems that she is. Her faith in people is unshakable, and her loyalty to her friends is unbreakable. Betty is many things to many people: a warm, vibrant, fun loving girl who lives for the present but thinks of her future; a tomboy with spunk and a lady with polish; an irrepressible free spirit and a responsible young woman, a dreamer and a realist with a heart that's bigger than all outdoors.

Even though Betty can date any boy she wants, her heart always has and always will belong to Archie. Despite playing second fiddle to her best friend, Veronica, Betty never gives up hope that one day, Archie will come to his senses and see that she is the only girl for him. And while her own little plots and schemes don't always work, Betty finds that what works best for snaring Archie is when she's simply her sweet, loving self.

However, boys do line up at Betty's door to win her affections, most notably a couple of bad guys. Longtime friend and all around creep Reggie Mantle has started to show genuine feelings for Betty while Cheryl Blossom's rotten twin brother Jason is deeply attracted to her. And why not? As the old saying goes, "Blondes have more fun!", and no girl in Riverdale has more fun than Betty.

This information comes from the official Archie Comics website as of Friday, May 26, 2006:

Name: Betty Cooper
First Appearance: Pep Comics #22 (1941)
Age: 17
Height: 5'6
Weight: 120
Hair: Blonde
Birthday: June 29 (Cancer)

Betty Cooper is the girl next door. She is your average small town girl; blonde hair, blue eyes and very sweet and earnest. She is a cute, practical dresser and is always ready to have fun (especially where Archie is concerned). But in addition to having fun, Betty always finds time to do her studying, and enjoys writing. In addition to her concern for the environment and other social issues, we've established that Betty's goal is to become a famous writer. She is good at sports, can repair cars, is artistic and can make her own clothes. She does well in school, loves children. She has a brother named Chic and a sister named Polly (these characters were introduced in the Little Archie series). She also sings with The Archies band and plays tambourine. Betty is extremely devoted to Archie, but sadly is most often playing second fiddle to her best friend Veronica for his affections. Through every crazy, loving scheme to win Archie's love, Betty always remains completely unaffected, loyal and sweet.

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on March 09, 2017, 01:24:40 PM

Quote from: Tuxedo Mark on March 09, 2017, 11:07:21 AM
The floppy titles would be:

Archie
Jughead
Betty
Veronica
Cheryl
Reggie
Sabrina
Josie and the Pussycats
Katy Keene

Well you've obviously identified the major problem with Archie's floppy comic books. Betty and Veronica in a comic book together must have led to the downfall of the entire empire. Obviously those two need to stay far away from each other.

Meh. I just meant, with floppies not money-makers, it'd be pointless to have a title for a B&V team-up. They can interact in their solo titles.

I don't know exactly what I would have done, but here are some ideas (whether plausible or not):

Instead of canceling the floppies, I'd cancel the digest line and, instead of just reprinting the same stories over and over, print full-sized chronological collections of every story (reissue the collections as demand warrants).

I'd also digitize every previous floppy issue and sell them cheaply on Amazon and other platforms.

I'd also collect the new stories from the digests and sell those digitally as well.

As for the floppies:

Instead of doing New Riverdale, I'd do more of a soft reboot. Older stories, published before the characters' lifetimes, wouldn't hold any weight. The stories would be more modern and relevant. But it wouldn't be a fresh start. The characters wouldn't be meeting each other for the first time.

Story lengths and art styles would vary, from 5-6 pages to 20, from Classic style to various New Look styles. The older and newer writers and artists would contribute.

I'd set up a "continuity of situations", meaning if a character is in one place or predicament in one title, it would carry through to the other titles, so we could avoid situations like Betty and Veronica globetrotting in their own title but being in Riverdale in "Archie", all during seemingly the same school year. Or Riverdale High having different principals in "Archie" and "Jughead".

The floppy titles would be:

Archie
Jughead
Betty
Veronica
Cheryl
Reggie
Sabrina
Josie and the Pussycats
Katy Keene

I'd work in Sabrina's supporting casts from the original live-action film and the various TV series (Seth, Katy Lemore, Fran, Freddie, Marnie/Jenny, Libby, Gem, Cassandra, etc.).

I'd have everyone live in Riverdale to make for easier interaction.

I'd still do the "Riverdale" TV series but without the murder plot, and each season would be only 13 episodes long. I'd introduce all of the characters right away. Between all of them, there should be enough artificial drama to fill 40+ minutes per week.

There was no review last week, because my DSL modem gave out, so I started doing non-Internet things, and then there wasn't enough time to get a review done once I was back online.

This week, I'm reviewing "Cheryl and Cheryl Alike!", a new Classic Archie story from early last year.

Maybe I got up to do something at some point, but I didn't see the Betty/Jughead kiss at all.

Where the hell was Cheryl? Betty learns she and Cheryl are gonna have a niece/nephew in common. You'd think we'd get a scene of Betty telling Cheryl immediately.

The Pussycat slo-mo march was cool. Veronica's so cute in those ears!

Heehee, that's awesome! That dinner scene was sooo awkward. It kind of reminds me of that flashback scene to the Blossom Thanksgiving dinner in Afterlife.

Awesome episode last night. I feel so bad for Cheryl. Her mom is such a bitch. But good for Cheryl for calling her parents out on their hypocrisy and for defying her mom to speak at Jason's funeral (that was seriously an iconic moment!).

Ooh, looks like Cheryl and Veronica are friends now.

Cheryl's nightmare at the beginning was really freaky. Might her being confronted by a zombie Jason be an Afterlife reference?

So is Cheryl off the cheerleading squad? Can her mother even do that?

Seriously, Penelope makes a good case for legal murder.

Who's that old woman that's living with the Blossoms?

Betty seems to be good at fixing cars like in the comics.

Interesting that Betty has to remind Veronica to be nice to Cheryl.

Reggie gets more screen time. I like the resolution of his and Archie's plot.

I have created a few custom radio stations on Pandora recently, using as many artists and songs from the films and soundtrack albums as are available as station seeds. I figured I'd share them in case anyone's interested:

Beavis and Butt-head Radio
https://www.pandora.com/station/play/3509437650732193373
I've added as many artists and songs as I could find that either or both of them have declared "cool".

Charlie's Angels Radio
https://www.pandora.com/station/play/3512311207191516765
Dedicated to the music of the 2000-2003 film series

Female Warrior Radio
https://www.pandora.com/station/play/3513446551731443293
Dedicated to the "Resident Evil" and "Underworld" film series (they have a lot of overlap, musically, including Milla Jovovich singing on some Underworld tracks) as well as "Ultraviolet", "Aeon Flux", and "Ghost in the Shell" (2017)

Flashdance Radio
https://www.pandora.com/station/play/647759778164381277
Dedicated to the music of "Flashdance"

Ghostbusters Radio
https://www.pandora.com/station/play/1629099624218629725
Dedicated to the music of all three films

KJEM
https://www.pandora.com/station/play/3504624121969776221
Dedicated to the music of "Jem and the Holograms", primarily the movie, but also includes artists and songs featured on the "Dream Tour" cassette

New Gotham Radio
https://www.pandora.com/station/play/3504621029593323101
Dedicated to the music of the 2002-2003 WB series, "Birds of Prey" (also included "Betcha Never" by Cherie from "Mystery of the Batwoman")

Panem Radio
https://www.pandora.com/station/play/3507878281251001949
Dedicated to the music of "The Hunger Games"

Riverdale Radio
https://www.pandora.com/station/play/3489452158586590813
Dedicated to the music of series and movies based on Archie Comics, including the old Filmation series, Josie and the Pussycats (series and 2001 film), Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and Riverdale

Streets of Fire Radio
https://www.pandora.com/station/play/778481999785891421
Dedicated to the music of the 1984 cult film

Supergirl Radio
https://www.pandora.com/station/play/3504531161697621597
Dedicated to the music of Supergirl (her 1984 film, Kara's episodes of "Smallville", and her titular series)

Transformers Radio
https://www.pandora.com/station/play/506282490282251869
Dedicated to the music of the "Transformers" films, whether animated or live-action

Videoland Radio
https://www.pandora.com/station/play/3507979346126444125
Dedicated to the music of "Captain N: The Game Master", "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!", and "The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 (includes songs that were parodied in season 2 of Captain N)

New reviews: the 2007 comic stories, "Always on Our Mind" and "Miss-Cast!"

Quote from: kassandralove on February 22, 2017, 10:25:39 AM
Since my account was delete sadly we lost all previous posts aside from Riverdale Episode 4 - does anyone want me to remake a post from 1-3?

Why would the forum delete the threads just because your account was deleted?

And I actually saved copies of those threads on my hard drive. I'm wondering if Oldiesmann can reintegrate them into the forum.

Quote from: carrotz on February 17, 2017, 05:21:13 PM

Quote from: JonInIowaCity on February 17, 2017, 04:57:16 PM

Quote from: Tuxedo Mark on February 17, 2017, 03:17:42 PM
Here are my thoughts:

Cheryl's a bitch to Veronica's mom and Veronica, but it turns out that she was right to be suspicious of Hermione.

LOL at Cheryl inviting herself to sit with Veronica at the drive-in. (And Cheryl sucking on that Twizzler / Red Vine was yummy.) I guess, for all of her talk about wanting Veronica to remember her place, she isn't ashamed to be seen hanging out with her, not even on the back of a pick-up truck.

I expected some kind of Cheryl/Veronica scene after Cheryl sent Kevin away for snacks, but nothing happened.

Why, why, WHY did Betty take the gun home with her?! (Fun fact: I wrote a fanfic back in 1999 in which Betty bought a gun and hid it in her dresser drawer, but at least that was somewhat justified - if ill-conceived.)

So Cheryl and Kevin definitely drive. Heck, Cheryl had TWO driving scenes in this episode. I guess the show really is saying they turned 16 over the summer before sophomore year. Did anyone here know any kids in that situation in high school?

So I guess Ms. Grundy is gone. I actually didn't mind the storyline, even though some people found it squicky. Then again, I ship Cybersix/Lori. Anyone remember "Cybersix"?

Jughead's a movie buff. This is consistent with his portrayal on "Archie's Weird Mysteries" - but broader. On that show, he was just into horror movies.

Betty keeps a diary. Does anyone know any teens today that keep handwritten diaries?

My son is 16 and he has friends with their licenses as sophomores. Like Kevin, they borrow their wheels from their parents.

They have their license at the beginning of their sophomore year?

Well, Jughead said in this episode that it's been only a week since Jason's body was found, so time is moving very slowly on this series. Also, Jason's body was found soon after the school year started.

Also, Jason was shown driving on July 4.

Here are my thoughts:

Cheryl's a bitch to Veronica's mom and Veronica, but it turns out that she was right to be suspicious of Hermione.

LOL at Cheryl inviting herself to sit with Veronica at the drive-in. (And Cheryl sucking on that Twizzler / Red Vine was yummy.) I guess, for all of her talk about wanting Veronica to remember her place, she isn't ashamed to be seen hanging out with her, not even on the back of a pick-up truck.

I expected some kind of Cheryl/Veronica scene after Cheryl sent Kevin away for snacks, but nothing happened.

Why, why, WHY did Betty take the gun home with her?! (Fun fact: I wrote a fanfic back in 1999 in which Betty bought a gun and hid it in her dresser drawer, but at least that was somewhat justified - if ill-conceived.)

So Cheryl and Kevin definitely drive. Heck, Cheryl had TWO driving scenes in this episode. I guess the show really is saying they turned 16 over the summer before sophomore year. Did anyone here know any kids in that situation in high school?

So I guess Ms. Grundy is gone. I actually didn't mind the storyline, even though some people found it squicky. Then again, I ship Cybersix/Lori. Anyone remember "Cybersix"?

Jughead's a movie buff. This is consistent with his portrayal on "Archie's Weird Mysteries" - but broader. On that show, he was just into horror movies.

Betty keeps a diary. Does anyone know any teens today that keep handwritten diaries?

A bit late this week, but I've reviewed the 2007 comic story, "Civil Chore".

I have renamed my Sabrina station on Pandora to Riverdale Radio. I have used every artist and song that I can identify from every series and film (at least, everything that's available on Pandora). Enjoy:

https://www.pandora.com/station/play/3489452158586590813