This is a bit late, but I've written up a history of Archie comics on radio, TV, and film and have taken a look at the actors on "Riverdale".

Two days late, but I've reviewed the first episode of "Archie's Weird Mysteries", "Attack of the Killer Spuds".

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on January 14, 2017, 01:01:27 PM
Not sure what you mean by the "de-aging of other adults". Who, specifically?  I guess there was Cousin Ambrose, which I don't think they explained in the comic, but he was a different story from the aunts, not having appeared much (if at all) since the early 1980s.

I meant in the Archieverse at large, specifically Betty's parents - especially her dad, who morphed from "Old Man" Cooper to a grey-haired Hal to a brown-haired Hal. Alice also started out with grey hair and then got her hair color back.

Heh, I assumed all of that stuff WAS in the comics, and the TV series simply copied it.

I was aware the aunts were de-aged in the comics to match the show, but it's lame that they felt the need to explain it. They never explained the de-aging of any other adults.

The comics to look at to see what was changed would be this one-shot special and the following ongoing series:

http://www.comics.org/series/19972/

http://www.comics.org/series/11973/

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on January 13, 2017, 12:27:59 AM
When I looked this up on Wikipedia, I was kind of surprised to find out that the original TV movie featured a title character named Sabrina Sawyer, and other characters unfamiliar to me like Seth (the boy at school that Sabrina has a crush on) and Katie La More (popular girl and Sabrina's rival for Seth at school). I don't know if the TV movies (there were 2 later ones after it began as a series) are included on the DVD set or if the series sort of 're-origined' Sabrina after the pilot movie.

The pilot movie is not included in the series set. It was released on DVD previously and is now insanely expensive, but someone uploaded it to YouTube, which is where I saw it.

The second movie ("Sabrina Goes to Rome") is included in the series set. The third movie ("Sabrina, Down Under") isn't, but it will finally be getting a DVD release in February.

I don't know if the original movie was intended to lead to a series or not. I can't find any "From A to B" info. All that I know is the movie was shot in Canada with a primarily Canadian cast (MJH being the notable exception), but the series was shot in California, probably explaining why most of the cast got changed out.

The movie isn't part of the series' canon. The first episode actually retreads some stuff from the movie (although, obviously, Sabrina learns she's a witch much quicker).

Interestingly, the girl that played Katy Lemore in the movie went on to reprise the role on the AU series, "Sabrina: The Animated Series". She's actually a fairly prolific voice actor, often doing anime roles.

So I never really watched this show when it was on (outside of maybe a few scenes), but I decided to buy the Complete Series DVD set for my birthday, and I just finished season 1 last night.

Overall, it's really cute. I like it.

The DVD set does have music replacement and footage removed, due to licensing issues. I'd like to see a master list compiled of everything that's been changed for the DVD release, since there doesn't seem to be one place to look up all of this info.

MJH is "in talks" for a reunion:

http://www.cinemablend.com/television/Sabrina-Teenage-Witch-Coming-Back-Here-What-We-Know-128117.html

http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/sabrina-teenage-witch-making-comeback-7656447

http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/sabrina-the-teenage-witch-could-make-a-comeback-as-melissa-joan-hart-reveals-shes-in-talks-34584444.html

http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/sabrina-the-teenage-witch/39622/sabrina-the-teenage-witch-talks-afoot-for-a-revival

Libby, Hilda, and Morgan's actors are interested in coming back.

A day late, but I review the first episode of the 1996 live-action Sabrina series, the creatively-titled "Pilot". 

I also updated the reviews list for the first time since I posted "In Search of Change" (and the second time overall), giving you one page from which you can jump to any review.

I'm sorry that this is nine days late, but I've reviewed the 1996 Sabrina movie. This is another massive post with over 400 screencaps.

BLOODBATH!

From today's press release (snarky comments in brackets are mine):

Sears Holdings Announces Steps To Enhance Liquidity, Stabilize Operating Performance Actions will facilitate strategic transformation [Brick-and-mortar retail is hard! We wanna go online-only!]
Jan 5, 2017  HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill., Jan. 5, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD) today announced a series of additional strategic actions to increase its financial flexibility and improve long-term operating performance. These actions will facilitate the transformation of Sears from a store-based, asset-intensive business model into a membership-focused, asset-light business model. As such, the Board of Directors has determined to:

   
• Close an additional 150 non-profitable stores, comprised of 108 Kmart and 42 Sears stores, to stem losses;
• Enter into an agreement to sell the Craftsman business for a cumulative $775 million, together with use of a perpetual license for the Craftsman brand, royalty free for 15 years, and a 15-year royalty stream on all third-party Craftsman sales to new customers;
• Generate up to $1 billion in liquidity through both a newly entered $500 million real estate backed loan, secured by real estate properties valued at over $800 million; and a previously announced standby letter of credit facility of up to $500 million from certain affiliates of ESL Investments, Inc., issued by Citibank, N.A., each subject to the terms thereof; [Our boss is loaning us money, so he'll be the first in line to profit when the company fails!]
• Market certain properties within the company's real estate portfolio to further unlock value and increase liquidity.

"We are taking strong, decisive actions today to stabilize the company and improve our financial flexibility in what remains a challenging retail environment," said Edward S. Lampert, Chairman & CEO of Sears Holdings. "We are committed to improving short-term operating performance in order to achieve our long-term transformation." [Going online only!]

"Going forward, Sears will be more focused on our Shop Your Way membership platform, a network with tens of millions of active members, and our Integrated Retail strategy in order to be a more nimble, innovative and relevant retailer that is better able to provide value and convenience to our customers. We are confident that concentrating on these key initiatives will lay the foundation for growth over the long-term," Mr. Lampert continued. [Fast Eddie's still touting Shop [Y]Our Way Rewards as the future of retail.]

Here's the list of stores closing:

http://searsholdings.com/docs/010417_store_closing_list.pdf

I've added the December issue (#4), "Yule Love It, Trust Me".

Quote from: Captain Jetpack on December 30, 2016, 06:31:46 PM
Sears just got a $200,000,000 injection of capital.

Probably from Fast Eddie. He keeps loaning the company money, so he'll be the first creditor to collect once he inevitably runs the company into the ground.

Quote from: Captain Jetpack on December 30, 2016, 06:31:46 PM
Can it save the business?

Hahahahahaha...no.

Front page of today's paper: the Kmart that I used to work at (in the mall) is finally closing (in April). The liquidation sale begins in January.

A little late this week, but I finally review the 1990 movie, "Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again".

Please note that this is a massively huge post, featuring over 600 screencaps plus other images, and I go into great detail, so you might wanna grab some snacks and drinks before you sit down to read it.

I didn't mention it yesterday, but a new review is up: "Bad Boy Trouble!", the first Dynamic New Look story from 2007.

Net loss of $748,000,000 for the third quarter of this year. More store closings coming. Fast Eddie's still touting Shop Your Way as the savior of the company.