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*looks both ways, nervously*
I think Riverdale is one of the downright stupidest ideas for a television show ever. If you like it I ain't gonna try to stop you though
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Well, bad example, because DC actually did that with The Flintstones and it became a 12 issue comic that ended up being a critical hit - so much so that the guy who wrote it is now gonna be doing a Snagglepuss comic where he's a gay southern gothic playwright. Just because an idea or plot sounds ridiculous or stupid doesn't mean the execution of it is. Archie as an edgy teen drama makes sense for the modern era of media - doing a straight-up adaptation of 50s Archie wouldn't work because that's not what viewers want. The creator of Riverdale is the Chief Creative Officer of Archie comics and writes Afterlife with Archie (horror Archie series? Incredibly stupid, but somehow amazing), so the dude gets what the core of Archie is about and how to translate that. Archie has always been overly saccharine and cheesy; Riverdale goes along the same line of thinking, just in a noir-thriller genre rather than slice-of-life.
I don't think Riverdale was meant to be taken seriously in the first place, because Archie isn't exactly a comic you could take that seriously, so your friends might just be a tad too invested. I can't imagine how someone could take Jughead or "Dark Betty" or Cheryl or the implied incest seriously.
Edit: BoJack Horseman is also an odd example to go with, because if you tell someone the plot of that show they're gonna think you're fucking with them. A dark dramedy show about an anthropomorphic horse actor going through a midlife crisis and the decisions that he's making and how they affect his relationships. That's an insane premise. I remember all the articles on TV.com before it premiered that were talking about how stupid it looked and how terrible the trailers were and how Will Arnett and Aaron Paul are wasting their time. But the execution of it was dynamite and here we are.
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*looks both ways, nervously*
I think Riverdale is one of the downright stupidest ideas for a television show ever. If you like it I ain't gonna try to stop you though
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I was at work the other day and overhead a woman trying to sell her friend on the show by saying "it's, like, y'know, it's Archie and the gang trying to solve a murder".
So... you really can't take this show seriously. It's going to limit your enjoyment (if you've even seen any of it). Everyone I know that watches it (my girlfriend and I are included in this) only watches it (and gets enjoyment out of it) because of how absurdly stupid it is, not because it's some tightly written witty Sorkin-esque drama.
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After letting it sit for a while my thouhgts on "Baby Driver" are that it's an extremely entertaining movie, but some things are really underdeveloped in the script. The so called "mediocre" parts are still more than servicable in letting the great parts of it carry it to being one of the mose exciting movies of the year though, doubt anything could really challenge that
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So Pokémon Go finally released the Johto update. Serious question. Does anyone still play Pokémon Go? No sarcasm. I seriously want to know. Because I know Pokémon Go plummeted at a near record rate in sales after the fad died off.
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I picked it up again with the Johto update. It's still pretty decent, honestly. I dropped off due to work and the updates and patches being generally terrible, but the servers seem to actually be working now because of the drop-off and they re-implemented the tracker (and it's much better than the original, in my opinion).
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One lyric I've never been fond of. Anything involving running red lights or stop signs. No. No you should never run red lights or stop signs. It's recommended that you stop for a reason.
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Save yourselves the money fam. Fantastic Four is not only an astonishingly terrible movie, but it's the worst superhero movie of the 2010s. Holy god this movie is the trainwreck that everyone says it is and then some. 20th Century Fox managed to do it. They made the 2000s Fantastic 4 movies look good. Review coming soon.
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yoooo Deadpool looks like it's gonna be good
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Did someone say "fad?"
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Where can I watch ghost in the shell (1995 movie btw) without those dumb fucking pop up window shit or at least a halfway decent dub
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This should work fine, if you're still in need of a link: http://www.watchcartoononline.com/ghost-in-the-shell-movie-english-dubbed
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Got the entire Bone series in one volume, and i'm at book three. Getting pretty good
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Yo when and why the hell did Trap Queen get so popular
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Disney XD is going to be airing Doctor Who next month. What?
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So Wumbo and I have something special planned. Stay tuned.
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THE DRESS WAS WHITE AND GOLD AND NOW IT'S BLUE AND BLACK I DON'T UNDERSTAND
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THE DRESS WAS WHITE AND GOLD AND NOW IT'S BLUE AND BLACK I DON'T UNDERSTAND
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why is Spider-Man 3 so hated
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I already filled an entire sketchpad and it's only been a week...
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People saying they didn't know who Beck was at the Grammy's makes me feel sad.
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*(sponge) bobs head to the beat*
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My legacy is apparently the spawn of more Billboard nerds on a SpongeBob message board. I am okay with this.
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Happy end of the world, everybody!
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I have work a 7 hour shift on Christmas.........WHO THE FUCK IS GONNA EAT SUSHI ON CHRISTMAS?!
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Amazing Spider-Man 2 does not hold up well six months later. I didn't like it when I saw it in theaters, but now holy crap....