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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.

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.

Curious about those mediocre bits. What'd you think they were? My excitement for the movie/crush on Lily James may have blinded me to anything subpar going on.

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).

You want a cigarette? Barney, give the man a cigarette.

I bet Run the Stop Sign was the original name for Run the Jewels.

I want to see this so much more now than I did after I saw the trailers because I need to see how much of a trainwreck this actually is.

I was really worried based off of all the other adverts they've had but that trailer was great. I'm actually excited for a superhero movie again.

Looks like I missed this one too.

This should work fine, if you're still in need of a link: http://www.watchcartoononline.com/ghost-in-the-shell-movie-english-dubbed

Soon you can talk with me and Nuggets about all the problems the middle part has.

I couldn't believe how awful that guy's performance was when he was on Fallon the other night.

I think they're only airing Tennant's episodes, too, which is even weirder. Matt Smith is totally a more kid-friendly Doctor.

If it's a marriage then I want a divorce.

Arguing for the sake of arguing. Like an old married couple that ran out of things to say the day after they got married but stuck together because it was convenient and maybe something interesting would happen.

I hate that people who think it's blue and black are being such assholes about it. I haven't seen anyone who thinks it's white and gold go "it's fucking white and gold idiots how the fuck are you not seeing it".

Why are the Amazing Spiderman movies so hated

You're more diligent than I am. I've done about nine pages in my most recent one and it's been like three weeks since I started it.

Yeah people my age don't even know who he is. Two people were talking in class today about how they don't know who he is and how they haven't heard any of his music. It's almost sickening.

Don't do it too hard or you might end up in the emergency (squid) ward.

I'm not. I'm uncomfortable.

Can't believe it's already been two years since the world ended.

I would totally eat sushi on Christmas if you were serving it, just to bug you.

I still think it was great, but whatevs.

Set lasers to HYPE