CyanideFishbone

nah dude, beat the rush

I've already finished Christmas shopping for MY mom; and I'm going to treat my girlfriend to "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" (because she told me that she wants to see it), as a Christmas present, so I'm all taken care of!

@Wumbo Yeah, I'm really glad I am. It's more so that I know exactly what I want this year. But  my grandma is going to start annoying my mom any second about where my Christmas list is, so I'm glad I have that out of the way. It's honestly fun most of the time to make a list.

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.

@terminoob Yeah, man I get the appeal of watching it for the absurdity. Most of the people I know take it actually seriously, and just, my god, I can't understand how anyone would. Turning Archie into an edgy teen drama is like turning the Flintstones into a BoJack Horseman type dramedy. 

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 love Halloween specials and I always watch Treehouse Of Horror and stuff, and I always watch The Great Pumpkin with my family every year but outside of that and leftover candy, man, there's just nothing really to do. Giving out candy is 100 times less fun than it seems.

Yeah, I don't really do anything special for Halloween nowadays.

Yeah it really does if you're not a party person, which I imagine is a lot of us here

I like both, especially with ketchup or tartar sauce.

I don't think one is necessarily better than the other. As far as I'm concerned, it's like comparing apples and oranges. Both are good in their own way.

Chicken nuggets >>> fish sticks 

I heard it's the toughest grade. Good Luck.

The first day wasn't that great but no first day is. I'm kind of excited to go back tomorrow though. 

im late haha but gl! im in the 11th grade as well, and ive been in school for a few weeks now. it hasnt been too bad for me so i hope it ends up the same for you!

Good on you, mang.

Judging by the fact that I've enjoyed it as well...

I don't see why it would be wrong to say that it's good.

I've just seen a lot of mixed things on it while I do think it's the general consensus that it's better than Feels Like Summer which honestly I think is just okay.

what's with that fly villain who just does nothing but stare at a light

i mean, does that guy ever need to go anywhere? get some food? get a drink? use the bathroom? have a social life? does anything for fun?

@Doug Dimmadome I don't want to copy RebelTaxi's opinion too much, but one of the biggest reasons I'm really starting to get into the show is it's just such a breath of fresh air because cartoons nowadays are like 90% comedies. Not that there's anything wrong with comedies, it's just it's nice to have variety. And yeah I get a lot of enjoyment from the show reminding me of my favorite anime, and my favorite cartoon of all time tied with Futurama.

@This is a username. Enjoy it.  What does he do? He doesn't do anything else lmao. Like have his eyes gone blind? Does he get hungry? Does he get lonely? Does he have any other hobbies? Man idk

Glad she's still going to visit you. I hope she does well at college.

Yep. The Shaggs are excellent too, if you like outsider music.

*Misfits, my bad. "The Misfits" just sounds weird to me

Are they terrible? Absolutely. And yet, they're strangely addicting...

WAY WAY BACK IN THE 1980'S SECRET GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES DUG UP FAMOUS GUYS AND LADIES AND MADE THEM USING GENETIC COPIES

FORAH SUPPAH, I, ER UH, WANNA PAHTY PLATTA

JFK was so spot on in Clone High oh my god