Current Events > As someone who's never watched Riverdale, the ads for it are hilarious.

(+) Yeah! (+)

It's all murder cult this, going to prison that, mass seizures here, serial killer there.

It's just so dramatic and comedic out of context.
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the show is even more ridiculous when you watch it, lol
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boxington posted...

the show is even more ridiculous when you watch it, lol

Wasn't it based loosely on the Archie comics? I thought they were comedy comics.

What's with the apparent grim dark stuff?
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They knew it wouldnt be popular unless they made it super edgy and sexualized the characters.
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I saw like two episodes at a friends house and one of the drugs they use is literally pixie sticks

Chicken posted...

They knew it wouldnt be popular unless they made it super edgy and sexualized the characters.

Implying Veronica wasnt always hot
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It's overly dramatic and comedic in context as well. I don't watch it much but it seems to purposefully ramp everything up to those levels. It's a fun show that knows what it is.
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Esrac posted...

Wasn't it based loosely on the Archie comics? I thought they were comedy comics.

It is, just really, really, really loosely.

That's CW for you
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AlisLandale posted...

I saw like two episodes at a friends house and one of the drugs they use is literally pixie sticks

Then they upgrade to pop rocks.
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I always though that Riverdale was the K-Mart version of Twin Peaks.
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AlisLandale posted...

Implying Jughead wasnt always hot

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boxington posted...

the show is even more ridiculous when you watch it, lol

This so hard, lmao

It's very addicting, but I kind of want to stop watching Season 3 right now and just let it finish. I'm not enjoying it as much, but I don't know if that's because I don't like the season or because I got to binge the first two seasons?
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Esrac posted...

boxington posted...

the show is even more ridiculous when you watch it, lol

Wasn't it based loosely on the Archie comics? I thought they were comedy comics.

What's with the apparent grim dark stuff?

Someone's never heard of Afterlife with Archie . Great comic series. So is The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (which is what the Netflix show is kind of based on), who shows up in Afterlife with Archie since they are apart of the same universe



I mean, Archie as even fought the fucking Predator

The show isn't the craziest the universe has been
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AlisLandale posted...

I saw like two episodes at a friends house and one of the drugs they use is literally pixie sticks

lol in-universe they call it jingle-jangle
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averagejoel posted...

AlisLandale posted...

I saw like two episodes at a friends house and one of the drugs they use is literally pixie sticks

lol in-universe they call it jingle-jangle

@averagejoel

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Ever since I met you
I couldn't want you better
I couldn't love you stronger if I tried

It's my true heart I'm showin'
Or my nose would be growin'
You know that it gets longer when I lie

Bein' kinda pretty and down here in the city
Find it isn't easy to be smart
When tryin' to untangle the jingle from the jangle
It's easy if you listen with your heart

You'll make the winter springtime
And jingle jangle sing time
Right on through the summer and the fall

So darlin' don't be weepin'
And please don't you be sleepin'
When I come creepin' down the hill
To sing you
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Shadowplay posted...

I always though that Riverdale was the K-Mart version of Twin Peaks.

Oh god, that's a very fair comparison going off the ads.
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thats what makes it so fun to watch imo lmao

The trend is to make everything that once was light-hearted or comedic into dark and edgy.
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Like Legends of Tomorrow, Riverdale is completely self-aware and sometimes ventures off into meta territory. It's why Riverdale > Sabrina and Legends > Arrow
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PiOverlord posted...

The trend is to make everything that once was light-hearted or comedic into dark and edgy.

Rocky and Bullwinkle: The Final Reckoning
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