![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shadowkatToo many tv shows, plus Netflix and Amazon, not enough time...
Anyhow, watched the premiere of Riverdale. What is Riverdale about, well...it's
Twin Peaks
Meets..
Archie Comics and Josie and the Pussycats (which did a bunch of cartoons in the 1960s, that I watched as a kid in the 1970s, and have a vague memory of..., the comics, I never read.)
I kid you now, it literally is Twin Peaks meets Archie Comics. We have all the kids from Archie Comics transposed into Twin Peaks.
So far, sort of entertaining. Held my attention. Few things do these days. Although Archie's makeup is distracting me. The makeup artist is overdoing the furrowed brow and heavy eyebrows. Also, I can tell they died the actors hair bright red. Other than that, I am entertained, particularly by a 50 something Luke Perry and Madchen Amick.
Have to say, Riverdale improves on the 1960 era Archie cartoons. And the mash up sort of works. Not perfect, by a long shot, a bit too quippy in places, and I'm not sure certain things quite work.
But it does for the most part avoid cliche, and the Betty/Archie/Veronica love triangle is sort of killed before it starts. Archie's too busy swooning over and banging his music teacher to care.
Although Veronica obviously intrigues him.
The Twin Peaks twist on each character is rather intriguing. Although, I more or less figured out the plot points before they happened, it did have a few nice surprises here and there. Betty's mother, who is obsessed with perfection and somewhat bullying. And Veronica's poor little rich girl, who Dad is facing embezzlement charges. While Jughead narrates the affair, typing away on a computer at Pops. Meanwhile Josie and Pussycats are an African-American Power Trio Band, with a statement, also the daughter of the mayor. Reggie is a bit of an asshole football player, and Moose - in the closet, homosexual, involved with the Sheriff's son, whose Betty's best bud. Meanwhile there's a dead body in the river, this round a boy's -- a nice change of pace that. And ...it appears, his sultry twin sister did it. OR did she? That's the kids, the parents have their own...issues.
There's a bit of Beverly Hills 90210 and the O/C thrown in there for good measure. But mostly it's just Twin Peaks meets Archie Comics.
Anyhow, watched the premiere of Riverdale. What is Riverdale about, well...it's
Twin Peaks
Meets..
Archie Comics and Josie and the Pussycats (which did a bunch of cartoons in the 1960s, that I watched as a kid in the 1970s, and have a vague memory of..., the comics, I never read.)
I kid you now, it literally is Twin Peaks meets Archie Comics. We have all the kids from Archie Comics transposed into Twin Peaks.
So far, sort of entertaining. Held my attention. Few things do these days. Although Archie's makeup is distracting me. The makeup artist is overdoing the furrowed brow and heavy eyebrows. Also, I can tell they died the actors hair bright red. Other than that, I am entertained, particularly by a 50 something Luke Perry and Madchen Amick.
Have to say, Riverdale improves on the 1960 era Archie cartoons. And the mash up sort of works. Not perfect, by a long shot, a bit too quippy in places, and I'm not sure certain things quite work.
But it does for the most part avoid cliche, and the Betty/Archie/Veronica love triangle is sort of killed before it starts. Archie's too busy swooning over and banging his music teacher to care.
Although Veronica obviously intrigues him.
The Twin Peaks twist on each character is rather intriguing. Although, I more or less figured out the plot points before they happened, it did have a few nice surprises here and there. Betty's mother, who is obsessed with perfection and somewhat bullying. And Veronica's poor little rich girl, who Dad is facing embezzlement charges. While Jughead narrates the affair, typing away on a computer at Pops. Meanwhile Josie and Pussycats are an African-American Power Trio Band, with a statement, also the daughter of the mayor. Reggie is a bit of an asshole football player, and Moose - in the closet, homosexual, involved with the Sheriff's son, whose Betty's best bud. Meanwhile there's a dead body in the river, this round a boy's -- a nice change of pace that. And ...it appears, his sultry twin sister did it. OR did she? That's the kids, the parents have their own...issues.
There's a bit of Beverly Hills 90210 and the O/C thrown in there for good measure. But mostly it's just Twin Peaks meets Archie Comics.
no subject
Date: 2017-02-09 04:23 pm (UTC)I remember Josie and the Pussycats as just about the most annoying cartoon on Saturday morning when I was home from college. There must have been something on right after it that I wanted to watch, because I kept seeing bits of it. For the right audience I'm sure it was fine. It was not much worse than The Monkees from when I was in high school. But I didn't like that either. ;o)
All we need now is a gritty war drama starring Beetle Bailey, Killer, Sgt. Snorkel, General Halftrack and, of course, the true hero, Otto the dog.
no subject
Date: 2017-02-10 02:16 am (UTC)I loved both, but I also was watching them at the age of 6 or was it 7 in the daytime, in the mid-70s. Along with the Jackson 5 (they had a carton too), Scooby Doo, Jabbar Jaw, etc...they were alike by the way, and all clearly rip-offs of the Beatles Lonely Hearts Club Band vids. The Monkeys, my Dad called a poor man's Beatles. And that was also a rip-off of the Beatles music videos.
All were targeted at kids. Now, I can't watch them, but at the age of 7 or was it 8? I loved them. Had a huge crush on Davy Jones when I was seven years of age.
The show was more entertaining than Timeless has been lately, and I rather liked the twists, but mileage it varies. ;-) And honestly, there are so many frigging television shows on at the moment, that it's a waste of time worrying over the one's you don't like. Not with the 45th reigning terror in the White House. ;-)