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Riverdale and The Good Place
Nov. 19th, 2018 10:35 pm1. Well, Riverdale just got a whole lot creepier than The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, and went full-on teen Twin Peaks.
Still has some pacing issues. But the actors playing the teens are doing a great job. And, I'm noting a trend in some of these series...the parents are not so nice, and the kids seem to be discovering their wicked wicked deeds. In some ways, Riverdale goes a lot further in that department than Runaways did. (It's also better written and directed, not to mention a better production style.)
I'm finally all caught up.
They are doing a rather twisted version of Dungeons and Dragons...think D&D RPG by way of Twin Peaks.
Reminds me a little of The Secret History by Donna Tartt in some respects, which also played with the idea. In which there's an urban legend -- the more you play the RPG, the more it gets into your head, and the more you become part of the game until the game slowly takes over.
Very creepy.
2. The Good Place
( spoilers on last week's episode - in regards to Doug )
Still has some pacing issues. But the actors playing the teens are doing a great job. And, I'm noting a trend in some of these series...the parents are not so nice, and the kids seem to be discovering their wicked wicked deeds. In some ways, Riverdale goes a lot further in that department than Runaways did. (It's also better written and directed, not to mention a better production style.)
I'm finally all caught up.
They are doing a rather twisted version of Dungeons and Dragons...think D&D RPG by way of Twin Peaks.
Reminds me a little of The Secret History by Donna Tartt in some respects, which also played with the idea. In which there's an urban legend -- the more you play the RPG, the more it gets into your head, and the more you become part of the game until the game slowly takes over.
Very creepy.
2. The Good Place
( spoilers on last week's episode - in regards to Doug )