Riverdale Greg Berlanti's Riverdale - Archie Comics-Based Drama on CW

[Sawyer]

Archie and the gang as a comedy might work. I don't see this gritty drama thing working out for such classic comic characters.

Cool. Can we get a sub-forum going now?

 

[Immortalfire]

You're on the naughty list. So, no.

 

[PeterBenParker]

I'm very much looking forward to this. Grew up on the little comics and also the Archie's Weird Mysteries cartoon so I'd definitely consider myself an Archie fan.

Hope it does good, especially with Jughead.

 

[Sithborg]

You're on the naughty list. So, no.

Good company with Legion.

 

[Sawyer]

 

[Sawyer]

You're on the naughty list. So, no.

 

[Marvolo]

I've never read Archie. What is it about?

 

[Primal Slayer]

Just the everyday life of teenager Archie and his friends.

 

[Immortalfire]

Just the everyday life of teenager Archie and his friends.

None of such days are edgy, gritty, dramatic or mysterious.

 

[Primal Slayer]

Well except if it is Afterlife with Archie

 

[Orb]

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[Prison Mike]

Wow this looks like an abomination of the original Archie character

 

[THUNDERSTRIKE]

Wow this looks like an abomination of the original Archie character

that's the truth... this doesn't even resemble Archie Andrews and the gang in the least...

 

[PeterBenParker]

I'm open to a new interpretation, personally. Archie is a property that can really do anything.

That said, why is Mrs. Grundy getting it on with Archie?

 

[Quasar]

In this version, Archie has expanded his love interests beyond Betty and Veronica.

 

[Osiris-Rex]

Wow this looks like an abomination of the original Archie character

It's actually more based on the Archie Horror comic books, titles like Afterlife With Archie, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, and Jughead: The Hunger.

 

[aNarcHy2day]

I'm totally fine with the reinterpretation of the overall tone but they need to get the characters right and this trailer has me worried.

 

[TheWebbedDevil]

It's actually more based on the Archie Horror comic books, titles like Afterlife With Archie, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, and Jughead: The Hunger.

Interesting. But wouldn't this upset the people who wanted it to be like the main books?

 

[Osiris-Rex]

Interesting. But wouldn't this upset the people who wanted it to be like the main books?

Probably. But serious dramas seem to work better on the CW than the more lighthearted stuff like Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and No Tomorrow. Riverdale seems more like the current CW not-superhero shows such as Supernatural and Vampire Diaries.
So their hope is they got some of that audience and some of the audience watching to see how the characters they remember are depicted without turning them off too much.

 

[Sawyer]

 

[WereCoyote]

Just the everyday life of teenager Archie and his friends.

So its basically Dawson's Creek, with Archie?

 

[Osiris-Rex]

So its basically Dawson's Creek, with Archie?

Dawson's Creek meets Twin Peaks, with Archie.

 

[Sawyer]

 

[Reverse-Zoom]

This just looks terrible

 

[Slick]

Yeah... I'm looking forward to this still.