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The CW orders pilot for Archie Comic's "Riverdale"
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A week before the show starts airing.
ahh thank you
Looks sick as fuck tbh.
Veronica & Betty who? I'm already shipping Archie/Jughead
GhostWriter24
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Betty and Veronica (Lili + Camila)
I have never read an Archie comic but the cartoon series was pretty cool.
DiscoJer
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Veronica. Betty is the blonde. The third woman is Josie and I don't know the last one.
I actually read the original comics when I was a kid. They seem to be missing Moose (a big dumb football player who is the one who talks on that episode of the Simpsons where Homer gets kicked out of Riverdale) and Reggie, who was Archie's snobbish rival.
The most recent comics apparently make it much darker as opposed to a kid's comic.
Edit: There was also a recent-ish cartoon, Archie's Weird Adventures that was sort of like a Scooby Doo minus the talking dog and with the supernatural stuff being real.
That's Veronica, Betty's the blonde one.
Yes, Archie was rebooted in 2015, the current series is absolutely worth reading.
If you remember Sabrina the Teenage witch (also part of the Archie universe) check out Chilling Adventures of Sabrina but don't expect it to be anything like what you know about her, it's straight up horror.
CrimsonSquall
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Holy shit. Haven't really been following this but it looks pretty damn good. I've said this on TVGaf before but my friend is an aspiring actor and models on the side and went to a con and talk to a director.
He said he had the perfect look for the show but missed the casting for it and he's been angrily following this ever since
He said he had the perfect look for the show but missed the casting for it and he's been angrily following this ever since
Reggie and Moose are on the show, but they haven't appeared a lot in the promotional materials. They're played by Ross Butler and Cody Kearsley:
And that last girl is Cheryl Blossom, played by Madelaine Petsch.
Discotheque
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not feeling josie really but the rest of the casting looks dope. that big guy in the sweater can't be reggie though right? i hope not. looks more like a moose.
edit: beaten by post above. hmm...i can't really see that being moose but reggie seems like he'll be good at the smug thing.
edit: beaten by post above. hmm...i can't really see that being moose but reggie seems like he'll be good at the smug thing.
CaptainTiptop
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I'm already in love with Betty. The comics reboot is incredible so I really hope this show is good.
Edit: beaten
Cheryl Blossom.
Edit: beaten
Big guy in the sweater is Kevin Keller, played by Casey Cott.
lol yeah he's not very Moose-y in that pic, here's one from the set:
It's not like Riverdale will never cast a new character again and if it's not Riverdale other CW shows are looking for exceptionally beautiful men too it's not like the perfect look for Riverdale is much different than the perfect CW look in general.
And he shouldn't get too hung up about it, a director telling someone they have the right look doesn't mean they would have gotten a job, they'd still have to audition and compete with countless other people who all have the right look too. And directors don't even cast major parts for tv shows, that's what they have showrunners amd network executives for.
First of all, you are wrong, the comics-verse was rebooted a while ago.
But also, look at WHO is handling the TV show.
cj_iwakura
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Wasn't Reggie the one who pushed Archie in the older trailer?
DustyVonEric
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Always been Team Veronica.
And Reggie better be a jerk.
Looking forward to this.
And Reggie better be a jerk.
Looking forward to this.
no, Archie vs Predator, Afterlife with Archie, Archie vs The Punisher are all dope af
VGChampion
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I don't know. The comics were rebooted but they're still making classic comics aren't they? I love the reboot but I'd much rather have a well done comedy / slice of life show with the Archie characters.
#TeamVeronica4lyf
I get the sense everyone is going to be a jerk on this show lol.
Not that I'm aware of, the digests they're releasing only reprint old material.
The thing I like about Archie is that the main group of friends were basically decent people, even with their foibles. Like, Betty & Veronica were clearly rivals, but while they tried to one up each other, they didn't really backstab -- at the end of the day, they still looked out for each other.
I'm hoping we still get that, even if everything is darker, which I'm fine with.
Edit: and, yes, we need Sabrina ...
I'm hoping we still get that, even if everything is darker, which I'm fine with.
Edit: and, yes, we need Sabrina ...
cj_iwakura
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OT title ideas? A Twin Peaks reference maybe?
Mega Man's Electric Sheep
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This is untrue, the first story of every digest is brand new. In the newer stories, Archie has the same dog that saved him in Afterlife with Archie.
Wow, seriously? I always ignored them ...
Has it always been like that or only since the original Archie was cancelled and rebooted?
JeTmAn81
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Tablescraps. Archie fans have never gotten a live action show or movie so we'll take what we can get. The characters in this show are basically Archie in name only (Archie bangs a young Ms. Grundy? Right...), but it could still be an intwresting take on the overall tropes.
Mega Man's Electric Sheep
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No, it's been like that for years. It's noticeable when the first story is something like Archie recording a viral video with his dog and getting hits on youtube lol (actual example of first story of a digest). IIRC when they rebooted Archie they reassured the fans that new classic stories would still be made for the digests.
To the guy who said Archie fans have never had live action:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBojt6fDVvw
from the tv movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNEoIYipjeM
Father_Brain
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Wrong. How could you possibly have forgotten this masterpiece from 1990:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBojt6fDVvw
EDIT: beaten, oh well
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Deleted member 10571
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As someone who never read Archie Comics, is the setting similar in modern comics? Like, is Archie not a kid's comic strip full of silliness, but some serious thriller thing under the surface?
Pilgrimzero
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The new comic is more modern and very good imo but it's not CW like where Betty is on drugs and Archie is sleeping with his teacher. Not to mention murder.
I guess it's Archie with more sex drama and violence. A CW show.
I had no idea, thanks for telling me.
cj_iwakura
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...why were Betty and Veronica making out in that trailer?
JeTmAn81
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Love triangles don't exist in 2017, only threesomes
Why not?
cj_iwakura
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Fair enough.
Also, it's safe to assume anyone as wholesome as Betty is probably a psycho behind the door. I'd go with Veronica.
(Also, black hair > *)
PHOENIXZERO
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I think this might be the most CW cast they've had in years.
Cheryl and Veronica though, good lord.
Cheryl and Veronica though, good lord.
Norwegian Rudo
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FWIW the critics tweeting from the TCA's are seemingly all very positive about the episodes they have seen.
Good.
cj_iwakura
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Anyone? Bueller?
Offhand, a simple one would be 'Riverdale |OT| Archie + Twin Peaks + CW'
Riverdale |OT| CW's Afternoon with Archie
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