To me it’s so bad it’s good. spoilers i mean what’s not to believe about high schoolers being presidents of middle aged motorcycle gangs, or running their own bar, or busting their own father as a serial killer, or owning a gym for underprivileged kids after being subjected to a juvenile underground fighting to the death ring, or overtaking their moms brothel, or their mom being undercover in a suicide cult ran by Chad Michael Murray? I mean, sorry but that is quality shit in my book.
Hahaha you’re right, honestly I barely remember it because SO MUCH has happened since then
It is referenced one more time, when the core four have to survive an obstacle course of horrors created by Cheryl’s mom that includes Archie fighting a man in a bear costume 😂
Riverdale is a phenomenal show after the first couple seasons. It's like watching WWE. You don't watch it because it's believable, you watch it because it's so hilariously absurd and the writers know it.
WATCH IT! I write for a living and my dream job is Riverdale because it's like they get together in the writer's room and go "okay, for fun, what's the craziest fucking shit we could do?" And everyone shouts shit out and they go "haha! got ya! Go with that for this season."
I particularly loved when a local band would perform a song that heavily featured an instrument - usually keyboards - that wasn’t represented in the band.
Clearly, I have been missing out. As a fellow conisseour of garbage tv, might I suggest centaur world? The story line is pretty straight forward. Horse falls through wormhole and is trying to get back to Rider to complete the battle of good vs evil. The world creation and characters are fucking weird. I made my kids watch it and even they were like "Dafuq are we watching mom?" That's saying a lot coming from kids who enjoy the fucked up world of Coraline.
I watch tons of animation, and I felt Centaurworld is more "simply bad" than "so bad it's good." Animation is weird and awesome, characters are living shitposts, but it doesn't mesh well with the somewhat serious storyline they go for. It's especially noticeable when some "deep" "emotional" song hits.
CMM wearing an Evel Knievel style jumpsuit standing next to his 'escape rocket' with a gigantic American flag next to him in the shot made me laugh so hard. The show should've just ended with that scene, it will never top that...
Gosh I was just throwing out a few random plot lines. That is literally the tantalizing tip of the iceberg. Im so tempted to tell you more but I really don’t want to spoil anything in case you actually watch it. It is literally just that crazy from episode to episode, season to season. Tres entertaining.
No joke, the first episode is Archie getting caught sleeping with his music teacher. Who is later murdered by a pulp comics serial killer who kills people for sinning. And is also Betty's dad.
Definitely so bad it’s good. Any time you think they’re going to go right, they go left. And the situations just escalate in the most ridiculous ways possible. There’s also at least one moment or line of dialogue that is not meant to be funny that makes me burst out laughing per episode. It’s just wild
It's not bad, the show is very well produced and the makeup, costumes, camera work, etc. is all great quality. It's just sooo ridiculous and halfway through the 3rd season my girlfriend and I realized we had absolutely no clue what was going on anymore. It turned into such a mess to follow who is who and half the people are evil but actually secretly good but also evil, and so many people die all the time!! Like a dozen high schoolers have been killed in a few years, it's bonkers. I can't imagine what writing for the show is like and the web of connections and plot holes they need to follow.
I love that I can put it on as a background show and could look up to a Godzilla situation suddenly happening and be not only not surprised but have no need to go back and see how.
There is no how.
There’s just bears trying to eat Archie, fantasy murderers and Veronica being a booze mogul at 17.
I think it's more based on the Road to Riverdale graphic novels than the old comics. Road to Riverdale is apparently a darker take on the old slapstick Archie. The art really reflects that too (from what I can see on google anyway).
EXACTLY! This is what I always say when the show comes up and I admit to watching it, that it’s so bad it’s good! The absurdity and ridiculousness of it all is the whole point of it!
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u/SwissMiss90 27d ago
To me it’s so bad it’s good. spoilers i mean what’s not to believe about high schoolers being presidents of middle aged motorcycle gangs, or running their own bar, or busting their own father as a serial killer, or owning a gym for underprivileged kids after being subjected to a juvenile underground fighting to the death ring, or overtaking their moms brothel, or their mom being undercover in a suicide cult ran by Chad Michael Murray? I mean, sorry but that is quality shit in my book.