05-22-2017, 01:30 PM
Yeah, Riverdale has sort of been my guilty pleasure this Spring. Although that's also in part because of their truly surprising willingness to completely and utterly subvert the Archie Comics universe, and building storylines specifically around NOT doing what one would expect of an Archie TV show. The whole Archie\Betty\Veronica love triangle isn't even a thing! And I find it really fascinating, watching them completely deconstruct and them rebuild that mythology from its constituent parts.
But the Twin Peaks influence is absolutely unmistakable. Although even then, they end up subverting that! For a show that could easily be mistaken (and enjoyed) as tawdry soap opera, it's got very smart plotting.
But the Twin Peaks influence is absolutely unmistakable. Although even then, they end up subverting that! For a show that could easily be mistaken (and enjoyed) as tawdry soap opera, it's got very smart plotting.