# How a gritty Archie reboot should look. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 26, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-a-gritty-archie-reboot-should-look/572735 "2011-02-26T19:30:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-a-gritty-archie-reboot-should-look/572735/1 "2011-02-26T19:30:14Z")
Right here: [_Riverdale_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djRAiiFlCy8&feature=player_embedded). My only criticism is that they overlooked the obvious: Dilton would _clearly_ have synthesized picric acid from indigo salvaged from Veronica’s discarded last-season designer jeans and nitrates extracted from Jughead’s surplus jerky stash. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-a-gritty-archie-reboot-should-look/572735/2 "2011-02-26T19:40:48Z")
This is just terrific! One, it’s funny to portray Archie this way, and two, it made me laugh at the way film trailers work in general. And yes, I loved Archie comics as a kid. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-a-gritty-archie-reboot-should-look/572735/3 "2011-02-26T19:44:08Z")
There’s pretty much zero chance it won’t be a horrible abortion like Josie and the Pussycats or Scooby Doo,. ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-a-gritty-archie-reboot-should-look/572735/4 "2011-02-26T19:46:44Z")
Amazing. I would totally see that. This bit: “I’m not like other guys” “I know, that’s what I love about you” - is that a reference to Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ video (where those exact lines are spoken) or was ‘Thriller’ also referencing something made earlier? It could just be a coincidence. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-a-gritty-archie-reboot-should-look/572735/5 "2011-02-26T19:54:31Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > There’s pretty much zero chance it won’t be a horrible abortion like Josie and the Pussycats or Scooby Doo,. There’s a 100% chance that it won’t be a horrible abortion like\*\* Josie and the Pussycats \*\*or _Scooby Doo_, because the project has wrapped already and you’ve seen it in its entirety. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-a-gritty-archie-reboot-should-look/572735/6 "2011-02-26T20:44:15Z")
Besides, _Josie and the Pussycats_ was a pretty good movie. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-a-gritty-archie-reboot-should-look/572735/7 "2011-02-26T21:44:49Z")
Noce how they covered most of the characters–even people like Mr. Lodge and Mr. Weatherbee. But where were Miss Grundy and Pop Tate? ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-a-gritty-archie-reboot-should-look/572735/8 "2011-02-27T05:18:04Z")
Along similar but darker lines, here is Frank Miller’s _Peanuts_: [Part 1](http://ninjaink.deviantart.com/art/Schulz-City-That-Yellow-S-1-115191442), [Part 2](http://ninjaink.deviantart.com/art/Schulz-City-That-Yellow-S-2-115191262) (SFW). ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-a-gritty-archie-reboot-should-look/572735/9 "2011-02-27T10:08:40Z")
This has always been, I figure, the gold standard for fan-made comic-book trailers: [_Grayson_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_594699&v=QQyfQ7RMOXs&feature=iv) ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-a-gritty-archie-reboot-should-look/572735/10 "2011-02-27T12:25:13Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > There’s pretty much zero chance it won’t be a horrible abortion like Josie and the Pussycats or Scooby Doo,. [ol] [li]This is a fan-fic parody trailer which itself represents the project in its entirety. There’s nothing more to the project beyond the linked trailer video.[/li][li]Josie and the Pussycats was AWESOME![/li][li]Josie and the Pussycats was AWESOME![/li][li]Josie and the Pussycats was AWESOME![/li][li]Josie and the Pussycats was AWESOME![/li][li]Josie and the Pussycats was AWESOME![/li][/ol] ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-a-gritty-archie-reboot-should-look/572735/11 "2011-02-27T15:10:36Z")
I would \*SO \*go to see this movie, if only it were real! I read Archie comics well intill my adulthood (Hell, I still do on occasion!) Too bad it’s a parody. ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-a-gritty-archie-reboot-should-look/572735/12 "2011-02-27T16:55:37Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > [ol] > [li]Josie and the Pussycats was AWESOME![/li][/ol] Seventhed! Josie and the Pussycats was well-made self-satire. Nothin’ to complain about there. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-a-gritty-archie-reboot-should-look/572735/13 "2011-02-28T00:47:53Z")
The casting in this “trailer” is superb! Jughead, especially, looks exactly right. Of course, he has a very distinctive look - Archie is somewhat more generic, although still quite good. But Ethel, Moose, Dilton, and Mr. Lodge, all look very much like their characters, although they kinda missed with Mr. Weatherbee. And, yes, Veronica and especially Betty looked very hot. I’d suggest having them both of them played by the same actress, though, just with different color wigs. But that would screw up that _excellent_ final scene. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-a-gritty-archie-reboot-should-look/572735/14 "2011-02-28T06:58:13Z")
How long before Archie’s lawyers shut it down? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-a-gritty-archie-reboot-should-look/572735/15 "2011-02-28T07:15:46Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > And, yes, Veronica and especially Betty looked very hot. I’d suggest having them both of them played by the same actress, though, just with different color wigs. But that would screw up that _excellent_ final scene. Or, if identical twins are cast, make it a hundred times better. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-a-gritty-archie-reboot-should-look/572735/16 "2011-02-28T16:05:49Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > But that would screw up that _excellent_ final scene. Needs more Cheryl Blossom.