# The Heathers remake looks horrible. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 20, 2018, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-heathers-remake-looks-horrible/807008 "2018-01-20T01:11:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2018, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-heathers-remake-looks-horrible/807008/1 "2018-01-20T01:11:21Z")
[The trailer for this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B85lYenaxE) has just plopped. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2018, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-heathers-remake-looks-horrible/807008/2 "2018-01-20T01:27:48Z")
Wow, that looks awful. I barely made it through the trailer. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2018, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-heathers-remake-looks-horrible/807008/3 "2018-01-20T01:54:44Z")
A lot of millennials will like it. I won’t. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2018, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-heathers-remake-looks-horrible/807008/4 "2018-01-20T01:56:20Z")
Why remake it? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2018, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-heathers-remake-looks-horrible/807008/5 "2018-01-20T02:01:57Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > Why remake it? It’s a pilot for a TV series. Today’s teenagers aren’t going to watch a show about 1988 teenagers. Their parents probably would though. ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-heathers-remake-looks-horrible/807008/6 "2018-01-21T00:45:06Z")
I love the original, but this looks bad. I’ll probably pirate it and watch it just so that I can complain about it even further. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-heathers-remake-looks-horrible/807008/7 "2018-01-21T01:14:40Z")
No. Just…no. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-heathers-remake-looks-horrible/807008/8 "2018-01-21T01:56:59Z")
Ah Heathers… back in a simpler time when drinking bottled water meant you were gay. I don’t know how they will make it into a tv show without making it Heathers in name only. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-heathers-remake-looks-horrible/807008/9 "2018-01-21T02:20:40Z")
Well, I think that Christian Slater has a pretty open schedule… ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-heathers-remake-looks-horrible/807008/10 "2018-01-21T02:40:17Z")
> [@Balthisar](#): > > I love the original, but this looks bad. I’ll probably pirate it and watch it just so that I can complain about it even further. “What’s the up-chuck factor on that?” Stranger ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-heathers-remake-looks-horrible/807008/11 "2018-01-21T02:44:14Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Well, I think that Christian Slater has a pretty open schedule… Isn’t he on that mr robot show the anarchists love? ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-heathers-remake-looks-horrible/807008/12 "2018-01-21T02:53:34Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Isn’t he on that mr robot show the anarchists love? ”Our love is God, let’s go get a Slushie.” Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-heathers-remake-looks-horrible/807008/13 "2018-01-21T03:10:07Z")
“Eskimo.” ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-heathers-remake-looks-horrible/807008/14 "2018-01-21T03:36:49Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > A lot of millennials will like it. I won’t. I don’t think that millennials are going to like it, either.It looks awful and they were too young to like the original when it came out. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-heathers-remake-looks-horrible/807008/15 "2018-01-21T04:39:51Z")
The only people I can see enjoying this is high school students who have never seen the original and likely wouldn’t get it if they did. It looks truly awful, like they took every buzzword and cliche they could come up with, but this is how many of these crappy high school tv shows are. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-heathers-remake-looks-horrible/807008/16 "2018-01-21T06:03:44Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Well, I think that Christian Slater has a pretty open schedule… Why? Is he getting the Spacey treatment? Otherwise I think he works a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-heathers-remake-looks-horrible/807008/17 "2018-01-21T06:37:44Z")
Holy shit, that was painful. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-heathers-remake-looks-horrible/807008/18 "2018-01-21T06:45:09Z")
I’d rather pound my testicles flat with a wooden hammer than watch this show. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2018, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-heathers-remake-looks-horrible/807008/19 "2018-01-21T07:35:33Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Holy shit, that was painful. It felt like the script was written by committee. “Ok, what are the kids talking about these days? There’s no bad ideas, people. Just throw out some stuff and we’ll find a place for it…” ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-heathers-remake-looks-horrible/807008/20 "2018-01-21T08:32:36Z")
So one of the _Heathers_ remake writers [thinks that the Heathers were good role models](http://ew.com/tv/2018/01/18/heathers-remake-interview/): > [@A complete idiot](#): > > “The main thing to really take away is I don’t view the Heathers as the villains,” showrunner Jason Micallef told EW. “The three Heathers are incredibly powerful and ruling the school; they’re the people you would want to be. In the original film, the Heathers were the ones I always loved, and it’s the same with the series. The Heathers are the aspirational characters. [That the Heathers are the villains is] the underlying thesis of the small segment of people that have an issue with it. The villain is J.D. — and that’s the same in the movie and same in our show.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-heathers-remake-looks-horrible/807008.md?page=2)