Has anyone here watched Riverdale (CW)?

Me and my sisters were big Archie fans growing up so I decided to give this a watch on Netflix. I read reviews before watching and they were bad, but they all seemed to be written by angry teenage girls who were upset that their own fantasy writing for the show didn't come to fruition. It's Archie, how badly could they screw it up?

It's bad.

I somehow made it through 4 seasons.

Season 1 isn't bad, in a way that The Force Awakens wasn't bad, that it sets the tone for potential going forward.

However Season 2 onward is just bad.

The writers took something that is literally impossible to screw up, the Archie Comics universe, and screwed it up.

Each character diverts wildly from the character they were in the comics.

The main cast's best character is Jughead, but instead of the goofball he was in the comics, he is more collected and reserved, almost emo type of guy. His character is still the best though because he doesn't take himself too seriously despite his emo style, unlike...

...Archie. Takes himself way too seriously. He is a male version of a Mary Sue. Everything he does he is good at. There is nothing he can't do. And is way too serious about everything. Even when he makes bad decisions, it still ends up working out for him somehow.

Betty is fine in Season 1 but becomes an unlikable SJW from Season 2 onward. But she is still a far better character than Veronica, the worst character in the show. Yes, she was a rich girl in the comics, but at least she wasn't a bitch. In the show she is a total unlikable bitch, who is yet written as a protagonist because she wants to use her riches for "good" or something, therefore we should like her. Like Archie, she can also do no wrong.

Cheryl Blossom's character has ton of potential but gets wasted on stupid storylines.

The adults are the best characters in the show - specifically the dads - Jughead's dad, Archie's dad, Betty's dad, Veronica's dad - Yet they are wasted because of course the kids know better than they do. That is an overarching theme of this show - parents suck, families suck, adults suck, destroy your relationships with your families because families are pointless, your parents don't know what is best for you. The adult characters exist to be punching bags for the cast of teenagers.

The LGBT agenda is also shoehorned into this show to the point where its extremely in your face almost every episode. It seems like every character is gay or at least bi. The last episode of this show I watched before giving up was an episode where the evil principal wouldn't let a gay kid perform as a drag queen during a talent show so the entire school in protest showed up to school dressed in drag the next day. That was it for me.

Watch Season 1 and leave it at that.