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[that cw ppg script] I have so many thoughts about why I think this doesn't work even outside it being cw shlock
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in that it should have either been way MORE nostalgic or way LESS so
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esp since ppg is way less of a cultural franchise than Archie or the DC universe
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so the folks nostalgic for it are folks that were legit fans of it comparatively recently
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so either stick way more to the orginal canon, which isn't impossible- even back the the girls had whole episodes focused on the hardships of being heroes so young and basically being child stars
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but don't MOCK the orginal
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OR divorce it way more from canon like Riverdale did
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honestly if I had to compare it to any reboot it wouldn't be Riverdale
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It'd be teen titans go
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I've read the snippets another plurk linked and like
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does this person hate Powerpuff Girls???
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cause this feels like attempted canon homicide
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YEAH EXACTLY which is why I make the Go comparison. it feels like it both hates the original but also refuses to stop pointing back at it
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only unlike go this won't be able to succeed on the back of people that don't know the orginal canon cuz unlike go their core audience isn't toddlers
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folks that just want cw style dramas will hate all the references they won't get
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and people who do get them are pissed cuz the mean spiritedness
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not to mention the social justice namedropping feels so forced it's condescending
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you can make jokes about social issues without being like "hey just like that CASUAL RACISM GEDDIT"
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It does feel like they had a checklist of some sort with all the words they had to use
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Sonic Boom did this kinda thing well. this script needs to stfu
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oh yeah it def is also just bad in a more general sense
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it the same way the Heathers reboot was honestly
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I'm still reeling about namedropping harambe
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...they what
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pardon
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YEP
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They sure did