Well that was interesting...still not sure how I feel about it. I understand TV is a different medium than a comic book. Some things I liked. Mostly the portrayals of Archie, Betty, Veronica & Reggie. I really liked the way they handled the friendship of Betty & Kevin. They had some of the best lines. Some things were too jarring for me like the encounter with Miss Grundy. The way Josie was portrayed. And hardly any Jughead. I guess the biggest difference for me is I would want to live in comic book Riverdale but not in TV Riverdale. I will try a few more episodes. I am guessing the first season is only 13 episodes?

I noticed that about Jughead, barely in it at all. I am guessing as the show goes on and the murder mystery deepens, he will play a bigger role.
Not sure I'd want to live in TV Riverdale either. They kept referencing it was the first day of school (typically at the end of summer) but it looked very cold there and all the trees were dead. Maybe that was to create the uneasy atmosphere (or an unfortunate shooting schedule, haha!)
It did take me back to high school though (minus all the social media references). I don't remember our school having a Queen B like Cheryl, but there were definitely "mean girls". I wasn't the most popular, but wasn't unpopular either. I hung out with everybody.
It was nice to see Veronica sticking up for Betty and I liked seeing Kevin and Betty too (they played well off each other).
Yes, I think 13 episodes.

Yay, it's on Netflix too, meaning I can watch it!


What Afterlife with Archie is to the walking dead and The chilling adventures of Sabrina is to Rosemary's baby, Riverdale is to Twin Peaks (with a direct reference right at the beginning). And as far as I'm concerned, that's a good thing!

This is not a TV version of the venerable comics series; this is an engrossing mystery that uses characters we are already familiar with. The advantage is that we don't have to spend a lot of time establishing who is who and what is what, and on top of that we have a keen interest in discovering just how different these new avatars are from the original characters. I was glad to see Veronica depicted the way she was, since I really expected her to be cast as Betty's opposite and rival (which would have been the lazy way to go at it) rather than the friend she turned out to be.

The huge surprise was Archie's love interest... Talk about unexpected!!!

Jughead's depiction was perfect (as far as I'm concerned). Reggie could use some fleshing out, though, as he was just used as "another jock". Hopefully he will be developped more fully later on.

Excellent start, and I'll be there for the next episodes!

Episode 2 was better (IMO). Jughead was in this episode more. I like how they are developing Betty & Veronica's friendship. I felt they fleshed out the characters a little more. I even like the mystery of Jason's death. I liked the twist at the end but obviously there is much more to the story of what happened during the summer in Riverdale. I really liked the scene with Archie, Jughead, Betty & Veronica at Pop's.

What I didn't like this episode: Reggie was too one dimensional. In the comics at least Reggie isn't a total jerk. I still don't like Josie for some reason. And I really dislike how Betty's Mom is portrayed.

Overall I am enjoying Riverdale more than I thought I would.

I just watched it and I like the scene at Pop's and the four characters that played Archie, Jughead, Veronica, and Betty. Outside of that realms, I felt the other characters weren't that memorable and I wasn't in tune with them if they don't develop them to the point of making them more real to me the series won't hold dear to me. I don't care for Josie and I felt that Reggie is a bit overblown and that's one of the only other character that I can relate to. For the Record, I did not see the opening show and this is my first time that I seen it. It is that all that bad, but they needs to be a little bit more real to me. The sets and the background atmosphere is good; but the secondary characters needs to be better.

Episode 3: Well I'm hooked. Yes the characters are not the wholesome characters in the comics. Yes I am not crazy about some of the changes. But they sealed it tonight with the cliffhanger ending & next week's preview.

What I liked: how they are unraveling the mystery slowly. The deepening of Betty & Veronica's friendship. The portrayal of Jughead. Ethel Muggs. What I didn't like: I still hate the way Josie & Betty's Mom are portrayed. I also didn't like the creepiness of Chuck Clayton. And I'm not sure about Betty's "meltdown". That was a little too weird.

I also like the portrayal of Veronica's Mom.
Kevin is written way over the top but some of his lines crack me up.
The twist with Miss Grundy may be awesome!
I agree about Archie & his Dad.

Whoever killed Jason must be one of the supporting characters since they wouldn't write out a main character like Archie or Betty...

At this point I would guess either Polly or Betty's Mom killed Jason.