Riverdale

Archie may have been born as a comic book character, but it was Greg Berlanti and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa who gave him a superhero physique. That is not a critique, but it is perhaps the first thing you might notice about the CW’s new take on the 76-year-old all-American high schooler, now making his live action television debut.Riverdale Season 1-6 Download.

“Riverdale” could be seen as a “Island of Doctor Moreau”-esque attempt to cross-breed the DC TV universe currently thriving on the CW with a “Gossip Girl”-style teen drama made which was so popular in the CW’s early days. In fact, that might be the easiest way to describe it. And yet there’s just enough happening underneath the surface to make it worthy of deeper study. This is no zombie corpse of a comic book adaptation. A heart beats here.The basics, as gleaned from the first four episodes (all enjoyably titled after classic films): Archie (played by K. J. Apa) is a high school sophomore in the small town of Riverdale. His dad (Luke Perry, and yes that’s a bit mind-blowing) wants him to play football so he can go to college. His best friend Betty (Lili Reinhart) wants to know if they might one day be more than friends, but Veronica (Camila Mendes), the new girl in town, is pretty intriguing……oh, plus, at the beginning of the pilot, one of their fellow classmates is presumed missing. And the parents of these kids have no shortage of secrets. “Riverdale’s” not the first show to invoke memories of “Twin Peaks” — it just happens to be the most recent.That said, “Riverdale” also brings with it a certain stylized weirdness that could prove divisive. Teen drama has always seemed to swing between the pendulums of realism and idealism when it comes to their dialogue. But while shows like “The O.C.” might have gotten dinged for over-stylized quips issued by its under-18 set, “Riverdale” makes that show feel like “Friday Night Lights.” Only a sampling of the bon mots slung about by Archie’s friends, just from the premier