The Heathers reboot
OK, I saw episode 1 and have positives and negatives:
1. Aesthetics were on point, both candy-colored enough to evoke the movie and updated enough to feel not-80s to me.
2. Veronica's casting: that voice is perfect Winona Ryder in voiceover, and her uncertain misery worked. You don't get a Christian Slater every time, though, and they didn't here.
3. Now the bad: this felt like it was punching down, not up. Yes, I get it, mean teens use the weapons they have at hand, but this felt like a slam on "SJWs" and the Glee-knockoff genderqueer Heather had none of the vicious skill that made Heather Duke understandable/fun. Relatedly, the Betty Finn switch felt like it was taking away from the humanity that the original still had some faith for. The only twist that worked for me was the final one. Maybe there's more in further episodes; the aesthetic might be enough to get me watching again/even change my mind.
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1. Aesthetics were on point, both candy-colored enough to evoke the movie and updated enough to feel not-80s to me.
2. Veronica's casting: that voice is perfect Winona Ryder in voiceover, and her uncertain misery worked. You don't get a Christian Slater every time, though, and they didn't here.
3. Now the bad: this felt like it was punching down, not up. Yes, I get it, mean teens use the weapons they have at hand, but this felt like a slam on "SJWs" and the Glee-knockoff genderqueer Heather had none of the vicious skill that made Heather Duke understandable/fun. Relatedly, the Betty Finn switch felt like it was taking away from the humanity that the original still had some faith for. The only twist that worked for me was the final one. Maybe there's more in further episodes; the aesthetic might be enough to get me watching again/even change my mind.
comments on DW | reply there. I have invites or you can use OpenID.