riverdale shall go down in history as the show who gave us iconic lines such as “then you’ve never experienced the highs and lows of high school football” and “im weird. im a weirdo. i dont fit in and i don’t WANT to fit in. have you ever seen me without this stupid hat? that’s weird.” and im forever thankful for it
I swear, Madelaine Petsch is probably the only actor who still might enjoy her time on this stupid show. Because at least the stuff that the writers give her to do is so batshit insane that it has to be at least enjoyably ridiculous to act out.
How did Riverdale go from trying to solve the mystery of the death of this girls brother to controlling fire, mind control mind reading and shit like that
Riverdale and chilling adventure of Sabrina in the same universe and the powers are comic accurate but writing is so cringy no one is caring about comics at this point
@@osmanmert170 ohh yeah so do the later seasons happen in the alternate or dark version of river dale? I vaugley remember there being some alt reality or “canon”spooky stories when I tried getting into the comics
Archie and Sabrina share a universe hell Afterlife With Archie is literally caused by Jughead asking Sabrina to bring his dog back to life and accidentally making him a zombie
I usually hate "it was all a dream" endings but I kinda want them to end up back in season one with all of the crazy shit being Archie's dream or something
I was just thinking how funny it would be if the final scene cut back to "reality" where we see Archie in a straight jacket screaming to an orderly about how Hiram Burrows was going to steal all their minerals.
i always thought the ending would cut back to jughead writing his book like from the first season (if i remember?) and him being like okay the end! n all the other characters r like ooo can we read ur work ? n being shocked at how he wrote everything HAHA
Lol this is 100% because the cast refused to renew their contracts post season-7 and I don’t blame them. Alex, you’ve been an absolute blessing throughout the Riverfail era!
I’m kind of surprised because none of them have been in much except cheesy rom com teen movies. Hopefully now that they’re free they’ll have more time to do other stuff that’s more… high calibre, lets just say.
I did actually think it's writing got better Since the villian is fresh and new and interesting and riverdale has finally accepted it's bullshit which it was supposed to do in season 3
As someone who stopped watching this show after season 2 I'm so confused and baffled about what happened in the next seasons and I'm also very happy that I did stop watching this show
I never watched a episode of this show, but boy has this show been a ride. Just watching your videos I feel like I've been apart of something equally hilarious, insane, and amazingly dumb
Honestly I do. I reached the end of season two and I couldn't take anymore. Hats off to him. That Archie storyline really happened? You cannot be serious.
I think the best way to end Riverdale would be either a)They go back in time, stop Jason's murder and everything is fine. No cults, no psycho serial killers, no witches. Everyone is alive and well (Jason, Polly, and even Archie's dad could be brought back by Archie calling him or something), and Riverdale is back to being a normal town with normal people. The last scene is all the main characters having a milkshake at Pop's or b)It was all a dream/Jughead's creative writing assignment/They are doing drugs in college and just saying whatever. But they'll probably just explode Earth or whatever.
@@shambhavitripathi6124 Yeah but they can do a scene where Archie calls to his parents off screen in a happy way, like "I'll be back for dinner love you guys" or something normal idk
I always thought Riverdale was a book Jughead was writing since he’s the narrator. The last scene with them at Pop’s diner would remind me of Friends going to get some coffee in the final episode.
Riverdale getting cancelled is the most shocking twist in the series...can't wait to see them one-up it by having a finale that literally rips into our dimension and melts faces off
The ratings have been in the dump since Season 5, which was getting 400k live viewers. Season 6 is getting 200k live viewers, half of what the network is probably willing to have. This show's been doing insanely bad.
I love when you turn the screen black after the ridiculous moments. It really lets me get a good look at my own face of disbelief and disappointment lmao
This show had so much potential. S1 and S2 had me on the edge of the seat. After that it all went south. It’s a pity to see how everything all turned out
The thing was, we were expecting a remake of the archie comics and we were not only betrayed, but bamboozled in the most entertaining way imo. And that is something very Uniquely Riverdale.
At this point you can practically use the word Riverdale to describe something so ridiculously over the top that you can’t even quite put your finger on it 🤣
When this is all over we need to get Dylan Is In Trouble to watch the first and last episode of Riverdale. It will LITERALLY be like watching to different shows.
Oh my actual god. It will be amazing to see him go from a classic murder-in-a-small-town to this-is-every-single-possible-genre-of-television-combined-and-we're-not-even-hiding-it.
I’ve literally never watched a single episode of Riverdale, but I feel like I have with these videos. Thanks for taking us all on this journey Alex, I’ll miss exclaiming “WTF?!” every time I watch one 🤣🤣🤣
I'm happy about the jobs that were created and kept during this show's run. I'm happy that it shot Alex Meyer's career to unimaginable heights. And I'm happy that we got such amazing animated clips as the character select screens to preface each storyline and of course, the musicals. But good f**king riddance. Let us please give money to something better from now on.
This is CW. They kept Riverdale going for this long and made Batwoman. I'm pretty sure the money is going to be used on another cringey dumpster fire that no one asked for.
@@curosaber CW execs are trying to cash out and sell the network, which is why they are cancelling all their big shows. If they succeed, it's likely whoever the new management is will make more grounded decisions.
The jiggling abs had me wheezing. End of a nostalgic train wreck of a series, but definitely supplied you with so much material and your audience a ton of laughter.
@@isaamaandaa Exactly. Use decades long established characters, let a revolving door of writers who don't care about the IP use them for their fan fictions so the story is all over the place & makes no sense. Just like with every OG IP, destroying them in the process. The CW (we don't have it in Australia, just the odd show) lets these shows go on far longer than anyone else & ratings don't matter (Batwoman). No wonder it's up for sale.
Riverdale happened when the writers and/or executives thought Wattpad-original stories make sense and that they implemented many of its elements into the later seasons.
As someone who actually watches riverdale up to this point, the only character that have had rational reasonings to things are that one school therapist that just pointed out the absurdity of Riverdale, and the autopsy guy. Therefore, they are my favorite characters.
I feel like if they had just made each season it's own story (like an anthology series) it would've been better rather than changing genres halfway through seasons. I would've stuck around if each season was cohesive but a different genre each time.
honestly the only episode i came back for was one of the ones in season 5. it was kinda an anthology season, if that makes sense? each episode was different, but i say kinda because it was all related in the end. i have no clue how bc i didn’t follow up on it except with alex’s videos, but the episode i saw was so good, i wished these actors would be given a role in a project together again i do enjoy them.
@@ictlab1345 yeah I stopped watching before the time jump, I couldn't do it anymore. I wish they had done the anthology concept from the beginning. It would've made the different jumps in genre so much more cohesive. I think I was only really watching it because it filmed near where I work and live.
When I hear this totally off-the-walls-dialogue, I think to myself, "these are AMAZING actors to be able to say these things with completely straight faces and act like it's super serious." Then I wonder if, after seven years of having to recite this dialogue, have their souls just... left their bodies?
I know my soul would’ve left my body looong time ago if I was one of the actors. If I was Lili Reinhart, that moment would’ve been when stripping while singing Mad world. If I was Camila Mendes? After the first time of having to call Archie ”Archiekins“. Kj Apa? Climbing and homping the fence like some crazy ass baboon when the girls came to perform ”Jailhouse rock“ outside the jail. My soul would’ve gone wooosh
Personally, I think they find it fun. I mean, where else do you get the chance to act this crazy and get paid like a lot of money for it?? It honestly sounds great lol. I mean, when you watch all of them in the show, every once in a while, you can see just how much fun they are having while doing all of this.
I’m genuinely going to be a little sad when Riverdale ends. Like, sure the show is absurd, but the trick is to embrace the absurdity and just roll with it.
Very well put. Now I wonder does anyone can make a more absurd show than riverdale? Cause honestly I think Riverdale has the highest level of absurdity that media could offer
@@idontwannabeanonymous4725 if it makes you feel any better, we said the exact same thing about Glee. Then we got Riverdale that bested it by a mile. Just because we can't currently foresee any way to outdo the status quo doesn't mean it won't happen. After all - if you can predict absurdity, is it really even that absurd?
@@idontwannabeanonymous4725 i agree i also feel like euphoria is going in that direction? it’s the only thing i can think of that people follow on such a large scale
Man this show went so downhill, Season 1 truly looks like a masterpiece. Yes it’s corny and has a lot of questionable moments but it was fine for what it was. Most of the original black characters disappeared, I actually miss the parents, and the show was good without Hiram constantly harassing the kids, in fact I’ve come to dislike Hiram. He is literally a mustache twirling villain, always trying to destroy others lives, especially Archie for no reason. I also really loved when the serpents were the main villians and had the rival gang plots even though it was goofy, but in a good way. I actually wanted a serpent’s tattoo 😂. The show felt like a darker version of Scooby-Doo without the dog. Just a couple of teens solving a murder mystery of the Queen bee’s twin brother. Even the parents had their own problems and secrets that somehow impacted their kids. There was no supernatural and things were sort of normal. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I miss the Archie and Ms. Grundy drama. Sh*t was wild.
Okay but the scene with Jughead and Percival just made me realize that a show about a group of teenagers with special powers having to defend their town from nosy reporters while simultaneously battling inside supernatural threats could have been so entertaining on it's own. In the context of this show as a whole (plus all the lore from the comics) it's just a mess though.
I remember watching the first season of Riverdale and enjoying it but then watching it devolve into the beautiful mess it is today. I have watched Alex's Riverdale videos religiously and at the end when he mentioned it had been on for seven years, it hit me. 7 years. Where the hell did that time go? Damn. What a world we live in.
@@WhySoPrettyJinsoul. no it’s been five. Riverdale came out in 2017. He probably says 7 because since it’s getting a 7th season that means 1 season per year, which isn’t what they did
Alex's talking about Riverdale is like talking about that one cringe friend we have. You drag them and laugh about how cringe they are (not behind their backs ofc), but at the end of the day you kinda sorta love them and their cringy behavior even if you don't wanna admit it.
@@GingerbreadGerard Shout-out to a fellow Raised Online soldier who qualifies everything before they speak because they know it's a surefire way to summon leagues of contrarians if you don't 🙌 😅
I'd need to do more research on this, but CW cancelling most of their iconic shows probably means it's a money management issue more than anything else. For Riverdale, I think every actor breathed a sigh of relief when they learned of their "release".
its not cancelled... its just literally ending. This is what happens when shows have had successful runs and the actors reach the end of their contracts. They knew 7 seasons was the goal. The media is just click baiting for views saying the show is cancelled when its just simply ending because it was all mutually planned.
@@racool911 Well obviously. Not any different from, any other network cancelling shows every television season. The Coroner, Walker, Kung Fu, Nancy Drew, All DC Universe shows and both All American shows have all been renewed. Not to mention they have upcoming series Tom Swift premiering later this month, and Walker, Supernatural spin offs and Gotham Knights premiere later this year.
When archie was becoming completely invulnerable with cheryls help I could not stop laughing at how ridiculous it looked. I can only imagine what that scene looked like without all of the special effects 😂😂
This just sounds like endgame to me. Someone unbeatable shows up. Someone time travels and looks through so many possible outcomes, then a character has to die to win.
But, like, using mind reading to bypass deafness is actually really interesting. It could lead to some interesting conflict in a good show with good characters.
When you ask the cast of shows like Arrow anything about the series after the end they usually describe everything almost perfectly. The Riverdale cast will not remember a thing about the show
this show is so embarrassing. i remember when the cast really thought they were doing something with this show back in the first couple of seasons and now you can see they're just dead behind the eyes knowing what its become
You're acting as if they're doing these insane plots by accident and expected it to be this revolutionary show. No they did it because it got people watching. Hate watching doesn't help
Yeah, I watched a video of an interview with the cast & Lili & others seemed excited about the show & praised the writers & I was like, "Wha-?" Then I saw that the video was from 6 years ago. Ah, so this was before the show became a laughingstock. It was such a contrast to the snarky comments, facial expressions, & total lack of engagement in later interviews.
"I don't know if any show is ever going to take the place of Riverdale." Don't underestimate the might of human absurdity Alex, before Riverdale happened, they said it for pretty little liars too.
Please 🙏 let it be real 😭 The actors and the team deserve BETTER than working on this show, the freedom will heal them. For sure. The devil needs to be defeated once and for all.
it's true, ever since David Zaslav became the ceo of warner.discovery, a bunch of horrible CW shows like Batwoman, and other DC shows were murdered or canceled. I think the network is for sale or something.
I totally agree with everything Alex said especially at the end. I mean, there’s just something about Riverdale. It’s always there for you to kind of escape reality because it will never be a reality (and least is should not ever be a reality). It’s kind of become like a comfort show for so many people to just have it to fall back on. And especially the part where he said that’s so many people’s jobs. I mean, not even just the actors, there’s everyone behind the scenes, which is a lot of people’s jobs. Riverdale was probably like a safety net for so many of them as well. I don’t know
I actually think them finally embracing supernatural stuff made the show better--if they had implemented it earlier on the weird/asinine stuff would have made more sense, IMO.
The ratings took a dive in Season 5, which was getting 400k live viewers. Then in Season 6 it dropped to 200k live viewers. This show is doing insanely bad, and it's pretty obvious they screwed up with the direction it took.
@@realtalk6195 I think they had hope aging them up would help but it unfortunately didn't which is strange considering a major critique was that "HOW ARE THWY DOING ALL THIS WHEN THEYRE 16" or some shit.
I can't believe I'm saying this, but thank god it's ending. Season 1 was great and I thought it had potential, then Season 2 came around and it just went down from there. The plot wasn't making anymore sense and I stopped watching. Still, I cannot believe it spanned 7 seasons.
S6 is probably the best one. S1 was a bit too Teen Drama for me and S2 was a good middle ground. S3 was.. just terribly written, the concept was fine but execution isn't their strong suit on this show. Which is why I think Season 6 is so good, for the first time ever they seem to have a plan and the writing is consistent
Y'know. I'm actually sad it's cancelled. No matter how much of a shit show this was, it's one of the very few shows that managed to make me laugh when I had shitty days
its not cancelled... its just literally ending. This is what happens when shows have had successful runs and the actors reach the end of their contracts. They knew 7 seasons was the goal. The media is just click baiting for views saying the show is cancelled when its just simply ending because it was all mutually planned.
I'm going to miss Alex poking fun at this show. I have a lot of respect for Madelain Petch as she's able to keep a straight face while doing the most batsh*t insane things or saying absolutely ridiculous lines because I doubt I could've done any of it without cracking up after every take. Hope the other actors do well after this show as they are so much better than the material they've been given on this show.
Ok so I haven’t watched these in a while and I’m just speechless by this insanity. Were the writers force fed mushrooms while having a fever dream? The previous stuff was crazy enough but this writing is like the work of a man who has seen the elder gods, couldn’t sleep for 3 weeks and regressed to the mind of a 4 year old.
@@maka8746 That was Cole Sprouse? I've seen several of Alex's videos covering this show, and I never realized that Jughead was Cole Sprouse. He looks so different from how I remembered him looking from Suite life on Deck.
seriously she only played out a thousand or so scenarios of the some epic final battle?? Shit, Doc Strange ran like a million to find the one that actually succeeded. she definitely needs to put in more time.
This show's plot is so bizarre I'm surprised that Archie and Jughead haven't crossed the Egyptian desert to fight a british vampire and his time-stopping punch ghost in downtown Cairo.
0:33 I will literally never forgive the cancelation of Dirk Gently's. I have never seen a show with so much raw potential and they just decided to waste it for no reason.
Being upset over Dirk gently and I am not ok with this cancellation gang. Although atleast before covid was a thing one of the producers got the rights to the show and was making an animated kind of sequel. You can look it up it's real. I kinda understand why they cancelled it, after what Max Landis did, but I also don't know why they couldn't of swapped out the directors.
I feel like the actors are the ones happiest about the cancellation you can tell they’ve wanted out for so long I’m happy about this just so the actors can move on cause a lot of them are good actors the writing is just so bad there’s no way to not make it cringey 😂
The only thing we're gonna miss from Riverdale being cancelled is the "chose your character" animation part in your videos. Edit: so the show is at its Endgame stage A character sees through different timelines and the only solution is for the "main" character to die. Yes. Very original
I don’t know if I should laugh, because this dumpster fire rollercoaster is over or cry, because Alex’s commentary made me love/hate this Alice in wonderland acid trip….*mentally exhausted due to all of this conflicting feelings* 🙃
Let's just take a moment to remember that there was a show called Archie's Weird Mysteries where they actually dealt with paranormal and supernatural abnormalities, and even that show was more sane than anything happening in this show.
Archie's Weird Mysteries was less insane because it at least had a plan going in. That plan was to ape Scooby Doo, and so it never really went off the rails as much as the rails themselves were absurd. I'm not sure the Riverdale writers have anything resembling a plan or if they just get really high and go "dude... what if Archie became batman..."
I don’t know how to feel about this…I’ve had many, many times where I’ve been “this sucks, I’m outta here” due to how stupid and insane the show can get but…it’s like…ya know? I do hope the cast do well after the shows ends though❤️
My first reaction to this was "Oh sweet release! The cast is finally free.", but at the same time I feel bad for you, because it gave you a huge jump for your channel. However, I won't leave anytime soon.
Easy, in the order they were released. Season 1 despite being corny looks like a masterpiece compared to the rest. It was just your average middle/ upper class teens solving a murder mystery of their fellow classmate. Season 2 was shaky, but I still got through it. The Black Hood being Betty’s dad was fine. I gave up on Riverdale after episode 7 of season 3. Archie became an idiot constantly ignoring Jughead’s warning about Hiram and ugh that’s all I remember.
Well it's basically this order: Season 1 Season 2 Season 6 Season 5 Season 4 Season 3 Everything but season 1 and the first half of seaoson 2 is absolute trash tho, however in season 6 they stopped trying to find unbelievable explanations for their stupid storylines and started to go supernatural which is a good aspect.
I'm actually surprised it lasted so long, on the bright side we got a lot of funny videos thanks to you 😂😂😂 Also there's another show on the CW network called Naomi which is next level bad, compared to that riverdale is a masterpiece. You might want to check it out. And great video as always Alex
I was living my best life one random day last month, and Riverdale happened to come on, specifically the Tabitha episode. And to say I wasn't confused to all hell would be an understatement. I watched the first two seasons because I found the concept really cool, but now. Now I'm terrified at what it has become. Genuinely terrified.
It wasn't a MASTERPIECE in season 1 it was like watchable like something that you watch with your girl like every weekend but it's not critically acclaimed
I’ve always liked this show, even when the whole thing went to shit. But this train wreck of a show will be missed, there was a piece in there for everyone.
I really use to enjoy Riverdale during the earlier seasons but as they kept making more the writing got lazier, several themes kept on being repeated, people seemed to not care as much as they used to and it was about time that it finally came to a close.
honestly, despite having never watched the show, im a bit sad that it’s ending. i mean, what show will i mercilessly make fun of now? it was always fun to know that an alex riverdale video was just around the corner and i think no show will ever be as unhinged as riverdale. it’s laughably bad but also interesting as hell. videos tearing it to shreds are hilarious and the show itself is too, especially out of context
There's only really 3 things I'm thankful to Riverdale for. #1 will always be the concept of the Jughead hat as a beanie and it being available as actual merch. I had always loved Jughead growing up whenever I'd occasionally read the comics, and that love only grew after discovering I was ace and that he's a very prominent ace rep character. #2 is it being, like you mentioned, my gateway to this channel. It introduced me to a creator and content I greatly enjoy, that I might not have come across otherwise. #3 is it also introducing me to some actor's that I might not have come across otherwise and whose other works I've now gotten more exposure to because of that. So thank you Riverdale, for giving me these things. Despite you not really being what I'd want out of an Archie comics show, you at least didn't leave me empty handed with only bad writing in your wake, like you could've done.
Supernatural is fine, Riverdale was like Scooby Doo it's like if they all just got powers and stuff for like no reason. Also, supernatural you knew it was going to get crazy
Honestly, I give the people behind Riverdale props, they've created something really special that we're probably still going to remember in 20 years. I mean its horrible and the plots are bat-shit insane, but honestly the worst thing a show can be is just ok, and Riverdale is as far from just ok as it comes, so it has done really well and will probably keep doing really well. Who knows, maybe it'll be the next The Room and someday they'll be a Hollywood Movie just celebrating the utter insanity of this show's existence. And for that I tip my hat - entertainment is a hard industry to make it in and if you make something people care about, even because it's a dumpster file of spectacular proportions, you still make a lot of work for a lot of people and created something that spoke to people...
I touched my heart that you brought up Dirk Gently, it's such a great show and it's so unfortunate that it was cancelled. Still holding out hope that it'll be picked up by someone who continues it!
Oh Alex, you’ve never heard of “Days of Our Lives.” That show started when my mom was in Highschool way back in the 80’s and got like 35 Seasons! One of the best shows ever, allegedly
About days of our lives or young and the restless. I have a vague childhood memory of dead characters not being dead but actually being trapped on an island with some kind of barrier around it. Never actually watched those soaps but my grandmother used to ever day so some osmosis happened lol.
I saw an actress on that show the other day (it was just on in the background I promise) that I can remember seeing when I was a 10 or 11 & I'm 59. She still looks bloody marvellous. Whoever the plastic surgeons are for these women, I could do with their number.
Didn't expect to have mixed emotions but when I saw the title I was instantly like *"I mean finally but..aww Archie's abs were about to save the world"* I'll miss these videos.
Oh my god, I’m dying 😂😂😂 I haven’t seen this show in like, 3 years but I’ve kept up with it through your videos and it never fails to amaze and entertain me how insane storylines become. Just when I think it couldn’t get worse, it always does.
16:17 I fully expect them all to turn into animated versions of themselves (like the comics) and be blissfully unaware that they were ever anything else. Either that, or it turns out they've all been dead and on a magical island, purgatory the entire time
I hope Alex will do a more serious retrospective on Riverdale when it ends, similar to his old video essays, as it's the show that kick-started his RUclips sucess. I think that would be really cool for people like me who've been subbed since those video essays.
While I agree his video essays were fantastic, is there really much of anything deep to say on Riverdale? I mean, there's a bit to say about planning ahead and not treating your actors like shit, but I can't see there really being enough for an entire essay.
Never heard of a show changing its genres completely They had so much material, jugheads family dysfunction Archie navigating his father’s death Cheryl dealing with the family business and her father’s death and her mother… Etc
I actually think I started watching your videos because of Riverdale. I needed to know someone else thought this show was absurd as I thought it was. And I've had several moments where I stopped watching but I knew you'd keep making videos about it and so I would catch up. Now here we are, 7 years later, losing our minds together. Proud of us making it this far and being on this insane journey. Let it be known this will be the last absurd show I'll watch. No one else can do it like Riverdale.
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At this point, Riverdale writers HAVE to write in a character named Mr.Meyers just to pay tribute to Alex's efforts
Dont read my Name!!!
No
@@penelopevee1684 yes
YES
And Alex himself gets to play him
The *only* bad thing about this dumpster fire ending is the loss of Alex covering its absurdity
Yep lol
The only looking different I'm out of it tho show so sh't
Dont read my Name!!!
lol
He could do the other cw shows, like the flash, arrow, like the arroverse in general.
riverdale shall go down in history as the show who gave us iconic lines such as “then you’ve never experienced the highs and lows of high school football” and “im weird. im a weirdo. i dont fit in and i don’t WANT to fit in. have you ever seen me without this stupid hat? that’s weird.” and im forever thankful for it
True!! Just when I thought those lines were good
It was beautiful
don't forget "you wanted fire? sorry cheryl bombshel, my specialty is ice". that one is very UnDerRaTEd
Forget all that, I'm going to be forever grateful to Riverdale for giving Alex inspiration for all of his wonderful parody songs.
@@Dargonhuman you are absolutely correct
Fun fact: Riverdale’s IMDb page doesn’t even mention comedy as one its genre’s. Can you believe that?
Ik I was shocked too 😳
lol what genre does it say ?
The hell? Why?
@@grapjai9452 teen drama, mystery, and crime
😂😂😂😂
Honestly the actress playing Cheryl seems like she’s having fun because everything she does is so batshit insane
Dont read my Name!!!.
@@GriffinZambia Okay I won't
i feel like the show itself can be used as her portfolio or audition reel LOL she showed she can do everything
you are not Benjamin Rogers
She is the Scarlet Witch of this universe!
😂
I swear, Madelaine Petsch is probably the only actor who still might enjoy her time on this stupid show. Because at least the stuff that the writers give her to do is so batshit insane that it has to be at least enjoyably ridiculous to act out.
I love the friendship between Madelaine, Camila and Lili. Their Tiktoks are HILARIOUS.
That's a unique way to put it
@@BlueVampire1995 They are all so talented and gorgeous women, I'm sure they will have a lot of other works
You still watch this?
@@nehavaish1994 to this day !
How did Riverdale go from trying to solve the mystery of the death of this girls brother to controlling fire, mind control mind reading and shit like that
Riverdale and chilling adventure of Sabrina in the same universe and the powers are comic accurate but writing is so cringy no one is caring about comics at this point
@@osmanmert170 ohh yeah so do the later seasons happen in the alternate or dark version of river dale? I vaugley remember there being some alt reality or “canon”spooky stories when I tried getting into the comics
@@cherie..cherry there was a 5 episode special in an alt universe, and the current season, I suspect, is merging the two universes
I feel like the writers wanted it to have the impact stranger things has… needless to say they failed
Archie and Sabrina share a universe hell Afterlife With Archie is literally caused by Jughead asking Sabrina to bring his dog back to life and accidentally making him a zombie
I usually hate "it was all a dream" endings but I kinda want them to end up back in season one with all of the crazy shit being Archie's dream or something
I was just thinking how funny it would be if the final scene cut back to "reality" where we see Archie in a straight jacket screaming to an orderly about how Hiram Burrows was going to steal all their minerals.
@@trianglemoebius that would be such a funny ending
Season 1 was so great! The show ended there in my heart. That would be a fitting ending to me.
The final still frame is just the Archie from the comics waking up from a fall.
i always thought the ending would cut back to jughead writing his book like from the first season (if i remember?) and him being like okay the end! n all the other characters r like ooo can we read ur work ? n being shocked at how he wrote everything HAHA
Lol this is 100% because the cast refused to renew their contracts post season-7 and I don’t blame them. Alex, you’ve been an absolute blessing throughout the Riverfail era!
Dont read my Name!!!
@@GriffinZambia Okay, I didn't.
I’m kind of surprised because none of them have been in much except cheesy rom com teen movies. Hopefully now that they’re free they’ll have more time to do other stuff that’s more… high calibre, lets just say.
I don't think this is true
@@divineabazie8918 If you have paid attention to interviews with the cast, they have even admitted how stupid it is.
What's sadder is I know people who unironically like Riverdale and hate that its getting cancelled.
I did actually think it's writing got better
Since the villian is fresh and new and interesting and riverdale has finally accepted it's bullshit which it was supposed to do in season 3
Some people just wanna have goofy fun
Dont read my Name!!!
That's my sister...she's going to be crying and throwing up
@@melissawellington9924 how old is she?
As someone who stopped watching this show after season 2 I'm so confused and baffled about what happened in the next seasons and I'm also very happy that I did stop watching this show
Sameee could you imagine all that time being wasted
I stopped the season when Archie’s dad died and I’m so confused
it's my guilty pleasure
samee
@𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚏𝚞𝚖𝚒 well
I never watched a episode of this show, but boy has this show been a ride. Just watching your videos I feel like I've been apart of something equally hilarious, insane, and amazingly dumb
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Just an fyi since you haven't watched the show. To be honest the first season and i think the second one too were actually very okay to watch
Season 1 and 2 were actually really good
@@issa5487 in honor of it ending I think I might watch some or all of it thanks I will look forward to them.
I wanted to watch the series, bc I heard so many good things about season 1 - then I discovered Alex‘ videos…
i dont think we appreciate alex enough for going through the indescribable pain of watching the entirety of Riverdale for us to make these videos
Dont read my Name!!Dont read my Name!!
I do, I rally do!
Honestly I do. I reached the end of season two and I couldn't take anymore. Hats off to him. That Archie storyline really happened? You cannot be serious.
I appreciate it too
honestly though I could never I'd literally end up breaking my tv
I think the best way to end Riverdale would be either a)They go back in time, stop Jason's murder and everything is fine. No cults, no psycho serial killers, no witches. Everyone is alive and well (Jason, Polly, and even Archie's dad could be brought back by Archie calling him or something), and Riverdale is back to being a normal town with normal people. The last scene is all the main characters having a milkshake at Pop's or b)It was all a dream/Jughead's creative writing assignment/They are doing drugs in college and just saying whatever. But they'll probably just explode Earth or whatever.
Archie's dad actually can't be bought back because the actor died in real life
@@shambhavitripathi6124 Yeah but they can do a scene where Archie calls to his parents off screen in a happy way, like "I'll be back for dinner love you guys" or something normal idk
This is such a good idea that I'll be surprised if they do this 😂
Idk man this seems legit.
I always thought Riverdale was a book Jughead was writing since he’s the narrator. The last scene with them at Pop’s diner would remind me of Friends going to get some coffee in the final episode.
Riverdale getting cancelled is the most shocking twist in the series...can't wait to see them one-up it by having a finale that literally rips into our dimension and melts faces off
The ratings have been in the dump since Season 5, which was getting 400k live viewers. Season 6 is getting 200k live viewers, half of what the network is probably willing to have. This show's been doing insanely bad.
There is literally still one more full season happening after this current season….
@@realtalk6195 there is literally a season 7 happening…. It’s doing a entire full season before it ends starting in the fall.
Well-
well the literal devil appeared don't know how they can beat that
I love when you turn the screen black after the ridiculous moments. It really lets me get a good look at my own face of disbelief and disappointment lmao
@toijg avnnr today one of my coworkers got offended because another girl and I said Riverdale was garbage, it's really sad
The fact that he had to animate all of this is funny.
This show had so much potential. S1 and S2 had me on the edge of the seat. After that it all went south. It’s a pity to see how everything all turned out
Really? I always thought it was bad .
Agreed. I stopped watching after S2 too.
I literally thought this was about troubled highschool kids now these fuckers have powers wtf
i stopped watching when betty randomly started stripping..
I’d say mid season 2, not the whole season. They did a phenomenal job celebrating Luke Perry’s life at the start of season 4, I’ll give them that.
The thing was, we were expecting a remake of the archie comics and we were not only betrayed, but bamboozled in the most entertaining way imo. And that is something very Uniquely Riverdale.
I felt like they were going that way in the first season and said a big “SIKKKKEEEEE”😂😂😂😂
well said 😆
Haha after a few seasons I felt like they started following the cartoon with all the creepy things going on.
At this point you can practically use the word Riverdale to describe something so ridiculously over the top that you can’t even quite put your finger on it 🤣
When this is all over we need to get Dylan Is In Trouble to watch the first and last episode of Riverdale.
It will LITERALLY be like watching to different shows.
Omg yessss 😭😂
Oh my actual god. It will be amazing to see him go from a classic murder-in-a-small-town to this-is-every-single-possible-genre-of-television-combined-and-we're-not-even-hiding-it.
He did see the first season. Idk if he watched any more than that
HE NEEDS TO
the troublemakers are everywhere.
I’ve literally never watched a single episode of Riverdale, but I feel like I have with these videos. Thanks for taking us all on this journey Alex, I’ll miss exclaiming “WTF?!” every time I watch one 🤣🤣🤣
only watch season 1 and 2
Same 😂… I watched like 5 minutes and noped out of the first episode
I have never watched any of the show and I don't have to. lol
How did this show go from simple teens solving local mysteries to lost siblings and girls who control fire💀
Drugs.
Lots and lots of drugs.
I'm starting to suspect that the writers are taking LOTS of drugs while making the scripts!
Two words The farm
@@jeckjeck3119 and the writers getting high
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I'm happy about the jobs that were created and kept during this show's run. I'm happy that it shot Alex Meyer's career to unimaginable heights. And I'm happy that we got such amazing animated clips as the character select screens to preface each storyline and of course, the musicals.
But good f**king riddance. Let us please give money to something better from now on.
Same feelings
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The jobs and Alex Meyer's skyrocket to success are the only good things in service to a shitty trash show
This is CW. They kept Riverdale going for this long and made Batwoman. I'm pretty sure the money is going to be used on another cringey dumpster fire that no one asked for.
Amen
@@curosaber CW execs are trying to cash out and sell the network, which is why they are cancelling all their big shows. If they succeed, it's likely whoever the new management is will make more grounded decisions.
The jiggling abs had me wheezing. End of a nostalgic train wreck of a series, but definitely supplied you with so much material and your audience a ton of laughter.
Exactly... Jiggly abs got me too 🤣
I started choking/coughing for an entire minute, and I hadn't eaten/drunken anything in over an hour. That bit almost killed me....
@@erikhermansen3431 same, i nearly died laughing
The fact that this show was based off a goofy, lighthearted 60s comic series fucking baffles me 😂 😭
The comic book started in the 1940s.
It also had a cartoon called Archie’s Weird Mysteries which was really good. Way better than what ever the hell CW was trying to do.
riverdale is what happens when you don't stay true to the source material, i guess. 🗿
@@isaamaandaa Exactly. Use decades long established characters, let a revolving door of writers who don't care about the IP use them for their fan fictions so the story is all over the place & makes no sense. Just like with every OG IP, destroying them in the process. The CW (we don't have it in Australia, just the odd show) lets these shows go on far longer than anyone else & ratings don't matter (Batwoman). No wonder it's up for sale.
Riverdale happened when the writers and/or executives thought Wattpad-original stories make sense and that they implemented many of its elements into the later seasons.
As someone who actually watches riverdale up to this point, the only character that have had rational reasonings to things are that one school therapist that just pointed out the absurdity of Riverdale, and the autopsy guy. Therefore, they are my favorite characters.
dr curdle?
he gives me chills
The autopsy guy is kinda creepy though 🤭
@@Rueshez89 i thought he was the gargoyle king
@@Rueshez89 I know but the fact he’s so chill about the absurd amount of body he sees that are mysteriously killed is so funny to me
@@ains3848 Lol true. Still can't figure out how he keep his sanity
All jokes aside, I'm really going to miss not being able to watch Riverdale: Alex Meyers Edition🥲
samee :(
Same here
XD
You know a show is bad when the saddest thing about this is the fact that a youtuber can't make new videos making fun of the show
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@@GriffinZambia I did. Now what?
🤣🤣🤣
@@tvl9193 Don't watch his naughty video 😉
I feel like if they had just made each season it's own story (like an anthology series) it would've been better rather than changing genres halfway through seasons. I would've stuck around if each season was cohesive but a different genre each time.
honestly the only episode i came back for was one of the ones in season 5. it was kinda an anthology season, if that makes sense? each episode was different, but i say kinda because it was all related in the end. i have no clue how bc i didn’t follow up on it except with alex’s videos, but the episode i saw was so good, i wished these actors would be given a role in a project together again i do enjoy them.
@@ictlab1345 yeah I stopped watching before the time jump, I couldn't do it anymore. I wish they had done the anthology concept from the beginning. It would've made the different jumps in genre so much more cohesive. I think I was only really watching it because it filmed near where I work and live.
Now THAT'S a really interesting idea!
I think The Originals pulled off different genres each season.
When I hear this totally off-the-walls-dialogue, I think to myself, "these are AMAZING actors to be able to say these things with completely straight faces and act like it's super serious."
Then I wonder if, after seven years of having to recite this dialogue, have their souls just... left their bodies?
its that magical moment of "just doing it for the paycheck". it gives you the power to recite just about anything with a straight face.
I know my soul would’ve left my body looong time ago if I was one of the actors. If I was Lili Reinhart, that moment would’ve been when stripping while singing Mad world. If I was Camila Mendes? After the first time of having to call Archie ”Archiekins“. Kj Apa? Climbing and homping the fence like some crazy ass baboon when the girls came to perform ”Jailhouse rock“ outside the jail. My soul would’ve gone wooosh
@@tvl9193 I LOVE THIS COMMENT
Personally, I think they find it fun. I mean, where else do you get the chance to act this crazy and get paid like a lot of money for it?? It honestly sounds great lol. I mean, when you watch all of them in the show, every once in a while, you can see just how much fun they are having while doing all of this.
NOW?! NOW IS WHEN THEY CANCEL RIVERFALE? NOW IS WHEN THEY SAY “hmm ynow what maybe its time to end it” N O W?!
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Well there is new leadership at WB
@@charminsi praise to whoever did this
It’s because they decided to cancel many CW shows. I believe it’s at least 7 CW shows that were cancelled 2 weeks ago
I’m genuinely going to be a little sad when Riverdale ends. Like, sure the show is absurd, but the trick is to embrace the absurdity and just roll with it.
Very well put. Now I wonder does anyone can make a more absurd show than riverdale?
Cause honestly I think Riverdale has the highest level of absurdity that media could offer
@@idontwannabeanonymous4725 if it makes you feel any better, we said the exact same thing about Glee. Then we got Riverdale that bested it by a mile. Just because we can't currently foresee any way to outdo the status quo doesn't mean it won't happen. After all - if you can predict absurdity, is it really even that absurd?
if you want absurd, you could find like 10 in a single search made by 12 year old wattpad authors
@@idontwannabeanonymous4725 i agree i also feel like euphoria is going in that direction? it’s the only thing i can think of that people follow on such a large scale
@@ictlab1345 let's hope euphoria is not going like that :")
Because it's my favourite lol
eventhough I know season 2 was kinda downhill
“You die”
“…but we beat him right?”
Jughead, your Cole Sprouse’s desire to get out of Riverdale is showing
Man this show went so downhill, Season 1 truly looks like a masterpiece. Yes it’s corny and has a lot of questionable moments but it was fine for what it was. Most of the original black characters disappeared, I actually miss the parents, and the show was good without Hiram constantly harassing the kids, in fact I’ve come to dislike Hiram. He is literally a mustache twirling villain, always trying to destroy others lives, especially Archie for no reason. I also really loved when the serpents were the main villians and had the rival gang plots even though it was goofy, but in a good way. I actually wanted a serpent’s tattoo 😂. The show felt like a darker version of Scooby-Doo without the dog. Just a couple of teens solving a murder mystery of the Queen bee’s twin brother. Even the parents had their own problems and secrets that somehow impacted their kids. There was no supernatural and things were sort of normal. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I miss the Archie and Ms. Grundy drama. Sh*t was wild.
Please don't say Riverdale and masterpiece in the same sentence or paragraph or essay
@@knowledgedivine-allah4234 but season 1 riverdale was peak
YES season 1 was SO good. i was really disappointed about how downhill it went after S1😭
Season one should’ve been it
I AGREE SEASON 1 WAS AMAZING BUT THEN IT WENT DOWNHILL.
Okay but the scene with Jughead and Percival just made me realize that a show about a group of teenagers with special powers having to defend their town from nosy reporters while simultaneously battling inside supernatural threats could have been so entertaining on it's own. In the context of this show as a whole (plus all the lore from the comics) it's just a mess though.
Too bad the writing isn’t there
Smallville? Kinda? It’s mostly just Clark defending but other superpowered people help out here and there, it was pretty entertaining iirc
Kinda like Gruncle Stan made the Mystery Shack in Gravity Falls, that could make a pretty entertaining premise.
It could have been cool if they did that from the start. And the writing would need to get better.
If you like that concept you should read The raven boys series by Maggie Stiefvater ✨
I remember watching the first season of Riverdale and enjoying it but then watching it devolve into the beautiful mess it is today. I have watched Alex's Riverdale videos religiously and at the end when he mentioned it had been on for seven years, it hit me. 7 years. Where the hell did that time go? Damn. What a world we live in.
Damn it has been 7 years??? Omg
@@WhySoPrettyJinsoul. no it’s been five. Riverdale came out in 2017. He probably says 7 because since it’s getting a 7th season that means 1 season per year, which isn’t what they did
I haven't watched Riverdale in YEARS and I know I'm in for it when this video starts with "They have superpowers"
Lmao
Alex's talking about Riverdale is like talking about that one cringe friend we have. You drag them and laugh about how cringe they are (not behind their backs ofc), but at the end of the day you kinda sorta love them and their cringy behavior even if you don't wanna admit it.
Honestly tho
I'm that cringey friend sometimes
Ok i'm more like the most memeable one
But still
I feel like half of us doesn't even watch Riverdale, we just watch Alex cover it.
POV ; you read my mind
Half of us? I thought 99.9% didn't actually watch it.
@@kimjongunsmother that's what I really meant but you know certain kinds of people would be like "but I watch it", I'm trying to be safe okay XD
@@GingerbreadGerard Shout-out to a fellow Raised Online soldier who qualifies everything before they speak because they know it's a surefire way to summon leagues of contrarians if you don't 🙌 😅
@@thelexicon7294 😌👆
I'd need to do more research on this, but CW cancelling most of their iconic shows probably means it's a money management issue more than anything else. For Riverdale, I think every actor breathed a sigh of relief when they learned of their "release".
its not cancelled... its just literally ending. This is what happens when shows have had successful runs and the actors reach the end of their contracts. They knew 7 seasons was the goal. The media is just click baiting for views saying the show is cancelled when its just simply ending because it was all mutually planned.
Well they’ve been bought out
@@4everbuffylover no they havent. They are in talks snd negotiations to be bought but have not reach a final deal yet.
@@TyRicosuave I mean, Cw just cancelled like tons of other shows at the same time
@@racool911 Well obviously. Not any different from, any other network cancelling shows every television season. The Coroner, Walker, Kung Fu, Nancy Drew, All DC Universe shows and both All American shows have all been renewed. Not to mention they have upcoming series Tom Swift premiering later this month, and Walker, Supernatural spin offs and Gotham Knights premiere later this year.
When archie was becoming completely invulnerable with cheryls help I could not stop laughing at how ridiculous it looked. I can only imagine what that scene looked like without all of the special effects 😂😂
I laughed out loud too ngl
I died
Of course Jughead is chill about everything she tells him. He lives in Riverdale. Nothing is strange or surprising at this point.
Nothing is weird except him, he's a weirdo, don't forget that lol
This just sounds like endgame to me. Someone unbeatable shows up. Someone time travels and looks through so many possible outcomes, then a character has to die to win.
The line "We are endgame" makes sense now
They also did this in The Flash s6
But, like, using mind reading to bypass deafness is actually really interesting. It could lead to some interesting conflict in a good show with good characters.
Yeah
I mean
It's good
But not because of it's writing
It's because it's a titanic shitpost
This entire 'plot' of them having powers would actually be cool.
In an actual show. Not first rough draft.
There's a book like this plot, it's called Skyhunter by Marie Lu. Super interesting
He puts more effort into these videos than the Riverdale writers have done for the entire 6 Seasons of the show.
When you ask the cast of shows like Arrow anything about the series after the end they usually describe everything almost perfectly. The Riverdale cast will not remember a thing about the show
Lmao I was thinking the same thing lol
Archie: "Something really really weird is going on in Riverdale."
Me: THIS is what tipped you over?!
@@pixelitchio it was that, or guessing Jughead's brother turning out to be Yozora.
What? Archie only just realized that now after seven years?
Imagine if the Riverdale writers have just been watching Alex’s videos and taking all of his ideas of what might happen
this show is so embarrassing. i remember when the cast really thought they were doing something with this show back in the first couple of seasons and now you can see they're just dead behind the eyes knowing what its become
You're acting as if they're doing these insane plots by accident and expected it to be this revolutionary show. No they did it because it got people watching. Hate watching doesn't help
Yeah, I watched a video of an interview with the cast & Lili & others seemed excited about the show & praised the writers & I was like, "Wha-?" Then I saw that the video was from 6 years ago. Ah, so this was before the show became a laughingstock. It was such a contrast to the snarky comments, facial expressions, & total lack of engagement in later interviews.
"I don't know if any show is ever going to take the place of Riverdale."
Don't underestimate the might of human absurdity Alex, before Riverdale happened, they said it for pretty little liars too.
Facts
Don't forget Glee!
@@birdiewolf3497 of course. How could I? Nothing has irritated me more than that show. Man, I hate every character in glee.
My money's on Yellowjackets.
@@na1959 ur lame
Please 🙏 let it be real 😭
The actors and the team deserve BETTER than working on this show, the freedom will heal them. For sure.
The devil needs to be defeated once and for all.
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Yesh
it's true, ever since David Zaslav became the ceo of warner.discovery, a bunch of horrible CW shows like Batwoman, and other DC shows were murdered or canceled. I think the network is for sale or something.
I totally agree with everything Alex said especially at the end. I mean, there’s just something about Riverdale. It’s always there for you to kind of escape reality because it will never be a reality (and least is should not ever be a reality). It’s kind of become like a comfort show for so many people to just have it to fall back on. And especially the part where he said that’s so many people’s jobs. I mean, not even just the actors, there’s everyone behind the scenes, which is a lot of people’s jobs. Riverdale was probably like a safety net for so many of them as well. I don’t know
I actually think them finally embracing supernatural stuff made the show better--if they had implemented it earlier on the weird/asinine stuff would have made more sense, IMO.
The ratings took a dive in Season 5, which was getting 400k live viewers. Then in Season 6 it dropped to 200k live viewers. This show is doing insanely bad, and it's pretty obvious they screwed up with the direction it took.
@@realtalk6195 I think they had hope aging them up would help but it unfortunately didn't which is strange considering a major critique was that "HOW ARE THWY DOING ALL THIS WHEN THEYRE 16" or some shit.
I will miss riverdale, this show is so absurd nothing will ever be like this.
My favourite part of these videos is when a monologue has been delivered and then Alex just bursts out laughing 😂
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Archie and Cheryl casting that “spell” was by far the cringiest moment on the entire show. That was just… wow
“Cheryl is super hot.”, “Cheryl’s body is real hot.” HAHAHAHA THE SEQUENCE IS BRILLIANT 🔥
Yes! I literally guffawed at the end of that sequence
And correct
He ain’t wrong tho
He damn right
I can't believe I'm saying this, but thank god it's ending. Season 1 was great and I thought it had potential, then Season 2 came around and it just went down from there. The plot wasn't making anymore sense and I stopped watching. Still, I cannot believe it spanned 7 seasons.
Yep, I can't believe it lasted 7 seasons while all the good shows on Netflix are being cancelled after 1-2 seasons.
S6 is probably the best one. S1 was a bit too Teen Drama for me and S2 was a good middle ground.
S3 was.. just terribly written, the concept was fine but execution isn't their strong suit on this show. Which is why I think Season 6 is so good, for the first time ever they seem to have a plan and the writing is consistent
@@DiamondFire 😂😂😂
The entire Riverdale show is absolutely AWFUL if you know anything about the original comics.
@@jaycorbin5361 as a massive fan of archive comics, I disagree.
Y'know. I'm actually sad it's cancelled. No matter how much of a shit show this was, it's one of the very few shows that managed to make me laugh when I had shitty days
its not cancelled... its just literally ending. This is what happens when shows have had successful runs and the actors reach the end of their contracts. They knew 7 seasons was the goal. The media is just click baiting for views saying the show is cancelled when its just simply ending because it was all mutually planned.
Just rewatch the previous seasons
It’s a true mystery
@@TyRicosuave I'm sorry but if you think literally any part of this show was planned in advance we can't trust anything you say
I'm going to miss Alex poking fun at this show. I have a lot of respect for Madelain Petch as she's able to keep a straight face while doing the most batsh*t insane things or saying absolutely ridiculous lines because I doubt I could've done any of it without cracking up after every take. Hope the other actors do well after this show as they are so much better than the material they've been given on this show.
The content of what Alex can poke fun at is endless my friend :)
I'm like 90% certain you've kept Riverdale going because we've only watched to see if your predictions were right.
Ok so I haven’t watched these in a while and I’m just speechless by this insanity. Were the writers force fed mushrooms while having a fever dream?
The previous stuff was crazy enough but this writing is like the work of a man who has seen the elder gods, couldn’t sleep for 3 weeks and regressed to the mind of a 4 year old.
Girl this show is batshit crazy 💀💀💀 I’m shocked it’s just now getting “cancelled” lol
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I almost screamed when Cole Sprouse said guardian angel. This show is just something else...
@@maka8746 That was Cole Sprouse? I've seen several of Alex's videos covering this show, and I never realized that Jughead was Cole Sprouse. He looks so different from how I remembered him looking from Suite life on Deck.
seriously she only played out a thousand or so scenarios of the some epic final battle?? Shit, Doc Strange ran like a million to find the one that actually succeeded. she definitely needs to put in more time.
I was looking for this comment
Hey hey hey now man she ran 1,084 scenarios that must've taken at least an hour.
Except Dr Strange didn't reveal to Tony Stark that he must sacrifice his life so the Avengers can win until they were in final battle in Endgame.
That serious part at the end where you acknowledged how Riverdale will always be special to you was great. Authenticity is always nice to witness.
Even for Riverdale standards, that fire scene where Archie was reciting something... 🤣🤣🤣 was more than frightfully... terrible.
IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE
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@@GriffinZambia Your guitar was fire
This show's plot is so bizarre I'm surprised that Archie and Jughead haven't crossed the Egyptian desert to fight a british vampire and his time-stopping punch ghost in downtown Cairo.
You just gave them the plot to their series finale 😂
I think I'm the only one who got that reference lol.
Riverdale is a Jojo reference
0:33 I will literally never forgive the cancelation of Dirk Gently's. I have never seen a show with so much raw potential and they just decided to waste it for no reason.
So true
So true, I loved that show
Awesome show! I wanna rewatch it.
Being upset over Dirk gently and I am not ok with this cancellation gang.
Although atleast before covid was a thing one of the producers got the rights to the show and was making an animated kind of sequel. You can look it up it's real.
I kinda understand why they cancelled it, after what Max Landis did, but I also don't know why they couldn't of swapped out the directors.
@@flicnerdy4385 That show was his baby. It wouldn't be the same without him.
I feel like the actors are the ones happiest about the cancellation you can tell they’ve wanted out for so long I’m happy about this just so the actors can move on cause a lot of them are good actors the writing is just so bad there’s no way to not make it cringey 😂
hopefully the actors get work after this. they look worn out.
The only thing we're gonna miss from Riverdale being cancelled is the "chose your character" animation part in your videos.
Edit: so the show is at its Endgame stage
A character sees through different timelines and the only solution is for the "main" character to die. Yes. Very original
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Just made a comment and scrolled down to see if anyone else noticed. They didn't even try to hide it.
“We’re endgame, Archie!” - Veronica Lodge x1000
I don’t know if I should laugh, because this dumpster fire rollercoaster is over or cry, because Alex’s commentary made me love/hate this Alice in wonderland acid trip….*mentally exhausted due to all of this conflicting feelings* 🙃
I laughed then remembered that I won't be getting my dose from Alex anymore now I'm bawling my eyes out and I've never even watched the show
Let's just take a moment to remember that there was a show called Archie's Weird Mysteries where they actually dealt with paranormal and supernatural abnormalities, and even that show was more sane than anything happening in this show.
Archie's Weird Mysteries was less insane because it at least had a plan going in. That plan was to ape Scooby Doo, and so it never really went off the rails as much as the rails themselves were absurd. I'm not sure the Riverdale writers have anything resembling a plan or if they just get really high and go "dude... what if Archie became batman..."
I don’t know how to feel about this…I’ve had many, many times where I’ve been “this sucks, I’m outta here” due to how stupid and insane the show can get but…it’s like…ya know?
I do hope the cast do well after the shows ends though❤️
Finally...
We've been blessed, and Alexs life is finally back on track.
For a sec I thought u were a bot lol and yes finally man's getting his life together
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Ah but you've forgotten about after 4
I never thought this day would come, to hear that Riverdale would be cancelled
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Now Teen Titans Go is hopefully next.
@@kendrarasberry3078 Next? Yeeeah I dont think that's gonna happen.
My first reaction to this was "Oh sweet release! The cast is finally free.", but at the same time I feel bad for you, because it gave you a huge jump for your channel. However, I won't leave anytime soon.
When this show finally comes to an end I’m going to miss your “Riverdale” videos
Petition for Alex to do a tier list of every season of Riverdale after the show ends
Easy, in the order they were released. Season 1 despite being corny looks like a masterpiece compared to the rest. It was just your average middle/ upper class teens solving a murder mystery of their fellow classmate. Season 2 was shaky, but I still got through it. The Black Hood being Betty’s dad was fine. I gave up on Riverdale after episode 7 of season 3. Archie became an idiot constantly ignoring Jughead’s warning about Hiram and ugh that’s all I remember.
@@reannagordon nope this season is better than season 4 and 5
Well it's basically this order:
Season 1
Season 2
Season 6
Season 5
Season 4
Season 3
Everything but season 1 and the first half of seaoson 2 is absolute trash tho, however in season 6 they stopped trying to find unbelievable explanations for their stupid storylines and started to go supernatural which is a good aspect.
@@tesioh5869 yeah I like the supernatural aspect bc they kept trying to push witch craft on the blossoms for a while.
8:42 I live alone but I've never been more scared to be catched whatching something
I'm actually surprised it lasted so long, on the bright side we got a lot of funny videos thanks to you 😂😂😂
Also there's another show on the CW network called Naomi which is next level bad, compared to that riverdale is a masterpiece. You might want to check it out.
And great video as always Alex
Is Naomi cringe, badly written, harmful messages, 1 and 2 combined or all the above
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@@justsomeguywithadogpicture2622 It's poorly written, but there's no bad messages.
I was living my best life one random day last month, and Riverdale happened to come on, specifically the Tabitha episode.
And to say I wasn't confused to all hell would be an understatement. I watched the first two seasons because I found the concept really cool, but now. Now I'm terrified at what it has become. Genuinely terrified.
If Riverdale has stayed like Season 1 it would have been great. But how it became so awful so suddenly amazes me.
It wasn't a MASTERPIECE in season 1 it was like watchable like something that you watch with your girl like every weekend but it's not critically acclaimed
I’ve always liked this show, even when the whole thing went to shit. But this train wreck of a show will be missed, there was a piece in there for everyone.
Exactly maybe not the show but the characters will be missed for sure
no really no
@@JayJayslayfey yes really yes at least the cast
@@mannyguzman8222 the cast really isn’t that good saw them in other projects and i don’t think they’re going anywhere
@@JayJayslayfey I mean that’s ur opinion 🤷🏻♂️
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Can I just marvel at the beautiful artwork and music choice for this segment. Just, wow. I really did love that...
Tabitha traveling through time and witnessing the end of the world in every scenario kinda feels like a rip off of the umbrella academy if you ask me
More like Doctor Strange in Infinity War
Dr.strange!!
I really use to enjoy Riverdale during the earlier seasons but as they kept making more the writing got lazier, several themes kept on being repeated, people seemed to not care as much as they used to and it was about time that it finally came to a close.
honestly, despite having never watched the show, im a bit sad that it’s ending. i mean, what show will i mercilessly make fun of now? it was always fun to know that an alex riverdale video was just around the corner and i think no show will ever be as unhinged as riverdale. it’s laughably bad but also interesting as hell. videos tearing it to shreds are hilarious and the show itself is too, especially out of context
Damn you're right-
And no shows can compared to Riverdale when it comes to most cringe and unhinged! I will missed Riverdale for a bit, though.
I'm gonna really miss these videos.
And, let's be honest, I'm REALLY going to miss all these awesome "Character Select" screens Alex does.
There's only really 3 things I'm thankful to Riverdale for.
#1 will always be the concept of the Jughead hat as a beanie and it being available as actual merch. I had always loved Jughead growing up whenever I'd occasionally read the comics, and that love only grew after discovering I was ace and that he's a very prominent ace rep character.
#2 is it being, like you mentioned, my gateway to this channel. It introduced me to a creator and content I greatly enjoy, that I might not have come across otherwise.
#3 is it also introducing me to some actor's that I might not have come across otherwise and whose other works I've now gotten more exposure to because of that.
So thank you Riverdale, for giving me these things. Despite you not really being what I'd want out of an Archie comics show, you at least didn't leave me empty handed with only bad writing in your wake, like you could've done.
"Has a show ever gone off the rails and still been renewed this much?"
Allow me to introduce you to supernatural 😂
I mean it brought us Scoobynatural so it isn’t all that bad
Yep. 😂. But Supernatural started up Supernatural from the very beginning. Unlike the crime mystery show cough cough Riverdale. Lol.
Supernatural is fine, Riverdale was like Scooby Doo it's like if they all just got powers and stuff for like no reason. Also, supernatural you knew it was going to get crazy
Dont read my Name!!!
Nah. That show at least maintained some sort of a consist world. Remember the first season of this show? This has become absolute batshit insanity.
Honestly, I give the people behind Riverdale props, they've created something really special that we're probably still going to remember in 20 years. I mean its horrible and the plots are bat-shit insane, but honestly the worst thing a show can be is just ok, and Riverdale is as far from just ok as it comes, so it has done really well and will probably keep doing really well. Who knows, maybe it'll be the next The Room and someday they'll be a Hollywood Movie just celebrating the utter insanity of this show's existence. And for that I tip my hat - entertainment is a hard industry to make it in and if you make something people care about, even because it's a dumpster file of spectacular proportions, you still make a lot of work for a lot of people and created something that spoke to people...
I touched my heart that you brought up Dirk Gently, it's such a great show and it's so unfortunate that it was cancelled. Still holding out hope that it'll be picked up by someone who continues it!
Dirk Gently was really entertaining
it was an absolute rollercoaster of a show. miss it so much!!
Can we just appreciate his videogame like editing? It's amazing.
Oh Alex, you’ve never heard of “Days of Our Lives.” That show started when my mom was in Highschool way back in the 80’s and got like 35 Seasons!
One of the best shows ever, allegedly
I would pay good money to watch Alex do a review of every episode of Young and the Restless.
@@livelovelife32 never heard of it, googled it, found out it’s been on half a century! 😱
I fully support this idea
About days of our lives or young and the restless. I have a vague childhood memory of dead characters not being dead but actually being trapped on an island with some kind of barrier around it. Never actually watched those soaps but my grandmother used to ever day so some osmosis happened lol.
Hey those soaps are legends!! 😂😂 And given that their soaps, bat shit crazy things happen there. Yes, I'm defending DOOL. 😂😂😂
I saw an actress on that show the other day (it was just on in the background I promise) that I can remember seeing when I was a 10 or 11 & I'm 59. She still looks bloody marvellous. Whoever the plastic surgeons are for these women, I could do with their number.
Didn't expect to have mixed emotions but when I saw the title I was instantly like *"I mean finally but..aww Archie's abs were about to save the world"* I'll miss these videos.
Dont read my Name!!!
Oh my god, I’m dying 😂😂😂
I haven’t seen this show in like, 3 years but I’ve kept up with it through your videos and it never fails to amaze and entertain me how insane storylines become. Just when I think it couldn’t get worse, it always does.
16:17 I fully expect them all to turn into animated versions of themselves (like the comics) and be blissfully unaware that they were ever anything else.
Either that, or it turns out they've all been dead and on a magical island, purgatory the entire time
I hope Alex will do a more serious retrospective on Riverdale when it ends, similar to his old video essays, as it's the show that kick-started his RUclips sucess. I think that would be really cool for people like me who've been subbed since those video essays.
While I agree his video essays were fantastic, is there really much of anything deep to say on Riverdale? I mean, there's a bit to say about planning ahead and not treating your actors like shit, but I can't see there really being enough for an entire essay.
Okay the superpower thing honestly would have been cool....IF THE SHOW BEGAN AS A SUPERHERO SHOW
Never heard of a show changing its genres completely
They had so much material, jugheads family dysfunction
Archie navigating his father’s death
Cheryl dealing with the family business and her father’s death and her mother…
Etc
I actually think I started watching your videos because of Riverdale. I needed to know someone else thought this show was absurd as I thought it was. And I've had several moments where I stopped watching but I knew you'd keep making videos about it and so I would catch up. Now here we are, 7 years later, losing our minds together. Proud of us making it this far and being on this insane journey.
Let it be known this will be the last absurd show I'll watch. No one else can do it like Riverdale.