literal only good thing about paramount tv heathers is beautiful amazing shannen doherty as jd's dead mom who is very heavily implied to be original heather duke. it was a very strange and confusing plot point don't get me wrong but like okay i'm listening. everything else felt like it was made for a crossover group of heathers fans and teenage republicans, which CANNOT be very many people
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decided to watch that Heathers TV series. here are my thoughts on episode one (written as I’m watching it):
• I actually like the intro. watching JD’s mom kill herself was a good hook and the title sequence was fun
• it’s kinda surreal seeing Heathers in a modern setting. Veronica looks so different
• I kinda like the theme with Veronica not knowing who she is. I think it works well with her character in the movie and musical. Although, I don’t like it being framed through the “you need to be a minority” lens.
• Oh the Heathers’ fashion sense dose NOT slay. IDK it just doesn’t feel right
• No way in hell did Heather C just say “How Banana Republic“” (although I will give them props for the third nipple line. I can imagine Heather C saying that)”
• I feel like in a real life high school the Heathers would be outcasts if they pulled the political activist bullshit they did to Ram
• JD has his first speaking lines and he’s already spewing nihilistic and possibly conservative bs. 10/10
• “No girls on the girls restroom” actually made me chuckle.
• I’m starting to get a vibe that the showrighters are trying to make this edgy and appeal to teenagers by just inserting “shocking” or “pop culture” words in normal sentences (oh my clit, my third nipple, banana republic, latte). it feels kinda forced most of the time
• Veronica’s parents being glued to their iPads makes sense
• Heather C did not want to be embarrassed at a party- she decided to wear an ugly cat outfit that I would’ve found cool when I was 6 (i’m all for wearing what makes you happy, but for the love of god don’t make your alpha bitch popular girl character dress like a 6 y/o)
• I’m not even halfway through ep 1 and this show feels like a right-wing interpretation of leftist youth that you’d find in those memes labeled as “satire” or “dark humor.” like, it’s not a good satire, but it also isn’t a very good critique
• why did JD just climb through Veronica’s window and read her diary? like, they talked once. at least have them kiss
• If they don’t make gay Ram and Kurt a thing in this show then I will be thoroughly disappointed in the writers
• The party scene at the snappy snack shack was actually super cute
• ISTG these writers are just taking random lines from Heathers, changing them a bit, and putting them in the completely wrong place. like the nazi bullet line dose not work with pills bc why would hitler carry around a pill to induce vomiting?
• i- i don’t think slipping a pill into a bag of corn nuts would kill heather cause like… she’d notice the pill. but they also passed up a great opportunity to comment on drug culture among teens. like- have Heather C be addicted and take unknown drugs from Veronica and JD
• JD definitely didn’t grab the “wrong pills.”
• Why were the adults so concerned with which minority group was “popular?”
• Why is everyone teaming up against Heather M?
• what is LGBTQQIAP?
• Betty Finn taking the stand to give Heather C’s eulogy. What a twist! I love you Betty.
• Man, now I’m wondering how they would handle Martha Dunnstock. Honestly, she could have been used to critique how body positivity can oftentimes exclude people
• JD’s dad was done well. I can see how JD turned out the way he is because of his dad.
• WTF? Heather C is alive??? The internet is gonna hate her when they find out she’s alive
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