Heathers

Ive seen episodes 1-6 even though Paramount got scared and pulled the series. Costing the entire cast and crew work. Its a smart, funny contained retelling of the wonderful movie we grew up loving. This done in tv form guves characters time to develop ublike most movies. Its has a sarcastic tone. The people at Paramount know this. Yet they also know most of society is too stupid to see it. They knew the fake outrage mobs woukd be causing troubles so they pulled it. Hopefully it airs here in the US. If not the internet is wide open.

It's about offensively sterotypical characters in cliché yet absurd situations where the show keeps switching between taking itself way too seriously vs. feeling like a parody. The characters either give spontaneous pseudo-intellectual speeches or speak exclusively in one-liners. It isn't clear to me why anyone would want to tell a story this way, the writing is just weird. With that being said, I actually find this series entertaining and enjoyable, apart from those moments (you'll know) where I can't help but roll my eyes.

Really, one of the previous reviews, by carlosmiguelvc, said it the best. I adore the irony and tongue in cheek humor of this show. (So far. It remains to be seen if they can maintain it.) It makes a good point.

It is honestly not as bad as I thought it would be based on the trailer! Though yes I have only seen the one episode but I found it comical and it made new modern commentary.

Obviously, if you take a movie and stretch it into 10 episodes at 40 minutes each, there has to be twists and turns that didn't happen in the original. Get over it.

The narrative has been updated for millennials, using social media references and lingo that people who grew up with the original film didn't have. You'd have to ask a millennial if they pull that off. Personally, I found it interesting and relevant.

I'm interested to see how the rest of the season develops as I've only watched a couple of eps so far.