Heathers

I take my title from a commentary posted here by user aislinismainame.

I consider myself pretty damn forward thinking myself and I thought the greatest part of this show (which actually should not be seen as a remake of the original Heathers but a rather different take on the same recipe under the light of a new age) was indeed the near mocking of a sort of social thinking that nowadays passes for being forward but is indeed a borderline dictatorship of political correctness. The present-day tyranny of good manners that affects the less informed of the informed should, needs to, has to be mocked by all means. There is nothing straightforward about trying to make revolution against the less sensitive or attacking the prejudiced with our prejudices.

Just for the braveness of being counter-trend, of pointing at the hypocrisy of the social-correctness-junkies, Heathers (the pilot) deserves all credibility and should be cheered as an eye-opener!

Now where is the rest of it??

I don't know the movie, so I don't seriously care how this relates to the original plot and characters. Anyway you look at it ... This is a well made series. Perfect choice of music, awesome camera work, good acting and a good script with many scenes and one-liners that have the capacity to become cult classics.

This show pokes fun at EVERYONE... it waves societys hypocrisy in everyones face. This is not about LGBT or SJW or whatever many are projecting ... its a simple role reversal of the villains when in the end no one even knows who is the villain in this series. Most characters are heavily exagerrated... the cool kids, the nerds and losers, the dumb jocks, the idiotic parents, the teachers... everyone. Many characters are obviously blatant caricatures of real people.

What this show boils down to is pointing the finger on a society obsessed with status and PR work. Everything people do on this show revolves around creating an image. Bullying, suicide, sexual orientation, fashion, lifestyle, school plays and activism... everyone does it with an agenda. If anything fails... kill yourself on camera and create drama to get your five minutes of fame.

Basically it is impossible to say who is the villain because everyone is a selfcentered douche on this show.

Now the funny thing is how this show is being reacted to. One side is outraged because LGBTQ kids are shown to be the bad guys. What used to be jocks and cheerleaders is now an overweight PC girl, a gay drag boy and a black girl pretending to be a lesbian to fit in. The other side takes this show to be on their side for trolling "the left". What is a basic role reversal is heavily projected on and ignoring that everyone in this show is portrayed with negative sides. I don't see this as problematic at all and have to wonder about the heavily politically biased reviews and comments on this show.

What is problematic is a society that reacts exactly as depicted in this show. Because this show is about an ignorant society where everyone bullies the other and feels to be the victim, uses victimhood to become a perpetrator and plays everyone for his own agenda. The end of this show is just perfect and spot on about how hypocritical society is dealing with subjects like school shootings, teen suicide, bullying etc. So basically dropping the show because its too edgy in light of the thousandth school shooting is exactly what this show points the finger at.

And the funniest thing is... even when Paramount used this tactic to get attention and sell this show for a lot of money. Still its exactly what "Heathers" is criticising at its core. So the way people react is perfect in how they have got the mirror shoved in their faces with this show.

What looks like a trendy show with hip kids and cool editing has some serious subjects at its core that seem to fly over a lot of peoples heads because they are so self obsessed. Its like the teachers who wonder if they could have listened to the kids just to go and get drinks instead and plan another hollow PR charade for some TV cameras.

THIS is what the world has become. It may be a pitch black comedy but it created a feedback that is exactly what it points at.

As I'm writing this review I have watched only the first episode and I have to say that while I understand all the hate it has received, I believe that it's a little to early to judge it so harshly. Of course it doesn't come even close to the quality of Heathers (1988) but that was to be expected. So I saw this episode with the mindset that I will see Heathers done in an alternate reality ,to enjoy the new paths they are taking the story to, and I actually had fun, since I didn't expect the twists in the end. All the forced references they put in there, I believe it was to put them out of the way so after that they make their own unique story of Heathers. In my opinion this could be this summer's new trashy teen show that we can watch for fun like Scream Queens and Scream two years back, but I believe this has the potential to to be even better than those two shows.

In conclusion I believe if you enjoyed Scream or Scream Queens , you should give Heathers a chance. Definitely don't expect anything thought provoking or something as clever as Heathers but Heathers could be a fun time.

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.

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.