‘Riverdale’ creator finds similarities in promo shots to other shows
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, the creator of the CW‘s Riverdale and Chief Creative Officer at Archie Comics, has taken to Twitter to post some weirdly similar promo shots. The posts contain Riverdale promo photos alongside shows such as The Order and Nancy Drew who share some uncanny similarities to the CW show.
Check out the comparisons for yourself, below.
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Roberto posted three separate comparisons on his Twitter with the captions, “Posted.” “Without.” “Comment.”
Each post shows a Riverdale promo shot next to another similar shot from a different show.
Posted. pic.twitter.com/Rkxtggsqlu
— RobertoAguirreSacasa (@WriterRAS) July 5, 2019
Without. pic.twitter.com/HsEsI0x4Nl
— RobertoAguirreSacasa (@WriterRAS) July 5, 2019
Comment. pic.twitter.com/MzHd96bw8A
— RobertoAguirreSacasa (@WriterRAS) July 5, 2019
Fans had mixed reactions to the unspoken accusation, with some claiming that Riverdale copied shows such as The Vampire Diaries.
y’all be acting as if you don’t copy ideas from other shows too..
— mikey (@fillawitz) July 5, 2019
dude i love your cringe show but you took some gossip girl and pretty little liars ideas for riverdale, yeah maybe posters does look the same but do not act like you didn’t copied other shows too ok i love riverdale but you deserved to get dragged this time
— ً (@thefcrsythe) July 5, 2019
— lauren? (@AugustEden_) July 5, 2019
Okay. pic.twitter.com/E4PjvBgjmN
— Izzy (@iceandfirequeen) July 5, 2019
If you could explain the meaning behind these posts that would be cool lol. I would surely hope it’s not to accuse other shows of copying Riverdale
— Archieverse Wiki (@ArchieverseWiki) July 5, 2019
yall like “riverdale didn’t invent diners” their literally sitting and standing in the same position—-
— ????? (@versaceIips) July 5, 2019
— q (@_dearwallflower) July 5, 2019
Do you think these other shows copied Riverdale? Sound off your thoughts in the comments below!
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