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enteleinVeronica Mars, Season 1
It's true what some of the beekeepers have said: Veronica is a very capable facsimile to Janissary James, and her dad, Keith Mars - wow. He really is James James - vocally, he's got the same warm toughness, and even visually, he's very close to what I imagined in my head from ilovebees. So, that was one reason to like the series - playing with that parallel, and testing those characters against each other. Also, I freaking loved Colantoni in Galaxy Quest. It didn't occur to me until halfway through the series that it was the same guy.
And even though I groused previously about VM being full of teens who are mean to each other, lemme extend this caveat: it seems to be for good reason. Every little piece of snark and backstabby drama is justified and cleaned up very, very well by the writers. Continuity hounds, take note: there are no terribly intense complex plot machinations, but it'll be just twisty enough to please you. You'll remember some small detail, and you will chuckle to yourself, and think, "Nah, they won't remember to tie up that loose end," and then something will happen in a side plot, and about 15 minutes after that particular thing happens, you realize that the loose end has been tied, quietly and neatly, perhaps with a little wink.
Season 2 is well underway, so now I have to wait for who was at the door at the very last second of the finale. Logically, my brain says one thing, but emotionally, I kinda wish it the 'other' option -- and that's assuming that there's only two people it could be at the door at 3 AM after a night like that. Please don't spoil it for me, thanks. Heh.
It's true what some of the beekeepers have said: Veronica is a very capable facsimile to Janissary James, and her dad, Keith Mars - wow. He really is James James - vocally, he's got the same warm toughness, and even visually, he's very close to what I imagined in my head from ilovebees. So, that was one reason to like the series - playing with that parallel, and testing those characters against each other. Also, I freaking loved Colantoni in Galaxy Quest. It didn't occur to me until halfway through the series that it was the same guy.
And even though I groused previously about VM being full of teens who are mean to each other, lemme extend this caveat: it seems to be for good reason. Every little piece of snark and backstabby drama is justified and cleaned up very, very well by the writers. Continuity hounds, take note: there are no terribly intense complex plot machinations, but it'll be just twisty enough to please you. You'll remember some small detail, and you will chuckle to yourself, and think, "Nah, they won't remember to tie up that loose end," and then something will happen in a side plot, and about 15 minutes after that particular thing happens, you realize that the loose end has been tied, quietly and neatly, perhaps with a little wink.
Season 2 is well underway, so now I have to wait for who was at the door at the very last second of the finale. Logically, my brain says one thing, but emotionally, I kinda wish it the 'other' option -- and that's assuming that there's only two people it could be at the door at 3 AM after a night like that. Please don't spoil it for me, thanks. Heh.
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Date: 2006-01-15 04:48 am (UTC):)
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Date: 2006-01-15 05:55 am (UTC)IT'S FREAKIN GREAT
hehe
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Date: 2006-01-15 07:31 pm (UTC)Logically, Duncan is probably emotionally more able to show up at 3 AM, even though his father's been arrested and his parents have been thinking all along that it was him that did it. He's been thinking of Veronica this whole time, and also carries two revelations: she never knew that she had slept with him at the party, and so there's still that emotiona entanglement to process, compounded by the revelation that they are not half siblings, after all, and are therefore free to be together. OK, and the third revelation is that he and his parents can hardly blame Keith for pursuing his father, after all, since he did have a hand in covering up the truth, albeit with his son's best interests in mind (according to them, anyway).
I'd kinda like it to be Logan, though. I like their spark, and the improbability of them getting together, because he's been such an asshole. I dunno. Heh. But, you know, last we see him, he's drunk and getting ready to plunge to his death. And Eli shows up to deal with him, so I am not sure in what condition he'd be in that Veronica would be so serene when she answered the door, you know?
It could be neither of them, in which case, I have no idea.
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Date: 2006-01-15 07:55 am (UTC)I mean I do enjoy seeing Veronica continually own every single person she runs across, but something about it just isn't as good.
Of course, it could be that I watched Nero Wolfe. Nero Wolfe is the best detective/mystery show ever. EVER.
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Date: 2006-01-15 10:57 pm (UTC)It's almost like on of those "we didn't think it would be so popular to warrant a 2nd season, so what can we come up with to make it better?" syndromes...
soon's I heard about the dvd set of season 1, I marked it down to purchase... still haven't got it yet though. :(
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Date: 2006-01-15 07:11 pm (UTC)