Veronica Mars by ritak7

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Veronica Mars

POSTED BY: RITAK7
UPDATED: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 08:41
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Tuesday, January 17, 2006 8:22 PM

I have been hearing so much about the show lately but have not been able to catch it yet. Since we all loved Firefly i'll trust your guidance. Is it worth the watch?

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Tuesday, January 17, 2006 8:31 PM

STAKETHELURK

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Is it worth the watch?

Yes, yes, yes! It is one of the best shows on television right now. I recommend rushing off and renting or buying the first season on DVD right now. It's currently in the middle of its second season and if you don't want to be spoiled for the first season (which, believe me, you don't), you shouldn't tune in until after you've finished the DVDs.

This is the show Joss Whedon calls "the funniest and most romantic show on TV," his personal favorite show. And he is definitely right about its quality; it is a must see.

EDITED TO ADD: Joss did a very favorable review of the first season DVD which I can post here if you want.

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Tuesday, January 17, 2006 8:36 PM

RITAK7

oh could ya would ya? pretty please with sugar on top and a high 5 to boot.
Maybe i was turned off fron viewing it because the protaganist is a high school student but then again so was Buffy and that sure rocked.

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Tuesday, January 17, 2006 8:38 PM

JACQUI

OMG!

Yes, Veronica Mars is worth the watch.

But you have to watch Season One before watching Season Two.

The pay off in the end of the season is so very worth it. Trust us!

We would not lead you astray.

*~*~*
"He's hurting a woman, he really *is* a bad guy... and I wouldn't call him a gentleman."
- Kyle, 9, watching 'Serenity'.

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Tuesday, January 17, 2006 8:42 PM

RITAK7

i am putting my faith in you. please don't do a mapquest on me.

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Tuesday, January 17, 2006 8:44 PM

STAKETHELURK

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oh could ya would ya? pretty please with sugar on top and a high 5 to boot.

Well, since you asked so nicely...

Here's Joss Whedon's review of the first season:

“Last year, Veronica Mars' best friend was murdered. Some months later, she was drugged at a party and raped in her sleep. Welcome to the funniest and most romantic show on TV, collected on DVD in Veronica Mars: The Complete First Season.

On the surface, VM is a simple Nancy Drew update: High School Girl Solves Mysteries. It's impressive how well it works as just that, because week to week, nothing is harder to pull off than a genuine whodunit, and no show does it better than VM.

But obviously, it's what lies deeper that not only makes the show remarkable but defines it. Mysteries are its central metaphor; Veronica solves little puzzles because she, like all of us, cannot unravel the bigger ones. Her life now turned upside down (additionally, her sheriff father's been fired, her mother's run out, and her True Love has inexplicably deserted her), she's developed a knack for seeing through people and their inevitable fictions. She also has cameras, audio taps, and databases, courtesy of the reduced-to-private-detective dad she works for. She's a super-sleuth, but the show never forgets that her power is born of pain, and that the kids who don't need to see — or avenge — every secret wrong are actually happier and more well-adjusted. Yet our identification is always strictly with Veronica, the girl buffeted by the base duplicity of her peers and the unfathomable vagaries of her own heart.

The teen-soap element of the show is just as compelling as the season-long murder mystery. Nobody is who you think they are. Everyone shifts, betrays, reveals — through their surprising humor as well as their flaws. The show is filled with deft, glorious wit. Creator Rob Thomas and his scribblers give VM more laughs than many sitcoms, and they never grate against the emotional brutality. (So where's a commentary, Rob? The extras are frustratingly thin.) Almost everyone in the ensemble shines, particularly Jason Dohring as Veronica's hypnotically incorrigible nemesis, Logan, and the always impressive (Galaxy Quest, anyone?) Colantoni as Keith Mars, the world's greatest dad. (Seriously. Greatest. There should be a mug.)

At the center of it all is Veronica herself. Bell is most remarkable not for what she brings (warmth, intelligence, and big funny) but for what she leaves out. For all the pathos of her arc, she never begs for our affection. There is a distance to her, a hole in the center of Veronica's persona. Bell constantly conveys it without even seeming to be aware of it. It's a star turn with zero pyrotechnics, and apart from the occasionally awkward voice-over, it's a teeny bit flawless.

Season 1 works as mystery, comedy, and romantic drama, often simultaneously. But what elevates it is that in a TV-scape creepily obsessed with crime-solving, VM actually asks why. It knows we need our dose of solution as a panacea against the uncontrollable chaos of life's real mysteries. And it shows, feelingly, that having the answers is never enough.”

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Tuesday, January 17, 2006 8:52 PM

RITAK7

okay i'm hooked. Thank you very much and since you have sealed my fate by posting that faboo commentary I believe it is only just for you to come and do my housework until i am all caught up, kay?

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Tuesday, January 17, 2006 9:11 PM

JACQUI

Joss used the word panacea?

I am so his bitch.

I keep saying it, but it just keeps being true.

*~*~*
"He's hurting a woman, he really *is* a bad guy... and I wouldn't call him a gentleman."
- Kyle, 9, watching 'Serenity'.

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Tuesday, January 17, 2006 10:44 PM

ZOOT

Get season 1 and get it now!! I'm in the UK and so we don't really have it on terrestrial TV but I got season 1 for Christmas and watched it in 3 days! It's superb and everything Joss already said better than I ever could - am now undergoing cold turkey while I pine gently for the UK release of season 2!

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Okay, I'm lost, I'm angry, and I'm
armed.

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Wednesday, January 18, 2006 5:48 AM

RITAK7

I am on it housework, shoolwork and gym-where i seriously need work be damned.

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Wednesday, January 18, 2006 6:50 AM

VOSHEXETER

I've only seen one episode. It was pretty good. Tina Marjorino, from "Napoleon Dynamite," was in it. It was funny, sweet, mysterious, etc.

"Can you do my hair?" - Mal (to Inara)

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Wednesday, January 18, 2006 7:35 AM

CAPTAINCDC

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Originally posted by ritak7:
I have been hearing so much about the show lately but have not been able to catch it yet. Since we all loved Firefly i'll trust your guidance. Is it worth the watch?

Without a doubt Veronica Mars is worth a watch. It is a great show. It really helps fill some of that great gaping void left when all of Whedon's shows went off the air. Do yourself a favor and pick up the first season on dvd. You won't regret it.

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The only sovereign you can allow to rule you is reason!

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Wednesday, January 18, 2006 8:41 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

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Originally posted by ritak7:
Is it worth the watch?

I'm not as much a devoted fan as some others, but VM is quite simply one of the best things showing on any T.V. I don't watch too much t.v. myself, I usually use my set for playing XBoxLive (halo2) or viewing DVDs.

I highly reccomend VM for anyone who likes smart, entertaining t.v.

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

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