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[sarashina]

Re: Veronica Mars season one:

ashfksk. This show. THIS SHOW. ♥

So I christened my new Netflix account by mainlining the entire first season over the course of our lovely three-day weekend. And while the first few episodes were pretty solid, somewhere around the sixth episode I realized that I was hardcore hooked. THE DETECTIVE NOIR. THE MYSTERY PLOTS. THE CHARACTERS WHO SOMEHOW MANAGE TO BE MORALLY GRAY AND TOTALLY ADORABLE AT THE SAME TIME. THE LADIESSSSS. And omg, a show aimed at teenagers with a central father-daughter relationship? SHOCK.

I want to karate-chop Kristin Bell's agent in the neck for turning her into a romcom star. She was meant to play badass detective ladies, dammit.

And the season finale episode seriously had me doing flaily-hands at the computer every two seconds. HOLY CRAP that was a tense climax.

I've started watching the second season, and while it's still a great show, I already know I won't like it quite as much as the first season. That particular mystery plotline just pushed a lot of my buttons, and I seriously miss ghost!Lilly. COME BACK, AMANDA SEYFRIED. YOU DON'T NEED A MOVIE CAREER.

-- of course, all of my flailing and teeth-gnashing is for naught, because the show was canceled years ago. Between Arrested Development and this, why do I keep falling for dead shows lately? (Well, in VM's case that might be for the best, because I've heard not-so-great things about season three. D:)

Yosh! Back to work with me tomorrow. But first, another episode or two.

Comments

[moonlitsiren.livejournal.com]

I'm not really much of a movie person, but I love me some streaming TV episodes on Netflix. I've been obsessing over Dexter lately, but maybe I should give Veronica Mars a shot!

[ruffwriter.livejournal.com]

DUDE, WATCH IT. Season one is really freaking good, and season two is also really fun. But season one is the awesomest ever, for reals. ♥

[athenejen]

VM S1 is the best! I missed Lilly a lot, too. I have to admit, I almost liked S3 better than S2, just because the thing that annoys me about S2 really, really, really annoys me, and even though S3 is super weirdly paced and Veronica's characterization is grating, I kind of really like one of the characters they add, so. But that's more about me than about the show, which definitely went rapidly downhill. Alas.

I have an embarrassing tendency to fall hard for dead shows. It's a curse.

[ruffwriter.livejournal.com]

I just finished season two! I still liked it, actually, but it doesn't even compare to season one. The mystery definitely wasn't as good - the first season dropped all sorts of hints about Lilly's murder throughout, but the second season ignored the bus crash half the time, and there was very little indication that the murderer was the murderer. And the best thing about the Lilly mystery was that at one point, it could have been almost everyone, whereas at the end of the second season, I didn't even have a good guess. I mostly enjoyed season two because it had a lot of really cute character and relationship moments.

I may watch season three sometime in the future, but I absolutely adore Veronica and I don't think I could stand to see her turned into an unlikeable character. Her moral compass is pretty messed up and she's not always the nicest person, but she's awesome, dammit. ;;

But seriously, SEASON ONE. I think I'm going to buy it. I'm totally in love.

[athenejen]

Season one is amazing, and totally rewards repeat viewing. :)

Yeah, the failure to have the murderer make any sense at all is really what did in S2 for me. Plot resolution via character assassination is one of my least favorite tropes. I think the good stuff about S2 is all overshadowed by that for me, unfortunately. But there definitely was good stuff, it's true.

I actually think there's quite a bit of fun stuff in S3 -- it was just nice to have more of the characters, regardless of the fact that it didn't really seem like S3 had much of a direction or point. And Veronica... I love Veronica, too, but she definitely has some character flaws, it's part of what makes her interesting. Her S3 characterization is not a divergence from her previous characterizations, but it does focus rather on her flaws. She is not, precisely, unlikable, and I do think her behavior follows from her prior characterization. Just... with a spotlight on the flaws.