Veronica Mars

i'm sure this movie will be really great and cool

It will be a Firefly crossover movie.

Nerds will explode and die.

and here i was worried that it would be so long til we'd see another 'veronica mars' project that it would turn into 'murder, she wrote'

but see the thing about firefly is that it sucks. besides that it's not really a fair comparison--joss whedon rules the world with his creepy nerd misogynist empire. rob thomas can't even work a half-hour comedy on fuckin starz.

What position is fucking Starz in to call something a success or not?

I know why Party Down flopped - because it was on Starz - but for the life of me I can't figure out how that show didn't end up somewhere else. Or, hell, how or why it ended up on Starz to begin with!

It was commissioned under the first Starz new-progamming director. He didn't last long, plus nobody watched it, so it got canned when the new guy came in.

Just to say I think the Amanda Palmer comparison is really unfair. He's not asking to crowdsource the crew and the cameras and having people volunteer to edit and foley etc.

Passed the goal.

I'm having trouble figuring out what the $2mil is for.

Iirc correctly, $2mil was around the cost of an ep of the show. I think the pilot was maybe $3mil.

so, the money is to pay for the cost of shooting up-front, minus what the packages sent to donators costs them, meaning they'd be working on a lower budget. presumably, WB would recompensate for the lesser earnings of the actors/director/writers if it makes more money, but if they don't, they're out nothing. if the kickstarter project makes more, then presumably they spend it on the production in some way, even if that's just pocketing it as compensation?

I mean, this isn't rocket science, they're basically saying "front us this much, and we'll make a movie." It's not "front us this much, and then we'll ask you to act in the movie for hugs"

joss whedon rules the world with his creepy nerd misogynist empire

a+ trolling

dude i've been rescreening some buffy and the guy is a total women's studies 101 sleazeball.

anyway the v mars kickstarter hit 2 million a few minutes ago. so there's something to look forward to.

They've said that any additional money will go into the production. They'll be able to shoot more locations etc...

Also, this is only a corporate enterprise insofar as Warner Bros owns Veronica Mars. I'm sure they'd make it completely indie if they could.

if they end up with some insane amount like $20 million they should just do a whole new season of the show, and also the Party Down movie

Also Kristen Bell gets 10 of her own sloths

I hope I can still get a pdf of the shooting script

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/tv-column/post/veronica-mars-creator-pledges-movie-of-short-lived-series-if-fans-can-raise-2-million-in-a-month/2013/03/13/9114dac6-8c02-11e2-9f54-f3fdd70acad2_blog.html

^about halfway down there's an implication that a Terriers movie kickstarter might be on the way

Would definitely throw some money at a Terriers wrap-up movie.

Would you get a SAG card for the $10k speaking role?

He's baaack.

piz is all right.

more happy about Percy Daggs

oh man, fortuitous thread bump, just watched the first three eps of s2 today. Honestly there's nothing I find more charming than teen detectives.

have been shipping Veronica/Weevil all along but my sister tells me that's not a thing.

Not a thing on the show or not a thing on the internet?

On the show.

man, it looks as if they're going to get pretty much every major or beloved character from the original series that didn't die or have to flee the country. personally hoping they manage to swing principal clemmons and corny, if it's going to be a high school reunion mystery.

more happy about Percy Daggs

― Nhex, Sunday, June 9, 2013 3:44 AM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

what has he been doing for six years?

yes now piz can finally die

https://twitter.com/RobThomas/statuses/317629030914461698

Swearing!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wq1R93UMqlk

trailer looks pretty promising although LOVE TRIANGLE WITH PIZ NOOOO

piz being in this was unavoidable so we should be thankful it appears we're going to get a scene or two at the beginning and then a couple of awkward phone calls later on

yeah i hope you're right... still the idea that she was with him all this time or even just the last year or two is :/

This feels like the right time to admit that I just named my external HD "Take Back-Up."

reunion is a pretty smart idea

stoked to see leo tbh

very excited about this!

That looks way better than I expected, nice to see VM with non-UPN budget lighting.

otm

I remember watching an episode of the show back when it was on the air and it did nothing for me but the trailer is making me excited for the movie and maybe I should try watching the show again?

Yeah!

my hope is that the movie will work as a standalone piece and that people who've never seen an episode will enjoy it, but it's hard to tell if's going to rely heavily on familiarity with the characters or if the trailer is just playing up things that will get the fans excited.

WHERE IS KEN MARINO

was veronica's dad the only Old Person they showed?

I'm hoping this sparks a series revival so that I can forget House of Lies exists.

arghhh i actually HAD forgotten House of Lies exists, now i am sharing in your pain

never watched! hard earned showtime skepticism paying off again.

wait, so Veronica and Piz have been together for 10 years and she's never met his parents?

my wife said she read something that implied that they only linked back up a year or two before the storyline in the movie, so they haven't been together the whole time or anything

hoping for awesome Logan zingers in this movie