Veronica Mars

I loved seasons 1 and 2 but skipped 3 after it got slammed here so hard. Should I watch any of it before watching the movie?

haven't seen the movie but at the very least you'll need to know who piz is and there's some stuff at the very end that might (probably should) come up in the movie. maybe start w/ episode 10? the main problem w/ season 3 is the overarching mysteries (there were two - no season long arc) were really lame, you could maybe even skip ahead to the last five episodes, after any running mysteries are done, but you'd miss some stuff that happens. season 3 is definitely the weakest but most of that is usual high school show adjusting to college (i can't think of any show that's made that transition w/ grace) and somewhat desperate attempts and compromises to keep it on the air. i don't think it's actually really bad, it's just nowhere near the first two seasons.

i just finished watching s3 and really struggled getting through it, i didn't care for either of the multi-ep mysteries but i missed their guiding structure during the last "arcless" episodes. i had never seen the series finale before and it just feels like a mess, they threw a bunch of stuff at the wall to set up a future that didn't end up existing. very bittersweet.

however it was still an opportunity to inhabit the world w/characters i loved so i'm glad i watched it. as for the movie, i think they managed to recap enough of S3 in the beginning of the movie and then organically throughout that you'll be fine.

This was just ok, but I'm really happy it got made - seems like a better closure for the characters than the end of season 3.

otm, this was my reaction too.

i had never seen the series finale before and it just feels like a mess

but <3 'it never rains in southern california' closer

Who was the other F&G actor besides Martin Starr?

Good movie btw.

PS I love Dick.

xpost Franco

And Dave Gruber Allen!

I am now into S2 and hi my name's VGrrl and I love Veronica Mars

All my previous 'meh' is now gone after binge-watching S1. Once the bigger storylines ramped up and she stopped having to look for ppl's stolen bicycles etc all the goddamn time, it got way better. I'm still trying to figure out how they made me turn a corner from hating Logan on site to squeeing like a fangirl when they finally hooked up.

Now I'm onto hating Duncan, like a constant obsessive hatred. Like every episode I want him to be murdered horribly or drown in a bathtub or eaten by wild animals. He's such a turnip.

Crushing SO hard on Logan now though. It's a sickness.

I'm still trying to figure out how they made me turn a corner from hating Logan on site to squeeing like a fangirl when they finally hooked up.

I think they stopped having Logan organizing hobo fights for starters.

oh god

yeah that helped

some of the shit that him & Dick say to Weevil & his crew is seriously like WHOA O_o

also I have a crush on lil' Beaver. He's so cute.

uh yeah, enjoy that for now

>:(

Heh, Dick and Beav.

don't forget Richard Casablancas Sr aka "Big Dick"

so funny

also loving Charisma Carpenter as the gold-digger.

Yesss I knew you'd see the light!

man I just realised vg hasn't gotten to the prom episode yet. That crush on Logan? It's not going away any time soon.

jeez, mh, way to ruin it!!!

I RUINED NOTHING

read the novel this weekend, it's pretty fun

um if the 'prom episode' is anything the 80's prom episode where Logan wore no pants then I'm all in

This made LOL v hard last night

Kendall: Doesn't this mean anything to you?

Logan: It does. It means I'm getting laid. And I owe your village a goat.

xps i just started the novel too, good light reading so far

you guys are going to make me read the novel, aren't you?

it's not a difficult read!

I don't think that was the supposed qualm :)

It would be amazing if the Veronica Mars novel was dense and impenetrable, secretly written by DFW before his death.

or his semi-lookalike from season 3

http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100709054258/veronicamars/images/f/fd/Tim_Foyle.jpg

it should be like House of Leaves

HOUSE OF NEPTUNE

sorry guys it is breezy and fun! well I mean people get murdered, but there are also quips

1000-page meditation on class, violence and gender in contemporary suburban America.

with quips

The Sun Also Quips

mmm, sun quips

our local indie theater got the vmars movie last week, so I saw it a second time and enjoyed it a LOT more than the first time. I was so wound up about identifying callbacks and returning characters that I couldn't enjoy all the jokes and character chemistry.

Did you ever wonder what Veronica Mars would be like, with a different actress, and she is a zombie who helps solve crimes by learning about crimes by eating the brains of the murdered and murderers? From the same producer, even?

You now have iZombie!

sold!

IT's not that great (yet) unfortunately, much more procedural and stock-character-friendly than VMars. And I do not enjoy the big bad.

I avoided this because zombies are stupid, but Rob Thomas did do Veronica Mars, and this is only one zombie... I will check it out.

idk if they have actually introduced a bad guy, per se, but I know what you mean

It's kind of charming, I think. Yeah, baddie sucks, and I hate zombies, but the concept of her taking on attributes of dead folks provides a lot of space.

did anyone see the feature film? was it just completely indifferent? after all the hype about its fundraising model, it seemed to die with a whimper.

yeah i liked it. Some discussion upthread.
We put in a new bathroom window in kind of frosted glass and there's a streetlight outside and every night it reminds me of the lighting in Keith Mars's office

afaik people liked it and watched it? it was a good movie-length episode

It was basically a long episode of the TV show.

in a good way...?

i feel like i'd feel a little cheated by that in the theater, but it was released simultaneously to theaters and streaming, right?

anyway, I guess I should catch up w/ it.