Veronica – RIP
I just finished watching the last DVD of the Veronica Mars series. In a nutshell, it is a show about a kick-ass teenage (high-school -> college) girl who works with her private investigator dad and ends up using her PI skills to solve tons of mysteries, as well as dealing with family, friendship, and social issues. The plots and characters are interesting, nothing is ever as it seems in the beginning, and the dialog is fantastic. I think this series ranks up with the new Battlestar Galactica as one of my all-time favorite TV shows. Unfortunately, it was canceled towards the end of the 3rd season.
I discovered the series while reading a post by Bill Kratzer made about the show and was really intrigued seeing Kevin Smith and Joss Whedon’s comments about how much they enjoyed Veronica.
January 20th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
I just (as in: Fifteen minutes ago!) finished Season One of Veronica Mars. While I enjoy the show in general, I’m somewhat annoyed that I don’t get to be involved in solving any of the mysteries. It feels like there is always some totally random (and not-visible-to-me) piece of information introduced 38 minutes in to the episode. This piece of infomation explains everything that happened, but leaves me feeling like a spectator instead of a participant.
My guess is that Veronica Mars will appeal to the same set of people who enjoyed Buffy the Vampire Slayer. There is huge thematic overlap between the two shows.
Oh, and Veronica is a serious babe :-).