Veronica Mars - I don't understand it

I watched Veronica last year, mainly because people told me I should.

Edward McArdle...

Except that many of those people are so concerned with downloading stuff
that they never have time to watch it!!

I watched it, but I don't understand it. I feel lost. The storyline
left me confused. :-( (Of course having my my local station pre-empt
the show every week to show Philly games did not help.)

Please explain- What's the appeal of this show?

David...

Cute lead, lovable characters, mysteries that don't talk down to the
audience, funny, crackling dialogue.

Where can I go to review a season 2 ploty summary?

David...

If you want you can download the whole season.

jayembee...

Or rent the DVDs when they come out next month.

videonovels...

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So is Stealing a pair of Levis from the store. I hope you get caught
and arrested. People WORK HARD to create those shows..... they deserve
to get paid either through sales of commercials, or sales of dvds.

Ken from Chicago...

It's appear is rather noirish or hard-boiled, epitomized by a cynical lead
detective in a cruel cynical world.

videonovels...

Ahhh; perhaps that's why I did not really "get" Veronica Mars. Some
parts I enjoyed, but mostly not. I admit my only motive now, to
continue watching the sunday reruns, is the lead actress. Not the
plot.

I used to watch TCM's "Darkness after Dawn" series which shows a
different film noir every saturday, but I rarely enjoyed those movies.
It felt so unrealistic, depressing, and uninteresting. I prefer a more
positive outlook on the world as you might find in an old Matlock or
Perry Mason episode. (Aside - Would Edward G. Robinson's The Red House

Invid Fan...

Ah, but that's as unrealistic and uninteresting :)

be considered "noir"?)

Also, what's the deal with that "we used to be friends" theme music?
What's the connection of that song to the rest of the story?

videonovels...

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Smart-ass comment there. SHOW ME where I can watch Veronica Season one
(legally and free), and I will. Answer: I cannot, because season one
is over and done. Hence my questions.

E Brown...

It's on DVD. My local Blockbuster rents it.

videonovels...

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That was NOT what Liz what saying Anim. Liza whas not advocating
stealing; she was correcting E.Brown's proposal that I rent the dvd
(because it's not free).

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As it turned out, I decided to download it from ipodnova.net.

Yeah; yeah; it's stealing. But let's be frank. I did NOT enjoy Season
2. And there's no reason to think I will enjoy Season 1 either. It's
kinda silly to spend money on something, I already know in advance, I
won't enjoy. (Just as I did not waste money on the drek called
Andromeda.)

Of course I might be surprised.

I might enjoy season 1. In which case I'll go buy the DVD to alieve my
guilt.

videonovels...

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That was NOT what Liz what saying Anim. Liz was not advocating
stealing; she was correcting E.Brown's proposal that I rent the dvd
(because it's not free).

.

As it turned out, I decided to download it from ipodnova.net.

Yeah; yeah; it's stealing. But let's be frank. I did NOT enjoy Season
2. And there's no reason to think I will enjoy Season 1 either. It's
kinda silly to spend money on something, I already know in advance, I
won't enjoy. (Just as I did not waste money on the drek called
Andromeda.)

Of course I might be surprised.

I might enjoy season 1. In which case I'll go buy the DVD to alieve my
guilt & all will be right in the world.

epbrown

It seems an odd choice.

David Johnston...

It isn't. Veronica starts the series having lost all of her her
former friends and having become a social outcast.

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""We'd be oversimplifying things in calling film noir oneiric, strange,
erotic, ambivalent, and cruel...." wrote French critics Raymond Borde
and Etienne Chaumeton in their 1955 book A Panorama of American Film
Noir......... despite the authors' caveats, in five decades it has
hardly been bettered as a concise description of the noir mode as
perceived by a plurality of critics." -

Ken from Chicago...

The theme song reflects the cynical hard-boiled nature of the show and it's
characters. "We used to be friends / a long time ago" [back when they were
young and naive and Veronica was part of the "in-crowd" of "90009ers", now
they've grown-up].

Also good intelligent writing that doesn't talk down to the audience.