Veronica Mars...
monsieureden sent me this interesting news: that Rob Thomas is working on the script of a Veronica Mars movie.
My fannish heart cheers.
But... yeah, there's a but. One thought is: he hasn't even written the thing yet, who's to say when/if it will be made into a movie? The TV show got well-deserved rave reviews, and was cancelled during third season. Moreover, the tight, suspenseful, witty brilliance of first season had faded to something much more random and loose by third season, and some of the best things about the show, like the wonderful sexual tension between Veronica and Logan, were being frittered away.
Then there's the precedent of Firefly, where one of the best TV shows ever was made into a movie that didn't quite play on the TV show's strengths; that relied overmuch on frantic action, and in which tragedy was the consequence of random chaos rather than meaningful themes and plotting.
Of course I want to see the love story of Veronica and Logan played out to its implausible but necessary successful conclusion. Will I get that? With a good script, characterization that's totally up to par, along with a riveting and complex mystery for Veronica to solve? How about the resolution of Keith Mars' romance with the wonderful Francine - remember that?
And the TV show caught them - the characters, and the actors playing them - at a precious and evolving point in time. Would a fully grown-up Veronica be as interesting?
Seems to me that the chances of the movie being what I actually want are slim.
On the other hand... the chances of the show's existence in the first place was improbable, and we got it anyway. As if Twin Peaks and Buffy had a bastard style in the form of the beautiful and lovable Kristen Bell.