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Veronica Mars. Best show on TV? Hell yes! I'm not the only one to think so. After a lot of reading (I've been bored...a lot), I've discovered that it really was the best-reviewed show of last year. How did I miss it then? Also, it has at least a few very vocal famous fans (a rare thing). Here's what they have to say about the show:
Joss Whedon (creator of Buffy, Angel, and of course Firefly/Serenity):
"My peeps and I just finished a crazed Veronica Marsathon, and I can no longer restrain myself. BEST. SHOW. EVER. Seriously, I've never gotten more wrapped up in a show I wasn't making, and maybe even more than those. Crazy crisp dialogue. Incredibly tight plotting. Big emotion, I mean BIG, and charsimatic actors and I was just DYING from the mystery and the relationships and PAIN, this show knows from pain and no, I don't care, laugh all you want, I had to share this. These guys know what they're doing on a level that intimidates me. It's the Harry Potter of shows. There. I said it."
Kevin Smith (writer/director of Dogma, Clerks, etc...in other words, the man responsible for bringing Ben Affleck and Matt Damon into our lives...but I don't hold that against him. I like Matt.) wrote the following in his online journal on his official site:
"We put [our daughter] to bed, then finish watching out the rest of “Veronica Mars” Season One.
This is, hands-down, the best show on television right now, and proof that TV can be far better than cinema. The cast is pretty uniformly excellent, and the dialogue crackles. Excellent characterization - even with the day-players - but the heart and soul of the show is the relationship between Father and Daughter, Keith and Veronica Mars.
The fact that Kristen Bell and Enrico Colantoni weren’t Emmy nominated proves how fucking out of touch and useless the Emmy Awards are to begin with. The tender and witty repartee between these two wonderful actors makes you want to be a better parent. And a big shout-out to Jason Dohring’s Logan Echolls - a masterfully designed and performed nemesis whose twists and turns are always credible."
After reading that, Mars creator Rob Thomas gave him a cameo in the second season. Useless trivia.
Damon Lindelof (co-creator of Lost, which incidentally goes up against Veronica every Wednesday night at 9:00):
"I fucking love that show! It is awesome. It's probably my favorite show right now. I literally had to cancel Adelphia [digital cable] and get DirecTV TiVo, so that I can TiVo both Veronica Mars and Lost."
Anyway, who wouldn't love a show with dialogue like:
"Tailing young Mrs. Kendall was about as difficult as following Malibu Barbie to the Beach house."
or
"So...you believe me?"
"Meg, you're the last good person at this school. I'd believe cartoon birds braided your hair this morning."
It may be getting wierd though...the main character seems to be developing a disturbing obsession with unicorns. She's mentioned them in the past two episodes. Must investigate.
Joss Whedon (creator of Buffy, Angel, and of course Firefly/Serenity):
"My peeps and I just finished a crazed Veronica Marsathon, and I can no longer restrain myself. BEST. SHOW. EVER. Seriously, I've never gotten more wrapped up in a show I wasn't making, and maybe even more than those. Crazy crisp dialogue. Incredibly tight plotting. Big emotion, I mean BIG, and charsimatic actors and I was just DYING from the mystery and the relationships and PAIN, this show knows from pain and no, I don't care, laugh all you want, I had to share this. These guys know what they're doing on a level that intimidates me. It's the Harry Potter of shows. There. I said it."
Kevin Smith (writer/director of Dogma, Clerks, etc...in other words, the man responsible for bringing Ben Affleck and Matt Damon into our lives...but I don't hold that against him. I like Matt.) wrote the following in his online journal on his official site:
"We put [our daughter] to bed, then finish watching out the rest of “Veronica Mars” Season One.
This is, hands-down, the best show on television right now, and proof that TV can be far better than cinema. The cast is pretty uniformly excellent, and the dialogue crackles. Excellent characterization - even with the day-players - but the heart and soul of the show is the relationship between Father and Daughter, Keith and Veronica Mars.
The fact that Kristen Bell and Enrico Colantoni weren’t Emmy nominated proves how fucking out of touch and useless the Emmy Awards are to begin with. The tender and witty repartee between these two wonderful actors makes you want to be a better parent. And a big shout-out to Jason Dohring’s Logan Echolls - a masterfully designed and performed nemesis whose twists and turns are always credible."
After reading that, Mars creator Rob Thomas gave him a cameo in the second season. Useless trivia.
Damon Lindelof (co-creator of Lost, which incidentally goes up against Veronica every Wednesday night at 9:00):
"I fucking love that show! It is awesome. It's probably my favorite show right now. I literally had to cancel Adelphia [digital cable] and get DirecTV TiVo, so that I can TiVo both Veronica Mars and Lost."
Anyway, who wouldn't love a show with dialogue like:
"Tailing young Mrs. Kendall was about as difficult as following Malibu Barbie to the Beach house."
or
"So...you believe me?"
"Meg, you're the last good person at this school. I'd believe cartoon birds braided your hair this morning."
It may be getting wierd though...the main character seems to be developing a disturbing obsession with unicorns. She's mentioned them in the past two episodes. Must investigate.