Comments | iainjclark: The One About Veronica Mars

iainjclark

The One About Veronica Mars

Aug 23, 2005 19:06

Time for a round-up of my recent TV feasting. I'm keeping my discussion to generalities and opinions so there are no plot spoilers here beyond what you'd learn in the pilot episodes.

( Empire )

rome, archaeology, television, house m.d., veronica mars

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ajp August 23 2005, 14:03:43 UTC

Yeah last week's House was great; I particularly enjoyed the little twist at the end. So help me, for all he's a irascible, cantankerous curmudgeon; I really like him - and that's all testament to Laurie's brilliance.

iainjclark August 23 2005, 14:40:04 UTC

Yes. Robert Sean Leonard is really good too - when they actually give him something to do!

ajp August 24 2005, 11:29:43 UTC

Indeed - although the dilemma there is that involving him more, would require increasingly contrived TV drama reasons for his involvement - other than just as House's Friend...

iainjclark August 24 2005, 13:04:58 UTC

Which, let's face it, is odd planning on the parts of the writers. They cast a major actor as House's friend and put him in the opening credits, but without building in any plausible reason for him to have a significant role each week.

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veggiesu October 23 2005, 06:10:52 UTC

Ref Veronica Mars: "me too". I did really enjoy the show; far more by the end than I had thought I would at the beginning (I'm not of an age to be impressed by High School stuff, I need more "real world" references). As the season progressed, and it became about Things That Are Not High School, as it got darker and more morally ambiguous, I liked it more and more.
I think my "woah" reaction came from not just the way that the season plotlines were resolved, but also by the fact that they *were* resolved. I was dreading the episode ending without us finding out who the murderer was, who Veronica's father was, what really happened at the party... as it was, the loose ends we got (who was at the door (and my guess is Duncan), what Weevil does to Logan, where Veronica and Logan go from here) are all "tell me more" type sstories, not "ah, you bastards, you can't leave it there!!" type cliffhangers.

iainjclark October 23 2005, 06:28:48 UTC

they *were* resolved

Yes, I was so impressed by the denseness of the story arc and the fact that the plotlines were all explored and explained. I wonder how much of that was planned and how much was the result of uncertainty about the show's future? Either way, it makes for much more involved storytelling than we normally get on television, and it's probably the single biggest reason that I liked the show.