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[rusty_halo]

Dude... insane hoyay in old comics.

And also, I just caught up reading chase820's latest post of "The Man Who Sold the World," which is so dark and angsty and awesome. I've pretty much forgotten what happened on the actual Queer as Folk; Chase's story is so infinitely better that who even needs the TV version?

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[chase820]

Thanks very much for the shout-out!

ITA with you're assessment of the VM finale. Cassidy as damaged would have been so much more interesting, showing him to be yet another victim of the corrupt 09'er culture. He still was in this version, but the mustache-twirling tactics detracted from the message.

I read an interview with Rob that says Veronica is living at home next year instead of on the Hearst campus as a way of keeping Keith more vital in the series. I'm not sure I agree with this--how are they going to convey Veronica adjusting to the college experience when Hearst is just a slightly bigger version of Neptune High, right down to the commuter factor?

I hope Veronica as co-ed doesn't become as pointless an exercise as it became on BtVS after Season 4. College on television is so rarely portrayed well--after the initial keggers-and-frat-boys cliches they never seem to know what to do with it. Which is odd, as most of the writers must have gone to college.

[jerrymcl89]

I think the reason most shows can't do college well is that they are originally shows about high school. And so the basic college experience of meeting all new people can never occur, because the show needs to illogically explain why Buffy, or Veronica, or whoever else the protagonist is, wound up going to the same college as everyone he/she knew in high school.

The only college-set show I've ever thought worked was 'Felicity', which not-so-coincidentally was already a college show when it started.

[chase820]

I agree, which is why I think continuing to give Keith such a prominent role is a bad idea. As is the Wallace basketball scholarship to Hearst. Better to give him a scholarship back in Chicago or something. He doesn't add that much to the show that Mac couldn't do--better. Plus, it makes sense that Veronica would have different best friends at different stages of her life.

With Logan, Wallace, and Mac all staying in Neptune, RT needs to be ruthless about otherwise culling the herd. Or it really will feel like she never left high school.