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Veronica Mars
Jan. 4th, 2007 11:07 pmI've been burning through the first two seasons of this show on DVD, thanks to Netflix. I am struck by what a really neat show it is: good acting, good writing, good plots. One of the things I really like in TV drama is a storyline that has multiple interacting storylines, some of them episode-specific, others that last through a series of eps, an entire season, or longer. B5 was the first one I recall recently; Buffy did it; VMars does too.
I find a lot of the characters interesting, and very few of them incredible or shallow. Veronica is totally cool, of course and (I imagine) like most guys who like the show, I wish I had known someone like her in high school and college, or knew someone like the person she probably would grow into in later life. Smart, independent, streetwise but with a core of mushy romantic..plus a whiz with audio and video equipment--what's not to like?
But the two characters I find myself really liking and admiring (also probably not surprising among *middle-aged* men who like the show) are 'Weevil' and Keith Mars, Veronica's dad. Who wouldn't want to be the tough guy who may not give a damn about the hipsters but has his own code and a fiery sense of right and wrong? Or the tough, capable, protective, and loving father who at the same time knows that he has to give his daughter room to be her own person and who respects her for her abilities and her character?
Or maybe it's just that they're both bald, a direction I'm inevitably going. It's good to know you can be tough and cool even when you have no hair. :-)
I find a lot of the characters interesting, and very few of them incredible or shallow. Veronica is totally cool, of course and (I imagine) like most guys who like the show, I wish I had known someone like her in high school and college, or knew someone like the person she probably would grow into in later life. Smart, independent, streetwise but with a core of mushy romantic..plus a whiz with audio and video equipment--what's not to like?
But the two characters I find myself really liking and admiring (also probably not surprising among *middle-aged* men who like the show) are 'Weevil' and Keith Mars, Veronica's dad. Who wouldn't want to be the tough guy who may not give a damn about the hipsters but has his own code and a fiery sense of right and wrong? Or the tough, capable, protective, and loving father who at the same time knows that he has to give his daughter room to be her own person and who respects her for her abilities and her character?
Or maybe it's just that they're both bald, a direction I'm inevitably going. It's good to know you can be tough and cool even when you have no hair. :-)
