Veronica Mars

[winterbadger]

I'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. :-)

Comments

[pusscat.livejournal.com]

I think baldness is always pretty cool as long as you embrace it. I've never quite understood why it's an issue.

I'm loving Veronica Mars too. Got AB the first season for his birthday right before Christmas and I was most impressed, am now waiting impatiently for season two to arrive.

[winterbadger]

I think baldness is always pretty cool as long as you embrace it.

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That, I think, is the key. A bald or balding man is as dorky-looking as he feels.

[pusscat.livejournal.com]

Definitely. There is nothing inherently unnattractive about bald, but no one is sexy with a comb-over.

Nice icon, BTW.

[winterbadger]

I was trying to think of any of my icons that had a bald or balding man.

NO ONE messed with Leo McGarry! :-)

[zoefruitcake.livejournal.com]

I love Veronica Mars, but I've actually only seen 2 episodes ;0) I'd really like to watch them all but last time I looked the DVDs weren't available here. Hmmm, maybe I'll check again. I'd like to see them from the start.

[winterbadger]

Yeah, it's kind of weird. I started watching the current season (3) on TV, saw all of it, and then have been renting seasons 1 and 2. So it has a slightly Greek drama feel--I know how some of the characters end up, and I get to watch how they get there. Among other things, it makes me like and respect Weevil that much more. (I won't say any more, I promise! ;-) Plus I get to meet all sorts of other characters along the way and find out *why* Veronica is the way she is.

[tylluan-wen.livejournal.com]

I love Veronica Mars and have been watching it almost from the beginning. The characters are so well written and complex and I like the "Joss Whedon"-ish way the plot lines play out and intersect. I do wish the show was better promoted.

[justjayj.livejournal.com]

Supposedly, if the show makes it to S4, they're getting rid of the longer story arcs, which is a darned shame if you ask me.

[azbound.livejournal.com]

I'd been debating tossing this in my queue. Now I will. I'm currently watching "Gilmore Girls" and "Freaks and Geeks". I wholeheartedly recommend "Freaks and Geeks" and "Gilmore Girls" is just for getting my estrogen groove on.