One Tree Hill horror continues

[dangermousie]

I am on episode 12 (or is it 13, they kind of blend together).

These characters are more and more cardboard by the second. Characters don't have to be realistic (come on, early seasons Buffy? She'd never be that well-adjusted in that job), but they have to be interesting, and consistent and three-dimentional (again, Buffy).

I really want Logan to show up and set a fire to the town. So much more satisfactory than a community pool, and it will also burn better because the characters are all made out of wood. Or maybe Spike could have a really good (if bland) meal of the residents?

Also, Luke? Started out rather nice even if utterly flat. Now the nice is gone, but there is no snark (unless no willpower=snark) and the flatness is the only thing that's left. I live in fear of what happens if he stands sideways. He'll dissapear!

This isn't even that fun in the trashy soapy sense because it's all so molasses slow. By now, about the only characters I don't want to attack with a hatchet are Nathan (how ironic, he started out as the one I wanted to brain) and Haley. They actually make a cute sweet teen soap couple. Completely unrealistic and not too complicated but at least my inner 10-year old is awwwwing at the schmoopiness because they are so young about it, and the whole geeky girl and jocky boy who is actually nice is a popular stereotype for a reason :)

winterspel told me that last year, OTH used to beat Veronica Mars in the ratings. I shall never understand. VM has real people: interesting, unpredictable, intelligent. Granted, there is no CMM sans clothes in every episode, but I'd rather have Logan in an overcoat and a hat dispensing snark than CMM unemoting starkers.

Of course, as my icon shows, you can certainly have best of both worlds!

Comments

[winterspel.livejournal.com]

I think that the fact that Veronica Mars is on UPN is a big part of why its ratings suck. UPN had marketed itself toward the urban demographic for quite a while; that plus wrestling did not indicate to viewers that their programming would appeal to the sort of audience that Veronica Mars might attract. If VM had been on the WB, its ratings probably would have been MUCH higher, not only because the VM audience is already over at the WB watching their current programming, but also because their marketing machine is awesome. They really know how to sell a show to the right audience. They've managed really well with shows like Everwood and Gilmore Girls to gain a more broad audience than just girls 12-25. Those, plus the ex-Buffy: TVS fans are exactly the audience that would go for Veronica Mars.

Gods, it's so sad that this kind of quality programming has to struggle like this.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

That's a good point about UPN. Before VM I've never watched anything on UPN before in my life. VM does seem a lot more like a WB show (on the intelligent side of the spectrum, but still...)

That's a huge pity because VM is excellent and deserves to be better known. Hopefully with all the reviews etc in the press from time to time it will get there. I don't want it to run for 10 years or something, but it certainly deserves to run as long as it stays as good as it's been up until now!

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

I see someone found an icon of that picture. I wondered how long it would take.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

How could I *not* have an icon of that scene?

*satisfied sigh*

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

Dangermousie as director: Time for the scene with the nudity and the fire hoses.
Fillion: Uh, I don't remember that part in the script.
DM: Yes, yes, it was there. Fine print. Along with the part where you and Inara have hot sex on the console of the ship.
Fillion: Is that even possible?
DM: Look, you have YOUR science fiction and I have mine. Now get that baby oil and get going.
Fillion:....

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I am literally gasping with laughter as my husband looks on in concern!