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dangermousieI am losing interest in Veronica Mars. It has gone from "must be home at 9 and make sure the phone doesn't ring" to "I'll tape it and that way if I am late it's OK" to "I'll tape it and watch it at some point." Blah. I think part of it is the hiatus, but BSG had a much longer one and as soon as it restarted my love was rekindled. It's not really the lack of Logan/Veronica either because honestly? It never was a huge chunk of the show and I've jumped ship anyway seeing that neither of the characters seems to be interested in the other. Moreover, I have to like both characters in the ship and I don't like Veronica much now. And that I think is the key. I love shows centered around one character, because you can really get to know him or her but there is a downfall with that: the character has to be fascinating (even if not likeable) for you to continue. When it works, it can be amazingly satisfying. The reason Farscape is one of the best things I've ever seen is because John Crichton is one of the two most amazing fictional characters I've ever come across and I couldn't get enough of him and his saga. And Veronica of first season was a great heroine to be interested in. She wasn't always likeable but she was unusual, interesting, strong. Veronica of season 2 is BBB: bitchy (OK) bland and boring. She is like any average girl only meaner but seeing that VM doesn't dish out "Mean Girls" levels of nasty, bitchy alone isn't enough to keep my interest. She's done a number of actions this season that are not only wrong (heck, they are not even always wrong) but make me lose interest in her as a person: avoidance, conformity, shallowness. And ultimately, much as I might like Logan, or Cliff, or Cassidy, this is a Veronica Mars show, and if I don't like the lead, the rest of it is ultimately meaningless and the show becomes unsatisfying.
Then there is also the move of VM into soap land. Teenage fathers? Coma babies? I love a good soap (look at me rave about MARS (heh, irony!) lately) but those are shows explicitly designed with different format and expectations. Soapy type shows don't deal with realism by their very nature. They go the route of hyper-realism through dwelling on emotions. It works fine in that format and when done well can be lovely (MARS!). But VM doesn't work as a soap because in its case the soap plots are not combined with soap atmosphere or dwelling on character impact and emotions so the whole thing comes across as a giant malaprop, a monster hybrid neither one thing nor the other, with silly plot twists but no emotional angsty revelling in it that is the soap pay off, and with pretensions that this is realistic. Not to mention that when one watches VM one does not expect soap, any more than when one watches a sci fi show like BSG does one expect a fantasy episode about them all dancing in Swiss meadows. I love dancing in Swiss meadows in a Bollywood film, but in BSG it would be out of place. Ditto for VM and soap.
The world of VM is not a real world any more. Don't even get me started on the bizarre view of the legal system, medical conditions, and FBI competence we've seen in VM lately. Rob Thomas fix it, or I am gone.
In completely unconnected news and by popular demand (well, 7 votes constitute popular in my deluded mind) here are pictures of Arjun Rampal, the most gorgeous man in Bollywood, IMO.
Artistic:
Bare-torsoed:
Black and White:
Wet!
Just Plain Hot:
Rent Boy:
Screw the mesh shirt. Check out the leather pants!
In Other News:
Who Is Your Fushigi Yugi Mystery Date?
Hosted by theOtaku.com: Anime. Done right.
I have never even seen Fushigi Yuugi but that quiz was beyond hilarious. Seriously. Makes me thankful for my spouse.
Then there is also the move of VM into soap land. Teenage fathers? Coma babies? I love a good soap (look at me rave about MARS (heh, irony!) lately) but those are shows explicitly designed with different format and expectations. Soapy type shows don't deal with realism by their very nature. They go the route of hyper-realism through dwelling on emotions. It works fine in that format and when done well can be lovely (MARS!). But VM doesn't work as a soap because in its case the soap plots are not combined with soap atmosphere or dwelling on character impact and emotions so the whole thing comes across as a giant malaprop, a monster hybrid neither one thing nor the other, with silly plot twists but no emotional angsty revelling in it that is the soap pay off, and with pretensions that this is realistic. Not to mention that when one watches VM one does not expect soap, any more than when one watches a sci fi show like BSG does one expect a fantasy episode about them all dancing in Swiss meadows. I love dancing in Swiss meadows in a Bollywood film, but in BSG it would be out of place. Ditto for VM and soap.
The world of VM is not a real world any more. Don't even get me started on the bizarre view of the legal system, medical conditions, and FBI competence we've seen in VM lately. Rob Thomas fix it, or I am gone.
In completely unconnected news and by popular demand (well, 7 votes constitute popular in my deluded mind) here are pictures of Arjun Rampal, the most gorgeous man in Bollywood, IMO.
Artistic:
Bare-torsoed:
Black and White:
Wet!
Just Plain Hot:
Rent Boy:
Screw the mesh shirt. Check out the leather pants!
In Other News:
Who Is Your Fushigi Yugi Mystery Date?
Hosted by theOtaku.com: Anime. Done right.
I have never even seen Fushigi Yuugi but that quiz was beyond hilarious. Seriously. Makes me thankful for my spouse.
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