Veronica Mars - Series Premiere - 9/22/04
09-22-04 | 10:36 AM
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Veronica Mars - Series Premiere - 9/22/04
http://www.upn.com/shows/veronica_mars/
Anyone going to watch? I'm going to check it out tonight; early reviews have sounded good. It is strange it is premiering on Wednesday night, though-- I guess the regular night will be Tuesdays. Wednesday's regular show in this time slot will be "Kevin Hill", which premieres next week (another UPN show I am actually going to watch.)
VERONICA MARS is set in the wealthy, seaside community of Neptune, where the rich and powerful make the rules, own the town and the high school, and desperately try to keep their dirty little secrets just that…secret. Unfortunately for them, there's Veronica Mars (Kristen Bell) a smart, fearless 17-year-old, apprentice private investigator dedicated to solving the town's toughest mysteries. During the day, Veronica must still negotiate high school like any average teenage girl. Along with fellow outcast, sophomore Wallace Fennel (Percy Daggs III), she bravely maneuvers her classes, wary of former in-crowd friends, like ex-boyfriend Duncan Kane (Teddy Dunn) and his best friend Logan Echolls (Jason Dohring), and edgy outsiders, like Weevil (Francis Capra) and his P.C.H. Bike Club boys. At night, Veronica looks after her former-Sheriff father Keith Mars (Enrico Colantoni) and helps with his struggling, new private investigator business. By sneaking through back alleys and scoping out no-tell motels with a telescopic-lens camera and her math book, Veronica attempts to uncover the California beach town's darkest secrets, including who killed her best friend and Duncan's sister, Lilly, and created a scandal that cost her father his job, his home and wife. Pushed to the edge of this multicultural, venomous little Peyton Place, Veronica Mars relentlessly continues to search for evidence that will clear her father's name and get her back into the "in-crowd," but what she finds may tear the town of Neptune apart at the seams.
Anyone going to watch? I'm going to check it out tonight; early reviews have sounded good. It is strange it is premiering on Wednesday night, though-- I guess the regular night will be Tuesdays. Wednesday's regular show in this time slot will be "Kevin Hill", which premieres next week (another UPN show I am actually going to watch.)
09-22-04 | 10:42 AM
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I was actually thinking about watching this and Kevin Hill (if that is the show w/ Taye Diggs), too.
09-22-04 | 03:26 PM
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I noticed that also, it premieres on a Wednesday and then moves to Tuesdays after one week. Are they trying to confuse/frustrate people right off the bat? What possible rationale could they have for doing this? Did they have a Moesha marathon on last night or something?
09-22-04 | 05:27 PM
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Originally posted by Meatpants
What possible rationale could they have for doing this?
What possible rationale could they have for doing this?
09-22-04 | 09:06 PM
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This is definitely not a kiddie show. Anyhow, a very promising pilot episode, good intro to an already complex teenage female PI with plenty of traumatic life experiences, but appears to have been able to deal with those curveballs and keeps on hacking.
I'll be tuning in for more of that cute lil' marshmallow...
I'll be tuning in for more of that cute lil' marshmallow...
09-23-04 | 02:16 PM
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It's apparently being replayed on MTV on September 28th at 7 PM EST.
09-23-04 | 02:22 PM
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This was excellent, I hope the ratings were good. I'm already completely into all the characters and plotlines. It's almost like a non-weird "Twin Peaks".
The lead biker was the young Cologero in A Bronx Tale!
The lead biker was the young Cologero in A Bronx Tale!
09-23-04 | 03:39 PM
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So this is what happens to Smallville's Chloe after going into witness protection. 
09-23-04 | 09:01 PM
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Wow - what a pleasant suprise!
Very good show to set up the characters and stories - they fit quite a bit into an hour.
Very good show to set up the characters and stories - they fit quite a bit into an hour.
09-23-04 | 09:10 PM
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I was surprised how good that show was. I really liked most of the music. Some of it sounded like Air. There was one scene that I really wanted to know what the song was. I think it was when she lost her virginity. Anybody know which song that was or anywhere I could find a list of songs from the show?
09-24-04 | 03:37 AM
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So this is what happens to Smallville's Chloe after going into witness protection.
So this is what happens to Smallville's Chloe after going into witness protection.
I really liked this. It was a really nice surprise as I just heard about the show this week. Some really interesting characters, with Veronica being about as complex as they come. I just hope its around long enough to get to the bottom of all the mysteries. Like UPN can really afford to get rid of a show of this quality.
09-24-04 | 10:57 PM
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I have to bump this thread since I just caught up to watching it today. Wow, I really really enjoyed this
Since Chloe wont be in this season of smallville (Atleast for a while) this is a good substitute since Kristen Bell really does carry that look and feel.
My fear is UPN will can it just like they did with Jake 2.0 and so forth. But I'm really liking this show. It had a lot of what I liked about CSI in it and delievered really well.
Since Chloe wont be in this season of smallville (Atleast for a while) this is a good substitute since Kristen Bell really does carry that look and feel.
My fear is UPN will can it just like they did with Jake 2.0 and so forth. But I'm really liking this show. It had a lot of what I liked about CSI in it and delievered really well.
09-25-04 | 12:25 AM
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I watched most of this pilot again tonight in HDTV because I thought it was a nice strong pilot that lays out the groundwork and gives room for the show to breathe.
09-25-04 | 01:55 AM
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I watched this tonight, and thought the story was ok, but I have a few gripes with the characters.
If Veronica's family is so poor, how does she afford the convertible, relatively nice apartment and office, fancy laptop and designer clothes?
If the bikers are also poor (as stated on the show's website), how can they possibly afford those bikes being only 16-18-years-old?
I know we are supposed to suspend disbelief with some things, but if you are constantly pushing the "poor" aspect, it doesn't make sense to show her using a brand new laptop in the next scene. Things like that just pull me out of the show.
If Veronica's family is so poor, how does she afford the convertible, relatively nice apartment and office, fancy laptop and designer clothes?
If the bikers are also poor (as stated on the show's website), how can they possibly afford those bikes being only 16-18-years-old?
I know we are supposed to suspend disbelief with some things, but if you are constantly pushing the "poor" aspect, it doesn't make sense to show her using a brand new laptop in the next scene. Things like that just pull me out of the show.
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