This was the first TV show I was EVER addicted to- before
the days of DVR and online legal and illegal methods of finding missed
episodes!!
I used to hate going out on the days it was airing but alas
I did miss a few.
Well- I made up for it last week when I saw all three
seasons ( 20 + episodes each)!!! ( so what if it was 7 years later!)
What I found interesting was I remembered a LOT of the scenes
and dialogues!
I like two songs from this- the title- quite cool. Song by Dandy Warhols- STRANGE video but suits the whole vibe quite well.
" A long time ago we used to be friends"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm1g5Yg0hUw
The other is a karaoke version of Elvis Costello's
"Veronica". This has some clips from the show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOnONypuF10
SO this show is about high school- but not really! (not that
I don't like tween!)
The protagonist, Veronica Mars is a
chocolate box pretty girl who was part of the elite jock-cheerleader-rich kid
group and then there's a murder and she is ousted in all senses.
Her dad is now a hard up Private Investigator and she is his
assistant. She has now become a serious bad ass who solves at least one small
crime every episode and they work towards the big mystery. What I think appeals
is her whole "I don’t give a shit what you think" attitude which I
think very few people actually have in life- aspirational! Of course a lot of
people hate her in the show- that not so aspirational!
I mean how much of what we do or think is effected by what
others think about us?
I wonder sometimes -are we always positioning ourselves?
With everyone?
What's the definition of "me" for any given
person?
I mean we all have this image of ourselves in our head-
which may or may not ( normally NOT) be how others see us. But everyone is a bit
different with everyone they meet- I guess that’s natural- huh?
Facebook is now this huge platform where you can pretty much
position yourself as you want to- whether or not it's accurate! Facebook envy
is so real
But actually having a mental image of who you think you are
and who you may want to be can be a good thing- you can work towards it!
You know- it seems cool sometimes to be bitchy or mean about
people but how many people feel good about it after the fact ( or
conversation?)
It's easy to poke fun but suppose you were being made fun
of? Not so easy!
Anyway- back to the show- it was cancelled in season 4 much
to the disappointment of a huge fan following who banded together and are now
called the " Marshmallows"!!
And Boy do they want the movie BAD!
So the creator Rob Thomas wanted
to make a movie from the show and Warner Brothers did not want to put in the
money so he went to crowd sourcing on Kick starter (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/559914737/the-veronica-mars-movie-project)
Quoting wiki "On March 13,
2013, Thomas and star Kristen Bell launched a
fundraising campaign to produce the film through Kickstarter, offering various incentives to those who donated
$10 or more. Bell, Thomas, Enrico Colantoni, Ryan Hansen, and Jason Dohring appeared in a
video promoting the campaign,[19] and
it attained the $2 million goal in less than ten hours.[20] In
its first day on Kickstarter, the project broke the record as the fastest
project to reach first $1 million, then $2 million; it also achieved the
highest minimal pledging goal achieved and was the largest successful film
project on Kickstarter"
Its raised
about USD 5.7 Million as of now!
Btw Kristin Bell who play Veronica Mars was also the voice of "Gossip Girl"!
Btw Kristin Bell who play Veronica Mars was also the voice of "Gossip Girl"!
Well the movie opens on March 14th 2014 and
I plan to see it on the first day!!!!!
