Hannigan Goes to Mars
POSTED BY: Ruxton
UPDATED: Tuesday, March 1, 2005 03:17
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The thing about Kristen Bell is, she's TINY, prolly smaller than SMG. This seems to play well in the show.
Basically, she's a high-schooler (despite her age...) who helps her dad, who's a private eye. Veronica is at least as good as the old man, and also takes on the problems of her classmates and, like as not, stands everything on its head.
Veronica's mom is gone because of strife with her father, who used to be a cop. But when he "screwed up" (apparently) an investigation of the death of Veronica's girlfriend, Mom left and Dad left the police for private practice.
And there's rich kids, one with a famous father, subplots galore, and Veronica has made friends with a biker who is played by Francis (?) Capra, son of the famous Capra, and a fine actor.
The dead girl gets lots of play in flashbacks, and no one knows how or why she died.
It's almost time for the show...about an hour. Enjoy!
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Okay, Alyson had a small part, but I suspect she'll be back. Almost guarantee it. However....
Anyone else think she looked not particularly good? Almost prematurely aged? Or was it just the black outfit and concealing hat?
And who didn't like Bell in that outfit with that hair?!
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I think you people have a problem with your brains being missing..
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Originally posted by Ruxton:
Okay, Alyson had a small part, but I suspect she'll be back. Almost guarantee it. However....
Anyone else think she looked not particularly good? Almost prematurely aged? Or was it just the black outfit and concealing hat?
And who didn't like Bell in that outfit with that hair?!
Frump hat, long overcoat....that would add yrs to anyone. She looked fine to me.
" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "
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I like the show and its a finalist for best new show of the year, but its not the best show on TV. Its not even the best show on Tuesday night. Although that will change now that NYPD Blue is going away. That'll make it a run between Gilmore Girls, which has made a nice comeback from a floundering last season, and Veronica Mars, runner up for best new show of the year.
The real best new show and best show on TV is Battlestar Galactica. We'll see if it holds its top spot or squanders it like so many before (Joan of Arcadia, Smallville, One Tree Hill).
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Auraptor & Hero,
Can't believe how much I agree with you guys, despite our political differences.
I guess the long coat and bad hat did cover up a lot of Alyson. Wonder if she's pregnant. I was expecting Willow-y expressions, which weren't there. Perhaps we'll get a better look at her, next ep.
I've never seen Batt. Galac, which isn't on the few channels I get, so can't judge it. But heartily agree Gilmore Girls is NOW one of the best out there. It bombed last year, but has the basis, the ideal characters (all 20 or 30 of 'em, surely the largest regular cast on TV), and now the balanced writing to be one of the finest shows ever.
And jeez, isn't One Tree Hill some of the worst crap you've ever seen? I asked myself last night WHY I bothered to watch, only to answer that I couldn't believe how bad it is, and to find out how much worse it can get. Talk about needing writers, and some purpose to the arc...!
I still have some hope for Smallville, but the character who's chasing Lana Lang has to GO. And Jane Seymour needs to be told to SPEAK UP, and stop that phoney whispering. And you'd think Clark and Lex could say thank you once in a while to each other, instead of just staring at each other in silence as the scene fades to black.
Okay, Smallville sucks.
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And jeez, isn't One Tree Hill some of the worst crap you've ever seen? I asked myself last night WHY I bothered to watch, only to answer that I couldn't believe how bad it is, and to find out how much worse it can get. Talk about needing writers, and some purpose to the arc...!
Why I bother to watch One Tree Hill? Two reasons:
1. DVR technology allows me to watch just about anything I have even the least bit of interest in.
2. Sophia Bush. She's not only the only person on that show who can act, she's the only one who's got a character to sink her teeth into. And she's hot, really hot.
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Despite the severe outfit, it was nice to see Alyson *not* as Willow. I was looking for it, too, to see if there were any of the vocal tics or ways that gave Willow her, well, Willowyness.
The best thing about Veronica Mars is the writing. It never panders to the audience, and even though it's a show filled with teenagers, none of them act like it. It's an intelligent -- often very funny -- detective/coming-of-age/murder mystery drama that many have dismissed without really giving it a chance. It's worth checking out.
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"I've seen life on this planet, Scully, and that's precisely why I'm looking elsewhere."
-- Fox Mulder, The X-Files
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Okay, fessing up now, I watch One Tree Hill for one main reason:
Hilarie Burton.
Is she hot?
EEEAAAAAAHHHH!
BTW, I agree about the character of Sophie Bush. Getting better alla time.
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