Veronica Mars

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Skipping past the episode 2x20 stuff, which I can't give words to because it's all so OMGFANTASTIC and moving and crazy, I'd like to give a mini rant about watching the show.

Specifically, the fact that I can't get my roommates to do so.

It's like they've got an aversion to the very idea. Is it because it's on UPN? Because they might've read Nancy Drew books as a child? (hey, I did) I don't know what mental vision of the series they have in their head, but it must be bad. I know when I first watched the series it wasn't at all what I expected it would be. Frankly, there's way more sex, drugs, and murder in it than I expected. Do they expect it to be a show for little girls or something? Or do they just dislike the actress? I've tried asking, and no real answer.

It baffles me so much because they all loved BTVS. And almost anyone who liked Buffy can like Veronica Mars. Not because the two series are similar (they're not similar aside from the main character being young and blond), because the series are quite different in terms of themes and goals and characters. But there's something in the style of the show, the level of dialogue mixed with detailed characterization, and something in the way it resonates emotionally with the audience, that I think anyone who liked BTVS would like VM.

So why won't they even give it a chance?

::pout::

Comments

[jaina.livejournal.com]

Maybe because you want them to watch it so badly? I know I've had the same reaction in the past--friends won't shut UP about how cool something is, and I get turned off the idea from hearing about it. Not that you're necessarily a yap machine, but maybe they have low tolerances to that sort of thing. Who knows.