Just finished rewatching S3 of Veronica Mars for the first time since it aired on TV…and…wow, now I’m remembering how angry that show made me with how it had ended.
Thank heavens there was a movie (8-9 years later) but seriously, the film at the very least gave us some closure with all of the characters, rather than leaving everything dangling on a string (to which Rob Thomas had no excuse, since he knew MONTHS IN ADVANCE that the show was being canceled, but still chose to end it like that)
Anyway, movie VM tomorrow night, and then my VM rewatch marathon will be over
There are Veronica Mars books after the movie so it’s not ending yet. If you’re looking for closure, you won’t get it, the franchise still continues (which is good). The books were published after the movie. The audiobook is narrated by Kristen Bell which you can listen to the sample on Amazon.
The story continues after the movie with new storylines, mysteries, callbacks to the series, old and new characters, plus complex plot twists. You should check them out.
As for Rob Thomas, when he found out about the cancelation, he didn’t want to end the show with a neat bow tie. If the show had closure, then he couldn’t continue with the story. He decided to end it with a noir tone, where everything fucked up so he could continue another day. He actually had a different ending of season 3 if the show still continued – he would make the Fitzpatrick vs The Sorokin vs The Castle as the main plot point, with Logan/Keith/Veronica stuck in the middle of it.
Thank you for the recs! Also, not gonna lie, that S3 ending sounds AMAZING, and I think I would much rather have seen *that* in S4 had the show continued, rather than the FBI idea. I watched the S4 12-minute teaser on the S3 DVD, but didn’t really get into it, mainly because I found myself missing all of the other VM characters. I’ll give the books a look sometime, thanks!
Just finished rewatching S3 of Veronica Mars for the first time since it aired on TV…and…wow, now I’m remembering how angry that show made me with how it had ended.
Thank heavens there was a movie (8-9 years later) but seriously, the film at the very least gave us some closure with all of the characters, rather than leaving everything dangling on a string (to which Rob Thomas had no excuse, since he knew MONTHS IN ADVANCE that the show was being canceled, but still chose to end it like that)
Anyway, movie VM tomorrow night, and then my VM rewatch marathon will be over
So I’ve been having a Veronica Mars marathon that’s been going on since Feb. 4. Watching season 1 I remembered how much I loved this show; watching season 2, I remembered how far this show fell from an AMAZING first season, to a somewhat mediocre season (and very “choppy” with the main mystery; like introducing possible suspects and clues half-way through).
Now I’m in the middle of season 3 and it’s getting painful…
I remember how much I liked the first half of season 3, and thought the show had potential to return to everything I loved about the first season, but then after the mystery of the serial rapist was solved, it went into the mystery of who killed the dean, and not only is it not as compelling, but also the second half of season 3 becomes a “love triangle soap opera”, with all this focus on Logan/Veronica/Piz, and great/interesting characters like Wallace, Mac, and Weevil get brushed to the side. (And don’t get me started with how the show screwed over Jackie’s character from season 2)
And speaking of shipping…
Looking back, I can’t help but wonder if Rob Thomas just decided he didn’t like the ship of Logan/Veronica (which he wrote/created in season 1) or resented how popular that ship became, and decided to go out of his way to push first Duncan in season 2 and then Piz in season 3 on the audience, trying desperately to make people “hate” Logan, when I think he did more harm to Veronica’s character. And while yes, I admit I do ship LoVe (and am well aware of their issues–they really could use some counseling), Piz is the modern understanding of the “nice guy”, i.e., in the minds of men, he’s “perfect for the heroine, why can’t she see what a nice guy he is? Why won’t she dump her problematic boyfriend and go out with him? Why is she being such a bitch to such a nice guy?”…whereas in the minds of women, his “nice guy persona” isn’t as sweet and nice as he/Thomas might think, and can be seen as either creepy or unsettling (or both!)
And I need to take a moment to talk about Parker. I have nothing against her character, in fact I think Veronica needed a “girly friend” in her life, but whyyyyyy did all the romances of season 3 have to revolve around Logan and Veronica? It was obvious Piz was going to be pushed in to create “problems” for Logan/Veronica, but I must admit, I didn’t see Parker having anything to do with Logan until basically Thomas and his writers decided to thrust her into Logan’s life more or less as a way to “clear a path” for Veronica and Piz (which is COMPLETELY unfair to Parker, and is yet another version of “fridging” in my opinion). Seriously, why couldn’t Parker have a romance with Wallace? Or Weevil? Do those guys not get any love? Mac got another chance at romance, why not Wallace and Weevil?
Anyway, this is a random post, but I felt the need to grumble about my love/hate relationship with this show. I have seen the movie and look forward to rewatching it again, but wanted to watch the show prior to get the “full impact” if you will.
Musings of a Yankee Countess 