Friday, October 27, 2006
Saturday, October 21, 2006
V Mars: the Faltering of Epic LoVe
Case File C: the Faltering of Epic LoVe
What we know:
Logan Echolls first met Veronica Mars when he moved to Neptune at the age of 12. His first thought: she’s hot. A couple years later, they were in high school, dating each other’s best friends: Logan with the late Lily Kane and Veronica with the fugitive Duncan Kane (it sucks to be a Kane… except for all the money). The four of them seemed like normal, happy, beautiful and (except for Veronica) rich teenagers. Then, one day during sophomore year, Lily Kane was murdered (go watch season 1). After that, Veronica was shunned by popular society for numerous reasons (put season 1 in your Blockbuster/Netflix queue right now) and Logan became someone with whom she used to be friends, a long time ago (but I haven’t thought of you lately at all). And so premiereth Veronica Mars.
At the beginning of the first season, Veronica and Logan pretty much loathed each other. She got him in trouble by planting a bong in his locker and he bashed in her headlights with a crowbar (foreplay). But when Logan’s mom was presumed dead, he went to Veronica to find some answers. He suspected that his mother didn’t commit suicide, as it was reported, but instead that she ran off to escape her psychotic, abusive, adulterous, murdering, movie-star husband. During the investigation, Veronica got to see another side of Logan, the side that wasn’t, as she put it, a “psychotic jackass,” but instead was an abused, somewhat neglected yet overexposed, and rather softhearted boy. He started to see her in a new light also, seemingly impressed by her suave detecting skills and touched by her generous refusal of payment for her assistance with the case. They shared numerous phone calls, bunches of witty banter, and lots of screen time. Eventually, they discovered that Mrs. Echolls did, in fact, take that final dive and Logan broke down, crying on Veronica’s thin but strong shoulders.
One day soon after, JTT (or Jonathan Taylor Thomas to they layman) visited Neptune as an undercover, overzealous agent determined to find a bomb-happy student in Neptune, even if none existed. Skipping the details of this particular case (seriously, you gotta rent/buy season one), Logan laid him out, in an effort to save Veronica, behaving even more protective than her own trusty Backup. And cut to video…
So begins their secret relationship. After that, it was pretty much your classic love story: They were happy. She accused him of drugging and raping her the year before (he didn’t do it). They worked it out and were happy. She accused him of killing Lily (he didn’t do it) and tipped off the “police,” telling them that his alibi was falsified. Cue break-up number one:
Then, it got kind of complicated.
The lovebirds got back together. Without getting too into the sordid details (go watch season 2), Veronica stuck by Logan through the hard times of summer school and, oh yeah, his trial for murder (not Lily’s, another one… go watch season 2), but he was just stuck. Cue break-up number two:
At the beginning of season two, Veronica was back with Duncan and Logan was back to just being Logan. Fast forward to later in the season after Duncan fled the country having kidnapped his and the late Meg’s baby (go watch season 2) and cut to video:
And they lived happily ever after? I don’t think so.
Generally, epic love tends to end badly. Factor in that this is a tv show and it's all but inevitable – tragic as it might be – that our favorite couple in Neptune is, in the very least, headed for some rough times.
Raging clues:
• Veronica’s got some serious trust issues she needs to work out. Besides the fact that she keeps falsely accusing her boyfriend of some pretty heinous crimes, we also saw her use her detective skills for evil in this past episode: She used a cell phone tracker to hunt him down after he ditched their tentative plans and she almost used a tracking device planted in his car to keep tabs on him when he was supposed to go to Mexico. Okay, maybe her reasons weren’t exactly evil, but they were at least borderline crazy, code yellow.
• Logan’s still the bad boy we all love. True to form, he ditched Veronica to spend time with the boys and his gambling habit.
• They’ve got really different interests: she likes book readings and film festivals, he likes surfing and donkey shows. And though they’ve had a long and tempestuous history, they’ve never really had time to settle into a relationship and deal with these normal issues.
Suspects/Questions: Who’s going to screw things up this time? Will Logan not be able to give up his toxic bachelor habits? Or will he brood his entire life, along with Veronica, away? Will Veronica ever be able to trust him? Or will she succumb to her crazy girl tendencies and drive him away? Or will it be something as simple as their differences finally getting the better of them? And how is Piz going to work his way into the picture?
No matter how things unfold, one thing will always remain: You can’t spell Logan and Veronica without LoVe. Awww.
What we know:
Logan Echolls first met Veronica Mars when he moved to Neptune at the age of 12. His first thought: she’s hot. A couple years later, they were in high school, dating each other’s best friends: Logan with the late Lily Kane and Veronica with the fugitive Duncan Kane (it sucks to be a Kane… except for all the money). The four of them seemed like normal, happy, beautiful and (except for Veronica) rich teenagers. Then, one day during sophomore year, Lily Kane was murdered (go watch season 1). After that, Veronica was shunned by popular society for numerous reasons (put season 1 in your Blockbuster/Netflix queue right now) and Logan became someone with whom she used to be friends, a long time ago (but I haven’t thought of you lately at all). And so premiereth Veronica Mars.
At the beginning of the first season, Veronica and Logan pretty much loathed each other. She got him in trouble by planting a bong in his locker and he bashed in her headlights with a crowbar (foreplay). But when Logan’s mom was presumed dead, he went to Veronica to find some answers. He suspected that his mother didn’t commit suicide, as it was reported, but instead that she ran off to escape her psychotic, abusive, adulterous, murdering, movie-star husband. During the investigation, Veronica got to see another side of Logan, the side that wasn’t, as she put it, a “psychotic jackass,” but instead was an abused, somewhat neglected yet overexposed, and rather softhearted boy. He started to see her in a new light also, seemingly impressed by her suave detecting skills and touched by her generous refusal of payment for her assistance with the case. They shared numerous phone calls, bunches of witty banter, and lots of screen time. Eventually, they discovered that Mrs. Echolls did, in fact, take that final dive and Logan broke down, crying on Veronica’s thin but strong shoulders.
One day soon after, JTT (or Jonathan Taylor Thomas to they layman) visited Neptune as an undercover, overzealous agent determined to find a bomb-happy student in Neptune, even if none existed. Skipping the details of this particular case (seriously, you gotta rent/buy season one), Logan laid him out, in an effort to save Veronica, behaving even more protective than her own trusty Backup. And cut to video…
So begins their secret relationship. After that, it was pretty much your classic love story: They were happy. She accused him of drugging and raping her the year before (he didn’t do it). They worked it out and were happy. She accused him of killing Lily (he didn’t do it) and tipped off the “police,” telling them that his alibi was falsified. Cue break-up number one:
Then, it got kind of complicated.
The lovebirds got back together. Without getting too into the sordid details (go watch season 2), Veronica stuck by Logan through the hard times of summer school and, oh yeah, his trial for murder (not Lily’s, another one… go watch season 2), but he was just stuck. Cue break-up number two:
At the beginning of season two, Veronica was back with Duncan and Logan was back to just being Logan. Fast forward to later in the season after Duncan fled the country having kidnapped his and the late Meg’s baby (go watch season 2) and cut to video:
And they lived happily ever after? I don’t think so.
Generally, epic love tends to end badly. Factor in that this is a tv show and it's all but inevitable – tragic as it might be – that our favorite couple in Neptune is, in the very least, headed for some rough times.
Raging clues:
• Veronica’s got some serious trust issues she needs to work out. Besides the fact that she keeps falsely accusing her boyfriend of some pretty heinous crimes, we also saw her use her detective skills for evil in this past episode: She used a cell phone tracker to hunt him down after he ditched their tentative plans and she almost used a tracking device planted in his car to keep tabs on him when he was supposed to go to Mexico. Okay, maybe her reasons weren’t exactly evil, but they were at least borderline crazy, code yellow.
• Logan’s still the bad boy we all love. True to form, he ditched Veronica to spend time with the boys and his gambling habit.
• They’ve got really different interests: she likes book readings and film festivals, he likes surfing and donkey shows. And though they’ve had a long and tempestuous history, they’ve never really had time to settle into a relationship and deal with these normal issues.
Suspects/Questions: Who’s going to screw things up this time? Will Logan not be able to give up his toxic bachelor habits? Or will he brood his entire life, along with Veronica, away? Will Veronica ever be able to trust him? Or will she succumb to her crazy girl tendencies and drive him away? Or will it be something as simple as their differences finally getting the better of them? And how is Piz going to work his way into the picture?
No matter how things unfold, one thing will always remain: You can’t spell Logan and Veronica without LoVe. Awww.
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Down with the Aerie Girls
I type, as a pool, having melted all over the CW last night.
First, on Gilmore Girls, Lorelai had her most perfect night. Though I’m one of the legions of Luke and Lorelai fans (LuLo, LoLu, Lukelai? I guess on a show as fast-talking as GG, they don’t need no stinkin’ abbreviations), I must admit that Christopher done good. After taking her to see Snakes on a Plane and provoking a rant including the point that Dances with Wolves wasn’t a whole movie about dancing with wolves, Christopher whisked Lorelai away on a very secretive date. The surprise: a make-shift drive-in with some unknown person hiding in the bushes, projecting Funny Face onto the side of a barn. Complete with popcorn and candy, and despite the unseen stranger wielding the projector, this date was absolute perfection for Lorelai (and me, if anyone was wondering). Adding the cherry to the night, the movie portion of the date came to an end when she got called to pick her mother up from jail. That’s right, Emily Gilmore was arrested. Hilarious. And it all led up to Lorelai inviting Christopher to spend the night. Apparently, there's no aphrodisiac like seeing your mother in handcuffs. Wait... that's so wrong.
Other than the s’wonderful date night, last night’s episode covered Luke having April temporarily move in with him and Rory making a couple new artsy friends. Regarding Luke’s going over the list of restricted items at April’s school, I’m with Miss Patty: don’t f*ck with ballerinas. Also, does anyone else find April really annoying? And about Rory’s new friends, is that one girl contractually obligated to wear baby doll dresses in all her roles? When she was on VMars last season, I thought they were just trying to make her kind of creepy and really weird. Now, though I realize her character on GG also requires a certain level of eccentricity, I’m thinking maybe she just is kind of creepy and really weird.
Anyway, I don’t like when everyone has such disjointed storylines. I’m just waiting for the day when Lorelai and Rory can banter over a cup of coffee at Luke’s again and everyone can live happily ever after.
Second, I love Veronica Mars (and Logan) so much I cannot put it into words quite yet, just delighted squeals and blushing giggles. While I teehee and guffaw, straightening out my thoughts on the episode, here are some thoughts my taciturn boyfriend expressed during the show:
(In the middle of the show…) Weevil is a fat a** piece of sh*t. Logan’s an a**hole. Veronica’s crazy. What’s wrong with everyone?!? On the bright side, it’s good to hear that Mac’s hitting the treadmill.
(At the end of the show…) Awesome. I’m really looking forward to next week. Maybe next week, she could infiltrate the cheerleading squad and dress up like a cheerleader and that would be just great.
Thanks, baby. Clearly I hold the monopoly of words in this relationship.
What's on tonight? Tons.
My line-up: 30 Rock, Twenty Good Years, Lost, and the Nine (Yeah, yeah, I watch too much tv, but I think the very existence of this blog already established the fact that I have no life.)
And there’s also: Dancing with the Stars (if you’re into that sort of thing), America’s Next Top Model, Jericho, South Park…
Man, my DVR’s going to be busy tonight. Oh wait, that’s right: Comcast sucks and I don’t have a DVR. Comcastic.
First, on Gilmore Girls, Lorelai had her most perfect night. Though I’m one of the legions of Luke and Lorelai fans (LuLo, LoLu, Lukelai? I guess on a show as fast-talking as GG, they don’t need no stinkin’ abbreviations), I must admit that Christopher done good. After taking her to see Snakes on a Plane and provoking a rant including the point that Dances with Wolves wasn’t a whole movie about dancing with wolves, Christopher whisked Lorelai away on a very secretive date. The surprise: a make-shift drive-in with some unknown person hiding in the bushes, projecting Funny Face onto the side of a barn. Complete with popcorn and candy, and despite the unseen stranger wielding the projector, this date was absolute perfection for Lorelai (and me, if anyone was wondering). Adding the cherry to the night, the movie portion of the date came to an end when she got called to pick her mother up from jail. That’s right, Emily Gilmore was arrested. Hilarious. And it all led up to Lorelai inviting Christopher to spend the night. Apparently, there's no aphrodisiac like seeing your mother in handcuffs. Wait... that's so wrong.
Other than the s’wonderful date night, last night’s episode covered Luke having April temporarily move in with him and Rory making a couple new artsy friends. Regarding Luke’s going over the list of restricted items at April’s school, I’m with Miss Patty: don’t f*ck with ballerinas. Also, does anyone else find April really annoying? And about Rory’s new friends, is that one girl contractually obligated to wear baby doll dresses in all her roles? When she was on VMars last season, I thought they were just trying to make her kind of creepy and really weird. Now, though I realize her character on GG also requires a certain level of eccentricity, I’m thinking maybe she just is kind of creepy and really weird.
Anyway, I don’t like when everyone has such disjointed storylines. I’m just waiting for the day when Lorelai and Rory can banter over a cup of coffee at Luke’s again and everyone can live happily ever after.
Second, I love Veronica Mars (and Logan) so much I cannot put it into words quite yet, just delighted squeals and blushing giggles. While I teehee and guffaw, straightening out my thoughts on the episode, here are some thoughts my taciturn boyfriend expressed during the show:
(In the middle of the show…) Weevil is a fat a** piece of sh*t. Logan’s an a**hole. Veronica’s crazy. What’s wrong with everyone?!? On the bright side, it’s good to hear that Mac’s hitting the treadmill.
(At the end of the show…) Awesome. I’m really looking forward to next week. Maybe next week, she could infiltrate the cheerleading squad and dress up like a cheerleader and that would be just great.
Thanks, baby. Clearly I hold the monopoly of words in this relationship.
What's on tonight? Tons.
My line-up: 30 Rock, Twenty Good Years, Lost, and the Nine (Yeah, yeah, I watch too much tv, but I think the very existence of this blog already established the fact that I have no life.)
And there’s also: Dancing with the Stars (if you’re into that sort of thing), America’s Next Top Model, Jericho, South Park…
Man, my DVR’s going to be busy tonight. Oh wait, that’s right: Comcast sucks and I don’t have a DVR. Comcastic.
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Heroes: the Cheerleader
Wait… this isn’t Mars Investigations, a site that’s all-Veronica, all the time? My mistake. How about we change channels for now and see what else is on?
On Monday nights, when beads of sweat roll down my furrowed brow and I bite my nails to the ticks of the clock bringing me closer and closer to Neptune, I’ve got Heroes to save my night. This new show on NBC is a little bit X-Men, a little bit Twilight Zone, a little bit Lost, and a lot awesome. There’s only been 4 episodes so far, but there’s about a floppety-jazillion characters (or a dozen, give or take), making a quick recap a bit of a difficult task. In a single sentence: there are all these people who have evolved, and are evolving, to find they have “special abilities,” leading them all toward a shared unknown destiny involving an apocalyptic vision of the somewhat near future. I guess I pretty much covered that summation in saying, “It’s a little bit X-Men,” but there you have it.
If you want to check out last night’s episode, do it here. Or you can just watch the two-minute replay. Or you can tune in for the Heroes marathon NBC’s airing on Sunday, starting at 8pm EST, showing all but the pilot episode. With so many options, how could you not watch this show?
In the meantime, everyone take a deep breath and focus, as we start b-logging our first hero profile.
Hero Profile #1
Name: Claire Bennet (played by Hayden Panettiere)
Alias: the Cheerleader
Hometown: Odessa, TX
Age: 17
Occupation: Student at Union Wells High School, where she’s a popular cheerleader
Relatives: Unnamed adoptive parents, including the “Horned-Rim Glasses Man” as her father, and Lyle, her younger brother. Her biological parents are yet unknown.
Known “special abilities”: Like X-Men’s Wolverine, she has accelerated healing abilities and partial invulnerability, in that she cannot feel much pain. We’ve seen her survive an 80-foot fall, being engulfed by flames, breaking her neck, and having a sharp stick lodged into the back of her head. She also stuck her hand in a garbage disposal (through no fault of the garbage disposal) and immediately healed her mangled digits.
Known limitations: Apparently, she cannot heal herself if a foreign object is obstructing the injured area.What to expect: Given her close father-daughter relationship with the mysterious and creepy “Horned-Rim Glasses Man” and the current ad line for the show – “Save the Cheerleader...Save the World” – we can expect that Claire will play a major role in the upcoming apocalypse.
But which side of the battle will she be on?
The conclusion of the most recent episode showed a darker side to the blonde, bright-eyed cheerleader. Her taking the asshole quarterback for what seemed like his last ride pretty much threw her deep into the humungous grey area between good and evil that this show hovers over. And if we learned anything from Stan Lee and this summer’s Who Wants to Be a Superhero, it’s that heroes don’t kill people. If you take a look at the graphic novel that complements the show though, you’ll find that she doesn’t kill him. She just wanted to scare him. Still, there’s darkness there. So, maybe the rest of the heroes will have to save her from herself, keep her from the dark side, in order to save the world.
On Monday nights, when beads of sweat roll down my furrowed brow and I bite my nails to the ticks of the clock bringing me closer and closer to Neptune, I’ve got Heroes to save my night. This new show on NBC is a little bit X-Men, a little bit Twilight Zone, a little bit Lost, and a lot awesome. There’s only been 4 episodes so far, but there’s about a floppety-jazillion characters (or a dozen, give or take), making a quick recap a bit of a difficult task. In a single sentence: there are all these people who have evolved, and are evolving, to find they have “special abilities,” leading them all toward a shared unknown destiny involving an apocalyptic vision of the somewhat near future. I guess I pretty much covered that summation in saying, “It’s a little bit X-Men,” but there you have it.
If you want to check out last night’s episode, do it here. Or you can just watch the two-minute replay. Or you can tune in for the Heroes marathon NBC’s airing on Sunday, starting at 8pm EST, showing all but the pilot episode. With so many options, how could you not watch this show?
In the meantime, everyone take a deep breath and focus, as we start b-logging our first hero profile.
Hero Profile #1
Name: Claire Bennet (played by Hayden Panettiere)
Alias: the Cheerleader
Hometown: Odessa, TX
Age: 17
Occupation: Student at Union Wells High School, where she’s a popular cheerleader
Relatives: Unnamed adoptive parents, including the “Horned-Rim Glasses Man” as her father, and Lyle, her younger brother. Her biological parents are yet unknown.
Known “special abilities”: Like X-Men’s Wolverine, she has accelerated healing abilities and partial invulnerability, in that she cannot feel much pain. We’ve seen her survive an 80-foot fall, being engulfed by flames, breaking her neck, and having a sharp stick lodged into the back of her head. She also stuck her hand in a garbage disposal (through no fault of the garbage disposal) and immediately healed her mangled digits.
Known limitations: Apparently, she cannot heal herself if a foreign object is obstructing the injured area.What to expect: Given her close father-daughter relationship with the mysterious and creepy “Horned-Rim Glasses Man” and the current ad line for the show – “Save the Cheerleader...Save the World” – we can expect that Claire will play a major role in the upcoming apocalypse.
But which side of the battle will she be on?
The conclusion of the most recent episode showed a darker side to the blonde, bright-eyed cheerleader. Her taking the asshole quarterback for what seemed like his last ride pretty much threw her deep into the humungous grey area between good and evil that this show hovers over. And if we learned anything from Stan Lee and this summer’s Who Wants to Be a Superhero, it’s that heroes don’t kill people. If you take a look at the graphic novel that complements the show though, you’ll find that she doesn’t kill him. She just wanted to scare him. Still, there’s darkness there. So, maybe the rest of the heroes will have to save her from herself, keep her from the dark side, in order to save the world.
V Mars: the Hearst Rapist
(If you missed last week's episode, watch it right here before delving into the case with us.)
Another Tuesday night quickly approaches, bringing us another thrilling adventure with Veronica Mars (and the Gilmore Girls)! After only two episodes, this season has already seen so much happen to everyone’s favorite blonde teenaged private eye. Going along with the mission of ADHD-TV, how about we try and focus on one thing at a time? (And if we get a bit sidetracked here and there, so be it.) Let’s start b-logging our first case file!
Case File A: the Hearst rapist
What we know:
There have been at least 4 victims (including Maeby from Arrested Development… I hope she comes back this season. It’s not like she’s got her own show anymore. Thanks a lot, Fox). As far as I know, they were all reported to have been attacked in their dorms, drugged, raped, and had their heads shaved afterwards (how bizarre was the wig Parker chose at the end?). At least two of the attacks occurred last year. The most recent victim was Mac’s new roommate, Parker (who was also the popular girl in A Cinderella Story).
Raging clues:
• When Veronica unknowingly walked in on Parker’s rape-in-progress, she heard a buzzing sound, but didn’t see anything. She implied to idiot Lamb (what a dick) that she thought the sound was a vibrator or something. Now, she’s assuming it was the sound of the electric razor, as the culprit was shaving Parker’s head.
• Parker had been partying with the suspicious Zeta Theta sorority (with that blonde girl from General Hospital and that other blonde girl, who lost a ton of weight, from tons of stuff, including Drive Me Crazy and the short-lived Jack & Bobby) the night of her rape. Like Veronica, she most likely was required to give her purse, along with her keys, to one of the sisters (damn, that girl has lost a ton of weight), meaning anyone could’ve had access to her dorm room.
• Kind of like Veronica, Parker was in such bad shape at the end of the night (does anyone else want to try a “panty-dropper?”) that she was escorted by Hearst College’s Safe Ride. Her driver, who was accompanied by another girl, happened to be the RA that introduced frak to V’s vocabulary in the season premiere (I tried to watch Battlestar Galactica this past Friday; not exactly a show you can just jump into, is it? At any rate, it was nice to see Lucy Lawless on tv again… not singing a celebrity duet. Thanks a lot, Fox). The other girl with him was some sophomore RA.
• We were re-introduced to the “Ice Man” and his frat from last season, which Veronica got put on probation after turning in pictures of their scoreboard for a little game I’ll just call, “I’m an asshole. Ask me how” (and of course, Dick is rushing for said frat).
Suspects:
Pretty much everyone at Hearst, at this point, but in some attempt at narrowing things down…
The RA – Sure, he was “cleared” due to his being accompanied by another girl when dropping off Parker, but we all remember Beaver with Veronica's rape, right?
The Criminology professor (who was Professor Lasky from Saved By the Bell: the College Years!)
Foyle, the Criminology TA (who was Lucky last season on V Mars, which makes me think they’re never going to explain what the deal was with that character and Meg’s family… which will annoy me forever)
The lip-piercing girl – I wouldn’t have thought this, but TVGuide.com seems to like the idea (how annoying is the new TV Guide site?)
The sorority’s den mother – There’s got to be something else going on with this woman though it might not have anything to do with the rape (even if she has cancer, that’s a whole hell of a lot of weed for one person).
The sorority – see above.
Ice Man and his fraternity
The tour guide from last year (played by Arrested Development’s George Michael. I hope he comes back this season, too… and damn you, Fox!)
The newspaper editor – As with the lip-piercing girl, I got this theory off TVGuide.com (anyone else miss The Watercooler?)
Dick – I don’t really think he’s a suspect, but in Neptune, anything’s possible.
Let’s keep in mind, too, it’s entirely possible that we haven’t even met the culprit yet.
Questions:
What’s with the head shaving? (Kind of makes you wish B.D. Wong could do a guest spot just to explain the psychology of this serial rapist.)
Is there anything connecting all the victims?
Is there evidence that can prove that the attacker is a man or a woman?
Can I be there next time Logan Echolls is streaking?
And the biggest question of all: why aren’t there more people watching this show?
Upcoming case files:
B) Keith Mars and the Fighting Fitzpatricks
C) the Faltering of Epic LoVe
Another Tuesday night quickly approaches, bringing us another thrilling adventure with Veronica Mars (and the Gilmore Girls)! After only two episodes, this season has already seen so much happen to everyone’s favorite blonde teenaged private eye. Going along with the mission of ADHD-TV, how about we try and focus on one thing at a time? (And if we get a bit sidetracked here and there, so be it.) Let’s start b-logging our first case file!
Case File A: the Hearst rapist
What we know:
There have been at least 4 victims (including Maeby from Arrested Development… I hope she comes back this season. It’s not like she’s got her own show anymore. Thanks a lot, Fox). As far as I know, they were all reported to have been attacked in their dorms, drugged, raped, and had their heads shaved afterwards (how bizarre was the wig Parker chose at the end?). At least two of the attacks occurred last year. The most recent victim was Mac’s new roommate, Parker (who was also the popular girl in A Cinderella Story).
Raging clues:
• When Veronica unknowingly walked in on Parker’s rape-in-progress, she heard a buzzing sound, but didn’t see anything. She implied to idiot Lamb (what a dick) that she thought the sound was a vibrator or something. Now, she’s assuming it was the sound of the electric razor, as the culprit was shaving Parker’s head.
• Parker had been partying with the suspicious Zeta Theta sorority (with that blonde girl from General Hospital and that other blonde girl, who lost a ton of weight, from tons of stuff, including Drive Me Crazy and the short-lived Jack & Bobby) the night of her rape. Like Veronica, she most likely was required to give her purse, along with her keys, to one of the sisters (damn, that girl has lost a ton of weight), meaning anyone could’ve had access to her dorm room.
• Kind of like Veronica, Parker was in such bad shape at the end of the night (does anyone else want to try a “panty-dropper?”) that she was escorted by Hearst College’s Safe Ride. Her driver, who was accompanied by another girl, happened to be the RA that introduced frak to V’s vocabulary in the season premiere (I tried to watch Battlestar Galactica this past Friday; not exactly a show you can just jump into, is it? At any rate, it was nice to see Lucy Lawless on tv again… not singing a celebrity duet. Thanks a lot, Fox). The other girl with him was some sophomore RA.
• We were re-introduced to the “Ice Man” and his frat from last season, which Veronica got put on probation after turning in pictures of their scoreboard for a little game I’ll just call, “I’m an asshole. Ask me how” (and of course, Dick is rushing for said frat).
Suspects:
Pretty much everyone at Hearst, at this point, but in some attempt at narrowing things down…
The RA – Sure, he was “cleared” due to his being accompanied by another girl when dropping off Parker, but we all remember Beaver with Veronica's rape, right?
The Criminology professor (who was Professor Lasky from Saved By the Bell: the College Years!)
Foyle, the Criminology TA (who was Lucky last season on V Mars, which makes me think they’re never going to explain what the deal was with that character and Meg’s family… which will annoy me forever)
The lip-piercing girl – I wouldn’t have thought this, but TVGuide.com seems to like the idea (how annoying is the new TV Guide site?)
The sorority’s den mother – There’s got to be something else going on with this woman though it might not have anything to do with the rape (even if she has cancer, that’s a whole hell of a lot of weed for one person).
The sorority – see above.
Ice Man and his fraternity
The tour guide from last year (played by Arrested Development’s George Michael. I hope he comes back this season, too… and damn you, Fox!)
The newspaper editor – As with the lip-piercing girl, I got this theory off TVGuide.com (anyone else miss The Watercooler?)
Dick – I don’t really think he’s a suspect, but in Neptune, anything’s possible.
Let’s keep in mind, too, it’s entirely possible that we haven’t even met the culprit yet.
Questions:
What’s with the head shaving? (Kind of makes you wish B.D. Wong could do a guest spot just to explain the psychology of this serial rapist.)
Is there anything connecting all the victims?
Is there evidence that can prove that the attacker is a man or a woman?
Can I be there next time Logan Echolls is streaking?
And the biggest question of all: why aren’t there more people watching this show?
Upcoming case files:
B) Keith Mars and the Fighting Fitzpatricks
C) the Faltering of Epic LoVe
Monday, October 16, 2006
Watch Veronica Mars, damnit!
Sunday, October 08, 2006
Watch Veronica Mars
Thank you, YouTube users august308 and shipman118. Watch this 3rd season's premiere and tune in to the CW for a new episode, Tuesday at 9pm, right after the Gilmore Girls.
Opening Credits
Welcome Wagon - Part 1
Welcome Wagon - Part 2
Welcome Wagon - Part 3
Welcome Wagon - Part 4
Welcome Wagon - Part 5
Opening Credits
Welcome Wagon - Part 1
Welcome Wagon - Part 2
Welcome Wagon - Part 3
Welcome Wagon - Part 4
Welcome Wagon - Part 5
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Pull Up Some Couch
Now that I’ve gotten the immediate new episode rush out of my system, I think, maybe we can make some more formal introductions.
X. Harris and I talk about and watch tv so much, we’ve decided to try blogging about it together. We have no formal tv training (do they give PhDs in couch-potato-ology?) and heck, I don’t even have a DVR (damn you, Comcast!). So, we have no real authority in this area and there’s no reason you should read our opinions at all. We just happen to spend a huge percentage of our lives parked in front of our respective sets and thought you might like to join us for a while.
You can expect some jokes, some analysis, some conjecture, and maybe just a bit of spoilage. Personally, I’m gonna try to lay off the criticism because putting on a tv show is a whole heck of a lot of hard work that I only have knowledge of from what I’ve read about it, what I guess about it, and what they show me about it on Studio 60. Given that, you probably won’t hear much from me about, let’s say, The War at Home. Obviously except for what I just said about it.
But honestly, there’s so much good tv out there right now, imho, there’s no need to waste our time with negativity. (Besides, let’s assume that if it’s made it to airtime, there’s something good it has to offer. Today, my glass is clearly half full. Today.) In fact, we picked out our name, ADHD-TV, because we thought that with so much good tv out there, we’d offer up our opinions on what to focus on. Or we might just get distracted ourselves. Either way, we thought it’d be a good fit for a name.
So, pull up some virtual couch, grab your snacky food of choice, and geek out with us on ADHD-TV!
X. Harris and I talk about and watch tv so much, we’ve decided to try blogging about it together. We have no formal tv training (do they give PhDs in couch-potato-ology?) and heck, I don’t even have a DVR (damn you, Comcast!). So, we have no real authority in this area and there’s no reason you should read our opinions at all. We just happen to spend a huge percentage of our lives parked in front of our respective sets and thought you might like to join us for a while.
You can expect some jokes, some analysis, some conjecture, and maybe just a bit of spoilage. Personally, I’m gonna try to lay off the criticism because putting on a tv show is a whole heck of a lot of hard work that I only have knowledge of from what I’ve read about it, what I guess about it, and what they show me about it on Studio 60. Given that, you probably won’t hear much from me about, let’s say, The War at Home. Obviously except for what I just said about it.
But honestly, there’s so much good tv out there right now, imho, there’s no need to waste our time with negativity. (Besides, let’s assume that if it’s made it to airtime, there’s something good it has to offer. Today, my glass is clearly half full. Today.) In fact, we picked out our name, ADHD-TV, because we thought that with so much good tv out there, we’d offer up our opinions on what to focus on. Or we might just get distracted ourselves. Either way, we thought it’d be a good fit for a name.
So, pull up some virtual couch, grab your snacky food of choice, and geek out with us on ADHD-TV!
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Two Lorelais, a Veronica, and the New CW
Hi, my name is SR Phoenix. You might remember me from such blogs as (nearly) internal dialogue. What do you say we skip the formalities of introducing this blog, dear old friends, and just jump in in media res, seeing as the fall season is well underway.
Being that this was the first night in history that the Gilmore Girls and Veronica Mars were on back-to-back on the same network, you’re gonna have to just trust that I’m usually more capable of speaking intelligently about television, if nothing else. As it is though, please pardon my teen-like gushing for two of my new most favoritest shows on television.
Ohmigosh, I totally love the G Girls and V Mars! They are just so cool and funny and witty and their boys are so cute and sweet. Can you, like, believe that Lane is preggers? Or what Luke said to Lorelai in the middle of the street? I was so about to cry at the end when he said what he said in the grocery store. It is just so sad! Why can’t those two just work it out? And Veronica’s in college! Of course, she’s taking criminology. How funny/obvious is it that that TA is named Foil or whatever? What is up with V and this new guy Piz? What did she tell him about Logan? What is gonna happen with Keith and that guy? And how sad is Dick? Words I never thought I’d type. I can’t believe he said that to Mac! Is Weevil still in jail? Are Veronica and Logan gonna break up already? I love her and Logan. Oh, Logan is such a sweetheart, giving V the keycard to his heart and luxury penthouse hotel suite.
So many emotions and questions in two short hours. Thank you, the new CW! You have filled the void of Tuesday night that has been in my life since the grand old age of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Before the respective season premieres this week and last, I had never seen either show on television. Because I’m so supercool, I spent recent weeks watching all the previous seasons on DVD, catching up just in time for the new seasons. (And given that both shows just studded their hours with Battlestar Galactica references, that’ll probably be the next show I watch in marathon form.) It’s excruciating to now have to watch them with commercials and one week at a time. Still, it’s worth it because, I’ll just go ahead and say it, in case you couldn’t tell my opinion from the above, these shows rock! And I’m curiously excited about their pairing (and followed by Law & Order: SVU on NBC to top off the night... how did Auseillo get this night to happen?).
I can’t believe I never watched them before and I can’t believe that they don’t do better than they’ve done. To give you an idea, 45 million people tune into Grey’s Anatomy and just over 2 million viewers were watching Veronica Mars over its past two seasons. It’s a travesty, I tell you. I hope you do your part to right this wrong and tune in next Tuesday at 8pm on the CW.
In closing, I’d like to bring up the issue of each of these two CW shows having its very own Logan love interest. Let’s declare right now, to avoid future confusion, Logan hailing from the Gilmore Girls will heretofore be referred to as Huntzberger, or girly Logan, whichever just feels right at the time. And Logan Echolls of Veronica Mars will be crowned the reigning Logan. Long live the Logan!
p.s. I did not enjoy the Aeirie stuff.
Being that this was the first night in history that the Gilmore Girls and Veronica Mars were on back-to-back on the same network, you’re gonna have to just trust that I’m usually more capable of speaking intelligently about television, if nothing else. As it is though, please pardon my teen-like gushing for two of my new most favoritest shows on television.
Ohmigosh, I totally love the G Girls and V Mars! They are just so cool and funny and witty and their boys are so cute and sweet. Can you, like, believe that Lane is preggers? Or what Luke said to Lorelai in the middle of the street? I was so about to cry at the end when he said what he said in the grocery store. It is just so sad! Why can’t those two just work it out? And Veronica’s in college! Of course, she’s taking criminology. How funny/obvious is it that that TA is named Foil or whatever? What is up with V and this new guy Piz? What did she tell him about Logan? What is gonna happen with Keith and that guy? And how sad is Dick? Words I never thought I’d type. I can’t believe he said that to Mac! Is Weevil still in jail? Are Veronica and Logan gonna break up already? I love her and Logan. Oh, Logan is such a sweetheart, giving V the keycard to his heart and luxury penthouse hotel suite.
So many emotions and questions in two short hours. Thank you, the new CW! You have filled the void of Tuesday night that has been in my life since the grand old age of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Before the respective season premieres this week and last, I had never seen either show on television. Because I’m so supercool, I spent recent weeks watching all the previous seasons on DVD, catching up just in time for the new seasons. (And given that both shows just studded their hours with Battlestar Galactica references, that’ll probably be the next show I watch in marathon form.) It’s excruciating to now have to watch them with commercials and one week at a time. Still, it’s worth it because, I’ll just go ahead and say it, in case you couldn’t tell my opinion from the above, these shows rock! And I’m curiously excited about their pairing (and followed by Law & Order: SVU on NBC to top off the night... how did Auseillo get this night to happen?).
I can’t believe I never watched them before and I can’t believe that they don’t do better than they’ve done. To give you an idea, 45 million people tune into Grey’s Anatomy and just over 2 million viewers were watching Veronica Mars over its past two seasons. It’s a travesty, I tell you. I hope you do your part to right this wrong and tune in next Tuesday at 8pm on the CW.
In closing, I’d like to bring up the issue of each of these two CW shows having its very own Logan love interest. Let’s declare right now, to avoid future confusion, Logan hailing from the Gilmore Girls will heretofore be referred to as Huntzberger, or girly Logan, whichever just feels right at the time. And Logan Echolls of Veronica Mars will be crowned the reigning Logan. Long live the Logan!
p.s. I did not enjoy the Aeirie stuff.