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Post by LadyDi on Oct 14, 2005 11:55:37 GMT -5
Gah! Went to watch this ep (record, actually), and found a baseball game instead. WTF? Still not sure what happened. Chanel 18 is UPN in my area, but the logo in the corner of the screen read ESPN. Phooey!
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Post by Sue on Oct 24, 2005 17:55:46 GMT -5
Sorry so delayed. Saved this to Word back before I started my review (almost 2 weeks ago) and just posting it now. Still, a good warm-up to re-read this review and your current one prior to mine. Spring, Great review. (Silly me for reading it just before having to write my own!) How do you see so many things! ? ! I liked your summary of the main theme: And, as we recall from last season, understanding the motive is crucial to understanding the crime. This year, although we know of a number of actual victims we aren't even sure yet who the intended victim was, let alone the motive for killing him/her. Was the intended victim actually killed, or was it one of the kids who got off the bus? Of course, it's tempting (sans preview) to think that Veronica is the intended victim, but there is really no reason why it couldn't be Duncan or Gia. Agree with you there. It really is a puzzle: If Goodman is up to something shady wouldn't he prefer to have Lamb in office that straight-shooter Keith? Not that we've been given any reason to suspect that Lamb would skirt the law (bribes, etc) but he has been portrayed as being less aware than Keith. Why would Goodman want Keith in the job? Hmm. Lashing out at Dick Sr. since there is no way to lash out at dear old Dad? Even more Oedipal. It's not really about sleeping with his mother, so much as it is about revenging himself on his father (figure). Rob Thomas gives good high school. I know there are some folk who are sensitive about comparing V to B but both Joss and Rob are so good at depicting the (as you say) "messy and painful journey" ahead. Joss dresses it up as demons; Rob uses literal crime and mystery to portray the emotional crimes and mystery of adolescence.
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Post by SpringSummers on Oct 24, 2005 18:53:49 GMT -5
Sorry so delayed. Saved this to Word back before I started my review (almost 2 weeks ago) and just posting it now. Still, a good warm-up to re-read this review and your current one prior to mine. Spring, Great review. (Silly me for reading it just before having to write my own!) How do you see so many things! ? ! Thanks, Sue Exactly. It makes no sense for Goodman to really want Keith in the job, I don't think. He's up to something; he's planning to play Keith somehow I think . . . but I think he'll be very wrong if he believes Keith is naive or an easy mark, just because he is a nice guy. I agree completely. And honestly, I don't plan to hold back at all on any BtVS comparisons in my reviews if I think they will be helpful to explaining my thought on an issue. I've heard of the sensitivities that you mention, but they just make no sense to me. I agree that there are many similarities between VM and BtVS and various characters, because both shows are, at their core, about the same thing: A bright, capable young woman growing up in late 20th/early 21st America, and struggling with all the things that means: career, parents, romance, identity.
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Post by Spaced Out Looney on May 23, 2006 22:07:48 GMT -5
So this is Jackie. And why we didn't see her in the premiere. Wallace shows that anyone can be an investigator. Capitalizing on tragedy. Blech. Kevin Smith Lots of stuff about suicide this season Haves and Have-Nots confronting each other on the baseball field. "You let Veronica Mars in there alone?" Hee. Shot of Mona Lisa? during the Veronica/Duncan sex?
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