Watching the detective
“That’s not me any more” says Veronica Mars of her teen detective past to the interview panel of the swanky New York law firm she’s about to join. It’s a spirited effort but we all know that a real G is down for life. Don’t kid yourself, sister – you belong in the shadows with us.
The first glimpse afforded us of the Veronica Mars movie shows that Veronica has done her best to grow the frak up. She’s a young hotshot lawyer with a dickless piece of shit borefriend (Piz who you’ll remember as her dickless piece of shit borefriend from season three). There’s your status quo, now we just need an inciting incident to give us a movie.
“That’s not me any more” says Veronica Mars. Don’t kid yourself, sister – you belong in the shadows with us.
You know who could help with that? Obligatory psychotic jackass, Logan Echolls who provides it by getting himself arrested for murder again.And once again he’s all “Help me Mars-Wan Kenobi – you’re my only hope“. Veronica, stirred by some ancient primal memory of what it is to be fucked by a man and not what passes for one, leaps to his defence (or so it seems).
Veronica, stirred by some ancient primal memory of what it is to be fucked by a man and not what passes for one, leaps to his defence
Just as well there’s the Neptune High reunion to get Mac, Wallace, Dick and many other familiar faces back in the frame. Keith Mars returns to reunite the best father-daughter pairing television ever produced and Veronica is Veronica, burying her snout where it’s least expected and least wanted. That’s our girl alright – fight the power and fuck the consequences.
Keith Mars returns to reunite the best father-daughter pairing television ever produced.
She stumbles upon something big. Of course she does, because ultimately she is a product of noir. She’s not Nancy Drew, she’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, she’s Sam Spade, she’s Philip Marlowe, she’s Angie Gennaro – she’s from their cloth.
She’s not Nancy Drew, she’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, she’s Sam Spade, she’s Philip Marlowe, she’s Angie Gennaro
So which team are you on guys? Is it LoVe or PizOnica?? Pffffftt. None of the above. Veronica is her own team – she’s an army of one. Veronica Mars should be as alone as Fiona Apple is in the song Left Alone and that’s completely, immutably and forever. She’s a great Private Dick and a terrible girlfriend – neither of these things will ever change.
Is it LoVe or PizOnica?? Pffffftt. None of the above. Veronica is her own team – she’s an army of one.
All the casual viewer needs to know is to go and see this movie. Remember: this is one of best TV shows ever made. Its unjust slaughter was reversed by Kickstarter. Going to see this makes you part of a cultural event bigger than any of us. Art demands your attendance.
