S1 Veronica Mars, Logan & Veronica Meme/Picspan — Favorites and Not

This is separated into two categories: Veronica Mars (the show) and Logan/Veronica.

Casting on ‘Friday Night Lights’

I just wanted to get some thoughts out about the casting of Friday Night Lights that have been percolating around my noggin for awhile. I think this is an excellent show and I do enjoy watching it. However, I’m also frustrated when watching because I’m quite astonished at how magnificent some of their casting is … and how horrific some other casting is (there are in betweens like on any show, but I’ve never seen the high and low concentrated in more than just one or two performers elsewhere as it is on this show).

A sign of bad TV writing in otherwise good shows …

You know, I used to be emotionally effected when an episode of a good TV show ended with a strong song that fit the mood. A good example is “Time” at the end of the S1 Joan of Arcadia episode “Jump.” It enhanced the stellar episode, the strength and emotion of it and it didn’t play under any dialogue, the show instead used the music to cap it all, enhancing the visuals onscreen. Now, this wasn’t a thing they did often and so it had a power that still gets to me today. On the other hand, nowadays, show after show after show uses emo songs to bring emotion and resonance to their final scenes, more often than not playing the songs under dialogue.

This, to me, is a weakness of writing when it’s used time and time again because it then becomes a crutch. A writer shouldn’t need to rely on someone else’s words, voice or music to relay the emotion of their scene. That’s THEIR job! And yet, shows keep on doing it as if that’s the only way they know how to wring emotion from their audience. Grey’s Anatomy and Rescue Me are really big offenders — of the shows I watch, the worst. Also, Nip/Tuck and House have begun to use it more than necessary. Of all the new shows I’ve watched so far (Studio60, Jericho, Men in Trees, Justice, Shark, Six Degrees, Standoff), I believe that Justice is the only ones who hasn’t used this device.

Frankly, because of the proliferation, such episode closers aren’t really effecting me all that much anymore because I’m used to it, it’s so same old, same old. (And it doesn’t help that so many shows seem to regurgitate the same songs). I just am thankful that Veronica Mars rarely goes there. Yes, they use a lot of songs in the episodes, but they are mostly background music used to enhance, not create, the emotion in the scene. Even those episodes that have ended with songs, use it not as a crutch to wring emotion from viewers, ie. playing under what is meant to be deep and meaningful dialogue, but rather to enhance the visuals or a few lines of dialogue. It isn’t used the way the above shows I referenced do. The music on VM is used in the right way to enhance the emotion in the scene, not create or overpower it so that you end the episode remembering the dialogue (if a song plays under dialogue — which happens rarely), the scene and not just the song.

‘Studio 60′ Pilot review: Sigh, what could have been …

I managed to see an advance copy of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip {snerk, cuz that’s so hard to do now} and reading back and seeing my excitement over it is a bit sad, but I did adore that first episode so much. I mean … Eeee!! Matthew Perry! Aaron Sorkin! Bradley Whitford! And did I mention the Eeeee!! of Matthew Perry!! I

‘Veronica Mars’ Pilot Logan/Veronica Scene Analysis

I set up a message board for Logan and Veronica (LoVe, as known in the fandom — albeit not willingly by some) in 2005 called The Love Shack. One of the things that it was known for was our very detailed episode breakdowns which essentially, well, broke down every aspect of each episode. This included my own section called “Chemistry,” wherein I gave a very detailed analysis as how I saw it of every single Logan and Veronica scene. Forthwith is thoughts from the first episode, I’ll be adding all of the episodes (possibly … I never did the last five, but if there’s interest, I can finish those up).

Everything you wanted to know (what I think) about ‘Doctor Who’

Now, then, I want to start out by saying that I’ve never watched any other Who than the 2005 version originally starring Christopher Eccleston (sniff, sniff) as the Doctor, followed by David Tennant taking over the role in the following three seasons. I can not, and won’t even try to, compare these versions of the Doctor, the companions, the stories, production values, etc. to any other because I haven’t seen them and probably won’t ever. So these comments are based solely on the current Doctor Who. Period.

Oh, and to be safe … spoilers for all four seasons up to 4×07 (but the reference to 4×07 is only in the random comments section). If you’ve watched seasons 1-3 and at least a few episodes of season four, you’re fine (again, with the exception of the random comments at the end).

Hello world!

I watch a lot of television and film; I read a lot, listen to a lot of music (all types) and generally am an entertainment-girl all-around. I also become quite frequently obsessed with fandoms, especially when they involve a pairing of which I’m particularly enamored.

Right now, my main fandom is Doctor Who (the new Who), and Jason Dohring (who, alas, is between jobs), but featured on this blog will be past fandom favorites such as Veronica Mars, American Idol (season six and seven specifically as I was writing online prior to those seasons), as well as various tv shows, movies, books, etc. Knowing myself, I expect that new fandoms, new thoughts and new obsessions will be fed and accordingly filtered through my rambling discourse.