Comments on: ‘Veronica Mars’ Movie Now In Motion http://geeksofdoom.com/2009/01/20/veronica-mars-movie-now-in-motion/ Stuff by geeks, about geeks, for geeks. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:26:45 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: burning_chrome http://geeksofdoom.com/2009/01/20/veronica-mars-movie-now-in-motion/comment-page-1/#comment-600990 burning_chrome Wed, 21 Jan 2009 02:59:17 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/?p=13287#comment-600990 Veronica Mars was truly an underrated show with a strong female lead in Kristen Bell. With that being said, I loved season one but it was pretty much ho-hum for season two and by the third and final season Veronica had gone all preppy and mainstream that I stopped watching. What made the show work so well in the first season was Kristen Bell's portrayal of a diminutive, smart, and fully self-sufficient protagonist with a punkish look and Ivy-league intellect working as a social outcast and unrelenting detective. I forget who originally wrote the review for the pilot episode, but the critic described the show as "Chinatown" meets "Heathers" and if Rob Thomas wants to take Veronica Mars onto the big screen, I hope he remembers the key noir elements that made the show work so well. Veronica Mars was truly an underrated show with a strong female lead in Kristen Bell. With that being said, I loved season one but it was pretty much ho-hum for season two and by the third and final season Veronica had gone all preppy and mainstream that I stopped watching.

What made the show work so well in the first season was Kristen Bell’s portrayal of a diminutive, smart, and fully self-sufficient protagonist with a punkish look and Ivy-league intellect working as a social outcast and unrelenting detective.

I forget who originally wrote the review for the pilot episode, but the critic described the show as “Chinatown” meets “Heathers” and if Rob Thomas wants to take Veronica Mars onto the big screen, I hope he remembers the key noir elements that made the show work so well.

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