Rob, what did you do to my show?
Aug. 18th, 2006 11:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bennet_7Because we are waaaaaay behind here in Oz, "A Trip to the Dentist" aka episode 1.21 of Veronica Mars just aired tonight. And despite owning it on DVD, I watched it on TV.
WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED ROB?
Seriously? What the frell?
The rape retcon doesn't annoy me that much. I can see why it was done. With Veronica investigating the Hearst rapes next season (spec not spoiler) it works well for her to have been an actual victim herself, instead of the victim of not!rape.
Still, I was a tad disappointed. The beauty of ATttD pre-Season 2 finale is that what happened to Veronica was not the fault of a single person. It was the result of the stupidity of many. And I liked it.
But as I said, the fact that they changed it to actual rape doesn't bother me too much.
What does annoy the hell out of me (seriously. All the hell that was in me is now gone, such is my frustration) is that Veronica and Duncan get back together.
No, this is not the L/V shipper in me being all anti-VD.
I was watching the scene where Veronica confronts Duncan and it really struck me just how hurt and broken Veronica is because of this event. And yet one short, blue-tinged montage later, Veronica and Duncan are back together. And you know, I understood that they had unfinished business together. I expected them to get back together. What I did not expect was 11 episodes of twue wuv. The fact that these two characters at no point discuss their issues (which include but are not limited to: their drugged sex, the fact that he thought she was his sister for over a year, her dating his best friend, his ignoring her) is such a disservice to the characters. To sweep aside their past like that, to ignore the events that shaped their characters is a grievous sin in my book.
It would have been excellent TV to see them fight about their past before eventually realising that they weren't meant to be. But no, RT wanted to show a normal, happy teen relationship. And sadly, he didn't realise that by rights, these two characters are not capable of having a happy normal teen relationship with each other which is why nobody bought it and it pissed most of the viewers off.
I think it would have been interesting to see Veronica deal with a normal, happy teen relationship. But what Rob should have done was introduce a new character for her to do that with, because she couldn't have done it with Duncan or Logan (love the boy but he can't do normal).
The more I think about it, the more it saddens me. Because season 1 of Veronica Mars is beautiful television and season 2 is so flawed. It makes me emo.
In conclusion, let's hope that Rob pays a lot more attention to character continuity next season.
Also, Aaron Sorkin could bitch-slap RT over a barrel any day of the week.
Seriously? What the frell?
The rape retcon doesn't annoy me that much. I can see why it was done. With Veronica investigating the Hearst rapes next season (spec not spoiler) it works well for her to have been an actual victim herself, instead of the victim of not!rape.
Still, I was a tad disappointed. The beauty of ATttD pre-Season 2 finale is that what happened to Veronica was not the fault of a single person. It was the result of the stupidity of many. And I liked it.
But as I said, the fact that they changed it to actual rape doesn't bother me too much.
What does annoy the hell out of me (seriously. All the hell that was in me is now gone, such is my frustration) is that Veronica and Duncan get back together.
No, this is not the L/V shipper in me being all anti-VD.
I was watching the scene where Veronica confronts Duncan and it really struck me just how hurt and broken Veronica is because of this event. And yet one short, blue-tinged montage later, Veronica and Duncan are back together. And you know, I understood that they had unfinished business together. I expected them to get back together. What I did not expect was 11 episodes of twue wuv. The fact that these two characters at no point discuss their issues (which include but are not limited to: their drugged sex, the fact that he thought she was his sister for over a year, her dating his best friend, his ignoring her) is such a disservice to the characters. To sweep aside their past like that, to ignore the events that shaped their characters is a grievous sin in my book.
It would have been excellent TV to see them fight about their past before eventually realising that they weren't meant to be. But no, RT wanted to show a normal, happy teen relationship. And sadly, he didn't realise that by rights, these two characters are not capable of having a happy normal teen relationship with each other which is why nobody bought it and it pissed most of the viewers off.
I think it would have been interesting to see Veronica deal with a normal, happy teen relationship. But what Rob should have done was introduce a new character for her to do that with, because she couldn't have done it with Duncan or Logan (love the boy but he can't do normal).
The more I think about it, the more it saddens me. Because season 1 of Veronica Mars is beautiful television and season 2 is so flawed. It makes me emo.
In conclusion, let's hope that Rob pays a lot more attention to character continuity next season.
Also, Aaron Sorkin could bitch-slap RT over a barrel any day of the week.
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Date: 2006-08-18 05:18 pm (UTC)But instead we got this relationship where they ignored their past - a past that I invested in. By not acknowledging it, they gave it less weight, less importance. I guess I just feel cheated and disappointed because Rob didn't write the show they way I wanted him to ;-P
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Date: 2006-08-18 05:22 pm (UTC)So yeah, I agree.