You've probably heard that Veronica Mars is coming back. One of the best things about all these stupid streaming services getting so big is that they're reviving a lot of good shows that got canceled by stupid executives that wouldn't know a good show if they canceled ti to put on more reality TV.
Now all the old fans of Veronica Mars, and the ones that have discovered it since, get a change to see another season of the show.
Veronica Mars was a pretty awesome show. Of course, I actually didn't even know that when it was on TV. I thought it was just some dumb girls show. The advertising just utterly failed on it. The credits utterly failed on it too. The song and credits just suck. It's portrayed as another teen highschool drama. It's not. The main character is in high school when the show starts, but that doesn't mean that's what the show is about.
Imagine if a show was about a super hero and they marketed it as about high school, because the super hero happened to still be going to highschool. Yeah, that's kinda what they did with Veronica Mars.
Veronica Mars is about a girl who's strong and independent and doesn't take shit. She also happens to be a private eye to helps her dad who's a private eye, and used to be the town sheriff. Her being a private eye is a lot more consequential than her being a high school student. Of course, what you or anyone does as a job is not the end all be all of their existence.
Anyone one thing about Veronica Mars tells you basically nothing about the show. A strong independent girl who still goes to high school and helps her dad with private investigations goes through life and helps her friends with finding out who killed who and who raped who and who is who's father. Does that really tell you anything about the show? Maybe a little bit. But it doesn't tell you how you'll end up watching hours on end of this show that's probably just a combination of a dozen tropes that are pretty common in TV & books.
You like those dumb shows about the kid investigators, you'll probably like this. You like shows about strong female leads, you'll probably like this one. You like shows with nice timing and narative voices? Maybe you'll like this one.
I myself am re-watching the series, getting ready for the new season, because it is a pretty killer series. I might have missed out on it when it was first out, but I won't miss out on the new season.
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