TV series

[pen_grunt]

This last weekend, while D was sick with the plague (seriously--body aches, chills, digestive issues...the whole bit...probably Ebola...), I scanned photos and started binge-watching Veronica Mars. (There's really nothing else to do while scanning through mountains of old photos. It is tedium.)

That I had never seen it before will surprise absolutely no one since, apparently, I'm next-to-amish when it comes to my historical media consumption. ;)

It came out in 2004, so I was in college and probably didn't have a lot of time to watch it.

But dudes! It's really good! Like Mystery Buffy. Only not quite. But it kind of has that same feel. I wish it had been on when I was in high school. It's a show I would have loved (and needed) then.

After I'm done with that, I think I'll watch Dark Angel. Same story--haven't watched it.
I'm still slowly working through Angel...but I had kind of burned out a tiny bit after watching ALL of Buffy in a very compressed period of time.

Torchwood, too, is being metered out in small doses after going through NuWho at a breakneck pace.

I just watched all the original Arrested Developments (verdict: amusing/great-not-spectacular). I would watch the new stuff too, but Netflix is so awful on our Wii that it can take an hour to decide it wants to work.

I should get into Once Upon a Time, too.

And, you know, I'm only the millionth person to say this...but I really wish there had been more Firefly.

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[tediousandbrief.livejournal.com]

I also have not seen Veronica Mars. I had no idea what it was about.

[pen-grunt.livejournal.com]

Premise: High school girl's best friend is murdered. Her dad is the sheriff and botches the investigation according to the town. She loses her social standing. She becomes a private detective with her dad. (None of that is spoiler--that's what you learn in the pilot right away.)

[bertine.livejournal.com]

Before Zach moved in, he hadn't seen it either. I was shocked because it was pretty darn awesome.

I rewatched it last summer and I was happy it held up so much!

[pen-grunt.livejournal.com]

Aside from the usual old-tech stuff (which doesn't bother me at all) it feels pretty modern! I'm about 3/4 through the first season and I'm really liking it so far.

[patrickwonders.livejournal.com]

Netflix took Veronica Mars off of streaming when I was three episodes in. I was hoping this post meant it was back there again. I guess not. Feh.

[pen-grunt.livejournal.com]

No, unfortunately. They do stream free via Amazon Prime Video (but it's not worth getting Amazon Prime for the crappy video streaming).