Some people doen't even like Buffy The Vampire Slayer.

Some people juggle geese.

It left me cold as well, but as so many folks here love it I assume I'm suffering from an Alias-style blind spot to the show.

I'm not going to say why you should like it; this is why I do like it.

It possesses Buffy-nature in three important ways:

• Actions have long-term consequences; something dumb Veronica does will generally come back to haunt her
• Witty writing; Veronica's banter with her father, her friends, and her enemies is priceless.
• Veronica screws up, and has to live with that.

On the downside, the actors aren't terribly convincing as high-school students (Veronica's supposed to be a sophomore, I think). I can hadnwave past that.

I'm going to have to ahem VM now, aren't I? Damn you enablers, damn you all.

Veronica's a Junior in season 1.

One of the things that I like is that while Veronica can and does pull the wool over her father's eyes, she never gets aways with it for very long. She's smart, but her dad is just as smart and vastly more experienced and it shows.

God knows I love VM, but it's not for everyone. Objectively, I think it's a quality show with tight writing, witty dialog and decent-to-superlative acting, but subjectively, these may or may not be the kind of characters who appeal to a given Buffista.

I was hooked from the pilot--mostly by the crackling dialog and the hint at the darkness and the arc, plus Veronica herself, whom I adored from the start. But there are elements that put people off, too--the pervasive voice-overs, the way Veronica seems to excel at everything, with a quip and a retort at every corner, the stylistic quirks (the flashbacks, the filters, etc.), and the way she's willing to cross many, MANY lines, morally and ethically, to achieve her goal. I love the character, as much as for her flaws as her virtues, but she's sort of the make-or-break the show character. I've got a bunch of folks in LJ Flist who's tried the show and, like Jessica, found Veronica too irritating. Since she's in practically every frame in all 22 episodes, I can imagine how unbearable the show will be if you dislike the title character. I've kind of learned to stop pimping the show at people who feel this way, because you know, not his/her Beautiful Cake, yada, yada. (Although I've seen people whose fondness for other characters on the show is strong enough--Logan and Keith, especially--that they enjoyed the show despite not thinking too highly of Veronica herself.)

I *would* say though--if you've caught a random early episode and thought it was blah, plot-wise, then it's worthwhile giving it another go. Because what makes the show is the continuity and the build-up. I liked the show a lot in its first half of the season, but I didn't start obsessing and freaking out over each episode until after ep. #12, by which time all the plot threads started weaving more intricately together, characters started morphing in really interesting ways, and the arc kicked into a high gear.

I have just been telling people on my flist that tried the show in the middle or just caught random eps that this really is a show that needs to be seen from the beginning. it's too much of a character driven show to just jump feet first into the show in the middle or really even just a couple of eps in.

the pilot sets everything up. 2 and 3 are "can miss". 4 is fantastic if only for the flashbacks of the way things were. etcetcetc.

so seriously...if you only caught random episodes here and there and didn't find yourself sucked in, find some way to see it from the beginning. it really is hard for me to believe that people who enjoy the same tv i enjoy don't like this show. my best friend wouldn't watch it for the longest time because she had caught bits and pieces of an earlier ep and "couldn't stand the voiceovers". i kept at her because i knew this was her kind of show. she gave in a couple of months ago and is now a huge fangirl.

love this show. could ramble about it forever and a day.

Oh I'll probably give in and watch VM in a big old holiday marathon someday. Right now though, it is SciFi Friday.

Okay, Daniel's philosophical incoherence in the face of the Ori (or however you spell it) is really starting to get on my nerves.

SG-1 wasn't holding my interest tonight. I was easily distracted by so many distracting things. It makes me sad that the show wasn't demanding my focus and attention. I'll give it a try on the next showing.

Here's hoping that SGA does a better job.