Cheese Man ,'Chosen'
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Okay. Pretend that at 10:00 o'clock tonight, Rob Thomas showed up at your house and said, "Hey, I need your advice. Tell me what to keep about the show. Tell me what to ditch. Tell me what I'm doing right and wrong. I'll do whatever you say."
What would you tell him?
Wow. I'd have to think on that for a while.
You can't, Amy. It's the dead of winter, and the man has a show to run.
Keep Veronica broken. I'm a Joss/Tim-devotee, I like the pain. I also like the mystery of the week combined with an arching, bigger mystery to solve. The more personal it is to Veronica, the better. More Weevil. More Wallace. More Mac.
What ChiKat said.
And uh, give Logan his snark back, please.
And uh, give Logan his snark back, please.
Yes. Yes. Yes.
How bad is it that I really liked Dick in this week's ep?
Do you feel for Veronica? I'm a watcher, not a fan, and I find her offputting. I don't care about her pain, to the degree where I stop being sure I'm meant to, or that Rob cares if I do. I mean, not sure that he's willing to do any work to make sure I care--he does, and that's what's key.
Not bad at all -- Dick was definitely a highlight. (Plus, his idiocy gave us the Logan - Little Girl God scenes.)
Do you feel for Veronica?
I did in the first season. Second season? Not as much. The first half of this season, not at all. I found her v. abrasive and off-putting. I know others have said the same thing, so I don't think I have much new to add to that.
But, second half of this season, she seems more like the vulnerable girl I got to like in S1. Yes, she has been through absolute crap and that is bound to make a person guarded and possibly cynical. But, I can't relate to someone who is as cynical as she was. I need her more vulnerable and open to hurt and pain.
I want Veronica to have to deal with something that really matters to her, like Lilly's death or her mom's disappearance.
I want snarky Logan back, too, and if it's no trouble, I'd like to see him wiht an actual purpose on the show other than emoting and giving Veronica something to behave really childishly about.
I'd keep Keith, natch, and Wallace and Mac and Weevil, and pull back on the secondary and tertiary and ... fourth-tiary ... characters who are kind of amusing but a big distraction.
I'd kill someone like ... Dick, I think. Or no, someone we would actually care about seeing dead. Wait, that's too Jossian.