Veronica Mars: Annoy, Tiny Blonde One. Annoy Like the Wind.
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i guess the opportunity is still there because with flashbacks it wouldn't matter if he was dead in present time.
I was just about to post something like this. He'd also be a good one to turn up and taunt Veronica in her dreams occasionally.
i'm also annoyed that they just dropped the potential of giving Lamb some backstory. after the hint of abuse in Nobody Puts Baby in a Corner, i was expecting something. once again though...no emotional fallout.
We'll just have to go ask the Eye of Botox for details.
I'm actually glad to see Lamb go. I get the whole actor is great and stuff, but I never liked the character. He grated on me, and not in a pleasurable way. And, I don't think he's that good looking.
There. I said it.
I think there was a lot of potential with Lamb's character by not killing him off. of course, most of it would be flashback-y and RT seems to want to move away from that, but whatever. i guess the opportunity is still there because with flashbacks it wouldn't matter if he was dead in present time.
I think this, too. But since he is dead, I just see so many dynamics changing in Neptune. Will Veronica and Keith end up at odds? What will happen with Mars Investigations? Vonnie hit a lot of what I'm thinking about, in her LJ.
i'm also annoyed that they just dropped the potential of giving Lamb some backstory. after the hint of abuse in Nobody Puts Baby in a Corner, i was expecting something. once again though...no emotional fallout.
That's the show's fatal flaw -- it skimps on emotional resonance. Once season 2 ended, I really didn't think we'd get any more out of Lamb's story from NPBiaC, so I guess I already had that disappointment a while back.
These last two weeks, for me, have really made me feel like my show is back.
There. I said it.
Hee. You're adorable, vw.
ION, I cannot believe how upset the fandom is.
I don't even go out of my little corner of LJ for VM discussion these days, because I just cannot deal. God knows I've had my issues with this season, but the relentless negativity and the extremely *personal*-sounding animosity against Rob T kind of freaks me out. I mean, Lamb was a fun character in his way and I know Michael M was a sweetheart, but that particular character has always served as a goofy comic foil and incompetent adversary to Keith and Veronica; what few hints of depth we've seen were nowhere near enough to counteract what a shallow, raging (if entertaining) jackass he has always been. It's a freakin' noir-verse. Not every dickhead has to hide a heart of a woobie behind his jackholitude, you know?
Personally, I loved the way he died, and the way his death totally shook the status quo of the show. Keith & Veronica show has always been defined by their outsider status, and now, Keith is The Man, and Veronica is... going to be on the opposite side of the law from her father very frequently. Talk about a paradigm shift.
It's a freakin' noir-verse. Not every dickhead has to hide a heart of a woobie behind his jackholitude, you know?
Wheee!
Personally, I loved the way he died, and the way his death totally shook the status quo of the show. Keith & Veronica show has always been defined by their outsider status, and now, Keith is The Man, and Veronica is... going to be on the opposite side of the law from her father very frequently. Talk about a paradigm shift.
Me, too and yes. I thought the show was firing on all cylinders (sp?) these last couple of weeks. I'm so pleased with it, again, and I like how things look from here.
I think this was the first time in the entire season when I felt like I wanted to see where they might go with all this in the fourth season.
Yes, yes, and yes.
My apologies for the contentless post, but this show has been so frustrating lately I almost cried at how good last night's episode was.
That's how I've felt the past two episodes, Wolfram. I suspect Rob is taking a lot of fan heat right now. He should read our board, instead of TWoP.
Poor Rob. I mean, he fell down on the job somewhat this season, but the viciousness of some of the attacks against his person I see, especially in some parts of LJ, which I no longer frequents, is rather mind-boggling. I can understand being disappointed in a show and bitterness about losing the love, etc., but some of the professed feelings sound like visceral rantings of a child against an abusive parent. It makes me blink. It kind of reminds me of the way a certain segment of Buffy fandom turned against Marti Noxon in S6 (where some crazy people were, like, calling her names like the one Lutz called Liz in the last episode of 30 Rock, and casting aspersions on her mental health.)
But then, perhaps I shouldn't be surprised. I did that fandoms-as-relationship memes after all. I don't recall calling for Chris Carter's head on a platter, even in the height of my X-Files bitterness though.
The one thing that I kept thinking about this morning is I don't see how Josh can ever come back home. If he does and they use the video to prove he's innocent, then won't insurance fraud be levied at the family? Or does running out the statute of limitations affect that too?
I'm sad in a way Lamb is gone, because I did enjoy his jackholery for the sake of jackholery. Made for some interesting tv though.
I don't think my complaints with VM really matter in the long run. I'm still more a watcher than a fan. I think I am on board with the dissatisfaction with the lack of emotional resonance.
I like the theories for the killer, but I'm really paralyzed by the not caring very much.
Well, if there is a statute of limitations on insurance fraud - surely that means he just stays away 'til then and uses the recording to prove that he didn't actually kill his father.
But then, could the recording which shows that he didn't kill his father then be used to make a case against the assistant coach?
