To me it feels like they're cutting out plot and replacing it with a commercial for an artist. Unless it turns out that one of the barristas can read people's emotions while they're singing. Then it might be okay.
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Veronica Mars: Annoy, Tiny Blonde One. Annoy Like the Wind.
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DXMachina - Oct 15, 2005 5:07:54 am PDT #746 of 5730
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Polter-Cow - Oct 15, 2005 5:20:42 am PDT #747 of 5730
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Did I miss something? Is this a new development in the story?" I would have liked the scene *much* better if they had left out guy #1 and his girlfriend and just had the singer singing "Love Hurts."
The whole karaoke sequence was an allusion to the Duncan/Veronica/Logan triangle. The first guy with his happy romanticism represented Duncan, and then Courtney comes in with the angsty Logan side of LoVe love.
Stephanie - Oct 15, 2005 5:23:59 am PDT #748 of 5730
Trust my rage
That makes a bit more sense. It still just seemed odd to me, although I only waste this much thought on shows I really like.
DXMachina - Oct 15, 2005 5:29:26 am PDT #749 of 5730
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
That makes a bit more sense.
Not to me. That would be even worse than just putting it in there to plug tha artist.
Polter-Cow - Oct 15, 2005 5:37:42 am PDT #750 of 5730
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
But DX, they're not really "plugging" the artist. I mean, they don't even identify who he is. This isn't "Cibo Matto? I love Cibo Matto? Let's all go see Cibo Matto!"
Topic!Cindy - Oct 15, 2005 5:40:39 am PDT #751 of 5730
What is even happening?
Cibo Matto clog dances?
Theodosia - Oct 15, 2005 5:42:59 am PDT #752 of 5730
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
If they'd had a couple of short lines to make them tertiary characters -- sort of like the Kevin Smith role last week, but only lighter -- it would have felt more integrated to me. Instead, we had a guy who seemed to be wasting his vocal abilities doing karaoke. I'd rather a semi-drunk Logan got up and warbled at us, if we are going to commit karaoke.
Polter-Cow - Oct 15, 2005 5:47:59 am PDT #753 of 5730
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
If they'd had a couple of short lines to make them tertiary characters
The first guy, Lars, was actually someone we saw back in "Like a Virgin."
I actually really liked the karaoke scene and its thematic resonance, but we stayed far too long on Courtney singing (though I liked the reaction shot of the happy couple). If they'd shaved that off just a wee bit, it would have been great.
Nicklas - Oct 15, 2005 5:48:33 am PDT #754 of 5730
"Either it's murder, or this library has a very strict overdue policy."
At least the Cibo Matto-thing meant something to the characters there and then, and that justified it. The kareoke cameos? They bring nothing to the show besides making me feel like I'm still watching the commercials.
Steph L. - Oct 15, 2005 5:59:59 am PDT #755 of 5730
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I hated the karaoke in S1 -- it seemed gratuitous and watch-from-the-hall-ish, AND it was the moment I almost stopped watching, b/c how much more of a Mary Sue could Veronica be? (I kept watching, obviously, and her Mary Sue-ishness lessened over the rest of the season.)
So the idea of more karaoke this season is really annoying to me.