It's springtime and I'm in like

[angela_o]

After my previous fandom experiences *coughRoswellandJossverse* I think it's fairly safe to say that I'll never truly fall in love with a television show again.  My trust has been too abused for that.  But, much to my surprise, I have found a couple of shows this year that I honestly like. I resisted Battlestar Galactica initially due to the Ron Moore taint (previous fandom experience number 1) and the change of Starbuck's character to a female (I loved the cheesy original show in my youth and Starbuck was my guy lol), but have found it to be entertaining.  Making the Cylons look human is a great twist.  Of course, the fact that I don't 'ship anyone anymore since I got burned in my previous fandoms and thus am not heavily invested in what happens to the characters might also make me more accepting.

My other new "like" this season is Veronica Mars.  Being touted as a Buffyesque show is a mixed blessing if you're one of those survivors of the Jossverse like me who really couldn't stand Buffy by the time the show ended.  I'm happy to say that Veronica is no Buffy.  She's much less self-pitying and way more mature.  The show itself is clever, engaging, and the acting is quite good.  Plus, so far at least, Rob Thomas seems to respect his audience which is more than I can say for those other fandoms I mentioned.  I've yet to hear a "I give the audience what they need, not what they want" sort of comment come from him. I'm really looking forward to the dvd release (here's hoping that a date is announced soon) so that I can catch up with the episodes that I missed.

Comments

[muffinkath7.livejournal.com]

Wanted to add...the thing I like about VM fans? I have yet to find a spoiler about who the killer is. Everyone wants to find out on the show. I love it.

Kath

[muffinkath7.livejournal.com]

I actually read a good fanfic which dealt with that - that Logan was responsible for the drug, by accident. It will be interesting to see how that plays out.

You saw one about the killer, huh? I better stay away from the spoiler boards from now on then. I don't want to know. I think I've guessed, but I don't want to know for sure.

[angela-o.livejournal.com]

Which fic is it Kath? I'd be interested in checking it out.

Plus, we should compare notes after the VM finale to see if our guesses as to the killer are right. Only a few more weeks now. :)

Angela

[muffinkath7.livejournal.com]

It's actually a sequel, so you have to read this one first:

http://www.livejournal.com/users/picklepocket/3905.html

The sequel is here:

http://www.livejournal.com/users/picklepocket/5419.html

We will definately have to compare notes after...