Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Tuesday TV: It's Weird Watching These Shows With Commercials
Veronica Mars is better than Gilmore Girls.
It’s a fact. A fact I would’ve denied up until two months ago. Or maybe even last night. Granted it’s only one episode, but last night’s Veronica Mars was better than the last two Gilmores, and most of Gilmore Season Six. There’s just more to Veronica Mars. It’s got the humor and soapy operatics of Gilmore, but with the crucial addition of hot teenaged sleuthery. Also Veronica Mars doesn’t routinely make you hate the main characters. I don’t think I’ve ever yelled at the screen ‘cuz of a VM character acting like a complete idiot. Well, I don’t think I’ve ever yelled at the screen during Gilmore, either, 'cuz I generally don't yell at inanimate objects*, but I’ve definitely felt the urge far more than with Mars.
Gilmore wasn’t bad last night, and was an improvement from last week; Rory’s diatribe against Lorelai was completely justified and necessary and really well done. Still, I’m losing patience with the entire romantic triangle. I’d much rather have a season with Luke and Lorelai getting accustomed to married life than another iteration of the whole “Christopher ruins everything” theme. 70% of the time you see David Sutcliffe’s name in the opening credits, you know something torturous will be happening.
Veronica was a great first episode for a season. It set everything up with no wasted moments or strenuous effort. It was funny and fast-paced and I didn’t want to throttle anybody. Hopefully the lack of a season-long mystery won’t harm this show.
*: digital 8-tracks with hard drive read errors are an exception.
Veronica Mars is better than Gilmore Girls.
It’s a fact. A fact I would’ve denied up until two months ago. Or maybe even last night. Granted it’s only one episode, but last night’s Veronica Mars was better than the last two Gilmores, and most of Gilmore Season Six. There’s just more to Veronica Mars. It’s got the humor and soapy operatics of Gilmore, but with the crucial addition of hot teenaged sleuthery. Also Veronica Mars doesn’t routinely make you hate the main characters. I don’t think I’ve ever yelled at the screen ‘cuz of a VM character acting like a complete idiot. Well, I don’t think I’ve ever yelled at the screen during Gilmore, either, 'cuz I generally don't yell at inanimate objects*, but I’ve definitely felt the urge far more than with Mars.
Gilmore wasn’t bad last night, and was an improvement from last week; Rory’s diatribe against Lorelai was completely justified and necessary and really well done. Still, I’m losing patience with the entire romantic triangle. I’d much rather have a season with Luke and Lorelai getting accustomed to married life than another iteration of the whole “Christopher ruins everything” theme. 70% of the time you see David Sutcliffe’s name in the opening credits, you know something torturous will be happening.
Veronica was a great first episode for a season. It set everything up with no wasted moments or strenuous effort. It was funny and fast-paced and I didn’t want to throttle anybody. Hopefully the lack of a season-long mystery won’t harm this show.
*: digital 8-tracks with hard drive read errors are an exception.
