Goodbye.

I should have posted this when I first found out about it, but I was in a sort of denial. I didn’t want to face it. I just wanted to ignore it.

It’s canceled. The best show on television in years has been canceled. Veronica Mars is canceled.

VM trailer for 3×18

The trailer for the last episode of Veronica Mars was absolutely terrible. It didn’t give long-time viewers any reason to watch it. It’s as if they had dropped every storyline for the episode, save the fact that Veronica is a young female sleuth. The preview reminded me of previews for CSI and SVU, except even the last trailer for SVU talked about Stabler!

Honestly, after seeing the preview, I didn’t want to watch the episode. It just brought up my anger that there’s no overarching mystery (Lily’s murder, the bus crash, the dean’s murder). These last few episodes sucked.

Who the hell cares about Piz?

A post to hold you all over till I get to the V.Mars entry…

So for the past few days, I’ve just been working and reading Questionable Content, a really awesome webcomic that I discovered through xkcd (another really awesome webcomic). There’s well over 800 strips by now, and I’m only on 478, but I can’t pull my hand away from the mouse.

It’s like a snarky sitcom but without the television… and actors… well, you know what I mean. The lady-characters are all very sassy, there’s good music and pop culture references, it’s incredibly entertaining, and very well-drawn. It’s a little dramatic at times, but one of the characters always ends up making a cheeky joke (“The quickest way to a man’s heart really is through his stomach, because then you don’t have to chop through that pesky ribcage”).

So here’s one that I read about five minutes ago:

So go forth and enjoy, readers!

Really cool Lost Theory!

If you have the time, I highly recommend reading this very in-depth Lost theory. It reignited my interest in the show, something I thought was impossible (I wasn’t even interested in Kate/Sawyer sex!). It’s called the “Seventh Seal Theory,” and it’s written by Andrew Smith. This is the forum it was posted on, there are some great critiques and explanations of it there.

Mike Gravel says he would legalize marijuana!

In late April, Mike Gravel was on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal. The ongoing segment is called “The Issues That Matter.”

From the segment: “I would legalize marijuana.”

Annnnd… you have my vote.

UPDATE: Daily Kos has an interesting entry from Thursday: Pot is not like tobacco. Please make a note of it. Thanks.

 

Amusing myself during Lost

 Lost: “The Man Behind The Curtain” Season 3, Episode 2o

I’m generally disappointed in Lost since the first season ended. Not that I wasn’t disappointed at all during the first season (island monster? really?), but since then, it’s been almost nothing but “ugh’s” and “fuckin’ A’s.” (That was difficult to decide how to punctuate. I hope I made the most sensible decision.)

So lately, in an effort to get myself to watch it, I have been picking random things to pay attention to. For example, last week, it was the music. I had a few laughs with that one. If you really pay attention to it, original soundtracks get pretty ridiculous. This week, it’s the character appearances. I was thinking about limiting it to wardrobe, but that got old after about eight minutes.

So here we go:

1. Ben is like a cute little boy. His hair is absolutely hysterical. Thick glued spikes on a grown man? What were the stylists thinking? Maybe it’s to lend a hand to his character, but as we see so far in his backstory (it’s 10:21p now), it still doesn’t make much sense.

Excitement

Veronica Mars: “Debasement Tapes” Season 3, Episode 17.

Note: this entry is being written as the episode is on, so if it seems choppy, that’s because the dang scenes keep changing.

Leo’s back on Veronica Mars!!!!! YAAAAAAAAAY!

And Paul Rudd? Thank you, Rob Thomas etc. (Rudd and Thomas, according to imbd.com, are friends)

This episode is making me want to jump up and down. Frrrrrrrrrrrantically!

Okay, I’ve jumped up and down and squealed with joy frrrrrrrrrantically more than once already. Even before the show started. That, however, wasn’t solely V.Mars excitement. It was a combination of that and Gilmore Girls finally ending. Thank god. Next episode they’ll officially put it to sleep. Thank you, CW. I love the Girls, but really, it’s been dragged out long enough. With the right writers (Sherman-Palladino), it could have lasted, but even last season was weak. The high school seasons and her freshman year in college were absolutely amazing, but I

Paul Rudd playing guitar? Sign me up, please. Can there be a more perfect guest star for V.Mars? Oh yeah, Kevin Smith. Oh, and Joss Whedon. Kevin wins against both of them, I think. Well, Kevin Smith isn’t sexually appealing, so maybe Rudd does win. This will take some thinking. And a pros/cons list.

If I ever met Kristen Bell or Tina Majorino, I’d cry a little. And act like a 11-year-old Backstreet Boys fan. Oh dear, I just realized how outdated that reference is. I shouldn’t feel old at this age, but here we are.

Boyz N Da Hood

… is a surprisingly good movie, considering the title and the cast. It’s actually really good. It’s like the Goonies, except more mature and more violent.

Laurence Fishborne does a great job portraying a tough, intelligent father figure, Ice Cube, in his acting debut, plays the typical “hood” teen (he yells “Turn your punk ass over!” to a rival in a revenge shooting), and Cuba Gooding Jr. portrays a graduating senior in “Da Hood” supremely.

It was really moving and intelligent. I’d recommend it.

Thank you, 1am TNT movies!

Piz: not much of a hunk, but the kiss, and his shirtless bod on Grey’s, made me cry.

Veronica Mars: “Un-American Graffiti” Season 3, Episode 16.

At first I was disappointed. The episode was obviously pandering to new viewers, who probably weren’t even watching, as the CW didn’t advertise the episode at all. Then I realized how much this ep was like the first season. The mini mystery is back! It was epic. Then I realized how detached this episode was from the entire storyline. It was as if they were trying to pull a Grey’s: season break + dramatic short story arc = more viewers (i.e. the ferry episodes), but, unfortunately, it was terribly executed. The episode was, of course, extremely entertaining. That’s what I expect from V. Mars. Entertainment.

Welcome!

I watch too much television. It’s always on. I’ll watch anything, really: over-the-top children’s shows, plotless crime dramas, played-out reality shows, clichéd teen melodramas, unnecessary educational programs, terribly executed comedies, unfunny sketch shows, appetite-killing cooking shows, unoriginal entertainment news programs, biased news reports, commercials, infomercials. If it’s on, I’ll probably watch it.

And I have far too many opinions. Even with all 78 channels, sometimes there’s nothing to watch. So I think about things. I hate thinking about my own life, as it is boring, uneventful, and uninspiring. I often think about television, but there is only so much of that to think about. I think about politics, about education, about religion (and lack thereof), about technology, about science, about choices. I think about thinking. And now I write about it.