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Jun. 4th, 2005 11:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
apocalypsosOh, for crying out loud. I really shouldn't read Watch with Kristin anymore, because a lot of the time she's not right, and when she is, it inevitably pisses me off.
According to sources close to the show, Veronica's second-season pickup came with a suggestion: that producers try to pull in a broader audience closer in demographics to its new time-slot partner on UPN, America's Next Top Model. To do so, the idea was that Veronica should get a female companion, hopefully with a "name" (rumor has it they tossed around the name Tara Reid--though I choose not to believe that)
That concept hurts my brain so much, I just ... just ... *headdesk* (Which will make it worse, of course, but still, maybe I'll luck out and get knocked unconscious and wake up in a dimension where THEY WON'T TOUCH MY GODDAMN SHOW.
and, here comes the hard part, that producers scale back two characters close to Veronica (meaning, they won't be in every episode), and write off a third.
Hope you're sitting down. Because sources in the know tell me someone is getting killed off of Veronica Mars six episodes into the new season. And who it is will rip your heart into itty-bitty pieces.
...
Let me hit something. Seriously. Because there are six major characters who it would upset me to lose other than Veronica (Duncan, Logan, Weevil, Wallace, Keith and Backup, and yes, I know that's pretty much everyone who's close to her ... sue me), and --
Though I'm tempted to name this dead man walking so you can write in letters to help save this beloved character and actor,
-- identifying it as a guy is not helping. At ALL. (Of course, if they identified it as a female whose death would upset me, then I'd be left with Alicia, Meg, or Mac, and those would require me to do something drastic. Then again, the plotbunnies that come along with Alicia dying and Keith adopting Wallace and Darrell and ... okay, I am so not allowed to write that. *whacks away a plotbunny with a broom*)
I've been promised a slow, torturous death inside a burning refrigerator if I do, for it will spoil a major upcoming plot point. Hmph.
Okay, you know, on one hand, this is a show where if someone did just suddenly get bumped off, it would make sense. And I have no doubt that if the producers intended to kill off a character, they wouldn't just throw them away if it wasn't worth it. But ... but ... ARGH. I'm sick of my favorite fandoms thinking killing off a character or characters just 'cause is okay.
So, I can only issue this plea to the Powers That Be: Please, if at all possible, do your best not to tinker with the core relationships and core identity of this show. Those of us who have followed and adored Veronica Mars from the very beginning know the trick is not in making this show "better" (it's already creative genius) or "more mainstream" (Kristen Bell is as universally likable as chocolate), but in simply getting the word out. Sure, that isn't easy, but we have mouths. We'll help!
I can't believe I'm agreeing with Kristin on this (or anything), but AMEN.
The good news? The show's publicist at UPN (who happens to be a good friend who has never steered me wrong before) insists that no final decisions have been made about Veronica's second season. Though some ideas may have been "kicked around," he assures me that there will be no drastic changes and that the integrity and identity of the show will remain intact. Of course, we can only presume that the combined genius of Rob Thomas and Joel Silver will prevail.
It had better. It's perfect just the way it is. Fucking asstards.
Can we just feed all network executives to dinosaurs? Pretty please?
According to sources close to the show, Veronica's second-season pickup came with a suggestion: that producers try to pull in a broader audience closer in demographics to its new time-slot partner on UPN, America's Next Top Model. To do so, the idea was that Veronica should get a female companion, hopefully with a "name" (rumor has it they tossed around the name Tara Reid--though I choose not to believe that)
That concept hurts my brain so much, I just ... just ... *headdesk* (Which will make it worse, of course, but still, maybe I'll luck out and get knocked unconscious and wake up in a dimension where THEY WON'T TOUCH MY GODDAMN SHOW.
and, here comes the hard part, that producers scale back two characters close to Veronica (meaning, they won't be in every episode), and write off a third.
Hope you're sitting down. Because sources in the know tell me someone is getting killed off of Veronica Mars six episodes into the new season. And who it is will rip your heart into itty-bitty pieces.
...
Let me hit something. Seriously. Because there are six major characters who it would upset me to lose other than Veronica (Duncan, Logan, Weevil, Wallace, Keith and Backup, and yes, I know that's pretty much everyone who's close to her ... sue me), and --
Though I'm tempted to name this dead man walking so you can write in letters to help save this beloved character and actor,
-- identifying it as a guy is not helping. At ALL. (Of course, if they identified it as a female whose death would upset me, then I'd be left with Alicia, Meg, or Mac, and those would require me to do something drastic. Then again, the plotbunnies that come along with Alicia dying and Keith adopting Wallace and Darrell and ... okay, I am so not allowed to write that. *whacks away a plotbunny with a broom*)
I've been promised a slow, torturous death inside a burning refrigerator if I do, for it will spoil a major upcoming plot point. Hmph.
Okay, you know, on one hand, this is a show where if someone did just suddenly get bumped off, it would make sense. And I have no doubt that if the producers intended to kill off a character, they wouldn't just throw them away if it wasn't worth it. But ... but ... ARGH. I'm sick of my favorite fandoms thinking killing off a character or characters just 'cause is okay.
So, I can only issue this plea to the Powers That Be: Please, if at all possible, do your best not to tinker with the core relationships and core identity of this show. Those of us who have followed and adored Veronica Mars from the very beginning know the trick is not in making this show "better" (it's already creative genius) or "more mainstream" (Kristen Bell is as universally likable as chocolate), but in simply getting the word out. Sure, that isn't easy, but we have mouths. We'll help!
I can't believe I'm agreeing with Kristin on this (or anything), but AMEN.
The good news? The show's publicist at UPN (who happens to be a good friend who has never steered me wrong before) insists that no final decisions have been made about Veronica's second season. Though some ideas may have been "kicked around," he assures me that there will be no drastic changes and that the integrity and identity of the show will remain intact. Of course, we can only presume that the combined genius of Rob Thomas and Joel Silver will prevail.
It had better. It's perfect just the way it is. Fucking asstards.
Can we just feed all network executives to dinosaurs? Pretty please?
