Im terrified of starting the new season of Veronica Mars. Ive been spoiled as to how it ends. My heart isnt ready. Ive loved this show for like 15 years now. Ive loved that character for like 15 YEARS now. I’m not ready.
I see that theres all of these new dramas that came out while Ive been drifting around and to that I say…meh. I’m thinking of rewatching INAR or Gentlemans Dignity. Maybe an ep of VM and then an ep of INAR.
Are there any kdramas that I am absolutely missing out on right now?

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    Veronica Mars is great until the last 20 minutes or so. Watch it and pretend the ending didn’t happen.

    I’m currently obsessed with Go Go Squid. It’s the cute I needed.

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      You said that the other day. I’ll give it a go. I gave up on My Husband Doesnt Fit. It goes down a cheater path and I just cannot find amusement and enjoyment in cheating.

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      IM SCARED. IM SCARED I LOVE THEM SO MUCH. ROB THOMAS NEEDS TO BE PUNCHED IN THE THROAT. Have you read the reason WHY he decided this was the right move?

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        I’ve avoided reading anything about it because I’m so disgusted with what they did. Rob Thomas can go to hell, and there is literally no reason that will ever justify what he has done. He is dead to me.

        And it was so good, and I was enjoying it so much. If it had been crap from the outset, I probably wouldn’t be so stinking mad.

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          He said that because traditionally in noir there’s always the possibility of sex/romance and you can’t have that with a happily married woman. And after envisioning myself punch him right in the left eye it made me think of the move–or maybe the book, maybe? How Veronica and Leo were EXTRAORDINARILY flirty during their one scene together. I remember reading/watching it (whichever) and sideyeing Veronica hard. Like—aren’t you supposed to be in a happily committed relationship?

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            so, basically Rob Thomas is too lazy to creatively write in a way that breaks with noir norms. Typical man can only imagine a one dimensional arc for female characters.

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            It has been a very long time since I’ve watched them so maybe not as good as I remember and maybe not as noir as Rob would like, but maybe he could of taken some inspiration from the Thin Man movies.

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            I read the quote where he said he wanted to write a badass P.I. on the road solving mysteries and the badass P.I. couldn’t have a boyfriend. That really pissed me off because (1) There’s such a thing as a break up and there were plenty of reasons for one (2) I’m really not interested in VM with new characters in new locales and (3) The actual mysteries are probably the weakest part of the show.

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          This has been the basic response to that horrible decision and stupid comment. And JD in his interview was just like…I get what Rob is trying to do and I support it and this needed to happen for the show to live.
          JD, my dude. B motherchucking S.
          Its like they are trying to justify the 15 years of love and interest. And this was the opposite way to go about doing it. Im going to watch it tonight. And cry myself to sleep.

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    Unpopular opinion: I binged it last week…and I was OK with the ending?

    I was a fan of the couple, but to me it works with the overall theme of the show and how it deals with trauma and loss. It didn’t feel cheap or a cop out to me because in some ways you kind of see it coming? I did, anyway. But I’ve also been rewatching season 1 and Logan is a trash person until they rehab him and he becomes a love interest. And I know that they discuss it and that it doesn’t just retroactively get rewritten in later seasons (props to the show for that), but he’s just the kind of guy I’d tell any 17-year-old to stay away from.

    I like the maturity of the relationship this season, and the way V dealt with her commitment issues, but the ending felt apt to me. It sucked, but it worked. It also forced V to move forward in a way I don’t think she would’ve otherwise – her MO re: emotions has always been one step forward, two steps back. I think Rob Thomas could’ve written their life together, but I also think that it would mean having to lose a lot of the darkness that makes the show work as noir – and I watch more for that than for the love story. Something needed to force V to move on from Neptune for now. But more than that, this also was the thing that made her finally reflect on herself, and that was key to the season’s themes, I think. She spends so much time being a critic of everyone else, but fails to actually look at herself in the mirror.

    Anyway, that’s my two cents. I know a lot of people disagree with me, and I get where they’re coming from. But I can’t be mad at it, especially not if it leads to stronger storytelling in the future. The only character I can’t stand to lose is Papa Mars. I’d legit rage if that happened.

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