Yeah I sorta tuned out with the way the rape was treated as well, I found the treatment to be pretty insensitive. Also, and I gotta be honest here, if I'm gonna watch a show like this, I need there to be better looking women. I may as well watch "Charmed". My daughter follows Veronica Mars pretty closely and loves it.
I'm about to confirm a rumour that's been going around a bit, but speaking of better looking women on TV, Nona Gaye is replacing Courtney Vance on Law & Order: CI. http://www.nbc.com/Law_&_Order:_Criminal_Intent/bios/Nona_Gaye.shtml Now THAT I can watch. On Jul 18, 2006, at 7:19 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are you talking about Veronica having been assaulted back when she was still popular? That was revisited in flashbacks throughout the show. Some dudes got her loopy on a spiked drink, right? I don't know if that was necessarily frivolous, as it's a real problem for women, especially young women in the dating/partying scene. They did address it throughout the show, and tried to show how it had scarred Veronica. But Veronica didn't want to tell her dad because she was afraid he'd kill the young police officer who'd taken his place, who completely ignored Veronica the night she tried to report the assault. So I guess I thought it was an attempt to deal with a very real problem young people face. I hear what you say though: there are many cases where this kind of stuff is played just for effect, and I will say the show when Veronica discovered who'd abused her was a little hard to watch. -------------- Original message -------------- From: "ravenadal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> My fourteen year-old daughter is a big fan of this show but I never cottoned to it. For me, the deal breaker with any series is when the heroine is raped for dramatic effect and proceeds as if nothing - or nothing much happened. ~(no) rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "g123curious" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I used to watch it on TV as it aired. I watched the entire first and > part of the second season. > > Yes, there are waaaaaay too many commercials. Second, I felt that > the show was unrealistic for the teenage girl/lead character to do > all of the sophisticated investigations and snooping which she does. > Plus, she no longer looks like a teen. > > Third, this show suffers from the 'Lost in Space' syndrome. If she > solves the key puzzle... who killed her friend... the series ends. > So, the series started to get boring to me as it never really wraps > up anything... or when they wrap up one things, something ludicrous > unravels... kinda like "Lost" or "Desparate Housewives." > > Fourth, I don't care for the way the father is portrayed. He is > rather neutered. > > George > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Bosco Bosco <ironpigs3@> wrote: > > > > Does anyone out there watch VM? I've recently discovered it. I > > liked the first season. DVD takes away all my TV hate by > > eliminating commercials!!!!!!!!!!! > > > > I'm asking because I've seen it mentioned on some other Sci Fi > > related websites and mags but for the life of me, can't figure out > > why? It's a mystery show but I can't see any sci-fi connection. Am > > I missing something? > > > > Bosco > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/XISQkA/lOaOAA/yQLSAA/LRMolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
