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New show premiering tonight at 9 on the CW. Everyone from the AV Club to Sepinwall is comparing this to Veronica Mars, which is no small surprise since it's from Rob Thomas and Diane Ruggiero-Wright.AVClub posted:“Life’s short, and then you die.” Alan Sepinwall posted:Because it’s you and Diane, telling the story a small blonde heroine who narrates her adventures, there’s gonna be this assumption of, “Oh, it’s Veronica Mars becomes a zombie.” Are you concerned about that at all, or do you feel like because it’s the two of you writing, those people will be satisfied when they come to it? I've gone from totally uninterested to majorly hyped over the past few days. ANyone else?
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I've been impressed with a lot of material on the CW lately, so I'm going to give it a shot. Looks like fun.
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Mar 18, 2015 02:03
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The co-worker guy is funny.
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Mar 18, 2015 02:11
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Oh, I get it. Liv Moore, "live more." Nyuk nyuk. I'm glad that they didn't just leave the jane doe having Lady Gaga's name there, I was wondering how long it would take them to come back around to that one.
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Mar 18, 2015 02:27
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The taking on of traits of her meals thing is interesting. I wonder how long it lasts? E: "Maybe he was celebrating drunk cowboy style?" mastajake fucked around with this message at 02:59 on Mar 18, 2015 |
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Mar 18, 2015 02:52
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That was fun and had promise.
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Mar 18, 2015 03:07
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Yeah, I think I'll give this a DVR spot, even though I still hate the name. Hope it keeps up.
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Mar 18, 2015 03:14
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I enjoyed that quite a bit. Hope it did OK. Flash leadin can't hurt.
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Mar 18, 2015 03:55
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Soothing Vapors posted:I enjoyed that quite a bit. Hope it did OK. Flash leadin can't hurt. Only reason I saw it because I was still in shock.
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Mar 18, 2015 04:04
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The show is good. Can't wait to see where it goes. Read the comics when they came out. Kinda strange seeing a Mike Allred property on TV.
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Mar 18, 2015 04:22
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Really, really great start. Rose McIver is a great lead, and the side characters own pretty hard too. Loving black Billy Crystal as the cop and can't wait to see how their arc goes together. I never read the comics, but apparently this doesn't stick too close to them aside from the general premise. I've heard good things, though, and might pick up a couple trades now. Really looking forward to seeing more of this show!
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Mar 18, 2015 04:43
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Didn't feel it at all. Seemed just so meh. I'll give it a few more eps if only because of the showrunner.
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Mar 18, 2015 04:52
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The only thing I liked about the comics was the art and the concept. I do like this show though and I wasn't a Veronica Mars fan at all.
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Mar 18, 2015 05:03
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Rose McIver does a fantastic job and the series really comes off as an interesting and unique take on the "special powers to solve crimes". I can see the constant references to it being Veronica Mars-like but I'm worried the whole "I'm a zombie and no one can know" might start to drag down the show. Usually the special power has to be revealed to the main ally (the cop) after too long or it just gets tedious.
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Mar 18, 2015 05:13
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The comics are fun in the crazy Allred way but they go very big into supernatural stuff which I think this show is staying away from.
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Mar 18, 2015 05:13
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I never watched much Veronica Mars, but so far this seems more Dead Like Me. I was entertained.
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Mar 18, 2015 05:27
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Slamhound posted:I never watched much Veronica Mars, but so far this seems more Dead Like Me. I was entertained. I had no interest in this show til I read this thread and this post just squared it to a great big number.
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Mar 18, 2015 05:28
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Loved everything about this, including the main chicks Veronica Mars narrating voice.
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Mar 18, 2015 06:36
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A Rob Thomas show about a sarcastic V.O. girl detective. Of course I will watch every episode.
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Mar 18, 2015 07:22
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mostly shocked that they had Aly Michalka as the non-blonde best friend. (R.I.P. HELLCATS)
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Mar 18, 2015 07:56
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It was a weird episode in that it seemed like I had missed the backdoor miniseries or something given just how quickly they flew though the premise. That's not a bad thing mind, I think we're all well and truly sick of origin stories so it makes sense to skip to the meat. I don't know that the meat is all that appealing at this stage though, the procedural stuff wasn't remarkably inventive aside from the brain eating and the mythos is pretty rough. Ill give it an episode or two more, but it might be one I just keep an ear out for to see if it gets really good.
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Mar 18, 2015 08:06
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Dead Snoopy posted:mostly shocked that they had Aly Michalka as the non-blonde best friend. This guy gets it. 
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Mar 18, 2015 08:08
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Viginti posted:It was a weird episode in that it seemed like I had missed the backdoor miniseries or something given just how quickly they flew though the premise. That's not a bad thing mind, I think we're all well and truly sick of origin stories so it makes sense to skip to the meat. I don't know that the meat is all that appealing at this stage though, the procedural stuff wasn't remarkably inventive aside from the brain eating and the mythos is pretty rough. Ill give it an episode or two more, but it might be one I just keep an ear out for to see if it gets really good. The CW's showrunners seem to be all about putting the hammer down these days. The Flash episode we got tonight would have been a second season finale on any other network, and Arrow's become famous for ripping through drama arcs that other shows would drag on for months in like three episodes tops. I'm all for slow burns, but it's kind of refreshing when the shows just get right the hell on with it. And yeah, seconding the opinion that this show exists smack dab on the Veronica Mars to Dead Like Me axis of the TV spectrum. Whether it's going to settle down and become that good remains to be seen, but it's definitely got aspirations in that general direction. kazmeyer fucked around with this message at 08:58 on Mar 18, 2015 |
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Mar 18, 2015 08:56
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kazmeyer posted:The CW's showrunners seem to be all about putting the hammer down these days. The Flash episode we got tonight would have been a second season finale on any other network, and Arrow's become famous for ripping through drama arcs that other shows would drag on for months in like three episodes tops. I'm all for slow burns, but it's kind of refreshing when the shows just get right the hell on with it.
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Mar 18, 2015 09:15
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Enjoyed it, a little Tru Calling-esq.
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Mar 18, 2015 10:45
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I have seen a single episode of Dead Like Me and i hated it, on the other hand Veronica Mars is one of my favourite shows of all time, and i am happy that it leans much more towards Veronica Mars. Really enjoyed this first episode.
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Mar 18, 2015 13:03
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CW is fast. The coroner guy wouldn't have known she was a zombie forever. He knew in 5 minutes here.
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Mar 18, 2015 13:15
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I hope that dream at the end doesn't mean that zombies (other than the protagonist) are going to play a major role in the ongoing story. Other than that, looks good.
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Mar 18, 2015 15:20
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Tiggum posted:I hope that dream at the end doesn't mean that zombies (other than the protagonist) are going to play a major role in the ongoing story. Other than that, looks good. I'm willing to bet a kidney that's the villain for the first story arc, possibly the first season.
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Mar 18, 2015 16:54
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Tiggum posted:I hope that dream at the end doesn't mean that zombies (other than the protagonist) are going to play a major role in the ongoing story. Other than that, looks good. That's absolutely what it means. You don't hire David Anders for a 10 second cameo
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Mar 18, 2015 16:59
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http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/izombies-anders-talks-chowing-down-on-brains-as-the-evil-blaine
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Mar 18, 2015 18:07
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qbert posted:A Rob Thomas show about a sarcastic V.O. girl detective. Of course I will watch every episode. I enjoyed the pilot a lot. I'm also watching Veronica Mars for the first time. I really enjoyed the first two seasons, but the third has not been going well for me. Seems like something was lost between two and three. But I don't really know what.
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Mar 18, 2015 18:20
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Speaking of David Anders and Zombies... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TkT_LBYWrs
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Mar 18, 2015 18:35
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I never heard of this show until I saw the Pilot on Hulu today and it's really good! It reminds me of Warm Bodies, which I liked more than most people I think.
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Mar 18, 2015 18:47
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TVBTN posted:On the CW, The Flash garnered a 1.2 adults 18-49 rating, down 20 percent from a 1.5 for its most recent original episode. The series premiere of iZombie notched a 0.9 adults 18-49 rating, even with the series premiere of The 100. 0.9 is high for the CW, it probably won't maintain those numbers but if stays above 0.5 it'll be around for a while.
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Mar 18, 2015 19:00
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pentyne posted:Rose McIver does a fantastic job and the series really comes off as an interesting and unique take on the "special powers to solve crimes". I can see the constant references to it being Veronica Mars-like but I'm worried the whole "I'm a zombie and no one can know" might start to drag down the show. Usually the special power has to be revealed to the main ally (the cop) after too long or it just gets tedious. It pretty much has to come up sooner than later, considering Liv's vision of the guy who turned her running wild. Did we ever see the rival girl who invited her to the party again after she was zombified and climbing the sail of the boat? I'm sure there were more than a few people who went full zombie that weren't accounted for, which will likely be a future plot thread.
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Mar 18, 2015 19:16
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egon_beeblebrox posted:I enjoyed the pilot a lot. What was lost was a lot more obvious when it was airing, between season 2 and 3 is when WB changed over to CW and they made a sharp turn into Angsty Teen Drama territory as a network. For Veronica Mars this manifested in the form of a (long-defunct) network fan site that actively encouraged shipping and segments during commercial break featuring the "Aerie Girls", who were a bunch of teenage girls fawning over the male characters and chatting about the show like it was a soap opera, to match the amount of relationship bullshit that sandbagged the show in season 3. It was just overall a really bad season until the last 2-3 episodes when everyone winds up back in Neptune and the show tries a bit to recapture its former glory, but doesn't have enough time left to develop things and just leaves a bunch of things hanging.
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Mar 18, 2015 19:21
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I had repressed the memory of the Aerie Girls until just now, you son of a bitch. I think they shoehorned them into the Gilmore Girls too. It was the worst.
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Mar 18, 2015 19:25
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Apart from Piz season 3 was still really good, it just wasn't as good as the previous seasons, and the changes they had to make to satisfy the network meant we actually got a third season.
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Yep, this is a good show.
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