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Yeah, one thing that I've had problems with explaining to my friends is the fact that although a lot of the characters are teens and the show is partly set in a high school, this show is targeted mainly to adults. (And much like Glee, the actors playing teenage characters were all adults when this show aired; I think Kristen Bell was around 25 when the show started.) I'm going to use the Kickstarter as an excuse to bring up that conversation again.
If you haven't seen this show, watch a couple of episodes to see if you like it. This show is on my personal top five TV shows list.
And I vote that we sync the rewatch with Kristen Bell and Rob Thomas.
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I remember when it first started airing, people were raving about it, but i thought a high school detective sounded like a terrible show, then Joss Whedon called it the best show on tv, i gave it a shot and loved it.
Am i the only person who prefers season 2? The first season is great, but i must admit that i didn't really care who killed Lilly because she always came off very unlikable, combined with the presence of Duncan, i just think they fixed all those issues in the second season.
Joss Whedon liked the show so much that he actually has a cameo appearance in the second season. Stephen King also wrote an entire article raving about Veronica Mars.
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More specifically:
Rob Thomas posted:
As of right now, residents of the following countries can pledge to the Veronica Mars Kickstarter Project: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, UK.
Our first nine reward levels are open to overseas backers. Thank you so much for your patience. We're so happy to have you aboard.
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Everyone still starting the watch/rewatch tonight? Twee as gently caress's been probated so won't be able to guide us.
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They've added a $1 donation option to the Kickstarter; they're trying to become the Kickstarter with the most backers ever. You don't really get anything at the $1 level other than "exclusive backer updates" but it's something.
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Just got this email -- lots of good information and a sweepstakes:
Rob Thomas posted:
Dear Marshmallows, Backers & Believers,
Yesterday I promised you a longer update. So if you've got a few minutes, let's catch up now. I mean, really catch up. (You're looking great, by the way. Did you do something different with your hair? It's perfect.) As for me, well, it's been an exciting month. I haven't been sleeping a whole lot, but it's been worth it. Let me explain.
As a lot of you have noticed, it's been a crazy couple of weeks since we launched this thing.
When we started, we knew you were still out there, and we knew you still wanted to see Veronica return just as much as we did. What we didn't know, of course, was how (or if) that would translate into the kind of budget we needed to get the gang back together, and to make the movie we've all been dreaming about.
Turns out, we didn't have to wait long for an answer. You guys shattered just about every Kickstarter record there is (and we've still got our sights set on one more). Fastest project to $1 million. Fastest project to $2 million. Biggest film project in Kickstarter history. And now, as we go into the final week of this insane experiment, we've raised a little bit over $4.5 million (!!!), which makes it a little hard to contain ourselves. So first of all, here's the most important message I need to share with you: thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Because of the way you stepped up, we're going to make history. We're also going to make, in my humble opinion, a really great movie.
And that brings me to a second important detail I wanted to share, gang, because I thought you should be the first to know. At the end of this message, you'll find a picture I took earlier this evening. (Go ahead, scroll down and look. I'll wait.)
Welcome back. Know what this photo means?
If your guess was "Rob just finished writing his much anticipated Twilight fan fiction," then sadly, you're wrong. That's still weeks away, at least.
But it does mean that, alongside all of this Kickstarted madness, I've just finished a first draft of the movie you're helping us make! There's a lot of work left to do, but it's a movie I can't wait to make. I think it's also the movie you've been waiting to see.
I wanted to take a moment to explain something that I could have made clearer at the beginning: $2 million was our minimum goal. It would be enough to get a movie made, but it was never going to let us make the exact movie we really wanted to make, or the one we know you deserve. I've spoken to the press a lot in the past month -- turns out they've been pretty excited about this whole thing -- and one thing I've explained is that the final script will depend on how much we're able to raise. $2 million would have been enough to get us back on the screen. When we started, we didn't want to set our goal higher than that, for fear we might lose our chance to make the movie at all. But because of you, we did go higher. Way higher.
We're at $4.5 million now. That's a lot of money. But for a feature length movie, it's still a pretty conservative budget. Everything you've pledged beyond the initial $2 million gives us more options, and for that I'm eternally grateful. More backing means more locations, more sets, more actors, and most important of all, more shooting days.
The bottom line? That extra support will give us the freedom to make the best movie possible.
That additional money could mean the difference between a movie that lasts 90 minutes, and one that lasts 110. It could also mean the difference between us shooting in Southern California, where the series was shot, and in a less expensive location somewhere else.
(To be clear, I can't make guarantees yet about how long the movie will be, or exactly where we will shoot, and the last thing I want is to make a promise I can't keep. But what I can promise is this: the more we end up with, the more freedom we'll have, and the better our movie will be. That's what this is about.)
That's a long explanation, but we know we're asking a lot of you. In return, we want you to know that we're not going to take all of the additional funds and swim around in a mountain of gold coins like Scrooge McDuck. Some of the money we raise will go toward the different rewards and incentives we're offering, like t-shirts, posters, DVDs, and premiere events. Turns out, a lot of it will also go toward shipping costs to get those rewards out to you. But I promise: after those costs, every dollar we raise will go toward making this movie the best it can be.
We have one week left before the Kickstarter ends. So, what happens now?
What You Can Do: If you're even reading this, you've already made a difference. Truth is, we'd be insane to expect more of you. But if you want to do more -- and hundreds of you have sent messages telling us that you do -- there's still time to help! Here's what you can do:
Check back for announcements about new events and rewards throughout the week!
If you're friends with other fans who haven't contributed, let them know that even a $1 pledge help
Keep an eye out on Saturday, when we'll post images you can use on Twitter & Facebook to spread the word.
What We'll Do: I know I haven't been great about posting frequent updates over the last few weeks, but there's been a ton happening behind the scenes every day. We've been reading your suggestions and comments and trying to respond to them, working on more events and rewards that we plan to announce throughout the final week, and somehow amid the chaos, I also knocked out a too-long first draft of the script. (#humblebrag) But now it's down to the proverbial wire, so it's time to put all the cards on the table.
Between now and next Friday, here's what you can expect:
Daily announcements and progress updates
New rewards, plus some more chances at a few of the sold-out reward levels
More exclusive details and behind-the-scenes peeks
And while we're still hoping to make a few more spots available for fans who would like to join us at one of the premiere screenings, I'm happy to announce that we've just launched a "Thank You Fans!" sweepstakes, available on our new official Facebook page for the Veronica Mars Movie. Starting now, all Marshmallows can enter to win free tickets to one of our premieres, so go Like the page and enter now!
Plus, if everything goes according to plan, later today I'll be able to share the official t-shirt designs we've been working on for the last few weeks. I'm excited about them. I think you'll be excited about them. (You'll be excited about them.) And there'll be more announcements to follow.
So, how's that for a more detailed update? Thanks for reading this, and thanks even more for helping us go back to Neptune. We've been dreaming about this for so long, it's still hard to believe it's really happening. (It is, though. Trust me. I have the lack of sleep to prove it!)
We love you guys, and we'll work every day to deserve the faith you're putting in us.
More this afternoon,
Rob
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It appears that you are watching this episode three hours earlier than the rest of us so you might want to be careful with the spoilers until everyone has watched.
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Yeah, that's how we determined it needed to be that late. No one wants to miss Game of Thrones/The Walking Dead (last week)/Mad Men (this week).
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Meanwhile the Playstation Network Store only has season three for some reason.
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The Kickstarter just hit $5 million. As thanks, Rob Thomas just announced that all backers will have their names listed on the Veronica Mars movie website. (You can opt-out if you want.) Also, anyone who has contributed over $10 will receive a bonus reward of "exclusive, limited edition" Veronica Mars stickers.
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Wallace has officially been signed for the movie.
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Rob Thomas posted:
Dear Backers,
Remember when I said that we’d have casting news for you soon? Well, I meant it.
If all goes according to plan, we’ll have casting news every day next week. (Perhaps that would sound more impressive if we didn’t start shooting the week after.) Still, I think you’ll be happy.
And just to kick your weekend off right, here’s an exclusive announcement to get you started: despite his unconscionable love of the Los Angeles Lakers, I’m thrilled to announce that Percy Daggs III will be returning to reprise the role of Wallace Fennel.
As so many of you wrote to remind me, Wallace’s friendship with Veronica has always been one of the foundations of the show. And now that he’s officially signed, I can admit that there was never a version of the script that didn’t include him. It just wouldn’t happen.
Percy asked me to pass along a message:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-11PlBvUkc4
And then there were five: Veronica, Logan, Keith, Wallace and the waiter. (Only — spoiler alert! — he might not be a waiter anymore. We’re still figuring that part out.)
Please join me in welcoming Percy back in the comments, or tell him yourself on Twitter – his official account is @PDaggsIII.
A parting thought: this time next week, we’ll be less than 72 hours away from our first take.
Enjoy your weekends, backers.
Rob
Edit 2: They should bring Joss Whedon back to reprise his role.
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Francis Capra has put on so much weight since Veronica Mars that I didn't recognize him at first when he guest starred on a show I watch recently. I don't know how true this is but someone said he's one of the few people in the world who actually do have a thyroid problem and there's not much he could do to take the weight off.
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Ryan Hansen has been killing it on Burning Love lately. Between that and this video I think he's becoming one of my favorite actors.
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Welp, Rick ends up living through the whole "electricity is destroyed FOREVER" thing and becomes a trusted(?) member of the Monroe Militia.
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He was that sleazy porn guy.
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The Highlight of Last Week
Or: why Ryan Hansen is my favorite living human.
by Rob Thomas
Last week I was stressed about one detail on our schedule. I needed a man dressed like a gorilla for a scene in the movie. More specifically, I needed a man dressed like a gorilla to dance in the foreground of one of the shots, while Kristen and Ken Marino played a scene on a bench behind said dancing gorilla.
The problem was, unless you hire an actor who has auditioned (as opposed to using an extra), you never know what you're going to get. I was afraid we'd end up with someone who had no dancing ability — or, more importantly, no willingness to go for it, to really cut loose and dance.
Where to get a dancer? Where to get a dancer?
It was at this point that I thought of Ryan Hansen. He'd just wrapped his last scene of the movie a few hours earlier, and he committed the cardinal sin of hanging out on set afterwards.
I can't begin to tell you how short the list is of actors I've worked with who I'd feel okay walking up to after they've wrapped, and saying, Hey, I know you’re not working tomorrow, but do you mind coming in, dressing in a heavy, old, smelly gorilla costume, and dancing in a scene as glorified background?
Come to think of it, Ryan may be the only person on that list.
And naturally, he agreed to do it, because he's a better person than you or I or anyone we know. After he agreed, I went back and sat in my director's chair. I thought about it for a little longer, and I had another idea.
Well, what if we don't tell the other actors that it's Ryan in that gorilla costume? And what if, during the second or third take, I just come storming onto the set from my chair and just start screaming at the gorilla for upstaging our actors, throwing an absolute tantrum?
Naturally, Ryan was game for this as well.
The next day, we put the plan in motion. Ryan was dancing with abandon in the gorilla suit. After the first take, I barked that "the monkey needed to tone it down a bit." After the next take, without yelling cut, I came out from behind the monitors with a full head of steam. I started yelling, The movie is called VERONICA MARS! Not MAN IN MONKEY SUIT!
Kristen and Ken stared at me wide-eyed. I'm not really a tantrum thrower. The 30-some Kickstarter extras who were working as extras thought I had lost my mind.
It was at this point that Ryan sheepishly took off his gorilla mask and told me he'd try to do better. Laughter and relief all the way around.
Then I made Ryan put the mask back on and do six more dancing takes. Which he did, without complaint.
So here's today’s bit of insider knowledge: when you see the movie, that's Ryan Hansen in the gorilla suit, doing us a solid. And no promises, but I suspect my screaming tantrum might make the DVD bloopers reel.
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FYI I'm still watching every Sunday; I don't post during that time because I'm a terrible multitasker.
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Now if they can just get Joss Whedon back...
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Hey man, if they have to stretch the movie to four or five hours to fit everyone in, that's just fine with me.
And it probably wouldn't be too hard to talk Stephen King into a cameo.
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Sweet. So I donated money for this and not only will I not be able to see it in a theater but I won't be able to watch the digital copy I was promised because they didn't think to tell anyone it would be heavily DRMed and I don't watch movies on tablets. I'm starting to feel a bit ripped off.
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I should have realized that something about this whole ordeal was shady when the t-shirt they sent me was so cheap and thin that it's actually see-through.
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Holy gently caress. Did you get a loving Veronica Mars movie out of this or what? You've got be delusional if you expected more for your additional money, other than a greater chance the movie would get made.
Don't get all indignant at me. I was told I would receive a thing for my money and now have been told that I won't. I have the right to be upset about that. The fact is, no, apparently I'm not getting a loving Veronica Mars movie out of this. I wouldn't have cared about the download if they had, you know, put the drat movie in a theater that isn't a five hour drive from here. The download was going to be my only way of watching and now I can't watch it at all. I sure as hell wouldn't have donated if I knew that was going to happen.
There's no delusion when I was specifically told that I would receive certain things for my money.
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) last week. That's when we all watched.
