Watch the Veronica Mars season 3 premiere!

[newnumber6]

I've seen a lot of these links posted around, but this one's allegedly legal (sadly, link doesn't work in Canada, but you can still use the other link that was floating around like I did - if you want a link, comment).

http://tv.msn.com/tv/tvbuzz

You can watch the 3rd season premiere there, through MSN. I suppose it doesn't have the thrill of doing it illicitly, though.

Anyway, my not-spoilery-at-all-really thoughts behind the cut.

I thought it was pretty good, overall. There was some obvious effort to make it appeal to new viewers, so to most of us it almost feels like 'just another episode', but I still liked it more than the S2 opener (though S2 did have a better 1st episode ending). I was kinda hoping for more things like flashbacks.

The new characters are okay so far but haven't had a chance to grow on me yet, but they actually made me feel for Dick a little for the first time.

Oh, and they changed the credits and song slightly (song's still the same, but a new rendition of it)! Frak! I liked the old credit scheme much more, and the old song slightly more. I just don't groove to it quite the same way.


Oh, and weirdness... just after watching the VM premiere this morning? I watched the Deadwood eps I recorded last night. Said eps? Featured Kristin Bell as a guest star. It was a bit weird to see her. I kept expecting her to uncover all the mysteries for everyone. And hey, for a while there all I had to do was add some imaginary starships to have a fandom trifecta!

Edit: Oh, and Heroes was on last night, so since I'm doing a TV post, I'd better post about it too.

I liked it, on the whole. Sure, it was corny and too expositiony at times, but I still liked it and am certainly going to stick with it. And the introduction of cheerleader girl - even though I saw it online in a preview, I still think its one of my favorite introductions of a superheroish character ever. It reruns tonight apparently, so check it out if you haven't yet.

Comments

[citibyrd.livejournal.com]

I liked the VM premiere, too, but it did certainly have that "let's hook everybody in with an easy, explain-the-premise episode" feel to it.
And I was really happy to see this other side of Dick. It makes him more three dimensional.

[donna-c-punk.livejournal.com]

I'll probably keep watching Heroes. I'm not ga-ga goo goo over it like a majority of my Friends List, but I don't watch much TV as it is. So what the hell?

[soleta-nf.livejournal.com]

Was Heroes good enough for me too seek out? I didn't watch it on TV this week.

[newnumber6.livejournal.com]

Well, I always feel a little wary about judging if other people'd like something, especially this early on. As I said, it was a little rough in spots, but I enjoyed it and think it's at least worth a look. In some ways it seems LOST like in terms of approach to cast (large, multi-ethnic cast), and of course it's the 'superheroes in a realistic world' genre so it's an automatic seekout for me.

But it doesn't take a whole lot of seeking out - you can watch the first episode online here, if you want, and judge for yourself: http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/

[soleta-nf.livejournal.com]

Cool, thank you for the link! The superhero subject definitely intrigues me, so it probably is something I would enjoy.