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Thursday 13 April 2006, by mirandajane : Well put. I agree commpletely. The characters on "Veronica Mars" live on this shiny superficial surface. Soulless materialistic people in a soulless materialistic setting. Because the show has been praised so highly by people whom I respect, I watch it week after week, expecting to see some hint of depth—but I never do. The "Veronica Mars" characters seem to live in a world without dreams or mystery or imagination.Friday 14 April 2006, by V-Meezy Fan : I’m right with you...."V-Mars" has a long way to go before we can say "Veronica Mars: the new Buffy." However, lets not get too down on Veronica just yet. When’s the last time you checked out season 1 and 2 of Buffers on DVD? Let’s just say Buffy and the Scoobies aren’t overly worldly in the first two seasons. Aren’t we just expecting too much out of "V-Mars" in the post-Buffy era? I think so. If we compare the first season of Veronica Mars to the first season of Buffy, I would argue that "Veronica Mars" is ahead of the competition. That being said, we are approaching the end of season two of "V-mizzle" and I don’t see any Buffy-kills-Angel moment in the near future. But lets give it time people, its only season two.Friday 14 April 2006, by wittyname : If you haven’t rented the first season yet, you should. That higher purpose is felt more in that first season with Veronica needing to find out who murdered her best friend. By the way the show has officially moved to Tuesday nights now. Friday 14 April 2006, by Harrison Scott : Why do people with obviously no time on their hands write meaningless blogs about 2 shows that ARE NOT THE SAME!!!!!! It is irrelevant what happened on Buffy - because it was not created by the same people. If you don’t like it, don’t watch - but don’t try to ruin it for the rest of the viewing audience who finds the show well-written and spot-on. And BTW, Buffy was a show about vampires - V.Mars is NOT ABOUT VAMPIRES - how come you didn’t include that in your analysis. Why do "so-called" fans always feel the need to tear down every good show b/c it does not meet up to their ridiculously unrealistic standards? How can any show measure up to the constant criticism??? V.Mars is well-written, well-acted, well-directed, and I LOVE IT! If you don’t like it, please spare us - b/c you have NOTHING BETTER TO DO WITH YOUR LIFE!!!!!!!!!11Sunday 16 April 2006, by Anonymous : u got to be freakin’ kiddin’ me, right? Buffy (and cast) is a lot deeper than Veronica Mars, et al. So let me get this straight... killin’ vampires is deep but dealing with real teenage issues (ie. racism, segregation (rich vs. poor kids), gays, suicide, broken families, peer pressure, etc, etc,) is NOT. Let me guess who wrote this article... probably someone who has absolutely no friends and consider staying home with their computer in a dark room is their idea of a good time. Get out once in awhile and maybe you will realize Veronica Mars is as real and as deep as it can get when it comes to TV shows nowadays. Oh and by the way... when you talk about those rich kids character on the show, who are not "deep" and have no ethics or morals... consider this... there are rich prick kids out there who are not deep, have absolutely no personality and really are as shallow as you can get. Ever hear of Paris Hilton... you really think she cares about world hunger, aids epidemic... no i don’t think so. She has "deeper" things to worry about, like making sure her shoes match her car. So in conclusion... you are talking out of your ass... give specific examples next time and maybe you’ll be able to make 1 decent point.Sunday 16 April 2006, by Anonymous : I think you mistake genres. VM while set in a High School is vastly different from Buffy (it’s better mostly) in that it does not back off about social commentary based on it’s genre. VM is "Hard Boiled Detective Story" (yes, JUST like Brick) set in a High School. Veronica might as well be Jim Rockford or Phillip Marlowe. So yeah the bad boys exhibit no moral growth because that’s what they are. Rich bad boys who are jerks. They have to be in order for the story to work. Raymond Chandler wrote that the essence of the Hard Boiled Detective Story is a hard but good man who undertakes a journey to figure out who-dunnit and put the wrong to rights. As part of this journey he moves all over the city, meeting the rich folks and middle class folks and the criminal element. Making social commentary about the kind of society that exists to produce both the crime and the solution. And it’s this journey itself and city as character that’s the important one, while the solution to the crime is secondary. Veronica is exactly about this kind of journey. Buffy was (particularly at the end) a bunch of good stuff mixed with utter clap-trap; the vampires themselves destroyed the show because IMHO audiences could only accept them if they put aside fundamental notions of right and wrong which most people cannot do much less want to. Buffy and Spike are Exhibit A in this falling-apart narrative. Buffy early on was more about personal growth in a fantasy setting. Social commentary was almost non-existent, with a High School setting without a High School, and all the cliques and Lord of the Flies social dynamic that exists when authority abdicates. Buffy in the end resembled both the Vampires she used to fight (and ended up mostly screwing) and the tormenters that everyone not a HS superstar remembers. Buffy was all about being superior to everyone else. Unlike Buffy, Veronica really is a High School student who struggles with getting into a good College, figuring out paying for it, the rivalry with the Upper Class snots, and so forth. Overall it’s a better show because the HBDS is a more robust and uniquely American genre, and Veronica is more "real" since her HS resembles most people’s. As opposed to Buffy who ended up a cold and nasty individual. Thursday 27 April 2006, by Chuck : I think the main difference is that Buffy sucked and Mars doesn’t.Sunday 14 May 2006, by Angelica : Buffy was NOT just "a show about vampires"! Those of you who are saying VM is more realistic because it deals with gays, suicide, broken families, etc... "Buffy" dealt with ALL of that! The whole premise of Buffy was a girl dealing with regular teenage problems, who happens to slay demons too.Monday 15 May 2006, by Anonymous : VM is not that great - that’s why it’ll prob be cancelled in the near future...These comments are an anwser to this article : "Veronica Mars" : It’s No "Buffy" - At Least Not Yet
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