I happened to catch an episode of "Veronica Mars" tonight, and I have to admit that it wasn't too bad. Actually, De recommended the show to me quite a while ago, but I never got around to watching it -- namely because I was never sure when it was on and, because it's a UPN show, I never bothered to check. But tonight, as I happened to be fixing some dinner and had decided to eat it in front of the television -- and because the standup act on Comedy Central (I tend to watch whatever's on CC on these nights, since "Ed, Edd, 'n' Eddy" is usually on Cartoon Network at the time and I fucking hate that show) had irritated me so greatly that I didn't want to see what followed, I ended up looking through the TV listings to see what else I could watch. And voila, the legendary "Veronica Mars" was coming on! So I watched. And, like I said, not bad!
One thing bothered me, though -- while the show itself bears very few similarities to my beloved "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", for some reason I couldn't ignore how much Kristen Bell's Veronica Mars looks like Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy. The thing is, she doesn't even look all that much like her! But somehow the clothes she wears, the poses she strikes, the expression on her face -- I kept thinking, "Dude, that is so Buffy." If a young Alyson Hannigan guest starred on the show and I wasn't paying too much attention, you could probably trick me into thinking that I was watching an episode of "Buffy" for a few minutes. And it bothers me because I think the apparent similarity is more/less intentional.
Also, how did I not know that George A. Romero's got a new zombie movie -- Land of the Dead -- due out next week?!?!? I'm ashamed for not knowing about this. I mean, ZOMBIES! Romero zombies! I should know these things! For once in I can't remember how long, I'm actually experiencing feeling of excitement about the prospect of viewing a new release in the theater! Even Batman Begins didn't get a rise out of me.
Man, this entry sure has a lot of IMDb links in it.
Oh, and sorry about the lack of Scary-Crayon updates this week! I've been a little busy with a new project of mine. Hopefully I'll get SC updated tomorrow night. Hopefully. Okay? Ja!