Veronica Mars is coming back again!!!

[frelling_tralk]

‘Veronica Mars’ Revival Series Near Deal At Hulu With Kristen Bell Reprising Role’

Rob Thomas’ cult favorite noir mystery drama Veronica Mars starring Kristen Bell is making another comeback, this time as an eight-episode limited series at Hulu

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[wretched]

*flails about* this is honestly the best news ever! Now Hulu just needs to put the show on there so I can watch it from the beginning ;)

[frelling_tralk]

I’m sooo happy about this, a miniseries is just what I was hoping for :D I loved the movie of course, but a movie didn’t really give them much time to spend on the mystery, whereas 8 episodes should be perfect for building up a really juicy mystery with all of the usual twists and misdirection

[nemophilist]

FUCK. YES.

[frelling_tralk]

:D :D :D So excited!!!!

[heavenly44]

I am both excited and ambivalent. I don't know how I feel about this. I think because the Gilmore Girls revival and Xfiles one were so underwhelming ones to me, I find myself wary.

[frelling_tralk]

I know a lot of people feel that way about the Gilmore Girls revival, but tbh (with the exception of the musical lol) I really loved it! I do agree about The X-Files ultimately being kind of underwhelming though :/ But even there, there were enough little moments I enjoyed that I always end up all ~glass half full~ about these revivals. I’m super into nostalgia and my old 90’s and 00’s shows I guess, and catching up with old favourites really hits my buttons.

It will be interesting to see what the response is this time though, the movie get a pretty positive response from what I remember, but I could easily see the miniseries getting a hostile reception if it doesn’t live up to what fans are hoping for. There are already so many viewers who believe that only the first season is worth watching, so it’s always been a show that’s had a mixed response to trying new mysteries and formats

[rogueslayer452]

I want to be excited, but with all these revivals/reboots and so on, and with how little I cared about the Veronica Mars reunion movie, I don't know how I feel about this. :/

[frelling_tralk]

I’m rarely here for reboots, but I must admit that I do have a fondness for revivals that bring back the original characters, so I’m really excited to catch up with Veronica and everyone four or five years on from the movie!

What was it you didn’t care for with the movie? I really enjoyed it at the time just for the reunion and the whole nostalgic feel, but in hindsight the main mystery wasn’t particularly strong. I feel like a miniseries will be better in that respect though, there will be a lot more time to spend on the actual story, plus there will be less pressure to ease new viewers into it with catch-ups

[rogueslayer452]

It was just the whole bringing back everyone they could for the sake of a reunion movie aspect, because it was more about that than an actual mystery/plot. Never mind I hate Logan/Veronica as a couple and knowing that they got back together in the movie. Yeah, nope. And I'm not looking forward to seeing that again in any kind of miniseries revival.

Don't get me wrong, it was fantastic that the reunion movie got made from the success that was the Kickstarter campaign, which I definitely think the revival trend started happening because of that. But still. Some things are better off without a revival considering that some of them don't really work (see: Gilmore Girls, X-Files, Roseanne, etc.) Perhaps I'm being too cynical, idk.

[frelling_tralk]

I know what you mean, I still love the movie, but I do think that Veronica definitely works better as a tv show. Everything was pretty rushed and low-budget as well, and there were sooo many cameos to squeeze in there as they were so mindful of pleasing the fans who had funded it, presumedly they will have a lot more time to polish things with a limited series

[bm_shipper]

I wonder how she's gonna do it. Isn't she like THE main character in "The Good Place"? But then again, it's just a 20 minute comedy, so... :)

[frelling_tralk]

They mention in the article (sorry LJ won’t let me link deadline!) that it shouldn’t be a problem with The Good Place, they can work around Kristen’s schedule. And yeah I imagine it’s a lot easier with a 13 episode comedy, as oppposed to doing 22 episodes of a drama year round, I remember Kristen saying that she only wanted to sign on for shows where she could do limited runs and get that balance with being a mother as well.