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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.63,0:00:05.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A long time ago, we used to be friends but I-
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.37,0:00:09.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love Veronica Mars! I think it's an absolutely brilliant show. It only had a short run of
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.51,0:00:13.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,three seasons and only two of which were actually watchable.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.57,0:00:17.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The third season has sort of been written off as a fluke, there was a lot of problems
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.82,0:00:20.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with it but I'll save that for another video.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.19,0:00:25.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That said, you should go out immediately and BitTorrent, pirate, rent, buy whatever you
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.73,0:00:28.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have to do to watch Veronica Mars because it will totally be worth it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.63,0:00:34.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a show about a teenage detective. She actually learned the tricks of the trade from
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.57,0:00:38.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her father who's a private detective and she often solves mysteries at school.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.97,0:00:42.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She even solves crimes that the local sheriff's department is unable to solve.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.74,0:00:46.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The show is actually really funny, it's got great wit, great humour and I would actually
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.95,0:00:52.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,compare it to Joss Whedon's writing in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and maybe even say
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.65,0:00:56.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a little bit better? Joss Whedon did a cameo during season two because
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.96,0:00:58.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he thought the show was so good.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.46,0:01:01.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so did Courtney from the Dandy Warhols and Kevin Smith.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.18,0:01:04.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the things that immediately drew me into the show is how technologically savvy
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.66,0:01:08.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Veronica Mars is. It's a pretty rare representation to have young women shown
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.50,0:01:11.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as super knowledgeable about all sorts of different technologies.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.47,0:01:15.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you see her often using computers and having a really good understanding of how
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.94,0:01:21.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they work. She is also an excellent photographer, printers, scanners all that sort
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.08,0:01:26.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of stuff. She also has a lot of different spy gadgets, so she can take apart an ipod
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.75,0:01:30.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and put in a hidden camera that will take a photo every five seconds for example.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.32,0:01:34.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or track people through GPS or put recording devices in cars.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.63,0:01:37.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's also another teenage woman at Veronica's school named Mac who's
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.66,0:01:42.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also super tech savvy. Veronica met up with her because she needed some help with
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.24,0:01:46.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the computer systems at school and Mac knew everything about them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.21,0:01:51.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So throughout the television series she is constantly going to Mac asking her for help
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.11,0:01:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in how to break into wifi networks and how to create websites and how to hack into
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.78,0:01:59.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different things and they work together as a pair on various projects.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.65,0:02:04.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Very little violence is used on the show to solve problems but it's not a world
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.26,0:02:06.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without violence. So it kind of comes in two forms on the show.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.49,0:02:11.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first is really awkward and clumsy. So you'll have two teenage boys beating each
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.100,0:02:15.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other up and throwing punches and kind of missing but it's not like they are trained
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.34,0:02:17.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in martial arts, it's just really awkward.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.70,0:02:23.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second way shows how horrific and egregious violence actually is.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.34,0:02:25.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It makes your stomach kind of turn as you're watching the show.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.98,0:02:31.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that these characteristics and representations of violence on Veronica Mars
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.05,0:02:37.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really helps to show us how violence is used on other shows to solve problems how easy it is to write
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.52,0:02:44.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,violence as a solution as opposed to coming up with really creative ways to deal with
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.16,0:02:45.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.84,0:02:50.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well she's giving a statement at the Sheriff's department tomorrow. I'll drop by see
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.14,0:02:52.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if she's up for a chat." "Well I'll go with you."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.10,0:02:57.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Actually, despite popular opinion, you really can't beat the truth out someone."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.46,0:03:01.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead of using violence Veronica gets really creative and clever with the way that she
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.56,0:03:05.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,solves her cases. At the resolution of each show the viewer is left with this sense of
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.75,0:03:13.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,poetic justice. An example of this poetic justice is, when Veronica gets back at her
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.03,0:03:17.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,boyfriend, Troy who she finds out later on was sort of scamming her the whole time.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.70,0:03:20.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Troy what's with this girl calling me? You gave her my number?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.87,0:03:28.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Whoa, whoa what girl?" "Some girl named Veronica" "You didn't tell her you'd be seeing
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.18,0:03:31.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,me did you?" "She caught me off guard, what was I supposed--"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.83,0:03:42.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Sorry we didn't get a chance to say good bye, just wanted to wish you good luck
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.46,0:03:45.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at your new school and leave you something to remember me by.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.49,0:03:49.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It took me awhile to figure out where you stashed the steroids but there was only one
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.36,0:03:53.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,place you were alone right? In case you were wondering the former contents of the
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.23,0:03:56.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,package are somewhere between my toilet and the pacific ocean.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.54,0:03:59.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Say hi to Shauna for me, she sounds like a keeper." "Dammit"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.44,0:04:03.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The show is of course not without it's faults. It has some problematic portrayals of
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.91,0:04:08.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,racism and classism but it does actually acknowledge those things and talks
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.45,0:04:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about them throughout the show. This is in comparison to most mainstream television
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.22,0:04:16.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shows that don't really acknowledge that racism or classism exists.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.76,0:04:22.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that even though it talks about it in a sort of problematic way,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.76,0:04:28.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just having that on our television screens I think is a step towards making our TV
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.90,0:04:32.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,programs more anti-racism, more anti-classist.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.61,0:04:37.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I first started watching the show we were introduced to the local Latino
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.24,0:04:41.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,biker gang and I was really fearful that the writers were going to feed into the very
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.01,0:04:48.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,racist stereotypes, which they kind of did, but the writers also took the main leader of
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.62,0:04:53.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the gang and sort of humanized him. Really showed a bit of his backstory, and made the
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.13,0:04:56.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,audience sympathetic and created a very complex character.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.86,0:05:03.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are also other moments in the show where the writers gave us very subtle and
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.20,0:05:08.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,interesting and also humourous ways of exposing racism that you don't
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.44,0:05:12.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,often think about. And you almost never see that on TV.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.33,0:05:15.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We're going to have to start searching the lockers. Immediately."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.52,0:05:21.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You wanna save yourself some time start with hers. We all saw her lurking around."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.42,0:05:24.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Lurking? Uh, you mean standing while black?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.66,0:05:28.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sexual violence is a reoccuring theme throughout all three season of the show.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.56,0:05:34.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that for the most part the writers did a really, really terrible job of dealing with
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.77,0:05:40.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rape and abuse and because of that I'm going to dedicate a whole other videoblog to
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.01,0:05:46.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it because I think that really needs to be exposed just how important it is to deal with
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.25,0:05:48.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sexual violence in a healthy manner on television.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.98,0:05:52.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Overall I really, really like the show I would highly recommend season one and two.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.49,0:05:58.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that there's a lot of really great things about it as far as the complexity
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.69,0:06:02.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of characters, it's entertaining and witty, it's really fun to watch.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.20,0:06:06.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Veronica's relationship with her father is totally worth watching because they are
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.53,0:06:11.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really funny but it's also this mutual love and respect they have for one another
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.60,0:06:16.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's a lot of really progressive values that the show offers and I think that
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.74,0:06:19.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's fairly rare to see on TV.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.03,0:06:24.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That said I'm going to leave you with this clip that I think is wonderfully subtle.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.88,0:06:26.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Wow, that's some cake."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.55,0:06:27.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Isn't it though?"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.68,0:06:35.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I love it. Ever notice how everything you make just tends to lean a little to the left?"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.86,0:06:37.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I do that on purpose."