Remedy. It’s the Family You Choose That Matters Most.

remedy_s2_mainelementI always knew I would watch Remedy. I didn’t know I would love it.

With the epidemic of hyperbole filling every last gap of the internet it would be easy to blow off that statement. Content is being created on so many platforms I feel like every other day someone is telling me about the “best show ever”. Binge-watching has become an accepted term and celebrated practice. Emotions and descriptors have gone off the rails.

This isn’t that. Continue reading “Remedy. It’s the Family You Choose That Matters Most.”

Play It Again, Dick

Veronica-Mars-veronica-mars-and-dick-casablancas-31445401-1500-1200A long time ago we used to be friends… and then after 3 seasons Veronica Mars got cancelled.  Apparently 2007 wasn’t ready for a neo-noir CW drama.  For years fans of the series campaigned for a movie and when creator Rob Thomas and star Kristen Bell launched a kickstarter in 2013 they broke records.  They raised their goal of $2 Million in 10 hours, and went on to raise $5.7 Million total.

Someone at the CW noticed that the Marshmallows are a force to be reckoned with.  Which is why they’re launching a CW Seed web series! Continue reading “Play It Again, Dick”

Review: Veronica Mars

Veronica Mars

Just so this is out-of-the-way up front: I never watched the TV series _Veronica Mars_. I have pretty much zero context for the film other than that a lot of people really liked the show but then it as cancelled and then last year the makers of the show started a [KickStarter project](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/559914737/the-veronica-mars-movie-project) to make a movie. With a $2 Million goal they had modest hopes, but then they were funded to the tune of $5 million dollars from people in 21 countries, became the fastest kickstarter project to his $1 million and then $2 million, and now we have a movie. A movie which a lot of people have really been looking forward to but I have no context for.

So how does it stand up? Pretty well actually.

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