Veronica Mars Movie Project Kickstarter

[Umbran]

No, it was bad detective work.

*shrug*. You know, even good detective work doesn't always get the right person.

There is, of course, a kind of anthropic principle in media - if everything in the back story went well, you'd not have much of a story now.

 

[Jdvn1]

Was that the show where the super-smart teenager was smarter than any adult in town, trying to find her mom while her father was the former sheriff who lost his job due to insane idiocy, and now working as a PI with the daughter doing most of the legwork?

I wouldn't say she was smarter than any adult in town - she was good at sleuthing and lying, but often relyed on the expertise of friends. There was a ton of luck involved, too.

Also, I'll echo that it wasn't insane idiocy. He accused the wrong man of murder, but that man was hiding important information. The father also did a lot of legwork, but on his own cases and often in the background (he wasn't the main character, after all). The daughter often got cases from co-students, for example.

I found the show immersive and compelling. I also thought it was really interesting from a more technical point of view, in that noir is not a super common TV style these days.

 

[sabrinathecat]

Accusing a member the most wealthy family in small town of murder without cast-iron, rock-hard, solid proof? If not idiocy, what else? If you are generous, "egregious failure in judgement."

 

[Umbran]

Accusing a member the most wealthy family in small town of murder without cast-iron, rock-hard, solid proof? If not idiocy, what else?

It has been years, however, if my memory serves he didn't "accuse" in the sense of arresting and bringing to court. He investigated. How, pray tell, is he supposed to get proof without investigation? In his position, bound by rules of police procedure, there's only so much you can do without it becoming public knowledge that he felt they were suspects.

And, interestingly, it wasn't like he was completely wrong. The family was hiding secrets, and working to hide them from police. They just weren't the secrets Sheriff Mars suspected.

 

[Jdvn1]

Spoiler, for those who care.

Spoiler

If I remember correctly, even the accused Aaron Echolls believed the murderer was his son, and then protected his son by getting involved and implicating himself.

The story was never simple.

Anyways, I'm terribly excited to get my VM Kickstarter rewards next year. And I hope it's successful enough to encourage other shows to do something similar, though I probably wouldn't get any of them.