Want a Veronica Mars movie? Just kick in $2 million

[Versatile]

Via Alan Sepinwall: http://bit.ly/Z0j3Gc

Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas is looking for $2 million via a Kickstarter fundraiser in order to do a movie based on the show. Kristen Bell has signed off as long as they can work around her schedule.

The interesting part: The fundraiser already has $1.1 million in about five hours.

I've never seen the show, but it's near the top of my list of shows to watch. Does it lend itself to a movie?

Moreover, what do you think of crowd-sourcing as a way to fund movies?

 

[Small Town Guy]

Double Down just threw in 5 million so they can do a sequel too.

 

[dreunc1542]

I posted this on the movie thread, but agree that there are some interesting things to consider beyond whether or not a Veronica Mars movie could be good. As for that, I'm not sure how good it would be, and think it worked better as a show than it will as a movie, but since I love the first two seasons, I'm likely to go see it whenever it comes out since it seems it will be made.

Crowd-sourcing could really work for something like Veronica Mars that has a built-in following and so people are more than willing to jump onboard. Not sure how well it would work for a wholly new idea.

Something else I was considering - are we incapable of letting well enough alone anymore? Family Guy was brought back after going off the air. We have a new season, and maybe more of Arrested Development coming out. A Veronica Mars movie at some point. It seems like once we get attached to shows now, people can't let them go away until we've bled it of all its possibilities.

 

[Versatile]

I agree. There's still talk of bringing Deadwood back. There's still talk of bringing Fireflly back. It's like anything that we feel got unjustly shorted, anything that wasn't allowed to die slowly and painfully, must be brought back for that opportunity.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Kickstarter is pure genius.

 

[Double Down]

STG jokes, but I'm pretty sure I'm in for $20.

Kristen Bell's post-VM career has been unjust. She's way better than what she's been offered/accepted. She had chemistry with every single character on that show.

 

[Flying Headbutt]

I like her pretty good in House of Lies. And Sarah Marshall was pretty ****ing funny.

 

[NoOneLikesUs]

C'mon now sugar...bring it on!

Budget looks like it will be decent enough to make something worthwhile.

 

[Jake_Taylor]

It was such a talented young cast, I'm surprised more of them haven't had more success post Veronica Mars. Kristen Bell has stared in plenty of big studio movies and is co-lead with Don Cheadle on a premium cable show, pretty decent career there. But outside of Ryan Hansen doing Party Down, none of the rest of them have been in much that I've seen. I guess Mac had a small part of True Blood last season.

 

[NoOneLikesUs]

Amanda Seyfried did all right for herself (granted she had a minor role as a dead girl).

 

[Jake_Taylor]

Amanda Seyfried did all right for herself (granted she had a minor role as a dead girl).

Yeah, I wasn't really counting her. On the Kickstarter video, Rob Thomas made a joke about trying to get her back for the movie.

 

[spikechiquet]

And they got $2 mil in 12 hours. I love that woman and I'm still pretty sure my wife picked our son's name because she is in love with Jason Doring and his VM character.

 

[JackReacher]

I'd pay a good amount if they bring back Deadwood. But they better do it soon. Al Swearingen is like 100.

 

[JackReacher]

What was/is the target demo for Veronica Mars?

 

[Jake_Taylor]

What was/is the target demo for Veronica Mars?

I think the fact that isn't an easy question to answer explains why the show wasn't a commercial success. When my wife first suggested watching it, I thought it was going to be bad. Some show on the WB about a pretty little blonde high school girl and her equally pretty classmates, no thanks. I'm sure the teeny boppers who tuned it to watch some show about a pretty little blonde girl were like, "film noir, what the hell is film noir?"

Network mandated stunt casting such as Paris Hilton or contestants on America's Next Top Model didn't really help.

So target audience? It could have been people that loved mystery/film noir or people who like shows about pretty, angsty teens or somebody who wanted to watch one of the best father-daughter relationships ever on TV, but there wasn't ever really a good marketing hook.

 

[JackReacher]

Gotcha. I always assumed (maybe incorrectly) it was a show aimed at teenage girls given the cast and the channel it aired on. But I've never seen it, and I don't know anyone personally who has.

But it seems to have a decent following among the males on this site, which surprised me.

 

[dreunc1542]

The father-daughter relationship really is phenomenal. Easily one of my favorite parts of the show.

 

[Versatile]

How different is it from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, really? Again, I've never seen it, but it always seemed to me to be similar to Buffy without the supernatural. And everyone I know who loves one loves the other (and really, I might be the only person I know who has seen one but not the other).

 

[Jake_Taylor]

I never liked Buffy The Vampire Slayer as much, but I could see the fan bases crossing over. Like you said, there was no supernatural element to Veronica Mars. Veronica Mars didn't have the highly choreographed fight scenes either. It was kind of like a police procedural, but with a tiny high school girl doing the work. Ryan Hansen, Ken Marino and others also added some nice comic relief.

 

[waterytart]

Veronica Mars was appreciated by smart people. That rarely helps ratings.