Veronica Mars - The Complete First Season (2004)

Before she was a hero...

I miss Veronica Mars! The DVDs keep me going though. This show was amazing. Smart. Great acting. Spunky characters. And whoa! Jason Dohring. December 31, 2008

A television series' that never got a chance.

It was deemed a little bit of "Buffy" and maybe because of that this series' never got the chance to be as good as Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Collector's Set (40 discs) but with that being said, this series' is one of the few television series' to leave me on the edge of my seat and Buffy was the first series' to do that to me. Kristen Bell enbodies Veronica Mars a girl like Buffy Summers was once a popular girl in high school but because of circumstances out of her control. In Buffy's case becoming The Slayer. In Veronica's case however, it is being the daughter of the man who led a witch against Jake Kane the equivelent of Steve Jobs (owner of Apple Computer) in the series' whose daughter Lily Kane was murdered in cold blood who also happened to be Veronica's best friend and older brother of her lover Duncan Kane. One thing that can be said, about the series' is that there are plot twists that you do not see coming. Characters who may appear the stereotypes of high school but they are not. This is not your typical "teen series" like out of her own father's mouth she's 17 going on 40. Veronica is very self aware about who she was before her best friend Lily passed away and who she is now. She realizes the only reason she was ever popular was her relationship with the Kanes. I think that only makes her so different than Buffy Summers who never knew where she fit; Veronica knows exactly who she is now. This is not your typical "genre" series' either. I couldn't tell you one episode from the other because all of Season One feels like one huge film. However, The creator of the series' Rob Thomas does a very good job wrapping up the storylines so when one does get to the last episode of the season, it feels like there is no need for Season Two even though there is one. December 19, 2008

All the clues are there, you just have to put them together

As anyone reading this review is probably already aware, "Veronica Mars" is essentially an updated version of "Nancy Drew", by way of Raymond Chandler, and "Twin Peaks". However, it is so much more than the old "Nancy Drew" TV series of the 1970's. This is an intelligent and funny TV series that, although targeted at a teenage audience, is smart enough to interest and entertain adults. The main plot line of this season centres on the murder of Veronica's best friend Lily Kane (Laura Palmer for the next generation), with other continuing storylines and single episode stories along the way, to keep the audience interested... and this definitely maintained my interest. By the final episode, I found myself comparing this series favourably to the much acclaimed "Damages", and when Lily's killer was finally revealed, I felt even more satisfied than I did at the end of "Damages". This show kept my family guessing for weeks and did not disappoint any of us. I won't spoil the ending, but I will say that all of the clues are there, you just have to put them together - the mark of a great mystery. This show will definitely go down as one of my all-time favourites. November 20, 2008

Region 1 vs. Region 2

Hi,
I really liked the dvd!
For all the European people : I'm from Belgium and normally, the site says I probably can only play region 2 DVD's, but I was able to play this DVD, which is regio 1. So don't worry and just buy the DVD, because it's lots cheaper than in Europe ...
Bye
November 18, 2008

veronica mars is the best

OK SO I PURCHASED THIS DVD WHIT OUT EVEN KNOWING WHAT THE WHOLE THING WAS ABOUT AND THEN IT CAME AND I STARTED WATCHING THE FIRST EPISODE AND I LOVED IT SO THEN I CAME TO MY COMPUTER AND PURCHASED SEASONS 2 AND 3 I MEAN ITS THE BEST SHOW.I LIKE THIS EVEN MORE THAN BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER,ONE TREE HILL,OR THE O.C...THIS WONDERFUL FULL SET CONTAINS ALL 22 GRIPPING EPISODES IN SIX DISC AND I LOVE ALL OF THEM EPISODES.THE EPISODES NAMES ARE DOWN HERE

EPISODE 1:PILOT
EPISODE 2:CREDIT WHERE CREDIT'S DUE
EPISODE 3:MEET JOHN SMITH
EPISODE 4:THE WRATH OF CON
EPISODE 5:YOU THINK YOU KNOW SOMEBODY
EPISODE 6:RETURN OF THE KANE
EPISODE 7:THE GIRL NEXT DOOR
EPISODE 8:LIKE A VIRGIN
EPISODE 9:DRINKING THE KOOL-AID
EPISODE 10:AN ECHOLLS FAMILY CHRISTMAS
EPISODE 11:SILENCE OF THE LAMB
EPISODE 12:CLASH OF THE TRITONS
EPISODE 13:LORD OF THE BLING
EPISODE 14:MARS VR. MARS
EPISODE 15:RUSKIE BUSINESS
EPISODE 16:BETTY AND VERONICA
EPISODE 17:KANES AND ABEL'S
EPISODE 18:WEAPONS OF CLASS DESTRUCTION
EPISODE 19:HOT DOGS
EPISODE 20:M.A.D
EPISODE 21:A TRIP TO THE DENTIST
EPISODE 22:LEAVE IT TO BEAVER

AND DONT THINK SHOULD I BUY IT OR NOT JUST BUY IT YOU WONT BE DISSAPOINTED
YOU'LL LOVE THIS SHOW.

RACHI=]] September 22, 2008

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