So, my better 3/4 and I are Netflix people. (I was going to say "subscribers," but it's really more of a way of life for us...) We don't watch much television, don't have cable, and lack much of a life in which to actually spend time on such diversions. Sad, really. So, we get our T.V. fix through renting seasons of televisions through our film pushers.
Recently, she suggested that we take up watching Veronica Mars - admittedly an older series, but it has a couple of things going for it: First, it's over, so there are a finite amount of episodes. Second, all the episodes are out on DVD, so weekend television benders are possible if we stack up our queue.
I was skeptical, but it's not a bad show - Kristen Bell (who was really good in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, by the way) is good in the role, and the supporting cast is convincing. Sure, the plots of the episodes are a LITTLE far-fetched at times (a 17 year old who is as competent as sleuthing as her ex-cop cum P.I. father? Doubtful, but hey... willing suspension of disbelief and all that).
But that's not what I'm writing about here.
I have this habit. I'm a bit of a trivia collector and I like to make connections between movies / shows by actors... like a 6-degrees of Kevin Bacon sort-of-thing, only with any actor. So I hang out on IMDB quite a bit - browsing around the shows and checking out who has made guest appearances on what shows (did you know Don S. Davis of Stargate actually had an early part as a stunt-man on MacGyver? True story.)
Anyway, I was checking out Veronica Mars actors, and I clicked on Kristin Bell. I scrolled down to the message boards at the bottom of her page and saw one that said "Hilarious verification story!" or some such nonsense. I thought it might be a funny story about fact-checking an article or something. I don't normally read the threads because... well... they're usually full of puerile banter and inane rantings.
I expected puerile; I didn't expect to be so amazingly entertained by it - I spent hours "a pond" hours reading this thread, just giggling.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0068338/board/thread/132866573?p=1
My favorite quote, long about page 8 or so: "Michael did present factual information. Whether or not is true is debatable." CLASSIC!
This is worth an hour of your life if for no other reason than to assure yourself that you are, indeed, not the stupidest person on the planet.
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