Life on Mars

I always thought that the film noir private eye genre would work perfectly well in a high school setting. The Joseph Gordon Levitt film "Brick" fell short for a number of reasons. But I was pleasantly surprised how good the teen show "Veronica Mars" did with the premise. The first season was almost flawless. Unfortunately season two didn't have the same magic and by season three even the beauty of star Kristen Bell couldn't save that train wreck. I was sad to hear that the planned fourth season that would have dealt with Veronica in the FBI never got made, that might have revived the show. And due to the failure of "Serenity" at the box office I don't think there will be a film continuation any time soon. Oh well, at least Kristen Bell is still a great piece of eye candy.