First off, to state something quite clearly, I disagree with the legions out there who criticize Mischa Barton as Marissa Cooper. Look, I have studied this show, especially her performance. I have scrutinized her every move. The girl is poetry in motion. I think "the actress has a difficult streak" but that is her personal life, I am talking Marissa Cooper here, and she did great! It is grossly unfair to discriminate against her because or your own petty jealousies, people. I think she gave Marissa more than just a dash of Mischa and it worked. Marissa comes across as "not exactly thrilled with this world", somewhat aloof, and that's the Mischa Barton trademark and that's what many of you can't take. Look at her performance again and you'll see how much she gave the character.
I would not have bought this series had it not been for my considerable interest in anything MISCHA. I had seen lots of photos of her and she was my driving force for obtaining the DVDs. Believe me, the style of the show is a long way off from being my kind of thing, especially with the first half of the pilot episode. I am now halfway through the third season (incidentally, with all my reading about the show I know the drastic outcome, the fate of Marissa, although thankfully not the exact details) and I've become a fan of the Captain Oats/Princess Sparkle bit as well, and I think highly of Peter Gallagher and Kelly Rowan so I am a true O.C. fan BUT BUT BUT it would never have happened were it not for Mischa. So I will leave it up to the other fans to enthuse about the rest of the show. It is just so damn fashionable to kick sand at Mischa that I find it my solemn duty to defend her performance. Everybody who knows The Raven knows she is my muse for the female lead in my own novel, so lay off!
Prior to writing this, I saw ep. 15 of #3 and just allow me to mention that if Willa Holland as Kaitlin Cooper was merely a story arc, ooh big mistake. I can check out on Wikipedia now to see if she's coming back, but I won't add yet another season spoiler. Obviously, the producers would have seen she is the added injection the show needs (debatable, actually, I find Mischa to induce an overload of just-sit-there-in- amazement) and especially as Ms. Barton is scheduled to not be part of the final season, Willa should become main cast. I know it is past history. But please don't e-mail me the outcome.
I would not have bought this series had it not been for my considerable interest in anything MISCHA. I had seen lots of photos of her and she was my driving force for obtaining the DVDs. Believe me, the style of the show is a long way off from being my kind of thing, especially with the first half of the pilot episode. I am now halfway through the third season (incidentally, with all my reading about the show I know the drastic outcome, the fate of Marissa, although thankfully not the exact details) and I've become a fan of the Captain Oats/Princess Sparkle bit as well, and I think highly of Peter Gallagher and Kelly Rowan so I am a true O.C. fan BUT BUT BUT it would never have happened were it not for Mischa. So I will leave it up to the other fans to enthuse about the rest of the show. It is just so damn fashionable to kick sand at Mischa that I find it my solemn duty to defend her performance. Everybody who knows The Raven knows she is my muse for the female lead in my own novel, so lay off!
Prior to writing this, I saw ep. 15 of #3 and just allow me to mention that if Willa Holland as Kaitlin Cooper was merely a story arc, ooh big mistake. I can check out on Wikipedia now to see if she's coming back, but I won't add yet another season spoiler. Obviously, the producers would have seen she is the added injection the show needs (debatable, actually, I find Mischa to induce an overload of just-sit-there-in- amazement) and especially as Ms. Barton is scheduled to not be part of the final season, Willa should become main cast. I know it is past history. But please don't e-mail me the outcome.