Yesterday, the defunct television show Veronica Mars made internet history. It became the fastest growing Kickstarter project of all time. Creator Rob Thomas announced that they were raising funds for a movie. If they reached their two million dollar goal by April 12, a movie would finally happen after six years off the air.

After only twelve hours, the goal was met. The Veronica Mars movie is currently sitting at 2.8 million dollars or so.

Am I happy about this? As a Veronica Mars fan, of course I am happy. The end of the third season was frustratingly ambiguous. I would love to revisit Veronica, Logan, Keith, Wallace, et al.

However, this project has brought up my conflicted feelings about Kickstarter itself.

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