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By: The Great Geek Manual » Geek Media Round-Up: March 20, 2009

The Great Geek Manual » Geek Media Round-Up: March 20, 2009 — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:01:26 +0000

[...] Joss Whedon gives yet another interview that sounds more like an apology on the topic of Doll House. The best is yet to come, not what I originally planned, etc., etc. … [...]

By: Brian Layman

Brian Layman — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:15:17 +0000

That said, it is watchable. I just saw the superstar episode last night and I will be watching more. Actually, you know what impressed me the most? Echo, when aiming the bow in the hunting episode, pointed her finger along her cheekbone. Either they did way more training than was needed for her to draw and hold the bow string, or she actually knows her way around a compound bow. THAT impressed me.
(unlike the guy who couldn’t make up his mind if he was right handed or left handed)

By: Brian Allen

Brian Allen — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:33:47 +0000

Bottom line, it hasn’t been that good. While I was almost in tears at the cancellation of Angel (even knowing it was coming) I just haven’t gotten attached to Echo yet.

I think Joss knows as much, he and Eliza have both effectively said “the show gets good at Episode Six.” That’s not a sales pitch, it’s actually the complete opposite of a sales pitch. If you went to a restaurant and they told you up front the first five meals would be bland but the sixth will be great, would you eat there five times?

By: Brian Layman

Brian Layman — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:59:40 +0000

Firefly did have a lot of wit in it. So, I understand that point. I still say (Hmmm the comment I left here saying this is gone. I must not have hit submit) that the failure of Dollhouse goes directly back to the failure of “My Own Worst Enemy”. We’ve already gone through the whole “Let’s reprogram the personality to create a super agent.” thing once this year and watched it fail. This just feels like another spin on the same thing. Plus they are throwing the “You are supposed to find the lead star super attractive” card in your face at every turn and yeah she’s pretty and all but can you stop already? She’s missing that extra character that look in their eyes that Jewel & Summer or even Gina and Morina had in their Whedon roles.

And if I am to get a Quantum Leap genre show, I’d much rather have Journeyman back any day of the week.

By: KaeDee

KaeDee — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:33:54 +0000

When I read about Joss saying Dollhouse wasn’t a comedy, I also though, “huh?” None of his other outings were comedies either! A twist of phrase doesn’t equal “comedy.” I remember one serious scene in “Angel” when Wesley told Angel he wanted to bring in someone to remove Angel’s soul so the team could interrogate Angelus. Angel responded, “I told you; not with the bringing.” That’s a turn of phrase done within the context of a heightened emotional scene. There was no comedy there.

Come on, Joss. If there’s a second season of Dollhouse, bring your patented turn-of-phrase into your 4th drama.