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[Dollhouse] S1 DVD OUT NOW [Mark post season 1/DVD spoilers]
SaraLuna
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The show has been renewed - but buy these DVDs anyway. Joss will know if you don't...
Do your part by preordering Season 1 on DVD or Blu-Ray.
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What is it?
If the words "Joss Whedon's new show" don't spark your interest, I don't even know what to do with you.
Sigh. Fine. Dollhouse is a new one-hour drama. It is a near-future science fiction show about "actives", people who are blank slates living in a futuristic dormitory/laboratory (the Dollhouse), where they wait to be programmed with memories and sent on secret missions. Eliza Dushku (Faith in Buffy) plays as Echo, a doll whose personality begins to emerge despite the best efforts of her handlers.
Other actors of interest include Tahmoh Penikett (Helo in BSG), who plays a cop trying to discover the truth about the Dollhouse, and Amy Acker (Fred in Angel), a doctor who looks after the the actives.
Wait, Fox? Haven't they shoved their sandpaper covered dicks in Joss's ass like seven times now?
Yes, Joss said "never again". But Eliza Dushku had an exclusive development contract with Fox, and the 2 had the idea together. It was either on Fox, or no show. Hell, Fox even promised to air every episode before canceling it, though they've already broken that promise
When does it come on?
In case you're blind and missed that big honking poster, Dollhouse premiered on February 13th and will play on Fridays at 9pm ET/8pm CST. This is known as the "death slot" and has killed about a dozen science fiction shows in the last fifteen years, including Firefly. So if you happen to have a Nielsen box, do us a favor and leave it running, will you?
Do your part by preordering Season 1 on DVD or Blu-Ray.
op shamelessly stolen from OremLK
What is it?
If the words "Joss Whedon's new show" don't spark your interest, I don't even know what to do with you.
Sigh. Fine. Dollhouse is a new one-hour drama. It is a near-future science fiction show about "actives", people who are blank slates living in a futuristic dormitory/laboratory (the Dollhouse), where they wait to be programmed with memories and sent on secret missions. Eliza Dushku (Faith in Buffy) plays as Echo, a doll whose personality begins to emerge despite the best efforts of her handlers.
Other actors of interest include Tahmoh Penikett (Helo in BSG), who plays a cop trying to discover the truth about the Dollhouse, and Amy Acker (Fred in Angel), a doctor who looks after the the actives.
Wait, Fox? Haven't they shoved their sandpaper covered dicks in Joss's ass like seven times now?
Yes, Joss said "never again". But Eliza Dushku had an exclusive development contract with Fox, and the 2 had the idea together. It was either on Fox, or no show. Hell, Fox even promised to air every episode before canceling it, though they've already broken that promise
When does it come on?
In case you're blind and missed that big honking poster, Dollhouse premiered on February 13th and will play on Fridays at 9pm ET/8pm CST. This is known as the "death slot" and has killed about a dozen science fiction shows in the last fifteen years, including Firefly. So if you happen to have a Nielsen box, do us a favor and leave it running, will you?
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-Felicia Day is in the last episode (
-Everyone insists that "It isn't canceled yet"
-Joss's unbutchered original pilot (Echo) is confirmed to be on the DVD
That is something that crossed my mind. There is no references to know how long passes in DollhouseLand between episodes. It would be nice to know sometimes.
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I mean I know its a visual device to show how craaaaaazy obsessed such people are, but still.... time marches on.
Spending long hours drinking liquor and staring at a laptop screen isn't nearly as inspirational as staring at a cool montage on the wall. It's just hard to step back and get the same kind of perspective.
That and it's a visual device, of course.
I am. It's always looked like fun.
that and the ol' Torgo's Executive Powder factor too
One thing I noticed was that the first episode had the apparent induction of Sierra into the Dollhouse, and then episode 8 had that guy insinuating that he had bought her multiple times. Given how the Dollhouse seems to impose downtime on Dolls in between engagements and such, it seems like at least a few months passed between that first episode and episode 8.
The idea that only certain people have the brain chemistry, disposition, etc. to be made dolls would clear up a lot of plot holes.
Excuse me. There is someone here who would like to have a word with you.
I have no idea who that is and why thats relevant.
To be fair to the show, he had printed documents. He probably couldn't get them on his laptop. Printed was how they came, and that's it.
Echo being sent on engagements so close to home? Fishy.
But Ballard pinning up his investigation work on the wall isn't that unbelievable at all.
What plot holes?
And I don't think they were talking about stand out "neural" indicators. I think they were talking about behavioral or personality indicators. Indicators to indicate her inclination to acquiesce to the Dollhouse's proposition.
Or puppies, yeah. Probably puppies. In the name of "science."
Your life is poorer for that.
Yep. They announced it this morning.
Damn you.
That was a dick move. :P
I'm wondering how much overlap there is between your typical Dollhouse fan and someone who watches the Wire. I know there's a considerable amount of overlap between Battlestar Galactica and The Wire, but the circle of influence when it comes to Dollhouse seems to encompass mostly other Whedon shows and not much else.
But if Freamon and Sydnor were on this case, the Dollhouse would have been completely compromised and McNulty probably would have had sex with half the building. Greggs might have hit the other half. And Bunk would have been the only one to actually do any of the paperwork.
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No, no. See, there are levels to this.
Step 1) Put clippings of disparate media on the wall.
Not crazy. Not even weird. Probably either a detective or working on a Secret Plan.
Step 2) Add hand-written notes, draw lines between items, or write/draw on the media.
Maybe obsessed at this point but not definitely crazy yet. Can be normal provided that you have a good reason for all this (eg: avenging your wrongful imprisonment, getting a computer out of your head, etc.).
Step 3) Pushpins and yarn instead of lines.
Okay, you're really pushing it at this point. As long as the conspiracy to (use humans as soulless robot prostitutes/give people super powers for no obvious reason and then cover it up) is real, you're okay and it's only people who don't understand what's really going on that label you crazy.
Step 4) Lots of yarn, maybe color-coded with many-lined knots or things tied to it.
Sorry. You're nuts.
Obviously step 1 can be carried out on a laptop and often is. Step 2 is a little harder, but sometimes you do get people doing their drawing-lines-between-stuff digitally. Once you hit the yarn stage, though, it's gotta be on a wall. Or several walls, ideally. I think it's something about the specific chemical imbalance that leads to obsessive, delusional behavior that also gives you a compulsion to buy yarn.
I'm guessing Rawls. And as to which doll he purchased? The choice is clear.
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I would totally watch this show. Religiously.
I always thought they were going to make a plot out of the whole "Rawls is gay" thing, but nothing ever came of it.
I personally think there should be a Wire prequel set in the South, where Omar and Lafayette from True Blood run a kitchen and fight werewolves.
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I'm referring to a number of things.
Picking up people locally. If it's a hard to find them, then that means they can't just go and kidnap someone on the east coast, you'd need an actual presence and contacts in the medical field to find viable candidates.
Why everyone on the show isn't a doll. It's much safer to just reprogram everybody, and I don't imagine Dewitt would have any moral scruples about that. There should be a reason Ballard or the dollhouse employees haven't been wiped and rebuilt.
Treating the dolls as special. The dolls are all treated as considerable assets and it makes no sense if anyone can be a doll just by 10 minutes with the chair.
You are a genius. A goddamned genius.
Every one of those concerns are things the show has pretty much addressed already.
Rossum, the company that owns the Dollhouses is a medical research and development company. Besides that, there are Dollhouses all over the world, presumably including the East Coast of North America. They've never said so, but I can't imagine there's anything keeping them from shuffling Dolls between Houses if there is a need.
The show has mentioned a few times that Dolls need downtime between engagements and also that putting the same imprint on one Doll too often is not good for their mental stability. Besides that, Dolls are limited in their decision-making capabilities. One of the things that is apparently unique about Echo is her ability to think outside her mission parameters.
Perhaps anyone can be a doll, but certain Dolls are apparently better than others. Besides that, a living person is a valuable asset even if they are just programmed personalities. They must spent an obscene amount of cash just buying their specially fitted wardrobes. If they were blasé about Dolls being killed "in the line of duty", as it were, they'd be horrible businesspeople in addition to already being pretty terrible people in general.
Additionally, one can not be a Doll "after 10 minutes in a chair." Sierra was conditioned for it would seem a non-trivial amount of time. The corrupt grad student from Echoes has not made an appearance in the Dollhouse and this could very well be due to a conditioning period. There's no strong evidence to believe that one can become an Active/Doll with little investment in time and treasure.
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