Comments on: Welcome to the DOLLHOUSE

By: saifullizan

saifullizan — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 07:55:03 +0000

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By: Give Me My Remote

Give Me My Remote — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:07:44 +0000

Yes, I agree. We didn’t learn enough about Caroline (I didn’t even remember that we knew her name) to make me care about her.

What I forgot to mention in the review above was how off-putting I found the down time at the Dollhouse. When Echo was just wandering around…it was awkward and not in a good way.

By: kari

kari — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:57:35 +0000

I wanted to love this, but I’m not convinced yet. As a pilot, it felt pretty flat, and I don’t think it was even a great intro to the concept — knowing nothing about Caroline, why would we care who she is as Echo? I don’t need a huge backstory or a ton of exposition, it just felt like it started five beats too late or something, and never came together. And I don’t mind ambiguous storytelling, or open-ended questions, either, I just didn’t connect with anybody. (Except Helo, of course The rest of the casting felt blah to me, including Eliza Dushku. No chemistry going on anywhere.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:17:04 +0000

What I don’t like is the way that Fox is trying to market the show. They assume that only fan-boy geeks will like it and so they have Eliza and Summer doing stupid pseudo-sexy promos. I suspect that Dollhouse will have a strong following among women. I find it strange that this show is even on Fox, it seems tailor-made for the Sci-Fi channel.

By: John

John — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 03:28:38 +0000

I liked the episode. The premise is one you either will accept for the purposes of the show or not. I am used to accepting unlikely premises for Sci-Fi shows.

Once you acept the premise, the rest followed logically.

I assume we will get more backstory spread out over the series.

I am looking forward to the next episode.

By: Miri

Miri — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 02:17:24 +0000

Wow… Im impressed people liked this show… To me it was just really bad TV. I thought the editing was off, the dialogue was bad, I could acare less about any of the characters… It seemed like a missed attempt at an Alias or Nikita copy… Even the premise, which I though was interesting at first, seemed really dull. I really didnt like this show. But I am glad some other people like it, if it gets decent ratings, than maybe it will have the chance to improve.

By: P D Yerf

P D Yerf — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 22:59:39 +0000

I am a firm believer in everything Joss Whedon, and the premise of this show excites me as well but it also worries me. I enjoyed the pilot but also grew very iffy when being presented with some questionable displays by Dushku (I do sincerely doubt, though long to be proven wrong, that she is up to the task). Also, having already read the original pilot script which is floating around on the internet I was struck by the fact that this pilot was honestly nowhere near up to par with what was presented last night. Sometimes Whedon does need to be edited, or censured–season 4 of Angel, anybody?–but never never NEVER by Fox, as I am relearning. I will stick with it because of the faith I have for Whedon and the premise, but I will keep by my concern as well.

By: Kimber

Kimber — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:12:16 +0000

@Lisa … sounds like we share a similar love for shows screwed by Fox. I’ll add to the list a little ditty that aired in the late 90s, called Dark Angel., about a bunch of hot transgenics the government created in secret. Fox wasn’t too kind to it either. So while I have high hopes for Dollhouse as a show, knowing it’s a Fox show makes me a bit paranoid about its future.

By: OldDarth

OldDarth — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 12:58:55 +0000

Intrigued enough to watch more. The episode seemed muted compared to other Whedon works. Where is the snappy dialogue? The biggest sin – no humour.

As easy as Eliza is on the eyes her acting chops to handle the assumed vast array of personalities afforded must be questioned.

By: Jenn

Jenn — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 07:01:39 +0000

I definitely enjoyed it, but ITA with GMMR’s statement about it missing the voice of Joss. All the other shows had characters with such a distinct was of speaking and communicating between themselves which was established right from the get-go. On this show not so much with the dolls basically being emotionless until they’re engaged and then they’re different people every time so I’m interested to see if it’s the other characters that show some quirkiness and even team work. I know it’s the Eliza show, but I feel that the group on Joss’ shows have always had their place and offered great characters and I’m not sure I see the potential for that here. There seems to be cracks within the organization with Echo’s handler and the boss lady already so I think that’ll be interesting but I’m not sure I really like the other supporting characters yet.

All in all I actually really liked the ep and hope that the show gets a fair shot. I especially loved the BSG shout out that people like old men or fatherly figures like Edward James Olmos to make them feel comfortable. Love my Admiral Adama!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 05:31:54 +0000

@Kimber: eh, what do I know? I’ve also loved Bryan Fuller’s shows (Wonderfalls/Dead Like Me/Pushing Daisies) and those were all canceled. So I’ll enjoy Dollhouse until Fox cancels it. Still, it’s nice to have Joss’ work back on TV.

By: Kimber

Kimber — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 03:39:33 +0000

You are right, Lisa. I really enjoyed Dollhouse! I found it intriguing, and was hooked within the first few minutes.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 03:08:04 +0000

I almost didn’t watch Dollhouse because of your review and others that I’ve read. I’m glad I decided to try it DESPITE everyone being so negative. I’m hooked. I hope Fox (and the audience) gives the show a chance because it’s GOOD. Don’t listen to the critics. Watch it and decide for yourself.

By: Kimber

Kimber — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 01:51:46 +0000

Being a fan of Buffy and Angel, I will definitely check this out tonight. I know there have been “issues” around production, and I hope to heck that Joss won’t go and ruin things as I feel he somewhat did with both Buffy and Angel … but I’ll stick to my high hopes of greatness for both Dollhouse, and Eliza. (And I also heard Amy Acker will be joining/has joined the cast … YAY!)

By: OldDarth

OldDarth — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:24:43 +0000

First time I will catch a Whedon series from the getgo. Feeling intrigued.

By: Give Me My Remote

Give Me My Remote — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:37:22 +0000

That’s the right attitude to have. I always say that I don’t know too much about anything so I don’t get caught up in the science and reality of it all. Make the story good and based in the inherent truth of the show and I’m along for the ride.

By: John

John — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:19:48 +0000

I am certainly going to watch.

And if I can “believe” the Fringe science, I can accept any premise.