In fairness, nearly every single Variety rag premise summary I've read has sounded shit - which includes many shows I've seen which have turned out great. I think it's a little early to be deciding the show is going to suck.
Illyria: We cling to what is gone. Is there anything in this life but grief? Wesley: There's love. There's hope...for some. There's hope that you'll find something worthy...that your life will lead you to some joy...that after everything...you can still be surprised. Illyria: Is that enough? Is that enough to live on?
'Shells'
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Kevin - Nov 01, 2007 6:06:22 am PDT #7219 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Dana - Nov 01, 2007 6:10:26 am PDT #7220 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
No one said the show is going to suck. We said "qualms".
Kevin - Nov 01, 2007 6:11:59 am PDT #7221 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Very true. Sorry, my brain went to an odd place there.
tommyrot - Nov 01, 2007 6:14:07 am PDT #7222 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Well, so far does it say it has to be sexual?
Somewhere I read that most of the scenarios would not be sexual.
§ ita § - Nov 01, 2007 6:15:18 am PDT #7223 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Somewhere I read that most of the scenarios would not be sexual.
The two articles I read mentioned sexual as well as a bunch of other stuff. To give it equivalent weight to the each other scenario discussed, it would definitely not be in the majority.
hippocampus - Nov 01, 2007 6:15:32 am PDT #7224 of 10001
not your mom's socks.
Anybody else have qualms?
sounds a lot like Molly's backstory in Neuromancer? Not a qualm exactly. I'd like to see that movie be. But if the smart gets overwhelmed, I'll have qualm.
Strega - Nov 01, 2007 6:16:07 am PDT #7225 of 10001
I have qualms, but not about that. There are male and female dolls, so I don't see how the premise inherently objectifies women. It seems like it's more about being an actor than being a woman.
Kevin - Nov 01, 2007 6:17:46 am PDT #7226 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
It certainly sounds human conditiony. Joss has posted on Whedonesque clarifying Miracle Man is still up. Which we know.
Two Tim's for the price of one in 2008. And he's free to me. Oh world, I love yee.
Invisible Green - Nov 01, 2007 6:24:54 am PDT #7227 of 10001
Congrats to Joss, Tim, and Eliza! This is unexpected, but awesome.
DavidS - Nov 01, 2007 6:25:49 am PDT #7228 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
When they run a blurb in Maxim about this show, the readers there aren't going to be thinking, "Hmmm, that's really an incisive metaphor about how young actresses are treated in Hollywood."
Also: the name of the show screams exploitation. The Big Dollhouse is an exemplar of the women-in-prison movie and in the movie Walk on the Wild Side the Dollhouse is the whorehouse. There may be boy dolls but that isn't the implication of the title. Doll Squad wasn't about GI Joe.
Also: after the Buffybot, and whasshername, Katrina? Warren's ex that the Trio mind controlled, and Mr. Universe's sexbot I'm getting kind of suspicious about this corner of Joss' psyche.
I trust that Joss and Tim are fantastic writers and directors, and that Eliza is a very talented and charismatic actress. But I think people are going to gag on the premise. You're going to see a real backlash from people like Stephanie Zacharek.