io9 has a short but sweet interview with Steve Deknight about last weeks episode he wrote and directed: [link]
What'd you all order a dead guy for?
Jayne ,'The Message'
Jossverse 1: Emotional Resonance & Rocket Launchers
TV, movies, web media--this thread is the home for any Joss projects that don't already have their own threads, such as Dr. Horrible.
Kevin - Mar 01, 2009 1:50:06 pm PST #324 of 5827
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
meara - Mar 01, 2009 9:51:02 pm PST #325 of 5827
Finally caught up this weekend...watched Ep2 and 3. And...wow. Kinda anvilicious! But I have to say, I liked 2 better than 1, and 3 better than 2, so I'm hopeful. Sort of. Though what everyone else was saying here was really interesting to read (and I'd say more depthy stuff but it's late and I'm sleepy and wordless. And I realize "depthy" is not actually a word. Shhhhh.)
But as someone said above, it's sad when "I was glad it didn't involve her going and having sex with someone" is an exciting thing to say. Good god.
And I mean...I think ED is hot. I am a dyke, I like seeing scantily clad women. But yeeesh. This show is...kinda workin' that button a little too hard, man. Try a little TEASE or somethin', here, folks! Make me beg for it! Acres of flesh through the whole damn show every week...what are you going to do for sweeps? "On a very special Dollhouse, Echo has to go to a lesbian orgy!"?? Please.
Vonnie K - Mar 02, 2009 6:52:26 am PST #326 of 5827
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
I have finally caught up with the aired episodes and I am... not happy. There are glimmers of things that intrigue me, most of which have to do with Boyd and the awesomeness that is Harry Lennix, but the rest of the show makes me cringe more than anything.
It's been interesting to read the discussion on this thread though. Mostly I agree with what my friend Rachel said on LJ about the show re. the fundamental flaw in the premise for a serial TV: Why I Would Not Have Greenlit Dollhouse
Steph L. - Mar 02, 2009 8:24:33 am PST #327 of 5827
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Mostly I agree with what my friend Rachel said on LJ about the show re. the fundamental flaw in the premise for a serial TV: Why I Would Not Have Greenlit Dollhouse
Wow. That's really well-said, and sums up most of my problems with the show.
(Although I also like the bluntness of Tycho from Penny Arcade's take on it: [link]
Kevin - Mar 02, 2009 10:17:01 am PST #328 of 5827
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
If you dislike Dollhouse, check this out: [link]
It is kind of brilliant. Edit: although I hadn't seen the last line.
Burrell - Mar 02, 2009 12:20:37 pm PST #329 of 5827
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Sorry Kevin, as much as I am bothered by Dollhouse, I do not find that brilliant. In fact I want to punch that guy's lights out.
erikaj - Mar 02, 2009 12:29:50 pm PST #330 of 5827
Always Anti-fascist!
Rather the opposite of brilliant here, too. I think ita should hire him as a tackle dummy, even if Dollhouse is never more than the Pretender with tits. Nothing like sour grapes mixed with vivid images of women being debased to bring out the Noel Coward in a guy.
§ ita § - Mar 02, 2009 12:41:59 pm PST #331 of 5827
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think I'm going to skip reading that one.
Connie Neil - Mar 02, 2009 12:56:17 pm PST #332 of 5827
brillig
Was I not supposed to read that as a sarcastic twist on what the reviewer has seen so far?
Polter-Cow - Mar 02, 2009 1:00:24 pm PST #333 of 5827
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
That was the intent, yes. (To read it that way.)