It’s been nearly four years since we’ve had a full fledged dose of Whedon’s quirky brilliance. Sure since Serenity there has been a guest director spot on TV episode or two. And sure there’s been his famous sing-a-long blog with Nathan Fillion and Neil Patrick Harris, but we’ve not seen anything main stream that is straight from the mind of Joss himself. All that is about to change tonight on FOX…
Eliza Dushku (who looked AMAZING on Conan last night) will star as “Echo.” A secret agent who has her memory wiped and new skills and memories DNA-implanted in order to carry out specific tasks and missions. Echo is starting to become self-aware of what is happening to her however; meanwhile an outside entity is trying to bring down this technologically advanced house of super secret agents’ network known only as the Dollhouse.
Hey FOX, you had me at Joss Whedon (Buffy, Angel, Firefly). Throw in Dushku and I’m nearly wetting my pants with anticipation. DVR is set, beers are on ice and the lotion is on the coffee table. I await you; Dollhouse.
Other Dollhouse resources:
Official site
IMDb
Wiki
This discussion currently has 10 responses.
February 13, 2009
February 16, 2009
I went home Friday with every intention to watch the show and it just didn’t happen – too busy with other stuff. I’ve got my copy though – will be watching tonight and returning with some thoughts.
February 16, 2009
I didn’t think much of it. There is some potential for character development here – most notably with the side characters, but this felt really unbelievable and as much as I want to screw… er, I mean like Dushku, she didn’t do much for me here (other than visually stimulating). We’ll see how it goes next week, but so far I’m not impressed. I’ll give it two more episodes before I give up.
February 17, 2009
Ooo. That’s not sounding all that good. Still haven’t watched it – will try to get to it tonight. The premise sounds interesting enough – hope they manage to rescue it.
February 19, 2009
I finally got around to watching this last night and not impressed. If it wasn’t for the fact that I love Whedon, I wouldn’t tune in for another episode but I’m willing to give it a few weeks but if it doesn’t pick-up steam, this is going to die in the water. It definitely has potential but the Dushku puppy dog innocent eyes got old almost immediately. Disappointing start.
February 19, 2009
Do you think the bad reviews for the pilot are partly the result of them flaunting expectations and not delivering the buffy/alias action type show everyone expected?
I had just assumed the show was going to be Eliza Dusku as Sexy Ninja Spy and was pretty impressed when it didn’t go that route.
I thought the episode did a good job of introducing and setting an interesting premise.
February 19, 2009
I enjoyed the show a lot, myself. It’s not typical Joss, though, at least not so far – at least not in the scripting. The interesting thing is I’ve seen negative reviews from both Whedonites (who think it’s not Whedon-y enough) and non-Whedonites (who think it’s too Whedon-y). I’m still holding out hope for the series, though. The network interfered a bunch in the first few shows, wanting standalone eps, for one thing. I trust Joss to make it come right, though. (And I did actually like the pilot for itself, too.)
March 30, 2009
I’m not completely caught up (I’m on the “religious cult” episode), but the show is definitely getting better. Enough to keep it on my DVR anyway.
As for it being “Whedon-y”, I think it’s not at all Whedon-y except the one character of Topher (who interestingly reminds me a lot of Topher Grace). I will keep up with this and see where it goes. Likely will be cancelled anyway.
March 30, 2009
Apparently the network will air all 13 episodes because the replacement show isn’t ready (and that’s a good thing) but I think the show alienated a whole lot of viewers with the last episode. It’s much more Joss style (funny and serious) but general twitter banter left me with the impression that a whole lot of folks went WTF with the episode. I loved it – so far, one of my faves. Stick with it Andrew – it’s definitely getting better.
This week, I’m hoping to put together a plea for folks to watch KINGS. Another awesome show which *is* on the brink of cancellation.
March 30, 2009
Marina, really? Interesting. I liked both of the last two episode a lot. It’s finally starting to feel like a Joss show. But maybe that’s what’s turning people off, which is kinda sad. For me and you and other Whedonites, anyway.
Andrew, I think the turning point is the ep after the religious cult episode – that’s where the overall arc really kicks in.