Dollhouse ratings and new polls on Shiny Universe

POSTED BY: Haken
UPDATED: Thursday, March 12, 2009 15:14
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HAKEN

Saturday, February 28, 2009 9:19 PM

Ratings are in for last night's episode:

http://www.shinyuniverse.net/news.aspx?nid=186

Also have a couple of polls.

What do you think is the cause of Dollhouse's poor ratings?
http://www.shinyuniverse.net/poll.aspx?pid=8

Will Joss bring in any of his "Hat Trick" (Jonathan M. Woodward, Carlos Jacott ) actors for guest appearances in the first season of Dollhouse?
http://www.shinyuniverse.net/poll.aspx?pid=7

FUTUREMRSFILLION

Saturday, February 28, 2009 10:02 PM

I have to say that I really enjoyed the first two episodes, but could only make it through the first 20 minutes or so of last nights. I found that I just didn't care enough to actually watch the whole thing. NOT a normal atate of mind regarding something from the JossVerse

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TVCHICK

Saturday, February 28, 2009 10:23 PM

I agree that the show started kind "eh," but had 3 REALLY COOL/IMPORTANT bits in it. Plus, it really picked up later.

I think the reason for the poor ratings is nothing new: FOX sucks at marketing shows as the shows that they actually are.

For instance, WHY have they thrown away, "You can wipe away a memory. Can you wipe away a soul?" That's the whole POINT of the show!!

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PHYRELIGHT

Sunday, March 1, 2009 1:24 AM

After last week, both Dollhouse and Terminator were beginning to lose me. Last night didn't help much either.

SIRI

Sunday, March 1, 2009 5:35 AM

I'm liking Dollhouse. I missed the first 15 minutes and watched it on Hulu. While I'm not too sure what I think about the FBI guy, the evolution of Echo and now Sienna have me curious to see where the storyline is going. If the ratings don't pick up we may never know.

I have to admit that I just haven't been able to get into the Terminator series.

Siri

ZEEK

Monday, March 2, 2009 3:36 PM

This episode was pretty painful to get through. I just didn't care about any of the characters. IMO they need to work the FBI character into the story with the other characters pronto. Having his story going on separately from everyone else really makes it feel disjointed.

As for the main characters in the Dollhouse I don't care about any of them yet either. Echo's handler is the closest to being a character I could care about, but we still don't know anything real about him. Everyone is just a paper thin shell of a character at this point. They fit into their nice shrink wrapped packages "the mean security guy", "the loyal protector guy", "the caring doctor lady", "the blunt boss lady", "the nerdy computer guy". This is not what I expect from Joss. Normally he only has characters in those roles for about 5 seconds before he has them throwing preconceived notions aside.

It's to the point where I'm telling people I introduced to Firefly not to watch (those who haven't yet). I don't want them to think Firefly was a fluke for Joss.

LISSA

Monday, March 2, 2009 4:45 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Zeek:

It's to the point where I'm telling people I introduced to Firefly not to watch (those who haven't yet). I don't want them to think Firefly was a fluke for Joss.

...or you could just show them buffy/angel/dr. horrible?

~lissa

ZEEK

Monday, March 2, 2009 7:40 PM

Those are sort of a tough sell. Firefly is fairly adult themed. Buffy is much more high schooler, teenie bopper type material. Angel is reliant on Buffy. Dr. Horrible is campy. I don't think they're for everyone. Where with Firefly I feel like if someone really sits down and watches it they'd have to be a robot not to enjoy it.

MUGGI

Monday, March 2, 2009 11:33 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Zeek:
Those are sort of a tough sell. Firefly is fairly adult themed. Buffy is much more high schooler, teenie bopper type material. Angel is reliant on Buffy. Dr. Horrible is campy. I don't think they're for everyone. Where with Firefly I feel like if someone really sits down and watches it they'd have to be a robot not to enjoy it.

Agreed.

I would fall into the category you're describing. I didn't really like Buffy or Angel; Dr. Horrible was good. I'm a total Firefly geek, read/own everything I can about the show, and think it's an absolute masterpiece (for the most part).

Dollhouse is just...not good. I don't blame FOX for this at all...yes it's on Fridays, yes the marketing has been iffy, but even if they ran adverts 24/7 it wouldn't change the fact that it's just NOT A GOOD SHOW. So far it's been formulaic, predictable, and uninteresting for me.

PACHELBEL

Tuesday, March 3, 2009 3:32 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Zeek:
Buffy is much more high schooler, teenie bopper type material.

I imagine all the academicians, government officials, and religious who write on and study the impact of BtVS in shaping real-world responses would disagree with you on that one.

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