Dollhouse - March 14th Episode

POSTED BY: Schism
UPDATED: Monday, March 16, 2009 18:48
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SCHISM

Sunday, March 15, 2009 11:49 AM

My only beef with the show thus far is the fact that it focuses so much on Echo.

What I liked about Firefly was that it didn't have ONE main character....it had NINE.

Okay, perhaps Mal was primary, but still...

There's no fear that Echo won't survive an ordeal.
We know that with Joss, he WILL kill off someone to make an impact, but not at the loss of the show's no.#1 character.

NE0VEN0M

Sunday, March 15, 2009 12:24 PM

I'm ok with the focus on her because that's what it's supposed to be. Despite that, I find myself very attached to some of the supporting case, like her handler or the "new" active. And if either one of them were killed off, it would be BIG. Really with the whole Alpha gone crazy plot line, pretty much anyone is open the getting killed off aside from Echo.

PACHELBEL

Sunday, March 15, 2009 1:25 PM

Agreed --- best episode so far. However, that's not saying much. I thought the ep really fell apart at the end, once the agent showed up to the burned out compound.

Also, I have no idea why Dominic knocked out Echo. It appeared Jonas was going to kill her or at least shoot her anyway and both Echo and Jonas would die in the fire. Why bother getting involved? Obviously, all Dominic did was piss of Echo.

Finally, nice to see some Drive alum. Jonas was the guy who had his flash drive stolen, and the ATF agent-in-charge was the cut man Tulley took the young brother to for mending after the brother was shot during the bank robbery.

FREELANCERTEX

Monday, March 16, 2009 2:48 PM

random insignificant dollhouse questions..figured i'd post here instead of making a new thread (btw loved last week's ep).

first, think i mightve missed something, because i dont get why Echo (caroline) didnt have a 'choice' except to enter the dollhouse program....what did she do? or are we going to have to wait to find out?

second, i noticed on hulu that each ep is about 50 minutes long, but all the one hour shows ive seen via internet thus far are only about 40 minutes with commercial time removed and all. does dollhouse have limited commercials or something?

lastly, does Echo kind of remind you of River in some ways? not so much behavioral (though that's part of it) as some of the things she says...

can't wait to see how the Echo-Alpha storyline comes out ^_^ kinda wanna know why he cares about *her* as opposed to all of the other dolls he lived with.

BYTEMITE

Monday, March 16, 2009 4:29 PM

The premise was good, and the acting of the major characters was greatly improved from some of the earlier fare, but I found some of the minor characters' acting in this episode a bit cringe worthy.

Even Eliza delivered her "I can see" line a little bit too flat. I enjoyed the rest of her performance, though.

THESOMNAMBULIST

Monday, March 16, 2009 4:43 PM

Freelancertex wrote:

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lastly, does Echo kind of remind you of River in some ways? not so much behavioral (though that's part of it) as some of the things she says...

Indeed. I think Dollhouse is maybe what the Alliance had in mind for River had they had their way, and had that story line played out had Joss been able to finish the arc... Who knows, it's certainly similar. When Sierra stormed in and whooped ass in the first episode I felt that she had River like abilities.

I'm also of the mind that Ballard is Alpha- but I'm alone with this...

FREELANCERTEX

Monday, March 16, 2009 5:50 PM

well Alan Tudyk is Alpha according to imdb :P

yeah, Sierra reminded me of crazy River in that sense XD most assuredly. Echo's more the quiet schizophrenic River, only without being schizophrenic :P

ECGORDON

Monday, March 16, 2009 6:07 PM

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Originally posted by freelancertex:
second, i noticed on hulu that each ep is about 50 minutes long, but all the one hour shows ive seen via internet thus far are only about 40 minutes with commercial time removed and all. does dollhouse have limited commercials or something?

Yes. This is the second program FOX has tried this with, the first being Fringe. There are the usual number of breaks, but they are shorter than normal, either 1 minute or 1:30 for all but the final commercial break. It is typical that most breaks for other shows are at least 3:00, sometimes 4:00 or more. If and when they repeat these shows something will probably be edited out so they can run more commercials then.

FREELANCERTEX

Monday, March 16, 2009 6:20 PM

awesome.

ugh, the bf just told me he thinks dollhouse sucks ><;; i think he saw the first ep only XD but then again, he doesnt like firefly either *massive eyeroll* @_@

PIRATENEWS

Monday, March 16, 2009 6:37 PM

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Originally posted by freelancertex:

ugh, the bf just told me he thinks dollhouse sucks ><;; i think he saw the first ep only XD but then again, he doesnt like firefly either *massive eyeroll* @_@

Time for a new BF?

"God has a message for you... MOVE YOUR ASSES!"
-Echo, Dollhouse, True Believer

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