Dollhouse - Episode 2 Much Better - No spoilers

POSTED BY: Shinygoodguy
UPDATED: Tuesday, October 6, 2009 06:23
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SHINYGOODGUY

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 1:55 AM

at this point they'd be better served by just showing the Dolls very briefly leaving or returning from engagements and just stick to stories about the characters in the dollhouse.
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Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner........what do we have for him Johnny.

Good point,Thanks Zeek.

SGG

Tawabawho?

ASARIAN

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 5:38 AM

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Originally posted by EvilDinosaur:
I thought it was cool how they brought back November to draw the parallel between how people handle emotions. November who gave up her grief and just had it wiped away, and Echo who wants to keep it because it helps define her.

I actually thought that part with Mellie really sucked. It was rationalized, in the first season, that Mellie went into the Dollhouse voluntarily because she couldn't cope with having lost her daughter child. Which is to say, to escape the bad emotions while being a Doll (which, while not wise perhaps, is humanly understandable). And not, as Mellie now explains, to emerge miraculously without the pain after her Dollhouse term was up! Now it's suddenly being presented as a 'Serve a five year long Dollhouse term, and you'll come out without the emotions that troubled you before!' thingy. That don't make no sense. I thought that showed rather bad scripting. A real "Ouch!" moment, for me.

The parallel was sweet, yes; and sour too, because I fear they twisted the original Mellie backstory, precisely to make the parallel work.

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WHISPER

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 6:23 AM

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I actually thought that part with Mellie really sucked. It was rationalized, in the first season, that Mellie went into the Dollhouse voluntarily because she couldn't cope with having lost her daughter child. Which is to say, to escape the bad emotions while being a Doll (which, while not wise perhaps, is humanly understandable). And not, as Mellie now explains, to emerge miraculously without the pain after her Dollhouse term was up! Now it's suddenly being presented as a 'Serve a five year long Dollhouse term, and you'll come out without the emotions that troubled you before!' thingy. That don't make no sense. I thought that showed rather bad scripting. A real "Ouch!" moment, for me.

I always thought there was something more to the motivation to join the Dollhouse, and the emotional easement post-dollhouse seemed appropriate. What would the benefit be of forgetting while serving the dollhouse if everything was restored exactly as it was when you entered? It would be like you woke up the next day. There would be no tangible time for you to have recovered from your traumatic experience. It may be 5 years for your body, but only a day for your mind. So to me it makes sense and it wasn't a bad script moment.

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