Joss wants YOU to help save Dollhouse.

POSTED BY: Haken
UPDATED: Saturday, May 2, 2009 13:21
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Originally posted by biggunsid:
Like, I get it. There's a lot of Buffy nostalgia for this guy, but here's the thing: Dollhouse just isn't that good! That's it! The premise is interesting, the ever--expanding universe is interesting, the developing serial nature of the show is interesting, but the week--to--week episodes just aren't good!

The casting is off(especially with other dolls)and the dialogue seems forced(i.e. the trademark Wheadon humor inserted whenever, wherever, no matter how serious the tone of the discussion between characters).

Look, just compare Dollhouse on a show to show basis with LOST. With that show, everything is perfect, and there's a sense that it BELONGS in a regular weekday slot, it FEELS like a 'real' show.

Dollhouse--and to a lesser extent, Firefly--just didn't FEEL like that. There wasn't a sense that it belonged anywhere other than a Friday night. There's a juvenile aspect to Dollhouse that always prevents it from hitting the mark. Now, one can blame this on any number of things, but the truth is that Joss Wheadon is a hit or miss guy. In Firefly, the episode 'Objects in Space' was perfect. But the rest of them weren't. They fluctuated between seriousness and jocularity enough to make the show to inconsistent to stay on the air, and the same is true for Dollhouse.

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I always thought the fluctuation between subtle humour and seriousness in firefly to be one of the most likeable aspects of the whole show... but i guess everyone has a right to an opinion.

Lost was, and still is shithouse.

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