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Down about 15%, Joss Whedon's Dollhouse took a ratings dip during its second outing on Friday. But much of the audience that did watch seemed to enjoy this past hour more than the pilot. For me, the developing friendship and trust between Boyd Langdon (Harry Lennix) and Echo is interesting. And I'll admit I was fully sucked in, rooting for Echo to beat the piss out of that misogynistic psychopath she went on a date with (sidebar: The Dollhouse does background checks on its potential clients, but not psychological profiles?! And um, hello, what about STD tests?!!). However, not everyone was happy with what they saw on Friday. I picked a few reader comments to illustrate the diversity of opinions. Perhaps we should keep this dialogue going, yes?
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The second episode had me on the edge of my seat! I hated that S.O.B. for his smug attitude while pursuing Echo. I saw a spark of humor in the "you're in the middle of 'who wants to be there'" remark. Maybe I'm just shallow but I didn't really watch Buffy, Angel or Firefly for some comment on society. I watched it because the shows were exciting and different (of course, I also have a huge vampire thing going but that's another story for another day). I really enjoy seeing familiar names and faces pop up. Loyalyty is a big thing to me and I've seen that often in Joss's work. I think there are w-a-a-y more layers to this thing and can't wait to see it unfold. BTW...Laurence (Reed Diamond) will regret his crass behavior, I have no doubt. Did anyone else just want to whack him a good one?
Enough of my ramblings...just be sure that I will be parked in front of my TV (the old-fashioned way) every Friday night...same Bat-time, same Bat-channel!! -JustDee
The second Dollhouse episode with the Middleman actor (the hunter) made me wish he (as Middleman) and [his Middleman co-star] Wendy Watson were protecting Echo and that Ida ran the office as opposed to the stiffs appearing in Dollhouse and that Noser and Lacey were programmers of the dolls. Sorry but that's what I felt. Also wish the writers of Middleman wrote some of the Dollhouse dialogue - they had humor and style as opposed to this stilted mess. -DaisyRose
Buffy had a very uneven first season; it took time to grow into the unforgettable series it became. I feel the same with Dollhouse. I was more intrigued when I watched it than I had expected to be, but at this point, it's plain that it's not yet on its feet. I'm looking forward to the rest of this season and hope that Fox will have learned its lesson and give Dollhouse time to develop into its concept. -spuffy
I was also a total fan of the buffy/angel humour, however is that what everyone was expecting?? I mean just the premise alone, wiping people clean out of their lives and reprogramming them to what was bought doesn't strike me as a really humourous subject, but hey, what do I know? lol, I am enjoying the series so far, it's interesting, and I'm dying to know some basic answers who's alpha, who is Caroline, and what the hell did she do, to have this an option, and no I would not ever "volunteer" to become the next BARBIE-Doll, lol! -Shauna
fox is promoting the nudity, sex and violence of the show.
to try and get younger viewers.
thats a sad comment on todays youth. its friday night, only older
people are home, program for us. were the loyal viewers. give me
jennifer love hewitt, shes sexy and classy! -domenick
I sort of liked the show after the pilot episode and I like it a little more after this second episode.
I like that were getting more inf on Echo and the overall story, with
each passing episode even if I'm dying for more character driven stuff
and flashbacksm than the persona of the week stuff,
I don't think people should give up on Joss yet, he's definitly still
got it, it's just gonna take some time for this one to unravel! -JenM
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BOOM!! The show is great. I never really watched Buffy or any other Joss shows, but I truly enjoyed the first two episodes of Dollhouse. I can't wait for more. AMERICA!!
I am still on the fence - I really want to love this show. So far all I can say is "there's nothing else on at this time that I watch"
They should add humor to the show. As long as the plot is well thought out, I will keep watching.
What nudity? What sex? Yeah, there was violence, and yeah there were two people in a sleeping bag. The act of sex was implied, not shown. There wasn't any nudity either?
This show is borderline at best. I don't know how long it has to prove itself, but it better start getting its act together soon. I have watched Fox serials belly up over the years. Those series would just get started and then the shows would get canceled without the story lines being resolved. Joss Whedon or no Joss Whedon, this show IMO, doesn't have a lot of time to prove itself before Fox decides to cancel it.
As for Echo being hunted, yeah like that type of storyline hasn't been done before. Like in a certain 1930's movie.
IMO Dushku can't act. She has to be one of the worst actors on the planet.
It hasn't fully hooked me yet, but I have pledged to give the show a full season to wow me. I gave Heroes three seasons, (which they didn't deserve), the least I can do for a Joss Whedon show is give him a whole season.
I'll watch all 13 episodes this season. With the ratings and demo drop I think this will be the only season. But I'll stick with it for now.
One major problem with Dollhouse is their timeslot. Unless your show is on CBS, friday night is where tv shows go to die. I don't have a problem with ED getting "half-naked" each week because 1) im a guy and i think ED is very, very sexy and 2) sex sells!. ALso, I don't know why people don't think ED is a very good actress. This show displays how truly great of an actress ED is and I only think a rare number of actresses could pull of this type of role. In my mind ED is just as good as Kirsten Dunst, JLH, and SMG. I have faith in Whedon and ED and hopefully this show will be around next season and in a new timeslot.
I'll stick with it but I am hugely disappointed in it so far - acting is not that good - writing is so-so - most of the characters running Dollhouse are like cardboard characters. Best actor so far was the guy playing the hunter in episode 2 and that just made me miss the show Middleman all the more.
The main character's personnality was removed. She has, by consequences, no memory or control over what she does. She was programmed to have sex with a guy who paid for her. (She was essentially raped, since she couldn't decide on her own to have sex).
My question is: how can it be interesting?
As for ED, she lacks tremendously in the acting capacity, and she tries very hard to hide it behing her other naked ***ets.
Like someone said before, most shows need time to grow into their premise, and this especially seems true of things by Joss Whedon. He seems to have a vision that delves deeper than the sex/angst/drama of something like Grey's Anatomy, and you just can't get there in a pilot. The network tinkering and trying to make the episodes standalone probably isn't helping.
Personally, yeah, I'm not totally overwhelmed by the awesomeness, but I'm also going to give Joss the benefit of the doubt and give it a little time.