FOX is making the same mistakes with Dollhouse that it made with Firefly. Putting it on a weekend night shows a lack of confidence. Flipping episodes out of order is a sign of corporate schizophrenia. Telling Whedon to rework the opening episode so it has "more action" which was pointless and less exposition which was necessary indicates they don't trust that Whedon knows what he's doing. The network wants more stand alone shows that can be shown out of order, but that's not what audiences want. On second viewing, I realized that the kickboxing and motorcycle scenes were only put into the story in order to have the visual. They didn't contribute much at all to the plot. The really good stuff was between "Miss Penn" and the father of the kidnapped girl. This first episode was good, but it's obvious the network execs have tied Whedon's hands behind his back. They're not giving him enough breathing room, and insisting he does things that don't help the story. The story is key - not whether or not we've seen someone kickbox another person's face in the past five minutes. This reminds me of the religious anecdote where a Christian complains to his God that his prayers weren't answered, and God's like, "how could I? Every time I tried to fix your problems, you took them back from me, thinking you knew better." Yes. I just compared Joss Whedon to The Christian God. Is that irony? I can never tell.
janiperFeb 14, 2009
that was a great show. I love it. Here's to lots and lots more!
zachsmindFeb 16, 2009
FOX is making the same mistakes with Dollhouse that it made with Firefly. Putting it on a weekend night shows a lack of confidence. Flipping episodes out of order is a sign of corporate schizophrenia. Telling Whedon to rework the opening episode so it has "more action" which was pointless and less exposition which was necessary indicates they don't trust that Whedon knows what he's doing. The network wants more stand alone shows that can be shown out of order, but that's not what audiences want. On second viewing, I realized that the kickboxing and motorcycle scenes were only put into the story in order to have the visual. They didn't contribute much at all to the plot. The really good stuff was between "Miss Penn" and the father of the kidnapped girl. This first episode was good, but it's obvious the network execs have tied Whedon's hands behind his back. They're not giving him enough breathing room, and insisting he does things that don't help the story. The story is key - not whether or not we've seen someone kickbox another person's face in the past five minutes. This reminds me of the religious anecdote where a Christian complains to his God that his prayers weren't answered, and God's like, "how could I? Every time I tried to fix your problems, you took them back from me, thinking you knew better." Yes. I just compared Joss Whedon to The Christian God. Is that irony? I can never tell.
gladyFeb 16, 2009
love the first ep tooMemories when I saw Amy Acker ...And curious to see the sequel after this end of ep