Dollhouse

[sdelmonte]

Because I demanded it, a post about Joss's newest show...

It's not bad. The acting was generally good and the production values were strong and it was well paced. But there was not much here to hook me, and it didn't really feel like a Joss Whedon script 90% of the time. The Plot of the Week was weak and pedestrian. If anyone else were in charge, I might not watch again. Then again, if anyone else where in charge, I wouldn't have tried it at all. The premise could get stronger, or it could crash and burn.

But as pilots go, it's not the pilot for Lost. Or Buffy. It's not even the pilot for Smallville. And while I know you can't judge a series on its pilot, sometimes it hints at the future. The hint I got was "work in progress - check again later."

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[sdelmonte]

Except maybe Evangeline Lilly. Oh, she's not bad at all. She had her moments early on. But she rarely seems to muster the sort of energy everyone else - even Rose and Bernard - does at the moment.

The only weak actors I think we have ever had were whoever it was who played Shannon, Harold Perrineau, and Niki and Paulo.

[buongiornodaisy.livejournal.com]

Perrineau is a good actor, but he's a little too...theatrical to pass off as that character. I mean, some times his performance came off as genuine and sometimes....not so much.