Dullhouse?

[sdelmonte]

Three weeks into Dollhouse, and it's clear that it's not the Next Big Thing. No one is talking about it, and I really suspect that the 13 episodes will air, there will be something a of a big ending, and we will never see it or Eliza Dushku again.

I am starting to like it but with the huge reservation of how utterly bland the main character and the Mission of the Week are. I like the cast, I like the steady reveal of various twists and turns, I like Boyd and Topher and Dr. Saunders. And the scripts are getting wittier. But Joss and company need to do something with Echo's reawakening soon, and need to have much less pedestrian tasks for her.

Comments

[silveraspen]

I wouldn't mind seeing Eliza in something else, but the core/framing concept of Dollhouse (i.e., the "dolls" who are what clients want them to be and sleep in boxes and don't remember things outside of loaded memories) creeps me out so much that I haven't watched it, nor do I intend to.

(Also I don't trust Steven DeKnight not to bring the skeeze. At all.)

[vivien]

I watched episode 2 on Hulu yesterday, and it was... okay? Lynette and I had just been talking about it, and we both are giving it a chance. I'm just underwhelmed so far. Even I was a little bit squicked by the premise in the 2nd one, and that does not happen with me much at all.

It's a difficult construct to work within, and I know a lot of people are just not interested. I am hopeful that things are going to pick up quickly and become more of a Joss show. If not, then everyone makes missteps. This might be his.

[zellion.livejournal.com]

I have issues with Eliza as an actress. Remember how awesome Tru Calling was? You don't? Oh that's right. It sucked.

[sdelmonte]

Actually, Batya and I really liked Tru Calling. It really improved a lot from beginning to premature end.

[ceitfianna]

I find it kind of interesting but the dialogue and plotting isn't as good as I was expecting. I'm going to keep watching but so far I'm not terribly impressed.

[the_croupier]

I keep getting images of the entire staff of Equality Now headdesking as they watch this show.

The premise isn't awful, but it just seems like something he should have pitched to HBO, not Fox. At least that way, we might have seen what he and Eliza had in mind, rather than this mess the Fox execs finally approved.