Dollhouse

[hdimagination]

Ok, so I'm going to try to kick start my blog a bit again. Hopefully I'll manage to write something interesting. But start off with just sharing some of my thoughts about various things without getting too deep. I figured Dollhouse would be a good place to start.

Comments

[wererogue]

I'd almost bet you'll get bored over the next few episodes. Having said that, STICK IT OUT. It gets a lot better around ep 5/6, and is well worth watching after that.

I gather the first few episodes were contractual, and Whedon bascially phoned them in so as to concentrate on the later ones.

It's sad that you spoilered yourself :/

[hdimagination]

Really? I mean that is only three more episodes. Given that I've enjoyed the first two it doesn't seem that I'll get bored with the established Setup in that short a time.

I do worry about the attention spans of Genre Fans sometimes. It seems that there is an established idea that if a show isn't jaw droppingly amazing right off the bat, then it is irredeemable. I mean, people who are so quick to condem a show after the first few episodes should remember how long it took for Next Gen to find it's feet.

It would be interesting to hear some well thought out reasons as to why people think those first few episodes are not up to much though.

[wererogue]

Mostly, it's a sketchy concept. It's hard to sell, especially as the concept is that most of the characters don't have character! It really needed to prove that it was worth watching, and for a lot of people, the only reason they made it to the good bits are because (i) they wanted to see if it *could* get good and (ii) Joss Whedon's done some fantastic stuff recently. I don't *worry* about people's attention span - I think its healthy that people are less inclined to just accept whatever tripe is on the box, and look for something engaging.

I thought the first episode was a pretty standard pilot - showing the concept, nothing especially interesting happens. The second episode was pretty good. 3 and 4, not so much.

[woogledesigns]

HOH yessirree. How are you watching this? I had a heck of a time DLing lately.
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