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By: I choose not to hear that | Let's Fold Scarves

I choose not to hear that | Let's Fold Scarves — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:12:57 +0000

[...] Like Charles, I find myself wondering “if Buffy and Firefly were the exception and that in actuality the real Joss is the one responsible for Angel and Dollhouse.” [...]

By: Charles

Charles — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:41:29 +0000

I'm just about done with this show. If they don't put together a good episode in the next couple I may just give up.

I thought this one was bad, even worse than the first one. The plot made no sense, I care less and less about any of the characters with every successive episode, and the ham-handed discussion of the 'maternal instinct' was sad.

I'm beginning to wonder if Buffy and Firefly were the exception and that in actuality the real Joss is the one responsible for Angel and Dollhouse.

By: stephanie b

stephanie b — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:06:39 +0000

I think the engagements are going to be the biggest problem that Dollhouse will continue to encounter. Why would someone pay so much money to have someone imprinted to be a date, or a midwife, or a mother? I think it'd be best if instead of focusing on client-based assignments, the dolls were only used for engagement the Dollhouse wanted to do for mysterious/nefarious purposes.

By: Hazel

Hazel — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:46:55 +0000

Thanks for commenting and for adding me to your blogroll. The major problem with Dollhouse is these utterly inane and poorly thought out "mission of the week" stories. They have all been like that. I can't offhand think of one that worked (though I did enjoy "True Believer" (at the time)).

By: red

red — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:07:48 +0000

I just watched this on Hulu and I think this is one of the more bizarre premises for an engagement. I suppose it makes sense that Nate would want someone to love his baby, but the thought that only an Active imprinted to love Jack pretty much negates the human history of adoption. And I love that Adelle calls him on that. As a sociologist I am also bothered by the idea that there's some biologically rooted "instinct" that women will innately bond with their babies. Again, human history is full of parents who abandon children and adults who adopt. Given that I've been watching Alexis Denisof as the bumbling and uptight Wesley, it was an interesting change to see him as the Senator. I'll keep watching Dollhouse, but it's not appointment television. Heck, given that it's on Hulu, in the US anyway, there's no need for any appointment watching anymore.