Comments on: Dollhouse Cancelled; Millions of People Completely Unphased

By: Ashton

Ashton — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 11:46:55 +0000

Compare the character and plot development of this to the character and plot development of Battlestar Galactica. No contest. This show seemed to be a shallow dip into a few moral/ethical concepts and a very shallow development of characters. I am enjoying the end of season 2, but just found myself a little bored by Dollhouse.

And I can't be dismissed by a 'you lack deep thought' comment because I loved all of the complex issues that BSG so skillfully developed where the characters were inextricable from the plot. That's brilliance. Joss Whedon is creative and I would love to see what he can do with increased technical skill to develop his good ideas.

By: JA

JA — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:23:21 +0000

You didn't watch the show too much then. Dollhouse had a hell of a story line if you paid even half attention to it and plenty of substance with the ethical and moral issues it faced. Not to mention Dollhouse had more character development I've seen in a long time in other show out there. BTW it wasn't her DNA that was altered, further showing your lack of knowledge of the show. Congrats.

By: JA

JA — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:23:21 +0000

By: Aleric

Aleric — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:33:12 +0000

Never been a big fan of Whedon's, his series are at best “ok”, and at worst simply boring. While Firefly was watchable it never caught on with me as say Farscape or BattleStar Galactica did. He concentrates too much on looks and not enough on substance and character develpement, apart from the stereotypes.

By: YazzyDream

YazzyDream — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:50:30 +0000

I'm a fan of Dollhouse, but I'm not surprised, and I haven't been tuning in much this season. Perhaps Whedon should do mini series. Bet he'd do well in that.

By: Jandy

Jandy — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:45:07 +0000

I'm not particularly surprised to see it go, and emotionally impacted? Not as much, because I've hardened myself against being upset when Fox cancels shows. It's not worth going through Firefly-withdrawal again. And yeah, Dollhouse is lesser Whedon. But still. But still – any Whedon on my TV is better than no Whedon. And this gets rid of one of the few sci-fi shows on right now that's even trying to deal with a) science [as opposed to trappings like aliens or space travel] and b) the deeper implications of science. I don't think Dollhouse stuck to that as much as it could've (partially because Fox kept pulling back from the more extreme things Joss wanted to explore, and keep it more action oriented), but unless V can fill that void, and I haven't caught up with it yet, I think that's an overall loss on the TV landscape.

By: ommytror

ommytror — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:37:49 +0000

Apparently I'm the only person sad to see it go. I've actually really enjoyed the show and thought they played with the premise pretty well. Some of the standalone episodes were pretty crappy (the Echo-is-a-hired-mom one comes to mind) but I liked the stories where we started to get the big picture of just how crazy the parent corporation is.

By: adamLang

adamLang — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:43:58 +0000

yeah, i'm so tired of feeling like i'm missing out on a good show whenever dollhouse advertising comes on or a blog makes a reference. I've given it a bunch of chances and I have to say it just didn't seem like a good idea from the beginning.

By: Tommy

Tommy — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:35:23 +0000

Terrible show. Glad to see it go. Time to put something better on.

By: sarasorrentino

sarasorrentino — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:33:07 +0000

Holy crap. Will the Fox reign of terror never end? Must they cancel the only good shows on their lineup?

By: Peter Donohue

Peter Donohue — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:30:21 +0000

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