Dollhouse

[Sheeplovr]

new joss whedon show "Dollhouse" trailer new joss whedon show "Dollhouse" trailer

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that looks so fantastic .. minus eliza dusku but still i cant hold it against her im excited for this even more im glad the strike is over

i hope fox doesnt blow it like they did firefly

[Freitag]

Can't see the trailer, but saw a promo shot. Helo looks WEIRD with longer hair and with a suit.

BTW, the other female lead doesn't look that good.

[Furtherman]

i hope fox doesnt blow it like they did firefly

I'd say there is a 70/30 chance they will. They just canceled 8 shows - all of them premiered last fall.

Broadcast networks have the itchiest trigger fingers around. It would have a much, much better chance on cable.

The trailer looked interesting and worth checking out.

However, the name Dollhouse? I'm sorry but that's a terrible name.

[Sheeplovr]

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However, the name Dollhouse? I'm sorry but that's a terrible name.

how is it a bad name

it makes alot of scens the people in the show are dolls they can be anythign the client wants the mto be like make belive wiht a doll and the company is the doll house
it makes alot of sense

what dont you like about it?

[Furtherman]

it makes alot of scens the people in the show are dolls they can be anythign the client wants the mto be like make belive wiht a doll and the company is the doll house
it makes alot of sense

It may make more sense than the sentence you just typed, but I just don't like the name "Dollhouse". It's just a little girlish.

But I'm sure that feeling will fade if I like what I'm watching.

[Sheeplovr]

It may make more sense than the sentence you just typed, but I just don't like the name "Dollhouse". It's just a little girlish.

But I'm sure that feeling will fade if I like what I'm watching.

...gender rolls issues

[Furtherman]

...gender rolls issues

Jelly rolls issue.

[JustJon]

I think Dollhouse fits the show. The agents are dolls who are programmed for missions and when they get back have their minds wiped.

The script got a good review on AICN this week. I'm looking forward to it.

[Sheeplovr]

damn its been removed from you tube

[pittphantoms]

damn its been removed from you tube

http://www.dollverse.com/trailer/

The trailer is on the website

Should this topic be in another forum?

[Heather 8]

Should this topic be in another forum?

Are you questioning the mod and his methods? :nono:

[Kilgores Feet]

Is that the chick from Rushmore?

[Furtherman]

Has anyone been following the story for this? It's a nightmare. It's finally green lit but FOX is giving it (surprise!) little support and a bad time spot.

Joss.... stay away from FOX!

Fox Execs Explain Why Joss Whedon's Dollhouse Is Built On Sand (http://io9.com/5118553/fox-execs-explain-why-joss-whedons-dollhouse-is-built-on-sand)

They've finally come out and admitted it — the top suits at the Fox network just plain hate science fiction. And yet they keep greenlighting it.

An interview with Fox Chairman Peter Ligouri and President Kevin Reilly was more revealing than they may have intended. They talk, in general, about the network's ratings struggles. And then there's this exchange:

Q: Many people were surprised that you didn't put Whedon's "Dollhouse" in one of the post-"Idol" spots, instead opting for the relatively sleepy zone of Fridays. Why put such a buzzed-about show on that night?

Liguori: It's a night where there's not . . . a lot of competition. So we're able . . . to allow the show to grow.

Reilly: By nature, this show has a particular kind of audience. That's just what Joss does. You could say, why "Lie to Me" (on Wednesdays) after "Idol"? I think that's a broader show. You don't want to put in something with more of a sci-fi bent.

The good news is, they intend to "allow [Dollhouse] to grow," meaning that it won't get axed if its ratings aren't stellar right out of the gate. (But a second-season pickup may be a challenge.) But the bad news is, they're coming out and saying it: they don't think "something with more of a sci-fi bent" can win over a big audience. Especially not if it's "what Joss does."

Meanwhile, Lie To Me, which sounds like a clone of the vapid but ultra-successful Mentalist, is destined for greatness. Sigh.

[Contra]

I had no idea Eliza dropped out, booooooo now I don't even want to see it.

[Contra]

Ok I can't find anything that says Eliza dropped out. What are you talking about Joe?

[Marc with a c]

i rented 'welcome to the dollhouse' and i forgot to return it and the lady from the video store in bedford kept calling my house for the video back. i eventually just drove by and threw the tape in the front door and never went back.

[Heather 8]

Ok I can't find anything that says Eliza dropped out. What are you talking about Joe?

He didn't say she dropped out. He said the show looks good in spite of her being in the cast.

[TheMojoPin]

Can we just fast-forward to when this fails after a dozen episodes and is banished and there is much nerdly wailing and gnashing of teeth?

[Contra]

Ah I misunderstood sorry bout that

[Heather 8]

Can we just fast-forward to when this fails after a dozen episodes and is banished and there is much nerdly wailing and gnashing of teeth?

Meh, I'm still doing that after "Pushing Daisies" was canned. I can only have my geeky heart broken so many times.

[Furtherman]

Premiere is on FOX, this Friday at 9pm.

[JustJon]

Anyone go tot eh nycc panel yesterday?

[JDE]

I know I am not the only Joss Whedon fan here, so is anyone else excited about the premiere of Dollhouse, this Friday night at 9PM on Fox?


From reading a little of the previews and the such, I just hope Fox gives the show a chance to grow, and it is not a repeat of Firefly.

I think it being on Friday night might actually help, at least in terms of lowered expectations.

I saw Olivia Williams on Fergonson's show last night, and have always been a fan of her, so with her, Amy Acker, and Eliza it's a good start.


Jason

[nate1000]

ahem

http://www.ronfez.net/forums/showthread.php?t=69616

Join in the fun.

[JDE]

ahem

http://www.ronfez.net/forums/showthread.php?t=69616

Join in the fun.


Oh, it's in a different forum, why is that?

Been reading this place for over 2 and a half years, and I still not been in every forum I don't think.

[boobieman]

Don't know anything about the show. My wife wants to check it out so I will give it a shot.

This Friday it starts? Thanks need to set that timer.

SEEYYAYAYAAAAAA

[JDE]

I caught Olivia Williams on Craig Fergonson's show last night, I have always enjoyed her, and to the person who asked if she was the Rushmore gal, yes she is.


I am excited for the premiere, although I am prepared that it will be a one year and done show, but hopeful that given the Friday night slot, possibly it can build a little niche audience, and get more than just this season.


Jason

[cougarjake13]

love eliza dushku

[King Imp]

So, what did everyone think of this show?

Personally, I love Dushku, but even her hotness wasn't enough to make this interesting. I'll give it another shot next week, but I can't see this lasting very long.

[HBox]

I can't wait until this is cancelled and we get to see what comes next out of Joss Whedon's brilliant mind. Will it be tiny little hot chicks with super powers and an attitude who fight Nazis or or tiny little hot chicks with super powers and an attitude who travel in time? Or maybe the ultimate: tiny little hot chicks with super powers and an attitude who fight other tiny little hot chicks with super powers and an attitude, but these chicks are totally EVIL and junk.

[boobieman]

Watched it last night....A BOOO....sorry the show just does nothing. Yes Dushku looks hot..when she was dancing in the bar in that little white slip...man she looked amazing..but she is horrible when it comes to acting..Actually everyone on the show sucks. That British babe who is the head of the Doll House..she sucks. I will give it one more shot..but damn. I think Seinfeld said it best.."A show about nothing"

SEEYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY

[KnoxHarrington]

I can't wait until this is cancelled and we get to see what comes next out of Joss Whedon's brilliant mind. Will it be tiny little hot chicks with super powers and an attitude who fight Nazis or or tiny little hot chicks with super powers and an attitude who travel in time? Or maybe the ultimate: tiny little hot chicks with super powers and an attitude who fight other tiny little hot chicks with super powers and an attitude, but these chicks are totally EVIL and junk.

He's already starting the "Fox fucked up my show!" excuse for this one.

[sailor]

why did they ugly up amy acker??

[Heather 8]

why did they ugly up amy acker??

So when they inevitably whore her up and pair her with Eliza, it'll be even hotter.

[cougarjake13]

So, what did everyone think of this show?

Personally, I love Dushku, but even her hotness wasn't enough to make this interesting. I'll give it another shot next week, but I can't see this lasting very long.



dvr'd it


havent watched yet

[KingGeno]

http://www.thrfeed.com/2009/02/dollhouse-terminator-premiere-ratings.html

Bombed big time. No surprise.

[JerseyRich]

Meh...watched it on HULU yesterday.

It sucks.

[HBox]

He's already starting the "Fox fucked up my show!" excuse for this one.

Why did he go back to them? They supposedly fucked up his last show.

[fezident]

I dunno.
I was looking forward to this show. Then... as it got closer to the air date, I cared less and less.
Now I just scroll passed it on my dvr.

[TheMojoPin]

Why did he go back to them? They supposedly fucked up his last show.

Maybe nobody else is willing to take on his shitty, shitty shows.

[cougarjake13]

eliza looked great in that white dress and that blonde chick at the end ( dichen lachmann) has a weird hotness to her


hated the episode though when they went to the kidnapping part


and obviously if the cop guy ever finds the dolhouse and eliza, then the shows over
so whats the point of watching him in the storyline when you know he'll never get the job done

[Fallon]

It was a pretty weak show. They are trying too be overly cool but it just didn't work.

Eliza is sexy though.

[Furtherman]

and obviously if the cop guy ever finds the dolhouse and eliza, then the shows over
so whats the point of watching him in the storyline when you know he'll never get the job done

Yea, the whole... is the Dollhouse real plot doesn't seem viable. I don't know, the show wasn't terrible, but it wasn't great either.

[cougarjake13]

Yea, the whole... is the Dollhouse real plot doesn't seem viable. I don't know, the show wasn't terrible, but it wasn't great either.




i guess they feel like they have to do the whole hero-villan thing or whatever

but why introduce this so early ??


but they coulda done a season or 2 of just them being programmed and going on missions



i dunno maybe its just a pet peeve of mine but i hate when they introduce aspects of the plot where completion means the end of the show or movie

b/c if they solve it, catch the guy, whatever it is then show or movie is over


for the movie part it'd be early in the movie and you know 20 mins in it aint happening cause theres still 2 hours left to go

[cougarjake13]

It was a pretty weak show. They are trying too be overly cool but it just didn't work.

Eliza is sexy though.

conception is cool

execution not so much




elizas sexiness is enough to get me coming back



and those little lead-ins with her and the terminator chick were hot

[cougarjake13]

since the beginning ive been saying that the cop agent paul ballard is ALPHA

after this past fridays episode preview im more convinced


what say you

[pittphantoms]

This show keeps getting better...

I hope Helo isnt Alpha, but it wouldn't shock me.

[JustJon]

since the beginning ive been saying that the cop agent paul ballard is ALPHA

after this past fridays episode preview im more convinced


what say you

I say thee nay. Besides, I saw a spoiler pic a month ago that implies it is someone else.

[pittphantoms]

I say thee nay. Besides, I saw a spoiler pic a month ago that implies it is someone else.

Well dont hold back...

at least twitter the pic to me :)

[EliSnow]

I just watched all of the Dollhouse first season one eps. I like the show, and look forward to a season 2.

Great to see some Whedon veterans and Alpha was a big, big suprise.

[JustJon]

Eli, episode 13 screens at comicon next week, then will be on dvd the following tuesday (box set).

[EliSnow]

Eli, episode 13 screens at comicon next week, then will be on dvd the following tuesday (box set).

I read that. So they're not going to make it available on iTunes?

[JustJon]

I read that. So they're not going to make it available on iTunes?



They haven't said.

[EliSnow]

They haven't said.

It's now available for download on iTunes and Amazon.

[WampusCrandle]

i just watched them all and it's a great fucking show. This guy makes all these great shows but they keep getting cancelled, which is horse shit. thank god the fans protested the shows cancellation. I can't wait for season 2.

[Contra]

I got the season on blu-ray, some pretty good special features

[JustJon]

I liked Episode 13. I wonder how much of the future we'll be seeing. They have said it takes place in the near present with some flashes to the future.

[Furtherman]

This show keeps getting better...

Season 2 starts this Friday.

I netflix'd the first season and have been very surprised how the show did indeed get better and better. I found it to be 100% better than I thought it would be. I'll be checking out Season 2, but to those who gave up on it early, you might want to give it a second chance. It's really an original concept for a show on network TV these days.

[Willmore]

Season 2 starts this Friday.

I netflix'd the first season and have been very surprised how the show did indeed get better and better. I found it to be 100% better than I thought it would be. I'll be checking out Season 2, but to those who gave up on it early, you might want to give it a second chance. It's really an original concept for a show on network TV these days.

The unaired season finale was amazing. Download it, or grab the dvd to watch it.

[cougarjake13]

The unaired season finale was amazing. Download it, or grab the dvd to watch it.

why didnt they air it ??

shit i need to find it now

[WampusCrandle]

The unaired season finale was amazing. Download it, or grab the dvd to watch it.

yea, i need to see the unaired version, damn it. can't wait for the new season.

[EliSnow]

yea, i need to see the unaired version, damn it. can't wait for the new season.

I saw the unaired ep of Dollhouse the other day. I love where they took the idea underlying the Dollhouse technology and essentially turned into it into a way to destroy society and humanity. Great ep.

Also so far, I've like this season, but the show has had horrible ratings. However, Fox has committed to air all 13 episodes that have been filmed and will air such eps back to back on Friday nights in December.

[nate1000]

Eli,
Keep us posted- my tivo took a shit and I lost the four weeks I was back. I'd love the opportunity to re-start the current season.

[EliSnow]

Eli,
Keep us posted- my tivo took a shit and I lost the four weeks I was back. I'd love the opportunity to re-start the current season.

My DVR did the same thing. So I dl'ed the second and third eps off of iTunes. I haven't watched the third one yet.

[EliSnow]

why didnt they air it ??

shit i need to find it now

The unaired episode takes place 10 years in the future and essentially gives away the ending of the series. It's a great ep, but if aired it would become show continuity.

Now, I only consider it to be an alternate future.

[sailor]

Eli,
Keep us posted- my tivo took a shit and I lost the four weeks I was back. I'd love the opportunity to re-start the current season.

we've been watching on hulu. our dvr died a few weeks back.

[Furtherman]

Cancelled.

However, FOX will air all the remaining 13 episodes. They're even letting them continue to produce the shows, as they are filming episode 11 right now.

I didn't get to catch it this time around, but I did like the first season. Looks like a Netflix catch up one weekend.

[Willmore]

http://www.whedon.info/local/cache-vignettes/L513xH755/dollhouse-tv-series-official-poster-mq-01-2582c.jpg

EPIC FAIL

Seriously, not a bad show. Certainly not as good as Whedon's best - Firefly, but up there in terms of good TV. Better than most shit that's on now.

[EliSnow]

Three more episods left until the end. I still have to catch up on six shows, but it looks like the show is ending strong.

Here's a summary descrption (http://www.aintitcool.com/node/43563)of the last three eps. Obviously some spoilers are in this.

[sailor]

It's gotten pretty wild. All in all it's doing a good job. We watched those 6 episodes this week. Very engaging/entertaining. Wish there were more than three left. Looks like everything will wrap up nicely.

[PD]

It's gotten pretty wild. All in all it's doing a good job. We watched those 6 episodes this week. Very engaging/entertaining. Wish there were more than three left. Looks like everything will wrap up nicely.

Ive been digging em. According to Joss Whedon it's still not exactly what he wanted to do, but I've been digging it.

It's on now by the way.

[JDE]

Ive been digging em. According to Joss Whedon it's still not exactly what he wanted to do, but I've been digging it.

It's on now by the way.

It has become some of the finest stuff he has ever done the past 6 episodes. If only he went full bore from the beginning, who knows maybe it could have found an audience, although with the time slot and lack of promotion, it was still doubtful.

The episode tonight had two of the most Whedonesque OMFG moments ever.


The last two should be fun.

[PD]

It has become some of the finest stuff he has ever done the past 6 episodes. If only he went full bore from the beginning, who knows maybe it could have found an audience, although with the time slot and lack of promotion, it was still doubtful.

The episode tonight had two of the most Whedonesque OMFG moments ever.


The last two should be fun.
agreed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.U.R._%28Rossum%27s_Universal_Robots%29

[JDE]

agreed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.U.R._%28Rossum%27s_Universal_Robots%29

Just thinking out loud, that first what the fuck moment set up the second once you get your jaw off the floor, it kind of fits.


Brilliant job by Tim Minear who has always been the Joss mindblowing writer besides Joss himself.

[sailor]

never saw the first coming, thought it would be something much less there. 2nd, knew it was coming, just didn't know what regular it would be. just shocking shit and can't wait for final two.

[Willmore]

This show would be so awesome if it was on HBO and was a 6 or 12 episode mini-series. There was just no need for those one-off mission episodes. The conspiracy and Rossum stuff is what makes this show good. Joss Whedon proves he's a very good writer with this stuff.

[PD]

bumped cause it's on now.

[JustJon]

It's so good in its end game. Too bad there's the ep I'm watching now and next week left.

[PD]

I want to yell at Topher-


NO!!

[PD]

I love you guys.

[EliSnow]

I used yesterday's day off to catch up on the Dollhouse eps I hadn't watched.

I was suprised by who the founder of Rossum was. Out of everyone, I really didn't see it being that person.

Great series, and I cannot wait for the finale.

[PD]

bumped cause tonight is series finale.

[EliSnow]

bumped cause tonight is series finale.

Yep, and we'll see if/how Alpha was responsible for the dystopian future.

[PD]

I think they skipped an episode.

This is Epitaph 2; I think they skipped Epitaph 1 (no show last week)

[furie]

I think they skipped an episode.

This is Epitaph 2; I think they skipped Epitaph 1 (no show last week)

Epitaph One was the last episode of season 1

[PD]

Epitaph One was the last episode of season 1
yeah after looking i see it was the Unaired episode from season 1 (that was on DVD)

[sailor]

never saw that one. damn. the whole time tonight we thought we'd missed an episode somehow. very underwhelmed after how good the last few episodes had been.