(Not hating on thin ladies. You’re gorgeous. Just wanted to slap BadMouth for saying that. I have more faith in Miracle’s ability to beat somebody than Dichen’s… her arms would break off!).

It’s certainly possible. Whilst that interview segments will never grow on me, I can see why they would want to ‘recap’ in this way, with a view to re-focusing on the main overarching story.

I have to wonder if the main problem with the stilted “Man on the Street” interview segments has to do with the fact that a certain degree of ‘I apologize if the first five eps ignore the fundamental moral squickiness that the Dollhouse is brain violating human trafficking house of rape’ theme stacking may have been in order for Joss–especially considering the content contained in the original pre-shutdown pilot. I don’t know if the shot episode of ‘Echo’ matches the first draft (we’ll have to wait for the dvd for that) but it seems like the thematic territory covered organically within the drama of the orignal pilot–along with much of the plot mechanics–was shorthanded for the mid-season reboot. Admitedly with limited success.

Your english is fine by the way!

I don’t see it that way — as I mentioned in my post, I’ve still enjoyed several aspects of running this site. I didn’t go into this with conceit, I was purely enthused by the premise of the show.

Furthermore, this website is a small part of my exploration into genre, it’s reflection on society, and the creativity of human stories through media. Like any journey, it has been both insightful and valuable — exhanging views and opinions with folks both in the comments and email has only served to validate how incredible the DH ‘premise’ is. I only hope that the show goes on to do it justice at some point.

I can appreciate how it may seem like a waste of time to you, but this site always was off the cuff — I really didn’t need another show to follow, but DH piqued my interest. I don’t regret it, I took a chance, was always honest, but the show didn’t live up to my expectations — there are far worse risks to take. At the end of the day, I knew when to call it a day. I’d rather walk away now than end up forgetting why I started the site in the first place.

Hmm, I’m not sure what my sexual orientation has to do with it, since a person’s ability to like Dushku or not would not be bound by their gender. At any rate, if you dig through my posts, I’m pretty sure you’ll be able to see what my preference is.

As for Dushku being ‘sexy’. That may be so, although that’s down to personal taste. That said, I honestly don’t watch TV for that reason. I prefer to seek hotness in real life (no offense to you, just explaining my point), not through the fantasy of tv.

Sure, I can see how aesthetics add value to a production — and I give props on a good look when I see it, but surely it’s an aspect that should be a bonus, not the sole/main reason to watch a show? I guess we’re all different. And that’s kinda the point.

You could totally see the SMG version of Alpha. She was like Echo, an especially talented Active. But the low-intelligence authority types worried about her. She felt dangerous to them. So they got nasty and tried to shut her down. And in so doing, they created the very thing they feared.

And the Dollhouse would view her as pure evil, but when you met her, you’d find out she had a strong sense of right and wrong, she wasn’t just out for vengeance. Joss can get thin and on-the-nose writing his villains sometimes (like the kidnappers in the premiere), and this was an antagonist with a world view that made sense to her.

Again, arrrgh. I don’t know. The guy version of Alpha is way less interesting to me. I feel close to the part somehow. Maybe I’ll see how Mr. Whedon sees Alpha anyway.

Thanks for the info, Phoenix. I’ll be less crushed when I finally see Alpha now.

But you’re right — it WOULD be cool for SMG to get in on “Dollhouse.”

Sad to see that you give up of dollhouse, i doesn’t agree with all of your points but… we’re all different and i’m glad for that =)

i’m a huge fan of whedon’s work, like buffy, angel, firefly, but with the dollhouse if wasn’t for Eliza and joss talking about the episode 6, i’ve already stop waching it, but like i apreciate the work of both i’ve give it a try…

Not that great episode but, for me i’ll say that this episode is the begining of dollhouse, and the next episode seems to maintain the quality of the last episode, if that’s correct i’m in for the ride of dollhouse but if only one or two episodes have this quality then bye bye….

i’m a big fan of whedon, and i’m from Portugal, so sorry by my english, and in here, only has 5 seasons of buffy, all angel (in a cable network) and no firefly, and i’ve got all the seasons of the shows even Dr. Horrible’s from amazon….

the ones that can’t respect diferent opinions, please don’t talk in the name of whedon’s fans, you give bad name to them, all the whedon’s fans have different opinions and tastes to, but respect the others is bigger that everything.

and if any series of whedon’s sucks according with my tastes and opinion i’ll stop watching, if this two episodes of dollhouse are the only ones that’s good, sadly i’ve to say goodbye to dollhouse… and for the ones that like it despite i don’t, i’m glad for them and hope that the series never been cancel for them to watch…. isn’t cause i’m a fan and don’t like that i’ve all the reason and that i’m right and the others are wrong.

we are all different from each others.

Sorry again for my english

these episode put all the first five in the depths of a black hole xD

And Roco i realy hope that dollhouse can bring something to you, cause for me the last one was the launch pad fo the series, at least i really hope so….

Take care

And here, despite all the relentless navel-contemplation of its own premise, the show fails to lay out rules that work, even on a fantasy level. And the way Joss keeps shifting the rules shows that he knows that. The attempt to recast the Dollhouse’s mission as a mystery after his original explanation didn’t work is clever – I’m not saying Joss Whedon isn’t a clever guy – but the desperation is showing.

And again, all that said, I’m going to watch the rest of it. It’s kind of more fun, really, watching Joss try to fly a plane that doesn’t really fly. It’s going to wind up a black smoking hole in the Fox schedule in May, but Joss will probably do some cool loops before he crashes.

But really, don’t feel bad about thinking that the show doesn’t work. Your evaluation of the episodes so far is clearly closer to Joss’ own evaluation than the certainty of the fanboys that every word is genius. Your website has been much the most interesting evaluation of the show out there, thanks for your time.

I still feel certain there will be cool moments. I saw a claim on another website that Sarah Michelle Gellar will ultimately appear as Alpha. I cannot explain to you how perfect that casting is, it shows that Joss understands what’s cool and unique about that character. Have you heard anything about this?