Dollhouse - A Reason To Believe
After much negativity comes a “Dollhouse” article brimming with hope and positivity. Charlie Jane Anders (io9) reminds prospective Dollhouse fans that there’s still reason to believe in the premise that captured many peoples imaginations:
Dollhouse? It has one of the most intriguing concepts I’ve ever come across, right off the bat. In a sea of “ordinary person gets brainchip/spy computer [...]
Selective Memory-Wiping - A Real Possibility
From time to time I like to share articles on real-life happenings that tap right into the heart of the Dollhouse premise. Here’s one such article on memory-wiping, from Reuters:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It seems like a movie plot, but scientists have developed a way to erase specific memories in mice while leaving others intact and not damaging [...]
Is JJ. Abrams The New Joss Whedon?
That’s the question being asked by Io9’s Graeme McMillan:
With the year getting ready to draw to a close, one thing has become clear to anyone who’s been paying attention: Despite television rating freefalls and a movie industry dependent on franchises for success, one man has managed to sail the choppy waters of genre entertainment with [...]
84% Dollhouse for Your Money - Remote Free TV
An interesting article from the Washington Postregarding the success of FOX’s ‘Remote Free TV’ initiative with “Fringe” and potentially Dollhouse, when it airs:
Turns out, when a network puts fewer, and shorter, ad breaks in a TV series, you like it, and tend to be more inclined to sit through those commercials.
This revolutionary discovery was made by [...]
Dollhouse: To Be Or Not To Be, Too Quirky?
iFMagazine have slammed the chances of Dollhouse staying on the air. How dare anyone have an opinion that isn’t completely positive about Dollhouse or Joss Whedon!:
When: Mid-season
Stars: Eliza Dushku, Olivia Williams, Tahmoh Penikett, Fran Kranz, Dichen Lachman, Enver Giokai
The Skinny: Joss Whedon’s latest TV show about an illegal group that has had their personalities [...]
Whedon: Most Inventive
The National Post list “Dollhouse” mastermind Joss Whedon as one of “TV’s most inventive minds”:
Born June 23, 1964
• Creator and executive producer of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly and Dollhouse
The Internet movie reference site IMDB has described Whedon as the world’s “first third-generation” TV writer: His father, Tom Whedon, wrote for PBS’s [...]
Whedon on Dollhouse’s Coffin-Like Vampire Chambers
Ellen Gray from Philly Daily News has some comments from Joss Whedon on the coffin-like sleeping chambers seen in the trailer:
“This set was built exactly 20 minutes before I walked on to it to shoot,” explained the man who’s probably best known as the creator of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”
“They were nailing the floorboards down. [...]
Boston Proud of Native Eliza
The Boston Herald spreads the love to it’s native, Eliza Dushku, whilst providing insight into the origins of the Joss-Eliza friendship:
Eliza Dushku’s friendship with Joss Whedon began at the Arsenal Mall.
That Watertown mall is where she went when she was 17 years old to make an audition tape for Whedon’s series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” Whedon cast [...]
Dollhouse: Active-ly Unethical to Wipe Memory?
(This piece contains slight Dollhouse spoilers in the 3rd paragraph, regarding the length of time the volunteers remain as ‘actives’)
Today I read a most interesting article about the ‘ethics of erasing bad memory’. Dr. Haig tells the real-life story of a young woman called Ellen, who is undergoing a biopsy when she accidentally overhears that she has cancer. [...]
The Dollhouse Alias is “Who Am I”?
Scifi.com have an article in which Joss Whedon reveals that the show is not another “Alias“, and will have it’s own identity, even if part of that identity is asking ‘who am I?’:
“That’s really what the show is about. It’s about plumbing the depths of our identity.”
“It’s sort of taking the role of a Frankenstein [...]

