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Will The Actives Retain Residual Imprints?

Will The Actives Retain Residual Imprints?

The above promotional photo illustrates that Echo’s mind-wiping chair comes equipped with hand, neck and head ‘pads’, which light up an ice blue color during the mind-wiping process (inset).
I thought she got her mind wiped, not a manicure and massage? In all seriousness though, these pads are probably part of the muscle memory erasing process.
Which raises [...]

Dollhouse - A Reason To Believe

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 [...]

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Joss Whedon - “The Show Is Really Coming Together”

Finally! Some actual Dollhouse news/information that comes from a credible source - Joss Whedon himself. He’s been talking about Dollhouse and what has really been going on behind the scenes. May contain aspects that you might conisder spoilery:
I know there’s been a lot of concern, various fabulous hues of panic alert readiness. So here’s the [...]

Selective Memory-Wiping - A Real Possibility

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 [...]

THEORY: Operant Conditioning in Dollhouse?

One of the more surreal clips from the Dollhouse trailer shows Echo and her pals slipping into coffin-like chambers, where they go to fall asleep. But who in their right mind sleeps in a coffin? It would appear that coffins are not only reserved for the dead in Dollhouse, as with twisted logic the zombie-like “actives” [...]

VIDEO: Dollhouse Nature vs Nurture

Are we shaped by our environment and experiences..or by the genes that nature has given us? Is it possible that both play an equal part in shaping us? Are you drawn towards Joss Whedon’s “Dollhouse” because you grew up surrounded by Sci-fi and fantasy (or perhaps you were denied it)? Or were you simply born [...]

VIDEOS: Whedon - Dushku - Penikett Interviews

VIDEOS: Whedon - Dushku - Penikett Interviews

The LA Times has some vids featuring Eliza Dushku, Joss Whedon and Tahmoh Penikett each talking about Dollhouse.
Eliza Dushku talks about her duel role of producer-actor for Dollhouse, which she says makes it more “personal” to her. This is a good thing, as it means that she really really really cares about the show, probably as much [...]

Will Dollhouse Use the Flashback Device? Dollhouse First-Look

As a big ‘LOST’ fan, I find that one of the most useful narrative devices that JJ Abrams (now Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof) excellent show has in it’s arsenal is the ‘flashback‘ (and ‘flash forward’) device, which allows the viewer an insight into the characters past/future.
Don’t worry non-Lost fans, I am going somewhere with this.
I just wonder whether [...]

Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind: Dollhouse Inspiration?

“You can erase someone from your mind. Getting them out of your heart is another story.”
-Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind
How poignant. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind appears to share several parallels with the Dollhouse premise.
Like the novel Never Let Me Go, this film could well have been a subconscious inspiration for Dollhouse - in particular, ‘Eternal Sunshine’ asks questions about self-awareness [...]

Never Let Me Go - Whedon’s Dollhouse

In this interview with IGN, Joss Whedon made reference to the novel Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. I want to highlight this because Whedon seemed pleased that actor Tahmoh Pinekett found parallels between the novel and the early Dollhouse script.
I admit, I have never read the book, but I’ve since done a bit [...]

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