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 [...]
JJ Abrams versus Joss Whedon
Fox has two shiny new shows just waiting to be unwrapped. Both have set the Internet buzzing over the past couple of weeks and both have piqued my interest no end. If I was a fan of JJ Abrams and Joss whedon’s creative domes before, I’m an even bigger fan now that I’ve found out more of [...]
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 [...]
What is an “Active” and Why is it The “Truest Soul Among Us”?
In the recent trailers we see head honcho of the Dollhouse facility, Adelle DeWitt, make the direct comparison between “robots” and an “active”. Whilst many of us would consider ‘programmed dolls’ to be closer to robots than ‘humans’, she tells it straight: “An active is the truest soul among us”.
So what does this mean exactly? Are [...]
Dollhouse Pilot “Echo” Revealed!
E! Online’s Kristin is a lucky lady - she’s already had a sneak-peak at the Dollhouse Pilot, and she gives it a massive THUMBS UP, whilst painting a very delicious picture of what we can expect from Joss Whedon’s potential masterpiece:
What’s the pilot episode called?
“Echo.”
What’s it about?
The logline don’t lie: “Echo (Eliza Dushku) is a young [...]

