Joss Whedon’s DOLLHOUSE FOX TV series - FANSITE - Watching Dollhouse

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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 [...]

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 [...]

“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 [...]

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 [...]