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Sorry but I'm just not gonna bother investing my time on something that will just get dropped after the 6th episode.

No, I choose to FIIIIIIGHT BACK! and not watch.

I love Joss Whedon... but Eliza Dushku is a terrible actress.

Doesn't NBC already have this show with Christian Slater?

Because they want to mention shows people will, you know, recognize. From having watched? No one watched Firefly. It was like Family Guy...a lot of people loved it passionately, but no one WATCHED it enough to save it from Fox's rather broad stroke.

Where's my husband...ummm,I mean, Helo, I mean, what's his face with the muscles??

Kat No one watched Firefly. It was like Family Guy...a lot of people loved it passionately, but no one WATCHED it enough to save it from Fox's rather broad stroke.

I was being sarcastic, okay? But, I'm excused not having watched it on TV, being British, and I think Americans are excused too, because watching a plot arc driven show out off order must be damn annoying

BWeaves so they wipe her memories every few days. What happens if the first fake memory load is atotal slut, but then the second fake memory load is a virgin, and she discovers she's got herpes and crabs and stuff? What if one fake memory likes to practice safe sex, but another one doesn't? Doesn't seem fair to fuck with someone that way.

But what if her real personality is into playing the S&M sub role in a major ways, so she's okay with it all?

Cockroach: Being as it's Dushku, you're probably right.

Did anyone else think that the blond guy was a nerdy Fillion, until you got a closer look and got less excited about it all?

It has Eliza Dushku and that is all it needs.That and not to chew the gooch.

Posted by: Optimus Rhyme at November 6, 2008 6:03 PM

HEAR HEAR!

Eliza Dushku, while super-hot, is a beeyotch. I was in the VIP area at a concert a few years ago, and she was there too, wearing a total "look-at-me!" outfit and simultaneously ignoring everyone.

lou I so agree, i mean true calling was so incredibly bad and a lot of it had to do with her being pretty damn crappy but joss whedon always made her work well so I have high expectations, plus people it's a brand new world we gotta have brand new hopes!! I mean I bet obama is gonna get fox to order a new season of firefly cause that's the kind of inspiring show we need to watch. browncoats won in real life. the end
oh yeah i'm still high

Dushku was the dummy who starred in that "groundhog day" show, where in the entire first season she was confused about waking up in the same day all over again.

She also had a creepy relationship with her "brother."

As much as I enjoyed Whedon's Dr Horrible, and Firefly of course, I don't have very high expectations with Dushku in the starring role.

I liked Elisha as Faith, but I'm not sure if putting her in the lead is going to work. She wasn't that good of an actress I thought. But Faith was about being a kick-ass, not about her dramatic skills...so...who knows?

Hmm... looks like a cross between Dark City and Minority Report. Could be interesting. I'll probably end up waiting til it comes out on DVD, though.

I mean I bet obama is gonna get fox to order a new season of firefly cause that's the kind of inspiring show we need to watch. browncoats won in real life. the end

Please, Obama is totally Alliance. He wants to change change CHANGE, the Alliance tried to change people. Universal healthcare and redistribution of wealth anyone?

Independen t= Maverick=Browncoat = John McCain (allegedly)

Though if Obama did get Firefly back somehow, I'd never say another negative word about him, might even vote for him for a second term.

im with you alexandra !!!!!!! can we stop for snacks first ? I need my energy to kick off the revolution

I'll bring the protein cake.

She may have an exquisite ass but you can't see it in that picture. She looks like Karen Carpenter.

How much faith do I have in Whedon?

ALL of it.

TylerDFC,

sadly, I think you may be right.
Fox are total cunts, aren't they?

Is it just me or is it kind of the same music as the House MD opening ? (it would make sense since "Dollhouse" sounds kind of like "House"...)

Well, in case there was any hope a-buildin' Dollhouse is now officially scheduled for the death slot at 21:00 Fridays, there's another script-doctoring delay, and some suit at Fox is quoted publicly saying it isn't quite what he thought when he greenlighted the thing. It seems the recent election burned up most of our spare audacity and hope. Sigh. See Wheodonesque for the latest.

As for the substantive comments, since Dushku & company are programmed with new personalities with each assignment, there's no real need for sophisticated, layered acting. Each round can be more of an acting workshop-y shallow take. That, while simultaneously having large soft boobs eyes, perky boobs personality, and ample, soft, luxurious boobs hair is well within the lead's range.

Meanwhile, Joss-the-master-of-many-now has often used his leads, women characters, and even well-formed, strong women characters as almost formal devices within stories. Much of his work reads kind of like the medieval "everyman" plays, where the lead / protagonist is a symbol - helpfully named "everyman" - more an archetype than a person. There's no friendly, us-but-better lead we can root for, identify with or, you know lust after. (That is, unless you're OK with a contrived experience, an experiment, really in "no strings" getting it on with the flavor of the week. Works for me, but I'm shallow.) With Dollhouse the lead is named "Eco", folks. So . . .

Whedon the showrunner, show creator, producer, pitcher-to-networks needs to reconcile his storytelling goals with his choice of venue. Dr. Horrible and the various comics are one way to do this. If he wants to do a series for Tee Vee he needs to work with networks & etc. that can sustain a show with a smaller audience, that aren't afraid of ideas that reach, and will tolerate some ramp-up time as the show finds its niche.

It's the McDonalds' problem. McDonalds sells millions of toad-burgers a day. To sell the millions they have to be, well, McDonalds. Shiro-san at Shiro's Sushi (or any of the other artists in food hereabouts) if he chooses to stay Shiro-san will never sell millions of anything a day.

Whedon-san makes story sushi - not for everyone, but almost a religion for those who like it. He needs a business manger to slap him upside the head to remind him what business he is in, or trying to be in, despite the compelling eloquence of Ms. Dushku's boobs eyes over lunch.

Boobs / More Boobs '12

Actually the soap opera One Life to Live brought us Fillion. He played Joey Buchanan.