What do you think of Dollhouse?

[Clare]

I haven't been able to watch it yet but I've seen clips and it looks pretty good.

So, if you've watched Dollhouse, what did/do you think of it?

[cyclica]

I watched the first episode. It seemed ok but not really good enough for me to keep watching. The whole situation seemed too unrealistic and there were too many new characters all being introduced at once with not enough of an explanation as to what was going on. It certainly didn't have the appeal of buffy or angel.

Still, it was nice seeing eliza dushku and amy acker again.

[partcynic]

I've yet to see the show (my pesky lack of a television prevents me from doing so), but I'll check it out at some point.

I can't say I'm expecting much (I have a feeling that I'll agree with cyclica's review quite a bit), given that I'm not fond of either the showrunners (Liz Craft and Sarah Fain, responsible for several lame Angel episodes), nor the presence of Steve DeKnight (Blood Ties; Spiral; All The Way; Dead Things; Seeing Red - the crappiness speaks for itself). Still, I'll watch if I get the opportunity.

[cyclica]

Have you been able to watch dollhouse yet?

[partcynic]

Unfortunately, not yet.

[FiveByFive]

I think the show is great, it has a deep story, and Eliza Dushku lol

[cyclica]

Every time I see Eliza Dushku, I think 'faith'. It's strange seeing her as someone else. :-\

[FiveByFive]

lol well it was her first role as a how do I say near adult I guess, plus she captured that character so well

[cauldron]

I've seen the lot (so far) and its not been axed much to Whedons surprise. Its well worth watching if you're a Whedon fan. The first few episodes are very much mission of the week, then it gets into an involued storyline that we know Whedon can do very well.
Its not as good as Buffy, but if you appoach his projects comparing them to Buffy all the time, you'll never get into anything else he does.
Dushku is very much her usual great self and is a very under rated actor, teh nature of the show is that she plays a different character each week, so hopefully that will do her well.
Acker is pretty much Fred again but not quite as goofy, but shes very beautiful and mysterious so its never difficult watching her.
Doll House aims for sinister, does it manage it, well probably not to be honest and ends up being on the depressing side of dark, however its such a unique idea that any scifi fan or Whedon fan should give it more than a shoot.
The characters are also not up to his usual standard, some are down right dull, but hopefully they will improve as the series goes on (Whedon has a 5 year story arch, so we'll see)

[Clare]

^ Thanks for your review Cauldron.

I'm quite looking forward to watching it now - Season 1 starts airing on ITV4 (UK) on Monday 26th October!

[cauldron]

just started wtaching season two and its really good!
Much more involued as you would expect a Whedon drama to be. So if you're not sure of season one do stick with it

[cyclica]

Are there any other buffy/angel actors on the show other than eliza dushku and amy acker?

[cauldron]

I don't think there are (I had to think though) theres someone from firefly in it though

[cyclica]

Just found out - Dollhouse has been cancelled!

[partcynic]

Yep - though it's not surprising. After the way the Fox network treated Firefly, I'm surprised he went back to them. In addition, his shows are the cult type that just don't pull in massive, multi-million audiences. I bet if he'd gone with one of the smaller networks (like he did with the WB with Buffy), the show would probably have stuck around given its current ratings.