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fishfishmonkeyhat
25-07-2009, 10:15 PM
I misspelled the name on purpose because threads are boring.

So I just watched the un-aired pilot and unaired 13th ep of Dollhouse.

Pilotwise I think I preferred the one they went with.


I didn't think the 13th ep was going to hold much interest as it was an enclosed storyline, but it was classic Whedon, with it setting up a whole bunch of questions I can almost guarantee he'll never get to answer until the Dollhouse (TV?) movie.

I liked it.
Slippery
25-07-2009, 10:37 PM
I'm watching it on Fox8, I like what I've seen so far, even if its not the best tv ever.
Lazlow
25-07-2009, 10:52 PM
I'll never forgive it for getting renewed over Sarah Connor Chronicles!

Unless they of course cast Glau into the next season, whereby its 13 episodes of her lezzing out with Dushku.

Now that's compelling viewing.
fishfishmonkeyhat
25-07-2009, 11:07 PM
They should cast her as the first nude active who is nude.

Being nude will be her thing.
Stevorooni
25-07-2009, 11:11 PM
They should mislead us by introducing her as some other minor character who is later revealed to be a doll
fishfishmonkeyhat
25-07-2009, 11:12 PM
They would never do such a thing!
adam_91vn
25-07-2009, 11:16 PM
There was to much packed into the unaired pilot.

The epitah was not bad but some of the acting was pretty shit.
Stevorooni
25-07-2009, 11:17 PM
She'll start out as Margaret the peppy secretary who is later revealed to be a sleeper doll called Uniform.

"I'd wear that uniform if you know what I mean"
sheeps
26-07-2009, 01:09 AM
Awful show. Seriously, how can you guys bare it? There are better things to watch out there.
fishfishmonkeyhat
26-07-2009, 01:30 AM
Because it is a great show. Seriously how can you not bare it?

There's not many better things to watch out there.
adam_91vn
26-07-2009, 02:12 AM
Awful show. Seriously, how can you guys bare it? There are better things to watch out there.

Always so positive.


Maybe we've watched everything else
McChimp
26-07-2009, 06:41 AM
Dying to see this, but I'm hanging-out for the eventual DVD release. Hopefully soon?
texta
26-07-2009, 08:10 AM
I haven't seen the unaired episodes but I watched the rest. It has the potential to be a great show but they just need to kill of Dushku.
sheeps
26-07-2009, 10:33 AM
but they just need to kill off Dushku.

This.
aubergine
27-07-2009, 01:30 AM
I misspelled the name on purpose because threads are boring.

But then how will people find the thread using the search tool?

Yes, the joke is no one will search for it.
fishfishmonkeyhat
27-07-2009, 02:25 AM
From now on I live all my threads ON THE EDGE, MAN!
aubergine
27-07-2009, 03:41 AM
Wait, is summer glau nude in this?
RunningMild
31-07-2009, 10:40 PM
It has the potential to be a great show but they just need to kill of Dushku.

This.

Get the **** outta here, both of you. :mad:
Second
03-08-2009, 09:46 PM
Just started watching it. Still awaiting my hot nude summer glau.
fishfishmonkeyhat
03-08-2009, 10:24 PM
Season 2 bro.
Azzaman
03-08-2009, 10:47 PM
It's a slow burn all of his shows are a slow burn.

Unless it's Firefly, that thing was sh*t hot from the get go.
Australian Ninja
05-08-2009, 09:52 AM
Yup. Frankly I'm disappointed with the rather mediocre (so far) Dollhouse.

I mean how the hell do you go from Firefly to Dollhouse?

Still, I'll give it a chance and watch a full season. So far I think the show if pretty shameful and full of generic cliched situations and characters. The only enjoyment I've had is perving at Eliza in her 10,000 outfits. You got that in buffy, along with story, characters and other stuff that made it enjoyable.

I'm reminded of when you watch a crap film that everybody says is "good". You get to about the half way mark, thinking "it could still be good" but then you realise that it's not, and it's not getting any better, then you just feel dirty for being optimistic in the first place.
Australian Ninja
05-08-2009, 09:54 AM
I'll never forgive it for getting renewed over Sarah Connor Chronicles!

Unless they of course cast Glau into the next season, whereby its 13 episodes of her lezzing out with Dushku.

Now that's compelling viewing.


Your ideas intrigue me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter....
Second
07-08-2009, 11:59 AM
My face was either o_O or O_o throughout the entire unaired episode. It makes me worried for the second season. :S
fishfishmonkeyhat
17-08-2009, 01:23 PM
The fact it's airing on Fox should make you worried for the second season.

We've got an unlikey 5 seasons or so before the world has to end.
Shorty
17-08-2009, 01:40 PM
The fact it's airing on Fox should make you worried for the second season.

I'm pretty sure that Fox executives have made a sport out of cancelling Whedon shows (http://roosterteeth.com/comics/strip.php?id=736).
RunningMild
17-08-2009, 04:01 PM
Conveniently ignoring the fact that the show has been renewed for a second season? :p
Shorty
17-08-2009, 04:13 PM
Never let a truth get in the way of a good story. :p
fishfishmonkeyhat
27-09-2009, 01:30 PM
So it's back. What did we think?

I didn't like new crazy Whiskey, but her storyline was probably the most interesting. Gave Topher some credibility too.
Second
27-09-2009, 07:29 PM
It's back?! BRB, time to travel.
Zan
01-10-2009, 08:57 PM
I really don't understand Firefly love. Watched the whole season and the movie and both... well it didn't bore me to tears but it was fairly forgettable.
Dollhouse I felt was the same, but it got a lot better at the end. Episode 13 was great and the first episode of season 2 shows a lot of promise too.

Lazlow: Sarah Connor was fantastic at the end too, but out of the whole second season, only the last five episodes were worth watching, and a couple that were well written stand alones. The rest of it was filler.
McChimp
04-10-2009, 03:40 PM
I'm a big fan of Whedon, so unless he's done something terribly 'un-whedon' for Dollhouse, then I'd say it's a worthy watch. I just picked up series 1 (UK edition) off Ebay for $44. Looking forward to it, as I haven't seen any of the show yet!
fishfishmonkeyhat
10-10-2009, 08:44 PM
http://www.fox.com/dollhouse/virtualecho/beta/

I can't wait until it's out of beta I hear that's when nude echo comes out.
McChimp
14-10-2009, 02:47 PM
Just got my season 1 DVD in the post yesterday, only watched 3 episodes, but so far I'm thoroughly impressed! Good writing, interesting concept, and Eliza Dushku? OMG Eliza Dushku! Such an underrated actor!!.......smokin' hot too!

For anyone interested, I got mine off Ebay for $45 ($10 exp. post) and the local ones floating around are dual-region-coded.
Zan
14-10-2009, 05:09 PM
Just got my season 1 DVD in the post yesterday, only watched 3 episodes, but so far I'm thoroughly impressed! Good writing, interesting concept, and Eliza Dushku? OMG Eliza Dushku! Such an underrated actor!!.......smokin' hot too!

I'm following you with the concept but the rest...

To put it nicely, if you like the start, you're gonna loooooove the second half of the series.
texta
14-10-2009, 05:31 PM
I'm following you with the concept but the rest...QFT.

Eliza Dushku is terrible terrible terrible.
sheeps
14-10-2009, 05:56 PM
More like Eliza Doucheku
fishfishmonkeyhat
14-10-2009, 11:22 PM
To put it nicely, if you like the start, you're gonna loooooove the second half of the series.

Or hate it.
Australian Ninja
16-10-2009, 01:38 PM
Just got my season 1 DVD in the post yesterday, only watched 3 episodes, but so far I'm thoroughly impressed! Good writing, interesting concept, and Eliza Dushku? OMG Eliza Dushku! Such an underrated actor!!.......smokin' hot too!

For anyone interested, I got mine off Ebay for $45 ($10 exp. post) and the local ones floating around are dual-region-coded.

I'll pretend I did not just read that, unless it was a joke?
*fingers in ears - la la la la la*

Still, I'll give Dollhouse a fair go on DVD - even though I find it pretty bland and inoffensive so far. Especially after watching Dr Horrible (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Horrible%27s_Sing-Along_Blog) this week on a big screen via my brothers laptop, just reminds me how good Whedon can be.
Zan
17-10-2009, 03:02 PM
Does anyone think the best actor in this show is Victor? Every role he does is brilliant. The last episode they implant a serial killer into him, he mirrors the actual killer so goddam well

Amy Acker is also great so far in series 2.
fishfishmonkeyhat
17-10-2009, 08:34 PM
Yes..
Beep
24-10-2009, 06:53 PM
I thought this episode was one of the best, on par with Epitaph One.

Dollhouse is benched for November, will return in December with double episodes.
texta
12-11-2009, 08:40 AM
Apparently it's been cancelled. Fox are going to finish off the season this time though, so that's nice.
Zan
12-11-2009, 09:01 AM
lame

This season was much more promising than last one.
Stevorooni
12-11-2009, 09:07 AM
Oh get ****ed why do they keep cancelling shows that I like? Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles was also killed off as it came to an awesome conclusion (after a lame-ish mid season) why do they keep doing this to me?
texta
12-11-2009, 09:42 AM
Stevo can you please not watch The Fringe. I really like that show and I don't want you to get it cancelled.
Readman
12-11-2009, 09:46 AM
How many episodes into the second season did it get before it got cancelled?
AranchineD
12-11-2009, 09:46 AM
It's a Joss Whedon show, Fox have an obligation to cancel it.
Stevorooni
12-11-2009, 09:47 AM
Stevo can you please not watch The Fringe. I really like that show and I don't want you to get it cancelled.

ok

While I'm at it though, is there any particular show you hate that you need me to get rid of? I'm here to help
texta
12-11-2009, 09:47 AM
HungryBeast
texta
12-11-2009, 09:50 AM
How many episodes into the second season did it get before it got cancelled?They've broadcast 4 episodes, are in the middle of producing 11 and the series is going to run for 13.
Readman
12-11-2009, 10:00 AM
Well, I thought it'd be cancelled after the first series, so it got four episodes further than I thought it would.
fishfishmonkeyhat
12-11-2009, 11:01 AM
Stevo can you please not watch The Fringe. I really like that show and I don't want you to get it cancelled.

Coincidentally I'm a fan of a similarly titled show, Fringe. Don't watch that either.

YOU CAN TELL I AM A FAN BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT IT'S CALLED!
buckstwits
12-11-2009, 01:12 PM
maybe Joss should try getting his shows on a network other than Fox...
castr8or
12-11-2009, 01:50 PM
maybe Joss should try getting his shows on a network other than Fox...

I believe the risk of Dollhouse getting canceled has little to do with Fox and more to do with the quality of the show.

If it didn't have Whedon's name attached, it wouldn't have made it past the pilot (where it should have stayed)

boooyeah
sheeps
12-11-2009, 01:59 PM
Agreed.
Readman
12-11-2009, 02:07 PM
Joss Whedon has a cult following of fairly mindless fans seemingly oblivious to the fact that he's yet to produce anything good.
Second
12-11-2009, 02:30 PM
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/photos/uncategorized/2009/02/06/sexyliza.jpg
AranchineD
12-11-2009, 03:55 PM
Joss Whedon has a cult following of fairly mindless fans seemingly oblivious to the fact that he's yet to produce anything good.

Sarah Michelle Gellar isn't even that hot, some people are just ****ed in the head, I guess.
fishfishmonkeyhat
12-11-2009, 03:59 PM
Joss Whedon has a cult following of fairly mindless fans seemingly oblivious to the fact that he's yet to produce anything good.

Umm Dollhouse!
pauljdavidson
12-11-2009, 04:29 PM
Joss Whedon has a cult following of fairly mindless fans seemingly oblivious to the fact that he's yet to produce anything good.

Firefly. Better than anything you've done.
Shorty
12-11-2009, 04:58 PM
Newton's First Law of Fandom:

Every fanbase has an equal and opposite fanbase.
texta
12-11-2009, 05:02 PM
Firefly. Better than anything you've done.
Didn't Readman work on the 2007 Forde election campaign?
fishfishmonkeyhat
12-11-2009, 07:54 PM
Unless he worked on the Save Firefly campaign I don't wanna hear about it!
Readman
12-11-2009, 11:04 PM
Firefly. Better than anything you've done.

You are obviously not familiar with my erotic fiction.
Second
12-11-2009, 11:14 PM
You are obviously not familiar with my erotic fiction.

I would say I'm not familiar enough.
pauljdavidson
13-11-2009, 02:11 PM
You are obviously not familiar with my erotic fiction.

If it involves a nude Summer Glau....
Readman
13-11-2009, 02:13 PM
Here's (http://www.pcpowerplay.com.au/forums/showpost.php?p=2769614&postcount=24) the opening chapter of my epic fantasy erotic novel.
Second
13-11-2009, 03:01 PM
I thought it was beautiful and then I read the responses. Holy shit! You know your audience too well, my friend.
Azzaman
13-11-2009, 03:12 PM
It's a Joss Whedon show, Fox have an obligation to cancel it.

Why does he keep going back to fox?
castr8or
13-11-2009, 03:16 PM
apparently they are the only ones who are willing to pony up the cash even though its likely he'll produce garbage ratings?

The other stations don't even give him the benefit of the doubt :P
texta
13-11-2009, 03:33 PM
Here's (http://www.pcpowerplay.com.au/forums/showpost.php?p=2769614&postcount=24) the opening chapter of my epic fantasy erotic novel.That was pretty awesome! I can't wait for chapter two??!
Readman
13-11-2009, 03:40 PM
I wrote it several years ago and haven't touched it since, so don't hold your breath.

Edit: the responses on PCPP are pretty funny, too. I thought it was pretty obviously a satire, tbh.
pauljdavidson
13-11-2009, 03:46 PM
Why does he keep going back to fox?

Like a bruised and battered wife of a wife basher. They just keep going back. Seriously though, Joss needs to have a hit soon or probably wont get a job in hollywood again.
Readman
13-11-2009, 04:10 PM
As castr8or said, he keeps going back to Fox because they're the only ones who'll give him money to turn his adolescent fantasies into mediocre TV shows.
castr8or
13-11-2009, 05:04 PM
and I say that as someone who LOVES Buffy and Angel

Firefly was ok, I don't think its as good as everyone reckons, just that the setting is so damn cool
Readman
13-11-2009, 05:10 PM
I really, really don't understand why Buffy was so popular.
fishfishmonkeyhat
14-11-2009, 04:37 AM
He went back to fox because Dusku wanted him to write it and she had a contract to do a show with fox.

So I guess he agreed to help her get out of it quicker.