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*cries like a little girl* #dollhouse
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I can understand the rabid Whedon following, even if I don't share it. But I draw the line at nostalgia for Tru Calling. I mean, seriously, WTF. #dollhouse
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But I don't think I ever moved past Stage 2 after Heroes got to the point of unforgivably shitty for me. #dollhouse
11/15/09
however, i am still watching. and will buy the dvd set... and stalk people online to get an autograph or not. #dollhouse
11/15/09
I had one stage. #dollhouse
11/15/09
For Dollhouse? I think it was time. I am glad the pulled the plug a bit early so we can get proper closure. That is unless Whedon pulls another Angel ending.
There's no excuse for some big cliffhanger in case the show gets renewed though. #dollhouse
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(*Does not apply to Farscape fans.) #dollhouse
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Dollhouse, without a doubt, is one of the most overhyped, overwritten about shows in the history of television... #dollhouse
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Oh wait, no. They've never even heard of it.
*slow clap for marketing*
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Dollhouse, not so much. #dollhouse
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......... but 384 (!!!) comments.
Sure, many (most) of those didn't like it, but they still cared enough about Dollhouse to read the story and then comment. #dollhouse
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I think you misconstrued my comment. I'm not sure. I meant that bloggers and journalists have overhyped and overwritten this show more than any other in the history of television.
That most people don't even watch it makes it even worse... #dollhouse
11/15/09
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That gave me a chuckle. The last thing I wrote to SyFy was a plead to pick up Virtuality, Ron Moore's pilot that aired a few months ago:
"I think Virtuality would make a fine addition to your network. Since the frakers at Fox don't seem to want to do anything with it, you guys should pick it up. Hell, you frakin' guys run wrestling on a science fiction channel. You'll put anything on the air. Why not Virtuality?"
I love you, SyFy, but I'm still willing to give you a kick in the pants when you need it.
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Sure Epitaph 1 gave some hope for an actual direction, but damn it came to late. Seriously it should have been the first episode so they would've had something to work forwards too. Sure there was Alpha, but that got old real fast.
Oh well. One less show on my DVR next season. #dollhouse
11/15/09
1) This show is probably going to get cancelled, it's spineless drivel now.
2) Wait... this last episode was actually Good! Wow! They haven't had one of these in more than a season (Where the doll gets her revenge and then can't live with herself)
3) Nope false alarm it's cancelled. Good riddance.
The show was a great concept that was almost never exploited. The only thing ever exploited was Virtual Echo which still leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
It went no-where. It had no cliff hangers. The concept evolved at a snails pace. OOoo echo can now remember *zzzz*.
If I look at the show from the first episode to the current episode the only change I can see is that FBI guy is now working for the doll house... but not really... Oh and Echo sometimes spouts insights now. If none of the writers have the balls to write an episode where something happens or changes don't be surprised if we don't bother keeping up to date with the nothingness of progress or development.
It was an ok concept without any vision that died the horrible death it deserved. #dollhouse
11/15/09
Dollhouse just never moved me the way his other shows did. Perhaps it was too ambitious a concept for network TV. Or maybe we don't have to love a show just because we loved the shows they made before.
Now that it's over, I look forward to what Joss and team do next. #dollhouse
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As for "Firefly" - it's been years since it was cancelled, and "Serenity" wasn't even a hit. I loved it, but it's not coming back - get over it. #dollhouse
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The Firefly comment was more directed to the folks who seem to harbor some illusion that we're going to time travel back to 2002 and Whedon is going to get a do-over with a better network. If Firefly ever comes back, it will be rebooted in 10 years with Zac Efron and the various "stars" of Twilight. #dollhouse
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It's gonna be huge. #dollhouse
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@RandomFrequentFlierDent: That's actaully a cast of character that Syfy couldn'tafford... #dollhouse
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With Dollhouse's declining ratings, it was already risky enough to give it another season. I don't have the numbers, but I'm sure they lost money, even with it's lower production costs.
You also can't really expect FOX to give show like Dollhouse a massive advertising budget. Even on their own network, there's no way they're going beat the Shamwow guy.
Anyway, Dark Angel almost got a third season, but it was cut at the last minute to make room for Joss Whedon's new show.
That's right, Firefly killed Dark Angel. Of course it was FOX's decision, so they kind of screwed both shows over that time. #dollhouse
11/15/09
Sorry, but NBC is also a business and Seinfeld was close to being canceled at one point. They did give it a chance and it lasted 9 seasons. #dollhouse
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After season 3 it started to show up it the Nealson ratings. During season 4 and afterward is was a big hit.
Regardless, it's hardly fair to compare a '90's sitcom to something like Dollhouse or Firefly (which are both serialized btw). #dollhouse
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Name another network that would have even given Firefly or Dollhouse a chance. While you're at it try one that would air Simpsons, Family Guy, Glee, X-files, Fringe, the list goes on and on again.
I hate when Fox kills off stuff I like as much as the next person but they're the only network with unique shows. They don't always work and as esoteric as some of them are its really not that surprising. At the end of the day TV is a business. Fox tries more unique off kilter shows than any other network because not playing it safe has worked for them time and time again. Its the only way they can keep up with the big boys who do nothing but put out canned formulaic drivel over and over (though ABC is moving in the right direction), how many CSIs does CBS have now? At the same time though they have to know when to cut those threads and try again. #dollhouse
11/15/09
I'm not actually asking that they have given DH a massive advertising budget, but it would have been nice for Fox to have let people known that it was...you know...ON. #dollhouse
11/15/09
I'm sick of it. Give me a guaranteed solid 5 season run and maybe I'll change my mind. Cut me off less than a season in? Why should I waste the energy changing the channel? #dollhouse
11/15/09
I'm sorry, I had to poke that dragon. Fandom defense, you understand. :P #dollhouse
11/15/09
I went through the "I hate Fox" stage too. When Family Guy came back and listed off all the shows that Fox picked up and then canceled in between Family Guy being on it was both funny and salt in a wound. It was funny for the very commentary that you're talking about. Fox has a rep for canceling a lot of stuff but some of the stuff they try is sooooo out there it can't help but get canceled. A live action version of a comic turned cartoon? A story about a kid and trash talking puppets that are treated as second class citizens? A "real" western in space? Any of the other major networks would have laughed the people pitching those right out of the room.
It just so happens that the concepts we find appealing are pretty much shunned by mainstream society. The fact that Fox gives them a slot in the first place is nothing short of dumbfounding. I don't hate Fox anymore. Its almost masochistic to say but its biting the hand that feeds you. I keep coming back to Fox and will keep coming back to Fox because they're the only network showing stuff I want to watch. I just had to realize that what I want to watch isn't what 99.9% of America wants to watch so I take what I get from them when I get it and don't cry over spilled milk. #dollhouse
11/16/09
Don't get me wrong, Dark Angel was great for what it was (ridiculously over-the-top campy sci-fi which I watched faithfully for the first season), but by the time it was cancelled it was a mercy killing. #dollhouse
11/16/09
Season 2 sucked hard. That I blame on Fox and Sept. 11th, though. After that, anti-government heroes weren't cool anymore. #dollhouse