<![CDATA[Meet The People Who Give Eliza Dushku Her Brain Modules - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA[Meet The People Who Give Eliza Dushku Her Brain Modules - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA[Meet The People Who Give Eliza Dushku Her Brain Modules]]> Cool concept but Eliza Dushku? She's a horrible casting choice. I can't think of a more uninteresting actress since that nobody fronting Bionic Woman.

medeasin

]]> <![CDATA[Meet The People Who Give Eliza Dushku Her Brain Modules]]> What is Joss Whedon's obsession with Eliza Dushku? Of all the crappy elements of Buffy, Faith was the worst. (Her catchphrase "five by five" was second worst.)

desiredusername

]]> <![CDATA[Meet The People Who Give Eliza Dushku Her Brain Modules]]> New Joss makes me giddy.

lovecake

]]> <![CDATA[Meet The People Who Give Eliza Dushku Her Brain Modules]]> She looked better before the nose job, silly lady.

Spakkenkhrist

]]> <![CDATA[Meet The People Who Give Eliza Dushku Her Brain Modules]]> @Plague: Then you'd really have ED.

BlacklistedJoe

]]> <![CDATA[Meet The People Who Give Eliza Dushku Her Brain Modules]]> @robocop_is_bleeding: I got an A in Government.

BlacklistedJoe

]]> <![CDATA[Meet The People Who Give Eliza Dushku Her Brain Modules]]> Yeah, every premise sounds like something you read or saw somewhere else. But since Joss Whedon is one of the few real geniuses working in the video medium his take on it will be a definitive one.

And for those that think this is something he thought up over lunch with Eliza, Echo is almost certainly River Tam (from Firefly) reborn into a contemporary Earth setting, but never getting sprung from confinement. Young woman, imprisioned in secret lab where they mess with her brain in order to make her into an agent/assassin/whatever. It's a story he's wanted to tell and been frustrated at every turn (it's the main arc of Firefly/Serenity).

Something I realized about the "Dollhouse" concept, what a brilliant idea. Joss may have managed to find a way to do episodic TV and still maintain an overall arc. This has always been one of the sticking points with the networks: how to get people to watch episode 5 of a Whedon show if they missed the first four and didn't understand what was going on. It seems that Joss may have discovered a way around this dilemma. The shows are inherently episodic (individual set pieces) but will undoubtly have an arc.

Joss's genius is not just as a writer, but his ability to cast the right people, hire great tech people and writers, and then get everything to gel into a finished product that is about as good as it gets. Can't wait.

bjarmson

]]> <![CDATA[Meet The People Who Give Eliza Dushku Her Brain Modules]]> Reminds me of a book I read once... Let me find it.

... Can't find it.
It had these agents who could simulate anyone's personality as well as their genetic profile and appearance. After a while, some of the personality traits would start to stick. It ends with a multi-armed (And clawed!) revolution... Damn! Can't remember the name.

Ghede

]]> <![CDATA[Meet The People Who Give Eliza Dushku Her Brain Modules]]> @CapnCalamity: Thanks! I will jump aboard on Season Two or Three then.

Pham Nuwen

]]> <![CDATA[Meet The People Who Give Eliza Dushku Her Brain Modules]]> premise sounds a bit like 'all my sins remembered' by joe haldeman.

do i get any scene points for this comment?

(it's a great read, btw!)

metalkate

]]> <![CDATA[Meet The People Who Give Eliza Dushku Her Brain Modules]]> @Pham Nuwen:

Eliza's delicious character "Faith" appeared and had her biggest storyline in Season Three (considered by most to be one of the 2 best seasons of the show).

She was in a 2 parter in Buffy S4, then a 2 parter of Angel S1 before being shelved until a 4 part appearance in Angel S4 and coming back for a lengthy arc in Buffy S7.

And yes, Buffy Season One kinda sucked, as sometimes happens with shows. But everything else was AMAZING.

CapnCalamity

]]> <![CDATA[Meet The People Who Give Eliza Dushku Her Brain Modules]]> @Pham Nuwen: I always liked "Angel" better than "Buffy", and Eliza turned up a couple of times in season... um... 2? 3? 4?

Frozen-Tex

]]> <![CDATA[Meet The People Who Give Eliza Dushku Her Brain Modules]]> @Annalee Newitz: And not all of those male viewers are straight!

Actually, considering how I and every other gay teenager looooooved Buffy back in the day, I'd say a lot of them aren't.

tiemposbuenos

]]> <![CDATA[Meet The People Who Give Eliza Dushku Her Brain Modules]]> TehnnHUTTT! At ease...

Ok, wow, never heard of her but I see she was in Buffy. Can someone who's watched the show recommend a season to start on? By all accounts the show gets a lot better, but I tried to watch the first season, but could not deal with it. I did not get the appeal at all, but want to give it another chance, as I really enjoyed Firefly.

Pham Nuwen

]]> <![CDATA[Meet The People Who Give Eliza Dushku Her Brain Modules]]> @ManchuCandidate: Most viewers are male? I beg to differ, dorkboy.

Annalee Newitz

]]> <![CDATA[Meet The People Who Give Eliza Dushku Her Brain Modules]]> Wait wait wait wait wait.... Eliza Dushku is an ACTRESS?

Loserface

]]> <![CDATA[Meet The People Who Give Eliza Dushku Her Brain Modules]]> @Metropolis:
No. Most views (male) would rather use Eliza-bot be used for missions in their pants.

Alias with Fembots?

ManchuCandidate

]]> <![CDATA[Meet The People Who Give Eliza Dushku Her Brain Modules]]> I guess I am the only one that think this is a rather stupid premise for a show then? I can't see how this will be any different than Alias or The Pretender but without the backgroud story for the main character. Show will tank IMO.

Metropolis

]]> <![CDATA[Meet The People Who Give Eliza Dushku Her Brain Modules]]> @darthsodomizer:

Because, in robotic fashion, the rest of Hollywood can only mantra 'Lucas' and 'Spielberg'....

Hekkashesh

]]> <![CDATA[Meet The People Who Give Eliza Dushku Her Brain Modules]]> @Plague: Both hands man... I would want her to use both hands.

CmdrHunt

]]> <![CDATA[Meet The People Who Give Eliza Dushku Her Brain Modules]]> Sounds Like a winner. But why does Joss torture himself aligning with fox again.

darthsodomizer

]]> <![CDATA[Meet The People Who Give Eliza Dushku Her Brain Modules]]> Fun Fact: Eliza Dushku's mom teaches Government at Suffolk University.

robocop_is_bleeding

]]> <![CDATA[Meet The People Who Give Eliza Dushku Her Brain Modules]]> @Gyrus: ah, well, there are always Law+Order SVU reruns

pinafore

]]> <![CDATA[Meet The People Who Give Eliza Dushku Her Brain Modules]]> Sorry pinafore, that sort of show has gone the way of the Variety show. Even your least episodic shows like CSI still have a few threads of continuity to keep up with.

Gyrus

]]> <![CDATA[Meet The People Who Give Eliza Dushku Her Brain Modules]]> @Miranda Kali:

[cynicism]I heard Fox felt the buzz was for it is too small and has already scheduled it's cancellation.[/cynicism]

mattclary

]]> <![CDATA[Meet The People Who Give Eliza Dushku Her Brain Modules]]> this does sound wonderful. I'm hoping this is one of those shows you can just tune in and the cast, scenerio, etc are all entirely new every episode (like say Twilight Zone or X Files.) there are just too many tv chronologies to follow right now and i prefer an open relationship with a series

pinafore

]]> <![CDATA[Meet The People Who Give Eliza Dushku Her Brain Modules]]> @Miranda Kali: Not only that, they will play the episodes out of order and air the pilot last as the 'season finale'.

Log1c

]]> <![CDATA[Meet The People Who Give Eliza Dushku Her Brain Modules]]> I think this concept was ripped off from a Piers Anthony trilogy. Orn & two other novels I can't remember the names of & am too lazy to look up.

Greasy Thumb Guzik

]]> <![CDATA[Meet The People Who Give Eliza Dushku Her Brain Modules]]> ... The pitch on this one sounds weird, given that it's a Joss Whedon joint. I'm assuming for the moment that the 'dolls' will mount some sort of massive ass-kicking rebellion.

taxbaby

]]> <![CDATA[Meet The People Who Give Eliza Dushku Her Brain Modules]]> Will they talk really fast? Because that never gets old.

Rasselas

]]> <![CDATA[Meet The People Who Give Eliza Dushku Her Brain Modules]]> This program sounds amazing. It sounds original, with a n agile premise..Plenty of room for comedy and drama presented in an intelligent manner, created by proven talent.
I wonder how many weeks Fox will give it?

Miranda Kali (Desperate But Not Serious)

]]> <![CDATA[Meet The People Who Give Eliza Dushku Her Brain Modules]]> I wish Eliza was holding my... um... ahem.

Plague

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