But what are your thoughts on Dollhouse?
Yesterday I watched this week's Lost, 30 Rock, The Office, Important Things with Demetri Martin, and then BSG and Dollhouse.
Lost can be summed up by HI SMOKEY, I HAVE MISSED YOU.
BSG and Dollhouse require a few more words:
Here's the thing about Dollhouse. I'm nervous. Like, really nervous. Granted, we are one episode in (one that was redone, and apparently episode 2 is going to be a lot better) but I went in trying to have very low expectations, and finished... well, not disappointed, but nervous. This is Joss (a) being serious (b) being actiony (c) being on Fox. And so far, the show still feels like a big mash-up of stuff I have seen before without the Whedon wit. yes, he wants to be straight-forward with his dialogue - obvs no "mock you with my monkey pants." But Joss could write very serious stuff on Buffy and still have it sound like him: please see The Body. It's too Alias, it's too this, it's too that, but yes, it's really very Alias-y. Echo's handler is just Dixon-light.
The good stuff? Here's the sad thing, the first thing I thought of was the Eddie James Olmos shout-out. But no, there was Amy Acker too. And I'm going to be me, and immediately start shipping Echo/Saunders, because really, yes. Tahmoh will be fine, and they can continue to show him shirtless as much as they would like (and did anyone else think Unfinished Business during the boxing scene?) and he can just smoulder someplace and I will be ok with that.
As for Eliza... we all know I love the Eliza, and as I said on Twitter, really the only thing that had my attention for awhile there was the white dress, because WOW, that did not leave much to the imagination there, did it? There was some really clunky dialogue she had to handle, and some overly forced moments that I'm not sure whether to blame on her or on Joss (I'm thinking specifically of the recruitment scene in which she did a DRAMATIC head turn and my god, that dialogue! TERRIBLE.) BUT overall, as long as they keep Echo/Caroline the character interesting, I think she'll be fine.
I hate Topher a lot, despite the fact that he looks like if Tom Lenk had a love child with either Adam Busch (for the chin) or Nathan Fillion (for the facial structure). He's not Xander, and... gah. Just, do not want.
There's a lot less optimism under that cut, but I mean, I'm not going to stop watching...
HOLY SHIT. I guess a lot of people are wishy-washy about this episode? But for one that was all, holy Batman exposition, I thought it was fantastic. Kate Vernon rocked it. CHIEF IS CHIEF again. Hurrah!
They never should have cast Hodgman though, I agree with EVERYONE on that one, it threw me out of the mood. Love the man, but really poor choice.
1) Cavil = to raise trivial and frivilous objection, John = Yahweh/God is gracious. INTERESTING.
2) The two things Adama loves most, Roslin and Galactica, will be saved by Cylon biology, by actually having Cylon organic matieral directly implanted. Adama's line to Chief was perfect.
3) Everyone's reaction to Tyrol/Tory was hilarious. Win. Esp. Starbuck.
4) I find it funny that the show could actually get me to root for Boomer/Galen again. How full circle it seems.
5) Is anyone else just completely creeped out by Six/Tigh? I have issues. It's right up there with Deanna/Worf in terms of sheer weirdness.
6) I wish I could find the IM conversation I had reaaally early on asking why there was no #7. I will speculate with everyone else that Daniel = daddy starbuck + the one that "remade" her in the Mandala.
So, BSG is pretty much the greatest television show ever, right?
Lost can be summed up by HI SMOKEY, I HAVE MISSED YOU.
BSG and Dollhouse require a few more words:
Here's the thing about Dollhouse. I'm nervous. Like, really nervous. Granted, we are one episode in (one that was redone, and apparently episode 2 is going to be a lot better) but I went in trying to have very low expectations, and finished... well, not disappointed, but nervous. This is Joss (a) being serious (b) being actiony (c) being on Fox. And so far, the show still feels like a big mash-up of stuff I have seen before without the Whedon wit. yes, he wants to be straight-forward with his dialogue - obvs no "mock you with my monkey pants." But Joss could write very serious stuff on Buffy and still have it sound like him: please see The Body. It's too Alias, it's too this, it's too that, but yes, it's really very Alias-y. Echo's handler is just Dixon-light.
The good stuff? Here's the sad thing, the first thing I thought of was the Eddie James Olmos shout-out. But no, there was Amy Acker too. And I'm going to be me, and immediately start shipping Echo/Saunders, because really, yes. Tahmoh will be fine, and they can continue to show him shirtless as much as they would like (and did anyone else think Unfinished Business during the boxing scene?) and he can just smoulder someplace and I will be ok with that.
As for Eliza... we all know I love the Eliza, and as I said on Twitter, really the only thing that had my attention for awhile there was the white dress, because WOW, that did not leave much to the imagination there, did it? There was some really clunky dialogue she had to handle, and some overly forced moments that I'm not sure whether to blame on her or on Joss (I'm thinking specifically of the recruitment scene in which she did a DRAMATIC head turn and my god, that dialogue! TERRIBLE.) BUT overall, as long as they keep Echo/Caroline the character interesting, I think she'll be fine.
I hate Topher a lot, despite the fact that he looks like if Tom Lenk had a love child with either Adam Busch (for the chin) or Nathan Fillion (for the facial structure). He's not Xander, and... gah. Just, do not want.
There's a lot less optimism under that cut, but I mean, I'm not going to stop watching...
HOLY SHIT. I guess a lot of people are wishy-washy about this episode? But for one that was all, holy Batman exposition, I thought it was fantastic. Kate Vernon rocked it. CHIEF IS CHIEF again. Hurrah!
They never should have cast Hodgman though, I agree with EVERYONE on that one, it threw me out of the mood. Love the man, but really poor choice.
1) Cavil = to raise trivial and frivilous objection, John = Yahweh/God is gracious. INTERESTING.
2) The two things Adama loves most, Roslin and Galactica, will be saved by Cylon biology, by actually having Cylon organic matieral directly implanted. Adama's line to Chief was perfect.
3) Everyone's reaction to Tyrol/Tory was hilarious. Win. Esp. Starbuck.
4) I find it funny that the show could actually get me to root for Boomer/Galen again. How full circle it seems.
5) Is anyone else just completely creeped out by Six/Tigh? I have issues. It's right up there with Deanna/Worf in terms of sheer weirdness.
6) I wish I could find the IM conversation I had reaaally early on asking why there was no #7. I will speculate with everyone else that Daniel = daddy starbuck + the one that "remade" her in the Mandala.
So, BSG is pretty much the greatest television show ever, right?