I hear you; you're voicing your irritation at not knowing what's really going on and what the driving reason behind the show's concept is - but I think that's only because we're only two episodes into the first season, and the writers are drawing it out.
It could be much worse, really. Take the show Lost as an extreme example. I personally hate Lost, because it's that kind of writing style to the tenth power. You never know what's going on and none of it makes any sense. But some people really LIKE that aspect of the show. The suspense is an important part of their viewing experience.
I think that draw-of-suspense is what Whedon is going for; he's not giving us all the story's details in a linear fashion on purpose.
I'm a little irritated that it's such a 'magazine glossy' presentation of the story, in order to appeal to a greater audience than Whedon's fan-base. I think if the network would let him dirty it up a bit and get really creative, it would be truer to his style and therefore more interesting and more immediately satisfying to watch, even if the suspense element remains.
I'm jumping ahead here, to episode 2, to make a point - it's like the bits we've seen about Alpha so far - that scene, where Echo is naked on the shower floor, surrounded by dead dolls, Alpha standing half in shadow over her - I loved that part. It wasn't gratuitous nudity or over-sexualizing of a scene (like the first episode where Echo is dancing in a little dress for like ten minutes, that scene was way too long and didn't assist the plot, a total waste of time in my opinion). I thought it was a rather comic-book approach to introducing us to Alpha.
I really think episode 1 was designed to make the network happy and to throw the net really wide to catch the mainstream audience. I have high hopes that this factor will recede once the network is mollified by the numbers.
And if the Dollhouse is so illegal, why are we suppose to go along with it and think that it's okay?
I don't think the point is for us to be on Dollhouse's side. Why would we root for the Dollhouse staff and facilitators in general when their intentions, as evidenced by the director's portrayal of how the dolls are only as important as their bottom line in episode 2 (I know, I'm jumping ahead again, sorry) shows that they aren't an altruistic organization, really? Maybe he's using the inhumanity of the Dollhouse's methods as a back-drop to highlight the indomitable nature of the human spirit, the immutability of both its flaws (Alpha) and excellence (Echo, potentially). Echo's handler obviously shows some level of guilt over his involvement in the malfeasance of his employer's actions - he does his utmost convince the director that Echo needs to save the kidnapped girl.
Anyway, enough, I'm on the verge of broadcasting spoilers to anyone else who reads your journal...
It could be much worse, really. Take the show Lost as an extreme example. I personally hate Lost, because it's that kind of writing style to the tenth power. You never know what's going on and none of it makes any sense. But some people really LIKE that aspect of the show. The suspense is an important part of their viewing experience.
I think that draw-of-suspense is what Whedon is going for; he's not giving us all the story's details in a linear fashion on purpose.
I'm a little irritated that it's such a 'magazine glossy' presentation of the story, in order to appeal to a greater audience than Whedon's fan-base. I think if the network would let him dirty it up a bit and get really creative, it would be truer to his style and therefore more interesting and more immediately satisfying to watch, even if the suspense element remains.
I'm jumping ahead here, to episode 2, to make a point - it's like the bits we've seen about Alpha so far - that scene, where Echo is naked on the shower floor, surrounded by dead dolls, Alpha standing half in shadow over her - I loved that part. It wasn't gratuitous nudity or over-sexualizing of a scene (like the first episode where Echo is dancing in a little dress for like ten minutes, that scene was way too long and didn't assist the plot, a total waste of time in my opinion). I thought it was a rather comic-book approach to introducing us to Alpha.
I really think episode 1 was designed to make the network happy and to throw the net really wide to catch the mainstream audience. I have high hopes that this factor will recede once the network is mollified by the numbers.
And if the Dollhouse is so illegal, why are we suppose to go along with it and think that it's okay?
I don't think the point is for us to be on Dollhouse's side. Why would we root for the Dollhouse staff and facilitators in general when their intentions, as evidenced by the director's portrayal of how the dolls are only as important as their bottom line in episode 2 (I know, I'm jumping ahead again, sorry) shows that they aren't an altruistic organization, really? Maybe he's using the inhumanity of the Dollhouse's methods as a back-drop to highlight the indomitable nature of the human spirit, the immutability of both its flaws (Alpha) and excellence (Echo, potentially). Echo's handler obviously shows some level of guilt over his involvement in the malfeasance of his employer's actions - he does his utmost convince the director that Echo needs to save the kidnapped girl.
Anyway, enough, I'm on the verge of broadcasting spoilers to anyone else who reads your journal...
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