I watched this episode earlier today and I was left feeling very under-whelmed. I'm not sure why they had to kill off Paul Ballard. And if they did have to kill him, I'm not sure why they had to do it so unceremoniously. I guess the cheesy fangirl in me was hoping that we'd at least see one happy moment of an Echo & Paul kiss.
I never watched Epitaph One so maybe that's why I was less than thrilled and slightly confused? I thought that Epitaph One was supposed to just be a kind of extra episode for the die-hard fans- of which I am not. Oh well.
This show changed so much from its original premise. At least, it seems that way to me.
Forget that you ever watched Epitaph Two. It is a very poor episode in every way: writing, directing, acting, and production values. Watching this episode really showed me that Dollhouse had busted its budget and had nothing left. The same goes for ideas (except for the Techies).
I recommend that you watch Epitaph One. It is a very well done and bittersweet ending for Dollhouse, and it is more in line with the original premise of the show. The characters and their relationships are treated with respect in Epitaph One.
we'd at least see one happy moment of an Echo & Paul kiss.
I don't think that Echo and Ballard really did the Kiss thing. They were more into sweaty wrestling and noogie-giving as I saw them. ;-)
Little Caroline, Redhead 1 & Redhead 2 were the best things about this episode. Epitaph 1 did a much better job of selling the post apocalyptic world.
From the top of a skyscraper to the high plains of Arizona, I've been to Arizona and I had to drive there through West Texas. Silly me! I should have just gone to the top of an abandoned skyscraper building and broken a window and climbed to the roof and Voilà! Tucson!!!!
LOL! Yeah what was up with that. I was looking forward to seeing what was up there too.
Especially with the lack of rainfall for all those organic crops.
LOL!
Mother Madame DeWitt who is wearing a faded cotton gown that she grew and weaved and sewed and bleached (evidently) and hasn't combed her hair in three years because combs are plastic! and Not Green! and not Mother Gaia Approved!Notice however that Echo's hair is glossy, wavy and commercial ready. *rolls eyes* That's part of what made this episode so much less interesting than epitaph one. Everyone looked so good and healthy and happy. It didn't seem like
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They kept on telling me they were losing the war... but I didn't see them losing and I didn't see any war.
Yeah, you couldn't believe anything that those people said. ☹
It would have been more fun to hitch a ride with them for the whole episode.
There you've got it. That is how the episode should have been written, from the Techie viewpoint. We would have seen a lot of the best actor on the show, Mr. Gjokai, and it would have been exciting. Following the Red Heads and Little Caroline was just re-hashing Epitaph One with no new perspectives on it. Epitaph Two should have given us another point of view and another set of possibilities.
and in the end it just seemed like a huge copout to have him magically be able to reverse everything. LOL! Everyone seemed to be on the verge of tears... they were all acting so hard to convey how weary they were. LOL!
So VERY TRUE! I Second You! Hahaha! I Epitaph TOO you! :-D ☺
So when Paul died it was just... meh. Then for Echo to have this whole crisis... this breakdown about his death... HUH
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I never watched Epitaph One so maybe that's why I was less than thrilled and slightly confused? I thought that Epitaph One was supposed to just be a kind of extra episode for the die-hard fans- of which I am not. Oh well.
This show changed so much from its original premise. At least, it seems that way to me.
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I recommend that you watch Epitaph One. It is a very well done and bittersweet ending for Dollhouse, and it is more in line with the original premise of the show. The characters and their relationships are treated with respect in Epitaph One.
we'd at least see one happy moment of an Echo & Paul kiss.
I don't think that Echo and Ballard really did the Kiss thing. They were more into sweaty wrestling and noogie-giving as I saw them. ;-)
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From the top of a skyscraper to the high plains of Arizona, I've been to Arizona and I had to drive there through West Texas. Silly me! I should have just gone to the top of an abandoned skyscraper building and broken a window and climbed to the roof and Voilà! Tucson!!!!
LOL! Yeah what was up with that. I was looking forward to seeing what was up there too.
Especially with the lack of rainfall for all those organic crops.
LOL!
Mother Madame DeWitt who is wearing a faded cotton gown that she grew and weaved and sewed and bleached (evidently) and hasn't combed her hair in three years because combs are plastic! and Not Green! and not Mother Gaia Approved!Notice however that Echo's hair is glossy, wavy and commercial ready. *rolls eyes* That's part of what made this episode so much less interesting than epitaph one. Everyone looked so good and healthy and happy. It didn't seem like ( ... )
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Yeah, you couldn't believe anything that those people said. ☹
It would have been more fun to hitch a ride with them for the whole episode.
There you've got it. That is how the episode should have been written, from the Techie viewpoint. We would have seen a lot of the best actor on the show, Mr. Gjokai, and it would have been exciting. Following the Red Heads and Little Caroline was just re-hashing Epitaph One with no new perspectives on it. Epitaph Two should have given us another point of view and another set of possibilities.
and in the end it just seemed like a huge copout to have him magically be able to reverse everything. LOL! Everyone seemed to be on the verge of tears... they were all acting so hard to convey how weary they were. LOL!
So VERY TRUE! I Second You! Hahaha! I Epitaph TOO you! :-D ☺
So when Paul died it was just... meh. Then for Echo to have this whole crisis... this breakdown about his death... HUH ( ... )
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