I love this review! I have to agree and say that Boyd is definitely still a menace- Adelle dismissed the idea that a Rossum board member wouldn't have several bodies at once, and I figure she would know.
I never thought about a feminist view of the whole spinal fluid thing- although I have to say it felt cobbled together, that doesn't make it non-significant. Echo has the ability to create/sustain life with her body, but it must be controlled by a man! Very interesting read of the plot point.
I wonder what Epitaph 2 will be like. I was so glad that the writers are sticking to the brainapocalypse ending, it would have really angered me if they had decided it was non-canon because it never aired and went with the stereotypical 'destroy the mainframe! take down the evil corporation!' like I'm sure Fox would have preferred.
Why does Joss keep working with Fox, is my question. Hasn't he learned?
I love this review! I have to agree and say that Boyd is definitely still a menace
Totally with you there. I mean, if he really is finished, that's kind of cool, because (a) it's a point about ideas and consequences lasting long after death and (b) they're going to be fighting their own tech and not a Big Bad that can be destroyed. I think it's going to end up being like the probably-futile physical destruction of the wipe guns (as if Rossum wouldn't make copies of everything).
As for the spinal fluid thing - I'm not sure anything wouldn't have felt cobbled together, since it's so rushed. And, though we should care about Echo because she is moral and cool and fun, it makes sense that Rossum cares about her for something like that. So I'm happy with it.
I'm really intrigued by E2. I don't think they'd have abandoned E1 simply because it was one of their strongest episodes, you know? But all the same it's good to know they're not.
Why does Joss keep working with Fox, is my question. Hasn't he learned?I know he had to work
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Heh. Yeah, that was kind of an edit. I do kind of love that they picked Topher specifically to save her, though - all these years he's been thinking he's saving folks, and here he finally gets the chance to help someone.
Suddenly every twitchy move he ever made while talking to Dr. Saunders in season one makes tons of sense--he was stopping himself from calling her Whiskey.Oh, good catch. And it's all hidden in plain sight, because he kinda twitches anyway
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Ha. People who write 3500 word episode reviews have no call casting stones about long comments. :)
I also understand the shock factor of Bennet being shot and the idea that her being killed is what propels Topher into motion and makes him into the savior/hero at the end of this episode
Yes, but that's a textbook case of women in refrigerators syndrome. (a) Lady character (b) dies (c) solely to further the narrative arc of a male character. It's been done, and it's appalling. Especially in this case, where it's totally unnecessary - Topher is already desperate because he's been hoodwinked into causing the end of the world. If that knowledge wasn't enough to drive him to take a stand, he's pretty much irredeemable anyway. The more I think about the Bennett thing, the more I hate it
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Re: DollhousepocochinaFebruary 6 2010, 05:56:17 UTC
Oh, that's very kind indeed, thank you. I've considered entering, but it's kind of unfortunate timing for me, so I doubt I'll be entering. I'm even having a little trouble writing my E2 review - it's the grieving process, I suppose.
Loved the episodes, yet i was very very thrown off by the 10 years later thing. I thought they'd have stopped the apocalypse from coming by destroying the tech. T_T
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I never thought about a feminist view of the whole spinal fluid thing- although I have to say it felt cobbled together, that doesn't make it non-significant. Echo has the ability to create/sustain life with her body, but it must be controlled by a man! Very interesting read of the plot point.
I wonder what Epitaph 2 will be like. I was so glad that the writers are sticking to the brainapocalypse ending, it would have really angered me if they had decided it was non-canon because it never aired and went with the stereotypical 'destroy the mainframe! take down the evil corporation!' like I'm sure Fox would have preferred.
Why does Joss keep working with Fox, is my question. Hasn't he learned?
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Totally with you there. I mean, if he really is finished, that's kind of cool, because (a) it's a point about ideas and consequences lasting long after death and (b) they're going to be fighting their own tech and not a Big Bad that can be destroyed. I think it's going to end up being like the probably-futile physical destruction of the wipe guns (as if Rossum wouldn't make copies of everything).
As for the spinal fluid thing - I'm not sure anything wouldn't have felt cobbled together, since it's so rushed. And, though we should care about Echo because she is moral and cool and fun, it makes sense that Rossum cares about her for something like that. So I'm happy with it.
I'm really intrigued by E2. I don't think they'd have abandoned E1 simply because it was one of their strongest episodes, you know? But all the same it's good to know they're not.
Why does Joss keep working with Fox, is my question. Hasn't he learned?I know he had to work ( ... )
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Suddenly every twitchy move he ever made while talking to Dr. Saunders in season one makes tons of sense--he was stopping himself from calling her Whiskey.Oh, good catch. And it's all hidden in plain sight, because he kinda twitches anyway ( ... )
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I also understand the shock factor of Bennet being shot and the idea that her being killed is what propels Topher into motion and makes him into the savior/hero at the end of this episode
Yes, but that's a textbook case of women in refrigerators syndrome. (a) Lady character (b) dies (c) solely to further the narrative arc of a male character. It's been done, and it's appalling. Especially in this case, where it's totally unnecessary - Topher is already desperate because he's been hoodwinked into causing the end of the world. If that knowledge wasn't enough to drive him to take a stand, he's pretty much irredeemable anyway. The more I think about the Bennett thing, the more I hate it ( ... )
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