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selenak

Comics and tv shows

Feb 01, 2010 18:51

Back in Germany, with several comics read on the plane. I really liked Paul Cornell's Vampire State, a storyarc from his Captain Britain and MI-13 run. (Complete with Doctor Who gag.) Since halfamoon has started, does anyone do an entry for Faiza Hussein? (Cornell's Muslima doctor-turned-superhero.) Love her, love that she's the one who ( does spoilery stuff )

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selenak February 1 2010, 19:30:59 UTC

Ballard himself was boring. In s1 they did some interesting stuff regarding his rescue fantasies mirroring the dollhouse client fantasies, but even that did make Ballard more compelling as a character. In s2 where we're supposed to take him as simply heroic and Echo's love interest, he grew even more bland. And yes, Ballard/Echo = blah.

but I think the chief one could be that they never found a compelling character for Dushku to play or something interesting for her to do.Not quite, otherwise myself and some of the other viewers (I'm trying to avoid the fannish "we" here, because I hate it when people make assumptions about my own reaction by claiming "we" did that and that) would not have found Sierra and Victor so far more watchable long before we ever met Priya and Tony. I utterly agree that Echo and Caroline are JW's most conventional heroes (Buffy and Mal are infinitely more layered and deliberately flawed by comparison), but Dushku had more than her chance to flex acting muscles with the roles of the week. And she just plain ( ... )

wee_warrior February 1 2010, 19:32:57 UTC

Is Season Two worth watching? I stopped after 2.02, since their take on maternal instinct really annoyed me.

For example, I'm torn as to whether Boyd-as-a-Rossum-Founder was planned from the beginning, or a last minute improvisation

I read in one discussion that it was decided at the beginning of Season Two, so neither the one nor the other.

I, too, hope that Enver Gjokai and Dichen Lacham turn up again quickly after this, preferably in good shows.

selenak February 2 2010, 07:52:33 UTC

The first two episodes were easily the worst of the season, so yes, I think it's worth watching. If you want selections instead of watching the entire season, Belonging and the next two after that, plus The Attic and the last two episodes.

greenpear February 1 2010, 22:59:44 UTC

I think it was a shame to not be able to let the story unfold over another couple of seasons. The second season just whizzed right by in terms of plotlines.

I didn't watch the show for Eliza's acting (cause I know she's a limited actor). But I was glad to see some other shining stars and hope to see them again soon.

And I will miss the Topherisms the most...

likeadeuce February 2 2010, 23:13:50 UTC

I found the last five or so Dollhouse episodes really satisfying, and I came away from the finale thinking, "I wish I'd been watching THAT show for two seasons." You're right on about Topher and Adelle (the Sloane comparisons are really interesting), and I have to note that Tony and Priya probably got the best ending of any canon couple in the Jossverse.

selenak February 3 2010, 07:26:54 UTC

Tony/Priya: I'm going to be very tongue in cheek here with you and say "but what about Scott and Emma at the end of Unstoppable? Weren't they the ones who broke Joss' doomed-couple streak?" But I know what you mean, and one's own characters are different from editorial mandat.

I liked the episodes from "Belonging" onwards for the rest of the season, with the exception of Meet Jane Doe because that was too obviously fast forwarding over some crucial development (Echo integrating, and the Echo/Paul thing), plus it came at the heels of the Alexis Denisof two parter when I would rather have seen what happened with his character next. :)

likeadeuce February 3 2010, 13:50:59 UTC

Yeah, I actually almost mentioned Scott/Emma but decided not to because they're not his characters. Also because it's a little tainted, for me, by what subsequent writers have done (or not done) with the characters, but that's not really on Joss.

And same thoughts on Dollhouse -- I can see why Daniel's plot got dropped when they realized they weren't getting a full season, but skipping over Echo's integration was much less forgiveable. (I only just watched 'Epitaph One' and realized it would have worked A LITTLE better if I'd seen the flashback and known to expect Echo's integration but that doesn't excuse speeding past what seems to be the most crucial thing in the whole show; though, since like you I thought Echo was the show's least interesting element, it didn't personally bother me all that much.)

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selenak February 4 2010, 06:48:20 UTC

Comics: No, I don't read them.

Boyd as Angel: doesn't work for me, even leaving completely aside AtS canon and its far more complex Angel characterisation. For one thing, Angel was set up as a love interest for Buffy from the get go. That was his main purpose during his time on BTVS. He's never a father figure to her or anyone else on BTVS. (Okay, Drusilla and Spike in a vampire manner of speaking, but that's stretching it.) Boyd, by contrast, never shows any sexual or romantic interest in Echo, or vice versa. He's both her father figure and to some extent the one of other characters like Topher, the way Giles is Buffy's father figure and to some extent that of the other Scoobies. We didn't see much from Angel's pov on BTVS re: his relationship with Buffy (again, AtS changed that, including the rather crucial depth of backstory with Darla), but what we did see was the Whistler flashbacks, making Buffy into a figure of inspiration in a rather medieval courtly love fashion. If there is any parallel in Dollhouse for BTVS style Angel, it ( ... )