Sci-Fi Friday!

[spectralbovine]

Sometimes I look through old journal entries and see these great lines and wonder if it's okay to steal them for actual stories or books later. They deserve to be seen by a larger audience! For instance, my last post contained the following line, re: my car:
It gets me from point A to point B, but not point C, which is where the chicks are.
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Comments

[ikcelaks]

Did anyone else instinctively set their mouse over the drawing?

[spectralbovine]

Ha!!

[chrismarlowe]

I didn't find the concept of Dollhouse to be squicky in the least and I have been a longtime Buffy/Angel/Firefly. I've seen tons of shows, Alias, Burn Notice, Chuck etc where people pretend to be others. This is just a logical extreme of that. It was odd that Echo was hired to help recover a girl in a kidnapping, when I sort of expected her to simply be hired to fulfill someone's fantasy.

Also watching BSG maybe has hardened me to seeing folks minds messed with on a weekly basis, Cylon and human.

And I hope Dollhouse doesn't get cancelled, we finally get a JOSS WHEDEON created tv show and I want it to be given a fighting chance.

[spectralbovine]

I've seen tons of shows, Alias, Burn Notice, Chuck etc where people pretend to be others. This is just a logical extreme of that.
I have no problem with people pretending to be other people. Hell, I watched The Pretender. But they're all only playing parts, not sacrificing their identities.

[stella_hime]

Hell, I watched The Pretender.

I'm actually relieved to hear this. I thought I was the only person who ever watched this show. Someday, I need to get it on DVD.

I definitely see what you mean about Dollhouse. I've only seen the opening bit so far, but I was already pretty unsure about the premise just from seeing that. I hope it gets better, and I'll watch it regardless, but in the meantime, I'm going to console myself with introducing Cynda to Seasons 4 and 5 of Buffy.

[paraleipsis]

Sometimes I look through old journal entries and see these great lines and wonder if it's okay to steal them for actual stories or books later.

Is there really anything to wonder there? I mean.

[ebongreen]

Haven't watched Dollhouse yet - that's for tomorrow.

T:SCC I loved. <3. Sooo much dialog-goodness - not a wasted word, not a spare gesture, it's like really good Hemingway in my mind's ears. Just spot-on - even the momentary shot of the bloody pillow as they leave the hotel room was perfect. It makes me happy that such smart smart people are writing and performing television. *gushes*

I realize it may not be on forever, but I gotta take my pleasures while they're here.

[toastandtea]

I am pretty great, i agree!

KYYYYYYYYLE.

Weaver killing the shit out of everybody was pretty awesomely terrifying. I suppose it's a holdover from watching T2 in my youth that T-1000s still kind of scare the crap out of me. Too many shiny pointy slicy things. D:

I hadn't been too excited about Dollhouse, and actually seeing the show didn't increase my enthusiasm any. The problematic how-are-we-supposed-to-connect-with-Echo issue doesn't really help. Pretty much all i got out of the whole thing was being really excited about seeing Helo half-naked and kicking ass. :O And maybe wanting to know why Amy Acker has scarface. I spent the first scene imagining that pre-Dollhouse Echo (Catherine? was that her name?) was Faith. It works!

It does seem lacking in humor, though, for a Joss show.Yeah, that. Also too procedural? And i hate hate hate procedurals. D: Also the Dollhouse reminded me a little of Wolfram and Hart. I keep thinking of it in terms of previous Joss shows, which i probably shouldn't do. It's just too easy to fall into the