haha! That’s very true. The only character I find vaguely interesting is DeWitt, but I think that’s mostly due to the actress. I think they also wasted Dominic, who could have been a really interesting character if we found out he was NSA before the Dollhouse. (He also makes Ballard look like a tool.)

oh, and can at least a few people please stop with the “Dollhouse uses metaphor and symbolism so subtly you just aren’t seeing it” after Briar Rose? I mean, come on.

I live to make you laugh.

Astraea: The POV is screwy! I totally agree with you. I have another friend who had this to say about it — “I think Dollhouse is trying to be noirish … with no one to really like or root for–which is ambitious, but I don’t think they’re really succeeding–instead, they’re creating lukewarm characters who people like anyway and then get upset when they behave unlikeably.”

Knowing you as I do, this line made me laugh so hard.

And though I am sure many guys would consider Mellie not very attractive, can I confess how HAWT I consider her? Ever since she first showed up I have been on Mellie watch.

I am all for complexity, and for shows that don’t insult the audience’s intelligent. I don’t have to be presented the Characters to Like and Characters to Not Like in a clear, obvious way. But there are a lot of shows that deal with moral ambiguity a hell of a lot better than this. Lost does a good job of keeping the audience guessing and second-guessing about the characters and it does so in a way that is entertaining and enjoyable.

A quote:

“Meanwhile Topher serves as Whedon’s own analog in the Dollhouse universe, using the machine as a toy and “spicing up” characters to his own amusement. He even creates his own special birthday present in the form of a girl who wants to play all the games he wants to play, and who matches him line for line on the knowledge of all his favorite films.

What Dollhouse tells us is that, like the customers of the titular facility, both television producers and television viewers are generally ready to settle for shallow self-gratification. They want characters that mirror their own desires.”

I gather that the writer of this believes he’s come up with an unique insight.

Love, C.

This is the latest installment.

Thank you for posting yours!

Love, C.

Anyway.

The Sierra rape plotline has been botched from beginning to end (although I suppose we might not have seen the end yet). I try to ignore that when thinking about Boyd.