Dollhouse: 12 Januar 2009

Das von mir rezensierte Drehbuch war nicht echt:

Last week I was bored and had an idea for an episode of Dollhouse. With a law exam to study for today, I smartly chose to spend two days writing this Dollhouse idea up as a pseudo-spec. I sent it to a friend -- who shall remain nameless and loveless-- late last week and spent the weekend studying for this exam and today I come online to find this and this.

Sorry to anyone who read it thinking it was real. I didn't really intend it to be seen by this many people -- especially this side of me having a chance to rewrite it. It was hardly polished, as io9 didn't hesitate to point out. Also: only wrote it based on the original "Echo" script and the promos -- there were no hours of mulling over everything in preparation. I've slipped into defensive-writer mode.

This said thanks to those who read it and said it could have been an actual episode. That's quite a big compliment.

For those of you who want to read my un-polished first draft: ta da. It's probably the first piece of Dollhouse fanfic.

And a decent one at that.

wiesengrund - 12. Januar, 23:33

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TV squad rezensiert "Ghost"

Und zwar positiv, mit Lorbeeren für Eliza:

The show has a strong cast and Eliza Dushku is terrific in her role. The Dollhouse set reminds me a bit of the Wolfram and Hart offices from Angel.

The episode was okay as a stand-alone, but not great. As mentioned, I don't think anybody should judge a Joss Whedon production by the first episode. Whedon weaves an intricate web and it usually takes a few episodes to get involved. I'm looking forward to the journey.

Link

wiesengrund - 12. Januar, 21:40

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Und am Strand?

Dollhouse dreht gerade (ich schätze mal Folge 10) offenbar am Strand in Malibu. Watch out for "The Dolls":

In a warmer climate, the buzzed about "Dollhouse," from Joss Whedon, is shooting on Zuma Beach in Malibu today. Debuting on Fox next month, it's a sci-fi series about a group called "The Dolls" who have had their memories wiped clean so they can take on any number of new personas.

wiesengrund - 12. Januar, 20:36

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Das (noch immer fehlende) Marketing

Es ist zwar ein wenig passiert in den letzten Tagen, aber immer noch zu wenig. gossi fasst es in der Diskussion über das hier sehr gut zusammen:

The funny thing is you have these people creating this show - Joss, Jed, Maurissa - who have created the biggest Internet TV show ever (and Dr Horrible really is just that - HUGE DVD sales), and they're on a TV show which has an online presence which consists of:

a) Posters of Eliza with her nipples out.
b) A video of Joss 'sexy dancing' which might plague him at Comic-Con '09.
c) The "paper doll" things on the "official fan site".

That's the entire new media marketing effort thus far. I know, I know, I'm not trying to personally rag on those who work at FOX - seriously, I'm not - but come on. This will actually be hilarious in a years time, but right now I'm looking at it thinking... Well. Just, d'oh. Big Media moves slow.

wiesengrund - 12. Januar, 19:37

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The Masterplan

Auf der Dr. Horrible DVD, am Anfang des "The Music"-Making-ofs, gibt es folgendes, wenn man genau hinsieht, Dollhouse spoilendes Bildchen:

Oh, wenn ich das nur besser lesen könnte. Aber etwas vorsichtiger könnten sie schon sein. Eventuell steht da der gesamte Masterplan für die erste Staffel drauf.

wiesengrund - 12. Januar, 18:22

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Peter Liguori im Interview

Über u.a. Dollhouse:

Is Dollhouse as bad as we are hearing?

Joss Whedon has an unbelievably loyal fan base, and he really knows how to write to that fan base. I expect that they're going to be there. They're going to enjoy his show. One of the things about airing on Friday night, a show is not expected to have those boffo ratings.

So you're not burying him in the Friday graveyard?

No, I'm not burying him in the Friday graveyard. I'm giving him a little bit of a reprieve by being on Friday.

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wiesengrund - 12. Januar, 16:54

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Sci Fi Wire interviewte auch Eliza

Vor ein paar Tagen. Hier drüben:

You've probably read some of the reviews and heard the buzz, positive and negative, about the show. Does any of that come through or do you try to screen it out?

Dushku: I'm proud of what we're doing, and we ... are doing what we wanted to do and telling the stories we wanted to tell. ... There's been pressure since the day we announced it, and there's been naysayers since the day we announced it, and, at this point, ... I just can't wait for the show to get on the air and for people to see it. ... Regardless of ... the hype and what people are saying, why don't people see it, and then they can decide what they feel? But I feel confident, ... because it's on the page, recorded on the stage, ... and it's working. And we're having a great time. ... Each episode is more and more intricate, and the story's unfolding. ...

I brought the first episodes home to my family to watch over the holidays, and you know what, they were freaking out. ... They were more proud and more psyched about this than most anything that [I've done]. ...

wiesengrund - 12. Januar, 11:12

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Meldungsübersicht

Weil wieder so viel los ist:

salon.com ist very begeistert von "Ghost":If you take off the rose-colored, Joss Whedon-loving glasses, of course, you'll notice that the first episode of "Dollhouse" is a little bit dorky and uneven at times. But Eliza Dushku fills that "Buffy"-esque dazed-but-sharp babe quotient nicely, and I guarantee that after the first episode, you'll want to see more, more, more, more, as soon as you can. Personally, I can't wait for this show to kick into high gear. Weird, witty, smart, suspenseful, intense? This is what we spent the fall TV season hungering for.
The Notorious I.G. ist auch voll dabei:Dollhouse has a very interesting premise that takes time to understand. Once a viewer does, it's worth it. Joss may be a bit rusty about making TV after making a movie, some comic books, and an internet musical. Still, this Dollhouse is a good way to spend a Friday night.
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Und hier finden sich links zu zwei Dollhouse-Artikeln (Print), die wunderbarst eingescannt wurden.