Wunderschöne Rezension:

My quick review, for those "don't tell me anything, la la la I can't hear you" people who are avoiding even the slightest hint of plot: It's good. It's going to get even better. Watch it.

Wie üblich gibt's ne Synopsis und allgemeine Infos. Dies wird offenbar die erste Folge mit Miracle Laurie sein.

Kurz vor der Premire gibt's auch Talk Shows als Promotionsfläche. Hier ein paar erste Termine:

Tu 2/10: Sean "Diddy" Combs, Olivia Williams @ Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (CBS)
We 2/11: Joaquin Phoenix, Eliza Dushku, Anthony Hamilton @ Late Show with David Letterman (CBS)
Th 2/12: Alec Baldwin, Eliza Dushku, They Might Be Giants @ Late Night Show with Conan O'Brien (NBC)
Th 2/12: Eliza Dushku @ Live with Regis and Kelley (snydicated)

Ich hoffe auf viele nette Youtube-videos.

Steven DeKnights vorerst einziger Dollhouse-Ausflug war jene Folge, von der Joss meinte, sie hätte die Serie nicht nur gerettet sondern auch definiert. Erste Promobilder gibt's hier. Es ist Jagdzeit.

Und wie. Endlich wieder eine tolle Jossverse-Episode.



Edit: Nun auch auf Youtube.

Ein sehr nettes Interview drüben bei The TV Addict:

Let me just say, you look ridiculously tired. Would it be fair to say that this show has taken a lot out of you?

With DOLLHOUSE, I’ve worked hard to make it an ensemble piece among the writers and have an extraordinary staff. I haven’t been on set every second the way I used to, partially because I have a lot of directors that I know and partially because I don’t have time because we were sort of re-imagining the thing. But at the end of the day it says “Executive Producer: Me.” And if the product isn’t as good as we could have done, I’m going to have to live with that for the rest of my life. Those things don’t go away anymore.

The thing is that ultimately if I feel that I didn’t give it my best you know then I’m going to feel bad about it and I should whether or not the audience likes it or not. If the audience loves it and I feel like I could have done better, I’m going to be okay. If the audience hates it and I feel that I put every ounce into it that I could then I’m going to be okay. If they go. “this seems weak” and I agree with them, I’ll probably go into a coma state… I’m a writer…. really just a big neurotic guy.

Es tut sich grad viel, und ich hab aber weniger Zeit, daher hier mal ein Überblick:

• Auf Pie Spoilers rezensiert der grundgute b!X "Ghost", und zwar kaum spoilernd, aber sehr vetrauenswürdig und fröhlich stimmend.
• Das Parade Magazine interviewt Eliza Dushku über Dollhouse und bringt das Gerücht in Umlauf, sie wäre die nächste Wonder Woman.
• Tahmoh Penikett stößt nun auch zur NYCC hinzu.
• Die LA Times bericht ausführlichst und super-spannend üer das Set, inkluisve Bilderstrecke und Interviews mit Joss, Stuart Blatt (dem Production Designer) und Eliza.
• Non-Dollhouse-related: Es gibt nun ein 7-Seiten Preview von Steven DeKnight's Buffy 8x22 "Swell", welches am 4. Februar raus kommt.

criticalstudiesintelevision.com lässt drei Artikel zu Dr. Horrible plumpsen. Während Stacey Abbott und David Lavery nette, kurze Beiträge liefern, die im wesentlichen zusammenfassen, was schon oft erwähnt wurde (Fan-Support, Medium-Bending, etc.), bringt Rhonda Wilcox (ja, Rhonda "Slayage" Wilcox) einen wirklich netten Beitrag ins Spiel, der Billy von Godfather bis Godzilla durchdekliniert und sogar DVD-Features wie Commentary! miteinbezieht:

Dr. Horrible's metatextuality is valuable in part simply because it is amusing; but it also serves to remind us of the production's indie nature and its status as internet creation, from the online comic book prequel to the many internet fan hommages (some of which are in the DVD). For the DVD's main feature, the viewer first sees the F.B.I. warning against copyright infringement—but this is replaced by an E.L.E. (Evil League of Evil) warning that 'This video disk is designated for Evil purposes only . . . '. (I suppose my Evil purpose is, in the words of a Joss Whedon commentary song, to 'pick, pick, pick it apart', so I am presumably safe from the penalties for Non-Evil usage.)

Edit: Sehr gut auch waxbanks' Kommentare dazu.

Nettes Interview mit Joss über Dollhouse und Dr. Horrible:

But you always hear about creators rolling their eyes at network suits, listing all the dumb notes they’ve been given.

There’s always going to be tension. If you’re smart, you use that tension to create something between their desire to sell and your desire to tell. And it’s very easy for me to get so far up in my own head that I forget to invite the audience in. And it’s very easy for them to boil things down and lose some of the texture.

And do I roll my eyes, sure. Every writer does. Do I think of them as my enemies? No, never. Because with the exception of Firefly, where I felt there was some stuff that was going on that was genuinely underhanded, I have always collaborated with the people who are paying for my show. The other thing you have to remember as the show runner is that the person who wears the suit and says the dumb thing that you laugh at, or the person who brings the coffee and says the dumb thing that you laugh at, might have a better idea than you. And if you ever forget that, you’re gonna blow it.

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Ein Artikel im aktuellen Sci Fi Magazine dreht sich um Dollhouse, und ist auf Spoielr TV zu finden. Tim Minear wurde (ich schätze mal während der Arbeiten an seinem 1x05 "True Believer") interviewt, und erwähnt ein paar Plotpoints, die das Gesamtkonzept veranschaulichen sollen. Aber am besten ist die Überschrift: "Eliza Dushku's new show explores questions of identity and ass-kicking." :)

Na bitte. Ich möchte auch hier nochmal auf die Großartigkeit der dort zu findenden "Understanding the Dollhouse"-Featurette verweisen.

Zwar in miserabler Quali, aber dafür neue Szenen:


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Während via Twitter zu bemerken ist, dass Dollhouse, tatsächlich beworben wird, und zwar während großen Sachen wie American Idol, House und Fringe, gibt es sogar Hinweise auf eine neue Werbung, die 60 Sekunden lang sein soll.

Währenddessen bitte auch Echo Alert im Auge behalten, könnte ein interessanter Dollhouse-podcast werden.

Caroline, Besitzerin von whedonesque.org, rezensiert "Ghost":

I remember catching my first glimpse of Buffy on TV (it was the sixth episode of the series’ first season: ‘The Pack’) and feeling compelled to keep watching it, unable to flip to another channel. Like being drawn in by Bob Ross’s hypnotic voice.

Dollhouse didn’t do that, in fact, the first time I watched it I zoned out several minutes into the first act. I like Eliza Dushku a lot, after all she was my favourite slayer. In this first episode, I think she did ok as ‘Caroline’* and as the innocent doll ‘Echo’. She’s also fairly good as the brazen character she’s ‘imprinted’ with in the first few minutes, but I found her far less believable as the character she becomes next, when she’s hired to mediate between a kidnapper and the abductee’s father. In fact, she looked so awkward and miniscule in her skirt suit and specs, it took me right out of the story. And that’s when the supporting characters began to stand out - especially on second viewing.

Tahmoh Penikett, playing the FBI-agent Paul Ballard, is as strong as he is as Helo in Battlestar Galactica. Harry Lennix, who plays Echo’s ‘handler’, doesn’t get a lot to do in this first episode, but he could be interesting. Amy Acker - who I never liked as Fred in ‘Angel’ - does a lot with her bit part as the Dollhouse doctor and I immediately wanted to know more about her scar-faced character. The actress who stood out the most, though, is Dichen Lachman. She plays ‘Sierra’, another doll. We catch a few brief glimpses of her throughout the episode, before she makes a striking entrance right at the end of the show. Kick ass, not unlike like Jessica Alba in ‘Dark Angel’, but with more exotic features. I couldn’t help but wish she’d been cast as Echo.

Whedon’s shows are always about the ensemble, and it isn’t the first time the supporting actors do more for me than the lead. I never liked the character Buffy that much and it took a while for me to take to any of the cast of Firefly, which completely failed to grab me in the first few episodes. So while not exactly confident, I am hopeful the series will prove to be a grower and that Dushku will prove to be as big a talent as Whedon says she is.

Jemand, der "Josh Whedon" offenbar seit "always" kennt, rezensiert "Ghost" hier:

I didn't have the highest expectations going in -- the idea of house of programmable human "dolls" who go out and do things for their masters had me worried. But Dollhouse had great depth and richness not only of the adventure plot, but also of the character relationships. I guess I shouldn't be surprised as Whedon has always been good at this.

Klingt gut, und ist vor allem spoilerfrei.

TV Squad berichtet nun detailierter über das Paket, das auch das hier enthält.

Es geht los:



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Endlich mal ein halbwegs sauber recherchierter und realistischer Artikel:

It’s difficult to define Joss Whedon’s success. For one, gauging his popularity as a television writer, creator, and producer on ratings alone would render his career as one of the medium’s elite fairly worthless. Critical acclaim was always present, awards never were. Fan devotion always existed - but devotion alone could not save his shows from being tossed around from network to network, ultimately meeting their demise when show renewals were announced. For Whedon, something on television hasn’t quite clicked into place. Despite offering up some of the most intelligent, arch-driven story-lines, placed within painstakingly witty, sarcastic scripts, it’s almost as though the mass audience are allergic to his productions. On the verge of his latest effort on the small screen, Dollhouse, Whedon has a lot riding on the show’s run - including his accreditation as a creative mastermind.

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Hier gibt's die Infos dazu. Auf Comic Book Resources wird das Event übrigens riesig im Hintergrund beworben.

Light FM haben offenbar nen Song in Dollhouse untergebracht:

our song, "The High" on Joss Whedon's new show, "Dollhouse" on FOX February 27th. Tune in!

Und damit wissen wir endlich ein zweites Datum nach dem 13.02.

Edit: dollverse hat mehr.

Mal sehen, wie oft Dollhouse in den kommend Monaten auch in Webcomics verhandelt werden wird.

Endlich auch ein Interview aus einer frischen Perspektive:

My theory? The Los Angeles-born “Chosen One,” Buffy Summers (played by Sarah Michelle Gellar), is secretly a member of the tribe. Though sidekick Willow Rosenberg is the official Jewess, Whedon’s gone on record saying that Kitty Pryde of X-Men comics, a tiny, brilliant, brown-haired teenager who fought monsters while wearing a Star of David, was his biggest influence in the creation of Buffy.

“She’s the prototypical ‘I-am young-andslightly-confused-and-different-from-everyone-else’ character and she’s my absolute archetypical role model and I met her when I was just the right age.”