Anticipating DOLLHOUSE

the other thing that works for Dollhouse is the vaguely Twin Peaks-like music that comes on in certain 'mysterious'/emotional scenes. i suspect that was on purpose.

― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Monday, October 1, 2012 3:20 PM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i was wondering if anyone else noticed this, it's pretty subtle, this little rising melody, always makes me think of TP.

not sure if the dollhouse underground hq qualifies as a good place for a noize colony

noize on ludes hq

I finished watching this

I liked the attic bits and the twist of who the company founder was

For sure. Attic was good & warped, I mean, for tv anyway

attic was scary

Tho the plastic wrap was lol

'we're pimps and killers... but in a philanthropic way. can i go now?'

this is better than i thought. when it first aired i was sort of disappointed, for some of the reasons floating around at the time. the second time around some of the annoyances seem less important, like helo's where-is-the-dollhouse plot, or the mooning from millie. maybe it helps if you shotgun it.

but eliza dushku actually does a pretty good job, especially if you look past the engagement-of-the-week parts of the plots in the first season. she's capable of more subtleties than she's given credit for.

enver gjokaj is great. whenever he has a different persona to play it's always very precise and distinct from other things he does.

i didn’t want to continue cluttering the buffy thread talking about how good this show is but yo this show is so good, it really does hold up

it’s also been eight years since i first watched it, yet my ears pricked up during season 1 episode 11 when dominic (in victor’s body) calls dr. saunders “whiskey” and it’s played off as him wanting a drink!!!!!!! wow!!!!!!!

i love this show very much, i should rewatch

'we're pimps and killers... but in a philanthropic way. can i go now?'

― j., Saturday, October 27, 2012 10:59 PM (eight years ago) bookmarkflaglink

this is such a great line

In addition to everything else, the cast is so, so good. Fran Kranz, Dichen Lachmann, Enver Gjokaj, Olivia Williams - all great actors, and I don't know if Reed Diamond is a great actor, exactly, but I love him.

It's weird to me that people (like for instance my housemate) reflexively assume Dollhouse is sexist and exploitative but will happily watch Westworld, which is much worse imo.

dichen lachmann is INCREDIBLE

It's shocking to me that she and Enver Gjokaj haven't been cast in everything; like, what is Dollhouse if not a series of audition tapes for every role under the sun?

otm!

Enver Gokaj was in Agent Carter too, i love him - he is so fucking great in everything he does

he’s really funny in the episode where he has to play a federal agent on the college campus, sometimes the verisimilitude with which they enact their performances is like... lightly parodic, in a good way? especially when they get implanted with badass mercenary personalities lol

i am nearing the end of season one and i am so excited to relive “epitaph one”. ugh..... cinema (actually television)

i think the single worst thing that happens in the first season is the "black president" line in episode 12

epitaph one is a masterpiece though. topher :(((((

"that's so brilliant. why didn't i think of that. .... did i think of that? .... did i? ... oh god... oh my god"

i'm kiki

does this show feel grosser now that all the stuff about Whedon came out? it was creepy enough during its run, i'm afraid it might just make it worse if i rewatched the series today

i am watching this despite wishing joss whedon would explode and it's fine

victor/sierra 4ever

completely forgot about summer glau's character and how much i loved her

shes so great in this

one of the things i also forgot (and one of the few things i dislike about the show) is the tendency toward Slow Motion Pop Song Montage after anything climactic happens. this may be my own private war against television idk. but also iirc the later seasons of buffy were heavily afflicted with the SMPSM as well

No love for Lizzie's "Everywhere I Go"? ;)

that's one of the best ones for sure, i do love her

enver gjokaj imitating fran kranz is probably my favorite instance of acting in this show lol

the attic episode rips

it's like basically the season four finale of buffy but in the dollhouse world and that's my jam

Also Reed Diamond is back in that episode and I love him.

amazingly, i had forgotten the big twist

"you're here 'cause you're my family. i love you guys"

this is the best show ever

they sure did not have the budget to blow up a building in the penultimate episode tho lol

topher :((((((