I just got around to watching the episode last night. Friday night is overloaded and the BSG episode was going to be hard for about anything to beat. That BSG episode was my favorite so far. It was like an art film with the dialog between Starbuck and the piano player and the story with Boomer and The Chief. After that "The Sarah Conner Chronicles" could have been hard to watch except that they also played a little more of a creative episode.
But though I too find the Sierra character intriguing I didn't find episode 3 all that great. Some of this the "veneer" that Fox is probably insisting upon for the series which I think distracts. And I think Whedon can't decide whether he wants to reinvent a Buffy series as this is more in that direction than Firefly. Then it may be Fox that wants a Buffy like series. The WB or whaterver channel Buffy was on (now the CW) had lower budgets and the stories seem more honest. They depend on that network more on story than glitz. Hence, I am a fan of "Supernatural" which is a show done by X-Files alumni and "The Reaper" which returns this month which is a Kevin Smith creation. There is no "veneer" to get in the way. Speaking of Hollywood, my other watch last night was "What Just Happened", a Barry Levinson film with Robert De Niro who plays a Hollywood producer going through all kinds of hell to get films out. Bruce Willis and Sean Penn also appear along with a stellar cast. And more story than "veneer." Well worth a watch and now available on DVD and Blu-Ray. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0486674/ TurquoiseB wrote: > Even if the critics don't like "Dollhouse," > I do. Especially now that we're getting to > know Sierra, one of the other dolls. > > Sierra is played in the series by another of > those interracial beauties, Dichen (Dee-chen) > Lachman. Australian father, Tibetan mother, > born and raised during her early years in > Kathmandu. Stunning, and not a bad actress, > based on the evidence of one episode. > > http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0fCJev76j6gwi/340x.jpg > > And Sierra's starting to bond with Echo. > Neither of them are supposed to be able to > remember enough from any of their previous > "assignments" as dolls to be *able* to bond > with anyone. > > OK, I *know* that Joss Whedon probably did > not have reincarnation in mind when he wrote > "Dollhouse." Then again, maybe he did. > > What is the situation with the dolls? They > are reborn on every "assignment," with a new > set of memories and abilities and a whole > new personality. > > What is the situation with humans, if rein- > carnation is real? We are reborn in every > life with a new set of memories and abilities > and a whole new personality. > > When the dolls meet each other in the Bardo > (the Dollhouse itself, where they live in a > fantasy world between assignments) or on an > actual assignment, they are not supposed to > recognize any of the other dolls they've > interacted with before. But Echo and Sierra > are starting to recognize each other and bond, > even though they are theoretically not > supposed to be able to. > > Occasionally, when humans meet for the first > time in an incarnation, they "recognize" each > other and realize that they have a pre-existing > bond that cannot be denied. This is theoretically > not supposed to happen, but I doubt that there > is anyone here who hasn't experienced it. > > So yes, it may be true that Joss Whedon did not > have reincarnation in mind as one of the themes > of "Dollhouse." Then again, we are talking Joss > Whedon, so... > > > > >
