good job to brandi and joseph for bringing up one of my favorite subjects... tv shows i like. haha. and when talking about tv shows i like, you really only have to mention one name: joss whedon. i think i like just about anything and everything the guy did (except for the comic books, i stopped reading those and haven't looked back). everything from roseanne to buffy to angel to firefly (did you know he even co-wrote for toy story and aliens 4?). unfortunately, a lot of his ideas have been smashed by network production... well, i'm sure that's true for a lot of writers out there trying to balance making a living and sharing their vision. but, for example, the original buffy movie (with kristy swanson and luke perry) was completely messed with so that the end product was so far off what joss whedon wanted that he decided to create buffy the tv show (so i guess that was a good thing huh?). for another example, producers at the fox network switched around all the episodes of firefly and made such a total mess of that show that only 11 of the 14 episodes actually aired and the aired the pilot as the last episode on tv ever (which spurred joss whedon to create the movie serenity so i guess that a good thing too!).
so here's hoping they don't do the same thing to this new tv show "dollhouse." everything i can find on it says that it's gonna be about some people (including eliza dushku... hotness!) who have their memories and personalities stripped so that they can implanted with new memories and personalities and are then rented out to carry out various missions and such.
after the debacle of firefly, joss whedon swore he would never work with fox network again, but now he's saying that there are a whole new group of network executives and so they're ensuring him that they won't have that problem again... cross your fingers. anyway, the episodes are set to air in january (so long lost, i need to make room on my dvr), and here's an extra surprise... just found out that another alum from the buffy/angel universe is joining the cast... amy acker from angel (she played fred and illyria... marvelously if i may say so). i also love how joss whedon spreads these actors around, it's nice to see some familiar faces... plus she is also hot, haha.
woo hoo. so here's what joss whedon had to say about his new cast,
"All in all, pound for pound, soup to nuts, man vs beast, it's a pretty amazing ensemble. I'm not sure how I landed this troupe, but rest assured I'm gonna write bestest good word for talkacting to them yes! They're in good hands."
isn't that great? what i like best about his writing is that it's realistic. people don't speak perfectly all day. they make mistakes and use colloquialisms and are dumb sometimes. hey, i think THAT'S actually what i like about his writing so much, he allows people to be dumb. not everything is cut perfectly and people in real life say smart things and say some pretty dumb things too. not like those law & order shows where everyone talks at break-neck speed and everyone's pinpoint accurate with their choice of words, that's so contrived. so i'm hoping that "dollhouse" brings that lighter side to it as well... but i guess we'll have to wait and see...
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