Joss Whedon
Dollhouse – Nick’s take
So the second episode of Dollhouse has aired and so I thought I’d offer my opinions on it. Overall, I’m jsut not that impressed. I find the premise slightly creepy, Dushku’s acting exactly what I feared it would be and it’s just not very Whedon.
This last point is particularly important – I understand it’s on purpose but I like the snappy dialogue and quips and without those it’s a substandard sci-fi thriller with a very pretty but slightly crap actress in the lead role.
I trust Joss so I’ll give it a few more weeks, especially given the first line in this week’s Onion A.V. Club episode review where the review says
the line [Dushku] was pushing on the show was that it really kicks into gear starting with the sixth episode, which is written by Joss Whedon.
But after six weeks if I don’t give a crap still, I’m gone until ‘teh interweb’ tells me I’m making a mistake.
When work and geekery colide
Man, there’s been a lot of Joss Whedon on here recently.
Here’s some more: Joss Whedon’s Plan to Monetize Internet Content
This is probably a) the most interesting thing I’ve seen from Knowledge@Wharton and b) the most interesting Joss Whedon interview I’ve ever seen.
I’m a publisher of academic journals in my day job, mostly accounting & economics and it’s pretty rare than anything from my personal interests comes up through work stuff!
Dollhouse!!
In a couple of weeks Joss Whedon’s (the Buffy, Angel, Firefly guy) new show Dollhouse is starting. I’ve been pretty excited about this since I first heard of it, in part due to being a Whedon fan girl and also due to having a rather large crush on the lead actress Eliza Dushku (Faith from Buffy). So expect o have a few blog post dedicated to it. You have been warned.
Here is a bit of background: