Comments on: POLL – Is Dollhouse season two living up to your original expectations of the series?

By: MzKiKi

MzKiKi — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:30:22 +0000

This season was beyond my expectations. Way beyond them. I really loved the first season, and was hella-mad when they talked about cancelling then. I went looking for petitions to sign. I wrote to Fox, and begged for this show to be saved.
This second season has blown my mind. It has brought me joy, and is now bringing me sadness because i know the ride ends tonight.
My eyes are welling up, and my stomach feels like it’s dropped to my drawers.

By: Hell's War

Hell's War — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:49:41 +0000

Dollhouse was my favorite show on TV… Every good show is getting dumped before it has time to develop.. or catch on..I am a Joss fan but barely knew about this show before it came out and come on weekend nites?? The core audience young and out having a life on the weekends..Only Diehard scifi/joss fans had a chance of getting into this show. I personally Dvr’d it and watch it repeatedly and hung on every second on weeknite when i had time to watch. I want someone out there to change the way shows are judged on ther worth… Nielson System is dead… Wish they could make a vote for your shows thing like American Idol. This is Fox the same Network that dumped Family Guy because the “ratings” but the DVD sales showed them how loved the show actually was not just by the everyday cross section of America the Nielsons System uses. If there was a new way for Sponsors and Networks to get better feed back they would be less likely to drop good deep shows like Dollhouse, Kings, the riches, and so on especially in a time where it seems like the new network heads are more interested in the quick easy money of shock value/cheaply produced reality TV.. Versus actually pushing a good new series and giving it time to develop, catch on,and to grow a long running successful series… I HATE getting into a new show only to have it cancelled.. I beg someone to create a new website or soemthing that everyone uses to vote for tv shows to show the networks and sponsors what they support these shows have…PLEASE!!! before all TV becomes void of good writing/performance..

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:31:51 +0000

It’s surpassing everything I expected. God, I love this show, and I’m so sad to see it go.

By: Angela Lambert

Angela Lambert — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:36:09 +0000

I have loved every episode of the dollhouse and as season two ended, I was on the edge of seat, wondering to what season 3 had in store, to find that it is has been cancelled!! Are they mad?

This is firefly all over again, you’d think they would have learnt their lesson and stop cancelling the good shows, let leave the crap on!!

By: Cory

Cory — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:26:21 +0000

It is Better indeed

By: dollhouse

dollhouse — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:39:57 +0000

its amazing
ive always liked it!
i dont want it to end

By: Pixel

Pixel — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:49:59 +0000

Frak yeah!

Of course, the reason it has been so good these last weeks is we’re getting whole plot lines that should have extended over the run of the series condensed into each episode. No wonder we’re breathless! Just as well Fox let them know then end was coming – about the only good decision they did make…

Roll on the final two!

By: cranky

cranky — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:40:18 +0000

“I still say Joss’ next show should be on cable though. Preferably FX. At least their, low ratings wouldn’t be as big of a death knell. And he could do adult, challenging stuff like Dollhouse without nearly as much censorship as he has to worry about on the lower nets during prime time, I would think.”

This is what I like to call a ‘good idea’. I would be tempted to say it is an obviously good idea if it werent for the fact that the boys at Fox missed it. Dollhouse was perfect for FX. It was a good bit smarter than Fox’s network shows (other than the Simpsons), and if Wheedon had had his way it would have been a lot more scandalous. Also it is naturally an ensemble production, which fits FX more than a network show that needs a few stars to be the face of the advertising. I wonder whether the fact that Dollhouse had a movie star as the lead actress motivated putting it on Fox? Did they think that Eliza was so hot that the Family Guy demographic would tune in to a show without pop culture non sequiturs?

By: Jamie

Jamie — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:01:09 +0000

Season 2 is the Dollhouse equivalent of what Serenity could have been, had Firefly managed to get a last-minute 13-episode second season to finish out on instead of just a 2.5 hour movie. That is to say: stupendous. I fell in love with the first season (owing to “Man on the Street” onward, and most especially “Epitaph One”), but the second season is Team Whedon at their best – under massive budget/fan expectation pressure, with full knowledge of exactly how much time they have left to tell their story, but just enough time and freedom to allow it to unfold on a truly epic scale. I’m sad that we didn’t get five years on the air instead of just pretty much one, that we didn’t get 80-some episodes instead of 26… but I AM glad Whedon and co had enough forewarning to give it a (so far) fantastic send off. To be honest… I would love to have it be on the air (and Mutant Enemy employed) for several years… but if it’s not able to pay its way enough to keep afloat, then THANK GOD we at least get an awesome ending. Joss and Tim And Maurissa and all of them, they do great work under challenging circumstances, so I would kind of rather have 26 episodes, most of which, and all of the latter of which, are absolutely stunning, twisty, twisted, and BRILLIANT…

I actually forgive Fox for this one, believe it or not – they were stuck with a low-rated, tough-sell series (creepy, morally ambiguous, intellectual, philosophical, every bit of fan service should make you feel dirty? Makes for an artistically interesting series, but not one that’s easy to market even if you DO add the occasional action scene or hottie in a co-ed shower, you have to admit)… a series that by all rights should never have survived past its 12th episode in this kind of wide market… and they STILL let it have a full second season to finish properly. And they’re going to air the WHOLE SECOND SEASON, even if they did dick around with the schedule a bit here and there, at least it’ll air, and almost every episode has been in its intended order… and fantastic.

They really did learn from Firefly, whaddia know.

I still say Joss’ next show should be on cable though. Preferably FX. At least their, low ratings wouldn’t be as big of a death knell. And he could do adult, challenging stuff like Dollhouse without nearly as much censorship as he has to worry about on the lower nets during prime time, I would think.

By: Britfan

Britfan — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:49:46 +0000

As a Brit i discovered the season late. A huge fan of Buffy and Angel & Firefly, I couldn’t wait to see it. It amazed me and surpassed expectations. Season 2 has blown my mind. Best Whedon creation yet. hands down.