Comments on: Curse Your Sudden But Inevitable Cancellation

By: phiphax

phiphax — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:55:27 +0000

"I stand by the belief that Dushku was the ruination of the show. All of the supporting cast outclassed her at every turn and showed what a mediocre actress she is (I’m sorry, Eliza… I think you are pretty and probably a nice person)."

i COMPLETELY agree with this. dushku is a TERRIBLE actress. she places the same freakingly annoying character in every single show she's in. she's definitely the main reason why i never fully commited myself to dollhouse.

By: David (huertanix) 's status on Wednesday, 18-Nov-09 16:00:25 UTC - Identi.ca

David (huertanix) 's status on Wednesday, 18-Nov-09 16:00:25 UTC - Identi.ca — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:59:50 +0000

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By: Anonymous Bosch

Anonymous Bosch — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:23:25 +0000

A show built around a vacant, unlikeable main character, that requires a very limited actress to pretend to be a different person each week, with a creepy undercurrent of sexual abuse against women: glamourising their availabity as male sexual fantasy, thereby sending out the complete opposite message to the girl power theme of 'Buffy'? What's not to loathe?

Rot in hell, Dollhouse. Dammit. Where was all the nerd outrage when 'the Middleman' was cancelled?

By: Kschenke

Kschenke — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:38:28 +0000

I am LOVING the grinchy smile. Classic.

It's sad… I didn't even start watching it. I meant to, I swear, but… yeah.

By: smellanie

smellanie — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:57:00 +0000

or maybe it's what the stupid and evil FOX executive would THINK they would say, because he would say the same thing, being stupid and evil.

By: thunderingblurb

thunderingblurb — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:30:34 +0000

1) Awesome comic
2) Still need a Tshirt that has Firefly/Dollhouse on front, crossed out and then a fox symbol on the back with the caption 'Curse Your Sudden But Inevitable Betrayel' on it
3) I applaud the LA-Dollhouse.org folks persistence – I wouldn't bet my house on it, but I love the enthusiasm and optimism
4) At this point, you may ask, why go back to FOX, Joss? I wonder if anyone else is willing to greenlight his nutty ideas. I mean sure, FOX creates babies to feast on them for evil supernatural power, but you'd think somone – Showtime, HBO, USA SOMEBODY other than FOX would pay for one of the Whedon shows. But it doesn't seem to happen.

Here's a thought for Joss though – head to the interweb. Do your own thing on the internet for a year or two – take directing gigs on the side to keep you floating – and give an internet only show a start.

If anyone can make it work, it would be he…him…. that Joss Guy. Whatever you get me.

I mean at this point – why not?

Of course, I may just be certifiable.

By: geekygirluk

geekygirluk — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:27:15 +0000

I have to agree. I'm gutted to not have any new Whedon to revel in, and was enjoying the show despite poor Eliza. I wanted to like her, and there were times when I really did (mostly during her 'wife' performance in Man On The Street and when she was playing Faith) but she just isn't that engaging. I have liked to think of Echo as a sort of point around which things happen. She is a catalyst and creates situations for others to react to. If almost any of the other characters had been the lead, it probably would have been a better show. Also if it had been on cable rather than network. Sigh.

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:46:39 +0000

Agreed on Dushku, though honestly I thought she got better over the course of the series. I found her surprisingly believable in "Instinct", and she was gettin' there way back in "True Believer". Maybe she will be better on her next show, but anyway we always knew she wasn't up to scratch compared to other actors in the Whedonverse, at least since Season 4 of Buffy when Ms. Gellar's Faith was brilliant to the "t" and Ms. Dushku's Buffy was still kinda Faithy.

By: asmariamoon

asmariamoon — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:37:22 +0000

Love the Grinch references in the comic, and the Wash reference in the title. I kinda agree with you on the last panel, I'm not saying Dollhouse is a horrible show or anything, it's just bad by Whedon standards, and it's only that way because of "Faith's" bad acting, and what the Fox execs have done to it. When they didn't air the Felicia Day episode, I seriously threw a fit up until the point when they released the DVD. So yeah, 26 episodes is enough. Hopefully, Our Lord Whedon does something else on the web, Dr Horrible is fricking awesome.

By: Cyrano

Cyrano — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:43:29 +0000

Yeah, I thought that was a given, too. I guess some people are hyperdefensive.