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Dollhouse cancelled
- Thread starter whisky
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Yub
Anachrophobic
I'm seriously pissed off @ Fox. I know the cancellation of Dollhouse it's news really and all of my ire at Fox isn't completely related to the cancellation....I mean we get X-files way past it's expiration date...The Simpsons ceased to be culturally relevant or even funny quite some time ago....But it's good show after good show they axe and Dollhouse wasn't exactly helped by placing it in the deathslot. GRRR
curiousa2z
Be patient till the last.
yep.
Even I couldn't keep watching - and I have a "Joss Whedon is God" T- shirt.
Not this time.
Even I couldn't keep watching - and I have a "Joss Whedon is God" T- shirt.
Not this time.
whisky
Boobie inspector
Remember that one year on babylon 5 when MJS wrote all but one episode all by himself?
He did that because it was an important story to him, and he didnt think some of the other writers wear really getting it, and he didnt want the story he had in mind to get diluted, and his seasons were 26 episodes.
And this was around season 3, when he already had an (almost) rock solid guarenteed 5 seasons.
Joss had a series with no guarentee of a second season, and was damn lucky to scrape that, and he wrote a handful of episodes.
If he cant care enough about his own show to write all the episodes, why should anyone else care enough about them to keep them on the air?
He did that because it was an important story to him, and he didnt think some of the other writers wear really getting it, and he didnt want the story he had in mind to get diluted, and his seasons were 26 episodes.
And this was around season 3, when he already had an (almost) rock solid guarenteed 5 seasons.
Joss had a series with no guarentee of a second season, and was damn lucky to scrape that, and he wrote a handful of episodes.
If he cant care enough about his own show to write all the episodes, why should anyone else care enough about them to keep them on the air?
Gagh
Χριστόφορος
Not surprised in the slightest. Anyone who has watched the extras on the Season 1 boxset will now just how lucky it was to survive into a second series.
I quite liked the series, but it does have a limited premise, and they moved the plot along far too fast in the first season to show that it could have had a longer life.
Dushku isn't that bad an actress. Fair enough, effectively casting her as a different character each week provided her with a 'sink or swim' scenario in terms of her range. She's a TV actress, simple as that - better actresses make movies and command hugh fees. She bought her own (well formed) presence to the show, and there's nothing to say that the show would have been better with anyone else as the lead.
The first season pretty much told us everything, really.
I quite liked the series, but it does have a limited premise, and they moved the plot along far too fast in the first season to show that it could have had a longer life.
Dushku isn't that bad an actress. Fair enough, effectively casting her as a different character each week provided her with a 'sink or swim' scenario in terms of her range. She's a TV actress, simple as that - better actresses make movies and command hugh fees. She bought her own (well formed) presence to the show, and there's nothing to say that the show would have been better with anyone else as the lead.
The first season pretty much told us everything, really.
The Tomtrek
Love Wookiee
The Tomtrek
Love Wookiee
Only when you say things that are wrong, yes.
Laker_Girl
Mrs. Big Dick McGee
I choked down 2/3 of an episode and wondered why it hadn't been canceled earlier. Horrible show.
Gagh
Χριστόφορος
One writer can't do it all by himself. Dollhouse was actually hobbled part way through Season 1. He took in Elizabeth Craft & Sarah Fain in the show's early days, and they wrote a couple of good episodes. Then they left as quickly as they joined for their own show.
Other than that, Jane Espenson came in, and we all know how good she is. Tim Minear wrote for Angel & Firefly - no criticism of those shows? Most of the writing stayed within the Whedon family & people who's episodes we've seen before. Joss Whedon can't write everything, can he?
Other than that, Jane Espenson came in, and we all know how good she is. Tim Minear wrote for Angel & Firefly - no criticism of those shows? Most of the writing stayed within the Whedon family & people who's episodes we've seen before. Joss Whedon can't write everything, can he?
The Tomtrek
Love Wookiee
Pretty much.
Firstly there's the fact that he's the executive producer, meaning that he is pretty much working on the show at all times, and adding writing all of the show at the same time is a lot of work, which would have led to sub-par scripts.
Also the fact that getting different writers in adds much needed variety in writing styles which stops a series from getting one-note and samey.
But most of all the Writers Guild would get VERY pissed off if a showrunner decided to give himself the job of writing every episode without giving other writers the chance.
Firstly there's the fact that he's the executive producer, meaning that he is pretty much working on the show at all times, and adding writing all of the show at the same time is a lot of work, which would have led to sub-par scripts.
Also the fact that getting different writers in adds much needed variety in writing styles which stops a series from getting one-note and samey.
But most of all the Writers Guild would get VERY pissed off if a showrunner decided to give himself the job of writing every episode without giving other writers the chance.