Nachdem gerade die ersten Promo-Kopien herumfliegen, tauchen auch die ersten Rezensionen auf. Keine Angst, 20th Century Fox hat die vierte Disc nicht mit ausgeschickt, damit "Epitaph One" nicht leaken kann. Was heißt: Keine Spoiler in den Reviews, aber eben auch keine Besprechung von "Echo" und den vielen Extras der vierten Disc. Dafür gibt es nun aber Erwähnungen der Kommentare zu "Ghost" und "Man on the Street", und die klingen ja super:

“They are clearly into each other,” he said. “And he wants her to help him, and she believes him. This is a huge thing. What it is, of course, is me saying ‘I’m going to kill her now.’”

And he talked about the moral aspect, the most troubling and interesting aspects of this show. Fans have been discussing the competing issues of the Dollhouse and its employees, clients, and enemies, and while he doesn’t provide any answers, he does address the questions head on. Is it right to sell people if they’ve previously agreed to be sold? Once a person has agreed to let their body be used, does it make a difference who’s using it? If you don’t remember what happened to you, did it really happen? What makes a person want to rent another human being? What person would consent to be rented, and why? And when you take away a person’s memories, is there anything left?

“Man on the Street” was the first episode to tackle these questions head on. Interstitial clips of a news feature on the “urban legend” of the Dollhouse tell us what the public thinks of the idea, and we see a schlubby Internet mogul (played beautifully by Patton Oswalt) with a very good reason to hire an active. The episode mixes political correctness and layers of moral entanglement and the fact that they can do that is, according to Joss, “what scares me about the show and is absolutely what makes it worth making.”

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Und zwar das "Epitaph One"-Screening und die Limited Edition DVD, beides in diesem wirklich zuckersüßen, lustigen kleinen Video, das uns Dollverse zur Verfügung stellt.

Was für ein süßer Sklave.

Eliza bestätigt, was wir eh alle ahnten, dass die Produktion an Staffel 2 am 22. Juli losgeht, und dass besagte Staffel dirty wird:

On July 22, Dushku returns to the set of “Dollhouse” to begin shooting the second season of the Fox drama. Dushku is delighted the show, from executive producer Joss Whedon, was renewed. She was returning from a trip to Uganda when she got the word.

“When I landed in Boston, I turned on my phone. The first message that popped up was from Joss and it said, ‘We’re back, kid.’ It was really kind of sweet to touch down and get the news.”

“Dollhouse” struggled in its Friday night time slot but did well in DVR and online viewing.

“It’s alive because of the fans and because people found the show. This show is back because it’s a new era. It’s not just a Nielsen world any more. We really feel like the show was starting to find itself. If we hadn’t gone back, it would have been such a mean little tease. We found our rhythm, and we know what worked, we know what didn’t work and now we get to really get dirty.”

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