Info: 1x00 - "Echo"
- Regie: Joss Whedon
- Drehbuch: Joss Whedon
- Erstausstrahlung:
- Dreharbeiten: 23. April 08 - 12. Mai 08
Eliza Dushku - Echo
Amy Acker - Dr. Claire Saunders
Olivia Williams - Adelle DeWitt
Tahmoh Penikett - Paul Smith
Harry J. Lennix - Boyd Langton
Dichen Lachman - Sierra
Fran Kranz - Topher Brink
Enver Gjokaj - Victor
Reed Diamond - Laurence Dominic
Clayton Rohner - Marc Dreyfuss
Stacey Scowley - Bride
Aisha Hinds - Loomis
Jenni Fontana - Friend
Giovanni Lopes - Thug
Maury Sterling - Eddie
Reviews der anderen:
"On a scale of 1 to 10, how excited am I? 8. It's a solid opener. There's an awful lot of set up to get through in the episode, so I'm keen to see how it works week to week. I get the feeling there's huge potential for fun in this series which people aren't yet aware of -- and heartbreak people aren't expecting. "Echo" really sets up a slow brewing storm, and how these characters react is the thing which interests me. They can be brilliant, or they may be terrible. Or both. When the shit starts to hit the fan in Dollhouse, the situation will be... Fluid." (Kevin Beaumont)
"What works: One would think that with so many plots, relationships, themes and dynamics at play "Dollhouse" would be a convoluted mess. Instead it turns out to be the exact opposite: this could be Whedon's most accessible work to date. Sure the above summary may sound like a giant info dump but in practice it's cleverly set up. From Adelle's "pitch" to Ballard's investigation to (presumably) Dushku's performance, there's more than a few entry points into the show's mechanizations. It's also much more than preaching to the converted (although don't worry Whedonites - that's the term right? - it will be like Christmas morning for you guys) as the show tackles its themes in a way no other Whedon work to date has. Questions about what memory is, how it defines us, what they are doing with it, etc. weigh heavily on the characters' minds, not to mention their conversations. Is Topher just a "programmer" earning his paycheck? Or is he a willful participant in some kind of torture? These of course being in addition to the expected mythology questions like - What is the Dollhouse's objective? Who are these people that volunteered to give their bodies and minds up for five years ("after which they will be blissfully ignorant and very wealthy," explains Topher early on)? These alone would be reasons for checking the show out. But wrapped in Whedon's signature dialogue (Boyd: "If this isn't the second coming or giant bats I'm gonna kick your tiny boy ass. Topher: "Giant bats would be awesome.") and storytelling - there's no reason not to check it out.
What doesn't: I would usually say all that's left is for Whedon, Dushku and company to bring this script to life, but the early clips shown during FOX's upfront seem to confirm what we already know...
The bottom line: ...this one's a keeper." (Brian Ford Sullivan)
"I was engaged throughout the script, and I am now official excited to see this series. Like Buffy and Angel, Dollhouse is all about reversing expectation. With the Buffyverse you always have to be asking "what is it?", followed by "what is it really?". With Dollhouse you have to be asking "who are you?" followed by "who are you really?" Near the end of the pilot script, after several reveals, I was very much on my toes yelling "fuck you, you're not really you, you're a doll!" Of course, this is the reaction any writer wants to inspire from their audience...even if at this point the audience is just me sitting in front of a computer monitor reading a script acting like a maniac. Well done Whedon...well done.
There is so much potential for this show. I think it is different enough from Buffy to attract a new audience, but it has a similar enough taste that will keep the rabid Buffy fans from going hungry. Dollhouse is going to be a super-sexy series that's going to get a lot of people tuning in." (Donovan Feuring)
"In the gifted hands of Joss Whedon, Dollhouse is a beautiful enigma wrapped in a riddle, a gripping conspiracy story for the ages filled with urban legends, memory tampering, and long-buried secrets coming to the fore. It's a Shakespearean story of hubris and likely vengeance, filled with sound and fury and signifying, well, lots." (Jace)
"Whedon's script builds into a mystery that's as much philosophical as science fiction. The introduction to the show's universe is immediately disorienting, but also enthralling, as Whedon mixes elements of the conspiracy thriller with what threatens to become a profound meditation on identity." (Daniel Fienberg)
"Dollhouse is like The Bourne Identity meets Stepford Wives meets boarding school meets Los Angeles neo-noir meets the Whedonverse. In short, it's rad, man." (Kristin Dos Santos)
"Dollhouse is genre — sci fi. As usual Whedon brings strong female leads, lots to think about and a great, action-filled story." (Jill Golick)
"Dollhouse is going to be a terrific experience for all to share. We’ll all be on the phone and the web right after each episode ends talking to each other about what just happened. And waiting for the next episode is going to be torture. I can’t wait." (again: Jill Golick)
"And there's some thought provoking stuff that's not even part of the plot (at least not yet) and some that is, like the pro-bono works of the "actives." There's a pervasion of the creepy lurking throughout this pilot. Different kinds too. There's a sci-fi creepy in it and there's a stain-on-your-soul kind in there too." (Michael Patrick Sullivan)
"A typical episode will see Dushku cycle through three to four personas, making for a wild mix of moods and genres. ''The other day I shot scenes for a 1940s musical dance number and a Mexican spaghetti Western — just for the pilot episode,' says Whedon, kicking back on a plush couch under the stairwell of Dollhouse's set." (Jeff Jensen)
wiesengrund - 13. Mai, 10:19
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