on the dollhouse premiere

warning: spoilers ahead (of course)



first off, dollhouse is *not* buffy. it just isn't. if you were to watch it and look for buffy, you really won't find it/her in any of it.

no humor, no snark (except that part where joss snidely inserts mention of edward james olmos of battlestar galactica -- reference win, btw), no witty snatches of dialogue anywhere and no quirky characters AT ALL -- just some of the many many things we loved about buffy in the first place.

and dollhouse had none of that. at the outset, i didn't think it even had a strong empowered female in it, eliza dushku's character named echo notwithstanding.

i guess i just wanted to see the requisite Faith-residue that i was hoping ms dushku would at least have - something crazy and kick-ass and sexy as hell.

instead the ep opens with a motorcycle chase where ms dushku loses her helmet after a bad fall halfway through (but of course) but then the whole thing ends in a party (WTF?). i was hoping for a drug bust or something equally significant like a demon's lair or anything BUT a party? Joss naman.

but what the hell, dushku takes off her jacket and oh my god THAT IS THE SHORTEST DRESS I'VE EVER SEEN ON YOU. i mean, since bring it on, right. i mean, seriously.


(and so all is forgiven)

i watched the first episode this morning with very little expectations after all the talk about how the opening was a disappointment and all that, BUT...

un-buffy-ness notwithstanding, i think the whole premise of these programmable people is promising - it's practically a lot like crossing over eternal sunshine of the spotless mind with alias or something, and looking at the whole thing in that framework made my first 42 minutes with this new show kind of bearable.

i mean, the plethora of things you could go with this, right? for someone who used to spend days doing an Alias marathon, color me rather excited because eliza dushku gets to be a sidney bristow in theory, if only a bit veronica mars in the fighting back physically portion.

well, i do hope to see in the future more powerful personalities programmed into dushku' s character, echo - not that the whole kidnap negotiator in corporate attire and glasses wasn't hot, but really, the asthma thing did suck and really, when i see eliza dushku in a tight situation, i expect her to KICK ASS so please please PLEASE make her kick a lot of ass already. or at least give her a gun. or superhuman powers, because dear lord that's what those sculpted arms are for.

also, that programming geek? totally not likeable, but then this was what i said about logan echolls. anyway i think i should see some female bigwig somewhere, in addition to that woman who i presume is the president of their person-programming company, because COME ON, it's a show named dollhouse, it would absolutely be tasteless to have it be about these girls being programmed by this guy who doesn't even look smart to begin with.

and on a final note, i hope there'd be a lot of gaying around, and less dushku kissing boys, because the dushku i know is butch. ktnxbye.