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[rogueslayer452]

++ Dollhouse pretty much rocked last night, and the preview for next week seems to look incredible as well. I'll write up my thoughts momentarily, though it still seems like an empty Friday because no more Battlestar Galactica. Though I think the finale pretty much gave a lot of people to talk about for weeks on end which, by the way, very interesting reactions I've been seeing. I have my own though because BSG has wrapped up I can take my time with getting it all written. I'm worried about TSCC though, and whether these last two episodes are going to be for the season or the entire series due to ratings and whatnot. We'll see.

++ I saw the Where The Wild Things Are trailer and, my goodness it looks adorable. It's my childhood and yeah these days you can't trust the movie industry to make a faithful adaptation, but the look and feel of this seems right, y'know? Also, I have no idea if they used CGI or just costumes, perhaps both, either way it looks fantastic.

++ Eliza Dushku and Summer Glau being adorable together. ♥

++ Anyone remember that movie Gossip with James Marsden? Yeah so it had been available OnDemand and watching it I totes didn't realize it had Sarah Connor (Lena Headey) and Papa Adama (Edward James Olmos) in it as well! I remember going to see this movie way back when because it had Christopher Ralph, known to have been Tobias on the television adaptation of Animorphs, and I didn't necessarily understand it at the time. Watching it now I realize it's one of those movies where the concept was great but how it was executed you have to rewatch it several times in order to fully understand what was happening. It's a gorgeously shot film, though.

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[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

Bah, I thought it was great. The humor was slightly off given the context of what was happening, but otherwise it gave a lot of information based on the Dollhouse and how they work, at least where recruiting new Actives is concerned and what could possibly be connected to them by other organizations.

I see where a lot of people wouldn't be enthused with S2, since S1 had a lot more action and explosion plotty stuff connected with Skynet, but there's been lots of things this season and they need to wrap it up and it's going to take time. I do know the creator said that whether there is a third season or not the finale will seem like a finale, satisfactory while having a cliffhanger because, well, it isn't the end. But I will be mad, and I don't know whether to blame FOX for the change in timeslots or what, but I will definitely be disappointed if there is no continuation. I love TSCC and I don't want it to suffer just because of a bad decision of timeslot changes.

This makes me wish they'd have TSCC and Dollhouse switch to Mondays, because that I feel will be better.

[blackwidow.livejournal.com]

I agree, I think that maybe if T:SCC stayed on Monday nights it would've gotten more viewers, same with Dollhouse, which I'm worried might be axed as well. FOX knew that putting these two shows together on Firday nights would not bring in that many viewers because of the Friday death slot, and yet they still seem to want to blame us the viewers for not taking interest in the show. BUT WE ARE! If FOX would realise that there are more people watching the show then just the 3.9 million or so people that have freaking Neilsen boxes, they would keep the shows for more then just one season, so yeah I really blame FOX for the bad ratings, and it makes me so mad because both those shows have really great potential to become hits. Especially Dollhouse.

Personally, I think FOX has no one to blame but themselves for the lower ratings that Dollhouse is getting. They were the ones that made Joss redo five filler episodes, thinking that they would get more viewership with just Eliza and the sex appeal. And don't get me wrong, I enjoy Eliza but I think that Dollhouse isn't just about Echo, it's about everyone there, and that's what Joss was intent on doing but because FOX but Whedon on such a tight lesh, they fucked themselves over, because people watched the first coupel of episodes and gave up cause there wasn't any character interraction, it was mainly just Echo.

[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

They really shouldn't be counting the Neilsen ratings because there are other factors now with our enhanced technology that allows people to view their shows online. For goodness sakes, they even prompted Hulu for Dollhouse! I mean there's downloading, watching on FOX.com, DVR, and so forth. They should know that the main rating system doesn't include everyone.

Fridays are just horrible for any show save a few, so FOX needs a new strategy in possibly rescheduling both shows or promote more.

It's sad because I really have been anticipating Dollhouse and crossing my fingers that FOX doesn't fuck things up, but once it had been placed on Fridays I knew this wouldn't bode well (of course they rearranged a lot of timeslots for most of their primetime shows so, I figured why not give it a chance?) It also really sucks that FOX, even with new execs, seems to want to take control from Joss regarding his show based on them having that tight leash. If they would've allowed Joss to do things his way I'm sure there would've been more viewers during those first several episodes. I was in since the pilot, but I know most people saw it and gave up because of that fact. I understand some of why that needed to happen, but to establish higher ratings you just don't add filler eps in the beginning and then the actiony stuff later on, otherwise you won't get anything anywhere fast.

I'm crossing my fingers that Dollhouse has a full run of the season, as they claim they're doing for its thirteen episodes, but I still want the possibility for a second season because Dollhouse has the potential that many are overlooking.