Thursday, August 4, 2011

Dollhouse: Initial Impressions

Sorry for the lack of posts lately, guys. I'm dealing with major health issues, and also trying to work on two books ( a novel and a non-fiction work), the latter of which has a prospective publisher in the works.

I wanted to give my impression of Dollhouse, having seen the first three or four episodes. Basically, I think this is an average sci-fi series, but with some of the nice touches that make Joss Whedon's work so interesting. I have to agree with some feminist critics that the treatment of the female characters initially verges on the sexist, though knowing Joss, I expect that will change by the end of the series (and I'm not going to fault a series because of a lack of political correctness). The idea of imprintable personalities is intriguing, but it does pose major character development problems because of the way Whedon constructs the personality development process.

Incidentally, I am also making my way through Red Dwarf and Space: Above and Beyond. Has anyone seen the latter? Extremely interesting backstory, but it does seem a trifle jingoistic right now (though I hear the writers tried to undermine that jingoism later in the series, which is, like, natch, from the creators of the X-Files).

Anyway, I hope to be more in play during the school year, though I can't promise. I don't have ready access to a computer right now, having to go next door to use my aunt and uncle's. But I'll try to come up with more regular updates