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Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.00,0:00:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just found out that Dollhouse is being
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.00,0:00:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,renewed by Fox for another season.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.00,0:00:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s a Joss Whedon TV show so I wanted to
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.00,0:00:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,give it a chance when it first started.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.00,0:00:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dollhouse is a show about a bunch of people
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.00,0:00:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who get there brains wiped and then new
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.00,0:00:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,personalities and experiences and
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.00,0:00:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,memories get put into their heads and they
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.00,0:00:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can exist as that person for X amount of time
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.00,0:00:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they get hired out by
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.00,0:00:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,clients to perform various tasks.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.00,0:00:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of the “engagements” are men
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.00,0:00:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to fulfill a fantasy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.00,0:00:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dollhouse is really a glorified brothel.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.00,0:00:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dollhouse is really misogynistic
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.00,0:00:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don’t know what other word to describe it
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.00,0:00:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as. There is a big issue that hasn't
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.00,0:00:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really been raised about whether this is rape
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.00,0:00:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or not. It’s been talked about online a little bit
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.00,0:00:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the show hasn’t dealt with this issue at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.00,0:00:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they sign these contracts saying
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.00,0:00:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they’ll be in Dollhouse for X amount of
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.00,0:00:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,years and their conscious mind
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.00,0:00:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,isn’t around so they can’t consent to every
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.00,0:00:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,single engagement that they go on.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.00,0:00:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now if you can’t consent then
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.00,0:01:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would be rape right?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.00,0:01:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Dollhouse we as the viewer are supposed
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.00,0:01:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to condemn the dollhouse, we’re not
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.00,0:01:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,supposed to like it, we’re supposed to think
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.00,0:01:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it’s morally and ethically wrong
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.00,0:01:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do these things to these people yet we
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.00,0:01:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,identify with all of the characters
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.00,0:01:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the dollhouse.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.00,0:01:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Boyd the handler, you think he’s pretty
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.00,0:01:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cool because he seems to have issues with
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.00,0:01:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what’s going on, yet
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.00,0:01:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he still continues to work there.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.00,0:01:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The woman who runs the place
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.00,0:01:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards the end of the season we start to
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.00,0:01:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get more of an emotional grasp on her
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.00,0:01:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and her character becomes a little more
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.00,0:01:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more entrenched in who she is and not,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.00,0:01:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, not hating her.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.00,0:01:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tofur the crazy scientist,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.00,0:01:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you totally think he’s funny and witty and
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.00,0:01:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,smart and goofy
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.00,0:01:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don’t really take him too seriously.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.00,0:01:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we’re not supposed to like dollhouse
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.00,0:01:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I think we’re not supposed to
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.00,0:01:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then why are we sympathetic with all of the
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.00,0:01:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,characters inside of the dollhouse?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.00,0:01:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Joss Whedon on Whedonesque.com
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.00,0:01:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was quoted as saying that part of the pitch
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.00,0:01:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to renew for a second season was that they
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.00,0:01:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were going to go in the direction of
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.00,0:01:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the season finale.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.00,0:02:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think we have enough crazy, serial killing,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.00,0:02:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,murdering men on television that we don’t
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.00,0:02:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,need to add to the repertoire with Dollhouse.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.00,0:02:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The season finale was just blah
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.00,0:02:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cover my ears
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.00,0:02:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cover my eyes
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.00,0:02:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn’t want to watch a single other episode
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.00,0:02:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Dollhouse after that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.00,0:02:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was just so grotesquely violent
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.00,0:02:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was unnecessary
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.00,0:02:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it’s this crazy maniacal guy who was
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.00,0:02:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,damaged by the dollhouse
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.00,0:02:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(which were sympathetic to right?)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.00,0:02:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doing all these crazy things
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.00,0:02:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so now he becomes the enemy and the
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.00,0:02:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dollhouse is kind of in that grey
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.00,0:02:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,middle zone area.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.00,0:02:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This news is troubling in that I really
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.00,0:02:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,didn’t want Terminator: the Sarah Connor
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.00,0:02:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chronicles to get cancelled.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.00,0:02:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought it was a really good show.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.00,0:02:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt like the story line and the characters
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.00,0:02:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were really complex.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.00,0:02:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They made complicated relationships
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.00,0:02:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between each other and the characters
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.00,0:02:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,evolved in interesting ways that I thought
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.00,0:02:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could grow over another couple of seasons.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.00,0:02:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also the show is based on the Terminator
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.00,0:02:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,movies which most of us have
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.00,0:02:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,probably seen that are kind of big macho
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.00,0:02:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fests about you know
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.00,0:02:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gore and violence and
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.00,0:03:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,blowing things up and robots
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.00,0:03:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the whole sci fi chase scene
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.00,0:03:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,GRAAA thing
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.00,0:03:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Sarah Connor, although it had those
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.00,0:03:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,elements, was actually really smart.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.00,0:03:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It fused together the action part of the sci fi
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.00,0:03:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,genre but it also brought in character
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.00,0:03:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,development was really well done.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.00,0:03:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The show is also mostly about a woman
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.00,0:03:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she’s an independent, tough, single mom
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.00,0:03:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that’s trying to protect her son.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.00,0:03:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other main character on the show
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.00,0:03:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a representation of a teenage woman
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.00,0:03:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who although she’s a robot
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.00,0:03:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you still see as young female.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.00,0:03:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She’s empowered, she’s smart
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.00,0:03:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she’s strong
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.00,0:03:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these are all good things to have on
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.00,0:03:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,television I think.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.00,0:03:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think looking really critically at why a show
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.00,0:03:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like Dollhouse is getting renewed
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.00,0:03:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Sarah Connor Chronicles are not
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.00,0:03:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Sarah Connor Chronicles really took its
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.00,0:03:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,time and sometimes it was a little slow
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.00,0:03:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,moving because they really did a lot of
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.00,0:03:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,character development
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.00,0:03:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and really built up a story line
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.00,0:03:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you really became attached to what
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.00,0:03:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was going on and really invested.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.00,0:03:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where Dollhouse you met a new
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.00,0:03:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,character every week.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.00,0:04:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn’t really super complicated you didn’t
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.00,0:04:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have a lot of character development
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.00,0:04:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were a few things here and there
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.00,0:04:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the main character Echo
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.00,0:04:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,started to remember her old past
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.00,0:04:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but even then it wasn’t that interesting
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.00,0:04:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was kind of the same old same old.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.00,0:04:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a really interesting article
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.00,0:04:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Washington Post that talked
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.00,0:04:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about how Dollhouse was produced
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.00,0:04:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by Fox and aired on the Network of Fox
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.00,0:04:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they have more invested in that
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.00,0:04:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,financially and can make more profits.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.00,0:04:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where Sarah Connor was produced by
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.00,0:04:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Warner Brothers aired on Fox
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.00,0:04:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there’s not as much financial investment.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.00,0:04:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that Joss Whedon is capable of
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.00,0:04:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,writing really good quality television
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.00,0:04:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that’s critical and analytical
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.00,0:04:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and has social commentary while still
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.00,0:04:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being entertaining and fun.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.00,0:04:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I don’t know why he can’t do that again.