The Love You Make

…is equal to the love you take

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Synopsis
Sarah, John, Cameron and Derek investigate the company town connected to the destroyed factory while Weaver sends her own man into town in search of a potential survivor in the “Desert Cantos” episode of TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES airing Friday, Feb. 20 (8:00-9:01 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (SCC-215)

I’m not going to preview Dollhouse any more because I’d feel like a hypocrite.

The facts are as Joss states them in the interview he did for Rolling Stone Magazine (at the bottom of this post. Click to enlarge). I’ve subscribed to the magazine since I was age 16 and I can assure you they are a reliable source.

Joss does not want Dollhouse to succeed under the crushing weight of the FOX network’s demands and on a deeper level he feels network television is broken. He’s right.

He wanted to do a scifi show that was intelligent, witty, and fun. FOX wants him and in fact demanded that he does, SEX, SEX, SEX some story, VIOLENCE, VIOLENCE, VIOLENCE,  some story and SEX, VIOLENCE, SEX, rinse, repeat. He is very unhappy with this though has been very professional in what he says to the press.

For my part, the two reasons that I was willing to watch the show were Tahmoh Penniket and Whedon.  I don’t think Eliza Dushku can carry a show as the lead. Her acting is rather one-note and soon she will be past her prime as a sexpot.

Dollhouse is a sad squandering of Whedon’s talent and truly, so he can move on to what he really wishes to do, Dollhouse needs to be axed, or “fireflied” as some viewers familiar with the FOX way call it.

As for Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, I’m disappointed that it never rose to the levels I think it could have. The reason I tuned in–I’ve watched it since it’s start–was the wonderful Summer Glau. I knew we were sinking fast when they pulled back on using her as much as they did in the first half of the first season. Her talents are being squandered too, in a show that FOX has declared is already dead so I say let it finish it’s back nine, then put it to sleep.

Below is the real story of Joss Whedon and Dollhouse, refreshingly told by  the man himself. If you respect Whedon and his work, do him a favour and ignore the abomination that is “Dollhouse.”

Joss Whedon says that his goal is to “Roger Corman (his) way onto the Internet.”

Let’s cheer him on as he pursues his goal.

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