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Film School Rejects : TV Review: Dollhouse - Omega

Mon, 8 Jun 2009 11:16:16 +0000

Hey! Try emailing me at my fsr address, commenting in the middle of this seems a bit weird now :)

Film School Rejects : Twilight: New Moon: New Poster, New Footage, Casting!

Wed, 20 May 2009 19:37:32 +0000

You'd expect Bella to be looking at ONE of the two guys she's emotionally connected with, but yet she's staring out at the audience instead! There are two others in the scene. Edward - the person she's obsessing over, Jacob - the guy protecting her, the one that brings her back to a semblance of herself. Does it feel like she's connecting to either of those? Hell, does it feel like she's even connecting to the people she's staring out at? At least the guys pull off their parts well.

Film School Rejects : TV Review: Dollhouse - Omega

Sat, 16 May 2009 15:46:48 +0000

...stupid length limits. Anyway! As for Topher and Saunders, I think Topher definitely felt guilt over the Doctor's death, but it seems to extend more to Whisky than to the doctor himself. Possibly Topher blamed himself for not seeing that Alpha was a danger, maybe he had previous attachments to Whisky (seriously, at this point I'm planning on going back and re-examining every scene with this pair in it so that I can figure this out!) and maybe Whisky was exaggerating about her being programmed to hate him. However, after rewatching that part, Topher seemed to be surprised at her comment, but his immediate response was that she didn't open it. Maybe he thought if she opened it, she'd understand why he wanted her to hate him, why he thought he deserved it. I'd like to believe that Topher was already that smart. I like the idea that there are unknown dolls among the dolls, but I don't want the entire establishment to end up having handlers just outside the door. It cheapens it somehow, takes the easy way out. I think Topher was really just that good, but perhaps his motives for joining the Dollhouse weren't just about working where he can do work his grad-school professors hadn't even dreamed of yet. Maybe the imprint he used on his birthday was even Whisky's original personality (with a couple of minor adjustments, or Whisky may have known what was going to happen and embraced it as an alternative to her future), we just don't know yet. That's part of the fun :)

Film School Rejects : TV Review: Dollhouse - Omega

Sat, 16 May 2009 15:46:25 +0000

I'm definitely of the opinion that Alpha was only the initial nudge that sent Ballard information, but he was unable to get back into the Dollhouse without help and so couldn't get in to tamper with the dolls. He had the intelligence to remote wipe, and even the equipment, but he couldn't get in to tamper with the imprints being put in place. I also don't think that Dominic was the mole that Ballard was getting information from. When Mellie said (in her November spy state) that the person was captured/compromised, she couldn't have known that someone was onto Dominic. The timeline was wrong, Mellie was imprinted and after that, Topher talked to Dominic about finding the NSA chip. In order for Mellie to have had that information hidden as part of her imprint, this would have needed to be known well before she was imprinted so that Topher's version could be altered. It just doesn't add up. Couple that with the imprint constantly referring to itself as part of a group (though that could be the NSA) and it just isn't logical. I think I broke IntenseDebate, so second half to follow..

Film School Rejects : TV Review: Dollhouse - Omega

Sat, 16 May 2009 15:25:09 +0000

I'd love to take a look, the theories you're positing are pretty damned interesting and it'd be fascinating to see what other ideas you have under your belt. Given the rumours we're hearing about Dollhouse possibly getting a season 2, you may even get a job out of it! :) Definitely, Saunders/Whisky mentioned something like that early on (which I had forgotten until you mentioned it again), saying "sometimes you just hope for good enough". Couple that with her reaction to Victor when he says that he's not his best and you see more evidence (don't you just love Whedon?) that the soul and the person you are deep at your core is never wiped, nor are the experiences you've had. If that's followed on from, I wonder what it means for Sierra and her experiences with both the man that trapped her in the Dollhouse and her handler's evil deeds. Roll on Monday, I love hypothesising but it's more fun when you know you're going to find out the right answer later!

Film School Rejects : TV Review: Dollhouse - Omega

Wed, 13 May 2009 09:59:25 +0000

It certainly sounds like she's there forever, and I hope we find out why! That dementia idea would be a great reason, imagine being able to avoid mental illness like that (but you'd also be losing yourself anyway, which may not be the best compromise. At least you'd never experience the horrible realisation part though) If she saw the details of her imprint she could know exactly what he put into her, but it didn't look like that sort of detail was on the screen. I think what you said first would be more accurate, where she has accepted her life as a doll. The reason I'd say that one is that after all that anger during the episode and her yelling at Victor, she shows that she's accepted who she is by doing something that was a tradition for the original Dr. Saunders, she hands Victor the jar of lollipops to choose from. I'm starting to feel like I should watch this episode again, to make sure I got every single nuance! Not that that's a bad thing, the ability for a show to give you more each time you watch an old episode is definitely something to be praised, but it makes remembering all the details hard!

Film School Rejects : TV Review: Dollhouse - Omega

Tue, 12 May 2009 10:20:48 +0000

I definitely think there's something else between Topher and Whisky, but I'm not sure what. Whisky doesn't know who she was though, Topher even says that she didn't open the file to see her original life. I'd say you're right about some aspects, Topher and Whisky had a tie, but perhaps he programmed her to hate him because he blamed himself for her predicament and thought he deserved to be hated. It may have come from an older tie, or simply because Alpha broke on his watch and he didn't notice the danger. As for why Whisky didn't get any plastic surgery, perhaps the technology to completely erase scars wasn't around a couple of years ago. Also, they needed to replace Dr. Saunders with a new doctor and with no guarantees that Whisky would be perfect after trying to repair them, they decided it would make more sense to just reprogram her as the doctor instead.

Film School Rejects : TV Review: Dollhouse - Omega

Tue, 12 May 2009 10:14:02 +0000

Alpha sent him the initial information about Caroline (the DVD and the photo), yes. The information sent via actives with hidden aspects to their persona (Echo as the ninja assassin revealing that there is a Dollhouse and November as Mellie informing him that Mellie is a doll and cannot be trusted) couldn't have been him though, as he'd need to be inside the Dollhouse to have corrupted the imprints. That group (the dolls kept referring to themselves as part of a we, with an insider tampering with the imprints) is still a mystery, one that they'll hopefully get to explain!

Film School Rejects : TV Review: Gossip Girl - The Wrath of Con

Mon, 11 May 2009 09:57:16 +0000

There does seem to be that distinct circular feeling alright. I wonder how long it'll take for Dan and Serena to get back together now that Lily and Rufus have broken up again. The new show's called "Lily", but apparently it may not be as locked in to be picked up as once thought. However, with the success of Gossip Girl, I'm sure they'll keep it, at least for 12 episodes

Film School Rejects : TV Review: Dollhouse - Briar Rose

Fri, 8 May 2009 15:27:18 +0000

Hopefully more people like you will show up and watch the final episode! Even better would be if they watched it live, but watching it is watching it! Also, catch up on the interim episodes, they're well worth it

Film School Rejects : TV Review: Dollhouse - Haunted

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:03:18 +0000

That majority of the plot was a weak murder mystery, but the character development we got within the Dollhouse (and on the part of Ballard) made the episode memorable. You gotta feel for Mellie, she's at a complete loss as to why her boyfriend is behaving like the poor boyfriend-substitute you see a heroine stuck with at the start of some romantic comedy. Hopefully Ballard finds a way to fix this, because although she's just an imprint, that's all any personality is. Yikes. Why didn't I think of that when I wrote the damned review? Also, it's depressing to note that ratings slipped this week, as with only 2 official episodes left to air there's not much room to drag the numbers up in

Film School Rejects : TV Review: True Blood 1.12 - You'll Be the Death of Me

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:44:16 +0000

Where's LaFayette?!

Film School Rejects : TV Review: Lost- Some Like it Hoth

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:03:07 +0000

That Daniel is the Daniel that was on the Island with them initially. They (Sawyer etc) said he'd "gone", I guess he got off the Island! He looks too old to be his 30year previous-self, so it has to be the current him. With the next being the 100th episode, I'd say he's going to give up some intel on the Island itself. Maybe we'll even find out what the hell lies in the shadow of that damned statue!

Film School Rejects : The 10 Most Preposterous Ways to Bring a Character Back to Life

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:14:30 +0000

In that case, put Starbuck in there too!

Film School Rejects : Discuss: Influential Movies No Longer Made, Says TCM

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:31:37 +0000

It's true that it's difficult to say whether something will have lasting significance after only ten years, but surely that's dependent on the movie itself. If a movie has a large enough footprint of influence, even only within those ten years, the ripple effect continues on down the line. The Matrix had a similar effect on pop culture as Star Wars, and plenty of movie makers have been influenced by it. I'd say it will be on that sort of list in the next decade or two, though perhaps not one written by TCM.

Film School Rejects : Discuss: Influential Movies No Longer Made, Says TCM

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:03:39 +0000

The Matrix was the first movie to pop off my tongue when thinking about influential, but what about Halloween? Didn't it inspire huge numbers of slasher movies? Not to mention 2001: A Space Odyssey or even Alien? How about influential animated movies? After all, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is not the only animated movie to have influenced what we see today! Yes, TCM focused on only the most influential classic movies, but what defines a classic? Is it only age? Do movies have to be 30+ years old to be classics now? (Also, yikes - Star Wars is 32 years old this year). The word "classic" doesn't even refer to the age of something, the dictionary defines it as (among many other things) - "of the first or highest quality, class, or rank: a classic piece of work." Another definition? Definitive. Was "The Matrix" a definitive piece of cinema history? Absolutely. So are many other movies which have been released far more recently. Hell, each genre has a "classic" movie and the comic genre alone has a couple of "classic" additions in the last couple of years. How about "Wall-E" as a definitive piece of animation history? This is the problem with publishing lists of the "best" movies under whatever category or employing whatever specification. Something is always going to be missed.

Film School Rejects : Discuss: Influential Movies No Longer Made, Says TCM

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:51:26 +0000

If Blair Witch truly is to blame for the trend of horrible sequences filled with shakeycam effects, then I think someone should go back in time and stop it ever being made. It would save me alone large piles of money which I spent on painkillers after the stupid shaking caused me headaches!

/Film : Michael Sheen Returns to Vampire Land for Twilight

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:45:58 +0000

Aro's not a main character, he's part of a sect which keeps the vampire world in check, stepping in where laws are broken. He's not in New Moon much, but the threat of him and his brethren hang over not only this book but also the remaining ones in the series. Michael Sheen's been good in whatever I've seen him in thusfar, so there's no reason to doubt his ability to pull off a good "Aro". He just needs to act creepy but friendly, all at once!

Film School Rejects : TV Review- Lost- Dead is Dead

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:37:19 +0000

I always regret leaving watching this episode for any length of time, partially because I usually give into temptation and read the top of whatever reviews are around and partially because it's so damned good!

Film School Rejects : TV Review: Terminator: SCC - Born to Run

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:45:29 +0000

I was thinking that too, she left a part of herself in the tank as that eel, perhaps to protect herself from ever being destroyed. So, why did Cameron give John Henry her chip? After the last few episodes, I'm at a loss as to why the ratings for this are so bad, this and Dollhouse seem to be getting gutted by the Friday night slot, despite really good quality episodes over the last while.