Dollhouse - general thoughts on sexism, exploitation, and fandom reactions

Watched Dollhouse 1x03. Was entertained for unexpected reasons and bored for the expected reasons. Still feeling amicable toward the show, still squicked in general, haven't made up my mind yet on the whole thing.

( In which I go into extreme ranty detail about sexism on the series, the LJ criticisms I've read about its sexism, sexism in comparable movies, my own reactions to various elements, and why I'm still watching. NO EXPLICIT SPOILERS BEYOND EPISODE 01 and THE VERY FIRST PROMO TRAILER. )

E. Or, instead, let's talk about the lack of real funny. THAT IS THE WORST. Sexism? Not new for Joss. Lack of funny? NEW AND SO DISAPPOINTING.


...All that being said, I am oddly looking forward to next week. Messed up, I know. And I did giggle once in episode 3, though for the life of me I can't remember what scene it was.


ETA: this series *does* hit my conspiracy kink. Anyone could be a doll! Trust no one. Hot FBI agent. The truth is out there.

Dollhouse 1x03

( Specific thoughts on the end of 1x03, the problems and plot holes I expect the show to run into in the future, and general thoughts on Boyd's character )

HELP HELP HELP

I have 2 free passes to see Coraline this weekend in 2D, in a theater about 6 miles from my house.

The closest theater to play it in 3D is 25 miles from my house, and will not let me in for free.


I CAN'T DECIDE.

"Oh, and uh, lay off dairy." What kind of blanket sweep is that? "And no more happiness!"

TO: YOPLAIT

FROM: RASHAKA

RE: Blackberry Pomegranate

MESSAGE:

Well played, sirs and ma'ams. Well. played.

Gankutsuou episode 1

Gankutsuou

#01

Just when I was starting to wish that dub script writers took a little more freedom with their translations so as to avoid having reasonable statements in Japanese sound ill-worded, dumbed-down, or childishly expressed in English (this happens in almost every dub) because our habits of verbally expressing sentiment are very different than the Japanese, the anime totally changed its tone and, suddenly, people were getting executed, two best friends were bickering in the street, and I was interested at last.

( Characters, Plot, Art, etc )

I'll update again after I watch a few eps. donna_c_punk, you gave me this series years ago but it's taken until now for me to start watching it. I can see it has a lot of potential, and it's definitely not boring. Here's hoping it lives up to the hype everyone's given it.

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