Dollhouse Riffs: Riff #3: “Epitaph One” and the mutability of the Dollhouse Canon

August 28, 2009 in Dollhouse, Science Fiction

With Season 2 unseen and speculation rife, with a series finale full of cliffhangers and unanswered, where does one place “Epitaph One”?

Dollhouse Riffs: Riff #2: Bodies, Souls, and the Big Bad

August 20, 2009 in Dollhouse, Science Fiction

Dollhouse, Joss Whedon’s new series (thankfully renewed by FOX), plumbs the depths of moral gray areas. In a ‘verse premised upon the concept of implanting different personalities into individual bodies, how does this relate to the Big Bad? The key to unraveling this is the word bodies.

Dollhouse Riffs: Riff #1: Dollhouse, the Dollhouse, and “freedom”

August 16, 2009 in Dollhouse, Science Fiction

Joss Whedon’s series “Dollhouse” explores controversial topics, from human trafficking to the concept of individuality. I ask some questions about the concept of freedom in the Dollverse.

Review – (Fox) Dollhouse

August 8, 2009 in Dollhouse

Summary: Echo (Eliza Dushku) is an “active” – a programmable human with her memories and personality wiped clean – serving as an unwitting agent of a shadowy underground organization: Dollhouse. [...]