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Originally posted by BlackCatLady:
My questions is simplu, "Why not cut 2% from Fringe or House?"

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Originally posted by ncbrowncoat:
Same thing happened over at ABC-they cut Nathan's series, Castle, to 10 episodes from 13. And not only his series, but the other new one too (the name escapes me right now).

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"Dollhouse" (9 tonight, WPGH) isn't awful, but neither is it remarkably good. It's a passable hour of entertainment that shows potential to improve but flails and confuses (and occasionally bores) from the start.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09044/948785-67.stm

And then there's Dushku the muse - the actress who inspired the series Whedon built around her. Obviously he sees something in her. But will viewers? That's a lot of faith.
Here's hoping "Dollhouse" improves significantly or else Fox is going to wipe it clean for next season.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2009/02/11/DD9015Q
ISL.DTL

The performances were generally acceptable, and I even warmed a little to the rather obvious and predictable charms of Eliza Dushku, but there was no spark evident in anything that went on.
There was a telegraphed plotline about the imperfections in the Dollhouse process, and how these might manifest themselves, and of those who might want to make its existence public. But none of this presented an especially interesting or intriguing future, even if Joss has one planned.
We’ll get to find out next week if Dollhouse can erase the memory of this start, or I’ll be forced to relive it.
http://www.denofgeek.com/television/203129/dollhouse_episode_1_review.
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TVGeek: Dollhouse

Dear Fox:

You're kidding, right?

That was a joke. You've got the real pilot hidden in drawer somewhere. That wasn't the show we've been waiting for since before the writers' strike. That was a weird amalgam of MY OWN WORST ENEMY, BIONIC WOMAN and other recently failed series, only both of those were more interesting than what you handed us Friday night.
I don't think I've ever been so surprised by a premiere. Look, I'm an unabashed Joss Whedon fan, but it wasn't because Buffy kicked demonic tail or Angel out-brooded Los Angeles or Mal and Zoe shot up the universe. All those things were great. But the key to a Joss Whedon series was a) terrific dialogue, b) a plot twist or three you didn't see coming, and c) characters you could really enjoy (or enjoy hating).
None of that was present in DOLLHOUSE.
http://bellevillenewsdemocrat.typepad.com/culturegeek/2009/02/tvgeek-d
ollhouse.html

Good as those questions are, they're dwarfed by another: What makes Whedon so fond of Eliza Dushku, the monotonous young actress he cast as Echo? It's her third turn in a Whedon series (she played a rogue vampire-slayer in both Buffy and its spinoff, Angel) and aside from the fact that she obviously doesn't spend a lot of money on foundation garments, her appeal remains elusive as ever.
http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/tv/story/898328.html

In a perfect world, fans of the strange science that drives "Fringe" could now get their weekly fix from the similarly strange science that drives "Dollhouse."
But then, in a perfect world, "Dollhouse" would be a good show.
It's not.
It has less in common with "Fringe," an engaging show with great characters, than it has with "My Own Worst Enemy," the Christian Slater disaster that died a merciful death this year because it was incomprehensible.
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2009/02/12/2009-02-12_all_
dolled_up_with_nowhere_to_go.html

It would be nice to blame the network and all those dreaded notes, but of the three episodes Fox made available, the pilot is the strongest.
http://www.calendarlive.com/tv/cl-et-dollhouse13-2009feb13,0,4967894.s
tory

'Dollhouse' Deserves To Be Condemned
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/12/AR2009
021203994.html?wprss=rss_artsandliving/television

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Originally posted by Haken:
LOL...though, you never know with the FOX Execs. I'm sure the various productions are saying that they can't lose any percentages. If that's the case, then it'll likely come down to who has the most leverage.

This sort of begs the question of which series will win over the other when it comes down to a budgetary fight to the death.

House vs. Dollhouse?
Bones vs. Dollhouse?
Prison Break vs. Dollhouse?
Sarah Connor vs. Dollhouse?
Fringe vs. Dollhouse?

etc.

What do you think?

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Originally posted by 11thHour:
This is just FOX's justification for reducing how much the wardrobe covers the actors by 2%.

Uh oh, Eliza's ultra mini dress will now become a shirt!

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