Comments on: Can Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse Be Saved (Before it Ever Even Airs)?

By: Wesley Weston

Wesley Weston — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:03:03 +0000

I saw Joss Whedon kill a man in Utah!

By: JoJo

JoJo — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:13:22 +0000

Dollhouse = Bionic Woman redux

By: Mike G.

Mike G. — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:22:28 +0000

Since Fox is after the geeks, then they must realize that those types of shows will probably not be ratings giants. They have a very specialized audience albeit a very faithful one. If we keep that in prospective, maybe we can all breathe a bit easier about Terminator, Fringe, and Dollhouse ratings, especially since the first two seemed to do when demographically as opposed to in overall viewers.

By: chris

chris — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:08:43 +0000

I have every confidence in Joss and Co. His shows tend to appeal to a geeky audience but that is what FOX is going for this year. Terminator and Fringe amonge the shows with massive geek appeal.

If it doesn’t hurt production why should it hurt us? If he needs time he needs time.

By: Outlander

Outlander — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:12:10 +0000

This particular show has always struck me as conceptually troubled. That Joss Whedon is now having all this trouble with the episode is hardly surprising.

But look on the bright side, Robert and Bill… If either 24 or Dollhouse implode, such that Fox can’t air either or both of those shows in its January season, doesn’t that make it all the more likely that they’ll order the last 9 episodes of Terminator?

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 04:55:12 +0000

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117992021.html?categoryid=14&cs=1

Joss Whedon is resetting his “Dollhouse.”
20th Century Fox TV shut down production on the midseason Fox show on Friday, and plans to resume shooting on Sept. 25.

Whedon had been busy directing two of the first three segs of “Dollhouse,” which kept him out of the writers’ room. As a result, the studio, network and Whedon agreed that the show’s fourth script needed work. Whedon also requested the production reprieve to get ahead on the show’s next few scripts.

Because the show doesn’t bow until midseason, the shutdown won’t affect “Dollhouse’s” schedule.

Whedon earlier this summer decided to shoot a new series opener and turn the “Dollhouse” pilot into the show’s second episode.

Also at 20th, the studio recently temporarily shut down another midseason Fox entry, “24,” in order to do a similar round of script tweaks.

By: dave

dave — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:07:03 +0000

This show worries me. Joss Whedon with too much freedom is hardly a mainstream writer. His shows, minus the first 3 seasons of buffy, are just a too geeky to catch fire to a mass audience. Remember, he writes x-men comics and web musicals. Hardly mainstream fare.

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 02:55:48 +0000

If Fox cancels Dollhouse, I WILL NEVER WATCH ANOTHER SHOW ON FOX AGAIN, EVER!

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 02:22:07 +0000

Jason, first I agree that the antics of crazy fans can’t really be considered a strike against the show in any way. But I thought it was funny. I do however count completely reshooting the pilot as a strike against it, at least from a bean-counting perspective. So thats…two.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 02:17:37 +0000

I agree that the shutdown doesn’t look good.

That said, your “previous indications” don’t really make sense. Do crazy fans setting up a “save show X” site (especially considering that the producer’s previous effort was a fan favorite that was cancelled quickly) really indicate that a show is troubled? And they didn’t “completely re-shoot the pilot episode” of “Dollhouse” – they moved the pilot to second and shot a new first episode. (Minor side annoyance: not all pilots are first episodes, and not all first episodes are pilots.)

In other words, instead of three bad signs for this show there’s… one.