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Dollhouse: Season One 
Actors : Eliza Dushku, Harry J. Lennix, Tahmoh Penikett, Fran Kranz, Enver Gjokaj
Studio : Twentieth Century Fox
by Twentieth Century Fox
Brand : FOX Home Entertainment
Release Date : 2009-07-28
Publisher : Twentieth Century Fox
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 4
EAN : 0024543597568
UPC : 024543597568
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 202 reviews)
List Price : $49.98
Our Price : $21.59
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Description |
From Joss Whedon comes a new groundbreaking show starring Eliza Dushku as Echo, an operative in an underground organization that provides hired personas for various missions.
Disc 1: 185 Minutes
**Forced Trailers: Wolverine, Joss Whedon Properties Trailer, I Love You Beth Cooper, Nobel Son, Wrong Turn 3, The Keeper
**Ghost
*Episode Commentary with Joss Whedon and Eliza Dushku
**The Target
**Stage Fright
**Gray Hour
Disc 2: 185 Minutes
**Forced Trailers
**True Believer
**Man on the Street
**Echoes
**Needs
Disc 3: 185 Minutes
**Forced Trailers
**A Spy in the House
**Haunted
**Briar Rose
**Omega
Disc 4: 139 Minutes
**Forced Trailers
**Epitaph One
*Episode Commentary by Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen
**Original Unaired Pilot - "Echo"
**Deleted Scenes
**Making Dollhouse
**Coming Back Home
**Finding Echo
**Designing the Perfect Dollhouse
**A Private Engagement |
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Stills from Dollhouse: Season One (Click for larger image) |
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Promises the Moon |
I bet this is the kind of show actors thumb-wrestle their agents to get into: a chance to play a different role in every episode. Subtle writing, lurking secrets, and explosive action make even jaded viewers like me hang on. I only wish the performances were on par with the background. Then this merely good show could be great.
Deep beneath Los Angeles, a shadowy organization uses advanced tech to reprogram human beings into whatever they need to be. Working at once to evade the law and to get immensely rich, the Dollhouse promises the moon to anybody who can afford to pay. What they can't promise is that they can control the implications.
Series principal Eliza Dushku is an odd choice on which to hang an action drama. The role was created for her, and it plays to her strengths, letting her be essentially vacant as the camera longingly admires her body and her fighting chops. The show operates at its peak when the camera turns its gaze on the other actors.
And what a supporting cast. Harry Lennix, Olivia Williams, and Tamoh Penikett lead an ensemble through the kind of paces that must make Equity lawyers see dollar signs, from action to romance to comedy and back. They are capable of so much, but the camera so loves Dushku that they get far too little face time.
The story benefits from Joss Whedon's distinctive humor and eye for an off-kilter story. But not every actor is up to Whedon's particular demands. Fran Krantz in particular wants to overplay the humor, and winds up mugging for the camera, while Miracle Laurie, so good in the dramatic and romantic scenes, sucks laughter away like a comedy Hoover.
Moreover, the show's political implication, that technology's force panders to human weakness, is good but overplayed. At various points, different characters state the series thesis explicitly, apparently because the creators think we're too thick to put the pieces together. Considering how subtle the story is, the moral should be equally restrained.
This show will likely be remembered as one of TV's great "Almost-Was" moments. Like Whedon's other lost classic, Firefly, people will talk about it in wishful tones, mourning all the missed potential. I enjoy the show's smart intensity, but it should be so much better than it ultimately proves to be. |
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Should have had time to build |
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Dollhouse was far better than Fox's treatment of the show would have indicated (remember Firefly?). I'm just glad they had a second season to tie up the story line. The quality of the Blu-ray image is superb. |
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Ended up fast-forwarding to get to the end of the pilot. |
I was a fan of Buffy, Angel, and Firefly, so I had high hopes for this.
Well, we've got lots of shots of scantily clad young women, no chemistry between characters, no endearing characters, and a story about a kidnapped and abused girl. Nothing like delving into a parent's worst nightmare with characters we don't care about. Oh well, that's that. |
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Love, Love, love Dollhouse |
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Well, I watched the show, so these DVDs weren't my first viewing. It has all the eps, plus the 2 extra, unaired episodes. It also has a lot of extras, a lot of featurettes and lots of deleted scenes. If you love Joss Whedon and/or Eliza Dushku you should already know this show. |
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Another Unappreciated Masterpiece from Joss Whedon. |
Before I begin my review of this product I want to start by saying, When I found out they were more than likely going to be canceling Dollhouse (due to low ratings) I was not surprised, In my opinion the best shows rarely stay on for very long. I can say this though, at least Joss Whedon had enough warning with this show (unlike Firefly, another great show of his.) to tie up all the loose ends and give the show an ending.
Now, with that out of the way...
Dollhouse Season 1 was Incredible, there was at least one moment in Every episode where both Me and my wife had an "Oh My God!" Jaw dropping moment.
the character development through every episode got better and better. the Acting was fantastic with special notice going to Enver Gjokaj as Victor and Fran Kranz as Topher Brink (Enver's acting skill was shown more in season 2)
the show centers around a secret organization called 'The Dollhouse' that offers special services to the Ultra rich and powerful and follows the main character 'Echo' (played by the Beautiful Eliza Dushku) who is a an Active Agent (referred to as 'Dolls') in this Dollhouse. I won't say any more than that because ever bit of it should be experienced first hand, I will just say how Highly I recommend this show to EVERYONE.
Now about the Blu-Ray Disc, the features appear to be the same on both regular DVD and Blu-Ray discs...so what you are getting with the Blu-Ray is the HD picture and Audio you would expect. Both versions have the Unaired Pilot episode, which was nice but I feel it worked better the way they decided to go with the first episode, it let you discover more over the first first episodes instead of throwing it in your lap all at once. the Shining point on these releases is the episode they included called 'Epitaph', I believe this was going to be the episode to tie off all the loose ends in case there was never a second season, but even with the 2nd season it fit in beautifully. When Season 2 comes out on Blu-Ray I will be buying it on the first day as well, even though I will be giving money to the people who canceled this amazing show.
I am going to close with one last comment, If they felt the ratings were so bad, and they were considering canceling it, why didn't they try and put it on a different night instead of sticking it in the Dead Zone of Friday Night?!?!?
Anyway, I will miss this show as much as I do Firefly Firefly: The Complete Series [Blu-ray] (Order it today if you haven't already, or what the Hell, buy a few more and give them to friends and family.) |
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