Dollhouse 2.1 "Vows"
Sep. 26th, 2009 09:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
snick_backupFirst impressions:
Wow, did Amy Acker totally bring it this episode.
The explanation for why Topher made Whiskey the way he did was more satisfying than any of the suggestions I'd seen. Works for me. Of course, Acker and Kanz completely sold that scene in particular and all their respective lines the whole episode, which helps with the satisfaction.
Yikes, just when I thought all the weird Ballard Echo-obsession stuff couldn't get any ickier, it did. Ew ew ew.
Why hello, Alexis Denisof. Please don't be boring. Right now, you rather look to be the obligatoryplot device political crusader. Please don't.
I almost felt sort of bad for the poor arms dealer.
(Slightly) deeper thoughts:
So here's the thing. Whiskey has all this fabulous complexity going on with the nature of identity. She's a character, albeit a Topher-made one. She looks to be having an arc with actual, yanno, emotions and stuff. And whoa, I did not know Amy Acker could act until now.
OTOH, Echo is less a character than a symbol, even accounting for the fact that she has no stable personality (and what little that is consistent from ep to ep is one of more the boring heroine/activist/save-the-world personas I've ever seen). She's not a character; she's a theme, and it's a darn sight more difficult to tell stories about themes. And, quite frankly, Dushku doesn't have the chops to pull off what's being asked of her.
So why does Whedon keep pretending that Echo is the most important part of this show? Why?
Wow, did Amy Acker totally bring it this episode.
The explanation for why Topher made Whiskey the way he did was more satisfying than any of the suggestions I'd seen. Works for me. Of course, Acker and Kanz completely sold that scene in particular and all their respective lines the whole episode, which helps with the satisfaction.
"Well, that was charmless, wasn't it?"
"I like his suit."
"You may well be missing the point."
Yikes, just when I thought all the weird Ballard Echo-obsession stuff couldn't get any ickier, it did. Ew ew ew.
Why hello, Alexis Denisof. Please don't be boring. Right now, you rather look to be the obligatory
I almost felt sort of bad for the poor arms dealer.
(Slightly) deeper thoughts:
So here's the thing. Whiskey has all this fabulous complexity going on with the nature of identity. She's a character, albeit a Topher-made one. She looks to be having an arc with actual, yanno, emotions and stuff. And whoa, I did not know Amy Acker could act until now.
OTOH, Echo is less a character than a symbol, even accounting for the fact that she has no stable personality (and what little that is consistent from ep to ep is one of more the boring heroine/activist/save-the-world personas I've ever seen). She's not a character; she's a theme, and it's a darn sight more difficult to tell stories about themes. And, quite frankly, Dushku doesn't have the chops to pull off what's being asked of her.
So why does Whedon keep pretending that Echo is the most important part of this show? Why?
