Dollhouse (Spoiler free)...

[gaspode]

A nice opening and paced well, if a little slow.

Still has a nagging Alias crossed with Joe 90  feel to it but that may not be a bad thing.

There's a setting up of back story that could have been more to the forefront - but this is Joss we are talking about ...

I give it an 8 ...

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[littlemissjane.livejournal.com]

Downloaded it overnight - really, really looking forward to watching it.

Ratings in the States were apparently pretty bad.

http://scifiwire.com/2009/02/dollhouse-premiere-ratings-even-worse-than-expected.php

What??? This is the most aniticpated TV programme of the year - in a tie with Being Human. How can ratings be bad???

Also downloaded latest Sarah Connor. Had a sneak preview of that. Really looking forward to that one too.

[gaspodex.livejournal.com]

SF Wire just picked the worst to report - Theres better figures and a generally positive feedback in many places ...

The problem is no one watched live tv on friday nights (on main stream networks) everyone records stuff. It why its known as the death slot - its where fox puts shows it want to kill - In this case both Sarah Connor and Dollhouse ..

Well thats probably not fair - Fox is trying to up the figures for the slot - but the most popular shows in that slot tend to be Reality TV - in this case supernanny, which is down to the demographic that are sitting at home watching on a friday ...

I'm aim for around 11 at yours BTW

[littlemissjane.livejournal.com]

Very much a set up episode.

They went to a lot of effort to explain the concept behind the show so the viewer understood it (without doing the cop-out thing og having a character walk in and take a tour).

I would have preferred an episode that hit the ground running. I bet if the original unscreened pilot was more like that.

Looking forward to the series starting proper.

I confess I enjoyed watching Friday's Sarah Connor episode more. But Dollhouse is Joss, so I'm sure the best is yet to come.