tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17759756.post685699185008357951..comments2023-10-30T02:03:56.081+13:00Comments on Capitalism Bad; Tree Pretty: Doll house Episode Six: Man on the Street - it deserves a mammoth reviewMaiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212711843307060731noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17759756.post-74496184313929955122009-12-04T20:32:34.100+13:002009-12-04T20:32:34.100+13:00After seeing this review I can wait to see the fil...After seeing this review I can wait to see the film! I have heard of a lot of negative feedbacks about this so far although others have attested that this is indeed ingenius - I will see it now! Thanks!Denise Domainhttp://www.opalhost.com/domain.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17759756.post-52151051432248854392009-04-02T06:28:00.000+13:002009-04-02T06:28:00.000+13:00"if you see the imprints as actual people in their...<I>"if you see the imprints as actual people in their own right rather than just programs forced upon the actives, then does the biggest moral problem with the Dollhouse become mass murder rather than slavery?"</I><BR/><BR/>Good point! <BR/><BR/>I don't think I've ever watched a <I>tv show</I> that had me thinking about stuff like the definition of personhood and agency and religion and capitalism... Every week it blows me away! <BR/><BR/>I heart Joss Whedon.Ashleyhttp://www.safercampus.org/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17759756.post-27506109781404436282009-03-30T12:24:00.000+13:002009-03-30T12:24:00.000+13:00Hmmm... if you see the imprints as actual people i...Hmmm... if you see the imprints as actual people in their own right rather than just programs forced upon the actives, then does the biggest moral problem with the Dollhouse become mass murder rather than slavery?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17759756.post-16666954546676955442009-03-29T18:11:00.000+13:002009-03-29T18:11:00.000+13:00Wow, I just watched it and that's definitely possi...Wow, I just watched it and that's definitely possible. I wouldn't conclusively say it's the same person, but it could be...Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01782227406470450089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17759756.post-67492044102695463132009-03-29T12:29:00.000+13:002009-03-29T12:29:00.000+13:00Hey Maia,But the one I had the hardest time with w...Hey Maia,<BR/><EM>But the one I had the hardest time with was the young woman who thought maybe it would be OK. I thought she was just being a hippy; I didn't think I could sympathise with a client.</EM><BR/><BR/>On a forum I read a couple of posters swear blind that this person is an Active. I just looked at the ep myself and can't decide either way - look at her interview (22.53ish on my copy) and then see someone who looks like her walking with sierra (27.04 on my copy). If this is true, then it clearly undermines the difficulties of her interpretation about how it could be 'beautiful' - but hiding this away as an easter egg puts yet another spin on things. <BR/><BR/>Of course, if they're just two performers who look kinda similar, then this don't mean anything :-)Morgan Daviehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05448343235689873592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17759756.post-65198144760130086212009-03-27T11:37:00.000+13:002009-03-27T11:37:00.000+13:00I was totally watching the show and thinking that,...I was totally watching the show and thinking that, wow, it reads like your wishlist from your last review - sexual violence used to discuss sexual violence, Mellie being an active, Echo discovering things about relationships through art - I LOVED the scene with the painting. It tied so well into both of the episode's subplots - Echo's engagement and her understanding of the relationship between Sierra and Victor. I found it really thoughtful. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, I agree that this episode was - ah! Fantastic! Man, I am so relieved, I think I would have just about cried if it had stayed like the pilot, which wasn't bad but it just wasn't <I>Joss.</I> This was more Joss, it was funny and clever but it was also THOUGHTFUL. <BR/><BR/>Re: Mellie. There's been some really good discussion about Mellie and consent all over the place, and I agree that it's because Mellie, the imprint, is like a character to us and so we want to talk about *Mellie* and consent. November clearly can't consent, just like Sierra couldn't consent, or Echo or Victor. (Except, hm, if Sierra and Victor were to sleep together... I'm not sure about that, I'll have to let it percolate.) But as an audience member I want to think that Mellie *can* consent, because I want to talk about Mellie as a person, and I can't really do that by denying her capacity to consent. I actually thought that there was a little more going on in terms of Paul and Mellie - um, I kind of thought he was using her to get access to the information network she mentioned she had earlier in the episode. (A scene which I really disliked - there's nothing less attractive to me than a woman talking about her ignorance - but I have a feeling that that was deliberate, that Mellie's playing down of her own intelligence was supposed to be gross and not to imply that Mellie was actually dumb.) Anyway, that hardly makes Mellie less likely to be hurt...<BR/><BR/>I have to say I thought the scene where asshole handler dude was beating her up in her shirt and underwear was pitch-perfect. And I actually think her costuming was brilliant, because it made the scene such a clear send-up of all the other women in refridgerator/eroticised violence scenes - it was a compelling criticism of eroticised violence against women. I really loved that. And the November moment - it reminded me a little of the pivotal Buffy idea, the cheerleader walks down a dark alley and beats up some vampires inversion. <BR/><BR/>I really disliked the Paul-beating-up-Badger thing, until Badass FBI Lady (whose name I still haven't caught, which is a bummer 'cause I love her) said something sarcastic about it and it ultimately resulted in Paul being suspended. Because, you know, YES: violence is just not a good way of dealing with that shit and I was thrilled there was a voice in the show to express that, especially since they've been allll over Tahmoh beating people up and looking hot while doing it. Which, yeah, dude is hot, dude would be hotter if he was less violent.Tuihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11028316277815052897noreply@blogger.com