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Some short review things
Mar. 3rd, 2009 05:08 pm1. Dollhouse, episode three. Again, all right; again, not top quality; I'm still watching the show to see if it improves. My favorite scene was the one with Ballard and the Russian mobster on the roof, where Ballard is explaining why he's sure Dollhouse exists - "Because the first thing people do with any technology is destroy." A hackneyed thing to say, but said with conviction, and the mobster's (who is, I think, an active?) response is good.
I think the Dollhouse could have been a really cool Macguffin, but it would have been better to make the show's main character either the FBI guy who is trying to bring them down, or one of Dollhouse's leaders, or really anyone who doesn't get her mind wiped at the end of everyone show. As this cogent discussion of the show points out, a main character who gets reset at the end of every week is death to character development.
2. Shadow Unit, episode 2.1. Not as harrowing as many of the first season episodes, but still solid, and it does feature the squirm-worthy spectacle of Reyes apologizing. Twice.
I must confess that Daphne's Wiccan-ness threw me for a loop. I didn't expect it, and it somehow didn't fit the image I had of the character, and I'm not sure why.
3. This is apropos of nothing, but I love this review of Eichmann in Jerusalem, which I blew my mind when I read it last year (the book, I mean, not the review). If you've never read it and you have any interest in Nazis at all, it's a fascinating book and I urge you to give it a try.
I think the Dollhouse could have been a really cool Macguffin, but it would have been better to make the show's main character either the FBI guy who is trying to bring them down, or one of Dollhouse's leaders, or really anyone who doesn't get her mind wiped at the end of everyone show. As this cogent discussion of the show points out, a main character who gets reset at the end of every week is death to character development.
2. Shadow Unit, episode 2.1. Not as harrowing as many of the first season episodes, but still solid, and it does feature the squirm-worthy spectacle of Reyes apologizing. Twice.
I must confess that Daphne's Wiccan-ness threw me for a loop. I didn't expect it, and it somehow didn't fit the image I had of the character, and I'm not sure why.
3. This is apropos of nothing, but I love this review of Eichmann in Jerusalem, which I blew my mind when I read it last year (the book, I mean, not the review). If you've never read it and you have any interest in Nazis at all, it's a fascinating book and I urge you to give it a try.
