bad TV is bad

[lolaraincoat]

So fishwhistle and I have been watching Season One of Dollhouse, in fact we just finished watching it, and it has inspired us to write haiku:

Oh, Joss Whedon, why?
Why why why why why why why?
Dollhouse is no good!

Eliza Dushku,
your bony body's a bore.
Please eat a sandwich.

and

Doleful reunions:
Actors from much better shows
wasted on Dollhouse.

The Eliza Dushku one would work as well for every other actress in series, but her name has the requisite number of syllables. I know the one who's playing the neighbor of the FBI guy is supposed to be normalish-shaped, but actually she's nearly as tiny as the rest of them, only bigger-breasted. I don't watch enough TV to know if this is the way women on TV are, or if it's just in Whedon shows that this happens. Don't answer that question, please: it's depressing either way.

But also Dollhouse made me think that a mash-up of Frankenstein and every zombie movie of all time ever, told more or less from the POV of the zombies, might work better if it weren't also intended as homage to those great TV series of yore, Fantasy Island and I Dream of Jeannie. The plane, boss! The plane!

It did, in fact, get slightly better as it went along. We'll probably watch S2 when it comes out on DVD. But we'll hate ourselves a little when we do.





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Comments

[idlerat]

You and I have discussed our mutual dislike of David Boreanaz more than once, actually, but I'm surprised you thought he was the worst thing on it, since IMO the other actors make him look like a genius. It's just really badly written, like any other bad TV show, except for the occasional ep by Jane Espenson or Joss that sparkles. And skeezy race issues - shocking at times.

Oh well. There's no point complaining about most anything, is there, least of all Angel: The Series!

[lolaraincoat]

YES there is a point in complaining! The point is, it's fun. Here, look, I'll show you:

It's true there are many bad actors on Angel, but only one is the star. And the skanky race stuff, oy. It starts with the Wacky! Irish! Mystical! Guy! in the first few eps, as I recall, and then goes far, far downhill from there.

Now, see, that was fun. For me.

[idlerat]

I disagree! The awfulness of Wesley & Cordelia, when elevated to central character status, is SO MUCH MORE AWFUL. And Darla, dear LORD the Darla.

But the guy who plays Lindsey isn't bad - at least he's cast right.

And the much larger problem is it's not funny, it's dumb, and the characters have no character & the writers don't care about them.

Still not having fun must be doin' it wrong!