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For anyone out there who is having troubles keeping track of the names of the characters on this episode? Go here:
http://www.tv.com/dollhouse/gray-hour/episode/1235618/cast.html
I'd suggest googling it yourself, but I did that and got spoiled on the identity of Alpha or rather who is being cast to play Alpha.
Also here's the list of characters:
( spoilery - so cut for that )
The problem with this show is you need a map to keep track of the characters names. Which does not bode well for its survival. Also, it would help greatly if Walton, Ballard, Vitas, Lubov, and the guys Taffy was flirting with above - didn't all look alike - similar coloring, hair color and build. Lubov and theif 2 looked a bit too similar, and Ballard and thief one.The casting director must have a thing for tall, dark, and brooding men. I like them too, but this is ridiculous.
Note: if you have a convoluted plot, premise, and backstory - you do not want to add to the confusion. TV viewers by nature are not known to be patient. They tend to be fickle and after a tough day not to mention week at work? Don't want to work that hard on a Friday night to figure out a tv show. Particularly a tv show that has a disturbing and distasteful premise.
That's not to say I couldn't follow it - I did and I enjoyed it. But I also watched it on Saturday morning, after a decent breakfast, and a good night's sleep. Not on Friday, when I was spent - to the point that I was sort of nodding off, and could barely focus on much of anything. Also, I could rewind and rewatch if I so desired. Well not so much anymore, since I deleted it to make room for another tv show I'm recording on the DVR tonight. Most viewers don't necessarily fit into this category.
If you are waiting for the show to be less distasteful (or squicky)? It's not quite there yet. But, it is providing us with a bit more background on the premise, not to mention providing the lead character Echo with a bit more agency along with the other dolls. Each episode does to a degree feel like another pilot, but a more textured pilot in addition to the others. I'm told that this will end after the seventh episode - which makes sense, because that's what Whedon does with all of his tv series. The first seven episodes are sort of psuedo-stand alones that act as pilots for the series. The eighth kicks the back story in and the show suddenly takes off. This happened on Buffy, Angel, and Firefly. Whedon is the type of tv show writer that you have to be patient with and allow time to build his story. He's not going to be brilliant out of the gate like Ron Moore or Abrahams. That said, as posted in my previous reviews of Dollhouse - this show asks a lot of its audience, far more than Firefly, Buffy, or Angel ever did. Which is both a good thing and a bad thing, depending on your pov.
( Dollhouse: The Gray Hour or otherwise known as Blue Skies- spoilery long review )
For anyone out there who is having troubles keeping track of the names of the characters on this episode? Go here:
http://www.tv.com/dollhouse/gray-hour/episode/1235618/cast.html
I'd suggest googling it yourself, but I did that and got spoiled on the identity of Alpha or rather who is being cast to play Alpha.
Also here's the list of characters:
( spoilery - so cut for that )
The problem with this show is you need a map to keep track of the characters names. Which does not bode well for its survival. Also, it would help greatly if Walton, Ballard, Vitas, Lubov, and the guys Taffy was flirting with above - didn't all look alike - similar coloring, hair color and build. Lubov and theif 2 looked a bit too similar, and Ballard and thief one.The casting director must have a thing for tall, dark, and brooding men. I like them too, but this is ridiculous.
Note: if you have a convoluted plot, premise, and backstory - you do not want to add to the confusion. TV viewers by nature are not known to be patient. They tend to be fickle and after a tough day not to mention week at work? Don't want to work that hard on a Friday night to figure out a tv show. Particularly a tv show that has a disturbing and distasteful premise.
That's not to say I couldn't follow it - I did and I enjoyed it. But I also watched it on Saturday morning, after a decent breakfast, and a good night's sleep. Not on Friday, when I was spent - to the point that I was sort of nodding off, and could barely focus on much of anything. Also, I could rewind and rewatch if I so desired. Well not so much anymore, since I deleted it to make room for another tv show I'm recording on the DVR tonight. Most viewers don't necessarily fit into this category.
If you are waiting for the show to be less distasteful (or squicky)? It's not quite there yet. But, it is providing us with a bit more background on the premise, not to mention providing the lead character Echo with a bit more agency along with the other dolls. Each episode does to a degree feel like another pilot, but a more textured pilot in addition to the others. I'm told that this will end after the seventh episode - which makes sense, because that's what Whedon does with all of his tv series. The first seven episodes are sort of psuedo-stand alones that act as pilots for the series. The eighth kicks the back story in and the show suddenly takes off. This happened on Buffy, Angel, and Firefly. Whedon is the type of tv show writer that you have to be patient with and allow time to build his story. He's not going to be brilliant out of the gate like Ron Moore or Abrahams. That said, as posted in my previous reviews of Dollhouse - this show asks a lot of its audience, far more than Firefly, Buffy, or Angel ever did. Which is both a good thing and a bad thing, depending on your pov.
( Dollhouse: The Gray Hour or otherwise known as Blue Skies- spoilery long review )