Here’s a question: Why does Joss Whedon keep getting into bed with broadcast networks? With all the recent drama surrounding Dollhouse — Felicia Day twittering Read the full post.
Apr 10
2009
06:00 PM ET
Joss Whedon: Made for basic cable?
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The thing is: Dollhouse just wasn’t as good as his other series. If the characters had been as engaging, the visuals as thrilling and the story as involving as his other series; it might well have done very well with all the great word of mouth going around about him.
I can’t really feel like his heart was truly into this series; it was just too slick and too Hollywood and didn’t have that engaging feeling his series usually invoke.
No I’m not saying it was bad, but considering his previous work I was profoundly disappointed.
Joss will rise again; I look forward to his future endeavors.
What is it with Whedon anyway? Maybe he’s too outspoken with TV execs, and they go out of their way to mess him up. I don’t know. But I am a big fan of Firefly (the writing of which was perfect), and I still find it hard to believe that those same TV execs screwed that up in favor of the crap they have on television now. In fact, since then I haven’t turned my television on except to catch network news from time to time.Given the crap that comes out of Hollywood now, maybe Whedon should consider making films instead.
Listen, as much as I like some of the shows on Fox (House, Bones…), they have GOT to realize what a gem they have in Whedon, and stop screwing him over. I will drop everything to watch a Whedon show — I can’t say the same for even House these days. It’s so predictable it’s painful.
Actually, Whedon can still run into network meddling even if he went to cable. For instance, Bryan Fuller walked away from Dead Like Me because of creative differences with Showtime. Jeremiah got cancelled after after only two seaons because Showtime had creative differences with its show’s creator.
Also, Dollhouse, while getting better, is still only a so-so show, no matter that it just happens to be on a network rather than cable.
I wholeheartedly agree with this idea. The numbers that Dollhouse pulls on FOX would be considered massive on a basic cable channel. Maybe someone over at FX will be smart and pull the show over.
@mel & similar: I love me some Joss, but I would not subscribe to the ripoffs that are premium channels for him.
TNT makes the most sense: Not directly affiliated with any of the big four, they rerun Angel, and shows starring Whedon alums (Leverage, Bones reruns), and have that whole “Drama” brand going for them.
i COMPLETELY agree. this has been bothering me for a while. stargate lasted TEN YEARS on the scifi network. they’ve proven that they’ll give a show a fair shot. they never would have cancelled firefly so prematurely — they even cast two of the firefly cast in stargate.
i’m very glad to see that other people are thinking this and it’s not just me. so what is joss thinking? friday night at fox is not the place for dollhouse. it has a young cast, drama, and violence — this seems made for the cw. i think it would go well with the supernatural/smallville teen crowd, who probably aren’t home on a friday night and don’t watch the fox network whose shows are more geared towards adults in their early 20s like bones and house.
plus, a show with absolute none of the classic whedon humor. this is just a recipe for disaster.
BUT. joss whedon has worked miracles before. i’ll keep watching. he’s definitely earned it. he’s always got a plan.
“they (SciFi) never would have canceled firefly so prematurely” You do remember Farscape, right??? They might not have canceled Firefly, but they might have given it a 2 season commitment only to pull the plug at the end of one season.