Getting used to new stuff...
Feb. 23rd, 2009 05:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sister_luckI'm currently reclining comfortably on our bed, propped up by an insane amount of pillows and balancing my shiny new notebook on my lap. There's no need for me to be in bed. I'm only here because now I can be on-line wherever I want and well, bed was the obvious choice.
What a difference! Everything looks brighter and sharper and wow, that screen is wide! (Our desktop computer is outwardly still stuck in the late 90s and the monitor's colours are dull no matter how you change the setting.)
What a great investment! No more impatient waiting to get to the computer because it's in use by someone else. More opportunity to spend time procrastinating on the internet! And it's much faster, too!
But, like with all changes, it takes some getting used to - there's the touchpad (evil little things that confuse my fingers) and the keyboard, too, of course.
Speaking of new stuff, there's the second episode of Dollhouse to talk about. Interesting. I liked it, the boyfriend liked it less. I think it managed to achieve quite a few useful things, but on the other hand, there are still aspects that don't work for me yet.
I'm not fully convinced that it was a good move to start the series with Echo already changing and then adding the backstory of Alpha, which obviously at least contributes to Echo's growing awareness. On the other hand, it makes Amy Acker's character much more interesting, seeing her now and not quite knowing what happened between her and Alpha. It also adds the seeds for the arc, I guess.
The assignment of the week managed to show the audience that this whole wish-fulfillment deal that the Dollhouse offers is more than a bit dodgy, that it exploits the dolls and that it attracts the creeps. The change in the boyfriend (who is actually a client and not a boyfriend) seemed a bit sudden, but for me personally, it worked on the level of me subconsciously thinking "Oh, she's out having fun and adventures with a good-looking guy, what's the harm in that?" and then going "Wait a moment, this is actually not a good deal and this guy wants something totally different from her and is using her in a really despiccable way". That Echo turns it around in the end and escapes this guy's control, well, it might be a slightly heavy-handed metaphor for what's going to happen... "Shoulder to the wheel" I think, is the catchphrase. And I liked how the episode established the relationship between Echo and her handler.
The B-story with the FBI agent, yes, I know, he's pretty, doesn't work for me yet. He's obsessed, someone gives him hints, but it's too disconnected for me from the main storylines. That'll change, no doubt and I'm sure that I'll then see beyond the pretty. There's a certain disconnect for me with these typical police procedural scenes, especially in the office, because it seems so un-Whedon to me. Something more to get used to.
That's enough for now, I'll keep on watching - I'm intrigued.
What a difference! Everything looks brighter and sharper and wow, that screen is wide! (Our desktop computer is outwardly still stuck in the late 90s and the monitor's colours are dull no matter how you change the setting.)
What a great investment! No more impatient waiting to get to the computer because it's in use by someone else. More opportunity to spend time procrastinating on the internet! And it's much faster, too!
But, like with all changes, it takes some getting used to - there's the touchpad (evil little things that confuse my fingers) and the keyboard, too, of course.
Speaking of new stuff, there's the second episode of Dollhouse to talk about. Interesting. I liked it, the boyfriend liked it less. I think it managed to achieve quite a few useful things, but on the other hand, there are still aspects that don't work for me yet.
I'm not fully convinced that it was a good move to start the series with Echo already changing and then adding the backstory of Alpha, which obviously at least contributes to Echo's growing awareness. On the other hand, it makes Amy Acker's character much more interesting, seeing her now and not quite knowing what happened between her and Alpha. It also adds the seeds for the arc, I guess.
The assignment of the week managed to show the audience that this whole wish-fulfillment deal that the Dollhouse offers is more than a bit dodgy, that it exploits the dolls and that it attracts the creeps. The change in the boyfriend (who is actually a client and not a boyfriend) seemed a bit sudden, but for me personally, it worked on the level of me subconsciously thinking "Oh, she's out having fun and adventures with a good-looking guy, what's the harm in that?" and then going "Wait a moment, this is actually not a good deal and this guy wants something totally different from her and is using her in a really despiccable way". That Echo turns it around in the end and escapes this guy's control, well, it might be a slightly heavy-handed metaphor for what's going to happen... "Shoulder to the wheel" I think, is the catchphrase. And I liked how the episode established the relationship between Echo and her handler.
The B-story with the FBI agent, yes, I know, he's pretty, doesn't work for me yet. He's obsessed, someone gives him hints, but it's too disconnected for me from the main storylines. That'll change, no doubt and I'm sure that I'll then see beyond the pretty. There's a certain disconnect for me with these typical police procedural scenes, especially in the office, because it seems so un-Whedon to me. Something more to get used to.
That's enough for now, I'll keep on watching - I'm intrigued.
