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   "Wouter Valentijn"  wrote in message   
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   > Op 27-3-2016 om 11:53 schreef Madlove:   
   >> I just found it and ED looks beautiful!   
   >   
   > Big difference with the aired pilot?   
      
   It's radically different. It didn't suit FOX (and honestly has problems), so   
   Whedon essentially started over from scratch with significant restructuring   
   of the whole series plot. Pieces of the pilot were cannibalized to be   
   included in multiple later episodes, but most of it never made it to air. (I   
   think it's on the DVD.) It's still an interesting version and I think more   
   powerful as an episode than the aired one.   
      
   Dollhouse really struggled getting off the ground - figuring out what it   
   was. The shuffling around (probably mixed in with production deadlines) also   
   generated substantial story sequence contradictions. The first season, IMO,   
   also got bogged down in its version of a white slavery theme/issue. That's   
   certainly a legitimate issue for the construct (implanting personalities   
   upon a living body which is put up for hire), but ultimately not what the   
   series was really about, or what made it interesting. (In brief, the nature   
   of identity.) By the time all that got settled, it was too late. The second   
   season became in large part a mad dash to complete years worth of story   
   outline in a handful of episodes. Oh, well.   
      
   So, there's certainly plenty to criticize about the series. I can't really   
   fault people for turning away from it in response. Still, it had its   
   rewards. Some very interesting characters are developed with a considerable   
   amount of excellent acting. Individual episodes are some times quite   
   compelling - thought provoking and/or exciting. It's not a comedy in the way   
   that Buffy is, but the Whedon humor and approach to emotional resonance   
   still regularly appears. And the whole concept makes you question what   
   defines an individual. Or, for the more religiously inclined, what's a soul?   
   In heart it's a classic sci-fi construct that posits a technological   
   capability and then asks what the societal consequences of it would be.   
   Personally, I'm quite happy that I dove into the series from start to end.   
   It enriched my life.   
      
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