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A week of finales
What am I going to watch now that Dollhouse and Lost are over? There's still Ashes to ashes but brit series are very short and we're nearing towards the end...
I watched Dollhouse's finale on Saturday evening, before going to see Wolverine, and I haven't rewatched it yet so my review might be rather fuzzy. First off, I must say that I prefered episode 11. "Omega" didn't seem as well written, and there was something in the pace that didn't work, especially towards the end. Of course compared to Wolverine, the scenario was a masterpiece!
Things I liked:
- Paul and Adelle arguing.
- Paul and Boyd teaming up.
. The Whiskey sub-plot and how it gave an unexpected depth to Topher eventually.
- Victor, as usual. Enver is always stellar!
- Paul's "sacrifice" and how November turned out to be the princess he woke up. He saved the girl but didn't get her. Their last scene together was touching. I think it was a great way to end Paul's journey no matter if we get a second season or not..
-Alpha threatening Caroline's wedge with his gun instead of aiming at Echo.
Things that I didn't like:
- the Omega stuff even though the idea of the Frankestein's monster wanting a fiancée like him was a good revival of the story. Unfortunately it was rushed and the scenes in Alpha's lair, with poor Wendy, didn't work for me. Alpha's exit was quite convenient too.
- the Caroline in Wendy/Omega scene and the line about Obama. I'm sorry but that was cheap and not Whedon quality.
- Alpha's criminal background and what it means in terms of nature vs nurture debate.
-Paul using the S word...or was it a wink at Buffy fans?
- Paul saving Caroline's wedge. It was phoned and Echo shouldn't have needed him. The wedge thing was a good device to allow the princess to save herself as the little girl hoped so in the previous episode. I wish that Paul had saved Echo but that she had saved Caroline.
I watched Dollhouse's finale on Saturday evening, before going to see Wolverine, and I haven't rewatched it yet so my review might be rather fuzzy. First off, I must say that I prefered episode 11. "Omega" didn't seem as well written, and there was something in the pace that didn't work, especially towards the end. Of course compared to Wolverine, the scenario was a masterpiece!
Things I liked:
- Paul and Adelle arguing.
- Paul and Boyd teaming up.
. The Whiskey sub-plot and how it gave an unexpected depth to Topher eventually.
- Victor, as usual. Enver is always stellar!
- Paul's "sacrifice" and how November turned out to be the princess he woke up. He saved the girl but didn't get her. Their last scene together was touching. I think it was a great way to end Paul's journey no matter if we get a second season or not..
-Alpha threatening Caroline's wedge with his gun instead of aiming at Echo.
Things that I didn't like:
- the Omega stuff even though the idea of the Frankestein's monster wanting a fiancée like him was a good revival of the story. Unfortunately it was rushed and the scenes in Alpha's lair, with poor Wendy, didn't work for me. Alpha's exit was quite convenient too.
- the Caroline in Wendy/Omega scene and the line about Obama. I'm sorry but that was cheap and not Whedon quality.
- Alpha's criminal background and what it means in terms of nature vs nurture debate.
-Paul using the S word...or was it a wink at Buffy fans?
- Paul saving Caroline's wedge. It was phoned and Echo shouldn't have needed him. The wedge thing was a good device to allow the princess to save herself as the little girl hoped so in the previous episode. I wish that Paul had saved Echo but that she had saved Caroline.
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I agree with most of what you're saying. With Omega's lair the idea was good, but the execution could have been better. It could have done with a little less camp, but on the other hand it goes with the mad-scientist-scenario. The pseudo-philosophical stuff Omega was spouting was a bit silly, but again, it's exactly what this sort of character would do - in that respect he's like an advanced Warren of nerd-trio fame. I quite liked Echo in these scenes - laughed heartily at her dig at Germans in response to Omega name-checking Nietzsche and yeah, the Obama line? It's something that Caroline-in-Wendy would respond to.
I'm with you on the nature-nurture thing. It's a little dangerous...
I've got a slightly different reading of Paul saving Mellie: Yes, he wakes up one of the princesses, and not the one we expect. First, I was really proud of him, but then I realized that this means that he gets to stay close to Caroline/Echo. Is it really a sacrifice?
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Is it really nature vs nurture, or simply that their technology doesn't erase the previous personality as well as they would want ? (Which we already kinda knew from previous episodes.)
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