Dollhouse Premiers

Joss Whedon has created many great and wonderful shows over the years. Buffy, The Vampire Slayer; Angel; Firefly; and now Dollhouse is among them.

I had a chance to watch the first episode of Dollhouse on Fox with the Las Vegas' Buffy Meetup.com group. I found it about a month or so ago, and I have had a blast at the events I have attended so far. I have also made some great friends as well.

It was a pot luck dinner as well, so I brought some fried and barbecue chicken wings, a melon & fruit platter, iced honey rolls, and chocolate cupcakes. We also got some flowers for the hostess.

Zac and Jenna came along this time, and for the most part were well behaved. I was thankful they let me bring them.

I really enjoyed Dollhouse, and the conversation is started. The group spent a few hours talking about the first episode, and other Whedon topics.

I can't wait to see the next episode of Dollhouse, and see if it becomes a hit show. One thing is for sure it is guaranteed to have a close following of loyal fans.

The following is from Wikipedia, ""Eliza Dushku plays a young woman called Echo, a member of a group of people known as "Actives" or "Dolls." The Dolls have had their personalities wiped clean so they can be imprinted with any number of new personas, including memory, muscle memory, skills, and language, for different assignments. The new persona is not an original creation, however, but an amalgam of different, existing personalities.

The end result incorporates some of the flaws, not just the strengths, of the people used as templates. The Actives are then hired out for particular jobs -- crimes, fantasies, and the occasional good deed. On missions, Actives are monitored internally (and remotely) by Handlers. In between tasks, they are mind-wiped into a child-like state and live in a futuristic dormitory/laboratory, a hidden facility nicknamed "The Dollhouse." The story follows Echo, who begins, in her mind-wiped state, to become self-aware.

Beyond Dushku's character, the show also revolves around the people who run the mysterious "Dollhouse" and another "Doll," Sierra, who is friendly with Echo. Although the Actives are ostensibly volunteers, the operation is highly illegal and under constant threat on one end from Paul Ballard, a determined federal agent who has heard a rumor about the Dolls, and an insane rogue Active on the other.

Dollhouse, is produced by 20th Century Fox Television, Whedon's Mutant Enemy Inc. and Dushku's Boston Diva Productions, and has been granted a thirteen-episode production commitment by Fox""