Well, the Dollhouse premier has come and gone and I am torn.

I'm torn between impressed and confussed.  

Let me explain.  If I knew nothing of the premise of this series, I would be a little dismayed.  Eliza Dusku, no matter how cute she is, is not a great actress, and if she was going to continue to only be the maliable subject of manipulation that she was in episode 1, then this series will be short lived.  Short lived because the average viewer won't understand that this is not the status quo.

I'm impressed because I do know the premise of the show, which is that after every "treatment" to wipe out Echo's memory that she will start to have some self realization of who she really is.  This is when the good stuff will start to happen.  I hope that Fox allows the series to get to that point.  We all know Fox's history with Joss Wedon Sci-Fi (see Firefly - The Complete Series.)  I mean, how many shows that were cut short before the fist season was even over cause such an uproar that they eventually make a movie (Serenity (Collector's Edition)) based on the series, just to add closure.

Knowing the brilliance of Wedon and the basic premise of the show, I was impressed that Joss resisted the temptation to reveal too much in this episode.  However, for the sake of keeping the series moving forward without the potential ban hammer of Fox hitting, I hope that Echo's memories start coming back before too long, give the casual viewer hope that something is going to be different in the long run.

Overall, I will give the premier 3.5 out of 5 stars.  The potential for greatness is there, now lets see it come to fruition.

I am a big fan of science fiction in general.  So, I’m entering into 2009 with a little trepidation, as far as TV goes.  My all time favorite Sci-Fi series is coming to an end this year. 

As every Friday night passes 10pm, my heart cries a little more as Battlestar Galactica careens toward its finale.

However, there is a bright spot on the horizon.  Joss Whedon, who brought us the too short lived series Firefly, is back with Dollhouse.

Dollhouse has the potential to be great, given Joss Wedon’s past successes (if you haven’t seen Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-long Blog, you’ve missed out on one of the great events of 2008.)

Wikipedia states the premise of Dollhouse as:

In Dollhouse, Eliza Dushku plays a young woman named 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. They're then hired out for particular jobs, crimes, fantasies, and occasional good deeds. 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.

Personally, I’m looking forward to this show, I only hope that NBC gives it more of a chance than they gave Firefly, which I didn’t discover until long after it was off of the air and it was brilliance… Pure and simple brilliance.

Well, I have every intention of TiVoing the first episode on February 13 and I’ll give a brief review once I’ve had a chance to actually see the show.