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craigoxbrowDollhouse s1 did indeed reach DVD shelves yesterday, including my DVD shelf. Having held off on watching the last four regular episodes on Hulu (due to "small screen which skews dark" issues) I got to appreciate them in proper size. And thirteen and a half episodes, three with commentary, for £19.99. Of course, I'd already gotten more than one big ol' spoiler but what can one do without memory-removal tech?
And yeah, other than the pilot commentary, I skipped the first disc and three of the pre- Man In The Street assignment-of-the-week shows.
Watching the original pilot, now about 30% recycled into setup in the first half of the season but with the spine of the story now wholly de-canon-ified, was certainly interesting. (And makes the lack of the pilot on the Being Human DVD that bit more aggravating.)
And of course there's Epitaph One, the thirteenth episode of the twelve, which takes and runs, and whose implications are... gonna be a bit complicated.
And yeah, other than the pilot commentary, I skipped the first disc and three of the pre- Man In The Street assignment-of-the-week shows.
Watching the original pilot, now about 30% recycled into setup in the first half of the season but with the spine of the story now wholly de-canon-ified, was certainly interesting. (And makes the lack of the pilot on the Being Human DVD that bit more aggravating.)
And of course there's Epitaph One, the thirteenth episode of the twelve, which takes and runs, and whose implications are... gonna be a bit complicated.
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Date: 2009-09-09 12:07 am (UTC)If you say so, didn't watch it...
And no, but I know a bit in passing.
Watching Chuck on V1 is an interesting contrast - similar tech implications which they're obviously not going to play with on any such sociological or philosophical level...
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Date: 2009-09-09 07:34 am (UTC)If you say so, didn't watch it...
It's... interesting, not at all what I was expecting, almost a premise for a series all its' own.
And no, but I know a bit in passing.
It made me wonder why the Dollhouses weren't investing heavily in human cloning :)
Watching Chuck on V1 is an interesting contrast - similar tech implications which they're obviously not going to play with on any such sociological or philosophical level...
Someone else who likes Chuck, excellent :) Yeah, it's lightweight fun and you can't go too far wrong with Adam Baldwin as Casey really.
I doubt they'll ever delve into the transhumanist agenda in that show, in the same way that I'll be surprised if we get much of a debate about the Manachaeist heresy on 'Reaper' (Although if it were 'Dogma : The series' we might I suppose)
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Date: 2009-09-09 07:21 pm (UTC)End of season 2 (as in the last scene) means season 3 (if it happens) will have to take a different tack, so maybe there'll be some more crossover in themes, but otherwise no.
Casey rocks!
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Date: 2009-09-12 10:16 pm (UTC)The 3D episode was last week. It mostly made everybody look blue.