Whedonesque : Comments on 17339 : Some Lovely New Dollhouse Photos.

I think I have a giant crush on Olivia.

And Dichen.

And Eliza.

I hope they don't read the interwebs.

[ edited by gossi on 2008-08-19 20:18 ]

gossi | August 19, 20:17 CET

Hard to speculate wildly about promotional photos.

The One True b!X | August 19, 20:22 CET

That's not true and you know it, b!X.

zeitgeist | August 19, 20:28 CET

From the colour of Tophers hair, I can tell he's addicted to Animal Crossing on the Nintendo DS.

See. This is what power the internet brings us.

gossi | August 19, 20:29 CET

Why is Victor posing with a baseball bat?

The One True b!X | August 19, 20:31 CET

That's what the camera guy is wondering.

gossi | August 19, 20:34 CET

Why is the camera guy a ninja?

The One True b!X | August 19, 20:35 CET

Ooh! Got a way to incorporate music into Dollhouse while not violating its rules. Come with me into the realm of Dark Text: The Diane Rehm Show had Mary Ellen Geist, the author of a book about caring for a parent with Alzheimer's, “Measure of the Heart.” Geist's dad was a glee club singer and the family sang together a lot, before audiences and by themselves. With Alzheimer's onset, even after he lost the memory of how to do things like put away groceries, he retains his musical memory, and harmonizes with family members, becoming his old self for a while and enjoying something he's always loved.
So: Different kinds of memory are in different parts of the brain (mebbe) and an active's memories of music (and possibly things associated with music, which could be, oh, everything important) could be accidentally activated, bringing back part of the "erased" self and causing conflicts with the programming for an assignment. Personally, I have a picture of an enraged Echo demanding to know what's going on, and Topher trying to calm her down by singing her a little song.

Pointy | August 19, 20:39 CET

That's why Victor has a bat, clearly. The only way to defend yourself from a ninja is with a bat, and oddly attractive arms.

And now this post looks even more lame than it normally would after Pointy had actual thoughts. Pointy, can I marry your brain?

gossi | August 19, 20:41 CET

These are great photos, but it's a shame they couldn't find some, you know, attractive cast members.

Hopefully, they'll at least have some talent or something.

*sigh*

QuoterGal | August 19, 20:41 CET

I dunno, QG, Joss has always preferred working with the beauty-challenged, I think we're stuck. ;)

cabri | August 19, 20:45 CET

Yeah, way to raise the bar, Pointy, so that we who are paddling in the shallow pool look even more, um, shallow.

(I tried to get another metaphor in there so I could have a metaphor three-way mix, but my brain is all frozey from poesy.)

QuoterGal | August 19, 20:48 CET

I'm trying to come up with a valid reason for Eliza to pose with a bra-cum-corset, but.. hey, there's no need for a reason, actually. Yes, all is good with the world.

Perseo | August 19, 20:52 CET

Weird. It won't let me open up Dollverse. O_o

Rhodey | August 19, 20:56 CET

That's what the camera guy is wondering.

*hears three-note undertone and
"Swing away Merrill. Merrill... swing away."*

m'cookies actual | August 19, 20:58 CET

lydia oh lydia say have you met lydia
lydia the tatooed lady
she's got eyes that men adore so
and her torso
even more so . . .

Pointy | August 19, 21:06 CET

I can NOT view the pictures. And therefore, cannot proclaim my lame ways with viewing them (since we're no way near Pointy's greatness).

gossi, help?

korkster | August 19, 21:07 CET

What do you see when you go to the page?

zeitgeist | August 19, 21:08 CET

The image gallery doesn't display in Internet Explorer, as the code is dire.

gossi | August 19, 21:12 CET

What I think is weird is that they're ALL designated hitters.

m'cookies actual | August 19, 21:15 CET

Stupid IE at work. What? I should be working anyway, you say? Nonsense. Oh well.

hacksaway | August 19, 21:16 CET

"Swing away Merrill. Merrill... swing away."

At least if Echo has asthma we'll know it's all part of God's Mysterious Plan™.

And yet another homely cast, how does he do it - isn't Hollywood supposedly just chocka with pretty people ? It's said you can't throw a stone without hitting something attractively symmetrical. Maybe they were chosen on their willingness to attend the read-through in bare feet ?

Saje | August 19, 21:16 CET

Ah, no love for IE? How will I survive the work place! Does it work on Firefox? If so, then there's hope tonight.

korkster | August 19, 21:31 CET

Yes, it works fine on Firefox.

zeitgeist | August 19, 21:33 CET

Well you can see them all on the Fox Fresh website as well. You'll just have to page through to find the whole cast. The Fox website has the option of downloading the files without the name overlays, which is nice.

Justine | August 19, 21:33 CET

@Saje - hee!

m'cookies actual | August 19, 21:36 CET

Well you can see them all on the Fox Fresh website as well

Oh a new Fox site I haven't seen before. Btw has the Dollhouse logo changed? TV Guide has a different one than the housey wavey type logo.

Simon | August 19, 21:37 CET

The TV Guide one seems to be lifted from dollverse.com. Is someone being naughty ?

Saje | August 19, 21:41 CET

Isn't that the Dollverse logo?

hacksaway | August 19, 21:41 CET

Jinx ! ;)

Saje | August 19, 21:41 CET

Wow, thanks, Justine, for the link. They're all so pretty! And I didn't realize how soon the premieres are! I got to get prepared.

ETA: Yeah, that logo does look familiar... does gossi work for TV Guide? Or maybe more people use the black as a source than I thought.

[ edited by korkster on 2008-08-19 21:46 ]

korkster | August 19, 21:44 CET

Saje - I said nothing about being naughty...that's all you. ;)

hacksaway | August 19, 21:46 CET

Ulp.

Dear T'interwebs,

I totally meant "naughty" in a not libelous way. Totally.

Yours,

Saje the Non Libeler

Saje | August 19, 21:52 CET

The promo pics are a bit bland aren't they? Nothing to phone home about. Nowhere as good as the Angel season 5 promo cast pics. But I will say that the Fox ones are better than the ones UPN did for the start of Buffy season 7.

Simon | August 19, 21:52 CET

Yes, TV Guide has used one of the Dollverse.com graphics. My hilarious Dollhouse story - when the show was first greenlit, somebody tapped to work on it called the show 'DOLLVERSE' to me. I was, like, no - that's not the show name. Everybody I know still calls it Dollshouse anyhoo. Dollshouse by Josh and Jeb Whedon.

gossi | August 19, 21:53 CET

Can we get a linky link so we can compare?

korkster | August 19, 21:53 CET

Well, gossi, according to Tahmoh, it's called the Wallhouse. ;)

korkster | August 19, 21:54 CET

Put in a claim gossi man, so long as you don't go in guns blazing you might be able to sort out some recompense (a website used a photo from a forum I sometimes lurk on and the photographer - very politely - contacted them and got some free stuff in return for the licence to use it).

Saje | August 19, 21:57 CET

GIVE ME AMYYYYY

Angelica | August 19, 22:01 CET

I don't care. The whole point of Dollverse was we put up content so others can rip it off.

Also, *sits with Angelica*.

gossi | August 19, 22:01 CET

Yeah but dude, free stuff ! And since it's TV Guide it follows it'd be free TVs. Or possibly free Guides but there're immigration complications with that.

Saje | August 19, 22:03 CET

Or possibly a tv-themed magazine of some kind. They might know someone.

These are nice photos. Kind of subdued though. The set photos look so vibrant. Kind of sad to see these have muted colors.

Sunfire | August 19, 22:06 CET

Who's Amy?

Oh, Amy Acker. The last name would have helped. Now I just feel stupid.

korkster | August 19, 22:07 CET

I've fixed the site in Internet Explorer. The twitter module was causing the problem. Felicia!

[ edited by gossi on 2008-08-19 22:11 ]

gossi | August 19, 22:10 CET

Yay! Thanks for fixing, gossi! They look just fine in my icky IE. :)

Felicia is the cause of many Twitter problems. May she suffer the wrath of an exploded ray gun! Eh, oh wait. Too sorry to hear about that. My apologies, really. *hands over a cookie-smelling rose*

korkster | August 19, 22:21 CET

You mean it was all korkster's fault that Penny died? So that's how you knew it was going to happen! This makes so much sense now. And here we were all blaming it on Joss.

hacksaway | August 19, 22:27 CET

Eliza looks yummy, great to see her in good shape, I've seen way too much pictures when she was not (I wonder what happened).

Krusher | August 19, 22:57 CET

Really ? She's always looked pretty scrummy in any photos i've seen.

Saje | August 19, 22:59 CET

Eh, Saje, I've seen some not-too-tasteful ones. Paticularly around the time that I tried to prove to my brother that Eliza Dushku was way hotter than Megan Fox- that was the day my internet failed me. :(

hacksaway, really it's Felicia's own fault for killing Penny. She's the one who got us hooked and all. Besides, we all know that if anyone is clever enough to accidentally kill Penny it would be Saje. *points finger* Sorry, dude. I can't cover for you any more, and we need to set Joss free from your basement so he can make more cookie-scrumptous shows for us to watch.

korkster | August 19, 23:05 CET

That's just a life sized action-figure, honest ;).

And I guess even the most beautiful women can have unflattering photos taken of them (though I must admit, even the posed ones of Megan Fox don't do much for me - she's just a bit too, y'know ?).

Saje | August 19, 23:11 CET

Well, I'm not sure "scrummy" and "tasteless" are mutually exclusive, but I've never seen Eliza looking less than beautiful - even covered in monster blood and looking cranky. She's just a scrummy gal, I reckon.

ET: fix results of sudden dyslexia onset.

[ edited by QuoterGal on 2008-08-19 23:13 ]

QuoterGal | August 19, 23:12 CET

Lets say I've seen Eliza looking like an addict of some sorts, not very flattering to say the least. AH well, she's a human like the rest of us, and everyone has a bad period in life. I guess she got over it.

Krusher | August 19, 23:21 CET

ET: fix results of sudden dyslexia onset.

SOD, it's a veritable plague of the modern world.

I haven't really seen any/many "tasteless" photos of her either (as I define it) though as I say, a photo on a red carpet with its direct lights etc. is probably gonna be less flattering than a carefully lit, made-up and posed set. But that's reality for you. I'm sure Megan Fox looks as shit as anyone else when she crawls out of bed of a morning for instance.

[ edited by Saje on 2008-08-19 23:22 ]

Saje | August 19, 23:22 CET

I've seen press photo's from Eliza looking not that hot ever since Buffy went off-air. Glad to see her shiny and all :)For a period I was fearing she was going the Lindsay Lohan way.. (which is a shame in itself, I really liked her)

Krusher | August 19, 23:34 CET

And I guess even the most beautiful women can have unflattering photos taken of them (though I must admit, even the posed ones of Megan Fox don't do much for me - she's just a bit too, y'know ?).

Yes, Megan Fox is a bit too. That's why I was trying to ween my brother's MF background pic off of his computer and replace it with someone I don't mind looking at. I think my brother's main concern/disinterest was that the photos I found of Eliza still had her clothes on. Silly me. :P

In all, Eliza looks much better in person. And at Comic-Con. I just don't think pictures capture her beautiful wildness. *shrugs*

korkster | August 19, 23:38 CET

Scrummy and tasteless certainly aren't mutually exclusive. Who doesn't occasionally go shopping with precisely those two adjectives in mind?

And you all made me google Megan Fox, and then I started clicking on links and reading random comments on random sites and now I'm horribly depressed and need to go scrub what brain cells I've got left. I knew there was a reason I only ever read my e-mail and whedonesque. The rest of humanity scares me.

Is anybody other than Pointy going to wildly speculate? Do you think Olivia Williams' eyebrows are evil? Will her cheekbones save the day at some point?

catherine | August 19, 23:52 CET

*passes catherine the jug o' brain bleach*

m'cookies actual | August 19, 23:57 CET

I think those cheekbones may have already saved a day or two.

jcs | August 20, 00:05 CET

*bleaches brain*

Many thanks. I feel much better. So, yeah, when are we going to see pictures of Amy with her mysterious scar? Betcha she'll look scrummy and piratical (another two adjectives I keep in mind when shopping--a good eye-patch can really complete an outfit).

catherine | August 20, 00:09 CET

I bet AA is still pretty. Even when she's scarred up and what not. If they gave her a hump back & a limp, then maaaybe I'd believe she was not pretty. Oh, and snaggle teeth. Like this.

I don't know. You think she's still pretty? Hm. I guess I fail. ;)

Topher's shoes look sinister to me. He's WAY too comfortable in the Dollhouse for my comfort.

korkster | August 20, 00:13 CET

Does anyone know if there are any official wallpapers for desktop?

WheelsOfJoy | August 20, 00:16 CET

WheelsOfJoy the official site isn't up yet but when it is (November? December?) I would imagine there will be wallpapers galore.

Simon | August 20, 06:54 CET

FYI, ninjaphotographer.com, it turns out, is NOT available.

The One True b!X | August 20, 07:10 CET

Eliza. Pretty.

And this concludes my thinking portion of the day.

UnpluggedCrazy | August 20, 08:54 CET

Is anyone else obsessively watching the video of the photo shoot on the Fresh on Fox website to try and work out what Enver's accent is? No? Just me?

Loving the brief footage of him, Dichen, Eliza, David and Summer though.

Leaf | August 20, 20:30 CET

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