Joss Whedon discussing the Dollhouse finale at Paley Fest 09.
Spoilers for 'Omega' - Fox posted this interview on Saturday, holding it back until after the finale for obvious reasons. Joss' interview is only spoilery if you haven't seen the finale yet (that wouldn't be anyone here? Right?).
I always love a Joss interview, and I respect Fox for holding this one back, not posting it on youtube until after we all had a chance to see the finale.
May 10 2009
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We still don't know what Caroline did between the Rossum raid and joining the Dollhouse.
Unless Joss is talking about Epitaph One?
zz9 | May 10, 07:18 CET
sarahi | May 10, 07:29 CET
Septimus | May 10, 07:47 CET
By the way, one detail I'm not sure people picked up - when Paul is talking to Graham outside the Dollhouse in Omega near the start, behind Graham there's a big ROSSUM sign in the building reception. So The Dollhouse is directly below Rossum's head office.
gossi | May 10, 07:51 CET
http://whedonesque.com/comments/20239
But that stuff isn't in there.
Udo Schmitz | May 10, 07:51 CET
jkalderash | May 10, 08:02 CET
And how can you misunderstand "Yes, we will find out what happened in that time..." when it then wasn't even mentioned, let alone explained?
So The Dollhouse is directly below Rossum's head office.
How could Adelle then tell Dominic she was going off for a couple of days to a meeting at Rossum if she'd only have to go a few floors on the elevator?
[ edited by zz9 on 2009-05-10 17:20 ]
zz9 | May 10, 08:14 CET
I would assume that all Dollhouses are under Rossum buildings. In Briar Rose Topher says that he thinks that the DH headquarter is in Az, so we know that the LA office isn't the "main" one.
crhobbs42 | May 10, 08:57 CET
Sunfire | May 10, 09:01 CET
Hmmm...Rossum...summors....ok, no.
And...do we know that the underground facility is at all connected to the building above ground? I mean...is there like a super-secret elevator behind a janitor's closet or something? Or are all the entrances to the Dollhouse below ground, like the garage ramp?
ShadowQuest | May 10, 10:04 CET
Simon | May 10, 10:11 CET
scotws | May 10, 10:14 CET
I say this because "Rossum" is the name of the company that creates artificial humans for manual labour tasks in the 1920 sci-fi stage play R.U.R. ("Rossum's Universal Robots") by Czech playwright Karel Capek. It's the play where the term "robot" was first coined (derived from the Czech for labour, robota) and where the artificial beings look and act human but start off being completely complacent to their slave status before gaining full awareness and rebelling. Sounds rather familiar, I think ;)
BlueEyedBrigadier | May 10, 10:22 CET
onthedrift | May 10, 13:32 CET
@theonetruebix | May 10, 13:37 CET
Ah...while a part of me is disappointed that I wasn't the first person to notice that connection - Joss & Co. referencing an important piece of science fiction literature on identity and what it means to be human - I am glad I can join the club that appreciates such subtleties. Would be interesting if the two Rossums were actually the same company, but the crossover of two disparate storylines like R.U.R. and Dollhouse would probably prevent that, if only due to the issue who owns the intellectual protection/copyrights to an 89-year old stage play ;)
BlueEyedBrigadier | May 10, 15:39 CET
@theonetruebix | May 10, 15:53 CET
ZachsMind | May 10, 23:36 CET