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Brilliant, a tribute site dedicated to the incredibly talented actor Enver Gjokaj who is best known for his multi-layered portrayal of Victor on Joss Whedon's television series
Dollhouse. The goal of the site is to bring you, the fans, an up-to-date resource covering the span of his career. Thanks for visiting and stay tuned for all the latest on Enver and his career. Please feel free and contact me with any questions you may have or if you'd like to contribute news, photos, etc.
How much darker can Dollhouse get, now that we’ve glimpsed the end of everything? Just how far will Joss Whedon go to explore the themes of searching for identity against impossible odds? We asked Whedon. His answers may shock you.
I’m not going to transcribe the entire interview, but I’ll summarize it in case the video is hard to listen to. (We were at the crowded SyFy/Entertainment Weekly party, and Tyrese Gibson and other celebs were running around.) Oh, and there are spoilers for the first season of Dollhouse, including the unaired episode “Epitaph One,” which is on the DVD box set.
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Joss Whedon was excited about the fact that “Dollhouse” was renewed by Fox, but the movie was such a surprise, Whedon said he already had made plans for the summer.
We’re not sure if he was joking or not, but we’re sure that he would’ve preferred to be writing “Dollhouse” episodes than wherever he would’ve ended up otherwise.
Whedon shares some of the changes fans will see on “Dollhouse” in the second season, what’s coming up for the “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” comics, what he thinks about a new “Buffy” movie being planned without him, and a show he said he’d rather see survive than “Dollhouse.”
Also, find out what Fox series Whedon stood in line with the rest of fandom to see. You might be surprised with the answer.
Check out my exclusive interview with Whedon on the red carpet of the Syfy/Entertainment Weekly party at San Diego Comic-Con last weekend.
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Writer-director-producer-composer Joss Whedon’s fanbase is amazing (at more than a few conventions I have seen T-shirts and posters state: “WWJD: What Would Joss Do”). His captivating and unique vision for the future of science fiction and fantasy has already generated three cult hits with varying lifespans (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly), and produced the catchy and popular web musical Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog. Therefore it is difficulty not to have high expectations for anything new that man does, even if it is in the early stages. This is the case with his latest television show, Dollhouse, which enjoyed a short first season to introduce the characters and overall aesthetic of this labyyrinthine and perpetually changing series. Thankfully the show has been renewed for a second season by Fox, although Whedon and company certainly created a fascinating and reasonably bookended first season.
The show is about a girl named Echo (Buffy and Angel vet Eliza Dusku), who works in a place called the Dollhouse. She has been contracted for five years (it has never fully been stated how long she has been here) to have her memory and personality wiped clean from her while the programmers of the company download the fantasy personalities that the clients request for their “engagements.” While sex is brought up, the Dollhouse is not solely for any type of high-tech prostitution. Most of the clients have other reasons for requesting Echo and her fellow Dolls’ (primarily featured are Dichen Lachman as Sierra and Enver Gjokaj as Victor) personas of the week. Each episode chronicles the various engagements of each Doll and the Dollhouse support staff. The staff includes the handlers for each doll (Harry Lennix plays Echo’s handler Boyd Langton), tech wizard Topher (Fran Kranz), Dr. Claire Saunders (Angel alum Amy Acker), and Adelle Dewitt (Olivia Williams), the head of the location that the action takes place. Hot on the trail of finding and stopping the Dollhouse is Agent Paul Ballard (Tahmoh Penikett); for reasons yet to be fully elucidated, he is looking for Echo (or as she was once known, Caroline) in particular.
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Dollhouse may be the most controversial thing Joss Whedon has ever done. But the brain-slaves-for-hire show teems with challenging ideas about what it means to be human, which you only fully grok after multiple viewings. Good thing there are DVDs!
The DVD set, which came out on Tuesday, offers a few new ways to wrap your mind around the mysteries of the Dollhouse, that secret underground spa facility where beautiful people are programmed to become whatever rich clients need them to be for a day or so:
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So the big TV event of the day at Comic-Con was the screening of “Epitaph One,” the 13th episode of “Dollhouse” season one, which Fox the TV studio produced to help the foreign/DVD sales, but which Fox the network hasn’t bought because they already paid for 13 episodes (counting the original, scrapped pilot).
Now, I suspect many of you who care enough about “Dollhouse” to be reading this entry have already illegally downloaded the episode since it leaked last week, or perhaps you were in Ballroom 20 to watch it with me and 4500 of my closest friends. If not, and you intend to watch “Dollhouse” season two in the fall, I strongly recommend at least renting the DVD after it comes out on Tuesday, both because “Epitaph One” is easily the strongest episode to date, and because it’s going to be crucial to how season two plays out. Really, it’s one of the most important DVD extras ever.
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If you need a reason to love Comic-Con, you would need look no further than to experiences like today’s Dollhouse panel.
First we got to watch the infamous lost episode of Dollhouse, “Epitaph One,” on giant screens with an audience of fellow fans, and then Dollhouse boss Joss Whedon, who did not come to his reputation as a great storyteller by accident, sat down and talked to us about the future of his dark drama Dollhouse.
Joss was joined by star Eliza Dushku in a glittering gold dress, and the two faced down questions about how “Epitaph One” will change the show, how the cast is changing for season two (a fan favorite Buffy-Angel actor will be visiting!), and what he’s really warning us about when he’s talking about a zombie apocalypse…
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