Comments on: After ‘Dollhouse’ Cancelled – Joss Whedon Fans Wonder What’s Next

By: Bystander

Bystander — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:56:57 +0000

Quote from article – “Joss Whedon may have lost his shirt gambling on Dollhouse, but his fans never seem to lose faith in him. ”

That’s because there is no reason to lose faith in him. He makes entertaining, quality television. FOX is the problem here, not Whedon. Look at the huge list of series they haven’t even given a chance to get off the ground before executing. Are monkeys making their decisions? Case in point: the cancellation of Family Guy followed by the re-instatement of Family Guy and the subsequent addition of TWO MORE SHOWS created by the same person. So which chimp pulled the plug on such a big money maker?

If Mr. Whedon wants a show to air to it’s conclusion, perhaps it’s time to stop dealing with FOX. And maybe it’s time for the viewer to as well. I know I’m no longer interested in getting involved with one of their shows at the ground floor only to have it get pulled, unfinished yet again. Why bother?

By: Kahn O'Leary

Kahn O'Leary — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:32:08 +0000

I seriously can’t believe Fox keeps canceling Whedon’s shows, he is the best in film making IMO,
Firefly was an amazing series and Dollhouse is just as amazing, nothing beats an original story line that captivates audiences. Joss Whedon if you read this I think you should start your own network and air your shows how you want them to be aired.
Fox just doesn’t get what a great show is, come on this is the network that let Malcolm in the Middle stay on the air for what 7 seasons now if any showed needed to be canceled it was that crap. Joss could always just film the seasons and release straight to dvd or turn it into a web show like Dr. Horrible which was simply genius.

By: Escaping from The Prisoner | Chaos Program

Escaping from The Prisoner | Chaos Program — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:06:57 +0000

[...] I mention they’ve also canceled Dollhouse? (See here and here) This was a somewhat creative show that had all the interesting stuff leached out of most of the [...]

By: Jessica Rae

Jessica Rae — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:01:41 +0000

The reason I say Angel the series struggled along is because it did. Season one had problems – they had to kill off a main character not for dramatic effect (though this did happen, it was great storytelling) but because of his offscreen drug problems. This left a cast of two, when what they needed was a good A-team. Bringing in Denisof as Wesley helped, but not enough. They finally started getting the ‘group’ together when they had the horrible introduction to Conner with Cordy going bad – something even Joss and others who were a part of Angel said they wished they could erase. They actually said they wished they could erase that entire season. And season five is what got them canceled. If that isn’t a struggle, I don’t know what is. The reason it did well was because it had Buffy on the air to help them, and because The WB was a supportive network for quality shows (quality over ratings) and they loved that Buffy helped put them on the map.

For those who loved AtS, you’d never think it struggled because even when you didn’t like something, you still loved the show. But facts are facts. This show struggled to gain a foothold. When BTVS was gone, it completely crashed.

By: silversurfer

silversurfer — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:45:51 +0000

would have gd ratings if thay never kept taking shows of cos of the baseball
ballbase a sport so should be on a sports channle not a TvShow channle
and plp wonder why ratings go down

dont fox no that ….

By: brian

brian — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:54:59 +0000

A note to Joss:

Stop making shows for Fox!

They don’t know a good show to save their lives (Arrested Development, Terminator, Firefly, and remember that they tried to cancel Family Guy).

By: Ronald McDouchebag

Ronald McDouchebag — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:28:58 +0000

It’s definitely poorly researched: The Buffy spin-off Angel managed to struggle along for five seasons, but was always a pale shadow in comparison to Buffy. Now whos perspective? Maybe yours. The critics loved the show, same with the fans. And the ratings were fit, fit enough to stay on for FIVE seasons, since when is that a ‘STRUGGLE’? So many inconsistencies in this article, but i’ll leave it at this, it’s gettin late and it’s past my bedtime.

By: Wildfire

Wildfire — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:56:09 +0000

Are you kidding? The poster says ‘Firefly didn’t have enough viewers and got canceled, and then Angel /struggled along/’. Had it been a different paragraph, it would mean something completely different, but since this is the following sentence to ‘One of his shows got canceled due to not having viewers’. Lazy writing, or misinformation. Take your pick.

By: Chris W

Chris W — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:36:15 +0000

I see nothing here that is poorly researched. But I do think the commenters disagree with the author, which is just fine. Unless he has something else up his sleeve, Joss will always be known for Buffy. The others, not so much.

By: Phoenix

Phoenix — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:40:37 +0000

Sorry — I love “Buffy,” don’t get me wrong — but I totally disagree with this post. In my opinion, Whedon is at his best when he’s at his darkest. Until the sixth season Buffy never had a real moral struggle on her hands, which is why I love both “Angel” and “Dollhouse” better than “Buffy” — the heroes are hard to define, the tone is darker, and more philosophical questions are raised. It was more interesting to me to see Angel struggling to do the right thing than to see Buffy know what the right thing was and fight off the bad guys.

Just saying.