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4 days 15:58:19 and counting to pre-order your copy of the San Diego Comic Con exclusive  Dollhouse Season 1 DVD or Blu Ray! I’m a little late to the party on this one, but HAD to post it.

Yes, that’s right, FOX offering pre-orders for this piece of shiny! Go to the designated website and when the timer runs down, snap up a copy!

From Joss Whedon comes the beautiful, haunting, and mesmerizing new series Dollhouse. Own all 12 Season 1 episodes, plus 2 unaired episodes – the original pilot and Epitaph One – in the complete Season 1 set. Exclusively for Comic-Con, Joss Whedon has written a letter to his fans and each one is individually numbered and included in the limited edition packaging that is only available here! Don’t miss your chance to own one of only 5000 produced.

Note: This is a Comic Con exclusive. If you aren’t going, you’ll have to hope someone puts up their copy on Ebay!

And, guess who’s going? Neenerneenerneener!

Are we sick of hearing about saving Dollhouse yet?  I hope not!

The Cinema Post has a great article about saving shows ‘on the bubble’ this year and how Dollhouse and Chuck should build a following.  Remember, thanks to the faith at Fox and NBC, the hard working cast and crew of the shows and the coordinated outcry of fans, these shows are coming back in the fall (Woo hoo!).  But there is a catch:  we still have to watch them!

If you haven’t seen these shows, you can check them out at Hulu.  If you are like me and live outside the United States, you may have to get a bit creative, or buy the DVDs.  Either way, we need to watch these shows if we want them to stick around, right?  Fan power!  I feel like I need a glowing ring of some sort.

SciFiHeaven posted a poll to find out what is everyone’s favorite Whedon show. Only Joss’s television shows are listed (Buffy, Angel, Firefly, Dollhouse). The site felt it was an opportune time now that Dollhouse seems to have found its groove. Check it out and pick your fave!

Dollhouse Season 2: Hope is Still Alive!

Whedon related blogs and entertainment sites have been abuzz with reports that Dollhouse’s chances for a second season are bleak. Or pretty good. Depending on who you talk to….

Whedon himself reported that he is hopeful for the future of the series. He says he is proud of the material coming out and can’t say much more. I’m sure he, as well as all his fans, are a bit gun-shy when it comes to network television. Can we say he’s cautiously optimistic?

Usually in these cases, fans of the series start calling and e-mailing everyone they know to watch the series to bring the ratings up. Well, unfortunately, unless you are bosom buds with someone who has a Nielsen device in their home, that won’t make much of a difference. [Editor's Note from Tabz: Actually, it's been confirmed that Hulu and DVR numbers ARE being looked at by the networks - so please if you watch, watch/record! To a lesser extent DVD pre-sales may factor in.] For those of us in Canada, those efforts may be even more useless because in my experience the American network bosses care very little about what us Canadians are into (Corner Gas, anyone?).

There has also been some confusion over the mysterious 13th episode.  My understanding is that it is a stand-alone episode and will not likely air on the network (Joss says the jury is still out), but it will be part of the DVD release.

In any event, I do still think you should check out the series … while it’s still around …

J.J. Abrams

Note: Casting spoiler for Dollhouse!
Sarah Lafferty over at Starpulse.com writes about Fanboy Faves Joss Whedon and J.J. Abrams. While not a comprehensive guide, it is a great glimpse at the two men and their impact on TV. Lists some of Joss’s fave go-to actors. Plus, Joss fans will approve of her conclusions .

Eliza Dushku is hitting the talk show circuit to talk about Dollhouse.

Eliza will be appearing on Live with Regis and Kelly on Thursday, February 12.  Check your local listings for show times in your area.

She will also be on Late Night with Conan O’Brien on Thursday, February 12.  Conan is on at 12:35/11:35 central.

According to the article on io9.com entitled “Joss Whedon’s Dolls will Resolve Your Bi-Curious Feelings,” Whedon will be playing by a new set of rules for his upcoming show.  In “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” Whedon and the other writers had a rule that magic could not change the sexuality of an individual.  Lauren Davis, author of the article, cites Whedon as saying,  “On this show, people’s personalities are being completely overwritten. When someone hires an active, what they’re basically doing is hiring somebody for an experience that absolutely nobody in the world will ever know about including the person that you went through it with…If you don’t think that at least a third of the people who hire Actives are not bi-curious, you’re naive.”

I guess that means that viewers will not be seeing the same themes and problems as they did on Buffy and that we will be seeing Dolls who will be forced to go against their natural sexual preferences.  We have also heard that Echo and some of the other Dolls might not forget everything they do on assignment, so what kind of problems will that pose?  I think we are going to get another entertaining and thought provoking show from Mr. Whedon. 

The shows starts Friday the 13th on Fox.

Here is the url to the io9 article- http://io9.com/5149119/joss-whedons-dolls-will-resolve-your-bi+curious-feelings

Dollhouse is almost here, so to get you really excited for the show I’ve pulled together a few places you can find out more it.  Keep in mind there may be spoilers, especially the sites that reviewed the Pilot.

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Total SciFi interviews Eliza Dushku

http://www.dwscifi.com/interviews/3057-eliza-dushku-echo-in-the-house

Entertainment Weekly reviews the Pilot

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20256831,00.html

Canada.com interviews Eliza

http://www.canada.com/Headline/1249050/story.html

Fox’s Official Dollhouse page with lots of extras

http://www.fox.com/dollhouse/

Dollhouse fan podcast

http://www.echoalert.tk/

Dollverse website and podcast

http://www.dollverse.com

Review of the first episode

http://blogs.news-journalonline.com/247/2009/01/dollhouse-whedons-newest-stran.html

Dollhouse on Myspace

http://www.myspace.com/dollhouseonfox

Fan group on Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dollhouse/14409357519?sid=76e2946388b18ad6a54755cf32474b78&ref=s

LA Times interview with Eliza

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2009/02/countdown-to–1.html