Joss Whedon Fans Want to Save Dollhouse Before It Even Airs
I couldn’t help but laugh when I first heard about this. We all know that Joss Whedon has a legion of fans unlike any other. They support anything and everything he does unconditionally, and mourn the cancellation and/or failure of one of his projects like it was the death of their own child. So with his new series Dollhouse set to premiere on Fox this September, they’re hoping to avoid heartbreak by campaigning hard in advance to prevent the inevitable cancellation before it happens! Talk about being proactive.
Over at the Dollhouse Forums, they are calling for fans to promote the show by creating their own advertisements and posting them where they live, developing fan websites and hosting premiere parties (among other things). I guess I can understand their suspicion when it comes to Fox, which has prematurely cancelled pretty much everything Whedon and his writing partner Tim Minear have ever done. On the other hand, what if (god forbid) Dollhouse ends up sucking and actually deserves to be canceled? You might want to hold off on the Whedon worship just a little bit, at least until you know it’s warranted. What do you think, can an early fan campaign help the show gain a following, or will it just annoy people and work against it? (Thanks to Scott for the heads up.)
Comments (9)
The trailer for Dollhouse sucked bigtime so they’d better start quick with the campaign.
Posted by Stephen on May 29th, 2008Whe-tards.
Posted by Goon on May 29th, 2008Like Star Wars fans, these people think they are a valued part of a community, when really they are just being exploited by marketers.
“Make up your own ads and post them up around your house?”
Oh my GOD, you assholes, try putting that kind of energy into supporting local theatre or anything actually worthwhile.
Posted by Phil on May 29th, 2008Yea, dollhouse looks atrocious. I love me the Firefly, but I’m no Whedon apologist. being a ’superfan’ before actually seeing the show is very, very lame. Shame on you Whe-tards.
Posted by kurt on May 29th, 2008These people are fucken nuts!
Posted by theman on May 30th, 2008When people act like this before a show is even out, it’s destined to fail. They need to let the show stand on it’s own merits. If it’s any good, it will find an audience. Well… maybe not. But still, being this crazy about a show isn’t going to do anything good for it.
Posted by Jon Rocks on May 30th, 2008Since this was based on a joke from last November, I’m honestly surprised that folks are taking it seriously!
http://hijinksensue.com/2007/11/05/save-dollhouse/
Posted by Saxon on June 2nd, 2008In this day and age when so many great TV shows are being canceled because audiences do not know what to watch, a campaign like this BEFORE a show airs is probably a really great idea. This show is already getting hype 8 months before it airs! Good on these people…
Posted by Johnny on June 2nd, 2008Whedon fans are like no other fans because of the fact that they worship someone who has only created complete and total shit. This is the only fandom that I can’t even begin to understand. I’d sooner be a furry.
Well, his run on Astonishing X-Men was good but the rest is only mediocre at best.
That Dollhouse series looks soooo bad. Worse than anything he has done yet.
Posted by Ryan on June 2nd, 2008Leave a Reply