The Fox network may be known as the network that celebrates instant hits and tosses aside those that don't get quick followings by audience, but it had to approach "Dollhouse" a little differently last spring.
The series was created by Joss Whedon, the man who had a few years back brought them "Firefly," which they never really gave a chance, and has since become a cult hit. And if the plug was pulled too early on "Dollhouse," they may lose yet another chance on what the potential of the show is.
"I'm not a hit guy, I'm a slow burner guy," Whedon told Airlock Alpha and other reporters on the red carpet of the Syfy/Entertainment Weekly party at San Diego Comic-Con last month. The studio gets that and "a longer term investment is worth it. We want to shake it up and they love us."
That doesn't mean that "Dollhouse" will continue the same route it did last season. There will be some differences, Whedon said.
"Budget-wise no, but I think changes will be noticeable because we're trying to do something that is much more cinematic and visceral and really live inside the stories," he said. "I was really disappointed in our ability to get inside the virtual sense of the experience, and so I made some mistakes, and this is not a diss on the crew. They did a great job, but I think I need to loosen up the way I work a little bit."
Although Whedon is dedicated to "Dollhouse," he did admit that if there was left up to him to choose what show survived Friday night, he might not have picked his own. Instead, he would've picked "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles."
The series was created by Joss Whedon, the man who had a few years back brought them "Firefly," which they never really gave a chance, and has since become a cult hit. And if the plug was pulled too early on "Dollhouse," they may lose yet another chance on what the potential of the show is.
"I'm not a hit guy, I'm a slow burner guy," Whedon told Airlock Alpha and other reporters on the red carpet of the Syfy/Entertainment Weekly party at San Diego Comic-Con last month. The studio gets that and "a longer term investment is worth it. We want to shake it up and they love us."
That doesn't mean that "Dollhouse" will continue the same route it did last season. There will be some differences, Whedon said.
"Budget-wise no, but I think changes will be noticeable because we're trying to do something that is much more cinematic and visceral and really live inside the stories," he said. "I was really disappointed in our ability to get inside the virtual sense of the experience, and so I made some mistakes, and this is not a diss on the crew. They did a great job, but I think I need to loosen up the way I work a little bit."
Although Whedon is dedicated to "Dollhouse," he did admit that if there was left up to him to choose what show survived Friday night, he might not have picked his own. Instead, he would've picked "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles."
