The mind wipes would have slightly sexual undertones.

A friend came up with an interesting idea the other day. It struck me as rather odd at first, but I grew to like the idea. Dollhouse as an anime.

To be fair, he came up with the idea by pure accident. It was actually more of an assumption. The story goes like this. We had swapped some viewing material. I got some anime (which I’ll talk about in a separate post) and the IT crowd. In return he got FMA, Angel, Firefly and Dollhouse. Mostly Whedon stuff. He knew what Firefly and angel was, but not what Dollhouse was.

When I try and explain what a show is about, I usually try and avoid the main plot lines. Most of the enjoyment I get from a show comes from plot revelations. Mostly the ones that fill my brain with fuck. And Whedon is very good at doing this. Dollhouse follows the story of Echo. A doll at the dollhouse where she takes on assignments by being imprinted with different personalities. Not just acting, changing the memories and habits so that echo fully believes she is who she’s supposed to be. However, unlike other dolls at the dollhouse, she turns out to be a bit different. And it’s how she develops that’s so interesting.

Now, while I was explaining this to my friend, He had thought it was an anime until I said Joss Whedon. At which point he went “an anime by Joss Whedon?” Not only would I like to see an anime directed by Joss Whedon, but admittedly, dollhouse does sound a little like the title of an anime. And anything can work. It might be in danger of going a little overboard, and it’ll never happen, but hey.

Nerds dream too.