Dollhouse circa 1958

[botias]

I was watching Missile to the Moon the other night. It's one of those movies where a nice phallic rocket boldly goes to a place populated entirely by international beauty queens. As always, the different body styles struck me. I'm glad they have a non-skinny woman on Dollhouse, but I wish the writers and wardrobe department didn't treat her like she was fat. I have yet to see her in a pair of jeans or a cute little top, much less the skin-tight garb favored in MttM. A points out that the 'Mellie' assignment is of a non-assertive person, but is this a coincidence? And in the episode where the actives were escaping and were themselves, Sierra and Echo apparently opted for snug jeans and knit tops, but 'Mellie' is dressed for church, and on Easter Sunday, and not one of those hip churches (I feel sure they exist).

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[(Anonymous)]

That picture reminds me of a episode of the Star Trek, the series with Capt. Kirk.

[botias.livejournal.com]

The movie reminded me of it as well. :) I thought Captain Kirk was something unique, but now I think perhaps that leading men just behaved that way in those days. The 'captain' of this movie, not pictured, looked and acted a lot like Capt. Kirk.

[diachrony.livejournal.com]

It did disappoint me that they never showed us November/Mellie in clothing that wasn't (IMO) dowdy. I'd have liked to see her in clothing more like Echo's.

[botias.livejournal.com]

Maybe they are just trying to get attention with November and not actually do any convention busting. Pity. Or maybe they are trying and failing utterly.

[prophecygirrl.livejournal.com]

I have so many mixed feelings about this show, it makes my head hurt. I've noitced the Mellie "church marm" look too, and I know exactly what dress you mean. It's these weird choices that keep me from hitting my stride with this show. Although I suppose coming from deep hatred at the beginning of the season to gruding admiration at the end is something.

See? Very conflicted and confused.

And yes to the body style issue -- it is weird to see how far things have progressed.

[prophecygirrl.livejournal.com]

where "progressed" is not perhaps the right word...

[botias.livejournal.com]

I know how you feel. It's got a well-imagined reality, but it's unreliable and all over the place. And everyone is so icky! But pretty--except when their sternum is totally showing through their skin. And they've all got their little story, and here they are being all vulnerable... Fie!

Plus, Alpha? Didn't work for me at all. It seemed too sudden somehow, a bad guy pulled from a hat, even though they've been talking about him all season. Alan Tudyk is cute, but he scuttles. Scary evil can't scuttle. At least, not away.

[ladypeyton.livejournal.com]

I think they do it to protect Eliza, who is actually built like a boy. Honestly, if Mellie ran ouround in sexy clothing no one would look twice at the series' star.

[botias.livejournal.com]

Heh. I know. Eliza steals all my het in the right clothes, but you get her out of them and she has all the appeal of a swizzle stick.