Dollhouse: Alpha

[sienamystic]

Enver Gjokaj is doing such a fabulous job as Victor. No matter what happens to this show, I hope he gets a lot of work to showcase his talent, because he is good.

And Alan Tudyk, who is also a fantastic actor, is hot like burning. Gnngh. His arms are a work of art.



I had, alas, been spoiled earlier about the Tudyk=Alpha thing. But his turn from agoraphobic weirdo to scalpel-wielding psycho was scary and awesome. I hope that they aren't going to go down some Bonnie and Clyde deal with Alpha and Echo (or, as somebody has said, Spike and Dru). And in the previews, we see that he totally has his own imprinting chair. And I guess this ep. shows that Alpha isn't fighting the good fight against the Dollhouse - he's not a noble psycopath!

So Dr. Fred is or was a doll - Whiskey. I'm pretty sure that's what was being stated there. Except how did Dominic!Victor know that? Did Alpha pass that on to him? BTW, Envers as Victor-playing-Dominic was heartbreaking and gave me the cold shudders.

Boyd and Ballard duking it out - awesome fight scene. And who the hell can you root for in that instance? Well...you can root for Echo, who doesn't seem too interested in either of these white knights galloping to her rescue, and now has been appropriated by a third. For purposes we don't know yet. Boyd truly seems to hold on to those signed contracts as his only justification for all this. He actually was arguing against Adelle's idea to simply pop Ballard in the chair (and thus gain a nicely buff new Active? Or just wipe him clean of the last few days, maybe implant a few new ideas, and send him back out into the world?) because Ballard hadn't signed the contracts, hadn't agreed. And yet, Boyd seemed to know about Sierra's situation, so it doesn't all add up just yet.

This is more of what I hoped this show would do, and I wish there were more of it instead of one more day and an unlikely second season. It wasn't perfect - I worry about a tumble down the Well of Cliches if they go the Natural Born Killers route with Echo and Alpha - but it kept me riveted.

Also, in case I hadn't stated it firmly enough, DAYM ALAN TUDYK YOU ARE FINE.

Comments

[seven-trees.livejournal.com]

I don't think I've ever commented on your LJ, but I have to comment on the Alan Tudyk love. That scene where he came out with the super tight t-shirt? OH MY RAGING HORMONES! Because DAMN, that man has some very nice arms.

[kurukami.livejournal.com]

And holy crap, once he pulled himself out of the slouchy Steven Kepler persona-posture and took that ultra-competent Alpha posture... man. *fans self* You wouldn't think standing up straight could make such a huge difference in appearance, but it did.

Well, that and Alan being made of awesome acting ability. : )

[seven-trees.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad AT ended up being Alpha. I'd been spoiled weeks ago, but you never know with spoilers.

And MY GOD, I know he's supposed to be psychotic and all, but he makes for one hot psychopath is all I'm saying. It's hard to like Ballard (who's acting like kind of a douche at the moment) when there's this totally hot badass who is a thousand times more efficient that he is and who's also played by Alan Tudyk, who generally rocks EVERYTHING he's in.

[kurukami.livejournal.com]

Evil is sexy, eh? *grin*

I'm so glad Alan's getting meatier roles, given that most of his past roles have tended to be somewhat comedy-sidekick in nature. It would be veeeeeeerry interesting to see him get more serious roles from this.

[sienamystic.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I did hear some commentary on, "What do you mean, my sweet funny Wash is going to be a crazy bad guy?" And then, POW. He turns up with a scalpel and a seriously bad attitude.

I have a theory about good comedic actors naturally having a broader range, since a big part of comedy is timing and that can carry an actor over into a wider variety of roles. And Alan Tudyk is another excellent example.

[seven-trees.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen him in many things, but those that I have seen him in were on the comedic side. I first saw him as Wash in Firefly and that's the sort of character I tend to associate with the actor. So when he went all knife-happy as Alpha, I was seriously take aback. In a good way, though. I'm surprised that the actor can play such a deranged character so well.

And yes, evil is very sexy. Well, at least in fiction. In real life, not so much.

[tafkarfanfic.livejournal.com]

It is actually the first time I ever found Alan Tudyk hot. I've always LIKED him, but I never found him scorchingly hot until he became Alpha.

The fact that I only find him hot as a psychopath is a little disturbing...

[sienamystic.livejournal.com]

There were some photos floating around of him - possible for a magazine spread, because I recall that they were of him in a very well-cut suit. At any rate, they got me to turn the corner from, "he's cute" to "hot like burning."

[kurukami.livejournal.com]

Fandom does seem to do that a lot, don't they? "Yeah, he's okay, I gue-- wait, evil bad boy? Mmmmm... sexy."

See: transformation between William the Poet and Spike. *grin*

[sienamystic.livejournal.com]

They need to have a frame around them. Maybe in the Louvre.

[seven-trees.livejournal.com]

BEST IDEA EVER.

[buymeaclue.livejournal.com]

That scene where he came out with the super tight t-shirt?

Seriously, right? I was all, "...he's kind of buff for someone who never leaves his room.

[seven-trees.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was like, were those medicinal carrots MAGICAL CARROTS?

[buymeaclue.livejournal.com]

Enver Gjokaj is doing such a fabulous job as Victor. No matter what happens to this show, I hope he gets a lot of work to showcase his talent, because he is good.

ITA. I can't decide whether he's actually that good or whether he just looks that way because everyone else is so wooden...but he seems to be getting into the various roles and being just hammy enough about them to be really fun to watch.

[sienamystic.livejournal.com]

He's definitely a better actor than Eliza, as fond as I am of her. I think Dichen has good acting chops but not as much room to showcase them since they keep popping her into the scientist/spy roles.

Adelle, Dominic, and Boyd are all played really well, I think. Reed Diamond seems to be popular from elsewhere, but this is the only tv show I've seen him on.