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Fox cancelled Dollhouse today.

Joss Whedon – clearly a man more gracious than I – had this to say over at Whedonesque:

Hmm. Apparently my news is not news.

I don’t have a lot to say. I’m extremely proud of the people I’ve worked with: my star, my staff, my cast, my crew. I feel the show is getting better pretty much every week, and I think you’ll agree in the coming months. I’m grateful that we got to put it on, and then come back and put it on again.

I’m off to pursue internet ventures/binge drinking. Possibly that relaxation thing I’ve read so much about. By the time the last episode airs, you’ll know what my next project is. But for now there’s a lot of work still to be done, and disappointment to bear.

Thank you all for your support, your patience, your excellent adverts. See you again. -j.

I say this:

First Firefly, now this.

SUCK IT FOX.  YOU’RE DEAD TO ME.

Meanwhile in related news, dripping bags of SHIT like Heroes and American Idol are still somehow polluting TV screens all over America.

I hope Whedon takes this opportunity to move into New Media and explore delivering his usual top notch content directly to viewers.  He’ll make a shitload of money and maybe traditional content providers like Fox will realize what a mistake they made.  Listen to the man himself talk about it:

I caught about 30 minutes of the new ABC Sci-Fi remake of “V”.

The Good: Somehow ABC managed to put Tom Baldwin from The 4400, Wash from Firefly and Inara from Firefly into one show.  (Joel Gretsch, Alan Tudyk and Morena Baccarin for you sticklers for “real life” facts).

The Not So Good: Everything is so damn bright and clean.  I realize its not fair to judge after only a half hour of watching, but this is Shiny Sci-Fi.  The kind where everyone is good looking and everything is shiny and clean and its safe to watch with your kids.  At least, that’s my 30 minute impression.  I’ll finish this one and then give it a few more episodes before I see if it hooks me or not.

As much as the third and fourth seasons of Battlestar Galactica made me want to bite Ron Moore in the face, for a while it was the best thing on television and it set the standard (for me at least) as to what “grown up” sci-fi could be.

The Truly Awful: Morena Baccarin’s hair.  Witness the horror:

I know, I know.  She’s Inara from Firefly and like a good Joss Whedon fanboy, I’m supposed to shutup and not say anything bad about actors and actresses from the “Whedonverse”.

But seriously, look:

Can’t tell them apart, can you?  That haircut makes her look like a friggin’ Sleestak, right?  I don’t know if they are going for this look because she’s an alien or what but something is just not right there.  Why did they not go with the long haired Morena?

I’ll give V a chance but this is a pretty big strike against the show if you ask me.

Sleestaks are so 1970′s.