The first episode of Dollhouse really impressed me, because I did not really expect anything amazing since the show was cancelled so early. The concept of it reminded me of this one movie (forgot the title) wherein all people had robot counterparts to live out their lives for them, because these robots were capable of doing virtually anything and everything that normal mortals couldn’t do. This concept was just a little bit different in the sense that these “robots” (for lack of a better word) were made to be hired for specific tasks. A personality could be downloaded into each of them, making it easy to manipulate the traits and skills needed for the assignment. I really like this series and am considering using this for my research paper because of the fact that there are so many moral arguments that can be made based on the whole concept of the show. The morality of creating robots for hire is a very interesting and controversial topic that can be thoroughly discussed in detail, whereas Buffy the Vampire Slayer basically does not have any real moral dilemmas (or at least none that are worth making an entire research paper about.) The biggest issue in Buffy is the slaying of blood-sucking vampires, which cannot possibly be argued as a morality issue of being wrong, unless you say that “vampires are humans too, with equal rights to life.” Yeah, no. The main problem in Dollhouse covers many issues such as religion, role of government, effects on society, etcetera. Overall, I think Dollhouse is a good series to consider for the academic research paper, but I’m still keeping my options open.
I agree that Dollhouse would be a better choice and I chose the same one. There should be some arguments about whether it is a good idea to train these dolls and run the company.
ReplyDeleteI haven't watched the series, but I can imagine that the play is about argument towards whether or not sell dolls to "help" human.
ReplyDeleteI focused more on the moral argument of meddling with human nature and erasing memories of humans to be able to create these "dolls." This can be seen in all kinds of aspects such as the medical, spiritual, or even legal aspects. We have to remember that these dolls are actually humans who have been brainwashed to serve other people.
ReplyDeleteThe moral argument is nearly unbeatable unless you forgo freedom. nice read.
ReplyDeleteDollhouse is a good choice. I like to watch it. Dolls play lots of different rules in this drama, and talkes about this world from different sides. This drama is good for research papeer~~
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