Re: Joss Whedon's Dollhouse

In article <13isqkt38lk4of7@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
"Michael Koblic" <mkoblic@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> spake thusly:

> Is it just me or has "The Office" jumped the shark?

I also thought it was down a few notches since they finally brought
Jim and Pam together.  That said, even post Jim+Pam, it's still
funnier than most other comedies.

> Even JW's direction could not inject the amount of humour which was
> present in abundance in the series 1-3. I thought they erred in
> going to 1 hour episodes where the same amount of funny material was
> diluted by a factor of 2, but the 1/2 hour episodes have not been
> much better.

I think the 1-hour eps are really supposed to be two half-hour eps
back to back.  There is usually a big ****ft in focus around the
mid-point, right where the ep change should be.  Perhaps the big
early-season burst of The Office is one mechanism to cope with the
upcoming writers' strike?

- Morty