For those of us who find a Joss Whedon-free TV landscape difficult to face, anything new from his camp is worth celebrating. But this music video for “Remains” — a song by Joss’s brother Jed and wife Maurissa Tancharoen, both long-term members of Whedon’s writing team — is actually well worth watching on its own merits. Fans will recognize the creeping, melancholy track from Dollhouse‘s famously unaired “Epitaph One” episode. And the scenario, which casts Fran Kranz (a.k.a. Dollhouse‘s Topher Brink) as a guy who orders not one but two identical robot girlfriends (Tancharoen), goes surprisingly well with the song. Caitlin Stasey and J.R. Starr also make appearances in this clip, directed by Anton King.
Lately, the writers and creators of some our favorite canceled television series are turning to comics as a way to keep their storylines alive. Joss Whedon has already found success with graphic novel versions of his shows Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Serenity. It was just recently announced that Bryan Fuller is following Whedon’s formula by working on a Pushing Daisies comic.
With all this talk of reviving canceled television shows, we couldn’t help but think of the five shows we’d like to see live on through comic book form. Check them out after the jump.
As Whedon fanatics already stumbling through the five stages of grief already know well, Fox has officially pulled the plug on Dollhouse. We could place the blame on everything from overcomplicated plotting to the limited acting talents of star Eliza Dushku… or we could simply lament TV audiences’ contempt for intelligent programming. But we prefer to heal by looking to the future. As PopWatch put it, the cancellation will “free Whedon from a show that, let’s be frank, was never going to climb out of the hole it was in. Dollhouse had too much viewer attrition and too little network support.”
So, what should Joss Whedon’s next project be? We have a few ideas.
TV Squad has the trailer for JOSS WHEDON’s new FOX series DOLLHOUSE. The whole Sinner/Savior/Lover/Killer set up is more underwhelming season three of HEROES than BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, a creative misstep which might explain why there have been so many rumors about the show getting canceled before it even aired.
Then again, we dig the WEIRD SCIENCE-esque “programmed” secret agent plot and the doe-eyed magic of ELIZA DUSHKU’s blank stare.
Watch it and let us know in the comments if you plan to tune in.
