Blog 4 Doll house

I chose to watch the first episode of Dollhouse for this blog. When it started I was kind of confused at what was going on, but by the end I completely understood the whole concept, which was very cool. At first I thought the idea to implant complete memories and made up lives into someone was a good one.  That person could be good at many things and could be given great memories to make them happy and help others a lot. For example, in this episode the main character, Echo, has a date with someone and she seems to be enjoying herself very much. She loses this memory when she is called back to her handler to wipe her mind, but while she is on the date she is having a great time and so is the guy she is out with. She also becomes the ultimate “hostage negotiator” when a man’s daughter is kidnapped and he needs help with negotiating the transaction. She was given memories of many different people to make her into an expert and the best person for the job. The drawback for memory implanting is that the person who receives the memories has to go through a very painful process and is essentially “murdered.” They lose all the memories of their previous life and the person they were is gone forever. They are basically zombies after their minds are wiped and until they receive new memories. If not for this, the idea would be very good and extremely helpful to many people.