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The blog was awesome. I was damned surprised by the ending but it was perfect.

Loved it. Waiting for each installment was a tiny torture.

Repeating what I dropped into another comment
thread...

This was truly awesome. And I am NPH's bitch.

Do me, Doogie.

Aw, I'm so glad this was reviewed here. Of course, I shouldn't have been surprised.

But when's the review for Beast With a Billion Backs coming out?

I loved it a ton and told everyone I thought might possibly be interested about it.
I do have to say, though, that I hate that it's only available on ITunes currently. I will be waiting with bated breath for the DVD-that-is-maybe-coming-soon.

Dr. Horrible is awesome, but Moist is a legend. And let's not forget Bad Horse.

THANK YOU!

*goes to read review*

hey! I saw a vagina!! I actually see one every morning, my own, when I do my bide, which only makes my vagina very european and very classy. maybe not. well anyhow I haven't been to a comicon yet so i dont know if that makes me a true browncoats cause I'm a very obsessive person but I tend to get scared of people as obsessed as me.

and like the good parent I will never be, I would be proud to let joss ruled the world. as long as the world promise to not ruin him like they did with coldplay

While DH'sS-AB was a giant leap forward for Web-based entertainment, somehow as a whole the experience left me more than a little "meh."

I love Whedon, I adore Fillion and will watch anything he does, and I have recently become one of NPH's many bitches (guy is twelve kinds of awesome, full stop)--yet this little web experiment was lacking something for me, somehow.

I can't put my finger on it...though the songs here were several cuts above the usual musical drool, I cordially detest musicals, so there may be a built-in prejudice at work. I think my main problem is with the jarring change in tone between Episodes I, II, and most of III--and then the last few minutes.

All in all, I'd call it a success, but I'd like to see more of these (web-based entertainment productions, I mean), because I think there's a lot of room for improvement.

But if Whedon does decide to show us more of the Dr. Horrible universe, the next installment needs to be about Moist. He's awesome.

I am anxiously awaiting the soundtrack. I have never watched any of the Whedon shows, but I love Dr. Horrible. I wanted to give him a hug. I especially love "It's a beautiful day, and you're going to die".

Eee, I am happy now.

It's been my mission over the past week to get as many people to watch it as possible, and managed to introduce it to about 130 people today (go film lectures!). I wonder if there's a Browncoat point system for that sort of thing...

God I'm such a geek.

(Also, am I the only one who totally wants to see the rest of the Evil League of Evil in action? Dead Bowie, Fury Leika, and Fake Thomas Jefferson? I must know what they can do.)

Wow - Damn, was that good. I love Whedon's attention to detail - everything about the show was so tight. And NPH and Fillion, and the music, and the thoroughbred of sin... Sigh...

I've got a word for you: Legen (wait for it) dary!

It was great. I loved it. I understand that the tone of the very ending was a bit different than what proceeded, but I really liked it. That's some good, ole fashioned Whedon for you, a hell of a lot of funny with a gut punch or two of drama/feeling mixed in.

The whole thing was like Dr. Horrible's origin story. There needed to be something tragic to make him the horrible Evil League of Evil villian he is today.

I am not the Hammer...

The Hammer is my penis.

I guess I broke the rules because I watched episodes 1 and 2 for free on Youtube, and the audio wasn't completely in synch with the video (yeah, I'm cheap). And I do NOT like musicals. And I still really enjoyed it. Fillion is great and NPH -- well, if he keeps doing stuff like this, he'll be on Pajiba's "top 10 most bangeliscious celebrities" list next year for sure. He already has my vote.

Having said that, I don't know that it warrants quite the level of panegyric praise that Dustin heaps on it here. He might unwittingly bury it under too high expectations.

Somehow, Whedon has managed to consistently put out superior films despite catering to a fanbase...

I saw what you did there.

... and Whedon is still my abusive boyfriend.

I have to say, Dr. Horrible might be my favorite fan-ish thing of the summer so far. It was so delightful and touching and like you said, AWESOME!!

Dustin, really enjoyed your review, but the last paragraph made me sad. There are plenty of cool Whedon fans who are happy to share him, and have seen vaginas. (Or possess them.)

One is a Whedonite if one loves all things Whedon.

One is a Browncoat if one only loves Firefly/Serenity and not Buffy and Angel.

One can be both a Whedonite and a Browncoat at the same time.

And I have never been to Comicon and I have a vagina. And I do the weird stuff but only with my non-Whedonite, non-Browncoat husband.

Ahem. Whedon also caters to fans who have vaginas, thankyouverymuch.

I loved Sing-a-long Blog right up until the final four or so minutes, when it suddenly veered off into a direction not even hinted at in the preceding forty--and since the joy of the Blog was then sucked out of it, I haven't quite known what to feel.

Damn Joss and his making you care.

While I enjoyed the hell out of parts of it (Fillion's introduction and the cowboy singers), I stand with those who found it all a bit underwhelming.

I don't feel like money was wasted, but I just don't see the masterpiece some of which you speak.

The kind of songs you'd put on a mix-tape for that perfect girl you want to someday win over by developing a freeze way that stops ... the world.

Freeze RAY, sir.

Melody, "it's a brand new day, the sun is high, all the birds are singing that you're gonna die."

And ajax19, "these (gestures with fists) are not the hammer...(long beat)...The hammer is my penis."

Can you tell I've watched this too many times? I'm a musical theatre lover and actress, and this is amazing. I'm trying my hardest to get into the next segment he creates. May Godtopus be with my pathetic submission letter, reel, headshot and resume to Joss. And if I succeed, may the readers of Pajiba have mercy on me. :-)

"it's a brand new day, the sun is high, all the birds are singing that you're gonna die."

My husband has been singing this since he watched the thing. It is such a happy song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILObfEzX92k

The above link's provided for anyone who, like me, is obsessed with the song "Brand New Day / You're Gonna Die." (Whatever it's called.) SHINY NEW AUSTRALIA!

I was really surprised to see a review of this on Pajiba, but it would've been a shame not to spread the word of this bit of gold amid the load of crap. Every time I hear Joss Whedon's name, I just think, "Oh, yeah. Buffy, Angel, whatever," and go about my business. This really has me taking notice of him and wondering if I was wrong in dissing his series .. es. (Is there a plural of "series"?)

Also, if you adore Felicia Day, then you should look up her other series on YouTube: The Guild. No singing, but you can't stop yourself from loving her passive Codex.

I so enjoyed this show/blog/entertainment vehicle; even with the turn at the end. It somehow seemed very appropriate for a Joss-written piece.

Separately, I watched all three episodes at once on the same day that I first saw NPH's Old Spice commercial. The man certainly can bring the funny.

...the hammer is my penis...

THE HAMMER IS MY PENIS!!!!

that is all

Two things...

1. I don't know if it's an error or a sentence flow thing, but Maurissa Tancharoen is Jed's fiancee.

2. If you get a season pass on iTunes, it's only $4!

But if Whedon does decide to show us more of the Dr. Horrible universe, the next installment needs to be about Moist. He's awesome.

I personally want to learn the back story of Bad Horse. If Whedon can find time away from raping his wife, he should totally create a prequel.

Speaking as a non-Whedonite and not-previously-much-of-a-fan-of-Nathan Fillion, I was ever so pleasantly surprised. Doogie was kinda cute and a decent singer, and NF was a damned riot; by far my favorite character. Maybe because I'm a girl, even though Felicia Day had moments of cuteness, I just wanted to throttle her character from the get-go. Alls well that ends well!

"If Whedon can find time away from raping his wife, he should totally create a prequel."

[snortle]

I loved this. It was free, so I watched it several times. The songs were so catchy (I'm still humming them) and really progressed the story forward.

At first I was disappointed in the ending, but then I realized that it was the only ending that made sense. He's beaten his nemesis (who will live to fight him another day); he's gotten into the Evil League of Evil; and now he has a reason to really be evil.

There were some bits that I thought could have been done differently or better, but given what they were doing, with a small budget and one week, I think it was great. Personally, I'm waiting for the DVD to come out, as I've heard that the commentary is going to be a musical, too.

Oh, and MOIST is the best supervillain ever. I wished they had done more with his character. Just think, which supervillain name makes you cringe the most?

The Joker, The Penguin, The Riddler, Moist.

Yeah, I thought so.

For those surprised at the quality of made for internet video check out Penny's (Felicia Day) site watchtheguild.com. It doesn't have the production values of DHSaB but it's funny as hell if you have any background with online games.

God damn it. I'm not a Whedon fan, and I'm a musical theatre (yes, 're,' not 'er') snob, so i was dead set against even admitting this thing existed.

Now you go and tell me that Neil Patrick Harris is in it.

Damn you, sir. Damn you to hell.

While I love Dustin's review, because I *heart* Dustin and he's an amazing writer, I also have to agree on the slightly-less-than-perfect-ness of the reviewed item. Actually, I think Jerce (comment 9) sums up how I feel about it to a tee. (Although unlike him I have a life-long built in love of musicals.) Don't get me wrong, I damn near thoroughly enjoyed it; but I do think that the change in tone was a bit extreme.

I will, however, be first on line for the alleged DVD. The songs are awesome, and I use the word in the biblical sense. And overall it was super fun, and I love Fillion and someday I will have NPH's gay babies. And also Joss' misogynistic wife-beating babies. Also, I found Felicia Day quite endearing, even though I found her very annoying as a Potential. Although perhaps that was just the character.

I am a Whedonite. (Thanks for the definitions, me.)

Moist. Heh.

I enjoyed this more than the Dark Knight and will be buying the DVD.

"Four sweatervests!"

Maybe I've been spending a little too much time around here, but parts of this cracked my shit up because it made me think of certain Pajibans. The pie analogy made me think of Sarina flipping off her screen just hearing it and Captain Hammer's "FOUR SWEATER VESTS!" made me think of TK.

Favorite lines:

"He'll make you his mare."

"It's curtains for you Dr. Horrible. Lacy, gently wafting curtains."

"At my most badass I just make people want to take a shower."

"I just might sleep with the same girl twice. I hear the second time you get to do the weird stuff."

And the line that made me snort tea all over my keyboard and laugh so hard I had to rewind to listen to the Brand New Day song:

"These are not the hammer. The hammer is my penis."

The only thing I would disagree with here, Dustin, is that "L'il Pimp" was actually the greatest web content ever in its original release as webisodes, funnier by half than Dr. Horrible.

However, I will forever laugh at the line, "we have a problem with her".

Because I need to uphold my street cred as a hipster, I cannot bring myself to watch it. I must dislike everything that is cool and only enjoy obscure forms of entertainment (unless they are discovered). I swim in a bath of ironic tees, buy only organic foods from my local Farmer's Market, and play video games on an old-school Atari. My thick rimmed black glasses weigh over a half-pound. I wear ill-fitting second hand clothes and haven't worn shorts or brand-name shoes since eighth grade. I smoke Virginia Slims. I will die old and alone and surrounded by my poems about corporate America and musings on a culture obsessed with material goods and celebrity.

In other words, I haven't had the time to watch it yet and will do so as soon as the opportunity allows.

RE: 4 Sweater Vests

There were times, while watching Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, that I had a feeling the jokes were aimed directly at Pajibans. There were others, but I can't remember them all now.

Awesome in the biblical sense

Heh. [updates lexicon]

I absolutely loved Act 1 and Act 2 and thought NPH completed Stage 2 of his career revival by demonstrating fantastic comic timing and an emotive singing voice. Despite the show being a musical, Dr. Horrible's spoken video blog entries were the crown jewels of the production -- just incredibly well-written comedic introspections.

Act 3 really took me off-guard; I watched it a couple of times and liked it more the second time, but it was quite an adjustment from the first two. Overall, a great achievement, and [minor, vague spoiler] I liked not having a pat fairy tale ending.

Stuff like the oddly enormous armchair in the 'You're going to die' song cracks my shit up. An homage to Lilly Tomlin perhaps?

How pissed am I that I missed the last free showing of part 3 by only a few hours. Drat! Foiled again!

I watched it for free on drhorrible.com when it was there. I was really impressed with the clarity and resolution. I haven't seen much on hulu, but dang that was pretty good.

The Pajiba reviews/comments of the Big Bang Theory have been less than stellar, but you can catch the guy who played Moist on that show too (and it's a good show, IMO).

p.s. Loved that Bad Horse was an actual horse.

OK, i just went to the Dr Horrible site and was browsing the T-shirts they have for sale. 90% of them are stocked out. Hopefully that's translating into huge iTunes sales and even huger DVD sales so Joss will want to do another one.

Goodness! Look at my wrist, gotta go!

Re: the weird way it all ended, I read a comment somewhere else (yes, I occasionally look at other websites; it's my life; don't you judge me) that has kinda stuck in my mind. The gist of it was

* SSSPPPOOOOOOOOIIIIIIILLLLLLERRRRRRRRR *

Why couldn't the exploding ray gun have killed Captain Hammer instead of Penny? See, then Dr. H. would have killed someone, thereby earning his place in the League; and also, he'd have saved Penny from Capt. H, but Penny would hate Dr. H's guts for it because he's, well, horrible; so the story could have ended with Dr. H getting part of what he wanted but still pining for Penny and continuing to try to win her affection.

* END SSSPPPOOOOOOOOIIIIIIILLLLLLERRRRRRRRR *

The more I think that over, the more I think it's the kind of ending I would have preferred to see.

SPOILER:

Jerce: That was the ending I was expecting, so I really liked that there was a twist and I didn't get that ending. Besides, I secretly liked that Penny was the one killed. Besides, I want more Capt. Hammer and the penis of death.

and play video games on an old-school Atari

Sorry, Skitt, me and my family does this...you're gonna have to stop.

I am a Whedonite, and a Browncoat, and I have not seen this. I'm sorry...it's been a hectic week for me, and I haven't gotten around to it. I'm super excited, though, and I will definitely remedy that tonight.

You have to wonder, though...if Joss and company lurk on this site, if only occasionally. I mean, I know Nathan and Jewel are active on their myspaces.

Ummm...hi? I love you?

Besides, I want more Capt. Hammer and the penis of death.

And his deltoids of compassion.

Here I sit, flexing my deltoids of compassion, and I regret to say that the ending --the shocking twist-- was ruined for me. I didn't get to have the breath stealing moment of "Aw, shit!" that everyone else I know got to experience.

But, everyone I know told me of their sudden surprise, and then the realization moment: "Oh, yeah. This is Joss. It's what he does."

Although he (sadistically!) likes to kill the significant other, everyone was still caught off guard.

So, all in all, I feel cheated. If anyone knows of a Memory Eraser Ray--hook me up.

Hey, would I be a jerk if I mentioned that Betsy Russell was the one who rode the horse topless in Private School, not Phoebe Cates? It was a pretty major event of my youth.

I hope Dr. Horrible returns...

You know, the more i think about it, the more i wish I had watched it again while it was available on the website. I guess Ill have to learn this whole iTunes thingie, huh?
I think I need at least one more sit-through to determine how I actually feel about it, but theoretically, it probably is a perfect ending.

SPOILER
If he had killed Capt. H instead, who would he have a rivalry with? A supervillain is better off having a dead crush and someone to hate for it than a dead arch nemesis and an unrequited crush. Plus, Penny was kind of a weenie.
END SPOILER

Anyway, I'd like to see some of the abs of kindness, myself.

I do get the problems with the proposed "alternate ending." I only meant that the suggested ending would have been more in keeping with the tone of the rest of the story than the ending we got. It was just so grim, after all that cuteness and witty dialogue and...songishness.

I hate musicals, generally. Because I don't like songs happening for no damn reason other than the fact that, hey, this is a musical.
This doesn't apply to Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
This rule doesn't apply to Dr. Horrible because I watched it a thousand times while it was free and then actually GAVE MONEY TO ITUNES to download it. Because I have to be able to watch it whenever I want and I LOVE the duet at the beginning of Act II. Did anyone else suddenly find themselves singing that one and switching between parts? No? Just me?

I was just so impressed by everything, the comedic timing was perfect. The lines were fucking funny. The actors were dead on. Even the ending, which annoyed me at first, made sense the longer I ruminated. I even loved the blinking/tic that NPH did for the character. Okay, must go watch again.

Only because I am in a not so nice mood today:

A big ol' can of FUCK YOU to all you musicals snobs.

And I mean it.

Nothing cheers me up more than My Fair Lady and bottle of whiskey.

Yes, Dr. Horrible is awesome. Although I've only seen the first installment.

I can't stand to watch My Fair Lady because of Hepburn's awful, terrible, ear-bleeding Cockney accent (the rest of the movie is great). However, I always enjoy a cheese-tastic viewing of Hello, Dolly!

Dustin, finally, some love for the doctor. Perfect? No. Awesome? Damn straight. I sat down ladyhelmet, brohelmet(MD*) and his wife and made them watch it. The ending caught them off-guard, and yeah guys act 3 didn't have quite the same flow to it, it's almost like they ran out of film or time or something. What I felt was missing was a stronger female character - I was quite disappointed [redacted] was the cannon-fodder but accept that it's Joss's way.

Jerce, I'd love to see your alternate ending made, hopefully it's on the DVD which I'm definitely getting. I hate musicals as a whole but this one gets a lifetime pass for so many reasons. boo - are these anti-musical snobs, or music majors? Because if you're a musical fan, you must have been dropped on your head repeatedly as a child. Musicals as a whole just suck, everyone should know that.

"Everyone's a hero in their own way, in their own not that heroic way."

people you can't say you are a film lover and not love musical, you can hate bad musical, I personally have a dedicated hatred for andrew loyd webber and all that crap, I hate hair and grease. But people vincet minnelli? fred astaire? if you love movies you love good movies, taste have his own reason but if you watch an american in paris and your heart doesn't melt while you vagina gets all moist you have no soul.

lordhelmet, I probably was dropped on my head as a child (I don't know for sure; my parent's are staying mum) but that has nothing to do with my love of musicals. And I like musicians.

But I like death metal too, so you know, I have to balance it out.

[vigorous fist pump]
MUSICALS ROCK! LONG LIVE MUSICALS!!

Beeee-atches.

boo, you can have them. What the hell, I won't even begrudge you your pleasures - somebody's gotta give music majors something to aspire to. But I also hold that genre responsible for Mamma Mia and all sorts of other self-justifying trend-based shit.

Say, does one need a knowledge of Buffy to properly enjoy Once More With Feeling?

I'm a staunch Whedonite but I was a bit underwhelmed. It's mostly because I just don't like or get musicals. Wrapping my head around the point of randomly breaking out into song is as hard for me as understanding Calculus or why people still think Family Guy is funny.

NPH and Nathon were their usual brilliant selves. It was funny and tragic at times. But something was missing. Maybe Whedon has put the bar so high that my mind can't get to it. It just wasn't my thing.

Damnit! I found out about this the other day and spent about three hours trying to find somewhere to watch it. Not iTunes, I'm not American enough. No one's put the whole thing on YouTube that I can find. Britain's nice an' all, but you guys do seem to get everything that's awesome first.

Guess I'll have to sit here in this pool of bitter jealousy until they license it for the UK...

You people say you are Whedonites AND surprised by the ending?

I don't see how that is possible.

It was OK, not amazing and definitely not surprising.

No love for Bad Horse's cowboy messengers?

That was my favorite part! I loved it all, but when the 3 cowboys showed up, I just smiled.

The Thoroughbred of Sin!

Pssst, apparently it's still available at whedontube.com. (Thank God, because I'd missed the 3th act and iTunes couldn't figure out that someone from outside America would want to buy it. Tsk.)

And yes, it was AWESOME. :D

I watched it for free, but I'm waiting to buy the DVD. Two words: Sung. Commentary.

I can't believe that all of you people who say you like movies all hate musicals.

Damn sad.

I can't believe that all of you people who say you like movies all hate musicals.

Did I say "hate"? I did not. I said "cordially detest." There are several musicals I can sit through, and there are several individual songs from musicals which I quite like. I do not care for the form as a storytelling method. It's too contrived and clumsy for my tastes.

Some (by no means all) of you musical lovers seem to think that those of us who disagree with you have lost our movie-fan "cred" by so doing. But I don't see any musical haters declaring that we should disregard your opinions--so grow up a little, okay?

I am so glad for this review, I am going straight home after work to put on my P.J.'s and enjoy the hell out of this. Probably several times. (Go ahead and insert "moist" joke here, with NPH-my trapper keeper lover from way back, AND NF, it's just so very appropriate.)

In case you all don't recall, the musical episode of Buffy was also awesome in the biblical sense, and I have been waiting for Joss to bring out more of the musical lurking inside. Once More With Feeling indeed!

And for the record:

80% Browncoat
20% Whedonite
100% Vagina
Comic-Con regular ('cept this year)

Grr-ness. I was away when this aired free, without internet priveliges, and now it is only available in the US iTunes store, which I do not have the technical savvy to crack into from Australia. Blah.

I'm suffering major Dr. Horrible withdrawal. Unfortunately, I watched at least once a day during the free time, but I don't think this computer gets iTunes stuff, and I don't have one of those nifty video iPods (Or any iPod, since old Pinky Shuffle died). I need this to be on DVD right now!

LordHelmet, re:

Say, does one need a knowledge of Buffy to properly enjoy Once More With Feeling?

No. The musical episode rocks (and also folks, and has a bit of retro-pastiche) w/o you being immersed in all things Sunnydale. Actually I think it is more accessible to n00bs than other episodes.

Although there are layers and layers of acting challenges that - er - layer in with the back, forward and current entanglement stories, the episode quite stands on its own. Buy the premise, buy the bit. Indeed, having songs allows exposition via the lyrics that would otherwise have to be carried by action or - um - acting, either of which one might not get.

For example in the first song in OMwF, "Going Through the Motions", Buffy sings about her angst with her place in this particular world & moment. W/o the lyrics this might not be so obviously angst-y, sans mythology. As another example, Anya is brilliant as the loopy & literal girl who is 30 degrees off of plumb - a staple in lots of old movies. You'll get the humor w/o needing to know that she's loopy & literal because she is a former vengeance demon. The in-jokes referring to the mythology or previous episodes are actually a layer on top of their intrinsic jokey-ness.

Hinton Battle is brilliant as the guest-villian, too. Perfect.

Oh man. I love OMwF. Such a great episode. "Your toes are kind of hairy." "This is my verse, hello?"

And thanks a fucking lot. I just got the Dr Horrible soundtrack out of my head. After two days. This is turning into the new Rent for me.

Such a great little show.. I need more Dr. Horrible. More NPH, I say!

Well, I'm very glad it was free.

There was nothing particularly wrong with it, but I felt the need to check my watch a couple of times during watching. The vlog posts were great, as was the ending; I just wonder how tenable the adora-cute blogging will be with an actually horrible Dr. Horrible. NPH was all flavours of awesome, but NF lost me on this one - he took care of my quota of 'unbearable albeit intentional hammyness' for the next couple of years.

Dude, I thought the ending was perfect! Dr. Horrible's decent into this unfeeling villain was perfect. Without Penny's death a piece of Billy would still remain and I don't think he could even be truly evil with that part of him still holding a candle for her. Even if she hated him and found out who he was, I could still see him pinning, trying to find a way to rule to world to win back her affection.

Nope, for me the ending couldn't have been any different because watching NPH's transformation at the end into truly a member of the ELoE was beautifully done.

Without Penny's death I think Dr. Horrible would have remained a static character and as much as a happy ending would have made everyone go awwwww, that's just not what I look for in the film and tv I watch. I loved the darkness in the end. The fact that now Dr. Horrible doesn't feel anything because of what he lost.

The Hammer is my penis.

Easily the best line EVER! I'm a total Whedonite (and a partial Browncoat) and I loved it. The whole thing was a big ole heap of awesome awesomeness.

danielle, how fucking hard would it be to put a spoiler notice before revealing the surprise ending?? Use your goddamn head, it's that lump three feet above your ass.

Loved, loved, loved it. Even the abrupt ending.

However, I would have preferred Penny's last line to be something different. To redeem the fluffy bunny that she was earlier and fully become the one who was getting tired of Captain Hammer. I mean, she ducked out of his speech. She was already thinking he was an a**hat. Why end with the "he'll save me" crap?

For the most part I love Whedon's female characters, but every once in awhile there are some lines that are off.

Why not? The world needs his saving expertise.

Too bad the character is a rip-off of musician/artist/future world leader Dr.Steel.

Visit http://www.doctorsteelcom and see for yourselves.

I really thought Whedon was creative enough on his own but obviously not. Sad.

Anybody else notice that Dr. Horrible's coat resembles the lab coats from the firefly episode Ariel... and of course the death ray formerly known as Alliance piece o' crap?
The things Joss can do without a budget :)

I liked Dr. Horrible's S.A.B. until Penny got killed at the end. Joss Whedon's overly used trope of killing of women characters has crossed from bordering on misogyny to just plain living it. Is there nothing else he can come up with to "shock" or "wow" his audiences anymore? It's getting damn tired.

The things Joss can do without a budget :)

Did You Know...that the body armor uniforms worn by Alliance soldiers were leftover costumes from Starship Troopers? I knew they looked familiar...

I foolishly waited until I could see the whole thing at once, and now I can't see it at all.

Damn you, iTunes. Damn you to hell.

BANDWAGON!!

"...previously unpublished Stephen King short story...specifically developed to be delivered...to online and mobile phone users."

Of course, thanks to Danielle, now I don't NEED to see it.

Thanks a pantload, danni.

Seriously, all you little Doctor Steel fanboys can piss off.

Doctor Steel isn't the first archetype Mad Scientist/Evil Doer, etc, etc. In fact, I think Dr. Steel is a rip-off of Professor Chaos from South Park.

So there.

Dr. Horrible's story reminded me of Snape's in Harry Potter as well as Elphaba's in Wicked. I love the backstories of villains. It's then that you realize how layered and complex they are in comparison to their hero counterparts.

Some biographical info Constant Reader, b/c I know you care:

-I don't like musicals
-I'm a joss fan, from Buffy to Serenity and back again
-I did not like the Buffy musical episode (see above)
-I haven't an ever-fucking clue what a Browncoat is
-I very much liked Dr. Horrible, despite its musical elements

It took me awhile to warm up to the proceedings, but once NF hit the scene things really started clicking. "The hammer is my penis" and a "Shiny new Australia." Awesome. SPOILER-The ending was jarring but necessary as Dr. H learned the cost of forture and glory. END O' SPOILER.

Good stuff, witty and not overly cute or snarky as I feared going in. I imagine we will see a sequel as is already being reported around the internets. Here's hoping...

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