Dr. Horrible

Hmm... didn't really like the last act. Dr. Horrible's character change seemed really rushed. The songs were still pretty good, though.
 
At first I didn't like the ending. Then I watched it again, and the more I think about, I'm pretty sure I love it now....?

What we got was the origin of a classic, textbook villain. Just like poor Billy said, "The world is a mess and I just... need to rule it."

Awesome little jewel of a show, hope we get more of this.
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Warren Ellis posted this about the good doctor:
The Guts Of Dr Horrible said:
So, Dr Horrible, then.

I only watched the end of it,
because, as much as I love Joss, I hate musicals.


Musical comedy makes my balls itch, frankly.

And
no-one wants that.



But it was a lovely little production.

Neil Patrick
Harris and Nathan Fillion are always watchable,
and some of the non-musical gags were inspired.



Not interested in the fanwank about the ending,
nor in Dr Steel losing his ****, so don't even
think about bringing me any of that.

You'll go
right into the spam filter.



Most interesting to me, though, are the guts of
the idea.

Joss Whedon blowing his savings
account on staging a 45-minute serial for the
internet (that will doubtless prove to be i2dvd --
internet to dvd -- apologies once again to Bill
Cunningham for perverting his "d2dvd" coinage).



I was crapping away in the website the other day
about the ratio of linkblogs to people actually
producing original content.

And then Joss blows
a couple hundred grand on not only producing a
bit of original content with unusually high
production values, but also an Internet Event.

It
was free to view if you attended within a stated
time window. It was in fact Appointment Internet.



And while there are elements of the project that
only someone of Joss' position could pull off --
the money, the cast, the values, etc etc etc --
I think there are still lessons to be taken from it
that apply broadly.

Not least of which are, Be
Short, Be Bold, and Get It Done.



I can't tell you how many new hopeful comics
writers I meet who have never finished anything
in their lives because their intended first project
is a hundred-episode epic that creates a whole
new universe or three.

And I tell them all the
same thing: you're screwed. No-one will want it.


Not until you've written something short, capable
of being produced on a budget, and finished.


Your epic may be worldchanging, but no-one will
ever know because no publisher will gamble that
kind of money on an unknown.

And that's before
you get to the vagaries of the attention economy.



Production values are nice, but not necessary to
producing compelling work.

People gave Dr
Horrible 15 mins because it's Joss, but five minutes
is a great length for net video.

500 words, 5
pages, whatever. Be short. Be great.



And if you can get an evil horse in there, that'd
be good, too.



-- W
cool beans.
 
saw the first ep. thought it was pretty good. like the music. and Doogie Howser can sing, who knew.
 
Im a fan of all three episodes. Not seeing what all the fuss over the end is about. Anyone who has ever seen anything Whedon has done should have seen it coming. Also, all the feminist brou-ha-ha is a bunch of bs. Its a 45-minutes internet video. Chill out people.

Gotta say, Dr. Hammer's Everyone's A Hero in Their Own Way is the best song of the bunch.
 
i thought NPH did a good job singing as well as Capt. Hammer. another good webseries is Dorm Life. u can check it out on hulu as well.
 
"Oh my goodness, look at my wrist. I have to go."

"I'm Dr. Horrible. I have a PhD in horribleness."

"Do I even know you?"

"I want to be an achiever. Like Bad Horse."
"The thoroughbreed of sin?"

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

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