Dr. Horrible's Sing-A-Long Blog (whaaaa?)

Glitch Girl · June 30, 2008, 09:58:25 AM

http://www.drhorrible.com/

Apparently this is going to be an internet mini series that will air for a limited time in July (starting July 15th to be exact)

Why should you care?

Well...

Apaprently this is Joss Whedon's latest project,a supervillain musical.

Color me intrigued.

There are also a few familiar faces involved in the project, but I leave them for you to discover. There's a "Master Plan" on the site that semi-sorta explains everything, plus a trailer that explains even less. Still, looks goofy and possibly entertaining (and rather low budget, but hey isn't that one of the main ingredients in good camp?) We shall see I guess.

BWPS · June 30, 2008, 11:26:52 AM

I was sold the second I saw Barney Stinson. NPH is hilarious.

lugaru · June 30, 2008, 03:06:10 PM

I'll say what I alway say... "why not?"

If it's good I'll watch, if not I'll just ignore it.

Now on some level it I expected it to be like Doktor Sleepless but that's extremely unlikely. Still I got some vibe...

Glitch Girl · July 02, 2008, 07:55:42 PM

Dark Horse Presents posted a tie-in comic featuring Captain Hammer.

My, isn't he a charmer. ;)

UnkoMan · July 03, 2008, 12:15:03 AM

Hilarious! I am definitely interested.

Glitch Girl · July 14, 2008, 08:43:02 AM

Reminder: Tomorrow is launch day. Fingers crossed.

EDIT: Just saw episode 1. Takes a bit to get to the songs, but they're good ones. (the freeze ray song is probably my favorite of the lot) Looking forward to parts 2 and 3

"It's curtains for you! Lacey... wafting... curtains." -Captain Hammer

UnkoMan · July 15, 2008, 07:34:49 AM

A wonderful world of lovable losers. I'm definately going to continue watching.

Alaric · July 15, 2008, 08:17:07 AM

Haven't been able to connect today.

Glitch Girl · July 15, 2008, 09:55:49 AM

Apparently the server's being hammered. There're a few notes on it on http://www.doctorhorrible.net

Midnight · July 15, 2008, 04:32:53 PM

It's up now. It's. Odd.

MJB · July 15, 2008, 07:50:36 PM

I enjoyed it. :thumbup:

-MJB

Podmark · July 15, 2008, 08:25:41 PM

Blargh can't get in yet :(

bredon7777 · July 15, 2008, 09:27:26 PM

My ONLY complaint is that they didn't have the words on the bottom so we could, y'know- sing along?

Alaric · July 16, 2008, 09:33:22 AM

Heh.

My only complaint is that it's not a regular, on-going series...

Ajax · July 16, 2008, 10:00:07 PM

Second episode is up and the final song is greatness. Is it wrong that I'm loving this?

MJB · July 16, 2008, 10:09:42 PM

Bah! Beat to the punch by Ajax!

The second episode was great. Lots of funny lines. Some catchy tunes and a cliffhanger that leaves me itchin' for part 3.

"Billy? Your driving a spork into your leg."
"So I am. Hilarious."

-MJB

GogglesPizanno · July 16, 2008, 10:34:48 PM

I am utterly enthralled...
Its fantastic.
Its like the evil Peter Parker scene...only so much better.

MJB · July 16, 2008, 10:46:20 PM

I just want to know when NPH became so awesome?

-MJB

catwhowalksbyhimself · July 16, 2008, 10:46:30 PM

It's fun, it's original, and it's well done.

GogglesPizanno · July 16, 2008, 11:06:34 PM

QuoteI just want to know when NPH became so awesome?

Honestly, I'd say when he took the role as himself in Harold and Kumar go to White Castle and started tweaking with his image and breaking with the Doogie Howser thing in a really funny self referential way. He's turned his "anti Neil Patrick Harris" persona into an art form.

MJB · July 17, 2008, 12:52:36 AM

Quote from: GogglesPizanno on July 16, 2008, 11:06:34 PM
QuoteI just want to know when NPH became so awesome?

Honestly, I'd say when he took the role as himself in Harold and Kumar go to White Castle and started tweaking with his image and breaking with the Doogie Howser thing in a really funny self referential way. He's turned his "anti Neil Patrick Harris" persona into an art form.

You could be right. I don't know what has turned NPH into a awesome star that is full of awesomeness.

"Oh, goodness. Look at my wrist, I gotta go."

"But what about your clothes?"

"I don't love these, see ya!" *leaves*

-MJB

Glitch Girl · July 17, 2008, 06:13:22 AM

"...apparently the LAPD and Captain Hammer are among our viewers."
:D

I am so loving this. Must get DVD and lyric sheet asap.

The cowboy chorus is a riot.

bredon7777 · July 17, 2008, 06:22:50 PM

Must get mp3's.

Singing "Brand New Day" all day. :)

Cant wait for part 3

Alaric · July 17, 2008, 08:55:03 PM

It's great. I'll be sad when it's over.

Podmark · July 17, 2008, 09:02:06 PM

Was a little meh on the first one but the second one totally won me over.

Favorite part: "These aren't the hammer...."

lugaru · July 18, 2008, 04:01:09 AM

really like this so far, I hope it is a success for them.

Ajax · July 18, 2008, 09:16:55 PM

[spoiler]Woh. What a downer ending.[/spoiler]

catwhowalksbyhimself · July 18, 2008, 09:52:32 PM

[spoiler]Yeah, the ending surprised me too, but it basically turns the whole thing into an origin story, as the wanna be villain, but still basically average guy is transformed by this tragedy into a real, evil, comic book villain. It's quite depressing, but it brings it back to its comic book roots. The whole thing feels like an old fashioned villain origin story.[/spoiler]

MJB · July 18, 2008, 09:55:09 PM

Loved the ending. Didn't see it coming at all.

-MJB

catwhowalksbyhimself · July 18, 2008, 10:06:45 PM

I mean, how else was it supposed to end? Any other way wouldn't have felt right.

[spoiler]Dr. Horrible quitting his evil career? Penny being okay with it? Nothing else actually makes a whole lot of sense. It caught me by surprise, but it really was the only way to end it.[/spoiler]

EDIT: I was reading an interview, and Josh said he got a paniced call from his webhost shortly after it went live that they recorded 1000 people trying to log on in a single second.

After the website got back up (amazing it was done so fast, since they completely relocated to a new server) they were getting 200,000 hits an hour.

Pretty successful, I would say.