Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

[ak24]

Internet series created by Joss Whedon, and other people.

Starring: Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion, and Felicia Day

Airdate:
* Part 1 - Tuesday July 15
* Part 2 - Thursday July 17
* Part 3 - Saturday July 19

These episodes will "air" online only until July 20.

Watch episodes here (http://www.drhorrible.com).

Discuss?

[Roxie]

I can't get in :(

[Roxie]

A message from the Dr. Horrible youtube account (http://www.youtube.com/user/doctorhorrible)We done broke the internet. We're switching servers and the site should be up and running again soon. It is available in Canada and internationally, just working on the site. Stay tuned...In the meantime you can download on iTunes, or just wait till we're back up. Thank you!

[Roxie]

Yay! I finally got to see it and it was GREAT!
So awesome, So Joss.

I love when Hammer put his hand up to his head like he's singing in a studio booth! :rofl:

[harper]

I loved the first part. Very cool.

[Roxie]

ACT TWO IS UP NOW!!!

[nanashi]

I love these things. I wish more than 3 are comming out. :/

[Roxie]

Me too!

I love Dr. Horrible's mustache. The music and lyrics are so excellent. I can't wait for the soundtrack.

[Roxie]

Y'all gotta check out the Captain Hammer Comic (http://www.myspace.com/darkhorsepresents?issuenum=12&storynum=2)! Gives great insight to our 'layered' "hero".

[six-eight-ten]

And... I'm going to be travelling this weekend, so I get to miss part 3 and the end dates of airing.

[Roxie]

ACT III (http://www.drhorrible.com/act_III.html) is up!

[harper]

grrr. arggh indeed

[Roxie]

I *love* the ending.
Almost as much as I live the Bad Horse guys!


"The world is screwed up..and I...just need to.......RULE IT!"

[stsparky]

Just bought the season on iTunes. Will buy the DVD.

[Roxie]

I'll be doing that and getting the soundtrack, if at all possible.

[Roxie]

I read in an interview with Joss Whedon that the dvd is going to have all kinds of crazy extras, including musical extras--meaning, extras that are done in musical form!

[ak24]

Watching ACT III right now, and I love David Fury/Marti Noxon cameo already!

[Strant]

I totally love it

[Roxie]

Check out this analysis (http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2008/07/19/blogging-along-with-dr-horribles-sing-along-blog/)

[Roxie]

ONE HOUR LEFT TO WATCH FOR FREE!!

[Roxie]

haha, the credits are great. It lists the members of the Evil League of Evil
professor normal, fake thomas jefferson, tie-die, dead bowie, fury leika, snake bite, and bad horse

[Roxie]

You lucky duckies! Guess what!?

I got an update from Dr. Horrible's Sing-along Blog's myspace and it said "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog may not leave just yet... 8 minutes ago.
Mood: mischievous"

IT IS STILL UP!

[Roxie]

...............bad horse..............................
dead bowie...............fury leika
snake bite................fake Thomas Jefferson
professor normal........tie-die

That's how the ELoE is seated.

[MurphBurger]

personal favs are Dead Bowie and fake Thomas Jefferson (and of course Bad Horse chorus)

[Roxie]

Who doesn't love Fake Thomas Jefferson?
I want to know his story.

[haterllnation]

I have been reading this thread and wondered what the hoopla was about. So, I finally started watching this. I went into it with a "meh" attitude; it's pretty good. I am about to go into Act III.

So far, the beginning and last song for Act II are the two I dig most.

[Roxie]

I think "On the Rise" and "Everything You Wanted" (the very last song) are my favs.

[haterllnation]

Okay, finished all three acts. It was pretty good all around. I wouldn't mind seeing more than just three. I enjoyed it. I liked the very last song in Act III, too (now that I have seen all three).

[Roxie]

Whedon says a sequel is totally possible.


Only, he didn't say "totally" that was all artistic license.

[haterllnation]

It's totally allowed.

I think there has to be more. If it's how it is in my head, Hammer and Horrible won't stop until one of them is dead, given the end. Horrible won't be satisfied and Hammer will either have to destroy who gave him pain/who beat him or will end up being himself and that will upset Horrible (to a point where he would feel Hammer must take a dirt nap more than ever) for forgetting so fast. That's why I think there needs/can be more.

[Mastiker]

Act 2, 1:57. NPH with a mustache. HILARIOUS.

[Roxie]

haha, yes. I love that.
I also love the Bad Horse Chorus (especially during the party-in-slo-mo scene), and how the wonderflonium says "do not bounce" and the finger Captin Hammer gives Dr. Horrible after being unfrozen.

[Firefly]

Watched it today while it was still free. Loved it :D

[Roxie]

Also, NPH's face when he sings "all the cash, all the fame, and social change"

[Roxie]

Well, the free show is over. Head over to itunes for more Dr. Horrible. The season pass is a measly $4. There will also be a dvd released with all crazy kinds of extras. Here's some other things I liked

Captin Hammer doing the "I need be able to hear my own voice better" move
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b58/Roxie21/Capture.jpg

Who's room is this!? Is Moist's or is it the Purple Pimps?
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b58/Roxie21/room.jpg

A bulliten from the myspace
"Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" is still available exclusively on iTunes. Do not fret, we're currently working on the iTunes international situation.



The soundtrack is coming soon, and the DVD will follow. Both will be made available all over the world.

[Roxie]

Interview w/Whedon from the WaPo (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2008/07/18/DI2008071801208_pf.html)

Joss Whedon Talks 'Dr. Horrible,' 'Dollhouse' and More

Joss Whedon
Creator of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "Angel" and "Firefly"
Monday, July 21, 2008; 12:00 PM

Television writer, producer and director Joss Whedon was online Monday, July 21 at Noon ET to take questions about " Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog," his new show "Dollhouse" and more.

A transcript follows.

Whedon is the creator of the TV shows "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "Angel" and "Firefly." "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog," is a musical superhero spoof starring Neil Patrick Harris and Nathan Fillion. It was freely available streaming online through July 20, and will be available for download and on DVD.

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Langley Air Force Base, Va.: I've been reading some criticism (insert audible gasp here!) of "Dr. Horrible" about the lack of a strong, empowered female lead. They claim that Penny is merely a prop for Dr Horrible and Captain Hammer to fight over.

What are your thoughts on that?

Joss Whedon: Hi! Here goes Typomania! If I don't get to a question, forgive. There are many, and I'm dodging the tough ones.

But, yeah, Penny is not the feminist icon of our age. And yes, she does exist in the narrative as part of Doc's fate -- but everyone in the story is there to move the story. Is she less real than Hammer? (Is ANYTHING?) We gave her a cause so she wouldn't JUST be the Pretty Girl but the fact is, neither Doc nor Hammer gives her the attention she deserves -- Doc's crush comes before he has the slightest idea what she cares about. Which is not uncommon. It reminds me of "Sweeney Todd," the Judge and Sweeney singing "Pretty Women" -- a beautiful duet with no insight whatsoever. Just images.

But we shoulda gave her more jokes.

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Stuttgart, Germany: I want, no, I need a sequel! Any chances?

Joss Whedon: It's over! Let it go!

Or, okay.... We'd love to, but it wouldn't be simple and it wouldn't be soon. And frankly, Neil needs to work on his singing. The voice has promise, but...

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Cracow, Poland: How was it to work with family members on "Dr. Horrible"? Did it bring back any childhood memories and long forgotten ways of having fun? Did You create any imaginary worlds and stories while you were kids?

Joss Whedon: I used to make home movies -- elaborate genre studies with (occasionally) scripts and all that, starring Jed and Zack (both of whom were tiny.) And Jed and I did write a couple of ballads when he was in junior high. But we've all done our own thing till now and it was a glorious surprise how much we were all in sync. Plus Jed makes me try harder 'cause his songwriting is (appears) so effortlessly beautiful.

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Angers, France: For the DVD of Dr. Horrible, will it be released in zone zero so all the world can buy it?

Joss Whedon: That's the plan. It's more complicated than we thought, but so were a lot of things before we did this.

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Kuwait: How did you decide who was writing each song and scene? Flip a coin?

Joss Whedon: Some we called dibs on, others we grudgingly accepted as our duty. My Freeze Ray I had already written as the template for the sound.

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Zagreb, Croatia: How come you didn't have a cameo in Dr. Horrible? Or did you?

Joss Whedon: My voice is in it, but shooting was so fast I couldn't take the time to be self-indulgent. I am also hideously disfigured. DON'T LOOK AT ME!! (I have issues.)

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Calgary, Alberta: Any ETA on the CD/DVD?

Joss Whedon: Soon as we can, but definitely in time to make the perfect stocking stuffer! (Why does that sound dirty this time...?)

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Richmond, Va.: Joss,

The device of killing lovable protagonists has long been a hallmark of your work (work that I cherish, I hasten to add). Lately, it seems to happen in almost every story you tell. Do you worry about something as big as a character death taking on a by-the-numbers feel? I know the idea in your work is always to subvert the expected, but what happens when sudden, brutal death becomes predictable?

Joss Whedon: Boy, you kill someone, everyone makes a fuss! Yet I still feel differently about this than what I've done before. It's a tragedy, classically structured. Usually death is meaningless and arbitrary in my work, to reflect life, but this is the old brew. And yes, I have issues. This will come up again, I'm sure.

(I sort of thought I needed to follow this up with zombie horror pic that had a romantic comedy ending -- then I remembered "Shaun of the Dead" already did that. Perfectly.)

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Arlington, Va.: Does The Tick live near Dr. Horrible? Moist totally gives it away.

Joss Whedon: The Tick lives IN Dr. Horrible. Ben Edlund was going to do the piece with us but had to drop out. "Bad Horse" was a character he'd pitched incessantly on "Angel" ("How could he make a radioactive device using only HOOVES?!?!?!?") so I wanted that in, and the first thing Ben pitched for this was Moist. But he had to bail right at the beginning. Much sadness, as he's also a great songwriter. (And has an amazing singing voice. On the serious. Get him to do an album.)

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RE: Sequel: Okay, if no sequel, perhaps a spin-off with "Fake Thomas Jefferson"?

Joss Whedon: Fake Thomas Jefferson is so difficult! He demands to design and build his own trailer. He has an entourage he calls "Congeress" that is HUGE! And his wig kinda smells.

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Worcester, Mass.: How long did Dr. Horrible take to shoot, and how did you approach Neil and Nathan about it? What were their reactions?

Joss Whedon: Six day shoot. I was terrified to ask N&N, but they said yes before I said "hi." I heart them, especially since the six days were grueling.

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Atlanta: What will the humor/drama ratio look like in "Dollhouse," compared to Buffy or Firefly?

Joss Whedon: Less overt humor -- "Dollhouse" is more a real-world piece. But asking me not to make jokes is like asking Monet to lose the lilypads. We've all got our tics.

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Valley Cottage, N.Y.: What's your favorite song from Dr. Horrible? Which are you more pleased with the music for: Dr Horrible or "Once More, With Feeling"?

Joss Whedon: Can't pick a favorite, but when Penny and Doc sing together I a little bit cry.

Can't compare to OMWF. Too close to it.

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Tucson, Ariz.: How much do you love your life right now?

Joss Whedon: I want to marry it.

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New York, N.Y.: Hey Joss, are you aware of the huge number of people following your works you have here at NASA?

Joss Whedon: Well, I have seen Firefly discs in zero gravity...

On the serious tip, guys -- donn't go back to the moon. Covered in raptors. Long story.

That's all -- sorry I couldn't type faster! xoxo -joss.

[Roxie]

From Dr. Horrible fan site myspace

Reports are coming in from Comic Con that Joss Whedon has stated there will be more Dr Horrible, Jed Whedon says the soundtrack will be on iTunes in about 2 weeks time and the DVD extras will include the top 10 applications received to join the ELE.

Also, here's a cool interview (http://doctorhorrible.net/exclusive-jed-whedon-maurissa-tancharoen/151/) with Jed & Maurissa

[MurphBurger]

I believe that room to be the Pink Pummeler's judging by the massive amount of well pink

[Roxie]

Great News!

You can see the whole thing, in its entirety for free! (http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=39532032)

[haterllnation]

Nice. Dr. Steel vs. Dr. Horrible. Your thoughts?

[Roxie]

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b58/Roxie21/122541.gif

[blank slate]

Thanks for the link to watch it for free Roxie. I've only seen the 3 acts up on the official site, and was wondering if there was more.

[Roxie]

The Evil League of Evil is looking for new evil
http://www.evilleagueofevil.com/

Applications are due by October 11th