Topic: Dr. Horrible (Read 19876 times)

DanteShepherd · « **on:** 01 Jul 2008, 08:13 »

Just in case no one has seen this (although I doubt it), Whedon has a new musical for online viewing only coming out shortly:

http://www.drhorrible.com/

This has potential to amuse me endlessly.

And a review (with a description that even the DVD extras will be a musical):

http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Roush-Dispatch/Joss-Whedon-Dr/800042425

RobbieOC · « **Reply #1 on:** 01 Jul 2008, 11:17 »

This looks interesting enough. I'll probably check it out (especially since it's free). An interesting project for these guys to undertake, to say the least.

ThePQ4 · « **Reply #2 on:** 01 Jul 2008, 12:01 »

I think it's going to be hilarious.
My sister is a bigger Wheadon fan then me and has been following the project religiously for months.
I love Neil Patrick Harris.

Ozymandias · « **Reply #3 on:** 15 Jul 2008, 21:09 »

Act 1 is up and wonderful.

ThePQ4 · « **Reply #4 on:** 16 Jul 2008, 10:17 »

Yes, it is wonderful. My sister basically forced me to watch it this morning.
I liked the song in the Laundry-Mat.

Ladybug · « **Reply #5 on:** 16 Jul 2008, 13:19 »

This is amazing. I'm so glad it is available outside the US even though the video on the site is from hulu, because I feared it wouldn't be. Watched it twice already, and looking forward to the next "act".

imagist42 · « **Reply #6 on:** 16 Jul 2008, 21:17 »

Watched it. The first bit of monologue while he's blogging is kind of meh, but I held on until the first song started and I was quite pleased with the rest. Not laugh-out-loud funny all the way through, but refreshingly good for something free on teh interwebs.

Ozymandias · « **Reply #7 on:** 16 Jul 2008, 21:57 »

Act 2 is up, with easily what will the best line of the entire thing!

imagist42 · « **Reply #8 on:** 16 Jul 2008, 22:18 »

If you're talking about the line at 11:15, I agree.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #9 on:** 16 Jul 2008, 23:12 »

Dang I only saw Act I this morning and now Act II is up. Life is good.

imagist42 · « **Reply #10 on:** 17 Jul 2008, 09:10 »

I also like the line "Oh, look at my wrist, I've got to go..." followed up by peaking into the washer and saying "I don't love these."

RobbieOC · « **Reply #11 on:** 17 Jul 2008, 09:29 »

"You know, like pie."

That was my favorite. Something about it, I don't know.

I'm pretty sure the line he's talking about is "The hammer is my penis." Cause that's the one that made me laugh the most.

imagist42 · « **Reply #12 on:** 17 Jul 2008, 12:50 »

Yeah, that's at 11:15, I just didn't want to spoil the surprise for anyone else.

The build-up and timing of the delivery is just perfect.

Betagold · « **Reply #13 on:** 17 Jul 2008, 14:12 »

I love this. I got linked to it off of the new comic from the Mac Hall guys, the name escapes me, and fell in love with it. This would make an awesome stage musical...
Thoughts:
The hammer is my penis is one of the top three lines of this whole thing.
Brand New Day and With My Freeze Ray tie for the best songs so far.

Ladybug · « **Reply #14 on:** 17 Jul 2008, 15:29 »

It's a brand new day. Yeah, the sun is high. All the birds are singing that you're gonna die!

I seriously love this so much. I've recommended it to a bunch of people, and they've all loved it as well.

Slick · « **Reply #15 on:** 17 Jul 2008, 20:18 »

Fucking yes.

"...smells like cumin..."

I always wanted Firefly to come back as the show that could redefine the medium and prove that an internet-based TV show could survive. I really fucking hope this is where he's headed because fucking fell guys, maybe it could happen?

Like I would rather wait for the DVD but bloody hell I am going to pay for downloads of this to show my support. Fucking right.

imagist42 · « **Reply #16 on:** 17 Jul 2008, 20:39 »

I almost feel like paying for the download just to get better sound quality. The distortion in the streaming audio is almost bad enough to ruin "Brand New Day" for me. And after all, it's only $3.99.

redbeardjim · « **Reply #17 on:** 18 Jul 2008, 12:23 »

The Bad Horse songs have me rolling.

morca007 · « **Reply #18 on:** 18 Jul 2008, 12:30 »

I can hardly wait to buy the DVDs.

CamusCanDo · « **Reply #19 on:** 18 Jul 2008, 16:36 »

For us international viewers:

Act 1

Act 2

imagist42 · « **Reply #20 on:** 18 Jul 2008, 21:20 »

Okay this got pretty terrible pretty fast. Why did you have to go and take yourself seriously again, Joss?

Postino · « **Reply #21 on:** 18 Jul 2008, 23:29 »

Agreed you can't announce to everyone that your making a comedy and then go and try to change it to a tragedy at the last second.

Plasticity · « **Reply #22 on:** 18 Jul 2008, 23:57 »

Yeah how dare he not do what you expected.

This was alright throughout. I do not really like Whedon, but I prefer this to some running off into the sunset happy ending bullshit.

Betagold · « **Reply #23 on:** 19 Jul 2008, 09:27 »

Unexpected endings are my favorite endings.

ThePQ4 · « **Reply #24 on:** 19 Jul 2008, 21:54 »

I don't know about everyone else, but I really liked the end!
(And I loved "Dead Bowie" and that Darkhorse was really a horse! hahahahahha)

But seriously, I loved that final song. I made me shiver a little.

supersheep · « **Reply #25 on:** 19 Jul 2008, 23:06 »

This is a good thing! A very good thing! It is a superhero musical! With Nathan Filion! WATCH IT.

Boro_Bandito · « **Reply #26 on:** 20 Jul 2008, 01:22 »

I finally watched it, and I nearly started crying with joy.

Edit: Also, really sorta ended in an unexpected way.

parm · « **Reply #27 on:** 20 Jul 2008, 01:51 »

<whisper>

Hi. Uh. My name is parm and..... uh.... well, I've never really liked anything Joss Whedon has done. Apart from Firefly. But everything else just leaves me cold, like he's trying too hard to be zany BUT WITH A TOTALLY STRAIGHT FACE all the time. I guess this means I have to leave the internet now. Sorry.

Tom · « **Reply #28 on:** 20 Jul 2008, 03:49 »

GET OFFA MY INTERNETS BITCH!!!

imagist42 · « **Reply #29 on:** 20 Jul 2008, 11:56 »

Sit down, Sparky. No, no, sit down. There you go. That's a good Sparky. Goooood Sparky.

parm · « **Reply #30 on:** 20 Jul 2008, 13:09 »

Hey, I said I liked Firefly. And I definitely had a thing for Willow. So it's not all bad.

imagist42 · « **Reply #31 on:** 20 Jul 2008, 13:18 »

Quote from: parm on 20 Jul 2008, 13:09

And I definitely had a thing for Willow. So it's not all bad.

I hope this means you've been watching How I Met Your Mother. It's got Alyson Hannigan and Neil Patrick Harris from this and is ridiculously funny.

Gridgm · « **Reply #32 on:** 20 Jul 2008, 15:55 »

start reading joss whedon instead of watching him and you won't feel inferior when you start feelign aprehension when you hear what should be a good plot

EllJayusMaximus · « **Reply #33 on:** 20 Jul 2008, 16:13 »

Quote from: Gridgm on 20 Jul 2008, 15:55

start reading joss whedon instead of watching him and you won't feel inferior when you start feelign aprehension when you hear what should be a good plot

I'm having enough trouble trying to read THAT from start to finish... >.>

Ozymandias · « **Reply #34 on:** 20 Jul 2008, 20:15 »

Buffy Season 8 is pretty much the best thing Joss has ever done.

Tom · « **Reply #35 on:** 20 Jul 2008, 21:13 »

Guys, I was 11 when Buffy finished it's run on TV. Since then It's only ever been late night re-runs on TV or Cable and I've only watched the first two episodes on TV links. I didn't know about Buffy 4/3 years ago when I went to Hong Kong so I didn't end up going home with an illegally produced box-set but I did end up coming home with Firefly. Full season, the cheapest legal option is over $300 Australian. I would've downloaded it by now but my ISP gives us 2GB a month and in family of 7 that just barely lasts a week even without people downloading. For a similar reason I haven't yet been able to watch this yet.

Inlander · « **Reply #36 on:** 20 Jul 2008, 21:21 »

Do you have a D.V.D. rental place nearby? Are you a member? It will almost certainly have every single episode of Buffy available for weekly hire.

Tom · « **Reply #37 on:** 20 Jul 2008, 21:29 »

They have the first 3 seasons, each season is divided into groups of 3 or 4 episodes and you have to pay 5 dollars to borrow it for a week. In the long run if you were watching it that way it'd probably be a better idea to just buy the DVD outright. I live in a supposedly affluent area in the Eastern Suburbs so things are rarely ever fair, I really ought to get a job.

Inlander · « **Reply #38 on:** 20 Jul 2008, 21:50 »

I'm surprised they only have the first three seasons. I'm knee-deep in rental Buffy down here.

hack · « **Reply #39 on:** 21 Jul 2008, 00:13 »

i curse you whedon for the 'bad horse' theme.

i... can't... get... it... OUT... OF... MY...MIND..!

Lines · « **Reply #40 on:** 21 Jul 2008, 07:58 »

Is there a link up for Act III yet? The first two are pretty hilarious and I want to know what happenssss!

CursedMortivore · « **Reply #41 on:** 21 Jul 2008, 08:27 »

Act 3 went up Saturday, but as of Sunday night is pay to watch, seeing as they are putting it on DVD. But, it is only $3.99US for all three if you feel like picking it up on iTunes.

Liz · « **Reply #42 on:** 21 Jul 2008, 10:39 »

Quote from: n0t_r0bert_b0yle!! on 20 Jul 2008, 21:29

They have the first 3 seasons, each season is divided into groups of 3 or 4 episodes and you have to pay 5 dollars to borrow it for a week. In the long run if you were watching it that way it'd probably be a better idea to just buy the DVD outright. I live in a supposedly affluent area in the Eastern Suburbs so things are rarely ever fair, I really ought to get a job.

I'm pretty sure my local library has quite a few of the seasons that you can check out for free with a library membership. You should check out a few in your area, maybe you will get lucky!

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #43 on:** 21 Jul 2008, 17:33 »

fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck. I wanted to watch episodes 2 and 3 today.

Lines · « **Reply #44 on:** 22 Jul 2008, 05:48 »

BK, you can watch this Act II. It's the one I watched yesterday.

Quote from: CamusCanDo on 18 Jul 2008, 16:36

Act 2

That's actually why I asked about Act III, as all the ones from the website are down, but those two are still up.

CamusCanDo · « **Reply #45 on:** 24 Jul 2008, 15:40 »

Act III is also up on the site I linked.

pilsner · « **Reply #46 on:** 25 Jul 2008, 12:33 »

Quote from: roxie_vinyl on 24 Jul 2008, 09:23

I have watched this SO. MANY. TIMES. Thank you Joss for this 4 dollar gem

Ditto. Totally worth the iTunes download. Supporting this sort of initiative is something I'd do just on principle.

RobbieOC · « **Reply #47 on:** 25 Jul 2008, 15:04 »

It's amazing how rewatchable it is!

And it feels weird when I talk to people about it, and I actually use the phrase "Joss has become much better at musicals since Once More, With Feeling." But he has! The music in this is just way better than OMWF, though that is probably because his brother actually wrote the music this time. Which was a good decision by everyone involved.

Did any of you guys read the Dark Horse tie-in comic about Captain Hammer? So good.

MarkTBSc · « **Reply #48 on:** 26 Jul 2008, 04:19 »

Damn I loved 'Dr. Horrible'. Yeah, I was kinda upset by it going dark but then that's Joss. I heard that he was considering a sequel. If he does then I suspect that'll lighten the mood.

Did anyone else notice that Dr. Horrible isn't actually evil? Sure the Evil League of Evil is evil but Dr. Horrible is actually Chaotic Good. I suspect that the Sequel will involve the good Doctor becoming disenchanted with the league, bringing about their destruction and then organising his own criminal organisation out of the disenfranchised henchmen's guild.

Hmmm... So molecularly destabilised gold smells like cumin? Worth remembering.

MarkTBSc · « **Reply #49 on:** 26 Jul 2008, 05:49 »

Are you sure? I saw Dr. Horrible, with Captain Hammer bang-to-rights, hesitate.

Plus the Captain is such a Douche I'm not sure killing him would count as Evil.

Of course, it's possible you're being Sarcastic... I can't tell when you do that and it's annoying.

I mean "Wow sarcasm! That's original!"

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DanteShepherd

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