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Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

vertigo25 — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:09:56 -0800

Joss Whedon's latest project is a family affair. Seems that Mr. Whedon got a little bored during the writer's strike and called up some friends and family to help him make a low-budget web-series:

The story of a low-rent super-villain, the hero who keeps beating him up, and the cute girl from the laundromat he's too shy to talk to. Featuring Neil Patrick Harris as Dr. Horrible, Nathan Fillion as Captain Hammer, Felicia Day as Penny and a cast of dozens. Written by Joss Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, Jed Whedon, and Zack Whedon. Directed by Joss Whedon. Produced by David Burns, Michael Boretz, and Joss Whedon. Music by Joss Whedon and Jed Whedon. Lyrics by Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon, and Maurissa Tancharoen. Score and Orchestration by Jed Whedon.

Make sure to watch the trailer, and read Joss' announcement. And if you're so inclined, there's an official MySpace page, and a fan page.

By: kittens for breakfast

kittens for breakfast — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:20:06 -0800

I feel like we must already have this FPP, but that may just be because it seems like Joss Whedon can't walk down the street without someone making a post about it.

By: Effigy2000

Effigy2000 — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:25:34 -0800

Did he write this during the strike? I only ask because it sounds like he did and as I recall, any writing during the strike was frowned upon, was it not?

By: basicchannel

basicchannel — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:28:07 -0800

Coming July 15 Maybe post this then?

By: stubby phillips

stubby phillips — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:34:40 -0800

the thing that bothers me is: some one keeps moving my chair.

By: vertigo25

vertigo25 — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:36:52 -0800

I figured it had been posted, too, but couldn't find anything. Coming July 15th, but disappearing July 20th. The episodes will be put up on the 15th, the 17th, and the 19th; but will be taken down on the 20th. The idea is that they're going to try to sell them via iTunes and DVD (with extras). My reasoning behind posting this now was that the "teaser trailer" and the "master plan" were just released within the past few days.

By: loiseau

loiseau — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:37:55 -0800

I heard Joss Whedon farted, once.

By: Caduceus

Caduceus — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:44:58 -0800

I think you could write whatever the hell you want if it wasn't for a studio or a producer. Thanks for posting this, I'd forgotten about it. But now I'm on the mailing list, so I won't be able to forget.

By: Caduceus

Caduceus — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:46:00 -0800

And Joss's forehead is indeed scary huge.

By: aeschenkarnos

aeschenkarnos — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:46:28 -0800

Felicia Day is awesome. :)

By: effbot

effbot — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:53:46 -0800

Hey, you forgot to link to the MPAMH.

By: sonic meat machine

sonic meat machine — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:05:13 -0800

This looks awesome.

By: poppo

poppo — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:09:16 -0800

Thanks

By: msamye

msamye — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:25:04 -0800

Good to see that Joss hasn't given up on TV entirely. Thanks.

By: rednikki

rednikki — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:46:36 -0800

Thanks for posting this! I'm excited to see it - it has some of my favorite actors and looks like great fun.

By: jack_mo

jack_mo — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:02:36 -0800

Did he write this during the strike? There was some shit about singing mushrooms and elderberries in the 'master plan' that sort of suggests he did, but it's not terribly clear. Whatever, Dr. Scab's Scab-a-long Scab! is a way better title.

By: darkripper

darkripper — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:25:21 -0800

THIS IS GONNA BE LEGEN--

By: sdodd

sdodd — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:43:24 -0800

--DARY! I had to. You were hanging there for, like, 20 minutes.

By: Artw

Artw — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:45:54 -0800

Fox just cancelled it.

By: eclectist

eclectist — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:51:35 -0800

The web campaign to have it resurrected has been around for, like, hours. (and they've already raised more money than McCain '08)

By: theonetruebix

theonetruebix — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:56:57 -0800

As far as I recall, it wasn't actually written during the strike, but it was conceived during the strike, in part due to discussions Joss had with Felicia, since she's been doing her own web series The Guild for awhile now.

By: crossoverman

crossoverman — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:14:06 -0800

I'm really looking forward to this - but what a crappy post.

By: chrominance

chrominance — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:04:09 -0800

Someone has already bought out an entire movie theatre's worth of tickets in the hope that Joss Whedon will one day make a movie adaptation of Dr. Horrible that will tank at the box office but raise unrealistic hopes for a sequel.

By: theonetruebix

theonetruebix — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:25:52 -0800

Now, now crossoverman. You've been around here long enough to know that this is how MeFi rolls.

By: crossoverman

crossoverman — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:07:04 -0800

Now, now crossoverman. You've been around here long enough to know that this is how MeFi rolls. A link to two Myspace pages, a link to the anemic official site and a link to the trailer on the phrase "Joss' announcement". I know Joss said to spread the word, but the word could have stood to be previewed and re-written. Joss' announcement, FWIW. (Oh, I love the man - but the announcement might have been better in a less Jossian, more professional style.)

By: stavrogin

stavrogin — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:07:56 -0800

Doogie Howser is a scab. Captain Tightpants is a scab. Vi is a potentional scab. Numfar is doing the dance of scab. Zack Whedon is a scab. Jed Wh... Jed? Really?

By: Sparx

Sparx — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:36:42 -0800

Did he write this during the strike? I only ask because it sounds like he did and as I recall, any writing during the strike was frowned upon, was it not? Not if you are writing for yourself - the strike was Writers Guild vs Studios about contracts with regard to new media profits. Lots of writers took the opportunity to futz around with that self-same media during the strike and Youtube et al showed a lot of growth during the period Also, individual situations existed, such as David Letterman being able to get his writers back on board earlier because Worldwide Pants is essentially his own studio so he could reach an interim arrangement. In this sense, Dr. Horrible is Joss messing about with a video camera in his back yard with his mates (it just so happens his mates are all professionals) for his own amusement and on his own dime.

By: middleclasstool

middleclasstool — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:33:12 -0800

This would happen the weekend I'm out of state at a friend's wedding with no laptop. That and the effing Batman premiere. My friend is shit at wedding planning.

By: Tehanu

Tehanu — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:09:32 -0800

Did he write this during the strike? I only ask because it sounds like he did and as I recall, any writing during the strike was frowned upon, was it not? The rule was, WGA writers couldn't write for struck companies during the strike. So they could write other stuff-- blog posts, comic books, independent short films to be released outside any of the studios. Check the strike threads from here around that time if you're interested in knowing more-- it was explained a lot. This film is a result of the strike, since essentially it is Joss and others experimenting with internet distribution as an alternative to the studio model of doing business. And count me among those who were going to FPP this when it was actually, you know, available.

By: vertigo25

vertigo25 — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:11:10 -0800

...a link to the trailer on the phrase "Joss' announcement"... Woops. I didn't even notice that. I had meant to link to the "Master Plan."

By: Tehanu

Tehanu — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:46:20 -0800

Whedon interview (mild spoilers).

By: Tehanu

Tehanu — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:49:42 -0800

Good to see that Joss hasn't given up on TV entirely. Thanks. See also.

By: quin

quin — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:45:17 -0800

The fact that it has Neil Patrick Harris and Nathan Fillion makes me believe that our cold black universe is not completely devoid of awesome.

By: Squeak Attack

Squeak Attack — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:42:54 -0800

Sorry, Joss. I already saw one shitty movie this summer with a "cute girl" named Penny. I have my limits.

By: Tehanu

Tehanu — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:42:14 -0800

Trailer on Youtube.

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:58:12 -0800

[quietly muttering "DollHouse" repeatedly to himself, in a corner of the room, behind a potted plant, freaking everybody out.]

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:43:28 -0800

...whut?

By: Tehanu

Tehanu — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:53:47 -0800

Sorry, Joss. I already saw one shitty movie this summer with a "cute girl" named Penny. I have my limits. I saw a bad Batman movie once. I will never watch a movie with a dude in a black cape again.

By: Tehanu

Tehanu — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:09:25 -0800

There is a Dr. Horrible comic! With creepy undertones!

By: Tehanu

Tehanu — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:48:20 -0800

Internet rumor has it that the first act launches at 12:01 AM Pacific, 3 AM Eastern tonight/tomorrow/in the deep dark of the night. Twitter feed: preparing for launch... Behind the scenes photos on Facebook. The comments by whoever is writing the Twitter and Facebook updates, and well as comments during the interviews, gives a distinct impression that the senses of humor involved are similar: Sorry...Joss on Best Week Ever happens NEXT Friday, the 18th. Which is also Jed's birthday. And the opening of Batman Begins. Holy shit, what to do what to do. A little later: The Dark Knight! The Dark Knight! Man...I should quit drinking.

By: Tehanu

Tehanu — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:20:24 -0800

Internet rumor was wrong. It goes live at 12:01 AM EDT. On two servers.

By: Tehanu

Tehanu — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:41:27 -0800

More photos.

By: Tehanu

Tehanu — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:22:53 -0800

drhorrible.com has crashed, and Whedonesque seems to be reeling from traffic as well.

By: Tehanu

Tehanu — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:58:44 -0800

Whedonesque is officially "disabled," and a fan site and Felicia Day's site are down as well.

By: quin

quin — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:14:05 -0800

They must have beefed up the servers because I'm having no problems accessing it from here. I could so totally watch Neil Patrick Harris snark directly into a camera all day. "Wow, sarcasm... that's original." Fillion is fucking great as well.

By: Tehanu

Tehanu — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:43:23 -0800

Yeah, they've been busy moving to a new "monster server" as their twitter feed calls it. Their site still doesn't load for me, but I got the video off of iTunes earlier. I could watch Neil Patrick Harris read fan mail all day.

By: Tenuki

Tenuki — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:19:03 -0800

Heh, I wonder if we'll see Bad Horse.

By: middleclasstool

middleclasstool — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:28:21 -0800

Ep 1 was oodles of fun. I'm really hoping I can get back into town without missing the other two.

By: Tehanu

Tehanu — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:23:50 -0800

I like how he actually says BTW in conversation. I would like to see Bad Horse and hear his terrifying death whinny.

By: Solon and Thanks

Solon and Thanks — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:13:49 -0800

the songs, they are so catchy!

By: vertigo25

vertigo25 — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:38:04 -0800

Is that Serenity in Dr. Horrible's window in the opening scene?

By: quin

quin — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:57:03 -0800

Is that Serenity... As much as I would love that, the proportions look wrong. I'm pretty sure it's just some pots and pans. Hopefully a subsequent episode will reveal the dark evils of Dr. Horrible's kitchen and we can get a better look.

By: Tehanu

Tehanu — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:34:51 -0800

Is that Serenity in Dr. Horrible's window in the opening scene? No, it's pots and pans. Confirmed by the guy whose house they filmed it at. It's clearer in the iTunes version. There's a photo out there too that shows it better. Act 2 is up on the site, but it's not on iTunes yet.

By: Solon and Thanks

Solon and Thanks — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:00:24 -0800

Joss Whedon has a PhD in horribleness.

By: Tenuki

Tenuki — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:40:13 -0800

Captain Hammer will save us...

By: ten pounds of inedita

ten pounds of inedita — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:52:50 -0800

Can I change my username to "The Thoroughbred of Sin"? Loved the first two episodes. The third one was predictable and charmless.

By: Sparx

Sparx — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:03:18 -0800

ten pounds of inedita get the prize for most soulless ratbag on metafilter since the last person to argue with Konolia. The 3rd episode was a) in a much different key b) less funny and c) totally awesome. Show me on the internets where you completely predicted how it would end and then we can talk

By: ten pounds of inedita

ten pounds of inedita — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:29:57 -0800

Are you kidding? Protagonist succeeds at great personal cost, woman loved by all is destroyed. It's like Whedon has one rubber stamp he uses for his final acts. Predictable and charmless. Much like yourself, I'm sure.

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:38:01 -0800

ten pounds of inedita: "Loved the first two episodes. The third one was predictable and charmless." You have GOT to be kidding me! I'm just gonna pretend you're Joss Whedon himself trolling for laughs cuz I can't even argue with this bland and dismissive write-off of the third act. It was UNpredictable and charmING! How about that!? Top THAT with your thesaurus! Fillion is hilarious. It's great seeing him play the bad guy for once. Harris has once again proven he's more amazing than anyone ever gives him credit for (and I used to scoff at him during his Doogie Howser days). And I know that's a dangling preposition and I don't care! Insert maniacal laughter here. Felicia Day deserves ten times more kudos and songs of praise than she will ever get in her lifetime cuz she's the hottest uber geek with a brain and kickass legs. Not that I'm crushin' on her or anything cuz... okay maybe I'm crushing on her a little bit but she can make her own webpage which is really fucking hot for some reason I'd probably find disturbing if I dwelled on it so let's move on, shall we? Dr. Horrible's SingAlong is a fun romp for the whole family. Five stars. Joe Bob says check it out, and ignore the naysayers who, when The Day Of Armaggeddon comes, will go like, "they had better special effects on Ice Pirates and I SO knew the four horsemen were gonna dance - the director telegraphed it. So unimpressed."

By: ten pounds of inedita

ten pounds of inedita — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:54:51 -0800

You also like Gail "It's not misogyny if a woman writes it" Simone, so I'm not sure you're the arbiter of taste here, fanboy. No, I'm not kidding. The third act doesn't really deserve any more than bland dismissal. First two acts: teh awesome, eight stars each. Third act: should be avoided. Come to think of it, I'm trying to think of any final act in any Whedon's portfolio that 'works'. It's a good ride up until the end (Buffy, Astonishing X-Men, Angel, Firefly) and then a woman loved by all is killed (honestly, Wash was the woman in that relationship) and the protagonists win at great personal cost. And it always feels rushed. And the tone is always skewed from the first acts, leading to a lack of unity. I like Whedon's writing, but he's proving to be a one-note cowboy. When the only season of Dollhouse is eventually released on DVD, I'll probably watch the first two discs and skip the third.

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:59:36 -0800

Ten Pounds of Inedita: "The third act doesn't really deserve any more than bland dismissal." Then you must be Whedon's third act, Ten Pounds of Bland Dismissal. ...and GAIL SIMONE IS A SAINT!!!

By: ten pounds of inedita

ten pounds of inedita — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:19:52 -0800

I used to get tired of my criticisms of works or creators that slavering fen consider untouchable being responded to by personal attacks. But then I realized that I live a full and rewarding life, and they don't. Remember, kids, if you shower at least daily, the Cheetoz crumbs wash out of your beards.

By: teraflop

teraflop — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:35:52 -0800

Come to think of it, I'm trying to think of any final act in any Whedon's portfolio that 'works'. It's a good ride up until the end (Buffy, Astonishing X-Men, Angel, Firefly) and then a woman loved by all is killed (honestly, Wash was the woman in that relationship) and the protagonists win at great personal cost. And it always feels rushed. And the tone is always skewed from the first acts, leading to a lack of unity. I like Whedon's writing, but he's proving to be a one-note cowboy. You have just hit the nail on the head. I got exactly the same let-down from watching Act III that I did from Serenity. I'm trying hard not to let it detract from the fact that the first two parts are, in fact, the Best Thing Ever (tm). On preview: yikes, that didn't take long to deteriorate...

By: ten pounds of inedita

ten pounds of inedita — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:05:53 -0800

Deterioration is inevitable. Only in the fan world are reviews like: o "First two acts of Dr. Horrible were brilliant, third fell flat" o "8.8 rating for Zelda: Twilight Princess", or o "TMBG's The Else is fun and worth buying but breaks no new ground" grounds for vitriolic rejoinders. Everyone has to agree that it's a perfect, shining jewel or you're a "soulless ratbag". So I step in to remind the fanboys that they're broken and worthless and don't really count as people, and that the hentai store closes at 6 if they need to have a mutually masturbatory discussion about how the objects of their obsession are so great and unflawed. At the end of the day, I've often forgotten that I even watched the show but they still quake with rage that someone disagreed with them and will bring that attitude back with them the next time someone gives their deeply-loved fanservice a B grade. Anyhow. Yeah, the first two episodes were gold and I can't pick a favourite part or song. Leaning towards "Brand New Day".

By: fullerine

fullerine — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:50:28 -0800

Neil Patrick Harris is one of the most underused actors out there. Will someone please give him a juicy fucking part.

By: darkripper

darkripper — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:46:40 -0800

Are you serious? Barney Stinson is the best character ever made.

By: Ynoxas

Ynoxas — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:32:30 -0800

I just saw Dr. Horrible yesterday for the first time. I was out of town when this post was made and I never caught up, and wouldn't have ever seen it if not for a link from Penny Arcade yesterday. I don't agree with the tone, but I agree with the message, of ten pounds of snarkanite. The first 2 acts were literally glee-inducing. I was mesmerized and was thinking, just for a brief moment, "hey, we might be on to something new here". Then, the 3rd act fell like a limp dishrag. You could see it coming, literally, a mile away. Seriously. If you couldn't, then you either were distracted by something else and not watching, or you were willfully ignoring the big glowing neon lights everywhere. I mean, by the time the conflict actually begins, how else COULD it have ended? For god's sake it was foreshadowed in Act I, like it always is. Anyway, NPH is awesome. I truly enjoy his work since he's grown up. Barney Stinson is indeed a dream of a character to play. You get to chew the scenery with every single line. How awesome is that? Joss Whedon fans are silly, they stress out every day when it's suggested that he's just okay. So here's a resolution or at least a better way; Accept he's flawed. Forget the bores. There's always Buffy. Signed, Bad Horse

By: quin

quin — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:25:33 -0800

Bad Horse was an actual horse? Come on, who saw that coming? I found the tone shift in the third act to be somewhat unwanted, but I can see why he did it. Overall, I have to say that as a project it succeeded, and my estimation of all three actors involved are even higher than before. Which is saying a lot, because my feelings for them were pretty positive to begin with.

By: ten pounds of inedita

ten pounds of inedita — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:37:34 -0800

Come on, who saw that coming? "That terrible...death...whinny" and "he rules the League with an iron hoof" didn't strike me as metaphorical. Act III is growing on me.

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:29:53 -0800

When I was going through it, I was capturing snippets of song in mp3 form, presuming it might be awhile before I have the whole thing in DVD. I could pick out songs in the first two parts. From a perspective of sound, there is not a decent place to cut in the third act. From beginning to end it flows very nicely. Yes it turns dark from late in the second act when Dr. Horrible launches into Brand New Day. Yes I'd have to say I was expecting Nathan Fillion's solo song to be better than it was because Whedon made us wait through the first two acts to hear it so I was expecting hilarity and I got a couple few chuckles out of it. But to rag on the plot? Of course the plot is predictable! Whedon wasn't trying to rewrite War & Peace here for Christ's sake. He was proving a point: he doesn't have to write for television or the movie theater to entertain. The internet is yet another medium. To prove his point, he went with what he know works. There's no reinventing the wheel here. Whedon is purposefully riding the same horse in a new venue. Yes! Of COURSE it's formulaic! It's the genre! You don't tell people you're gonna write a murder mystery and then purposefully avoid having a murder in it cuz that's just what the audience expects me to do. The movie "The Wiz" worked all those years ago cuz they took the story of Wizard of Oz and put it into a (then) modern day urban setting. However, everything else about the story had to be familiar to the audience, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to follow along and appreciate what the people behind the film wanted to say. Whedon was purposefully turning the superhero genre on its head in "Dr. H", by making the bad guy the good guy and vice versa, but in order to make THAT work, he must otherwise stay true to the formula. The final seconds of Act 3 wouldn't have made any sense at all if he'd strayed from the formula. Someone familiar with the work of Beethoven or Bach is no less thrilled to hear repeated motifs or similarities from one work to the next by the same composer. You don't hear a fan of Mozart go, "I can't believe he keeps using the horn section like that. How utterly predictable."

By: Ynoxas

Ynoxas — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:00:19 -0800

Just to clarify, I'm not saying the fact that it was predictable makes it "bad". I was just backing up what ten pounds said about it being predictable. Others were saying pretty much the opposite, which is absurd. I did think Act III fell flat, but not necessarily because of the predictability, but it just seemed like it didn't fully deliver. I was disappointed, so I said so. I was also a little surprised by the people who were claiming the ending was some sort of unforeseeable twist. That was my main point. The ending was as surprising as the end of your typical "Little House on the Prairie" episode. But again, that doesn't make it bad or a failure. It is what it is, as Zach said above. I was quite pleased with the production, even though in total I don't consider it to be as groundbreaking as I thought it was going to be after the first 2 acts. But it doesn't have to be revolutionary to be good. And, as was said above, the medium is the revolutionary (maybe) part, not the story. I obviously liked it, as witnessed by my Bad Horse song. I came within a breath of registering Bad Horse as a sockpuppet. So, overall, 4 out of 5 stars. Solid production, great music, and rather entertaining.

By: Tehanu

Tehanu — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:32:47 -0800

I liked Act 3. I certainly didn't expect Dr. Horrible to join the League. And not that way.

By: Solon and Thanks

Solon and Thanks — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:50:15 -0800

I don't hate Act III. But I'm disappointed that Joss chose such an uninspired ending. He could have done better had he not settled for the cheap trope. There's no way anyone can argue that what we were given was an original or creative ending. Still, though, NPH sold it and did an excellent job. I hope Penny comes back as a zombie or something in the much-discussed sequels (?) because Felicia Day is too excellent to lose.

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:27:20 -0800

Salon and Thanks: "There's no way anyone can argue that what we were given was an original or creative ending." Actually, I can. The fact you were EXPECTING an 'original and creative ending' means that what Joss delivered was not expected. He turned the villain into the protagonist, and the hero into the antagonist. What did you want? To see the "protagonist" fail? How would that have been original? If you didn't like Act 3, it's because you wanted Dr. Horrible to get the girl, but not end up in the league. In other words, you wanted him to turn into the classic definition of a hero. Now, THAT woulda been sadly predictable and boring. Instead, Joss grants Dr. Horrible 'everything but the girl' which makes him "a tragic hero" in the classic sense, but he retains his villian standing. The protagonist gets to stay true to himself. It would have been safe and trite if Whedon had made Dr. Horrible turn over a new leaf at the end. Instead, he rises to his station, and achieves the greatness upon which he aspired at the very beginning. The villain-protagonist wins. The hero-antagonist fails. The romantic ingenue dies. The more I think about it, the better this ending gets. Any other ending wouldn't have been ...civilized.

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:36:59 -0800

"Still, though, NPH sold it and did an excellent job. I hope Penny comes back as a zombie or something in the much-discussed sequels (?) because Felicia Day is too excellent to lose." Agreed. I'd like to see the sequel focusing on Felicia Day coming back from the dead with the impression she is humanity's liason to Mother Earth - a force of nature whose powers dwarf those of her previous suitors, and Horrible and Hammer are forced to set aside their differences to somehow subdue this greater force. I'd have Penny use power over earth and plantlife to turn all the golf courses of the world into homeless shelters, but then I always love stealing from George Carlin. =) Imagine though: all the world's golf courses stolen by force from the wealthy of the world and given over to the poor and destitute. This is something that'd bring both villain and hero together. Especially if they both like to play golf.

By: Tenuki

Tenuki — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:23:26 -0800

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

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.)

By: Tehanu

Tehanu — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:50:09 -0800

And Joss Whedon wrote an entry for the Hulu blog.