[Stu]

Neil Patrick Harris stars in Joss Whedon's new online musical comedy about a misunderstood supervillain. First act free here till sunday
www.drhorrible.com
but since that's crashed:
www.whedon.info/If-DrHorrible-com-is-down-watch.html

[Lucky]

Very amusing. Neil Patrick Harris, Nathon Fillion, Joss Whedon. I enjoyed very much.

[Lucky]

I just rewatched and really, check it out. I even like the songs but the story and acting is just really great. I'm a big fan of Fillion and have become a fan of Harris lately and I just like this a ton. And apparently its no longer free as of midnight tonight.

[Stu]

Yeah, I thought the whole thing was great, and I'll get it on DVD if it comes out over here. Though (SPOILERS):

Maybe Whedon ought to try not having romatic relationships end in death for a change...he's becoming a bit reliant on it.

[Lucky]

Yeah, from what I read the DVD is going to be loaded up with extras so I think I'll be happy to add that to my library.


SPOILER RESPONSE
I've seen that complaint about Whedon before and I get how it can become redundant and a bit of a crutch. But its an effective storytelling device if done well and from what I've seen he's always done it pretty well. And the nature of his writing sort of sets up deaths so I prefer he kill off some people we and characters care about than have everyone live happily ever after. The problem comes when it becomes predictable and ruins the story, which maybe it has for the bigger Whedon fans.

And of course most of America wants everyone to live happily ever after and doesn't want to see characters they like die.

[OpTard]

ok, that was funny. does anyone know where acts 2 and 3 are online? i found clips on youtube but no full episodes. i would like to watch the rest of this, and like any good citizen i would like to do it for free.

help me out here.

[bdbdbd]

It's on demonoid and other torrent sites. It's only available in the FLV files it was streamed in though.

[OpTard]

oh sweet

[Demko]

Reposted here, because even though I thought I'd scanned the board to find this thread, I didn't see it:

Did anyone happen to catch this over the weekend? It's not available anymore (apparently, they're gonna be selling it via the website soon, and then later, on DVD), but I watched it over the weekend, and it was REALLY funny.

For those of you not in the know, Joss Whedon (masterful creator of shining moments in TV such as Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly) was bored during the writer's strike last year... so he decided to get all of his friends together to make a silly little thing to be put up on the web.

The story is this: Dr. Horrible (played by Neal Patrick Harris) is a low-rent district supervillain, who aspires to join the 'League of Evil', but has to prove to 'Bad Horse' (the leader of the League) that he's worthy of their ranks. So he attempts to take over the world with the use of his Freeze Ray. But there's one tiny snag... he's fallen in love with a girl he met at the laundromat.

So the entire story is a musical about Dr. Horrible, the girl Penny, and Dr. Horrible's nemesis, Captain Hammer (played perfect and arrogantly by Nathan Fillion - Captain Malcolm Reynolds from Firefly) - and how they interact.

The story was told in three parts. Each of the three parts was made available for free on the website: www.drhorrible.com - but for a week only (which ended last night). After last night, the musical will go up for sale on the web, and on DVD later on, to help recoup the (fairly small) costs of making the short. It's about 30-45 minutes, all told, and it's really funny.

The songs in the musical are REALLY catchy, and I've got to think that between this and Buffy: The Musical, that Joss Whedon has really got a future on Broadway at some point. I love the lyrics he writes, and the music is just so entertaining. Surprisingly, all actors involved are really decent singers. I was surprised at Neal Patrick Harris' ability to harmonize.

[Lucky]

For some reason I wasn't surprised by Harris' voice. I feel like I've seen him sing in something, but my inexperienced ear felt like his songs actually required a decent amount of range and ability. That's opposed to Fillion who really seemed like he just had to be able to hold a tune and sell it with his over the top mannerisms and lines. Harris seemed to change up during songs and show a lot. And I have no idea who the chick is (well I read she was on Buffy, but I dunno her and don't care).

And actually I think the story was that Whedon wrote it during the strike not only to appease his boredom but to take advantage of the very issue they were arguing over. He was trying to create a self contained original web piece that he could control the commerce of, writers getting a cut of web content and downloads of shows in iTunes being the big issue of the strike. Whedon also apparently relished working with no restrictions as obviously he's a guy who has butted heads with networks quite a bit in his career and liked being able to work on a small project with no set time restrictions or rules and just to do the story he wanted.

[bdbdbd]

You guys do know Neil Patrick Harris does Broadway with some regularity, don't you?

[Lucky]

I would think it safe to say I did not. I'm not quite up on my Broadway news, I'm afraid.