Jun 26 2008The 'Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog' Trailer I Refuse to Watch
Thus far, I've irrationally avoided the majority of Joss Whedon's work for the sole reason that Entertainment Weekly covered most of it so heavily. My roommate in college had a subscription, and I got really annoyed flipping through so many articles about Buffy. Friends who love Firefly tell me this is a stupid reason to avoid Whedon's work, and that Firefly is very enjoyable, but I have still resisted. Fuck 'em.
Now Whedon has another work for me to stubbornly, pointlessly avoid: Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, a three-part web series starring Neil Patrick Harris, still riding high on his How I Met Your Mother/Harold and Kumar/Old Spice ad fame, and there's a trailer. If it looks good, don't tell me. I'm trying to remain blissfully ignorant.
Reader Comments
1. bedot - June 26, 2008 1:00 PM
You are worse of a human being for not knowing all that is Whedon. I missed the Buffy craze, but his movie, Serenity, was great and his writing on comic books like Runaways and X-men have been some of the best comic writing in years.
2. Elle Driver - June 26, 2008 1:13 PM
Do my eyes deceive me, or was that Mal I spotted? My sweet sweet Mal!?
3. rtyd6td - June 26, 2008 1:32 PM
wow that movie looks like candy to my eyes, only that the candy is rape in this case.
4. pdrunk - June 26, 2008 1:48 PM
I'm not into Whedon like everybody else is. I didn't care for Buffy or Angel but never thought they were horrible. I missed out on Firefly and I think his run of X-Men was a little on the so-so side.
This however, looks okay to me. Then again, I like Dr. Barney Howser and his mushroom-induced flying unicorn. But what the hell do I know? I huff paint at Home Depot as a means for coping.
5. Alistair Booya - June 26, 2008 2:07 PM
Doctor Horrible looks, coincidentally I'm sure, VERY similar to Doktor Sleepless. I don't see any other connections however.
6. Toy Soldier Fedak - June 26, 2008 2:59 PM
Hmm this looks a bit like Dr Steel.... except that Dr. Steel is a real person, and this is just an actor.
www.doctorsteel.com
Toy Soldiers Unite!
7. Serene - June 26, 2008 5:13 PM
I don't care for Joss Whedon because I don't care for the droning predictable looping sound of an oboe following a character through ironic mishaps while people raise their eyebrows at one another. Or upon the resolution or completion of a scene, the playful plucking of what seems like violin strings. DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? RIGHT?
8. Joey - June 26, 2008 8:27 PM
Just curious, what would you rather do? Play the happy music for the troubled parts and the slow sad music for the victories?
9. kcdrew - July 19, 2008 5:37 PM
How can you not love this short movie? Neil Patrick Harris is a hoot. Who knew he could sing? And the whole thing of making fun of blogs and bloggers–how great is that?
Has anyone mentioned it seems a perfect metaphor for our dolt President?? Think about it–-likeable, not very bright but ambitious guy has big plans, they come to be and wreck things, in the end. It’s perfect. It’s W all over, guys.
Just wait ’til Halowe’en, folks. It’ll be all “Dr. Horrible”, “The Hammer” and “Moist” costumes!
10. Batman - February 16, 2009 2:09 PM
you will never have truly lived until you have seen or read at least some of Joss Whedon's work.