Joss Whedon, creator of Firefly (pretty much my all-time favorite show EVER), has created a hilarious web series, Dr. Horrible's Sing-A-Long Blog. It stars Neil Patrick Harris as Dr. Horrible, an aspiring super villian with a crush on a cute redhead at his local laundry mat. Nathan Fillion is a scream as Captain Hammer, the smarmy superhero who foils both Dr. Horrible's plots and love life. Act I begins a bit slowly, then takes off with the first of many musical numbers. It reminds me a bit of Pushing Daisies and Flight of the Chonchords. It features Whedon's typical witty dialog, and the songs are catchy as well.Penny: ...I went on a date.
Dr. H: Get right out of town! How was that?
P: Unexpected. He's a really good-looking guy, and I thought he was kind of cheesey at first.
Dr. H: Trust your instincts.
P: But he turned out to be totally sweet. Sometimes people are layered like that. There turns out to be something totally different underneath than what's on the surface.
Dr. H: And sometimes there's a third, even deeper level, and that one is the same as the top surface one.
P: Huh?
Dr. H: Like with pie.
Watch the full three episodes in steaming video or download to itunes here.
1 comment:
This is fabulous! How did you find it? I miss Crushing Daisies; if I remember right, it got 12 Emmy nominations.
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