Dr. Horrible

[Friday]

I may have mentioned that I enjoy the TV series 'Firefly'.      There are many other interesting TV shows and movies from the same creative lunatic genius, Joss Whedon; for more info, see this thread here: The Dollhouse

In case you don't know, Joss has a musical coming out.    Yes, that's right, a musical, starring Nathan Fillion and Neil Patrick Harris!!  It will be available for free viewing online for a limited time; details are below.  For those who follow Joss slavishly, you will probably enjoy reading the whole lengthy excerpt from his blog below; it's high-larious.

The official website for "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" has been
launched:

http://drhorrible.com

Also, Joss posted the following to Whedonesque:

http://whedonesque. com/comments/ 16734#236716

>>
Dear Friends,

At last the time has come to reveal to you our Master Plan. BEWARE!
Those with weak hearts should log off lest they be terrified by the
twisted genius of our schemes! Also pregnant women and the elderly
should consider reading only certain sentences. Do not mix with
other blogs. Do not operate heavy machinery while reading this blog.
You must be this tall to read. 'Kay?

It is time for us to change the face of Show Business as we know it.
You know the old adage, "It's Show Business – not Show Friends"?
Well now it's Show Friends. We did that. To Show Business. To show
Show Business we mean business. (Also, there are now other
businesses like it.)

ONE WEEK ONLY! AN INTERNET MINISERIES EVENT!

"Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" will be streamed, LIVE (that part's
not true), FREE (sadly, that part is) right on Drhorrible.com, in
mid-July. Specifically:

ACT ONE (Wheee!) will go up Tuesday July 15th.

ACT TWO (OMG!) will go up Thursday July 17th.

ACT THREE (Denouement! ) will go up Saturday July 19th.

All acts will stay up until midnight Sunday July 20th. Then they
will vanish into the night, like a phantom (but not THE Phantom –
that's still playing. Like, everywhere.)

And now to answers a few Frequently (soon to be) Asked Questions:

1) Why, Joss? Why? Why now, why free, why us?

Once upon a time, all the writers in the forest got very mad with
the Forest Kings and declared a work-stoppage. The forest creatures
were all sad; the mushrooms did not dance, the elderberries gave no
juice for the festival wines, and the Teamsters were kinda pissed.
(They were very polite about it, though.) During this work-stoppage,
many writers tried to form partnerships for outside funding to
create new work that circumvented the Forest King system.

Frustrated with the lack of movement on that front, I finally
decided to do something very ambitious, very exciting, very mid-life-
crisisy. Aided only by everyone I had worked with, was related to or
had ever met, I single-handedly created this unique little epic. A
supervillain musical, of which, as we all know, there are far too
few.

The idea was to make it on the fly, on the cheap – but to make it.
To turn out a really thrilling, professionalish piece of
entertainment specifically for the internet. To show how much could
be done with very little. To show the world there is another way. To
give the public (and in particular you guys) something for all your
support and patience. And to make a lot of silly jokes. Actually,
that sentence probably should have come first.

2) What happens when it goes away? Does it go to a happy farm for
always like Fluffy did when mommy was crying and the neighbor kept
washing his fender?

No, Dr horrible will live on. We intend to make it available for
download soon after it's published. This would be for a nominal fee,
which we're hoping people will embrace instead of getting all
piratey. We have big dreams, people, and one of them is paying our
crew.

And somewhat later, we will put the complete short epic out on DVD –
with the finest and bravest extras in all the land. We'll go into
greater detail about that at Comiccon, but we're changing the face
of Show Friendliness a second time with that crazy DVD.

3) Joss, you are so kind, and generous, and your forehead is like,
huge, like SCARY, like I think I can see Cary Grant and Eva Marie
Saint hanging off it... what can WE do to help this musical
extravanganza?

What you always do, peeps! What you're already doing. Spread the
word. Rock some banners, widgets, diggs... let people know who
wouldn't ordinarily know. It wouldn't hurt if this really was an
event. Good for the business, good for the community – communitIES:
Hollywood, internet, artists around the world, comic-book fans,
musical fans (and even the rather vocal community of people who hate
both but will still dig on this). Proving we can turn Dr Horrible
into a viable economic proposition as well as an awesome goof will
only inspire more people to lay themselves out in the same way. It's
time for the dissemination of the artistic process. Create more for
less. You are the ones that can make that happen.

Wow. I had no idea how important you guys were. I'm a little afraid
of you.

4) Joss, do you ever answer a question simply or coherently?

Shledzguohn?

There'll be more questions, and more long, long answers, but for now
I'm just excited that we're actually making this happen. We (and a
lot of other people -- gushing to commence soon) worked very hard on
the show and we hope/think you guys will be pleased. Until July
15th , I remain, yours truly, -j, of the firm j, j, m & z.

[41mag]

Thank you!  I've written it down to make sure I catch it.

[Pat K]

What he had to schedule it during Burning Porc! (insert Chinese curse words here.)

[JJ]

What he had to schedule it during Burning Porc! ( Ka Ni Lao Beh )

FIFY

[Pat K]

What he had to schedule it during Burning Porc! ( Ka Ni Lao Beh )

FIFY

Thank you .

Although after looking this up, it may be a
bit much, even for me.

[Friday]

The Ballad of Joss   

Joss, the man they call Joss . . .

He wrote about spaceships and shepherds and whores,
Stood up to the networks and gave 'em what for.
Fox cancelled his program, but that was their loss--
The creator of Firefly, the man they call Joss!

Our Joss saw the viewers' hearts breakin',
He heard the Browncoats' lament,
He saw the Fox network takin',
His show in a way that made no sense.
(He said) "You can't do that to my program,
Can't grind it under your heel."
So he took all the cast,
And now at last,
They've landed a Big Damn Movie deal!

He wrote about spaceships and shepherds and whores,
Stood up to the networks and gave 'em what for.
Fox cancelled his program, but that was their loss--
The creator of Firefly, the man they call Joss!

Now here is what separates Whedon,
From writers who slave in the core,
The man they call Joss,
Well, he said to Fox,
"I'm going where no show has gone before."
He told us about reavers,
He told us about sin,
He took us to the black,
And we ain't comin' back,
'till all those crazy Browncoats rise again!

He wrote about spaceships and shepherds and whores,
Stood up to the networks and gave 'em what for.
Fox cancelled his program, but that was their loss--
The creator of Firefly, the man they call Joss!

Now, here is what separates Firefly
From other shows you're likely to see—
It's meaningful and witty,
And the setting's really gritty,
And the theme song is about Serenity.
It's a little like a western, 
And a little like X-Files, 
It's better than Trek,
And funnier than Shrek,
And it beats out Andromeda by miles!

He wrote about spaceships and shepherds and whores,
Stood up to the networks and gave 'em what for.
Fox cancelled his program, but that was their loss--
The creator of Firefly, the man they call Joss!

--James Hazlerig
fithelere@aol.com
www.BedlamBards.com

[Friday]

   I forgot to watch it.

[41mag]

  I forgot to watch it.

The person who started this thread didn't watch it.

I did catch it when it went up.  I'm sure you would have liked it.   

[KBCraig]

Mary and Sarah watched it and giggled like schoolgirls. I caught about half of the last episode. Pretty funny stuff. 

[MengerFan]

"The hammer is my penis."

[Lloyd Danforth]

  I forgot to watch it.

Perhaps someone is 'beating' Joss's time with you

[Friday]

Oh. my. god.  +10 to KevinDean for sending me a bittorrent link. 

[K. Darien Freeheart]

Bad Horse, the Stallion of Sin! 

[Friday]

That show has Ben Edlund's fingerprints all over it.

Long live the Tick!  SPOON!!!!   

[Puke]

I think it's well worth the $4 on iTunes.
It just proves that it's all about the writing. No matter how big or small the budget without a good script it's crap.
Example: Alien V. Predator: Requiem