Dr. Horrible is Funnee Shifht by Shinygoodguy

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Dr. Horrible is Funnee Shifht

POSTED BY: SHINYGOODGUY
UPDATED: Sunday, July 27, 2008 11:49
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008 10:15 PM

Just finish seeing the funniest sing along blog in the world - Dr. Horrible.

Joss has another winner on his hands.

A man's gotta do, what a man's gotta do.

Captain Hammer to the rescue!

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Tuesday, July 15, 2008 11:48 PM

NTLZYJSTDNTCARE

You couldn't do a fella browncoat a favour, and tell me how to actually view this thing, could you? I logged onto the site at about 5pm GMT last night and there was a message saying "this video is not available at this site"! And I've been looking forward to it so much.

not lazy just don't care (about anything but Firefly)

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Wednesday, July 16, 2008 8:41 AM

JONGSSTRAW

Not 100% sure, but I heard they had so many hits that their server crashed. I saw it on our I.T. guy's computer....thought Nathan was great, the rest meh.

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Wednesday, July 16, 2008 9:39 AM

MICJWELCH

I loved the whole thing! There are a couple ways to watch it.

http://www.drhorrible.com/

http://www.drhorrible.com.nyud.net/

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewTVSeason?i=28435
3800&id=284353399&s=143441

I'm even wearing a Captain Hammer t-shirt (made it myself). People are gonna think I'm obsessed soon.

"It’s frickin’ great." - Nathan Fillion

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Wednesday, July 16, 2008 10:19 AM

NTLZYJSTDNTCARE

Thanks a million, that second link worked fine.

I've got to say though, I thought it was appallingly shite

not lazy just don't care (about anything but Firefly)

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Wednesday, July 16, 2008 10:57 AM

LWAVES

I was so peed off that I missed this. Had to allow for the time difference and when it was first out I was asleep and then at work.
When I got back it was gone.

For me the first two link say the vid is not available.

iTunes has it but I don't wanna pay until I see it, especially as it's supposed to be free. Think I may have found it 'by alternative means' though and if it's as good as I read then I'll buy the DVD anyway.

"I don't believe in suicide, but if you'd like to try it it might cheer me up to watch."

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Wednesday, July 16, 2008 11:43 AM

FIREFLYPASSENGER

I love it. The more you watch it the funnier it gets.

http://drhorrible.com/act_I.html

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Wednesday, July 16, 2008 12:09 PM

ZEEK

I love it too. I've watched it way too many times. I like the laundry mat song and the bad horse song the best so far. The man's gotta do ones aren't doing it for me really. Though I still love it.

Signatures? hehe I could so see me thinking that but hopefully not saying it.

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Wednesday, July 16, 2008 1:36 PM

CLJOHNSTON108

"You need anything dampened, or made soggy... ?"

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Wednesday, July 16, 2008 2:43 PM

ECGORDON

There's no place I can be since I found Serenity.

I'm just hoping Bad Horse doesn't make me his mare.

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Wednesday, July 16, 2008 5:05 PM

NCBROWNCOAT

Of course you have to instantly fall in love with the superhero that throws you into a garbage pile in order to "save" you and then sing a duet with him.

Just funny, funny stuff.

http://fireflyfaninnc.livejournal.com/

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Wednesday, July 16, 2008 5:39 PM

SCATHAC

I haven't been able to stop singing the A Man's Gotta Do song. Hilarious. But I also love the laundromat song. Great cast, too.

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Wednesday, July 16, 2008 7:47 PM

RCAT

Very funny stuff. It's pretty cool to see this kind of small-scale story telling be so entertaining and polished.

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Wednesday, July 16, 2008 7:47 PM

LETOV

Act 2 is up. Love it!

- Leto_V

"Well, my days of not taking you
seriously are certainly coming to
a middle." - Mal

"What the hell is an aluminum falcon?!?" - Palpatine - Robot Chicken

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Wednesday, July 16, 2008 8:39 PM

FAITHLOVESPURPLE

"The hammer...is my penis"--LOL! Fabulous.

NPH has great comedic timing. He can utilize the Joss humor, so I like that.

I still think the first Act songs are really really catchy, but I do like the first (duet) and last song in Act 2.

--Faith

"I can't get it right...get it right...since I met you."

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Thursday, July 17, 2008 6:19 AM

FARFLY

Captain Hammer is becoming a non-hero (I was going to say asshole, but that wouldn't be polite).
Penny will get marriage proposals from all over the world..

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Thursday, July 17, 2008 8:14 AM

ZEEK

I didn't care as much for the second act right away. Second time through it's already getting better. I guess I gotta get some Dr. Horrible merchandise.

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Thursday, July 17, 2008 8:26 AM

FIREFLYPASSENGER

Quote:
Originally posted by FaithLovesPurple:
"The hammer...is my penis"--LOL! Fabulous.

NPH has great comedic timing.

--Faith

"I can't get it right...get it right...since I met you."

Nathan's delivery of that line is hilarious. The line is funny but the way Nathan does it is just awesome.

I am loving NPH. He really is amzingky talented. I feel he just graduated in my eyes from Doogie. He is a the perfect Dr. Horrible.

Can't wait for Act 3.

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Thursday, July 17, 2008 8:47 AM

CLJOHNSTON108

Quote:
Originally posted by Scathac:
I haven't been able to stop singing the A Man's Gotta Do song. Hilarious. But I also love the laundromat song. Great cast, too.

Yeah, the Freeze Ray song is great, too!
Hell, they're all great!

And it's great to see that great big smile of Nathan's that I've heretofore only seen in video clips from backstage at conventions, when Joss is introducing him in his own style.

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Thursday, July 17, 2008 9:55 AM

EMBERS

I love this so much, I can't wait to own the DVD!
Nathan is so funny, but SO mean!
Neil Patrick Harris is amazing...
every line of dialog (and the lyrics) is full of humor and meaning...
I love this so much!

http://www.drhorrible.com/act_II.html

New Firefly fans should check this out: http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=15816
DON'T MISS DR.HORRIBLE! Nathan Fillion sings!!!!!

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Thursday, July 17, 2008 10:23 AM

BLACKADDER7

Lacy, gently wafting curtains...

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Thursday, July 17, 2008 12:06 PM

NAFLM

Is it just me, or is that a large model of Serenity hanging over Dr. Horrible's right shoulder during the webcam shots? (His right, our left.)

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Thursday, July 17, 2008 1:19 PM

KC5F

I'm guessing it's not, but might have been designed to give that impression to those who would appreciate it...

What's killing me about all of this is that I'm loving the first two episodes, but I leave the house at 6am on the day Act III comes on to go out of the country and not be near a computer for over a week! I don't have iTunes, so I'll either have to wait for the DVD or get iTunes just to buy the third part!!!

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Thursday, July 17, 2008 2:38 PM

AZENTROPY

Quote:
Originally posted by KC5F:
I'm guessing it's not, but might have been designed to give that impression to those who would appreciate it...

It isn't, it is actually pots and pans hanging as you can see more clearly in other shots, but they definitely are arranged to give that impression!

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Thursday, July 17, 2008 2:43 PM

SAMEERTIA

Have you guys heard that Dr.Steels fans (The Toy Soldiers) are in an uproar, claiming that Joss stole his material? They're starting a grass-roots movement, threatening to disrupt Comic Con events and everything.

Frankly, and maybe it's just me, I don't see very much ... as in any... resemblence in the material, except for the core concept which, honestly, Dr. Steel clearly stole from every comic book he read as a child.

Ah well, as they sing...
A MAN'S GOTTA DOOOOOOOOOOO WHAT A MAN'S GOTTA DO!
Obviously the Toy Soldiers haven't dealt with Browncoats before...

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Thursday, July 17, 2008 7:37 PM

SHINYGOODGUY

My fav part is the Bad Horse song. And I'm loving Penny (I could see her as Kaylee's sister at some point in the FF Saga).

I agree that NPH has shown that he's much more than a former child star. He's perfect as Dr. H, but ya' know I found myself rooting for the poor evil genius. The poor schmoe is stutteringly in love with our beautiful Penny, what's an evil doctor to do?

Laundry song - loving it! The Penis joke - just too funnee! Can't wait for Act 3.

A man's gotta do, what a man's gotta do!

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Friday, July 18, 2008 6:36 PM

SCATHAC

Act three is up. What did ya'll think? Don't want to spoil anything, but it wasn't what I was expecting...

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Friday, July 18, 2008 6:54 PM

NAFLM

Wow. Definitely caught me by surprise, even though

Select to view spoiler:

it seems to be a pattern in the Whedonverse, in that I don't think any relationship has ended well. The lucky ones end in painful heartbreak but most seem to end with a violent death. Which makes me think that Kaylee and Simon are doomed.

And you could see that Penny was falling for Billy. Just heartbreaking.

Very well done.

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Friday, July 18, 2008 7:01 PM

TINFOIL

Select to view spoiler:

Whedon is the master of the emotional rollercoaster.

I'm doing my best to spread the word to watch these before they go away. How are these people not signed until the end of time?

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Saturday, July 19, 2008 5:00 AM

ECGORDON

There's no place I can be since I found Serenity.

I think the title of this thread needs to be edited with the word Tragic inserted.

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Monday, July 21, 2008 9:29 AM

ZEEK

Didn't see that ending coming at all. I don't know how Joss continues to blind side me like that. At least act 1 & 2 were fun stuff. :-(

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Monday, July 21, 2008 10:11 AM

EMBERS

well I was pretty shocked... I was expecting standard musical: light romantic comedy, like OMWF...
I wasn't expecting tragedy!

But I have to say how much I love it! I'm so moved my it, Neil Patrick Harris was completely brilliant!

BTW for those who miss Penny, I want to pimp The Guild:
http://www.watchtheguild.com/
written by and starring Felicia Day, it is all about online gamers (she is one her own self)... it is VERY funny!

New Firefly fans should check this out: http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=15816
DON'T MISS DR.HORRIBLE! Nathan Fillion sings!!!!!

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Monday, July 21, 2008 11:45 AM

RICKKER

WOW. Joss is the master. Didn't see that coming at all. I knew it would be good. I took my Ipod to the midnight showing of Dark Knight and shared with my friend,(acts1+2) he choked on his popcorn he was laughing so hard. Awsomeness abounds throughout.

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Wednesday, July 23, 2008 5:57 PM

PEPPERG

it was cute, but considering joss's talents, insignificant.

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Wednesday, July 23, 2008 6:34 PM

STOWEAWAY

Actually I think it's VERY significant.
Nevermind the content, look what he has done. He put it all together for the whopping price of "the low 6 figures" and distributed it without the help of the studios.
And when it finally went live he basically "broke the Internet" from demand. Then Dr. Horrible became the #1 download on iTunes.
I don't know how much money he's made from it thus far. But he's already changed the course of entertainment. The studios should be scared.
And if you truly listen to the dialog, he really does make some heavy statements -- just in light-hearted song. 'Cause everybody knows that's the least painful way to learn a lesson.
He refers to Capt. Hammer as a "corporate tool" -- studio tool, perhaps? He talks about "sheeple" showing up for the slaughter.
Watch it again -- there is plenty of substance in that 40 minute gem.

As far as the ending -- somehow I just had a hunch. Couldn't really have ended any other way. It's the product of Hammer's ego & Horrible's, well, horribleness deep down inside.

---------------------------------------------------
"The world is a mess and I just need to....rule it."

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Wednesday, July 23, 2008 11:02 PM

SHINYGOODGUY

Act 3 caught me totally off-guard. I was not ready for what took place. I noticed from the first act that JW was approaching this from an entirely different direction.

But I think I need to see it again to "see" what you were talking about Stoweaway. I did hear the line about "corporate tool" and wondered for a second what it was about.

But Joss did take musical comedy and direct-to-fandom entertainment in a whole new direction. The studios are already quite nervous about the advent of homegrown tv (if the writers strike was any indication).

The Bad Horse song it just too funnee for words.

Gently wafting curtains....

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Thursday, July 24, 2008 3:38 AM

NTLZYJSTDNTCARE

Wow, I loved the second and third acts, mainly because of Nathan.

"I don't go to the gym. I'm naturally like this."

not lazy just don't care (about anything but Firefly)

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Thursday, July 24, 2008 6:47 PM

LEIGH

For those of us outside of the US (and those who just want to see them again!) I uploaded a few of my favorite songs from Dr. Horrible onto youtube. Of course, I am highly urging everyone to purchase the real thing on iTunes (which I've already done) and the DVDs when they're out!

Here's the songs.
Laundry Day (My Freeze Ray)

A Man's Gotta Do (+ Reprise)

On the Rise

Perfect Story (So They Say)

Everyone's a Hero

The Nightmare's Real (Finale)

Of course, these contains spoilers if you haven't watched them yet, so you've been warned! and certainly enjoy, Browncoats. =)

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Sunday, July 27, 2008 11:49 AM

CLJOHNSTON108

Tried to post this yesterday, but the attacking bots kept me at bay...

Dr. Horrible's Singalong Panel at Comic-Con: Yes There Will Be More Horrible
http://io9.com/5029327/dr-horribles-singalong-panel-at-comic+con-yes-t
here-will-be-more-horrible

And check this out: Nathan's friend designed the software for Dr. Horrible's iPhone remote control... and here it is!
http://www.thesoftwire.com/horrible_remote.html

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