Sing-Along Blog - So They Say

Remember Dr. Horrible?
But of course! I even reviewed the whole musical and its comic book adaptations.

Here's a song, my favorite one, from the "movie".
Why favorite? I dunno, it's just so darn' catchy. And it's the story turning point.
"There's no happy ending...so they say" How very true...
And it's also pretty funny, just check out Nathan Fillion's segment :P



"...They say you get to do the weeeeeird stuff~"

CBR Dr. Horrible

You watched the webisodes and love both the DVD and CD of Dr. Horrible?
Well, here's more of Captain Hammer, Moist, Bad Horse and all the others!

Comic title: Dr. Horrible and other Horrible Stories
Written by Zack Whedon
Art by Joelle Jones, Jim Rugg, Farel Dalrymple, Eric Canete

Published by Dark Horse Comics
From 2010
Lineup Dr. Horrible
Format: Trade paperback containing Dr. Horrible #1, all three digital comics from MySpace Dark Horse Presents and a new original sixteen-page one-shot.


When you want to start off a media franchise, most of the times companies go to Dark Horse Comics for the comic book part.
That's what Joss Whedon did with his Firefly/Serenity and Buffy series.

Since Dr. Horrible was such a huge hit with fans and went on  to win several awards... he couldn't let this untapped idea full of potential go to waste...

This comic is sort of a Dr. Horrible's prequel

The Dr. Horrible comics started first with 3 tie-in comics published online on Dark Horse's page and collected in omnibus collection full of other online comics called MySpace Dark Horse Presents...
Then a one-shot was published as a stand alone comic.
This Trade Papaerback collects all that, one new original story and connects all stories through a larger plot.

All are written by Zack Whedon, the art used in all these comics are all quite distinct, mostly cartoony and the main characters for story really stand out and are quite recognizable.
There's also a great introduction by the cast & crew of the live version of Dr. Horrible.

Bad Horse! Bad Horse! Bad Horse, He’s Bad!

Who is this comic for?
Well, mostly fans of Dr. Horrible.
The stories go to a great lenght of creating a background to each characters...but you'll be lost in all this probably if you're not familiar with them..

All the stories happen and are constructed around a signing of Captain Hammer in the park.
It happens just before the movie itself, before Horrible receives his invitation to the Evil League of Evil and finishes his Freeze Ray.
One story covers Captain "Nathan Fillion" Hammer and his reaction to fans and villains, another why Penny was so alone, the secret origin of Moist and why he joined Horrible, Doc' Horrible's background and hatred for heroes and finally a special tale of the Evil League and Bad Horse.

All stories are pretty good and in the same spirit of the movie (well...minus the singing..).
It's a very nice way to start off a little expanded universe for this, now, media-franchise and perfect to read while awaiting for the recently announced Dr. Horrible 2!

Overall, a nice, decent enough, Dr. Horrible comic series!
They're perfectly in tone with the actual Dr. Horrible movie, Zack Whedon took specially care of the characters' portrayal.

The birth of the archenemies-dynamic between Captain Hammer and Dr. Horrible is well presented and thanks to the different character tales, well structured.

A good read for fans, non-fans might check it out if they're curious about these characters.
Read it if you sound interested by all of this!~

I give it:

  2 / 3 FlamingCarrots!

MR Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

It's time for a new and totally new unexpected movie review!
Something I've been really wanting to put on this blog!

A Superhero-drama-comedy-musical-vlog Whedon-esque movie.

Movie: Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
Directed by Joss Whedon
Release date 2008
Genre Musical-superheroic-drama-tragedy-vlog (What? Isn't that perfectly correct and fitting?)
Official website: http://www.drhorrible.com/
Country USA


In 2008, Joss Whedon made this revolutionary "little" short flick.
It was released in 3 parts as a Youtube vlog. Joss Whedon and his loyal crew (family, Nathan Fillion and co.) created something able to challenge modern TV productions!
It was massively followed by fans during its 3-parts release and was such a phenomenon it even won awards!
Then it was released as a short independent movie on DVD alongside its Original Soundrack on various formats...

But let's go back just a little...
What is "Dr. Horrible"?

It’s not a death ray or an icebeam, That’s all Johnny Snow...

Dr. Horrible is a mad scientist. An evil comic book villain, type of mad scientist.
His plans are always defeated by his archenemy and local Superhero Captain Hammer.
Along comes a lot of other interesting and original characters, such as our two main characters' love interest Penny, evil sidekick Moist, the mysterious unseen figure (until the final act) of the big evil villain Bad Horse and many more...

The story, told in classical tragedy-like 3 acts, introduces us to our main characters and what is at stake in the first part. Then the story develops in the second and problems happen (Captain Hammer happens). Finally all the action culminates in the 3rd final act, resolution and curtains. End.

(trying not to spoil to much if you haven't seen it)
It is a musical, and it follows perfectly the classic tragedy patterns. Yeah, this means a bad ending but with resolution for our main mad scientist.
Dr. Horrible wants to become a major league villain and join Bad Horse's gang, but to achieve that goal he will have to prove himself and defeat his archenemy..

Whedon's fans will be glad to found some familiar faces along their usual Whedon-esque themes and quality in this little web-series/movie.
Nathan Fillion is our egoistic, egocentric self-centered superhero. Ex-Captain Mal Reynolds is pretty epic as the super-powered hero.
Neil Patrick Harris, known for you sitcom-lovers in How I Met Your Mother, makes quite a fantastic evil scientist! Most of this epic story's song rest on his shoulders, so I'm glad he's such a great singer! Comics fans (such as me) loved him Batman: The brave and the bold as musical villain Music Meister as well (check it out!) and he will appear as Nighting's voice in Batman: Under the red hood soon (minus the songs this time).
Felicia Day, playing the love interest for both characters was already well-known for episodic vlogs-nerd in The Guild (I haven't seen that, so..), another Youtube-kind of series, so she brought along this kind of needed experience with her.

Captain Hammer.

So how does it work as a movie/series?
Pretty darn' good! Our main guy, Dr. Horrible goes through a lot on his journey to Evilness.

But it's really in the songs that this sort of project shines~
The music, the lyrics... I don't wanna sound like a fanboy, but it's perfect! Just perfect!
Probably the songs I've heard the most, even in the short time that happen since it was released!

They songs are amazing, well song from all the cast. Hear it once, you'll be whistling the tunes for a while, hear it twice, you'll be humming the lyrics forever!
The solo-songs are neat and thanks to the actors and the ones who wrote them, they're really catchy!
The group-songs are my favorite :'3
Listen to "So they Say" you'll be laughing...
Listen to "Brand New Day" and you'll be following Dr. Horrible's hate and vengeful plot...
Then finally "Everything You Ever", Dr. Horrible won...at what price?!

The plot is pretty clever, and what you'd expect, and nothing less, from Whedon & co.
It's not only a musical/vlog/tragey. It's also a comic book story! It really analyse a comic book super villain's point of view (his hatred, his aspirations and need for power, even the loss that would "create" him in the end).

Dr.Horrible easily created a fanbase, and I'm not surprised of that!
It's a story that really resonates with every nerd/comic book geek!
Let's see that... Its a nerd's dream.
It reflects his aspiration for power, comic book character-like status!
The girl he would dare approach..
But we're in a Joss Whedon story, and such power/status comes at a price...And a sacrifice would be needed.. Dr. Horrible would end up with the girl...or the power/status? You guess it!

OVERALL, it's a fantastic work!
I may be a total Dr. Horrible fanboy by now... but it's highly recommanded!

Try it, it's free anyway XD
Watch it... but then, if you'll like it, support Joss Whedon!
Buy the DVD...the OST...

The DVD alone is worthwhile for the commentary track alone. You see, there is a classic commentary track of course, but there's also a much needed and fantastic complentary side-show. The Musical Commentary track! A fantastic innovation for musicals, I demand a musical commentary for every future musical!! Scrap that, I demand a musical commentary for everything from now on, or at least future Joss Whedon-stuff!

Dr. Horrible is an intelligent work and well done use of modern mediums.
It's something you, yes you, should watch just for curiosity if you're not that interested.
You like comics? Follow stuff on youtube? Fan of Whedon? Nathan Fillion-geek? Watch it!!

I give it:

  3 / 3 Films!