Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog (Act 1)
NPH: Evil Mastermind… or is he?
The first act of Joss Whedon’s three act web-series “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog” has been posted via Hulu and available for download on iTunes. The trailer has been making the rounds for a couple weeks, though aside from glimpses of Neil Patrick Harris and the should-be leading man Nathan Fillion it gave very few clues as to what we could expect.
Having seen the first episode, now, apparently it was all in the title. There’s Dr. Horrible (Harris), he has a blog, and there is singing. Really, it’s the singing that kicks things into high gear (well, that and Fillion’s pompous super-hero character). Harris is, as expected, hilarious. It’s hardly worth mentioning the plot, but it involves super-villainy, laundry and a love triangle.
The next two acts are released on July 15th and July 17th — no need to drag things out, right?
UPDATE: Flood of Fans Crashes Dr. Horrible Website - [Wired]
Tags: Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Hulu, iTunes, Joss Whedon, Nathan Fillion, Neil Patrick Harris, web-video
July 16th, 2008 at 10:52 am
Now that’s pretty damn funny. I have a feeling it could be the funniest musical-comedy to hit community theatre’s around the country since “Rent.”
July 19th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
I hope if there should ever be a sequel, we get to hear Bad Horse himself actually sing. But I certainly understand why it was his minions who did the singing in Part One.
This reminded me so much of the best book I read last year - “Soon I Will Be Invincible” by Austin Grossman. If you get the chance, check it out. Dr. Horrible would have fit right in!