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I found out during recording of HijiNKS Ensue Podcast #21 that the legion horde of Whedon Zombies brought down DrHorrible.com with a swiftness. Mmmm, delicious server brains.
I still haven’t seen the first episode of “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-A-Long Blog.” The fact that there exists Whedon songs in the universe that aren’t already stuck in my head fills me with unspeakable sadness. You can still get it on iTunes, but I’m going to wait and watch it on the official site to get the full “DHSAB” experience.
Post your thoughts on Whedon’s web-musical in the comments or on the Fancy Bastard Forum.
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Tags: , dr. horrible's sing-a-long blog, josh dies, joss whedon, musicals, of mice and men
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
I will name him George, and I will hug him and pet him and squeeze him…
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
That Joss Whedon. First he lets you touch his pretty, pretty hair, but then before you've had your fill he changes his pretty little mind and starts..making…noise…and you just have to crash…his…delicate…little…server….
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
You haven't seen it yet?! The site has been back up for a day.
Also, ideas for a HE musical?
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
I think that up in high school required reading heaven, Mr. Steinbeck is lol-ing. He can haz funee alusionz!
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
That fact that it was my living room made it somewhat distracting.
But hey, now you get to see where I get drunk just about every Friday night&q…. Note the plumbed-in bottles of alcohol under the table behind NPH. 
Good times, I tell you. Good times.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
We all, of HE, wish we had your living room, save for Joel, since he's one of those straight-and-narrow types.
But seriously the show was great and mad kudos for letting them use your place.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Joel's silhouette in the final panel appears to be holding the six-gun in his right-hand (based on the outline of the arm/elbow of the non-shootin' iron side), whereas in panel 3 he's south-pawing it.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Again, my geek moment has lasted about three months and shows no signs of letting up. They actually put me in the last episode. When you see this huge geek in bright purple suit- that's me. The girl I'm dancing with is my GF.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Its an optical illusion. Look at it like you are seeing him with his back turned to you.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
You've shattered my fragile belief that you don't know how to read Joel Unless…CURSE YOU BOOKS ON TAPE!
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
It's like making the naked lady rotate the opposite direction. Except the naked lady is Joel.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Logically, that works. My brain interprets too many of the details differently to actually see it that way, though. *cue WRONG!*
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
I caught it once before the site went offline, and about 4,000 times since it's been back up. I was disappointed at first, the bit where he's just at the computer isn't that good, but once the songs start it becomes more or less the best thing ever. Fillion is brilliant in it, too.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Being the faithful Bastard that I am.. time for criticism! The backgrounds in the first three panels look like bad green-screen or maybe matte paintings hung behind the "actors." Just doesn't feel like the characters exist on the same plane as the background. That last frame though, fucking awesome! I mean that in all ways, aesthetically, artistically, compositional-ly, emotively, etcetera-ly, etc. I recognized this scene immediately but it also made me think of that scene from Assassins. Anyone know the one I'm talking about? It was in a swamp too.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Yes, this is very much true. Not that I don't love NPH and his mannerisms, but that beginning is clearly all set-up. But the songs are gold, and as per Joel's remark, they are now stuck in my head. I fucking love harmonies, so that last song is pure liquified gold.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
What was that orange looney toones hairball's name?
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
I keep one of my hands in a glove full of lotion so that it will be soft when I finally shake his hand.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
We're watching it tonight, as a family.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
If he's in HSRR Heaven then Emily Brante is burning in HSRR Hell.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
now that you've pointed it out it has pissed me off so much that ive fixed it.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
I just see two vases.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
I just look at my wife and say "BOOK!" and she tells me a reference.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Once the baby is asleep we'll have a Dr. Horrible watching party.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
I hear ya. It was a difficult background to get just right and Im only about 75% happy with it. And thank you for the critique. Its always welcomed as long as it's constructive.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Unnamed in its first appearance, "Hair-Raising Hare"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair-Raising_Hare
It was called Rudolph in its next, "Water, Water Every Hare"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water%2C_Water_Every...
After all that, it wasn't the orange guy, but the abominable snowman, Hugo, in "The Abominable Snow Rabbit" that said the line
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abominable_Snow_Rabb...
Thanks, Wikipedia! <waves>
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
"Oh, for shame! Just look at those finger nails! My, I'll bet you monsters lead in-teresting lives. I said to my girl friend just the other day, 'Gee, I'll bet monsters are in-teresting.' I said."
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
"Gosh it's hot." Whee!
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
And today's "Arlo and Janis"
http://www.comics.com/comics/arlonjanis/archive/a...
referenced one of my faves, "Feed the Kitty" (brings tears to my eyes every time)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feed_the_Kitty
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
The only problem with harmonies, is choosing which to sing along to. I really hope Fillion doesn't steal every scene, because NPH is equally brilliant, and I'd love for him to get the best lines sometimes.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
i thought my mind was playing tricks on me. I totally "got" the optical illusion, but you're the boss.
edit: question…would we be able to get prints of "errors" like the PA prints? when you hit "print" there, you get the comic as it is that moment, error and all. are you implementing something like that, with the whole "enter the URL" thing?
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
true. oddly, I went Tara in the Giles/Tara harmony from "Standing/Under Your Spell" and Buffy during "Walk Through the Fire". Here? I went with Penny. I think there's something wrong with me.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Actually, his name was Gossamer.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Ahhh… memories of having to read this in high school come flooding back. Lenny, I mean Josh, looks like Billy Bob Thornton's character in Sling Blade.
As for the musical, I haven't seen it yet. As a fan of musicals, this kills me. As a fan of Whedon's work, I feel like I've let the man down.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Apparently he only got that name in 1980. Post-Carl Stalling makes it non-canon by my book.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Sorry! I wasn't trying to make extra work for you. I mean, you know that wrong was directed at my own poor befuddled, addled, incoherent brain, right?
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
I think I just woke up my entire household, this made me laugh so loud.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
NPH! The man, the actor… the legend…
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
"It rubs the lotion on its skin!"
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
I know the swamp scene from Assassins! Stallone marches the guy out there and he's all beggin for his life and stuff, and then old Sly doesn't even pull the trigger himself… Some strange part of me does enjoy that movie…!
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Really? I did not know that.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
This would be truly horrible if it wasn't so brilliant.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
I've just watched part two, and I think it brilliant.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
It'd have been awesome to see Andy Dick run in and pull down Josh's overalls.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Oh, and you're getting quite good at the whole emotive-eye thing. Josh's look of wonder is terrific. I'm in a puddle at the tragedy of it.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
and man, can he sing…
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
You give me the URL and you get the comic as it stands at that moment. If theres a typo or mistake I havent caught yet, you get that.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
eh, the more I looked at it, the more it looked incorrect.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
"Wish I could… STAAAAAAAAAAAY"
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
It's time fore them to get up anyway. Lazy household.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
truly…DOCTOR Horrible?
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
His mug shot didn't creep me out at all. I just assumed he looked like a crazy pedophile by now.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
For seriously? -It really sort of bugged me out. I mean, shit, it still looks like his fingers are probably sticky. Sticky and waggling away from his body.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
I enjoy that movie a lot. It's a solid flick.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
well there's that part where every one in the cast gets to sing a line. Buffy's "Going through the motions…" always stands out to me, as well as Tara's line "Everything is turning out so dark…"
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
I think, as a fellow fan of Newsradio, Joel has the same disdain for Andy Dick that the world seems to have for him. And God.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Oh yeah. I would totally let my son or daughter date him. Seems pretty wholesome.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Oh- and if you guys are ever out in Los Angeles, Let me know. I'll throw a party.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Im guessing that getting you to throw a party isnt all that hard.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
According to Wikipedia, at least. And if it's on the internest, it must be true. But I do know from first-hand observation that the monster isn't named in his first appearance (Hair-Raising Hare) and is called "Rudolph" in his second (Water, Water Every Hare).
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Right. I bought the Looney Tunes Gold Collection for my mother for her birthday last year and it had those two shorts on there, so I knew that he wasn't so-named at first. I guess it just slipped my mind when I left that above comment.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Honestly- we don't even need a reason anymore. Come to think of it- we don't even need an excuse- just an opening in the schedule.
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
you know it's in three parts over a week, right? and it'll be out on DVD? so I assume….4 parties?
February 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Tara is far too high, although I've never really tried to sing either part since I'm not particularly keen on Standing OR Under Your Spell, never mind the medley, and Buffy is the obvious one for Walk Through the Fire since she's got the most lines. I had to go with Captain Hammer here, though.
September 21st, 2009 at 10:03 pm
They Shoot Joshes Don't They?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Shoot_Horses,_D...
Wonder how many others got the ref?
At last a reference I can get too! I don't watch Lost and BSG
P.S. Cartoon* Josh is teh cute-zor. I haz bear horn for a cartoon? WTF?
* not met the real one so couldn't judge