Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog actually isn’t a blog, but a 3 part online mini-series-show-thing. I’ll do my best to explain it. It’s about a guy who’s an evil genius and wants to take over the world, and the vlog that he has where he posts updates on his newest evil inventions, including the Freeze Ray which can freeze people and other things. But he’s also a normal guy who has a crush on the girl at the dry cleaner’s. And it’s also a musical.
I know, totally random. It’s by Joss Whedon (who made Firefly, Serenity, and an episode of The Office) and this apparently came out of the writer’s boredom that Whedon faced during the writer’s strike. It’s a completely independently-funded project and… it’s very interesting. Even though it has a weird and crazy plotline, it works. Here’s the trailer:
You can watch each of the 15-minute episodes for free using Hulu’s excellent player at DrHorrible.com or download each of them on iTunes for $2 each. (A bit much, considering each is only 15-minutes long) But hurry, because the free online episodes will disappear Sunday night and be replaced by a download method that can actually pay for all the people who worked on the show.
Even though the set-up is incredibly weird, for the most part the musical vlog love story works for the most part. I liked the first two acts better than the third, but that isn’t a reason to not watch this fresh and exciting show - both because of it’s content and because of it’s distribution method.
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