Dr. Horrible Act II

[fenchurch]

Squeeee!!!!

Probably even better than Act I! There are so many good lines...
"I want to be an achiever, like Bad Horse."
"The Thoroughbred of Sin?!"
"I meant Gandhi."

ROFL!!!

And poor Dr. Horrible! I do love the way Joss has jumbled up stereotypes... the "hero" is an absolute opportunistic jerk and while the "villain" may be every so slightly psychotic, he's also kinda sweet and basically a nice guy. I've always thought that villains are much more interesting, from a personality perspective... they generally have really good reasons for what they're doing, even if it's based off some sort of psychosis or paranoia. And Captain Hammer is sure giving Dr. Horrible plenty of reasons to step off the deep end!

I can't wait for the next installment... and I'm so glad these are going up at Midnight Eastern Time, because it means I'll be able to watch Act III before we leave for California on Saturday. I'd been a bit worried, especially since it's supposed to be taken offline on Sunday... I wasn't sure I'd get to see it if it didn't go live before we left.

Comments

[queenofattolia.livejournal.com]

Very good - NPH continues to be awesome, and what a great singer he is! My only complaint is about Whedon's Waif-O-The-Month - why does he love these wan, colorless women so much? Both NPH and Fillion are so vivid, and she's just this hole in the middle of the proceedings. Oh, well - Joss is nothing if not consistent, I guess.

[redeem147.livejournal.com]

He's worked with her before - she was the Potential Vi on Buffy. She also has a popular online programme called The Guild.

[ladypeyton.livejournal.com]

She also has formal voice training, so it may be a combination of th two; familiarity and necessary vocal range.

[queenofattolia.livejournal.com]

I stopped watching BtVS after the first couple of episodes of S7, so I didn't recognize her. Funny, I thought for sure her character would end up as a emotionless supergod or a kickass human stealth weapon or some combination thereof (in keeping with Whedon's agenda for his waifs) but instead she ended up DEAD and thus the impetus for Dr. Horrible's true turn to evil (v. comic-book-y). Quel surprise.