Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008– )

An aspiring supervillain must balance his career and his pursuit of a beautiful do-gooder.

Stars:

Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion, Felicia Day

Won 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 2 wins.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Neil Patrick Harris	...	Billy (Dr. Horrible) (3 episodes, 2008)
Nathan Fillion	...	Captain Hammer (3 episodes, 2008)
Felicia Day	...	Penny (3 episodes, 2008)
Simon Helberg	...	Moist (3 episodes, 2008)
Nick Towne	...	Bad Horse Chorus #1 (3 episodes, 2008)
Jed Whedon	...	Bad Horse Chorus #2 (3 episodes, 2008)
Rob Reinis	...	Bad Horse Chorus #3 (3 episodes, 2008)
Otto Michael Penzato	...	Driver (2 episodes, 2008)

Storyline

Dr. Horrible, an aspiring supervillain with his own video blog, is attempting to join the prestigious Evil League of Evil (led by the legendary "thoroughbred of sin", Bad Horse), but his plans are usually foiled by the egotistical superhero Captain Hammer. Horrible's life is thrown for a loop when he falls in love with Penny, a beautiful and optimistic advocate for the homeless he meets at the laundromat, a situation which complicates itself even further when Penny begins dating the boorish, oafish Hammer after he apparently saves her life. Faced with the task of impressing the League, can Horrible overcome his own incompetence to ruin the day, kill the hero, and still get the girl?

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Plot Keywords:

internet series | musical comedy | apostrophe in title | punctuation in title | period in title | 

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Taglines:

The world is a mess and I just need to RULE it.

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Genres:

Comedy | Musical | Sci-Fi

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Details

Official Sites:

MySpace Official Fan Site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Filming Locations:

D.C. Stages, 1360 East 6th Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Timescience Bloodclub

Technical Specs

Runtime:

42 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

"Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" garnered the first-ever Emmy win for Joss Whedon, despite both his long and critically acclaimed career as a writer, director, and producer of many television shows and the fact that it did not actually air on television.

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Quotes

Captain Hammer: [reading from a set of cue cards] I hate the homeless...
[next cue card]
Captain Hammer: ... ness problem that plagues our city.

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Connections

Referenced in The Cleveland Show: Hot Cocoa Bang Bang (2011)

User Reviews

Phenomenal

I never thought I'd say I'm glad that the Writers went on strike.

I think I love Joss Whedon (Platonic love...not crush love, I'll save crush love for Neil Patrick Harris and Nathan Fillion)

The man has never done wrong by me, never made anything that was even slightly sub-par. Few of my favourite writers/directors can claim that (In fact...I think Joss is the only writer/director I have not been disappointed by even once!)

Dr. Horrible is fun. It's outside the box. It's quirky and adorable and several more synonyms for zany that I wont get into right now. It's how my friend (who's never heard of Whedon)described it "Cute...but than kinda depressing."

A lot of people were disappointed by the ending, but I say that's the magic of Mr. Whedon (The sick man that he is...) he made us care for these characters in only 40 minutes! Usually he has seasons upon seasons to make us love a character (before he ruthlessly slaughters them...that sick bastard) but somehow he managed to do it in 40 minutes!

People were outraged! People posted angry responses! Arguments started! Alternate Ending Fanfictions were written! So many people were affected...by a Internet Video? Take that Chocolate Rain kid!

Also, the DVD! Genius! This marks the first time I've listened to a Commentary as often as the actual show!

So watch it! Buy it! Prove to the studios that great stuff can be made and marketed without them butting in!