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April 01 2008

The preview poster for Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. Thanks to a pointer from the official fansite, our first glimpse of promotion for the musical.

theonetruebix | Dr. Horrible | 06:27 CET | 42 comments total | tags: there's a giant neil patrick harris!, giant neil patrick harris!, doctor horrible

Not sure if the owner of the fansite is reading this, but the link there to the official site is broken (should be .com, not .net).

Otherwise, cool!

karosurly | April 01, 06:42 CET

That is all kinds of awesome. Hee!

TamaraC | April 01, 06:42 CET

Awesome. Lookin' forward to it.

Ghalev | April 01, 06:48 CET

Mwwwaaaahhhh....that is what I envision NPH saying (singing). This is quite awesome.

Harmalicious | April 01, 07:01 CET

Whenever this comes out cannot come soon enough. Just...wow.

uptheapples | April 01, 07:05 CET

*gulp*

That is my town that scary Dr. Horrible is terrorizing, and I am a'scaired.

Nonetheless, I am completely stoked.

(I've examined the logo on Dr. Horrible's Mad Scientist labcoat pocket and it looks to me like a skeleton head. Anyone else see it as something else?)

QuoterGal | April 01, 07:43 CET

Hahaha. That's just hilarious!

Valentyn | April 01, 07:48 CET

Wait a minute. Is the official site http://drhorrible.com/ or http://doctorhorrible.com/ or like both. Cause the doctor one still says nervouscircus.

Anonymous1 | April 01, 07:49 CET

Anyone else see it as something else?

Well, it's very blurry, but to me it looks like a bird of prey (heraldic style) over a five-pointed star. No idea what the curves joining them are, though.

dreamlogic | April 01, 07:50 CET

QuoterGal,

I think it is a head with the same goggles on that Dr. Horrible is wearing on top of his head.

Anonymous1 | April 01, 07:52 CET

I think you need to do a forced refresh anonymous - doctorhorrible.com is showing the poster for me - was the first thing i checked when I noticed it was a different address ot the one we'd seen previously (hold down the ctrl key and press F5)

Beth'll | April 01, 07:53 CET

AWE + SOME = DR HORRIBLE.

crossoverman | April 01, 07:55 CET

Thanks, Beth'll, that fixed http://doctorhorrible.com for me. I was getting scared because it is April 1st you know. I thought someone (not Joss and company) had grabbed http://drhorrible.com and made up a poster.

Anonymous1 | April 01, 08:09 CET

NPH + Nathan Fillion + Felicia Day + Joss= Legend... wait for it ...dary.

crazygolfa | April 01, 08:15 CET

I love.

Can't wait!

BrownCoat_Tabz | April 01, 08:55 CET

I neeeeeeeeeeed your t-shirt, QG! :D

cabri | April 01, 08:56 CET

I agree with cabri. That is very shiny, QuoterGal!

The guild has gear http://www.watchtheguild.com/gear/

Joss, we need gear!!!

Anonymous1 | April 01, 09:14 CET

This is going to be legen...
(wait for it)
...dary!

Had to be done.

Arabchick | April 01, 10:06 CET

Had to be done.

Which is why it already had been.

theonetruebix | April 01, 10:13 CET

bring it on.

eth3er | April 01, 10:14 CET

Because one can never be too freaked out, I just made this my desktop background, stretched to fill the screen.

theonetruebix | April 01, 10:26 CET

Neil looks like a human version mix-up of Brain from Pinky and the Brain and Brainiac here. Hmmm. I smell coolness.

Perseo | April 01, 10:31 CET

Which is why it already had been

Oh yeah, I'm sure it has. That doesn't surprise me. I was just on a bit of a high from a great episode tonight and a visit to tedmosbyisajerk.com.

Arabchick | April 01, 11:32 CET

I've been wondering... Is this going to be really low budget?

xerox | April 01, 11:45 CET

From the description of the shooting onset by the owner of the house, it sounds lower budget than Buffy, higher budget than The Guild. And we all know from Serenity how Joss is an expert at squeezing the most out of every penny. Very much looking forward to this.

damaged justice | April 01, 12:02 CET

Oh yeah, I'm sure it has.

Yes, three comments above your own.

crossoverman | April 01, 13:56 CET

Me like it a laht.

Bizarrely, it sort of reminds me of 'Doktor Sleepless'.

(and I think the budget will be not too much and not too little but just right ;)

Saje | April 01, 14:07 CET

I thought it had a Warren Ellis vibe about it but I couldn't quite place it.

Simon | April 01, 14:10 CET

I had a dream last night that Joss was filming something in my place. I /really/ must have envy issues with the dude whose flat was used as the lair.

swanjun | April 01, 19:18 CET

Attend the tale of Dr. Horrible!
His practice was murder; his voice, adorable.

He tied up poor Penny in complex ligatures
Then sang of his crimes in complex time signatures.

This is the ballad of Dr. Horrible.
It's too soon for fanfic but he's not ignorable!

[ edited by Pointy on 2008-04-01 16:58 ]

Pointy | April 01, 19:28 CET

Pointy that was ... what's the opposite of 'deplorable' ? ;)

Saje | April 01, 20:12 CET

It's too soon for fanfic but he's not ignorable!

You realize that's the equivalent of throwing down the gauntlet around here, right?

Sunfire | April 01, 20:14 CET

Slainte, Saje, and Sunfire: Let the games begin!

Pointy | April 01, 21:12 CET

Oh no, I wasn't volunteering. It's a musical, so the fanfic must consist of lyrics. I have written no fanfic, and even less music.

ETA: Plus I have no idea of the specifics yet, outside of about a sentence or so. Not that that's been a barrier for Dollhouse, I hear. ;)

[ edited by Sunfire on 2008-04-01 18:20 ]

Sunfire | April 01, 21:18 CET

Oh my God. Wow.

And, also, Pointy? That was incredible.

UnpluggedCrazy | April 01, 23:16 CET

Attend the tale of Dr. Horrible!
His practice was murder; his voice, adorable.

Heh! Nice reference to Sweeney Todd, too - which Joss told me once was his favourite Sondheim musical!

crossoverman | April 02, 00:36 CET

Double-DVD version of the Sweeney movie recently came out. (The movie, unlike the stage version, doesn't have the ballad.)

Pointy | April 02, 01:03 CET

Anonymous1- re: the labcoat logo) - I do believe you've got it - and Horrible-Avec-Goggles is eversomuchomore Jossian than the very ordinary death's head insignia that I first pictured. Ya know, I like a Mad Scientist who brands with a sense of humor. (BTW, does anyone else besides me dislike that whole "branding" thing? - this from a graphic artist yet... I know we hafta have "corporate identity" - and I love designing logos - but I just loathe the whole "branding" term and imagery... sorry, OT³.)

However, dreamlogic - your take is also... intriguing, and I think I've figured out what those joining curves are.

Oh, and Sir of the Pointy - you are my Lyrical Hero - but I couldn't possibly add a thing to what you've written about the 'Dorable Horrible.

Back of his smile, under his word,
Pointy heard music that nobody heard.
Pointy pondered, and Pointy planned,
like a perfect machine, he planned.
Pointy was smooth, Pointy was subtle
Pointy would blink, and rats would scuttle.
Pointy, Pointy, Pointy, Pointy, Pointy!

QuoterGal | April 02, 03:55 CET

Double-DVD version of the Sweeney movie recently came out. (The movie, unlike the stage version, doesn't have the ballad.)

Well, yes, I knew that - but I have an addiction to musicals and Sondheim musicals especially. I really wish the ballad had been over the opening credits of the Burton film, though!

crossoverman | April 02, 04:26 CET

I'm with you there, crossoverman - its absence kinda boggled the mind...

QuoterGal | April 02, 04:35 CET

Tim Burton said: "We’d hired a bunch of great actors, recorded it, and everything, but as we started shooting, it became apparent that it just wasn’t working. It works great onstage, but for a movie it seemed like we wanted to see the story and not be told what we’re seeing."

Which is why it could have worked over the credits! Another interview he said something like "You don't need to be told to attend the tale - you're already attending it!"

crossoverman | April 02, 09:37 CET

However, dreamlogic - your take is also... intriguing, and I think I've figured out what those joining curves are.

I will be vindicated. Viindicated!

and yes, that's pretty much what it looks like to me, minus the arms, plus I think now the top point isn't a point but a smaller star.

dreamlogic | April 03, 07:44 CET

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