July 29 2008
Joss blogs about Dr. Horrible over at Hulu.
"You'll laugh, you'll cry.... and you just might learn long division. With songs! PLEASE watch it. We're so lonely...".
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GVH | July 29, 08:45 CET
@theonetruebix | July 29, 08:50 CET
Joss just keeps messing with my mind. Sometimes I wonder if he's just another part of Tommy Westphall's imagination... and if I am, in turn, a part of it as well... It would explain so much.
Oh the conspiracy!
Mrs.BigPileofDust | July 29, 08:52 CET
I like the bit where a commenter says "Thanks Josh!"
Sometimes I think commenters do that to be clever nowadays. But I'm never sure. Journalists on the other hand do amaze me in still messing it up in diverse ways.
Sunfire | July 29, 08:54 CET
phlebotinin | July 29, 08:54 CET
The contrast between the average comment on Whedonesque and, say, the average comment on YouTube (or Hulu) never ceases to amaze me.
MattK | July 29, 08:58 CET
MattK | July 29, 09:01 CET
And then, suddenly, it will be January.
ProgGrrl | July 29, 09:10 CET
Heh. Dunno. Ask that Josh guy.
NYPinTA | July 29, 09:10 CET
phlebotinin | July 29, 17:54 CET
Totally with you there! I keep Joss' comments handy with me all the time. I love re-reading those suckers! (Odd, it seems that "suck" is my word for the day. Sorry about that.)
Ah, just because I'm me, it was sooo cooool to meet Joss and have him remember the discussion thread about me asking him questions. It's a reminder that eyes are everywhere. And now he may know that we print out his comments and carry them in out puke-green backpack. Very mind-trippy. Eh, in a good way?
korkster | July 29, 09:13 CET
The DVD is of course something else, especially with the extras we've heard about. But the iTunes thing can't make money now, can it? Anything about future availability on HULU?
This deviation from the plan somehow makes me restless, as if something behind the scenes that we don't know about went wrong. The plan was sound, and succeeded beyond expectations. So why undermine it? Anybody got an idea?
Harpy | July 29, 11:22 CET
hacksaway | July 29, 11:28 CET
TheGamut | July 29, 11:29 CET
palehorse | July 29, 11:52 CET
jam2 | July 29, 11:53 CET
Harpy, I think the Dr. Horrible team know that globally iTunes isn't available to non-American/Canadians, so they might have opened it back up for that purpose.
Isn't it supposed to leave iTunes soon? Like today?
korkster | July 29, 11:57 CET
korkster | July 29, 11:58 CET
Yep. Their twitter makes it pretty clear: International Horrible fans. Happy times? And did everyone see myspace's new homepage? Fancy fancy pants. about 5 hours ago from web
Sunfire | July 29, 12:02 CET
Mort | July 29, 12:16 CET
korkster | July 29, 12:18 CET
Joss cracks me up
Dr. Horrible > South Pacific
Vespa | July 29, 12:37 CET
This got a good hearty Krabappel-like snort:
"I know, you're humbled. Stop groveling."
And I did like this: "It's presented in three separate acts, so if you don't like one, you're perfectly free to suck it up and watch the other two in pain!"
Take that, you fans!/Eliza D.-style
QuoterGal | July 29, 12:39 CET
I think she might be a bad influence on him.
NYPinTA | July 29, 12:41 CET
QuoterGal | July 29, 21:39 CET
*snorts out cherry*
That was a highlight of the Dollhouse panel. I love Eliza. She's a great bad influence. Loved her take on PETA too. :) Talk about ballz. It was refreshing to hear a panelist so honest.
korkster | July 29, 12:45 CET
IrrationaliTV | July 29, 12:46 CET
If true, I think it's a marvelous influence. She's way feisty (and brimming with truthiness) and I'm a big fan of both and her.
QuoterGal | July 29, 12:48 CET
I'm making a german translation for my father and all my pupils. They are english-challenged. I know there is a spanish translation out there somewhere (because I'm using it as a reference point, when I can't make out the english audio), and we heard about french undertitles on the DVD.
I wonder if anybody of team Whedon has seen the european DVDs with about 20 languages in undertitles to choose from. THAT would be cool. Anybody else here, who already translated DR. Horrible in their native language?
Could we make a thread at whedonesque.org?
Harpy | July 29, 13:12 CET
Mort | July 29, 13:16 CET
His skill? He makes people feel dirty about themselves, literally soils their souls, to the point they end their own lives. Is he responsible for their deaths? Yes, but in a "I'm too lazy to do it myself, here's some bad advice" sort of way.
When Filth. is teamed up with Moist, they make MUDDD: a Murder Under Deep Depressing Dimensions. It's tough to wade through, and hardly anyone makes it through the Quicksand of Despair.
Great team. Take that, Batman & Robin!/Eliza D.
Almost better than Paper Cut. And, if it wins, I want acknowledgement. Uh, Mort too. Nothing big. Maybe a death scene (didn't say I have to survive), but waves of bowing could be in order. :) This is why I don't have my own blog. I would spend all of my time typing things that no one cares about and wasting my life away.
korkster | July 29, 13:27 CET
I just also saw Angel and Doogie Howser. It's on the next page. Probably for the same reasen...
[ edited by Harpy on 2008-07-29 22:34 ]
Harpy | July 29, 13:31 CET
Hahaha. I like.
NYPinTA | July 29, 13:44 CET
It's funny that now that I think about it, I'm actually drawing from my own past. Uh, victim of Filth., so to speak. But I have dumb luck like Dr. Horrible. If there's anyway to go out, one way is to snuggle up with the depressingly dark Dictionary of D's and take a drive. Damn tree.
Do you think Joss would allow one to collect his "blogs" and random interviews and host a collection sort-of-place? They're like a soft cool pillow that you plummet your head in after a long day at Comic-Con.
korkster | July 29, 13:53 CET
Sunfire | July 29, 14:00 CET
korkster | July 29, 14:32 CET
@theonetruebix | July 29, 14:35 CET
I agree, bix; just like to think ahead.
korkster | July 29, 14:37 CET
I was thinking about The One False b!X, but then I realized there'd have to be more than one false one (since Joss beat up a couple of them, which is more than one) and so I'd have to find another name for it, but then I realized I don't think I want to video myself anyway.
[ edited by theonetruebix on 2008-07-29 23:49 ]
@theonetruebix | July 29, 14:48 CET
When did Joss beat up a couple of bixes? I don't remember that. Before my time? Loved to hear the tale.
I wonder if they'll take our applications and make them... better, for a lack of a word. Add a little bit of Joss magic. I wouldn't want my character to be "almost-good-at-evil" but suck at the follow-through. I want "that totally rocks at evil!", and wouldn't mind a Whedon touch-up from the gang.
korkster | July 29, 15:05 CET
dollaction figure be my evil character... of course Joss created the character so I'm guessing that would be a no. It makes sense to me that Hulu wanted to host this for free: they just got a ton of free advertising in all the entertainment papers, but with Doctor Horrible gone there was no way to benefit from the exposure.embers | July 29, 15:48 CET
teachndoc | July 29, 17:16 CET
Also, with regards to phlebotinin's excellent idea: I'm currently reading Ebert's "your movie sucks!", which I got as a birthday present yesterday, and it'd be a lot of fun if Joss wrote a collection of his posts himself with meta-comments on the background of when or why certain posts/comments were written or a collection of responses he got to things he said, etcetera, kind-of in the style of that book.
I'm also pretty sure something like that won't happen, though, but I'd totally buy it (and so would a lot of others). Face it: Joss writing a book? Best seller waiting to happen :).
GVH | July 29, 17:26 CET
I would totally buy that book. And sleep with it under my pillow.
korkster | July 29, 18:08 CET
I wouldn't want Joss to be lonely...
korkster | July 29, 18:34 CET
@theonetruebix | July 29, 18:35 CET
The people who don't frequent here? Like... my outer-world friends. I was just curious if I was the only one.
korkster | July 29, 18:40 CET
If I was a guy and in any way resembled a certain showrunner, I might play an evil parody of him. But that's high-risk. The tone would have to be just so. Not bitter, but not sucking up either. But very "I kill people. With words! It gives me and others joy. Let me show you!"
The scene in my head where Angel's stabbing is re-enacted with a much more ironic tone is funny to me, anyway.
Sunfire | July 29, 18:46 CET
crazygolfa | July 29, 18:46 CET
crazygolfa, don't fear the nekkid person. I hear they're actually quite pleasant to talk to. And you could introduce Joss to a whole nudist colony... you never know!
korkster | July 29, 18:49 CET
hacksaway | July 29, 19:54 CET
korkster | July 29, 19:56 CET
@theonetruebix | July 29, 20:21 CET
@theonetruebix | July 29, 21:44 CET
The caption reads:
This problem that plagues our city.
No way. I will bet cashy money that this is a Joss joke, and reads:
...ness problem that plagues our city.
Also, it's strange that "evil league of evil" is never capitalised. Suggests that is just what people call it, and that it's true and official name is something that goes unspoken, which would be kind of cool. But then if the captioning is not strictly cannon....
AlanD | July 29, 22:49 CET
@theonetruebix | July 29, 23:03 CET
Dunno if I poo-poo'ed the idea of free Hulu hosting but then, this isn't free (since it has ads). And i'm not bowing to a bloody colonial anyway ;-).
Saje | July 30, 00:57 CET
I, too, want to make an ELOE-character. I'll already be filming quite a few things with some friends, the coming weeks (we're making an introductionmovie for the "birthday" year of my volleybalclub (we'll be 40 years old, the coming year) and we're doing a couple of other things, like making a short movie (15 mins) for a local directors competition), maybe I can get them so far to take a few minutes out of our schedule to do a presentation of a new ELOE-character. Now I just have to think of one ;)
Thanks, korkster! I would not sleep with the book under my pillow - because then I'd ruin it - but I'd definately lay it next to bed for some light pre-sleep reading :).
GVH | July 30, 02:45 CET
I dunno, the latest generation of pillows are pretty hard-wearing, it's not like the early beta versions.
(and happy belated birthday GVH ;)
Saje | July 30, 02:49 CET
crazygolfa | July 30, 08:06 CET
AlanD | July 30, 08:27 CET
GVH, character huh? Which one? I'll loan you Paper Cut, but your hands may not thank you. ;)
I dunno, the latest generation of pillows are pretty hard-wearing, it's not like the early beta versions.
(and happy belated birthday GVH ;)
Saje | July 30, 11:49 CET
Ha! WSS :)
Nah, really, I have like... 6 pillows? Pretty sure. Just because Joss is under one of them, doesn't mean my ginormous head will be squishing him anyway. ;) I thought about rephrasing that last sentence, but I doubt anyone is reading this besides me.
korkster | July 30, 09:58 CET
not complaints - I am happy, slappy, snappy, mappy, rappy ::
But you misspelled Gandhi's name.
And the last word of Hammer's song is "...way!" not "Why?" I'm pretty sure.
Just putting this up here because I didn't see them noted above and I figured if you love it enough to type it all up in the first place, you probably want to get it right. And since it is the best captioning I have seen (accuracy-wise), I figured it must be a true fan. So someone here? (unless Hulu has their own folks)
sea otter | September 14, 21:49 CET
I did manage to find it still posted in hulu's notes on facebook so thought I'd just post it here in the event someone came looking for it.
While I was looking, I stumbled on this slideshow about Dr. Horrible's internet history & success, created by a Dr. Tama Leaver a few months ago for the Australian and New Zealand Communication Association 2009 conference, so I thought I'd post it here as well. It's called, "What Dr Horrible Can Teach Media Creators About Participatory Culture."
It's like a lil' walk through the history of Dr. Horrible, before he became a Big Important Emmy-type Winner - with pictures and everything.
QuoterGal | September 14, 23:32 CET
Also, hee hee, had never read that JossPost before. Very Jossy. Very amusing. And yay Emmy! OK, enough time traveling, back to the Whedonesque of Now.
catherine | September 15, 09:07 CET