Doctor Horrible makes the cover of Time Magazine.
Talk about the icing on the cake.
It's featured in the Top Ten TV Series list, you may have to squint to see it.
December 17 2008
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samatwitch | December 17, 02:14 CET
Emmie | December 17, 02:19 CET
TDBrown | December 17, 02:24 CET
cabri | December 17, 02:24 CET
I can't remember if the actual article was already linked to- but here we go again for anyone who missed it.
Time on Dr Horrible.
missb | December 17, 02:37 CET
Saje | December 17, 03:44 CET
Ameer | December 17, 04:39 CET
Dana5140 | December 17, 04:43 CET
I cancelled my .com order, pre-ordered on .ca, and it gave me an excuse to also order a Naveen Andrews movie and a book on Amitabh Bachchan to get the free shipping.
Thanks, Dr. Horrible.:)
redeem147 | December 17, 04:51 CET
Any excuse to get free shipping...
redfern | December 17, 05:51 CET
barboo | December 17, 08:05 CET
Tonya J | December 17, 08:08 CET
('The Guild' is, IMO, actually a better indication of the sort of thing yer average talented, hard working Joe - or Joanne ;) - can achieve)
Saje, you've got something against Khartoum?
Khartoum ? Trouble ? Pfft, that's a mild altercation spot at best/worst.
Saje | December 17, 08:31 CET
YAY! None the less.
teachndoc | December 17, 08:36 CET
Zannadoo | December 17, 08:38 CET
Tonya J | December 17, 08:47 CET
I just think if e.g. some more or less unknown TV writer decided to do the same thing they (or whomever) would need to spend a huge amount more on PR (as well as production etc.) - the question isn't (and never was) 'can it be done' since it always could be, the question is, 'can it be done profitably' and i'm not sure that Dr H shows it can, except in specific, reasonably narrow circumstances. But there's no doubt it must've planted the seed in a lot of executive/financier minds and that can only be a good thing.
Saje | December 17, 08:57 CET
Saje, DHSAB may inspire Abrams, Spielberg, insert-famous-writer/director here to try it out... which will lead to others to see that this is profitable... which may lead to sponsors... which will lead to recognition to the Joe/Janes out there... new medium to make money off of.
korkster | December 17, 09:18 CET
"Today, my name....tomorrow, THE WORLD!!
...or at least my face on the cover, maybe People magazine, too"
[ edited by impalergeneral on 2008-12-17 19:16 ]
impalergeneral | December 17, 10:16 CET
I wonder, when studios try out things like this in the future, how comfortable they'll be with offering all of something like Dr. Horrible for free and then counting on voluntary payment for physical copies (or legit downloaded copies). Knowing that, although they will probably make profit if they put out a quality and/or popular product, there will definitely still be people out there who watch the freebie and never pay a cent (for whatever reason--not enough cash, no desire to own, not willing to spend money to own, etc). That may be difficult to accept from the purely business-minded who will be involved in the decision-making and, to be fair, this medium comes with risks just like any other (okay, The Dark Knight didn't come with any risks. There're some guarantees in entertainment-land).
Kris | December 17, 10:19 CET
Direct to DVD stuff is relatively easy to make profitable I think (you just make it cheap enough) but the sort of free to view "appointment internet" (as Warren Ellis called Dr H) is much harder IMO. I'm not sure even names like Spielberg have such a "dedicated" (ahem ;) following as to collect hundreds of thousands/millions of hits on a free view then sell bucket-loads to those same people on iTunes then sell the DVD to those same people again. Or maybe their following has a less strong self-identity because they've got broader appeal ? Michael Bay's films make millions of dollars at the box office for instance but how many people care enough about the next Michael Bay project to buy it multiple times even when they can legally watch it for free ?
(course, hopefully Dr H will indeed inspire a legion of high profile creators to prove me wrong)
Saje | December 17, 11:03 CET
phlebotinin | December 17, 11:34 CET
snowinhell | December 17, 12:07 CET