Dr. Horrible released today on Amazon.com.
For those who didn't pre-order, the DVD is still eligible for shipping in time for Christmas. And if you're looking for a review, check out the one by Time.com's James Poniewozik.
Make sure you select 2-day shipping upon checkout to ensure you get it before the holiday.
December 18 2008
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Urui | December 18, 22:55 CET
Simon | December 18, 23:06 CET
Beth | December 18, 23:08 CET
Simon | December 18, 23:12 CET
Personally I'm bummed that even with expedited shipping which is supposed to take 8-12 days to Oz, mine isn't set to arrive for 25 days.
Beth | December 18, 23:14 CET
Same here. I may invent a holiday in late January just for the occassion.
Also means I can add any review links to this entry from this point onward.
Simon | December 18, 23:18 CET
P.S Sorry about the lack of apostrophes my computer is acting up
Beth | December 18, 23:25 CET
kungfubear | December 18, 23:25 CET
I didn't know they did that.
Simon | December 18, 23:28 CET
kingfubear why weren't you able to pre-order?
Beth | December 18, 23:30 CET
kungfubear | December 19, 00:37 CET
Hilary | December 19, 01:11 CET
I’m an antipode
So it won’t ship here for a while
But you can make me smile
By reviewing it ‘Whedon’-style
Was it everything
You ever wanted it to be?
An egg-filled DVD
With applications to the ELE
Time to scream and cheer
Now Dr Horrible is here
Let us, your review, hear
(C’mon the cost was not too dear!)
So watch it now…
...and sing.
missb | December 19, 02:43 CET
Snugels | December 19, 03:04 CET
Anyways, I'm still waiting for a PAL release, or news of one. I guess I could settle for NTSC format and just play it on my computer.
Eerikki | December 19, 03:10 CET
Jonathan Coulton just did this recently with his greatest hits album.
John Darc | December 19, 03:43 CET
dreamlogic | December 19, 04:20 CET
SteveP | December 19, 04:31 CET
KernelM | December 19, 04:52 CET
ChampBlankman | December 19, 05:08 CET
pat32082 | December 19, 05:13 CET
Pointy | December 19, 05:51 CET
Lioness | December 19, 06:06 CET
SteveP | December 19, 06:09 CET
Sassafras | December 19, 06:10 CET
SteveP | December 19, 06:14 CET
Hexaphim | December 19, 06:24 CET
My brother-in-law won't be getting an IOU for his birthday gift and I'll have something to watch while babysitting this weekend. Woo-Hoo!
gt0163c | December 19, 07:28 CET
Here's why I think so: On the strength of a laugh out loud article in the last issue of Entertainment Weekly about "The Room," supposedly the Citizen Kane of terrible movies, I went straight to Amazon to order a DVD of it. (I'm a sucker for auteur movies that are so terrible they're genius-good. Plan 9 is one of my all-time favorite things.) Turns out that "The Room" is completely out of stock, probably because of the EW publicity. Everyone wants the thing. But, here's the thing: what item is paired by Amazon with "The Room" DVD? You know, the "frequently bought together; customers who buy The Room also buy X product!" Why, X product is the Dr. Horrible DVD.
How on earth? There is absolutely nothing these two DVDs have in common. And it isn't just some Amazon software matching my searches to preferences they've logged about me. No. My husband gets the same pairing when he tries it out on Amazon and although he loves the 'verse, he's never bought any of it from Amazon. Has EW also been promoting the hell out of Horrible lately? I haven't found much of anything about that. My theory is that maybe EW readers tend to also be 'net hipsters and so are searching out cool things to buy this holiday season, plain and simple. Somehow the "Horrible" DVD has seeped into broader 'net consciousness. Or maybe it's only that a huge number of EW readers are also Whedonverse freaks and it starts there. Hmm. Who's to know. Anyway, "Dr. Horrible" seems to be one of the cool things these days. Hooray!
God. I must be so excited to (hopefully) get my Horrible DVD today that I'm seeking to fill time with Horrible DVD arcana and insane, tenuous musings. Forgive me, all.
Edited to add: It's now 11th on the list. Keep it rising, folks!
[ edited by phlebotinin on 2008-12-19 16:44 ]
phlebotinin | December 19, 07:29 CET
I just listened to the entire Mother Jones interview with Joss about womb envy, etc. The interview was much discussed in this thread. Joss talks about Dr. Horrible and the WGA strike near the end of the interview. However, what nobody mentions in the thread is that Joss also says that during the WGA strike, he was very busy having meetings and trying to strike a deal "with the folks up north" for some other big project that he keeps nameless. He says that the deal is still being negotiated and it surprised him that the thing he got rolling instead during the strike was "Horrible." Thank god for "Horrible," but what's this mysterious "up north" deal? Anyone know anything?
phlebotinin | December 19, 08:04 CET
pat32082 | December 19, 08:19 CET
phlebotinin | December 19, 08:26 CET
That said, Cabin seems like it was always going to sell to a studio (if it needs a $30 million budget then it's not exactly indie material ;) which presumably means that Joss couldn't have tried to broker a deal for it without breaking the terms of the strike, so maybe there is still a mystery project floating around.
Saje | December 19, 08:34 CET
shishkarobb | December 19, 08:42 CET
Okay I'm not complaining. If I'd been born 500 years ago there wouldn't have been aeroplanes, America, dvds, Joss Whedon or NPH. I'm good to hang around in this century for a bit and wait for it to fall through my door.
skittledog | December 19, 09:30 CET
fanbuoyant | December 19, 09:31 CET
korkster | December 19, 09:31 CET
korkster | December 19, 09:46 CET
shishkarobb | December 19, 09:46 CET
Being held hostage?
Conspiracy?
Delay is making me cranky & feverish.
Quick, bring me a Dr.)
[ edited by kazzmere on 2008-12-19 19:05 ]
kazzmere | December 19, 09:52 CET
montresor | December 19, 10:01 CET
Snow! I need more snow! Just another inch or two!
cabri | December 19, 10:07 CET
Wise words Simon. I added Speechlady's link to this entry for you.
Simon | December 19, 11:05 CET
ETA: Ok, I just spoke to one of the amazon digital download CSRs and he told me the digital download is just the feature. So no extras.
[ edited by karosurly on 2008-12-19 20:57 ]
karosurly | December 19, 11:21 CET
cabri | December 19, 11:47 CET
The shipping box appears fine, though, very odd. Dammit.
mister0 | December 19, 14:10 CET
embers | December 19, 14:20 CET
Well that sucks. I hope the replacements come very soon.
Simon | December 19, 14:27 CET
korkster | December 19, 14:29 CET
pat32082 | December 19, 14:30 CET
karosurly | December 19, 14:39 CET
Simon | December 19, 14:40 CET
karosurly | December 19, 14:43 CET
I just got off the phone with Amazon and they are sending replacements.
ETA: I'm referring to the cases, not the actual disks. I never even bothered trying to open them.
[ edited by Succatash on 2008-12-19 23:54 ]
mister0 | December 19, 14:45 CET
Mine have arrived but I haven't been able to get to them yet. Perhaps they'll be U-shaped, too. If so, I'll be in the finest company.
phlebotinin | December 19, 14:54 CET
the ninja report | December 19, 16:36 CET
But I'm singing anyway!
deadbessie | December 19, 17:58 CET
I've already found one rather strange Easter Egg trigger thingie. But I will say not a word.
Oh, and Commentary! The Musical - WOW.
phlebotinin | December 19, 18:05 CET
mister0 | December 19, 18:27 CET
mister0 | December 19, 18:27 CET
What I'm hoping for is that someone will transcribe the lyrics to Commentary! The Musical! Because some of it was sung too quickly for my old ears....
embers | December 19, 18:33 CET
deadbessie | December 19, 18:35 CET
phlebotinin | December 19, 18:35 CET
And yes, please, someone transcribe the commentary. Please!
phlebotinin | December 19, 18:37 CET
[ edited by Sunfire on 2008-12-20 03:45 ]
Sunfire | December 19, 18:44 CET
Commentary! was amazing...
knitgrrl | December 19, 19:13 CET
Giles_314 | December 19, 19:19 CET
deadbessie | December 19, 19:31 CET
@theonetruebix | December 19, 19:33 CET
Giles_314 | December 19, 19:36 CET
In any case, the whole package was fantastic. Commentary! The Musical is almost as funny as Dr. Horrible itself.
Was this not the best year ever for superhero movies? With Dr. Horrible, The Dark Knight, and Iron Man, it's kind of like an amazing peak for the genre.
UnpluggedCrazy | December 19, 19:40 CET
[ edited by phlebotinin on 2008-12-20 05:00 ]
phlebotinin | December 19, 19:42 CET
Unless Joss is trying to tell us something REALLY disturbing...?
knitgrrl | December 19, 19:57 CET
phlebotinin | December 19, 20:02 CET
And in scenes, act II, Moist dries up but surely that isn't all there is? I mean there should be an egg hiding, right? Now I must rewatch and listen some more because I'm still completely enthralled (and delighted that so many more people have theirs now!).
[ edited by embers on 2008-12-20 06:52 ]
embers | December 19, 20:14 CET
#1 in Movies & TV > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction > Comedy
#3 in Movies & TV > Musicals & Performing Arts
#4 in Movies & TV > Action & Adventure > Superheroes
sunfish22 | December 19, 20:20 CET
(I wonder if the folk who put out Ninja Ropes are going to pay something to the Horrible Team? They should. It's a gorgeous song...Well, there are the bleeped-out moments. Heh.)
phlebotinin | December 19, 20:41 CET
deadbessie | December 19, 20:43 CET
[ edited by phlebotinin on 2008-12-20 06:38 ]
phlebotinin | December 19, 21:37 CET
DVD rocks though.
hacksaway | December 19, 22:14 CET
I think the Count the Letters thing is a clue, because if it's a company, they don't have a website, which is just weird. Then again, Mutant Enemy doesn't have a website... Hmmm. But next to count the letters it has U, D, L, and R, which are in the Up, Down, Left, and Right. Does it mean something that there is an addition sign in the middle of them? Do we have to count the letters in the countdown? I'm just throwing stuff out there.
[ edited by Giles_314 on 2008-12-20 07:46 ]
Giles_314 | December 19, 22:31 CET
Okay, I can't resist reaching sleepily into crazy territory: In "Steve's Song," the last song on Commentary!, he spouts out a long string of numbers part of the way through. Related to our puzzle? Or am I turning into a total nut? Perhaps it's not an either/or..
[ edited by phlebotinin on 2008-12-20 07:57 ]
phlebotinin | December 19, 22:54 CET
There's a weird graphic in the middle of the FBI warning thing. I don't know if there's any significance to that. Maybe you need a passcode during the countdown? Are easter eggs usually this complicated?
hacksaway | December 19, 22:54 CET
phlebotinin | December 19, 23:01 CET
In between trying to get baby puke up off the carpet and last-minute gift shopping and such.
DisChunk | December 19, 23:02 CET
I'm going to bed. Hope no one figures it all out while I'm asleep.
Giles_314 | December 19, 23:04 CET
Plus those other three Whedons are probably giggling like crazy right now too.
DisChunk | December 19, 23:05 CET
@theonetruebix | December 19, 23:09 CET
And how the hell long into Commentary! does Felicia mention Mariah Carey? Because I want to go press enter now.
UnpluggedCrazy | December 19, 23:15 CET
The Mariah Carey mention is during her section of the Making of Music featurette.
hacksaway | December 19, 23:22 CET
DisChunk | December 19, 23:30 CET
Edit to say I'm slow, y'all beat me to it.
[ edited by deadbessie on 2008-12-20 08:53 ]
deadbessie | December 19, 23:51 CET
deadbessie | December 20, 00:04 CET
The white board behind Joss in the "What just happened?" featurette has Dollhouse stuff on it. The writing's pretty hard to decipher though.
Amazon.com Sales Rank: #6 in Movies & TV!
[ edited by hacksaway on 2008-12-20 12:25 ]
hacksaway | December 20, 02:49 CET
I am in love with this DVD.
embers | December 20, 07:04 CET
This just came in from the Dr. Horrible Twitter:
"we're #1 dvd in entertainment weekly. wowee. and not to worry, lyrics for "commentary! the musical" will be up soonish"
Yeah, I get the hardcopy of EW and was so happy to see that indeed, Dr. Horrible is listed as #1 in DVDs by the ever-reliable Ken Tucker. But I couldn't find a link to it on the website. As for the lyrics for "commentary!" being up soon, that's fantastic news. Now if they'd only release the tracks on iTunes or something...Greedy, yes, I'm greedy.
I don't have time today to work on the eggs issue. Damn. Have fun with it, the rest of you.
phlebotinin | December 20, 10:07 CET
cabri | December 20, 15:08 CET
I was just in the supermarket, standing in line and leafing through People Magazine's "Best and Worst of 2008" issue. Lo and behold, "Dr. Horrible" is in their "Top 10 TV Shows" list. Damned straight. What is that now: Time, People, Entertainment Weekly - all of them have "Horrible" on their top ten "best of" lists. To quote Zach Whedon on his "Commentary!" track. "Uh huh. Yeah."
Last I checked, the Dr. Horrible DVD was #6 in the bestselling DVDs on Amazon. Yowza.
[ edited by phlebotinin on 2008-12-21 07:54 ]
phlebotinin | December 20, 15:23 CET
kungfubear | December 20, 16:25 CET
#9 in Music > Soundtracks
[ edited by Anonymous1 on 2008-12-21 04:44 ]
Anonymous1 | December 20, 19:39 CET
Ok but to the easter eggs The colors of the countdown numbers seem to match up with the colors of the groupies t-shirts the Wonderflounium Count is red to green which matches up with the color shirts of groupie one. Then the Dr. Horrible Countdown corresponds to groupie two...hmmm am I on the right track or do I really really need to go to bed!
wilder | December 20, 20:39 CET
And I like how everyone involved in Dr. Horrible's making refers to it as a movie (the credits box on the back DVD cover is just like that on a movie poster, including the words "A Joss Whedon Film"), yet it keeps winding up on all of these TV lists. Oh well, not going to complain about praise!
UnpluggedCrazy | December 20, 23:20 CET
Sunfire | December 21, 12:49 CET
embers | December 21, 12:53 CET
TheJoyofZeppo | December 21, 20:36 CET
Okay, found the Moist one. It's 6 to get into that one. Funny stuff.
[ edited by hacksaway on 2008-12-22 10:08 ]
hacksaway | December 21, 22:53 CET
Sunfire | December 22, 09:05 CET
SenseiJJ | December 22, 15:04 CET
ETA: Ah, I got it.
[ edited by swanjun on 2008-12-23 05:34 ]
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Sunfire | December 22, 20:27 CET
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