Dr. Horrible

[alanajoli]

I always forget that Joss Whedon is of the Stephen Sondheim school of storytelling when I'm in the thick of the story. The I remember, and I think, "Yup, Joss, you caught me again."

That's my non-spoilery review of Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog. Go watch it.

Comments

[alanajoli.livejournal.com]

Did you get to see it?

[jenlyn-b.livejournal.com]

Without being spoilery, I'll just say that I agree- but I'll also say that I didn't really like it, because it felt very "done"- I mean, I've seen Serenity. And Buffy. SPOILERS: This whole beloved-character-gets-impaled at a shocking moment thing is getting old. I would have been much more impressed if he'd done something NEW.

[alanajoli.livejournal.com]

I saw someone post, "Joss did his funny trick again," which I thought was an apt way of summing that up. ;)

That said, I get why it makes sense for the story he was telling, and how it led to the ending that *worked*--as the villain becoming the hero at the end of the superhero story is also kind of "done." I liked it better the second time I watched it--which is actually also true for how I felt about Serenity.