Comments on: Act III of Dr. Horrible http://www.screenwriterguy.com/internet-video/act-iii-of-dr-horrible musings of a wannabe comedy writer Thu, 03 May 2012 01:03:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Monique http://www.screenwriterguy.com/internet-video/act-iii-of-dr-horrible/comment-page-1#comment-728 Monique Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:16:04 +0000 http://www.screenwriterguy.com/2008/07/19/act-iii-of-dr-horrible/#comment-728 <p>Dr. Horrible, in addition to being fabulous in its exploitation of the 'net attention span, also perfects the rock-video schemes that we basically grew up watching (anyone else remember the launch of MTV?) The format is really spectacular for this time in media - we go online, we watch (for free), fall in love, and then buy the dvd and the tshirt. It's a stunning way to meld the media, and of course, Joss would do it in a way that winks at hardcore fans and pats new ones on the back.</p> <p>It's a totally sympathetic look at the villain, while upholding the cynical modern "there is no true hero" notion, both of which I think are interesting American concepts. But to make it a musical on top of it all, and add a love story ala Les Mis, hey, it's the ultimate in internet joy joy!</p> <p>I do hope that there's more to follow, but even if there isn't, I'm sure some studious geek will make an RPG for it before the month is out...(And we'll probably play it!)</p> <p>I'm not sure I buy the historic merge of internet and television bit, unless there's a planned televised release *after* the net release, which would be a novel turnabout. I would say that it's a perfectly executed web serial, which advertised itself in clever and novel ways, and which will show that people will watch new content on the net if someone takes the time to do it well.</p> <p>So, keep crashing the server! Raising the bar is good, good, good!</p> <div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('728','Monique'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('728','Monique','<p>Dr. Horrible, in addition to being fabulous in its exploitation of the \'net attention span, also perfects the rock-video schemes that we basically grew up watching (anyone else remember the launch of MTV?) The format is really spectacular for this time in media - we go online, we watch (for free), fall in love, and then buy the dvd and the tshirt. It\'s a stunning way to meld the media, and of course, Joss would do it in a way that winks at hardcore fans and pats new ones on the back.<\/p>\r\n<p>It\'s a totally sympathetic look at the villain, while upholding the cynical modern \"there is no true hero\" notion, both of which I think are interesting American concepts. But to make it a musical on top of it all, and add a love story ala Les Mis, hey, it\'s the ultimate in internet joy joy!<\/p>\r\n<p>I do hope that there\'s more to follow, but even if there isn\'t, I\'m sure some studious geek will make an RPG for it before the month is out...(And we\'ll probably play it!)<\/p>\r\n<p>I\'m not sure I buy the historic merge of internet and television bit, unless there\'s a planned televised release *after* the net release, which would be a novel turnabout. I would say that it\'s a perfectly executed web serial, which advertised itself in clever and novel ways, and which will show that people will watch new content on the net if someone takes the time to do it well.<\/p>\r\n<p>So, keep crashing the server! Raising the bar is good, good, good!<\/p>\r\n'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Dr. Horrible, in addition to being fabulous in its exploitation of the ‘net attention span, also perfects the rock-video schemes that we basically grew up watching (anyone else remember the launch of MTV?) The format is really spectacular for this time in media – we go online, we watch (for free), fall in love, and then buy the dvd and the tshirt. It’s a stunning way to meld the media, and of course, Joss would do it in a way that winks at hardcore fans and pats new ones on the back.

It’s a totally sympathetic look at the villain, while upholding the cynical modern “there is no true hero” notion, both of which I think are interesting American concepts. But to make it a musical on top of it all, and add a love story ala Les Mis, hey, it’s the ultimate in internet joy joy!

I do hope that there’s more to follow, but even if there isn’t, I’m sure some studious geek will make an RPG for it before the month is out…(And we’ll probably play it!)

I’m not sure I buy the historic merge of internet and television bit, unless there’s a planned televised release *after* the net release, which would be a novel turnabout. I would say that it’s a perfectly executed web serial, which advertised itself in clever and novel ways, and which will show that people will watch new content on the net if someone takes the time to do it well.

So, keep crashing the server! Raising the bar is good, good, good!

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