Rob (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} robyrt) wrote,@ 2008-07-17 11:42:00 |
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Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
It is very funny and you should watch it. The site was slashdotted when the first episode went up, but works fine for me so far. Essentially, it's a one-act musical with 3 characters and famous geek director Joss Whedon, doing some standard riffs on the superhero genre and using Whedon's trademark low-budget, high-sincerity aesthetics. This summer appears to be the year honesty is coming back into the movies - not just Dr. Horrible, but Wall-E and Iron Man also have a welcome degree of openness about what they're trying to accomplish. There's definitely the sense that everyone involved is enjoying their role and genuinely trying to provide good entertainment, as opposed to entertainment that fits a Market Segment.
On the marketing side, Whedon and co. are using Hulu, the latest contender to YouTube's crown. The video still streams OK on my cable modem (but just barely) and the video quality is easily 300% as good as YouTube. They've also divided the thing up into 3 episodes, released every couple days, which suits my low attention span. I still get the excitement of wondering what will happen next, but I don't have to sit around for a week forgetting everything that happened last time around because the Market Segment is known to watch TV at that hour.
It is very funny and you should watch it. The site was slashdotted when the first episode went up, but works fine for me so far. Essentially, it's a one-act musical with 3 characters and famous geek director Joss Whedon, doing some standard riffs on the superhero genre and using Whedon's trademark low-budget, high-sincerity aesthetics. This summer appears to be the year honesty is coming back into the movies - not just Dr. Horrible, but Wall-E and Iron Man also have a welcome degree of openness about what they're trying to accomplish. There's definitely the sense that everyone involved is enjoying their role and genuinely trying to provide good entertainment, as opposed to entertainment that fits a Market Segment.
On the marketing side, Whedon and co. are using Hulu, the latest contender to YouTube's crown. The video still streams OK on my cable modem (but just barely) and the video quality is easily 300% as good as YouTube. They've also divided the thing up into 3 episodes, released every couple days, which suits my low attention span. I still get the excitement of wondering what will happen next, but I don't have to sit around for a week forgetting everything that happened last time around because the Market Segment is known to watch TV at that hour.
