Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog

     Now there may be a lot of you who have never even heard of Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog (2008). That would also mean you may not know Joss Whedon (Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Firefly, Dollhouse, Angel). Joss Whedon is a genius! I am a huge fan of his.
      The brilliant Neil Patrick Harris (Doogie Howser M.D., How I met your Mother, Starship Troopers, Beastly)  stars as Dr. Horrible. Nathan Fillion (Castle, Serenity, Firefly, Slither) plays his nemisis Captain Hammer.  Joss Whedon and his family wrote the script and the songs. The songs are one of the best things about Dr. Horrible! They are wonderful.  If you have ever seen the episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer entitled Once More With Feeling, you know what I mean.  Joss did the music for that as well.  His songs are so clever.
     Dr. Horrible was written as a web series during the writer’s strike of 2008.  Whedon was making a statement about the strike. It is full of tongue in cheek humor, which is one of the things I love about Whedon. An example of that would be a scene between Dr. Horrible and his friend Moist. Dr. Horrible asks “Hey how was the date last night?  Conflict Diamond said you were doubling with Bait and Switch?” Moist replies “Oh, well …… I thought I would end up with Bait, but you know” “Oh yea ……” That makes me laugh every time!
     One afternoon my dad watched Dr. Horrible with us. He asked “Do you think they regret doing this?” (Meaning Nathan Fillion and Neil Patrick Harris.)  Are you kidding me? No they do not at all! They know exactly what to expect when working with Whedon.  It’s like Johnny Depp and Tim Burton. Johnny Depp and Tim Burton make a wonderful team.  Joss Whedon is the same.  He enjoys working with the same people and they must like working with him because they keep coming back for more. 
     Joss doesn’t do anything flippantly. He does it on purpose and always knows exactly what he is doing and saying.  I am a huge fan of Buffy and I like listening to his audio commentaries.  He will tell you he knew what he was doing.  He is awesome! I love to dissect his work and try to figure out what he is saying, especially Dr. Horrible and what it is saying about the writer’s strike.