“My Freeze Ray” comes early on in the story, and sets up that Dr. Horrible), Nathan Fillion, and Felicia Day. The whole thing works because of the writing but equally because of the performances of the stellar cast, namely Neil Patrick Harris (Dr. It’s a comedy, but there’s real drama in it, and the relatively short running time ends on a very dark note, frankly (while teasing a sequel of some sort that sadly has never come into fruition as of this writing). Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog is…well, it’s a super hero story, sort of. * And I should know in that I was deeply involved on the digital side of a for-the-time big deal TV show released over the Internet in the very same year.Īnyway, Dr. It’s an odd ball, genre-bending story that is just as unusual as the format in which it was released – a three-part story released directly from the web, quite an unusual offering for 2008*. I found this New York Magazine interview with Whedon from early this year to be fascinating and revealing… but maybe not in the way Whedon was hoping for. * I’m still reeling from #metoo allegations against Joss Whedon, so I’m very much focusing on the art and not the artist behind this album here. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, which was written by Whedon and his brother, Jed, in the midst of a writer’s strike in the late 2000s. To be fair, I’ve also long had multiple “caveats” to my “I’m not really into…” statement, one of which has been for Joss Whedon-related productions*. Maybe it’s partially due to the fact that I’ve been mostly a hermit throughout much of this Covid Era, or perhaps I’m just turning into a softie as I get older. It even surprised me a bit that on top of the incredible writing, performances, and wild low humor-meets-brilliant satire that only the South Park guys can deliver, I was equally impressed with the singin’ and the dancin’ and the overall staging and showmanship of the production. For example, my wife and I recently caught The Book of Mormon on Broadway in New York City, and I was absolutely blown away. I’ve often casually said that “I’m not really into musicals,” but that’s not quite true. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog mean to me? What does it make me feel? Why is it exciting or compelling? Find out more about why I embarked on a best 1,000 albums ever project. This is 100% my own personal super biased, incredibly subjective review of what my top 1,000 albums are, ranked in painstaking order over the course of doing research for nearly a year, Rob from High Fidelity style. Yeah, I know it’s audacious, a little crazy (okay, maybe a lot cray cray), bordering on criminal nerdery.īut here’s what it’s NOT: a definitive list of the Greatest Albums of All-Time. What does the “best 1,000 albums ever” mean and why are you doing this?
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