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Joss Whedon's "Doctor Horrible" Set To Launch
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on Tuesday July 15, @12:03AM
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Ololiuhqui writes "During the writer's strike, Joss Whedon came up with a musical idea. Now his diabolical plan is about to be unleashed in the form of a streaming-only release, with a DVD shortly to follow. The three-part Doctor Horrible series stars Neil Patrick Harris as the eponymous doctor, Felicia Day as the woman of his dreams, and Nathan Fillion as the doctor's nemesis, Captain Hammer. Reportedly made for 'less than six figures,' the series has already received rave reviews and will no doubt showcase Whedon's musical facility, as well as his proven ability to squeeze the most out of a budget."
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Not Surprising (Score:5, Informative)
- Greg
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Re:Not Surprising (Score:5, Funny)
Are you sure yours wasn't a forgery to begin with?
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Other awesome Joss' works (Score:5, Informative)
Don't forget to also check out the others Joss' current works:
This guy is feminist, pro-gay and atheist: he should run for POTUS!
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Re:Not Surprising (Score:5, Insightful)
I was like 10 when that show came out, and I'm 22 now. I didn't give a shit about tits then dude, it was a good sci-fi show about battling demons and vampires, that mixed-in some good non-vampire story elements.
You really can't find too many shows where the title character isn't attractive. If the story was shit, no amount of T and A would have kept it going for like 7 seasons.
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Re:Not Surprising (Score:5, Informative)
Fixed.
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Re:Not Surprising (Score:4, Funny)
Porn is a fun online game about battling popups and malware with boobs
Fixed...?
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Re:Not Surprising (Score:5, Insightful)
Personally I thought Willow was much hotter than Buffy, especially in the early seasons when Willow was the nerdy high-school girl.
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Ugliness Man calling... (Score:5, Funny)
What's the premise? Someone keeps moving his chair?
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Re: (Score:3, Informative)
I wish I had mod points. A "They Might Be Giants" reference. How many of the current Slashdot crowd are going to get that? Bravo Sir.
Re:Ugliness Man calling... (Score:5, Funny)
The slashdot crowd not get a TMBG reference? Surely, you must be new here.
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It must be bunnies! (Score:4, Funny)
bunnies...
bunnies...
BUNNIES!
(or maybe midgets)
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Inside the US only? (Score:5, Insightful)
WTF? US viewers only?
It's called the WORLD wide web, not the fucking US-wide web.
What possible reason could there be for not showing it elsewhere? What evil could I possibly get up to with a (free to watch) movie clip?
Ridiculous.
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A fix for us foreigners (Score:5, Informative)
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Re:A fix for us foreigners (Score:5, Funny)
Unless, that is, you hate freedom. *accusing stare*
Disclaimer: the above comment was made in jest; in no way, shape, or form should it be taken as the true opinion of the author. America is not inherently superior to other countries, but the premise can make for a good joke.
This comment is known to the State of California to be a cancer causing agent.
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The issue is being addressed (Score:5, Informative)
apparantly [doctorhorrible.net]
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Only in the US (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Only in the US (Score:5, Insightful)
I'm stunned. I thought the era of evil foreigners was long over (well, online evil foreigners that is).
oh well. I'll wait for a pirate to break the law to let me watch a free internet video. What a strange world.
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Re:Only in the US (Score:5, Informative)
Since it's hosted by Hulu, they won't stream to a computer outside the U.S
Looks like it's fixed now. The homepage reads:
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Re:Only in the US (Score:4, Insightful)
Yeah, that doesn't work either. It calls up the Dr. Horrible page where you can 'download all episodes' for 'free' but when you select that, it fails with an unspecified error. It does (helpfully) give you the option of downloading it for $1.99.
Um, I don't think so. Everyone in the states gets it for free and fuck the rest of the world? I don't think so.
Fail.
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Re:Only in the US (Score:4)
Honestly, I feel like a real dick for my comment. Can I slingbox it for you guys?
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I just finished the first installment(No Spoilers) (Score:5, Informative)
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Available outside the US now as well (Score:5, Informative)
The free world saves the day again (or something).
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Budget (Score:4, Interesting)
his proven ability to squeeze the most out of a budget.
If you read the scripts Whedon wrote for Buffy, they're full of in jokes about his budget woes. One constant complaint: Buffy's house supposedly had three bedrooms, but he didn't have the budget to show all three of them in one episode. Another one has a long description of the hell-factory in the third-season premiere; he talks about huge vats of boiling stuff and strutting hordes of evil demons, and winds up by mentioning (by name) one of his producers, who's standing in a corner tearing his hair out, because Whedon has just blown the season's entire effects budget in one episode.
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Enjoys breaking *some* gender stereotypes (Score:5, Funny)
If you see a girl between the ages of, oh, twelve and twenty-five in any of his shows, and she is looking harmless and is coming towards you, just save everybody some needless exertion and kill yourself.
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Re:Nathan Fillion (Score:5, Insightful)
Uh, he starred in Serenity the movie which was after Firefly.
He starred in Drive, by Joss Whedon.
He knows it's the shithead Fox execs that are the problem, not Joss.
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