Dr. Horrible and Gender and Race and All

[alixtii]

Well, it also not only fails the Bechdel test so badly that it not not passes it but flunks it so badly it could be sleeping with the professor and still not manage a D. Which is a function of the fact that there are only four speaking parts (at least so far) in the whole thing (and NPH, Nathan, and Felicia are all perfect for the roles)--but

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[alixtii]

Well, I wasn't crying because it was so bad, if that's what you mean--although I suppose I did mourn the loss of the Superman animated series I remembered from the 90's. I'm not a purist, and I tend to get frustrated with people who object to adaptations on purist grounds, but I'm not sure I understood the purpose of the reboot, or the continuity into which this fit, which left me unsure of the significance of exactly what was going on--do supervillains other than Luthor exist in this 'verse? Which ones? Does Kara? Batman? The Justice League?

I suppose a film which makes me cry has affected me in some way, but since The Kid and Eight Crazy Nights both had me bawling I'm not sure "enjoy" is the right word--pretty much anything with the right mixture of will-to-poweriness and sentimentality will get me every time; I'm particularly susceptible to fictional funerals, with all that sudden outpouring of love and devotion. I get jealous of the corpse.

But yes, I enjoyed both Princess Diaries 2 and Superman: Doomsday, although of the two the former was less ambitious and thus was probably more easily able to accomplish its objectives. There were problems with the pacing in Superman: Doomsday, but mostly my problem with it is that it didn't on its own manage to make sufficiently care about the characters divorced from the continuities with which I was familiar in order for there to be much point to all the dying and resurrecting. It would be an awesome two- (or three- or four-)parter as part of an ongoing series, but on its own I'm mostly, "Yeah? So?"

[kurosau]

I was surprised that they managed to make it better than the comic book storyline. I'm just angry at it because the whole Doomsday storyline is a bad way to bring about the death of Superman. So many better options existed.

And yeah, crying because it was so bad was the other reason I was talking about.