Here lies everything.
Dr Horrible Act III. Remember all three acts are only up for free until the 20th.
Joss.
Why must you do this to me?
It should be noted at this juncture that a story with 'character death' in the header is a 95% guarantee that I won't read it. I over-invest, and I deal poorly. Totally should have become a sitcom devotee instead of worshiping at the altar of Joss.
The problem is: he does stuff like this so well. It's not enough to kill her, it has to be after it's been made clear to us that she maybe would have gone to Billy eventually. It has to be a bloody, gaping chest wound, and she has to turn to him with the sweet voice and the soft eyes and say "Captain Hammer will save us". Cause, ya know, it's no good unless we all feel like we have shrapnel in our chests too.
And I won't feel... A thing
Neil. There should be awards for this kind of deal.
It's not even like I can argue it doesn't make sense. For the story to work, at least if they wanted the depth they were aiming at, it needed that ending. No happy endings, blood spilt that isn't his or the enemy's. Innocent blood spilt accidentally, and that's what buys him everything he wanted but the important part. I'm not convinced he was actually going to shoot Captain Hammer, but that one stays up in the air. (Also: am I nuts, or does he look at the way the weapon's fritzing, and that's why he says no?) But Penny's death is enough to push him over the edge into being the villain that he wasn't before. It makes sense, and the tonal progression is there.
I just kind of wanted a happy ending. Does that make me a bad person? If there's a sequel, and this is the set-up for "how Dr Horrible becomes evil" then I can make myself okay with it. But if that's actually the end of the story then I'm not sure.
Musically, I should note, all four writers can be proud of themselves. The motifs layer up just the way they should, and the bits that repeat and mean different things the second time around... Comparisons to Sondheim are not off the mark, and that's high praise from me. I want the soundtrack. And, yes, the DVD, when I've recovered. (I've rewatched a few times now, which helps to see the good parts rather than just the "ahh, that was my heart and I needed it, dammnit Joss")
Grr Argh.
Joss.
Why must you do this to me?
It should be noted at this juncture that a story with 'character death' in the header is a 95% guarantee that I won't read it. I over-invest, and I deal poorly. Totally should have become a sitcom devotee instead of worshiping at the altar of Joss.
The problem is: he does stuff like this so well. It's not enough to kill her, it has to be after it's been made clear to us that she maybe would have gone to Billy eventually. It has to be a bloody, gaping chest wound, and she has to turn to him with the sweet voice and the soft eyes and say "Captain Hammer will save us". Cause, ya know, it's no good unless we all feel like we have shrapnel in our chests too.
And I won't feel... A thing
Neil. There should be awards for this kind of deal.
It's not even like I can argue it doesn't make sense. For the story to work, at least if they wanted the depth they were aiming at, it needed that ending. No happy endings, blood spilt that isn't his or the enemy's. Innocent blood spilt accidentally, and that's what buys him everything he wanted but the important part. I'm not convinced he was actually going to shoot Captain Hammer, but that one stays up in the air. (Also: am I nuts, or does he look at the way the weapon's fritzing, and that's why he says no?) But Penny's death is enough to push him over the edge into being the villain that he wasn't before. It makes sense, and the tonal progression is there.
I just kind of wanted a happy ending. Does that make me a bad person? If there's a sequel, and this is the set-up for "how Dr Horrible becomes evil" then I can make myself okay with it. But if that's actually the end of the story then I'm not sure.
Musically, I should note, all four writers can be proud of themselves. The motifs layer up just the way they should, and the bits that repeat and mean different things the second time around... Comparisons to Sondheim are not off the mark, and that's high praise from me. I want the soundtrack. And, yes, the DVD, when I've recovered. (I've rewatched a few times now, which helps to see the good parts rather than just the "ahh, that was my heart and I needed it, dammnit Joss")
Grr Argh.