Ethics and various other sundry questions.
So.
Y'all know that I hate Joss Whedon with the fire of a thousand suns and have vowed to never support any of his projects.
But his latest web project has two actors I really, really like, and one I kind of like.
Ok, it's Neil Patrick Harris. He's playing Dr. Horrible. And he sings. And I love everything that he does, even that kitchy Celebrity question thing. He's made of awesome. He's A-1. And this would get me through the summer doldrums until HIMYM premiered and I could watch Barney and Robin make out all the time, b/c you know that's where the show is going, and not soon enough in my opinion.
It also has Simon Helberg, who's on the Big Bang Theory, which I really enjoy (both are on monday nights on CBS-who knew CBS had something for the under 50 crowd that doesn't involve crime?) and Nathan Fillion, who I've always enjoyed as an actor (no, not on Firefly, b/c I hate Firefly on general principle) I liked him on the late, lamented Drive, I considered watching Desperate Housewives again when I found out he was on it (the suck that is the rest of the cast couldn't make up for it, though) and I *loved* him in Waitress.
So, there it is. Joss Whedon is doing another project, and I vowed to never support anything of his ever again, because I'm not a fan, I'm a fanatic. I get emotionally involved with fictional characters, and when things don't go how I want them to go, I get really, really upset with the creator, and blame them for the suffering of said fictional character. I never said I was healthy.
So. Here's my ethical conundrum: Does the combined awesome of NPH, Simon Helber and Nathan Fillion counter the magnitude of suck that is Joss Whedon? Or does Joss suck SO HARD that I can't watch this?
This is addressed to the, like, four of you that understand my pain.
Season five of Angel, man. Season seven of Buffy. It still kind of hurts.
Y'all know that I hate Joss Whedon with the fire of a thousand suns and have vowed to never support any of his projects.
But his latest web project has two actors I really, really like, and one I kind of like.
Ok, it's Neil Patrick Harris. He's playing Dr. Horrible. And he sings. And I love everything that he does, even that kitchy Celebrity question thing. He's made of awesome. He's A-1. And this would get me through the summer doldrums until HIMYM premiered and I could watch Barney and Robin make out all the time, b/c you know that's where the show is going, and not soon enough in my opinion.
It also has Simon Helberg, who's on the Big Bang Theory, which I really enjoy (both are on monday nights on CBS-who knew CBS had something for the under 50 crowd that doesn't involve crime?) and Nathan Fillion, who I've always enjoyed as an actor (no, not on Firefly, b/c I hate Firefly on general principle) I liked him on the late, lamented Drive, I considered watching Desperate Housewives again when I found out he was on it (the suck that is the rest of the cast couldn't make up for it, though) and I *loved* him in Waitress.
So, there it is. Joss Whedon is doing another project, and I vowed to never support anything of his ever again, because I'm not a fan, I'm a fanatic. I get emotionally involved with fictional characters, and when things don't go how I want them to go, I get really, really upset with the creator, and blame them for the suffering of said fictional character. I never said I was healthy.
So. Here's my ethical conundrum: Does the combined awesome of NPH, Simon Helber and Nathan Fillion counter the magnitude of suck that is Joss Whedon? Or does Joss suck SO HARD that I can't watch this?
This is addressed to the, like, four of you that understand my pain.
Season five of Angel, man. Season seven of Buffy. It still kind of hurts.