Spreading the Joss
Much to my amusement my friends and I ended up watching Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog yesterday at our monthly book club meeting (Yes, I'm in a book club; try not to faint). The girl hosting had bought, not pirated, the episodes from iTunes and had just finished watching them with some other friends that afternoon. Oddly enough, I had decided to wear my Captain Hammer t-shirt so the girl freaked out when she saw it. That eventually led into the watching since our book discussions rarely last longer than a half an hour. So four new viewers to Dr. Horrible, watching for the first time. They all enjoyed it, I'm happy to report. We couldn't stop singing "Freeze Ray" all night. Might have even convinced my friends to go as Dr. Horrible and cast for Halloween. I already own the Captain Hammer t-shirt. :-D
So there were three of us who had seen it before and we all sung along with the songs. This got me thinking. This could be the new Joss Whedon sing-along since FOX has shut down the "Once More With Feeling" sing-alongs. With no studio, the only person who would be mad would be Joss and I don't see him being angry with fans holding sing-alongs. If anything, fans could hold them and any money collected could go to Equality Now.
After we were done, I was left with this weird feeling. While I was happy that I had helped to introduce new people to Joss Whedon, I felt horribly possessive. These friends of mine have never liked the same things I have, fandom wise. None of them are big sci fi fans. So loving everything Joss has always been just a me thing. It was just plain weird to hear my friends referring to something Joss had done. In my mind, Dr. Horrible is more of an Internet thing you must watch, which makes it more accessible. It's not a TV show, something people are more likely to judge you on. So Dr. Horrible is a good way to introduce Joss to the unfamiliar and that can easily lead to some Firefly or Buffy.
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. Tell your friends. :-)
So there were three of us who had seen it before and we all sung along with the songs. This got me thinking. This could be the new Joss Whedon sing-along since FOX has shut down the "Once More With Feeling" sing-alongs. With no studio, the only person who would be mad would be Joss and I don't see him being angry with fans holding sing-alongs. If anything, fans could hold them and any money collected could go to Equality Now.
After we were done, I was left with this weird feeling. While I was happy that I had helped to introduce new people to Joss Whedon, I felt horribly possessive. These friends of mine have never liked the same things I have, fandom wise. None of them are big sci fi fans. So loving everything Joss has always been just a me thing. It was just plain weird to hear my friends referring to something Joss had done. In my mind, Dr. Horrible is more of an Internet thing you must watch, which makes it more accessible. It's not a TV show, something people are more likely to judge you on. So Dr. Horrible is a good way to introduce Joss to the unfamiliar and that can easily lead to some Firefly or Buffy.
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. Tell your friends. :-)