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gethenian

Horrible Dr. Horrible...

Sep 21, 2009 13:07

I have long since come to accept the fact that I hate 99% of everything everyone on my flist likes in terms of entertainment, and collectively people on my flist like about 1% of what I do. In terms of entertainment -- common interests, we does not has them. Therefor, if anyone tuning in right now is a Joss Whedon fan and might feel offended by ( Read more... )

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alryssa September 21 2009, 20:48:11 UTC

I ... am not really into Joss at all. I think Toy Story is probably the only thing he's been involved with that I've liked. I watch three parts, maybe, of Dr. Horrible, and er... it was okay, I guess? I just don't understand or see what was so MEGA AWESOME and FUNNY about it. I didn't think it was that funny. Or really that original. I didn't feel compelled to keep watching, so I've never seen the last part. In fact I don't find anything of his terribly original.

I'd rather watch Ray Kowalski driving a flaming '71 Buick Riviera through the streets of Chicago while Fraser informs him he should, regardless of the fact that their vehicle is ON FIRE, still have respect for the traffic laws.

THAT, my friend, is FUNNY.

nepheliad September 22 2009, 13:07:22 UTC

I'd rather watch Ray Kowalski driving a flaming '71 Buick Riviera through the streets of Chicago while Fraser informs him he should, regardless of the fact that their vehicle is ON FIRE, still have respect for the traffic laws.

THAT, my friend, is FUNNY.

Yes. Yes it is. I have long since lost my dS icons but this comment wins this post.

ashen_key September 21 2009, 21:13:16 UTC

I haven't seen it. And have no intention of seeing it. The only thing that people seemed to say to recommend it was "IT'S BY JOSS WHEDON :D :D :D :D!!!!", and as I haven't watched Buffy or Angel, and don't love Firefly (although I do like it, and which it had time to mature)...the writer/director isn't enough of a selling point for me.

ramlatch September 21 2009, 21:43:21 UTC

I hate how Joss Whedon treats his characters. No one is allowed to fall in love and make it be happy-times, especially any gay characters. He's turning into M Night Shamalan or whatsitsbutts name is. He's got some creativity, but just because something is by JW doesn't make my knees tremble as I desperately try to figure out how to watch it. I hated most of the Buffy series, and there were a lot of things I didn't like about Firefly either. He will never be as great as the people who put together Babylon 5.

ashen_key September 21 2009, 22:34:38 UTC

I hate how Joss Whedon treats his characters.

Oh, god, me too. Number one reason why I'm disinclined to actually watch the Buffy series, even though my little sister has them. I'm down with things being bad and rough and people dying whathaveyou, and I actually like it, but I get depressed enough with my political science and history studies, kthanx. I do not need my heart gleefully stomped all over in my entertainment.

adiva_calandia September 21 2009, 23:49:40 UTC

So . . . I know most of Into the Woods by heart; I know snippets of Sweeney, Anyone Can Whistle, Company, West Side Story, Sunday in the Park with George . . . I'm a lite Sondheim fan, but a Sondheim fan nonetheless. And I can sing Little Shop right off.

And I like Dr. Horrible well enough to have been in a stage version, and to learn the songs, and to try to learn Commentary: the Musical.

I mean, everything's derivative. Considering the musical crap on Broadway, these days, I admire the balls it takes to attempt something Sondheim-esque -- especially with a Sondheim golden boy like NPH.

You're not wrong about the structural problems -- I think DHSAB needs two more acts to be complete -- and you're not wrong about the similarities to Little Shop. And you're not obliged to like it yourself, obviously, but it is possible to enjoy the thing while being an educated consumer of musicals. Just sayin'.

curiouslyhigh September 22 2009, 00:41:51 UTC

First off: I agree with you about Dr. Horrible.
β: I thought it was spelled "Therefore" And firefox agrees with me, but it also agrees with "Therefor", so I don't know WHAT to think.
C: I don't like Joss Whedon, and this makes me a geek heretic.
4. Pffffff, I liked the movie, too. You know this. It was only SLIGHTLY more creepy in the actual production, because Antony was like, a billionty years older than Johanna. JOHAAAAANNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

non_chieda September 22 2009, 16:06:32 UTC

C: I don't like Joss Whedon, and this makes me a geek heretic.

I remember with great fondness when I told my dad about the then-merely-anticipated Dollhouse, and he uttered the shocking words: "It being a Joss Whedon thing isn't really enough to get me interested."

This is the guy who keeps his Firefly DVDs in his bedroom. He doesn't have a TV in there; he just doesn't want his children mangling them. Ever.