Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog Hits Primetime

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Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog Hits Primetime

Posted by Unknown on Monday July 30, 2012 @10:02PM from the that's-what-you-get-for-having-bad-taste dept.

First time accepted submitter Goat_Cheese_Pizza writes "Word on the Intertubes (I picked the Washington Post) is Joss Whedon's musical masterpiece, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, will air on CW's primetime lineup on October 9th. I've always wanted to watch Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog with commercials! Thanks, CW!"

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Mwahahahahahahahahahahaha! Ahaaahaaa! by Anonymous Coward · 2012-07-30 22:12 · Score: 5, Funny

Mwahahahahahahahahahahaha! Ahaaahaaa!
A letter of condemnation... by History's+Coming+To · 2012-07-30 22:24 · Score: 5, Funny

Any dolt with half a brain,
Can see that human kind has gone insane,
To the point where something free
Which is loved by you and me
Is filled with adverts most inane.
Listen close to Joss's bank account,
Hear that tinkling sound,
Cash and cheques are falling all about,
Whedon's profit bound!

(Seriously, they all deserve a little pay-back for what was a free project to start with, fair enough!)

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1. Re:A letter of condemnation... by History's+Coming+To · 2012-07-31 01:27 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  No, my point was this:
  
  The project was done during the downtime caused by the writers strike. All of the money came from Whedon and the goodwill of the various people who got involved, it was all done for fun and was released, entirely for free and without adverts. It's a superb example of something being made for free, given away, and then becoming profitable later because of its sheer popularity. It's precisely the same as a bedroom musician, entertaining blogger or a stick-figure webcomic becoming popular and suddenly pulling in some money for the artist/s.
  
  Yes, I'd imagine that Whedon is reasonably wealthy already, but that doesn't change my enjoyment at seeing a free product earning some money a few years down the line. It's nice to see the "watch the adverts and maybe we'll include something you like" model being flipped on its head.
  
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Re:Uhh, Yay? by Rei · 2012-07-30 23:06 · Score: 5, Insightful

What makes you think that Dr. Horrible would be a bad fit with the under-18 female crowd? Since when are romantic musicals starring guys like Nathan Fillion and Neil Patrick Harris not a good fit for under-18 female viewers? Anyway, CW's prime demographic is ostensibly 18-34-old women.

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Re:Joss Whedon by Anonymous Coward · 2012-07-31 00:41 · Score: 5, Funny

Joss Whedon - He was the actor that played that kid from the new Star Wars, right?
Yes.
Coincidentally, his twin sister, Will, played Buffy in that Twilight movie.
I'm not impressed by rjejr · 2012-07-31 00:53 · Score: 5, Funny

So the CW is willing to show a 1 night presentation of a movie starring the stars of "How I Met Your Mother" and "Castle" produced and directed by the guy who directed the mega-blockbuster "Avengers" movie on some random Tuesday nigth in Oct? Which is during the baseball playoffs. Wow, really going out on a limb there.
Re:Edited down? by egamma · 2012-07-31 01:26 · Score: 5, Funny

The episodes will have any sections of exposition cut from them. ... and be shown in the wrong order.
No, that's on Fox.

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