Random spoilerific commentary on Dr. Horrible, Acts I-III

[orichalcum]

Dude, what's up with Joss Whedon's obsession with death by impalement of sharp metal (or wooden) objects, anyway? Is it all just a Buffy reference?

Also, I kinda wish we'd had a warning about the Abrupt Genre Change from high school romantic comedy with wanna-be supervillains to dark angstful tragedy.

Comments

[viking-cat.livejournal.com]

I think it's hard to be a good supervillain unless you have a good reason to hate the world.

And really, Dr. Horrible won. The death got him into the Evil League of Evil, and Captain Hammer is helpless to stop him. And it wasn't even his own doing; just like in the comics, the bad guy sows the seeds of his own defeat.

But still. Damn. It's the last, vulnerable frame that does it.

[orichalcum.livejournal.com]

I'm with the camp that really wanted Penny to be a supervillain. That would have been flawless victory...

[amethyst73.livejournal.com]

Oh yah. Come the end of Act II, I was totally figuring that Penny was a super of one variety or another. Real pity she wasn't.