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posted by [identity profile] cerebralpaladin.livejournal.com at 03:15pm on 20/07/2008
I would say, as someone who is not a particular fan of Whedon's work (I like Firefly, I dislike Serenity, I'm so-so on Buffy, I like his X-Men), that this is very typical Whedon. Clever dialogue, humor, genre fiction tropes used to actually tell different (often young adult romantic comedy) stories, bizarre tragic deaths that come out of nowhere and often involve impalements... It does have more singing than most of his other works. :)
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posted by [identity profile] meepodeekin.livejournal.com at 03:29pm on 20/07/2008
Hubby said the same thing (i.e that it was very typical Whedon), but I found the plot much thinner than his usual. There's a reason why Serenity is his most notable failure so far--he's meant to be working in a long-term, serialized genre where he has time to work in his dialogue and quirks and still get the story out. I found Dr. Horrible very funny, but not very satisfying, and I usually find Whedon more satisfying.
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posted by [identity profile] orichalcum.livejournal.com at 03:40pm on 20/07/2008
This is also the first Whedon where the guys are much more interesting as characters than the chick.
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posted by [identity profile] orichalcum.livejournal.com at 03:47pm on 20/07/2008
Did anyone else keep thinking of Penny as a refugee from Guys and Dolls, btw?

Compare and contrast Buffy/Zoe/Willow/Cordelia/Kaylee/River/Kitty Pryde, and the differences are startling.
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posted by [identity profile] meepodeekin.livejournal.com at 03:49pm on 20/07/2008
I didn't think of Guys and Dolls, but yeah. I complained multiple times about Penny as I was watching. She is both clueless and uninteresting--why is Dr. Horrible interested in her in the first place?

I wonder if this is effect rather than cause, as he snagged two really interesting male actors who could easily handle whatever he threw at them, and a female actor that I, at least, have never heard of and was not particularly impressed by.
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posted by [identity profile] orichalcum.livejournal.com at 04:06pm on 20/07/2008
She's from Buffy's last season - yet another one of Whedon's stable of "actors he really likes who he'd like to see get more exposure and good jobs." Which makes sense, but...
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posted by [identity profile] meepodeekin.livejournal.com at 04:37pm on 20/07/2008
Hmmm, yeah, I saw that on IMDB but I don't remember her at all. Of course, 5 years is a long time.
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posted by [identity profile] holmes-iv.livejournal.com at 05:14am on 21/07/2008
A lot of those actors kind of look like eachother, too. <wry />
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posted by [identity profile] holmes-iv.livejournal.com at 05:16am on 21/07/2008
Oh, wow, yeah. I kept thinking she was going to do something interesting (especially when she sort of ran away and hid from Captain Hammer in act III), but ... no. Just sat there looking wispily pretty. Which she did quite well, mind you, but there are limits to how interesting that is.
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posted by [identity profile] orichalcum.livejournal.com at 06:12pm on 21/07/2008
Yes, she _looks_ like a perfectly good Whedon girl, but she doesn't _do_ anything.
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