Snyder ,'Empty Places'
Is it better the second time around? Or the third? Or tenth? This is the place to come when you have a burning desire to talk about an old episode that was just re-run.
O Hai, I'll just watch part II on repeat and pretend that part III never happened, OK?
He did it again. I'm totally with the "you're telling it wrong!" feeling from The Princess Bride, mixed with the feeling of seeing Anya with a sword stucked in her after the singing flashback in "Selfless".
This was written after watching part III for the first time. I'm now gonna do it again (heh, I typoed "not" instead of "now"). Wish me luck.
Edit to add that NPH rulez111!.
I am with Vonnie and Plei. I am also on Plei regarding Dr. Horrible post-Freeze Ray. That was the first time I really bought him as a villain. And I'd just seen The Dark Knight, so I was in full-on villain mode.
I almost feel like the end of Act III detracts from the enjoyability of the first two acts, which is really annoying and sad.
It felt like they tried really hard to get me to say, "Well... I didn't see that coming." But I did say it. I was hoping Bad Horse would turn out to be an actual horse so that was my happy ending, I guess.
Overall I did love it. And I feel a little naive now for not expecting a punch in the gut of some sort.
oh and dibs on, " It's not enough to bash in heads; you have to bash in minds. "
I have this image in my mind of Nathan Fillion as Captain Hammer singing "Hard to be humble".
I thought the whole thing was totally Sondheim.
So I read the last couple hundred posts, a third of which were technical issues, so a quick read. I saw each part at 6:30am EDT without any problem.
1. Totally worth it for the joy of reading a Nilly review.
2. Just fun and playful and silly. Didn't look for or find any deep message. Wasn't offended by any tropes. This is how I choose to watch musicals.
3. Fury and Marti! That was a fun surprise.
4. Grr Arg! Should have been sung.
5. Delightful taggable lines.
6. Talented pretty actors.
7. With song.
I'm satisfied.
Is that even a spoiler, victor? Given Joss' enthusiasms.
I have this image in my mind of Nathan Fillion as Captain Hammer singing "Hard to be humble"
Which for some reason now has me imagining him singing "It's hard out here for a pimp." Verra odd.
I think if it had been more opera and less musical, the ending wouldn't have bothered me at all. As it was, it was well worth it for the apotheosis of Dr. Horrible.