Well, yes, and then again, Mr. Whedon can't leave anything as simply fun. It also contains tragedy combined with sufficient pathos and a touch of probing insight into the human condition. This qualifies "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along-Blog a bit more than a simple, goofball musical comedy exercise.
Of course, it works just fine on that level, too. Be sure you watch it more than once. FAQ 6. What songs are featured? What about the DVD? Will there be a sequel? Details Edit. Release date July 15, United States. United States. MySpace Official Fan Site. Mutant Enemy. Technical specs Edit. Runtime 42 minutes. Related news. Horrible: Best Friends Forever.
Aug 20 GeekTyrant. Mar 9 GeekTyrant. Contribute to this page Suggest an edit or add missing content. Edit page. Hollywood Icons, Then and Now. See the gallery. The Rise of Will Smith. The heist goes well at first, until Captain Hammer arrives, and crushes the receiver for the van remote.
Horrible is unable to control the van, and it runs wild through the city. The van closes in on Penny, who does not see it approaching. Horrible manages to re-establish control and stop the van from hitting Penny. Emerging from hiding, Dr. Horrible furiously scolds Captain Hammer for putting Penny's life in danger. Hammer responds by shifting blame back to Dr. Horrible, and briefly strangling him.
Penny who was pushed into a pile of garbage by Captain Hammer before the van stopped , assumed that Captain Hammer saved her and begins to fall in love with him. With Captain Hammer distracted by Penny, Dr.
Horrible angrily makes off with the Wonderflonium, lamenting over the romance that he is indirectly responsible for.
Horrible later manages to perfect the Freeze Ray with the Wonderflonium and talks in his blog about his next crime, at the Superhero Memorial Bridge. This fails however, due to the fact that his Freeze Ray takes some time to charge up, and also because Captain Hammer and the LAPD are watching his blog.
This earns him a phone call from Bad Horse who tells him that he must now either kill to gain entry to the Evil League of Evil or else be killed for his failure and public humiliation. Horrible has difficulty with this, as he personally dislikes murder. Moist suggests that he kill someone easy, such as a child or someone very elderly, but Dr.
Horrible is even more disgusted with this idea. At the same time, as Billy, he has become close to Penny, with the two bonding with each other over conversations in the laundromat. Captain Hammer unfortunately meets him in his identity as Billy, who reveals that he knows that he is Dr. Horrible and he plans to sleep with Penny just to humiliate him. Hearing this, Dr. Horrible loses his aversion to killing and resolves to murder Captain Hammer to secure his entry into the Evil League of Evil.
As Penny's relationship with Captain Hammer grows, Dr. Horrible is busy in his lab working to perfect his Death Ray and planning how he is going to kill Captain Hammer. Penny sits in the laundromat with two frozen yogurts, watching the door as she waits for Billy to show up. During the opening ceremony of Penny's new homeless shelter, Dr. Horrible interrupts a speech by Captain Hammer by shooting him with his Freeze Ray.
Emboldened by his iminent victory, Dr. Horrible begins to gloat and taunt the audience while firing madly with his Death Ray. As he approaches Captain Hammer, he hesitates to fire, which gives the Freeze Ray time to power down something Dr. Horrible was not aware could happen. It also works as comedy, from line to line and moment to moment, but it is not, really, a comedy.
It kept me quite unsettled, seeing it for the first time — and subsequent times, for that matter. Adult Swim Fest thrives by blurring the line between virtual and reality. All Sections. About Us. B2B Publishing. Business Visionaries.
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