Dr Horrible part III

[hazelk]

Or possibly. Neeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh! Because Bad Horse was an actual horse. Called Dobbin. For which almost anything could be forgiven.

Other stuff:

I think I read a book once that included an algebraic proof that musicals have happy endings. Movie musicals though - damm you Whedon and your stagey Sondheim loving ways. And also I bent over backwards defending Renee’s death, you can’t go stuffing Penny down there with the frozen yoghurts and not expect pain.

On the other hand Penny’s not so much the comic book girl in the refrigerator as her operatic equivalent. Her death doesn’t inspire the hero to great deeds but is an unequivocably bad thing with bad consequences of badness. Less Green Lantern more Sweeney Todd. Which is actually Joss’s style throughout– Rennee/Fred/Tara/Jenny’s deaths made Xander/Wesley/Willow/Giles into basket cases not heroes.

I can’t think of a better ending that wouldn’t have blown the budget on a production number and they needed that money for the horse.

The pacing actually works really well if you watch all three parts in succession.

My favourite bit is still the opening to part two with NPH just starring into the webcam for nearly a minute.

Comments

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

I share your ambivalence. /:

Agreed that it was much more Sondheim than anything, and I like Sondheim, but I am so OVER the "woman exists to die so that man can be fucked up by it" plot. ARGH.

[abrakadabrah.livejournal.com]

Who is Renee?

[yourlibrarian]

I was amused by the various members of the League of Evil, especially since two of them were Doug and Drew. But yes, I'd had it at Renee.

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[rowanda380.livejournal.com]

I am glad I have found another person who didn't hate the ending, I thought it was startlingly different, not what I was expecting for some reason, and I feel like I have to watch it again....so it is wonderful.