Why? It was cast with excellent talent, told a solid short story, had good singing, was distributed free on the Internet, and done with high production values.
What complaints do you have about Dr. Horrible? Any that wouldn't apply to musicals in general?
What complaints do you have about Dr. Horrible? Any that wouldn't apply to musicals in general?
It's not funny. The story is corny and lame. The songs are performed with great skill, but they are shitty songs, that I have no desire to listen to ever again. Usually after seeing a good musical, you can't get the songs out of your head, and you want to download the whole soundtrack. With Dr. Horrible, the songs are horrible. Even Bad Horse, probably the best song, is only funny when taken out of context.
The songs are performed with great skill, but they are shitty songs, that I have no desire to listen to ever again. Usually after seeing a good musical, you can't get the songs out of your head...
So what, in your opinion, are good musicals? List as many as you can.
Penny: He's a really good looking guy and I thought he was kind of cheesy at first. Dr. Horrible: [under his breath] Trust your instincts. Penny: But, he turned out to be totally sweet. Sometimes people are layered like that. There's something totally different underneath than what's on the surface. Dr. Horrible: And sometimes there's a third, even deeper level, and that one is the same as the top surface one. Like with pie.
The songs are performed with great skill, but they are shitty songs, that I have no desire to listen to ever again. Usually after seeing a good musical, you can't get the songs out of your head...
So what, in your opinion, are good musicals? List as many as you can.
Here is what I can think of from memory. If you think any of the ones on my list suck, fuck you! You probably like stupid shit like Dr. Horrible, so you have no room to talk I put question marks next to things which may or may not qualify as musicals.
Les Miserables, Phantom, Cats, 1776, Disney Movies (Aladdin, Jungle Book, etc.)?, Monty Python movies?, Singing in the Rain, The Music Man, Guys and Dolls, 42nd Street, The Wall, Tommy, Interstella 5555?, Wizard of Oz, My Fair Lady, Fiddler on the Roof, Cabaret, Chicago, King & I, The Producers, Nightmare Before Christmas?, The Blues Brothers?, The Blues Brothers 2000?, Sound of Music, Mary Poppins, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (old one)?
Go watch it, and I dare you to get the music out of your head. It's 100x the power of Winter Wrap-Up.
Stuck in one's head isn't the same as good, for one. Cats is corny. The lyrics are painful at many junctures. Winter Wrapup is better written lyrically.
Go watch it, and I dare you to get the music out of your head. It's 100x the power of Winter Wrap-Up.
Stuck in one's head isn't the same as good, for one. Cats is corny. The lyrics are painful at many junctures. Winter Wrapup is better written lyrically.
They both involve animal people. Good musicals = furry?
Also, I can't be the only one who like Cats. Are people just not willing to admit it to themselves or others? If you can admit you like MLP:FiM, you can admit you like Cats.
My friends-at least, those whose taste in musicals I actually trust- will murder you in the street for liking those two.
Not liking Cats I can understand. People don't want to be seen as furries. Not liking Phantom? That's insane. Put this in their crack pipes and have 'em smoke it.
People who don't like Buffy but like other Joss Wheadon: Have you watched past the second season? Because much of the first two seasons are pretty bad. Being his first show, it takes him quite a while to develop and reach his signature level of quality. I'm not trying to tell you that you should or you need to, because that's a huge barrier to entry, I'm just curious.
People who don't like Buffy but like other Joss Wheadon: Have you watched past the second season? Because much of the first two seasons are pretty bad. Being his first show, it takes him quite a while to develop and reach his signature level of quality. I'm not trying to tell you that you should or you need to, because that's a huge barrier to entry, I'm just curious.
Actually I thought the second season is quite good, it's the first that is just meh.
Also, the songs tend to be repetitive and uninteresting. To quote a friend, "Andrew Weber would be great if he ever bothered to write more than one song." That said, the aforementioned friend is a Sondheim fanatic, and has very high standards.
I've seen episodes from seasons past 2, yeah. I still thought the characters were annoying, the action was lame, the humor fell flat, and the drama was stilted and uninteresting.
As for musicals in general, I have a weird soft spot for Hello Dolly! There's something delightfully, gleefully inane an cheerful about it that I find completely infectious.
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What complaints do you have about Dr. Horrible? Any that wouldn't apply to musicals in general?
Dr. Horrible: [under his breath] Trust your instincts.
Penny: But, he turned out to be totally sweet. Sometimes people are layered like that. There's something totally different underneath than what's on the surface.
Dr. Horrible: And sometimes there's a third, even deeper level, and that one is the same as the top surface one. Like with pie.
Les Miserables, Phantom, Cats, 1776, Disney Movies (Aladdin, Jungle Book, etc.)?, Monty Python movies?, Singing in the Rain, The Music Man, Guys and Dolls, 42nd Street, The Wall, Tommy, Interstella 5555?, Wizard of Oz, My Fair Lady, Fiddler on the Roof, Cabaret, Chicago, King & I, The Producers, Nightmare Before Christmas?, The Blues Brothers?, The Blues Brothers 2000?, Sound of Music, Mary Poppins, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (old one)?
Cats...
Also, I can't be the only one who like Cats. Are people just not willing to admit it to themselves or others? If you can admit you like MLP:FiM, you can admit you like Cats.
And really, Doctor Horrible is way more memorable than fucking Cats. And better, too.
Also, does Operation:Mindcrime count?
As for musicals in general, I have a weird soft spot for Hello Dolly! There's something delightfully, gleefully inane an cheerful about it that I find completely infectious.