Dr. Horrible Sequel Coming Sooner Than You Think
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Okay, I cannot contain the amount of squeeing I am doing at this news in a single post, (I assure you, it is very masculine, well-muscled, squeeing), so here's a translation, courtesy of Fluttershy:
I seem to vaguely recall Joss hinting that he wanted to continue the story waaay back when this first came out, but this is a total and very welcome blindside to me.
I seem to vaguely recall Joss hinting that he wanted to continue the story waaay back when this first came out, but this is a total and very welcome blindside to me.
I don't think the goal of staying true to the themes of the original necessarily precludes a happy ending. For example, Dr. Horrible might go through a sort of redemption arc, rejecting his role as a villain and losing his fame/power but gaining satisfaction with his life. It would be kind of predictable (especially since Whedon has already written that story with other characters), but it would be happy and it would be consistent with the themes of the original. Alternately, Dr. Horrible might "grow into" the role of the villain, embracing it even further and learning to derive satisfaction from being evil. Which would be...sort of happy. For him, anyway.Lieju said:
Eh, Whedon makes me excited, but there should be more interesting things for him to come up with. There's no reason to make a sequel:
1. The ending, while being open to interpretation, is an ending. No sequel hook at all.
2. He doesn't need to prove he's good at making musicals. He already has by making the phenomenally better "Once More With Feeling". One that had heart and direction to back up its ideas.
3. Dr. Horrible kinda meandered and pissed on itself in the third act. The songs were less clever, the tone didn't quite set in, and the big loss of innocence/successful villainy moment was due to completely random circumstances (i.e. bad basic storytelling).
I hope I'm wrong, but all the evidence leads me to not wanting to get hyped up about this.
1. The ending, while being open to interpretation, is an ending. No sequel hook at all.
2. He doesn't need to prove he's good at making musicals. He already has by making the phenomenally better "Once More With Feeling". One that had heart and direction to back up its ideas.
3. Dr. Horrible kinda meandered and pissed on itself in the third act. The songs were less clever, the tone didn't quite set in, and the big loss of innocence/successful villainy moment was due to completely random circumstances (i.e. bad basic storytelling).
I hope I'm wrong, but all the evidence leads me to not wanting to get hyped up about this.
I'll admit a sequel sounds like fun, but I agree that the original kind of petered out. The first time I saw it I didn't really mind, but the second time I just couldn't get into it and I've never thought to watch it again.subtlefuge said:
Yeah. I would rather see the 90 minute version of Dr. Horrible's Sing Along blog.
I do not want to see the next chapter of the story because it do not care that much about it. I would rather see the first one longer so that it feels like more complete of a story. That entire epilogue song could have easily been an entire act and it could have use a prologue, something like the origin of Hammer and Horrible's conflict.
Also, fans of Dr. Horrible, please spare me your rebuttal. I like the original one just fine. I just wanted to see more of it. No, a sequel is not the same thing. I do not want to see the continuation of the story. I just want to see a longer version of the original.
I do not want to see the next chapter of the story because it do not care that much about it. I would rather see the first one longer so that it feels like more complete of a story. That entire epilogue song could have easily been an entire act and it could have use a prologue, something like the origin of Hammer and Horrible's conflict.
Also, fans of Dr. Horrible, please spare me your rebuttal. I like the original one just fine. I just wanted to see more of it. No, a sequel is not the same thing. I do not want to see the continuation of the story. I just want to see a longer version of the original.
Valanthe said:
OT: I have to admit, I have yet to actually of seen the original, I should get on with that.
