# \[Dr. Horrible\] Something new from Joss Whedon, Nathan Fillion & Neil Patrick Harris **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 28, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-horrible-something-new-from-joss-whedon-nathan-fillion-neil-patrick-harris/454584 "2008-06-28T18:05:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@Helena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-horrible-something-new-from-joss-whedon-nathan-fillion-neil-patrick-harris/454584/81 "2008-07-17T16:58:39Z")
Does the white balance seem a little cool on this? The skin tones seem a bit off. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-horrible-something-new-from-joss-whedon-nathan-fillion-neil-patrick-harris/454584/82 "2008-07-17T17:04:55Z")
Love it! Act II is excellent. ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-horrible-something-new-from-joss-whedon-nathan-fillion-neil-patrick-harris/454584/83 "2008-07-17T18:30:35Z")
Heeheeeheee! This is awsome with an extra side of awsome-sauce (and, as it has been said, there is no charge for awsomeness!). I have little else that can be expressed in words, just happy little sounds of glee! (glee!) ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-horrible-something-new-from-joss-whedon-nathan-fillion-neil-patrick-harris/454584/84 "2008-07-17T20:40:48Z")
Like! ---
**Author:** ![Orual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orual)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-horrible-something-new-from-joss-whedon-nathan-fillion-neil-patrick-harris/454584/85 "2008-07-17T21:34:31Z")
Is anyone else picturing Bad Horse as one of those pantomime horses from Monty Python? … just me then? ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-horrible-something-new-from-joss-whedon-nathan-fillion-neil-patrick-harris/454584/86 "2008-07-17T21:39:07Z")
[QUOTE=Orual] Is anyone else picturing Bad Horse as one of those pantomime horses from Monty Python? … just me then? [/QUOTE] That’s hilarious! ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-horrible-something-new-from-joss-whedon-nathan-fillion-neil-patrick-harris/454584/87 "2008-07-17T21:56:30Z")
That would be pretty priceless, although I suspect we won’t be seeing Bad Horse… At least, not in this part of the series… ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-horrible-something-new-from-joss-whedon-nathan-fillion-neil-patrick-harris/454584/88 "2008-07-18T00:21:00Z")
“And the birds are singing: you’re gonna die!” Good Ford, this is awesome. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-horrible-something-new-from-joss-whedon-nathan-fillion-neil-patrick-harris/454584/89 "2008-07-18T02:59:03Z")
So it occurs to me; who writes the music? Does Joss come up with it himself? I remember that much was made of the Buffy musical episode as well. If so, I’d love to see him try his hand at a full-fledged Broadway musical. The music in Dr. Horrible easily matches Andrew Lloyd Webber, to my ears. ---
**Author:** ![coffinjumper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@coffinjumper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffinjumper)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-horrible-something-new-from-joss-whedon-nathan-fillion-neil-patrick-harris/454584/90 "2008-07-18T04:22:49Z")
[QUOTE=Bosstone] So it occurs to me; who writes the music? Does Joss come up with it himself? I remember that much was made of the Buffy musical episode as well. If so, I’d love to see him try his hand at a full-fledged Broadway musical. The music in Dr. Horrible easily matches Andrew Lloyd Webber, to my ears. [/QUOTE] I’m not sure on this one, hopefully we’ll find out saturday. I do know that Joss wrote all the music and lyrics for the buffy episode. He had a rough idea pounded out on a piano he didn’t have lessons on and others helped him flesh it out. I would be completely unsurprised if he did that again here. This time I know one of his brothers he wrote this with (Jed Whedon) has composed for others things (thanks imdb!) so it seems likely he helped out on that part though. ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-horrible-something-new-from-joss-whedon-nathan-fillion-neil-patrick-harris/454584/91 "2008-07-18T04:30:05Z")
[QUOTE=coffinjumper] I’m not sure on this one, hopefully we’ll find out saturday. I do know that Joss wrote all the music and lyrics for the buffy episode. He had a rough idea pounded out on a piano he didn’t have lessons on and others helped him flesh it out. I would be completely unsurprised if he did that again here. This time I know one of his brothers he wrote this with (Jed Whedon) has composed for others things (thanks imdb!) so it seems likely he helped out on that part though. [/QUOTE] It looks like you nailed it. The cast & crew listing at [drhorrible.net](http://drhorrible.net) credits Joss & Jed Whedon for the music, Joss & Jed plus Maurissa Tancharoen for the lyrics, and Jed Whedon for the score and orchestration. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-horrible-something-new-from-joss-whedon-nathan-fillion-neil-patrick-harris/454584/92 "2008-07-18T04:44:39Z")
I might have overdone it with the comparison to ALW, but the talent is clearly there. 🙂 With Spamalot and Avenue Q seeing success on Broadway, I think there’d be an audience for a Whedon Brothers musical. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-horrible-something-new-from-joss-whedon-nathan-fillion-neil-patrick-harris/454584/93 "2008-07-18T05:19:39Z")
[QUOTE=Tal] The ARE selling Captain Hammer T-Shirts - there’s a link on the fan site at [www.doctorhorrible.net](http://www.doctorhorrible.net) they’ve already sold out of some of them though [/QUOTE] WANT! Unfortunately, they’re sold out in my size. I wonder if I could get away with wearing the Captain Hammer t-shirt under my BDUs? 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-horrible-something-new-from-joss-whedon-nathan-fillion-neil-patrick-harris/454584/94 "2008-07-18T06:08:03Z")
[QUOTE=Bosstone] The music in Dr. Horrible easily matches Andrew Lloyd Webber, to my ears. [/QUOTE] Ouch! Really? Not to me. I _like_ it. 😛 I am actually enjoying it a lot though. I bought it through iTunes because the streaming video was too slow and jerky for me. Hurry, hurry Act III! ---
**Author:** ![Tal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/54ee81/32.png) [@Tal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tal)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-horrible-something-new-from-joss-whedon-nathan-fillion-neil-patrick-harris/454584/95 "2008-07-18T08:11:07Z")
IF anyone’s going to Comic COn there will be shirts available there from the California Browncoats [http://www.californiabrowncoats.org/?page\_id=113](http://www.californiabrowncoats.org/?page_id=113) ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-horrible-something-new-from-joss-whedon-nathan-fillion-neil-patrick-harris/454584/96 "2008-07-18T15:24:06Z")
I’m really enjoying this. Joss really does have a talent for musicals. Not too often you have a love song involving a doomsday device. I would totally buy a tee-shirt with the lyrics “With my freeze ray I would … stop … the world.” I do wonder how it’s going to turn out – yes, Capt. Hammer is a dick and Dr. Horrible is a mensch (sort of), but I can’t see him ending up with the girl. Neil Patrick Harris is doing a great job. I liked his look of “are you kidding me” while getting choked when Capt. Hammer was rambling about curtains. And his delivery of the line “his evil death whinny”. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-horrible-something-new-from-joss-whedon-nathan-fillion-neil-patrick-harris/454584/97 "2008-07-18T15:25:21Z")
[QUOTE=Finagle] Neil Patrick Harris is doing a great job. I liked his look of “are you kidding me” while getting choked when Capt. Hammer was rambling about curtains. And his delivery of the line “his evil death whinny”. [/QUOTE] Totally. I expected Nathan to upstage him, but NPH is, dare I say it, the better actor in this. ---
**Author:** ![Tal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/54ee81/32.png) [@Tal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tal)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-horrible-something-new-from-joss-whedon-nathan-fillion-neil-patrick-harris/454584/98 "2008-07-18T15:42:46Z")
I agree that NPH is awesome in t his (he just got nominated for an Emmy btw) but I don’t think you can dismiss Nathan’s acting - I don’t know many people that could do the totally over the top so well as he does - it takes a unique talent to pull that off ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-horrible-something-new-from-joss-whedon-nathan-fillion-neil-patrick-harris/454584/99 "2008-07-18T15:43:10Z")
NPH totally _gets_ the Whedon style, and how to be deadly serious on the surface while still winking from back in the shadows and yet even _further_ back in the shadows maintaining a core of emotional honesty. Not everybody can do it, but NPH has it _down._ So on the one hand, while I’m cackling with glee at his performance (and this piece in general), on another level, I’m weirdly sad that Joss and NPH haven’t worked together before now. They’re an utterly perfect match of creative sensibilities. I sort of wish that somebody could alter time in such a way that NPH was in everything Whedon ever did. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-horrible-something-new-from-joss-whedon-nathan-fillion-neil-patrick-harris/454584/100 "2008-07-18T15:54:19Z")
[QUOTE=Tal] I agree that NPH is awesome in t his (he just got nominated for an Emmy btw) but I don’t think you can dismiss Nathan’s acting - I don’t know many people that could do the totally over the top so well as he does - it takes a unique talent to pull that off [/QUOTE] Oh, certainly not. He’s excellent as he always is. I’m just saying that NPH is matching him easily and even doing better in some ways, which I didn’t expect. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-horrible-something-new-from-joss-whedon-nathan-fillion-neil-patrick-harris/454584.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-horrible-something-new-from-joss-whedon-nathan-fillion-neil-patrick-harris/454584.md?page=6)