The world is a mess and I just... need to rule it!

********If you read nothing else in this entry - go to this website: Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog and prepare to have your mind blown all over your face (Do it before the stroke of midnight on July 20th or you won't be able to see it for free)********

Since my blog sucks (don't try to argue, you few loyal friends who I have bullied into reading this), today I'm going to talk about a blog that EVERYBODY actually is talking about: Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. Of course it's not really a blog, it's Joss Whedon's new 40-minute movie/mini-series starring Neil Patrick Harris (Doogie Howser, MD), Nathon Fillion (Capt. Mal Reynolds from Firefly) and Felicia Day (Vi from Buffy, Season 7). Umm yeah, I'm serious. The godlike Joss has descended from Mount Olympus and blessed us mere mortals with manna from his beautiful brain. After totally pwning the worlds of television, film, and comic books, the Chosen One himself has now been crowned the reigning Grand Wizard of the Internet. Let me see if there is anything more ridiculously grovelly I can say about the golden child of Whedonness: I would let Joss Whedon make a hat out of my ribcage (thats an obscure Buffy reference too!) if only it would be a "thinking cap" to bring him more glorious ideas to change my world.

But the real deal on this movie is that it was produced by all the aforementioned geniuses during the writer's strike and it is now being released for a limited time on Dr.Horrible.com (until Sunday at midnight I believe), after which it will be available for a fee on Itunes, and then DVD. I will certainly donate my hard-earned Galleons to the Whedon cause for the DVD, but you should try to check it out now so you can be one of the cool kids in the know.

A breif synopsis: Dr. Horrible (Harris) is a two-bit mad scientist wanna-be super villain. His plans are constantly being thwarted by a cheesy, muscle-y super hero named Captain Hammer(Fillion), and he can't get up the courage to talk to his dream girl (Felicia Day). Hilarity, songs, and Tarantino-esque monologues ensue. Neil P. Harris is so funny I ALMOST want to watch How I Met Your Mother. Seriously, check out his eye twitches in Act II, they're Oscar-worthy. You really should watch this, if only because it is probably the biggest pop-culture phenomenon of at least the next 2 days. Even if you're not a Whedonite, I think you will like it, and you will definitely develop a crush on Nathan Fillion, be inspired to buy Firefly on DVD, sales will skyrocket, and the show will be back on the air. Sorry bout that.

Anyway, I'm pretty drunk right now and still in post-Whedon afterglow, so I might find this all a little strange in the morning. Thanks for reading