'Dr. Horrible' speaks! Talking to Neal Patrick Harris about Joss Whedon's smash-hit Interweb thingie

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 'Dr. Horrible' speaks! Talking to Neal Patrick Harris about Joss Whedon's smash-hit Interweb thingie
Here at the Television Critics Association summer press tour, the assembled media types are supposed to be covering television, which we’re dutifully trying to do.  But on many of the laptops in the room – and across the land – a revolution has been taking place. While we sat in a stuffy ballroom, Joss Whedon (“Buffy,” “Firefly”) helped reinvent TV for the digital age. Whedon’s ... [link]

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Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Act 3: Of course, of course
Published 7/19/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Alan Sepinwall) at What's Alan Watching?
... Will there be further adventures of poor Dr. Horrible? That's one of the questions that came up when I tag-teamed Neil with Mo Ryan (which is why many of the quotes here are the same as the ones you can see in her own "Dr. Horrible" post) at CBS' press tour party last night. Some excerpts: ...

Dr Horrible Takes Over the World!
Published 7/20/2008 by john@themovieblog.com (John Campea) at The Movie Blog
... has some big plans with Dr Horrible. What started as a fun project to keep off the crazies during the Writers Strike, Clan Whedon +1 put their heads together and a low 6 figure budget to produce a web feature film called Dr Horrible’s Sing-a-long Blog. And its become a raving success “breaking the internet” on its first day and remaining the top downloaded iTunes file under the TV Category. But the fans need not worry. Dr Horrible isn’t over. Chicago Tribune says: An online comic has already been ...

Dr Horrible Takes Over the World!
Published 7/20/2008 by Rodney at N/A
... has some big plans with Dr Horrible. What started as a fun project to keep off the crazies during the Writers Strike, Clan Whedon +1 put their heads together and a low 6 figure budget to produce a web feature film called Dr Horrible’s Sing-a-long Blog. And its become a raving success “breaking the internet” on its first day and remaining the top downloaded iTunes file under the TV Category. But the fans need not worry. Dr Horrible isn’t over. Chicago Tribune says: An online comic has already been ...

I Think This Is What Pain Feels Like! Dr. Horrible Takes a Bow
Published 7/21/2008 by James Poniewozik at TIME.com: Tuned In
... perfect together. Blogs are a notoriously confessional, oversharing medium; musicals are about characters suddenly opening up and singing their innermost thoughts; and what do comic-book villains like to do? Monologue! * It's worth going back and freeze-framing the credits to see the Whedon associates cast in supporting roles, including Buffy writer-producers David Fury and Marni Noxon as the news reporters. It's a great day to be homeless! * So do you want to see more? (Talking to Maureen Ryan and ...

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