Yeah, the reviews from my friends have pretty much been "most. addictive. thing. ever."
I find the whole Dr. Steel/Dr. Horrible thing really interesting. All the Whedonites are latching onto Young Frankenstein as a singing/dancing mad scientist so obviously the idea wasn't stolen. I have to admit, I have some qualms about the plagiarism claims since it is an archetypal role; however, some of the similarities--propaganda-esque ads etc--do come a little too close for comfort.
But what I find most entertaining is that, let's say this were say...oh...Tim Burton doing a internet series about a girl with special powers that help her fight off...I don't know...aliens, while still surviving the vagaries of high school or some such oddness. The Whedonites would be all over the place, crying theft and not listening to a word of "Guys, Supergirl was fighting bad guys all through high school first." It's the tunnel vision, he can do no wrong...ever...that wigs me out.
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I find the whole Dr. Steel/Dr. Horrible thing really interesting. All the Whedonites are latching onto Young Frankenstein as a singing/dancing mad scientist so obviously the idea wasn't stolen. I have to admit, I have some qualms about the plagiarism claims since it is an archetypal role; however, some of the similarities--propaganda-esque ads etc--do come a little too close for comfort.
But what I find most entertaining is that, let's say this were say...oh...Tim Burton doing a internet series about a girl with special powers that help her fight off...I don't know...aliens, while still surviving the vagaries of high school or some such oddness. The Whedonites would be all over the place, crying theft and not listening to a word of "Guys, Supergirl was fighting bad guys all through high school first." It's the tunnel vision, he can do no wrong...ever...that wigs me out.