Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

I have to admit that I have jumped on the Dr. Horrible bandwagon a bit late compared to others, but this was due to my skepticism for anything that was not Buffy or Angel. However, after watching the first three episodes of Dollhouse I learned that Joss Whedon could never do wrong and decided to give it a try.

Once again Joss does not disappoint. Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog is full of the dark humor that Joss is known for. The other appealing aspect of Dr. Horrible is the fact that it contains musical moments which Joss is amazing at. The songs are just as addicting as those from Buffy: Once More With Feeling due to their catchy tunes and relevant meanings. I have found myself singing them for the past four days at the most random times.

The main character Dr. Horrible, played by Neil Patrick Harris (who knew he could sing?), is desperatly trying to get into the Evil League of Evil while trying to capture the attention of his love Penny, played by Felicia Day. Both of his plans are thwarted by his arch-nemesis Captain Hammer, played by Nathan Fillion.

The show was first aired online at hulu.com on July 15, 2008. It was originally aired in three separate acts released two days apart from each other. Each act is only about 14 minuets long, totaling the series to about 45 minuets, which seems impossible while you are watching it because the story is so well developed.

I highly recommend anyone who loves Buffy, any of Joss's other work, or musicals to watch this blog as soon as possible. It can be found on its original website hulu.com

-jessica.marie

Dollhouse

Dollhouse is Joss Whedon's (creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly) new television series. The show aired on Friday the 13th, which is considered one of the worst days for television series to begin because most that due end up failing, but anyone who is familiar with Joss's work knows that he welcomes challenges. Diehard fans of the Whedonverse will not be dissappointed.

Dollhouse is about a corporation (reminds me of Wolfram & Hart) that takes on "volunteers" who want to change their lives for the better. The volunteer's memories are then wiped completely clean which are then imprinted with memories of otheres that help them do the job they are sold to due. The catch is once their memory is wiped clean they are incapable of thinking about anything until new memories are inserted, so they do not realize what is happening to them. That is until Echo begins to have flashes of her old memories. In theory this is a brillant idea because it allows the volunteers to lead completely different lives from day to day and never have to worry about the consquences of what they have done in the past or may do in the future. The only promblem is the people whose memories aren't erased which includes each volunteer's assaigned person to watch over them along with the doctors who administer their "treatments". The show stars favorites such as Eliza Dushku as Echo (Faith on BTVS, and Angel) and Amy Acker as Dr. Claire Saunders (Fred on Angel).

So far the show has 7 episodes completed and airs every Friday at 9:00 on FOX.

-jessica.marie