My Review: Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog

Over the weekend I caved and watched Joss Whedon’s latest addictive creation, “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog“. To be completely honest, it’s taken me this long becasue I simply couldn’t bring myself to watch Neil Patrick Harris (Doogie Howser, M.D., The Harold and Kumar movies) in a musical role.

Finally, though, the thought of seeing NPH playing a mad scientist, seeking induction into the Evil League of Evil got the best of me. I’m now trying to justify the money to scramble and get the pieces together to go as Dr. Horrible for Halloween. If the boy didn’t already have his Thomas the Train costume, it would kick ass to dress him up as Captain Hammer, played by Nathan Fillian (FireFly, Serenity, Waitress), Dr. Horrible’s nemesis.

The story chronicles Dr. Horrible, “a low-rent super-villain,” struggling between his goal of being accepted into the Evil League of Evil, while at the same time trying to overcome his shyness and win the heart of a cutie who happens to be on the same laundry day schedule as himself.

The musical ensambles are very well done and while each episode comes in at under 16 minutes in length, they’re packed with snarky humor, catchy songs, and enough story line to keep you engaged, for those of you with exceptionally short attention spans.

In any case, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog has caught on and completely taken over a big chunk of the interwebs. So much so, that people, including my buddy Jase have submitted their own applications to join the Evil League of Evil. If your budget for world domination is very small, as is mine, you can show off your horribleness by printing out your very own Dr. Horrible pumpkin carving stencil.

I don’t care what you’re doing right now, but you need to stop and use the player below, courtesy of Hulu.com to watch the episodes of Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog.