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Video -- Evil Supervillian Interrupts Emmycast, Laughs Ominously, Predicts Disaster

So he can't get a break from the Evil League of Evil, that ominous laugh is really working for him these days at least.

"A lot of guys ignore the laugh, and that's about standards."

Special appearance by Penny, Captain Hammer and Moist.

Watch Dr. Horrible's Singalong Blog at this link. Buy swag at this link.

Video -- Meet the Evil League of Evil, Dr. Horrible In Stores Today

I love everything about Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, even the way it was distributed in that stick-it-to-the-man fashion.

Meet some of the members of the dreaded Evil League of Evil in this clip below. Buy it today. In your neighborhood. It's been available on Amazon forever now.

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Video -- When Did I Know it Wasn't the Dollhouse Designer and It Was Alpha

When was it? It was the moment you see "Stephen Kepler" in the green (I think green, I'm colorblind) t-shirt, the Doll uniform.

Because an eco-friendly designer who buils the self-contained environmental systems like the Dollhouse, who lives with massive marijuana plants and eats take out Thai food wouldn't have Alan Tudyk's body.

He would have man breasts and he certainly wouldn't have that vein running up his bicep (see photo above).

Though I certainly appreciate that vein. Nice work, Alan.

So he's Alpha! Not Matt Keeslar. I really thought it might be him, that the reason we never saw any cast member but activated Doll Echo see Keeslar close up in his episode was because he was Alpha and he'd come back later in the season.

I was wrong.

Because I let the show unfold on its own terms (welcome Entertainment Weekly Ausiello blog readers) and I don't scour the 'net for ways to ruin my viewing experience I didn't even know that Tudyk was in the episode until the opening credits. 

Conjecture based on story analysis, btw, is different than spoilers. Spoilers happen because someone has, if you will, actionable intelligence from an inside source. Right, Michael?

You'll notice I also didn't post this season recap clip that claimed spoilers inside it from Fox two days ago, but I did save it for today and it's after the jump for those of you on my homepage.

(If you enjoy letting the shows unfold ont heir own terms as well, please bookmark this site and come back, often. Every day, maybe. Or multiple times. Or, just leave your computer on with it on screen, that would be great!)

I'll have more on Tudyk on Monday night, but not so much that I let the conference call from Fox Monday ruin the season finale for me.

Please don't let this be the series finale. I would like to see this play out, if not on Fox maybe there's a Dr. Horrible-type distribution stream that could be developed for the show.

Can we get some thinking outside the box on this one, please?

Hugo Awards Shortform Noms (All Media): Doctor Who Moffat v. Davies, Battlestar, Lost, Dr. Horrible

The Hugo's are the science fiction awards presented each year at AnticipationSF, the annual convention which this year is being held in beautiful Montreal.

Seriously, I love this city. Take a tour of it at this link.

Two Doctor Who episodes, the Doctor-Lite Turn Left by Russell T. Davies and Steve Moffat's two-parter Silence in the Library and Forest of the Dead are nominated. Moffat has won the award for the last three years, all for Doctor Who episode Blink, The Girl in the Fireplace and The Empty Child.

So, I betcha I am the only person on the planet who can say with certainty that I watched a thrice Hugo Award winning writer watch me contract conjunctivis (two years ago at the Who convention in LA.

The Battlestar Galactica nom is for Bradley Thompson & David Weddle for the episode Revelations, which is one of the episodes that should be submitted to the Emmys this year.

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog is nominated as well. No studio, no censoring, no corporate backing, distributed via the web first ... the first true online video event we've ever seen.

I wrote about it extensively last year, read the posts.

And, btw, there are currently about 6,280 mentions of Wonderflonium on the web via Google search. Last time we looked last July 27th there were only 1,940.

Finally, there's an episode of Lost. This one. I don't watch Lost. I know it's something about a plane and an island and a polar bear and after that I'm outta info. But someday I will, still have that season one DVD set sitting on a shelf.

Some clips after the jump:

• The big reveal from BSG Revelations from Hulu
• Donna decides which way to go in Turn Left, the penultimate cliffhanger of the Doctor Who fourth series (with Japanese subtitles, just because).
• The final moments of Doctor Who Forest of the Dead (so don't watch it if you haven't seen it yet, obviously, and if you haven't seen it the video is sketchy anyway so you're not missin' much).
• All of Dr. Horrible thanks to Hulu.

And, btw, you can see Lost, The Constant, the whole episode, at this link.

Three Days Left to Join Dr. Horrible & Apply to the Evil League of Evil

Maybe you can get in before Dr. Horrible, as it seems that Captain Hammer keeps getting in the way.

Click this link, read the instructions, and then get working. You have only three days left and there's stuff to do. Big stuff. Stuff that requires video, and maybe a song.

Get to work. If you come up with something, post it on a sharing site and send me a link.

Presenting, the Neil Patrick Harris Blog Post for September 13

Welcome to your NPH post for September 13 ...

... now wait, wouldn't that indicate that I do this every day? Well, I would but there's really not enough news to do it every day. Unless you want me to go through his trash and surreptitiously follow him through Southern California, and my height and weight make PI work virtually impossible.

And, a good PI should have just a moustache (you know, like Magnum) and I look terrible with just the 'stache, like a 70s porn extra.

Plus, it's a loser's job. Going through trash? Sounds like my dating experiences.

Anyhow, clip after the jump from one of our favorite fanvid clip makers, TimanFanVids at YouTube, but first this from the Dr. Horrible page at Facebook:

As of the Dr. Horrible soundtrack release midnight eastern on the 2nd, we're currently #2 album on iTunes US and rising, and #1 in the UK, Canada, and Australia. Download! Tell friends to download! Thank you thank you.

Humbly yours,
Dr. H Team

And then there's a lengthy interview with editor Michael Jensen at AfterElton.com, which includes ...

AE: You’ve obviously received a lot of acclaim for your musical talents. What is your dream stage or musical role?
NPH: Barnum.

AE: Why?
NPH: Oh, I just love the musical Barnum. I think it’s great. I’ve always been a huge variety arts fan and I can walk on a tightrope and swing on a trapeze and juggle. I’m hoping that no one comes up with that brilliant idea before I’m 42. I think I’m still a little young for Barnum. Aren’t they doing it on the West End? Didn’t I hear that they were doing Barnum? I think I heard that John Barrowman was supposed to be doing Barnum.

Neil is right, Barrowman is doing Barnum in the West End (Broadway World).

Of course, the show Barrowman should be doing is Young Frankenstein, as I have said in innumberable posts at this blog, most notably here.

More after the jump (including two (count 'em two) clips.

Oops, Been Forgetting to Update the Wonderflonium Google Count

It's up to about 1940 mentions now, and someone finally bought the domain Wonderflonium.com, which I had been considering doing over the last week or so.

They say at the site:

Note to the Whedon Collective

Not that you've said anything yet, but the word "wonderflonium" is obviously your intellectual property. If you want this domain I will transfer it to you without question. I would like the $9 I spent on registering it and whatever transfer fees the domain registries want to charge. . . However, most importantly I would want to know that you are the real you. I don't want to transfer the domain to someone who is going to cause you problems.

And I agree with that.

NY Mag Vulture Blog Talks To Joss, Dr. Horrible Heads to DVD

I will say this, it I knew that Dr. Horrible would be making the jump to DVD, I might not have bought it on iTunes. Oh, whatev, it was just $3.99 and I spend more on a Iced Venti Soy Hazelnut Mocha no whip.

Joss speaks, the world listens. Here's a short exchange from the post by, once again, Emily Nussbaum:

Our husband said it reminded him of the book Soon I Will Be Invincible. Have you read that?
I haven't, but I've heard the title, and honestly, I think the title was an influence. The Specials, too, has to be given a nod. Because it's still the best script about lame superheroes ever written.

What were your favorite bits?
You know, you can't really argue with "the hammer is my penis." You can't really be angry that that happened. Also, I'm just going to go ahead and say … the horse.

So simple. Yet so satisfying.

There's so much speculation about Bad Horse. Actually, the costumer who read it threw out some Bad Horse costume ideas. I was like,

Ah, okay. It's a horse.

Yes, our pals all over the web, including Toby at Tubeworld, have made specific mention of Soon I Will Be Invincible. Here's a link to the book's Amazon page.

Did you catch the moment at the top where Emily refers to "our husband?" What's that about? No matter, I'll try to keep you updated on the DVD release and the continuation of this story. Well of course it will be continued.

It's a hit, isn't it? Don't all hits get more juice later?

Today's Wonderflonium Google Web Hit Count?

We stand somewhat stagnant today at ... well, it's actualy down to 576 from 579 just yesterday afternoon.

I wouldn't blame Wonderflonium itself, though I'm sure there's no EPA tests being done.

Tomorrow, the mush-anticipated conclusion on Dr. Horrible. And then after that our lives turn back to the shit they are again.

Kidding. Really kidding.

UPDATE: We're up to 643 mentions of Wonderflonium, and I have some right here next to me. It makes noises, strange noises. Hmmmm.

New Daily Feature -- Wonderflonium Google Web Hit Count

Today, there are approximately 454 mentions of Wonderflonium on the web.

Wanna make it 455? Well, I probably just did. How about 456?

Go watch this and watch for the briefcase.

And go buy your Dr. Horrible on iTunes, it runs beautifully, with none of the high viewer volume stutters that come from Adobe Flash Player.

UPDATE: We're up to 579.

"By the Way, It's Not About Making Money. It's About Taking Money, Destroying The Status Quo. Because The Status Is Not Quo"

Discuss.

Part II of Dr. Horrible tomorrow. I've bought mine at iTunes already, will receive them as they become available.

It's really the way to go, everyone's doing it. All the popular kids, anyway.

You wanna be popular, right?

NY Magazine Loves Dr. Horrible (but the new Gervais movie, not so much, at least not the trailer)

But I think what they're reacting to is seeing Ricky Gervais marketed as a movie commodity, and it's really jarring when you see someone like Gervais being thrust forward at you by the Hollywood movie machine, because they don't do it like that in the UK as aggressively as here.

So the trailer for Ricky's first US starring vehicle, Ghost Town, is up at YouTube (and after the jump here) and it looks and sounds just like so many trailers for comedies that come out of that town forty miles north of me, down to the music and the choice of the best punchy bits of tete-a-tete and some expanse of exterior dissolving to our hero (or in this case a somewhat anti-hero) who on just the right progression of sweeping chords from a single piano to full orchestra sees his dilemma, sees the beginnings of a glint of a solution dissolving into ...

"... from Paramount Pictures and Dreamworks ...."

Well, you can see for yourself, after the jump.

As for the Dr. Horrible gang, the Vulture blog says:

Of special note: The very funny Simon Helberg as Dr. Horrible's roommate, Moist, who, when Dr. Horrible launches his evil plan, helpfully asks, "Ya need anything dampened? Or made soggy?" The series runs all week and disappears on Sunday night.

Props for Simon? Of course, as usual. But then he's a blog favorite.

And of course, all kinds of ferocious admiration for the leads and all the Whedons involved.

Gervais movie clip after the jump.

Dr. Horrible -- Brava! Roses, Cheers, Toasts & Possibly a New Model For Entertainment Delivery!

This will go down as the first real success produced for this space, and depending on how the financial back end works out for everyone, it may permanently change the way entertainment gets from the minds of the creative people who deserve the spoils to us, who deserve great choices and flexible use.

And Neil (above) as our anti-hero is just so lovable and quirky and funny, it makes me sure that this is not the last we've seen of this character (or any of the rest of them) and also makes me think Dr. Horrible could go to more episodes online or maybe on a pay cable network, or into theatres.

Certainly there's enough here, just in this 13-minute first episode, to see that you could make a feature based on this story.

What I said at iTunes (because you'll never find it among all the reviews this thing will have):

I Now Know What It Is To Be Culturally Fulfilled.

Okay, that's a bit much, but I'll tell you this, I've been looking forward to this for a couple weeks and it totally pays off. Funny, trippy, great songs, great performances, Felicia Day turns out to have a sweet lyrical voice, Simon Helberg is dampeningly good, Nathan's a singing hero (who can resist), and Neil Patrick Harris has found the role of his life, and it may be starting online but I see big things ahead for this story in all kinds of media.

The Whedons! All Bow!

Really outstanding.

The iTunes link is right here. I want you all to go buy it and support this new way of ridding all those nasty suits from the glom-athon that is the raping of my wallet for entertaining things. It's only $3.99, less than a venti latte.

I Can't Get on the Dr. Horrible Site, But Friends Tell Me Great Things

Toby at Tubeworld:

... as I anticipated, it could be a musical sibling to 'The Middleman'. Now that's a crossover I'd love to see!

While I was watching Neil Patrick Harris (Dr. Horrible) and Simon Helberg as the damp sidekick Moist, I was reminded of a book I read last year, "Soon I Will Be Invincible" by Austin Grossman. This was especially true with the mentions of the Evil League of Evil, the villainous Bad Horse, and Johnny Snow - references to other characters in a super-hero world we may never meet.

Watch, I'll have to get up in the middle of the night to see it.

If for nothing else to see Simon, who is one of my faves.

Note to international viewers, they are still working on getting it to work for all of you. Of course, like me, you're probably having page load issues right now. Be patient.

Joss, NPH, Fillion Go Live with Dr. Horrible Tomorrow!

Everything you need is right above in this handy dandy li'l widget from Clearspring, that you could also place on your blog or site or Facebook or MySpace page.

And you wanna do that, as Stewie Griffin says, because ... well, oh, just watch the clip after the jump. Stewie will explain it all to you.