Fillion & NPH can belt some notes

Neil Patrick Harris (”Doogie Howser”) was never a favorite of mine, but since Josh Whedon, the guy behind “Buffy, the Vampire Slayer” was behind his new web-only show, I thought I’d have a look at the popular-among-geeks “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog”. The hype notwithstanding, the interesting thing about Whedon’s mini-series (just three episodes so far) is that it is entirely a web phenomenon.

The offbeat story of a bumbling super-villain and his rivalry over a cutie with pompous super-hero, Captain Hammer, played by Nathan Fillion, DHSAB is most notable as Whedon’s attempt to end run the corporate television system. One hopes it points toward the day when creative content will compete in an online marketplace where the stuff people embrace will make money—eliminating risk-averse intermediaries. Digital media may be a game-changer. This blog production could easily be done on a jvc camcorder. It makes me think, who needs a full dress television production company anymore?

Billed as a “comic opera,” it isn’t really quite funny enough and hardly resembles an opera (maybe a rock opera if you stretch it). The Who did the opera thing better though. And Doctor Who is a funnier and more intriguing doctor than Dr. Horrible.

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