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from: Stile4aly
date: 2008-07-24 10:21:42
subject: Re: Dr. Horrible`s Sing-along Blog

On Jul 23, 2:19=A0pm, Alan Dicey 
wrote:
> Dr. Horrible is a wonderful character, a relentlessly likeable
> supervillain in the making, with bad intent and a powerful grudge
> against the cheesy, mean hero.
>
> It has grown on me; I was impressed by the quality of the singing and by
> how well the songs were fitted into the overall story, really driving it
> along - I'm thinking of Brand New Day in particular. =A0The three leads
> harmonised really well too - especially where two or even three speeches
> are intertwined - Perfect Story being a prime example (and has the
> groupies for added fun, "We do the weird stuff" indeed) And
the end of A
> Man's Gotta Do is a great finish for Act I.
>
> The only element I found a bit out of kilter was Captain Hammer's
> costume - it seemed too ordinary, compared to Dr. Horrible's all-white
> lab gear. =A0The ending was well conceived and carried off, and fits with
> the rest of the story - Billy now has even more reasons to be Evil and
> to hate Captain Hammer. =A0We are, after all, in Rocky Horror territory h=
ere.

It will be interesting to see if Captain Hammer and Dr Horrible
interact again in the future, and how DH will evolve.

Wonderflonium and Bad Horse for the win.
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