Some of you may have heard of Dr. Horrible’s Sing-along Blog that Joss Whedon (of Buffy and Firefly fame) released on the Internet last summer. It’s a great short movie that pretty much creates a new genre, the super villain musical. It also has several actors in it that are very well known in the sci-fi community, but are less well known outside it, with the possible exception of Neil Patrick Harris. It was made during the writer’s strike last year, so the goal was to create something new and interesting and to release it for free online using a new-media-style business model to make money. You can still watch Dr. Horrible on Hulu for free, so if you’ve got 45 minutes, this is an excellent use of your time. However, I heartily suggest getting the DVD, though, because in addition to a lot of normal, cool bonus material, it also has Commentary the Musical. That’s right, it has a normal commentary track and an additional commentary track that is, itself, a musical about making a musical. Now, the creators have posted Commentary the Musical on YouTube, but that doesn’t really do it justice as it’s much better when played along with the movie. It does a really wonderful job of making fun of itself, the movie, musicals, commentary tracks, and the movie industry while still having some insightful moments. So if you’ve got some spare time, make sure you check out both Dr. Horrible and Commentary the Musical.

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