{"id":97,"date":"2008-07-19T12:37:25","date_gmt":"2008-07-19T16:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drthompsen.com\/?p=97"},"modified":"2008-07-19T12:37:25","modified_gmt":"2008-07-19T16:37:25","slug":"dr-horrible-is-terrific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drthompsen.com\/?p=97","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Horrible is terrific"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you haven&#8217;t already seen it, you should take a few moments to watch <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drhorrible.com\"> Dr. Horrible&#8217;s Sing-Along Blog<\/a>. \u00a0The film is initially being distributed on the internet, and can be viewed as streaming video for free through July 20. \u00a0It&#8217;s also available for download from the iTunes store, and will eventually be available on DVD. \u00a0Dr. Horrible has become a tremendous success in a very short period of time, illustrating a uniquely potent distribution model that is causing many to rethink traditional Hollywood practices. \u00a0It&#8217;s this summer&#8217;s &#8220;Blair Witch Project,&#8221; but way cooler, and a lot catchier.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Horrible is masterfully played by Neal Patrick Harris (who rose to fame for his portrayal of &#8220;Doogie Howser, M.D.,&#8221; and more recently, as the character Barney in &#8220;How I Met Your Mother&#8221;). \u00a0I won&#8217;t give away the plot, but I will say that it grows on you. \u00a0I almost tuned out after the first minute of Part 1, which starts with a leisurely pace that seems painfully slow at times. \u00a0But the tentative tempo is a clever way of setting the scene for the bittersweet love story that is both disarmingly cute and\u00a0decidedly\u00a0strange. \u00a0And to top it off, it&#8217;s a musical, a genre that apparently still has a lot of life left in it.<\/p>\n<p><object type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"http:\/\/widgets.clearspring.com\/o\/4876179bb94ab3d9\/4882113a4ef472d0\/4876bd4a09181e85\/749e5e47\" id=\"W4876179bb94ab3d94882113a4ef472d0\" height=\"304\" width=\"354\"><param value=\"http:\/\/widgets.clearspring.com\/o\/4876179bb94ab3d9\/4882113a4ef472d0\/4876bd4a09181e85\/749e5e47\" name=\"movie\"\/><param value=\"transparent\" name=\"wmode\"\/><param value=\"all\" name=\"allowNetworking\"\/><param value=\"always\" name=\"allowScriptAccess\"><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you haven&#8217;t already seen it, you should take a few moments to watch Dr. Horrible&#8217;s Sing-Along Blog. \u00a0The film is initially being distributed on the internet, and can be viewed as streaming video for free through July 20. \u00a0It&#8217;s also available for download from the iTunes store, and will eventually be available on DVD. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/drthompsen.com\/?p=97\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dr. Horrible is terrific<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[34,14,35,31],"class_list":["post-97","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-pop-culture","tag-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drthompsen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drthompsen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drthompsen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drthompsen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drthompsen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=97"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/drthompsen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drthompsen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=97"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drthompsen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=97"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drthompsen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=97"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}