Joss Whedon to Record First-Ever Musical DVD Commentary!
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Feel free to tell me I'm wrong here, but I don't ever remember a DVD that carried a director's commentary set entirely to music. Maybe I'm nuts and totally missing a title or five, but I can't imagine this is all that popular. Joss Whedon gave TV Guide an exclusive look at his new musical, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (which is just the most awesomest title in the history of EVER!), and in an interview with the director, he says the DVD (which he hopes will make a little money so that the people who worked on this thing for nada can get something back) will include "A musical commentary that is a completely original musical, that is all commentary songs, and we're writing that now." He adds, "We're just piling it on. We're like, we're going to make more fun of the idea of extras than anything else."The musical itself will debut on the internet for free in three chapters (Whedon calls it an "Internet miniseries event"), with Part 1 arriving on July 15, Part 2 on July 17 and Part 3 on July 18. You can view them all over at the film's official site, which is currently hosting a teaser. Check out TV Guide for a mildly spoilerish review, then let us know what you think about this bold, adventurous project. Additionally, check out this 8-page online comic about Dr. Horrible's nemesis, Captain Hammer, written by Zach Whedon.
A musical commentary? Really? What other films deserve a musical commentary?
[Thanks AJ]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
7-01-2008 @ 7:28PM
Peter Hall said...
It's not feature length, but if I remember right, Elvis sang a bit on the Bubba Ho-Tep commentary...
And yes, this is awesome news. Finally I can stop watching "Once More With Feeling" on a loop.
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7-01-2008 @ 9:56PM
Claire said...
I am excited, really really excited. I realize this may be a bit nitpicky, but when hour wise will it premiere if you know. Such as, midnight the 15th (and so on), and will it be midnight east coast time or west coast time. Because I'd like to watch this as soon as possible.
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7-02-2008 @ 10:45AM
Jennifer said...
This looks fricking awesome!!!!
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7-17-2008 @ 7:01PM
Rob said...
Not really a musical commentary I guess, but one of the episodes of Wonder Showzen PFFR just performed a 20 minute song as the commentary of one episode
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7-17-2008 @ 7:04PM
Rob said...
I wish there was a way to edit that since I was distracted and that barely made sense..... So.... on one of the episodes of Wonder Showzen, PFFR performed a 20 minute song as the commentary.
7-22-2008 @ 8:37PM
HappyBob said...
They Might Be Giants did something similar on their "Direct from Brooklyn" compilation DVD. In place of a commentary for one of their video clips, they performed an entirely unrelated throwaway song. It was the best Christmas ever.
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