Where to begin, Dr. Horrible’s sing-a-long blog is quite an abstract web show. This three act show at first glance appears to be a corny, comedy show, however in the end of the last scene the tone changes and things become more serious. Dr. Horrible’s sing-a-long blog is a low budget web show that was made during the writer’s strike. This sort web cam documents the life of Dr. Horrible and his love for Penny, a girl he always sees at the laundry mat. While Dr. Horrible is trying to steal wonderflonium, Penny comes up and talks to him, however he ignores her and focuses on his task. As a result of trying to steal the wonderflonium, Dr. Horrible loses control of the car he is controlling and ends up almost hitting Penny, that is until Captain Hammer comes to rescue her. They fall in love and Dr. Horrible becomes jealous and plots to kill him. When he finally creates the death ray and shoots it at Captain Hammer it only freezes him. By the time he goes to actually kill him Captain Hammer pins him to the floor and when he tries to kill Dr. Horrible, misses and shoots at Penny instead. As a result of this he flees and Dr. Horrible runs to her aid, however there is nothing he can do and Penny ends up dying. Dr. Horrible then joins “The League” a group of evil men that he has been trying to team up with, after his accident they invite him in and he accepts.
Personally, when I first began watching this web show I did not think I would like it very much. I never had watched a web show before, so I had no idea what to expect. At first I did not enjoy it. I thought it was going to be one of those weird shows where the actors were trying too hard to be funny and not succeeding. However, after watching it for a little while, I found myself beginning to enjoy it more and more. There was definitely parts of it I did not understand, especially the ending, but overall I ended up liking it more than I thought I would originally. This web show ended leaving me wanting more however, this could have been because I felt that the ending was very random and abrupt. The part I enjoyed the most about this show was the songs. They were very entertaining and funny. The lyrics did not flow like most songs you hear on the radio, they were more monotone. They were definitely made to be humorous and not to be taken serious by any means.
The one part of this film that caught me off guard was when Penny was shot with the death ray, the film had been so funny up to this point I was not expecting that to happen. It was a sift in tones, after this happened the rest of the film seemed to get more serious. For my first time watching this I was under the impression that the whole show was going to be a comedy, but when this happened I quickly realized I was wrong.It was really easy to see that there was an underlying meaning to this web show when this happened. Overall, I think that this is a good, sort, humorous show to watch. If you are looking for something to get a laugh out of this is the show for you. Give it a chance. You might not like it at first, but the more you watch it, the more it will begin to grow on you.