Dr. Horrible Fans, Bush vs. Batman on NTV Station Today
Today’s video is one I’m selecting with a caveat — because it’s a good opportunity for me to make a public service announcement. Secret Pants Sketch Comedy’s Bush or Batman? documents a really funny experiment: Can people on the street tell the difference between George W. Bush quotes and those from the Adam West Batman series? But it also has a fatal flaw, a 38-second title sequence. Online video makers of the world, please pay attention: If your short is under 4 minutes, anything more than a title card is simply unacceptable.
The video itself is great, though, so I recommend skipping to 0:40 and watching from there…just this once, though.
And today we also track the emergence of fan films from the world of everyone’s current favorite supervillain musical web series. As Jill Weinberger notes, “You can’t blame the fans. Joss Whedon’s latest groundbreaking project is, after all, called Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. It’s right there in the name.” What exactly are Whedonites up to? Check it out at NewTeeVee Station!
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A well done intro as well as entertaining commercial is worth watching regardless of length. This one isn’t bad.
Enric on July 26th, 2008 at 3:20 pm - Permalink
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steveking on July 27th, 2008 at 9:57 pm - Permalink