| Heroes and Villains |
[Jul. 17th, 2008|11:42 am] |
 Now, before directing people to musicals on the internet, it would be best if I had heard them. However, as previously lamented mentioned, this machine has no speakers (custom-built for work see- it's fast, but silent). Though, considering a few of you on the friends list have, how should I put it delicately? - a Joss Whedon addiction problem and at least two are in the midst of the Buffy marathon and Firefly fans abound, and the undeniable appeal of singing Supervillans!, I thought I'd pass on this information [via Blue Tea]:
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog is a strange "low-budget musical comedy internet miniseries by Joss Whedon about an aspiring suburban supervillain, the sweet humanitarian he has a crush on, and the do-gooder arch-nemesis who comes between them, played respectively by Neil Patrick Harris, Felicia Day, and a delightfully hammy Nathan Fillion. Acts I and II are online now (streaming free on the site through Hulu, and also on iTunes), and Act III will be available on Saturday, July 19th. The lot will be taken down promptly on Sunday the 20th at midnight, so don't miss it."
Whedon explains:
Once upon a time, all the writers in the forest got very mad with the Forest Kings and declared a work-stoppage. The forest creatures were all sad; the mushrooms did not dance, the elderberries gave no juice for the festival wines, and the Teamsters were kinda pissed. (They were very polite about it, though.) During this work-stoppage, many writers tried to form partnerships for outside funding to create new work that circumvented the Forest King system.
Frustrated with the lack of movement on that front, I finally decided to do something very ambitious, very exciting, very mid-life-crisisy. Aided only by everyone I had worked with, was related to or had ever met, I single-handedly created this unique little epic. A supervillain musical, of which, as we all know, there are far too few.
The idea was to make it on the fly, on the cheap – but to make it. To turn out a really thrilling, professionalish piece of entertainment specifically for the internet. To show how much could be done with very little. To show the world there is another way. To give the public (and in particular you guys) something for all your support and patience. And to make a lot of silly jokes. Actually, that sentence probably should have come first.
 On the hero front, I read something on ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) fenris_lorsrai's blog about Hero Rats! People are training rats to sniff out land mines and disease (namely, TB)! Rats are intelligent chemical sniffers, and so, unlike metal detectors, can detect land mines regardless of whether they are made of plastic. Also, they are apparently too light to trip land mines, unlike their human counterparts. I've used up my daily quota of exclamation marks, so you'll just have to read about the rats yourselves. They invite people to adopt a rat for 5€ per month. Check it out. This is truly one of the most amazing things I've seen in some time. |
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