Well, Tonight's Evening Of Entertainmeant Left Me On The Floor Screaming, "IS THERE NO GOD?"

[redbrunja]

Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog:

As my mother says: "Why are you surprised? It's soulless Joss Whedon!"

Needless to say, I hated the ending.

Ember Island Players:

Well, that was a painfully unfunny 20 minutes.

Way the fuck too meta. It crossed the line between teasing the fans and mocking them.

The only good thing was Suki's smokin' hot Fire Nation outfit.

But, Mike & Bryan, I have watched the first three season - I didn't need a recap. And I know you guys are shipping Katara/Aang but at this point? You have FLAMING NEON SIGNS THAT KATARA DOESN'T LIKE HIM LIKE THAT!

Suki, Sokka, Jet, Yue - and I'm sure there's more - fell in love during a war.

That Katara keeps saying she's confused and pulls away from Aang's kisses? That is a women who doesn't want to be in a relationship with him.

I don't know how you're going to dig yourself out of this hole.

Comments

[sunkist.livejournal.com]

It crossed the line between teasing the fans and mocking them.

Thank you for saying that. I was half-tempted to turn the TV off. The only worthwhile scene was the bonding moment between Toph and Zuko. Otherwise, it seemed like a bad filler episode. =/

[oyster-district.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen the episode yet, but I'll remind you that you can now read the end to SB quite safely. ^.-.

[renegadekitsune.livejournal.com]

I have to say that I was horrendously amused throughout the entire episode, but I think it was more because of the rediculous theatrical aspect. I remember the thought, "God *damn* their tech department sucks ass!" and then proceded to giggle as the stage crew scuttled about in all black to be -inconspicuous-. That, and Fire Lord!Old man make-up.

Also, the quip about Jet? "Um...Did Jet just die?"..."I'm not really sure". I think that was Mike and Bryan poking fun at their own show.

I don't know, maybe it was funny because I didn't read to much into it and Whore!Katara actress just kept making me laugh my ass off?


Also...

What didn't you like about Dr.Horrible: SAB Act II?

[ivy-chan.livejournal.com]

You know, if I was going just from the show at this point, I'd say they weren't shipping Katara/Aang. They seemed to be in first season a LOT. But as the show went on, the relationship got less and less, um, shippy.

I fully, outright liked two things about this episode. One: Toph and Zuko talking about Iroh. His guilt about how he treated Iroh was nicely done, I think, and I'm glad we had the chance to tie in Toph's chat with Iroh about Zuko. Two: Zuko's reaction to his death scene. Not only does he have the horrifying image of being burned alive by Azula, I felt so bad for him watching the people he wants to protect and rule gleefully cheer about his death scene. We've seen that he wants to a good ruler who does the best he can for his people, and that must have been a stab to the gut. *hugs Zuko*

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I didn't like Act III either. Compared to how much I loved Act II, it was quite disappointing.

I didn't mind that they killed a major character (I had actually expected Billy to die), or that it ended on a morbid note... I was fine with the conclusion that the world sucks and the villainy has been achieved. I was just disappointed with HOW they got to that conclusion. It was mundane, it was predictable, and I can think of about seven or eight ways already to reach the same conclusions but in a much more wacky or creative way. And it didn't really end so much as...trickle out.

[marbles-chan.livejournal.com]

What I loved about this episode was how it kindasorta reminded me of old!Beijing Opera - with the ridiculously garish costumes and make-up, the pretty good tech-y stuff (for their era, it's pretty good, come on! I mean, black light? Fucking awesome, man!)

But yeah, I have to agree with you on your points, especially re: Kataang. I am so clueless as to how they're gonna make it work after this episode :/

Suki, Sokka, Jet, Yue - and I'm sure there's more - fell in love during a war. Yeah, well, aside from Suki, most all of those relationships ended badly D: And Kataang deals with having to fall in love with the freaking savior of the world - how can she NOT feel uncomfortable? No wonder she's confuzzled. :/



... Man!Toph was amazing, though.

[ryanitenebrae.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking you might like to know what my Dad said about the 'Kataang confrontation' thing at the end. He just started laughing, and said, pausing between bouts of laughter, "Yeah, when she says, "I'm confused,' she means, 'I have an answer to your question, but you're not going to like it, and I'm confused as to how to tell you.'

[solace-adrift.livejournal.com]

Oh, I didn’t think it was that bad. Certain fandom things should be mocked; because they’re stupid – I’m just disappointed they weren’t able to fit more in there. Mocking the whole Azula redemption theory would have been beautiful. And to be fair, Mike and Bryan mocked themselves just as much as they did the fans.

Yeah. Suki’s new outfit is really hot.

Suki, Sokka, Jet, Yue – all entirely different situations. Katara held Aang DEAD in her arms. She already lost him once. She’d be insane not to be worried about a repeat days before he goes to face the most powerful bender on the planet to decide the fate of the world.

[yukitheawesome.livejournal.com]

The entire Whedon fandom was going batshit crazy yesterday trying to figure out what he was going to pull with the last Act of Dr. Horrible.

I think as he posted it, Joss sat back and laughed, yelling, "You just got JOSSED, motherfucker!"

Because we did. We really, really did.

[fairest1.livejournal.com]

I think the internet exploded over Dr. Horrible. I stayed up past 1 to watch it (time zones for the lose), and checking my flist after 1 usually means that there's not too much to get caught up on in the morning . . . but because I'm in four different Dr. Horrible groups, it was at 'skip 100'.

My view of Katara is that she's fourteen with abnormal social development, so she's not ready to date even in general. She was pushed into the role of mother to her family, and unofficial leader to the Gaang (because though Aang's the Avatar, who's the one who makes sure everyone does their jobs when setting up camp, keeps things organized, etc?). She's a mother, a healer, an impromptu midwife, and a powerful bender who keeps training to get better and increase her ability.

She's not like a girl in junior high who'd have gobs of free time to sit with her friends and gossip about boys they like. She rarely has time to just sit and think about her feelings. The girl needs time to act her age and be able to worry about silly shit before she'll relax enough to think about dating.

Sokka rarely takes things seriously. Suki may have trained hard as a Kyoshi warrior, but the other warriors were with her to gossip and laugh and have time to relax with. Jet was a ladies' man, but I don't think he really fell in love. Even Yue would have had friends to relax with.

Even in the first episode, Katara commented that she never had time to act like a kid and go penguin sledding anymore. So when it comes to something relaxed and happy like falling in love, it doesn't come as easy to her.

There was the odd crush, but those tended to end badly, so that didn't help.

But yeah, even with that in mind? I don't think it feels like she likes Aang that way.

[mzminola.livejournal.com]

We enjoyed the play's Special Effects, and how it reminded us of ways stories about the Monkey King get performed.
My first thought on Avatar-Actress was "Whoo Ty Lee! Wait, she's in prison. Dangit."

...I want Mai and Ty Lee to come back.