Friday, July 18, 2008

Wonderflonium ist wunderbar

As I've been watching Season 1 of How I Met Your Mother as the DVDs arrive via Netflix (I AM TED, btw) and have re-watched a few episodes of Firefly with Ms. Tungsten, perhaps it's appropriate that Joss Whedon's latest project rocks my mid-July house. An internet short, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog features both NPH from HIMYM as a lovable wannabe villain and Firefly's Nathan Fillion as his seemingly purer nemesis.

I love it. It's brilliantly clever as well as that word I vowed not to use in my last post....

However, all things being political because I can't turn my brain off even when I try, Penny the love interest needs some serious lessons in how to gather signatures on a street corner. My God, it was awful watching her. I know the scene was supposed to show insight into her caring, selfless personality as well as illustrate her insecurities. But how did the Helping Hands Homeless Shelter ever let her out in public with a clipboard for something as serious as petitioning the City for a new location? Helloooo, train your volunteers! Messaging, people! If they can't speak in public, highlight another talent of theirs in-office!

Or just hire me in 10 months as a consultant...

3 comments:

The Common Man said...

Do that, B. Then you could introduce me to Nathan Fillion, who could introduce me to Joss Whedon, who could introduce me to Alyson Hannigan, and I could convince her to leave her attractive and sucessful husband and become my secret second wife who I will in no way support financially. And we could all be friends. And my life would be 10-12% awesomer and filled with 187% more pop-culture references.

Rainster said...

And then *I* would be able to name-drop at parties: "So my college roommate, who is secretly married to Alyson Hannigan, was telling me about this time he was hanging out with Joss Whedon and Nathan Fillion..." and then *I* would be 10'12% awesomer! ;-P

The Common Man said...

See, then you'd ruin the secret. And she'd be exposed as a polygamist, and lose her Hollywood roles and her friends Joss and Nathan, and then my life would go back to being less awesome. So we can't have that. Sorry.