Why I love Dr. Horrible
Yes yes Dr Horrible came out like 20 years ago. Why am I writing a post about it now? Well it just came up in my itunes shuffle (yes I own the soundtrack). But listening to it this morning got me thinking. I think the thing that I love about Dr Horrible is the evil of the good guy and the goodness in the bad guy.
It reminds me so much of Christianity. The Captain Hammers of the church look great and they do everything so everyone knows how great they are. But then there are the broken ones, the ones who don’t try to pull together their image. Now granted this is where my little comparison kinda falls apart a little, but let me try to pull it together. Dr. Horrible wants to get into the Evil League of Evil (the cool kids in his circle. He wants to fit in and does things that he doesn’t really want to for acceptance. I am the same. I do things that I normally wouldnt act ways I normally don’t all for approval from others.
So who are you most of the time a Captain Hammer or a Dr. Horrible?
Interesting how this show got you to root for a protagonist who sacrifices everything to get what he wants. A person so obsessed with success that he is blind to true happiness. Even with the faults of Captain Hammer, you must realize that it still boils down to the fact that your “hero” commits murder (or at least manslaughter) to gain acceptance and further his “career”. If we would recognize that we shouldn’t be a Captain Hammer OR a Dr. Horrible, then maybe we would all be better off.
All that aside, the reason you love Dr. Horrible is because it is awesome.
hmmm so no aspirations to be either. interesting.
And yes it is awesome.
In a way, I WAS Dr.Horrible before following Christ: I didn’t recognize the evil I did as such, I had good intentions, and I pursued things that I thought would fulfill me. But, I was genuine, too, as I am now.
Captain Hammer can bite me in any case.
I am a reformed Dr.Horrible!
awww, leave it to dick to bring it all back to redemption.