Now on DVD: Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog

Almost three years ago, brothers Zack and Joss Whedon decided to make a musical web series during the writers' strike. What they produced was this phenomenal cult sensation in which Neil Patrick Harris plays a good-hearted bad guy who desperately wants to become a super villain in order to get his crush's attention. His efforts are thwarted when Captain Hammer makes an appearance.

What I found most brilliant is that this grassroots web series it superior in almost every way to hundreds of fully funded network shows. The songs are too catchy for the viewer's own good, the singing is great, and the acting is nearly flawless. Additionally, the Whedon's have perfected the formula for tragicomedies.

It is also astounding that in less than 6 months the web series made back its costs of production. Now that the whole series is on DVD, it is certain to make an even bigger bang! The DVD even has a musical commentary (the songs from the original series and the commentary are available on iTunes). So if you're behind the times, like me, pick up this DVD because you have no idea what you're missing.

-DLP