Doctor Horrible - The Next Rocky Horror?

In 1975, way before the term "Karaoke" was even coined, a pair of British producers created a musical sci-fi/horror film parody called "The Rocky Horror Picture Show". Due to the quirky and wildly strange nature of the show (even by today's standards in many parts of the world), it was met with a bad reception by the critics. Despite being given bad reviews and a cold opening, this quirky little musical gathered a sing-along cult following that has endured to this very day. In fact, the movie has grossed almost 140 million to date and the show is so in-grained in Western culture that just about every caucasian I know have at least heard of Rocky Horror and the Time Warp dance.

Fast forward to 2008's Screen Writers Strike.

Josh Whedon, the producer of such television shows as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Firefly, wanted to make a statement about the writer's strike. Since the strike was largely about writers not being paid a single cent for anything shown on the Internet, Josh and his friends decided the best way to present their case is to make an Internet-only show. A show that uses Hollywood talent, is done professionally and show Hollywood top management that the Internet is a very viable medium for Hollywood media.

And thus Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog was born. Here's the trailer:

Since its Internet-only screening in July, the show is rapidly gathering a cult of its own. In fact, the very first sing-along session has recently been held at a full-capacity screening in Dragon-Con. The show's now being sold on iTunes for $3.99, and a DVD is being produced.

Personally, I hope this little show gets to be as popular if not more popular than the Rocky Horror Show. It deserves to be, as it is one of many milestones to show big media corporations that the future of media is on the Internet. A Rocky Horror Show of our generation.