Goodness, look at my wrist. I must be going.

[cyrano]

I enjoyed the first two parts of Doctor Horrible's SingAlong Blog. However, I must say I'm disappointed by the conclusion.
For somebody with the strong feminist credits Joss Whedon has, why does the sole female character in this drama essentially serve as a piece of turf for the two men to fight over, or as an abstract motivator for the Doctor? When I saw her reactions to Hammer's speech, I thought "Oh! This will be an interesting development!" But no, it had no bearing on the plot because all she was needed for at that point was to be the martyr.
And... the ending wasn't satisfying, except as the end of a prelude or a chapter one.
There may be more thoughts later. Please feel free to comment.

EDIT:
SarahOfTheDead has pointed me toward her essay on Why Penny Matters which covers a lot of what I'm thinking. Thank you, Sarah, for saving me the emotional work up neccessary for a proper rant.

Comments

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Pretty much. "Hurrah! I've achieved everything I wanted and it's empty and tastes like dust in my mouth!" Which, I mean, works as a dramatic irony thing in some stories, but the first two installments were *not* that sort of story.

[windrose.livejournal.com]

I expected the spoilery thing to happen, because it was a Joss Whedon story. I mean, I hoped he wouldn't do it, because it didn't seem like that kind of story and maybe, just maybe, he would fool me and do something sweet. But no. We got the usual angst fest instead.