First of all, I’m in love with this thing. I can’t stop watching it. But that’s rather, well, besides the point. If we look at the content and the world, it fits with Dr. Horrible (you’ll be able to accurately compare this on Thursday, but this is a fantastic interpretation of the world created by Whedon. If we look at the content, basically everything you need from Act 1 is there: the freeze ray, the Laundromat, the letter from Bad Horse, the saving of Penny, etc. The story is told through a medium usually reserved for video games: tid bits of action and story through dialogue. What this lacks tho is the lyrics to the songs (which in 8-bit are just as amazing!) for the most part, which is the core portion of Dr. Horrible. I mentioned it in class about how musicals explore the depths of characters as you cannot lie in song. Well, Dr. Horrible is what I call the anti-musical (more discussion to happen in my presentation) so you miss a lot of the sub-text and plot lines Whedon builds into the lyrics. Freeze Ray sets up a lot of the struggling love life of Dr. Horrible, but you get an awkward 3-step “I love you hair” comment from your character, but what you don’t get is the back story of why this happens in the text. Overall, this type of interpretation is more creative than it is explorative in the world of Whedon. At it’s core, it seems to want to bring two fandoms together (retro gaming and Whedon/Dr. Horrible) in a fun and cheery way. And let me tell you, I’ll be watching the entirety of this 8-bit rendition as soon as I possibly can.