criticalstudiesintelevision.com lässt drei Artikel zu Dr. Horrible plumpsen. Während Stacey Abbott und David Lavery nette, kurze Beiträge liefern, die im wesentlichen zusammenfassen, was schon oft erwähnt wurde (Fan-Support, Medium-Bending, etc.), bringt Rhonda Wilcox (ja, Rhonda "Slayage" Wilcox) einen wirklich netten Beitrag ins Spiel, der Billy von Godfather bis Godzilla durchdekliniert und sogar DVD-Features wie Commentary! miteinbezieht:

Dr. Horrible's metatextuality is valuable in part simply because it is amusing; but it also serves to remind us of the production's indie nature and its status as internet creation, from the online comic book prequel to the many internet fan hommages (some of which are in the DVD). For the DVD's main feature, the viewer first sees the F.B.I. warning against copyright infringement—but this is replaced by an E.L.E. (Evil League of Evil) warning that 'This video disk is designated for Evil purposes only . . . '. (I suppose my Evil purpose is, in the words of a Joss Whedon commentary song, to 'pick, pick, pick it apart', so I am presumably safe from the penalties for Non-Evil usage.)

Edit: Sehr gut auch waxbanks' Kommentare dazu.

Nettes Interview mit Joss über Dollhouse und Dr. Horrible:

But you always hear about creators rolling their eyes at network suits, listing all the dumb notes they’ve been given.

There’s always going to be tension. If you’re smart, you use that tension to create something between their desire to sell and your desire to tell. And it’s very easy for me to get so far up in my own head that I forget to invite the audience in. And it’s very easy for them to boil things down and lose some of the texture.

And do I roll my eyes, sure. Every writer does. Do I think of them as my enemies? No, never. Because with the exception of Firefly, where I felt there was some stuff that was going on that was genuinely underhanded, I have always collaborated with the people who are paying for my show. The other thing you have to remember as the show runner is that the person who wears the suit and says the dumb thing that you laugh at, or the person who brings the coffee and says the dumb thing that you laugh at, might have a better idea than you. And if you ever forget that, you’re gonna blow it.

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Ein Artikel im aktuellen Sci Fi Magazine dreht sich um Dollhouse, und ist auf Spoielr TV zu finden. Tim Minear wurde (ich schätze mal während der Arbeiten an seinem 1x05 "True Believer") interviewt, und erwähnt ein paar Plotpoints, die das Gesamtkonzept veranschaulichen sollen. Aber am besten ist die Überschrift: "Eliza Dushku's new show explores questions of identity and ass-kicking." :)

Na bitte. Ich möchte auch hier nochmal auf die Großartigkeit der dort zu findenden "Understanding the Dollhouse"-Featurette verweisen.