Nov
Dr Horrible DVD Now On Pre-Order
The Dr Horrible DVD is now available for pre-order at Amazon. The DVD will be released December 19, 2008 just in time for Christmas.
The retail price is $14.99 and to ensure delivery by Christmas Amazon is recommended that you choose the 2-day delivery option.
Dr Horrible on DVD … Tell your friends…
Product Details
- Actors: Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion, Felicia Day, Simon Helberg
- Directors: Joss Whedon
- Writers: Joss Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, Jed Whedon, Zack Whedon
- Producers: David Burns, Michael Boretz
- Format: NTSC
- DVD Release Date: December 19, 2008
- Run Time: 100 minutes
- ASIN: B001M5UDGS
A note from creator Joss Whedon (via WHEDONesque)
Well, my turkey (or, in some cases, tofurkey) stuffed friends, we literally just put the finishing touches on the disc. Is it worth fifteen hard-earned dollars? Absolutely. In fact, I can say without reservation that the Dr. Horrible DVD is worth $15.23 EASILY. More, if your dollars weren’t the hard-earned kind, just the kind you have lying around in your mom’s purse. God knows WE’VE worked hard to earn ‘em. “Commentary! The Musical” is the most painstaking and exhausting piece of whimsey I have ever mistaken for a good idea. It has nearly twice as much music as Dr. Horrible itself — since you can’t really talk that much during a commentary musical or it sounds like a regular commentary. (Which we also have, with the stars and writers, plus making-of’s, ELE applications, and a few items left lying around by a notorious Bunny…) I can say without hesitation that I hesitate to say it’s great. And by great I mean ridiculous. It’s sophmoric, solopsistic, silly and the most fun I’ve had being exhausted since the fabled Mushortio itself. And everyone sings beautifullly. Which enrages me. I a little bit hate my friends now.
The listed street date is, by the way, a little later than we’d expected — I’m hoping Amazon is just playing it safe and we can beat that date. More on that as we learn it. Expect a twittering sensation.
Finally, I just want to say “thank you” to everybody who has supported this venture. We’ve been able to pay our crew and all our bills, which means a lot. What means more is proving that completely independent ventures can muscle their way through the blizzard of big-budget behemoths. (A blizzard of behemoths? Back to writing school, alliteration-junkie!) All that rhetoric about the future of entertainment that flew about during the Strike is still entirely true. We need to find our own way of producing entertainment. A lot of people are watching Dr. Horrible to see if it’s any kind of model — way more people than I expected — and it means everything to me to help pave the way for artists to start working and making a living from the ground up. There are a couple of real pioneers in this that I know personally: Felicia Day, I’m thrilled to say, and choreographer Chris Elam are both looking far ahead in terms of monetization and interactivity. Me, I’m more like Jimmy Stewart in “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance”, but at least I’m out there. Thanks, he finally summed up, to you.
My story has become tiresome! But wait till you hear the songs.
Did we cover “silly”…?
“The DVD will be released December 19, 2009 just in time for Christmas.”
2009?
November 29th, 2008 at 12:20 amOops, been writing 2009 a lot this week. Fixed.
November 29th, 2008 at 12:38 amSo I guess the ELoE applicants who were chosen have been told now?
November 29th, 2008 at 1:05 amanyone know if this is going to be region locked?
November 29th, 2008 at 1:34 amI bought five…and it doesn’t appear General Apathy made the cut
November 29th, 2008 at 1:41 amTell your friends! I guess unless you are buying it for them for Christmas!
November 29th, 2008 at 3:51 amGot two copies! Now I must wait… grrr…
November 29th, 2008 at 5:49 amWhoo-hoo! Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog pays its crew and all its bills! Joss says so.
November 29th, 2008 at 8:20 amWill this work in the UK? Will it be released in UK shops? So many questions.
November 29th, 2008 at 9:49 amBut what about the world outside America? (Yes, there is one). I could buy the US DVD and it’d sit prettily by my UK DVD player…but it wouldn’t work.
Is there going to be a DVD for Europe, Australia, Asia? And–faint hope–in time for Christmas?
November 29th, 2008 at 11:12 amIt is really weird, I can understand that shipping the DVD is not easy and takes a lot of work. But why can’t Amazon make it available in all their shops?
Since it is a demand production, basicly just an DVD-R.
I just don’t get it.
November 30th, 2008 at 12:39 amWill the DVD be available from amazon.ca?
November 30th, 2008 at 3:48 amI hope the DVD will be published here in Germany (Yes, even some people here want to buy it.) before Christmas. Would be such a great present…
November 30th, 2008 at 10:36 amWell, this looks like a complete bust for those of us in the UK hoping to buy several copies as Christmas presents.
The fastest delivery option: Priority International Courier.
Estimated delivery date for these 4 items: December 23, 2008 – December 29, 2008
29th of December is clearly far too late. Then there’s the cost, more than doubling the cost of the 4 DVDs I want to buy:
Items: $53.96
Shipping & Handling: $41.95
Pre-order Guarantee: -$0.00
Total Before Tax: $95.91
Estimated Tax:* $0.00
Import Fees Deposit $14.39
Order Total: $110.30
$110.30. That includes the courier import fees but not the Duty or VAT. Add an extra 25% onto that. All this doesn’t even guarantee I’ll have it for Christmas, let alone in time to get it to people before Christmas day.
Very disappointing. Again a massive disregard for fans outside of the US.
November 30th, 2008 at 12:40 pmI really want to support Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog but they make it next to impossible. There’s a world outside of the US of A…
Amazon has it listed for $13.49 now… I wonder if that means that my order will be adjusted pricewise. They have the “Pre-order Price Guarantee” on this, so I would hope so.
November 30th, 2008 at 7:22 pmHi!
What about subtitles? I wanna know if this DVD comes with English or Spanish subtitles.
Thanks!!!
November 30th, 2008 at 7:23 pmYay, there’s one Christmas present out of the way.
November 30th, 2008 at 9:02 pmErm, to be fair to the people working on this, if the project was conceived in the UK, or Australia, or Zimbabwe, and was finishing around the same time, the chances of finding it in the United States or Canada by Christmas or holiday of similar time frame would be just as unlikely or expensive.
Even up here, I don’t think I’ll be getting mine before January hits, unless I feel like doubling the price, and we’re supposed to be almost seamlessly connected. (Who would even be getting my extra money??)
I don’t think the pricing differences and time delays are supposed to be an offending move, though.
December 1st, 2008 at 6:02 amSo does that mean they’ve chosen the winners of the ELE comp? Has anyone been notified? Or is it just going to be kept a surprise till the launch?
December 1st, 2008 at 2:39 pmUm, yay! For everyone in the States! And I do understand that we out here in Forn Parts will just have to wait, but please do keep us informed as to when DrH will be available in Europe and elsewhere.
December 1st, 2008 at 5:42 pmThis is seriously all I want for Christmas.
I can’t wait to see all the extras.
I’m a little sad they didn’t make a nice high-def blu-ray version, but understand that they’re on a budget and trying to get it out before Christmas!
December 3rd, 2008 at 5:25 amAmazon dropped the price to $9.99!
December 4th, 2008 at 7:31 pmUm, all I’d like to know is when it will be available to buy outside the US. Desperate as I am to own the DVD, I can’t really afford what it would cost to have it shipped all the way to the UK.
December 23rd, 2008 at 12:14 amPlease keep an eye on this website, we hope to have news of a UK release soon
December 23rd, 2008 at 12:33 am@Admin,
any news on a UK release? I’d rather buy this if i can …
January 30th, 2009 at 2:24 am