This morning, I woke up to a first: I had an actual comment from someone reading this blog who wasn't my sister!

I noted yesterday that I saw Part 1 of "Dr. Horrible's Sing-A-Long Blog," but I didn't laugh once. Gina was referred to my post through a Google alert -- I'm guessing for the search term "Joss Whedon," which means she'll get this one, too -- and left an excellent comment.

First, a few things:

• I was not a "Buffy" watcher, but I did see the musical episode. (My sister made me watch it with her.) But, since I really didn't know what was going on in terms of the storyline, it didn't have much of an impact. I'm sure that I'd have been able to appreciate it more if I'd been there from the beginning of the series (or at least the beginning of the season). I really wasn't paying attention to clever lyrics; I was just trying to figure out who was who.
• I love everything Neil Patrick Harris does, from "Doogie Howser, M.D." to "How I Met Your Mother" and all the musicals in between. (Oh yeah -- I love musicals, too.)
• I haven't seen anything Nathan Fillion has done, but I hear from my sister that he was excellent in "Firefly" and "Serenity," also from the great mind of Whedon. I can say with some authority that Fillion is quite nice to look at.
• I agree that "Dr. Horrible's" dialogue was clever. If I'd had more energy after such a long day, I probably would have laughed. But, at the point I watched it last night -- on the screen of a laptop, no less -- I was just trying to pay attention to the details.

I really do want to see how this whole thing pans out. Hopefully, I will enjoy it as much as Gina did, and I will be able to give more detailed thoughts on this clever little project, which was done during last year's writers strike.