Jake of the Web

A web-only musical dramedy
-Script and Music written by Joss Whedon (Firefly, Serenity, directed a few Office episodes)
-Starring Neil Patrick Harris as Dr. Horrible (Doogie Howser, some other show nowadays)
-Nathan Fillion as his nemesis, the vacuous superhero 'Captain Hammer' (Also known from Whedon's Firefly and Serenity)
-Felicia Day as Penny, Dr. Horrible's love interest (She's cute, been in some movies, but has gained a lot of fame from the very good web series she writes and stars in called 'The Guild'.

What is Dr. Horrible willing to do for acceptance into 'The Evil Order of Evil'? Although not outright evil himself, per se, he sees problems in the world around him and has decided a more hands-on approach is the answer: Fixing the world himself by taking over.

While attempting to steal a part he needs for his time-freezing ray, Dr. Horrible inadvertently introduces his secret crush, Penny, to his nemesis, the arrogant superhero Captain Hammer. Now Dr. Horrible must stop the two of them from growing closer, while trying to impress 'Bad Horse', the head of 'The Evil Order of Evil'. We get to know Dr. Horrible's roommate/sidekick named Moist (he's just really sweaty, as far as I can tell), and we get to explore the consequences of a super-criminal broadcasting his evil intents on a video blog. Also, there's a lot of singing.

This is starting as free, but has recently moved to iTunes, and will probably be exclusive iTunes content for a while before the DVD is released.

Good super-hero lines:
(Speaking to a group of homeless people): "Home is where the heart is, so your real home's in your chest"
"It's not enough to bash in heads, you've got to bash in minds"


Dr. Horrible's site