The loss of Firefly was a great tragedy. It should have run at least five seasons and become a TV legend. However, the bright side is that it’s been fun to see what all of the Firefly alumni have been able to do after the good ship Serenity set off for the sunset. After all, if Fox’s executives hadn’t been such idiots, we wouldn’t have RoboRiver in The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

Today I stumbled across Dr. Horrible’s Sing-A-Long Blog when a friend alerted me to it. Whedon online musical! W00t! It’s a deliciously low budget, charmingly stupid show and my head will asplode in the next 24 hours because I want to watch Act II so bad. The ever-tasty Captain Tightpants is recast as Captain Hammer, and Neil Patrick Harris is hilariously self-conscious as a semi-competent goof seeking to take over the world and impress the girl he always sees on laundry day but is too afraid to speak to.

I was pleased to see Joss Whedon prove he’s always got one more ace up his sleeve. Shiny!