Captain Dynamic
- “A team of writers is hired to promote the worst superhero in the world, Captain Dynamic. Starring Ed Robertson of Barenaked Ladies. Based on the game "City of Heroes" from NCSoft.”
- — Official website
Captain Dynamic was an American Rooster Teeth Live action brief 3-part miniseries created by Rooster Teeth Productions when the company first ventured into Live action production in January 2009, featuring a "super hero" of the same name starring Ed Robertson of Barenaked Ladies. It was directed by Burnie Burns, Matt Hullum and Jason Saldaña. It was created to advertise, promote and is based on the NCSoft game 'City of Heroes' from NCSoft.[1] It was based around a team of writers who is hired to use the new in-game content creation tools to promote the title character, Captain Dynamic, the 'worst superhero in the world'. Directed by Matt Hullum and written by Burnie Burns, the series starred Ed Robertson of the Barenaked Ladies, who is a long time friend and fan of Rooster Teeth. A number of Rooster Teeth employees were present throughout the series, notably Joel Heyman as Captain Dynamic's primary writer. Actor Shannon McCormick appears as the series' antagonist, Great Face[2] The series also led to the release of an iPhone app called the Awesome Button.[3]
Synopsis[edit | edit source]
A team of writers is hired to promote the worst superhero in the world, Captain Dynamic. Starring Ed Robertson of Barenaked Ladies. Based on the game "City of Heroes" from NCSoft.
Episodes[edit | edit source]
| Episode no. | Title | Date | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Captain Dynamic: Episode 1 | February 26, 2009 | 4:40 |
| 2 | Captain Dynamic: Episode 2 | March 5, 2009 | 3:57 |
| 3 | Captain Dynamic: Episode 3 | March 12, 2009 | 4:34 |
| 4 | Captain dynamic: Outtakes! | March 25, 2009 | 5:46 |
Starring[edit | edit source]
Geoff Ramsey as Geoff
Jason Saldaña as Jason
Nathan Zellner as Nathan
Gavin Free as Gavin
Joel Heyman as Joel
Ed Robertson (from the Barenaked Ladies) as Captain Dynamic
Shannon McCormick as The Great Face
Gus Sorola as The Tech Guy
