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Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Aerodynamics of the Long Bomb
I've been enjoying Smallville Season 11 so much, but I can't quite overlook this bit of physics fallacy in issue #44:
While Booster Gold is no doubt a superior athlete, he'd have a very had time throwing a basketball accurately 50 yards down field to an open receiver. It's not Booster's fault: you simply can't throw a "perfect spiral" with a round ball.
Instead of a round ball, American Football employs a prolate spheroid. In addition to the added benefit of the aerodynamic profile of the prolate spheroid, it is also easier to grip in one hand, thus allowing the passer to impart proper rotation to the football via the throwing motion. The rotation adds gyroscopic stability to the ball, resulting in faster, longer, and more accurate passes.
I know that you're just trying to be nice, Skeets, but so long as you look like a bloated cue ball, you'll not be participating in many successful Hail Marys.
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Thursday, April 25, 2013
Repeating the Past
If Speedy can get his own mini-series, why not Skeets?
Last week's poll question: How should Skeets be incorporated into the DCnU? (43 votes)
Visiting Jonah Hex in the Old West is so much fun, let's keep the action going! DC has a good inventory of historical characters, so let's put them to good use!
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013
I Learned It By Watching You
Bryan Q. Miller and Daniel HDR combine to give us the best Skeets story of 2013 so far in Smallville: Season 11 #43!
Seriously, those aren't even the best panels with Skeets in this issue, they're just the most spoiler-free!
If you aren't buying these issues digitally, do consider picking them up when they are collected at your Local Comic Shop next month. I think you'll be satisfied.
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Thursday, April 18, 2013
Shooting for Skeets
I haven't been watching SyFy since they cancelled Eureka. No Booster Gold isn't giving me much reason to change that pattern of behavior.
Last week's poll question: How do you respond to the lack of Booster Gold television news from SyFy this week? (52 votes)
Booster will be appearing in two different 3-part stories in the next 3 months, one within continuity and one without. We know that Skeets is in the non-continuity Smallville Season 11 issues, but there's no word yet on whether Skeets will be in the DCnU-continuity All-Star Western. If he does show up, will he be a behind-the-scenes assistant, or an active sidekick? If you had a say, what kind of Skeets would you hope to see in the DCnU?
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Skeets Sure Plays a Mean Pinball
Have you bought a digital copy of Smallville: Season 11 #42 yet? If you're waiting for the collected edition, you're in for a bit of a surprise. Introducing Silver Skeets:
Emerald Eye of Ekron, meet the Silver Sphere of Skeets!
That's issue artist Daniel HDR's take on Smallville's Skeets. HDR was clearly inspired by the Skeets of Justice League Unlimited, although this Skeets looks like the Silver Surfer's beach ball.
Whether you like the look or not, just don't tell Skeets that the new shell makes it look fat. If you hurt Skeets' feelings, we won't ever get to see Booster's sidekick in the New 52!
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