Comic's most enduring character comes to TV
Did I say enduring? I meant most made fun of. It’s been pulled from YouTube and the official site, but you can still find the Aquaman trailer online. The full pilot may be out there somewhere, if it was leaked. The status of the show is still in limbo: CW originally passed on it, but now may be rethinking things. We’ll see… as Warren Ellis says, “How many crimes can there be underwater?”
Most of the Critical Hits staff will be at Balticon this weekend waiting in line to get Neil Gaiman to autograph something. We’ll be back after Memorial Day.
A Mystery of the Universe Revealed!
Yes, we finally have a scientific answer to that age-old question, what is the average airspeed velocity of an unlaiden swallow?
The article is actually rather old, having been created in 2003, but it is still an excellent scientific jaunt into the world of avian airspeeds.
For those not wanting to read the article, swallows (both the African and European varieties) have surprisingly efficent flight dynamics meaning they, on average, go about 11 meters a second or about 24 miles an hour, unlaiden.
Take THAT, Bridgekeeper/Old Man From Scene 24!
Finally.. New Justice League
A new episode of JLU aired the other night called “Flash and Substance” which seems to feature Flash’s rogue gallery. It also has a more of Flash as Wally West, which we really haven’t seen from the series. Not since maybe Starcrossed.
Either way, it’s worth checking out! So go and DL! Since there’s only a few new ones left.
Bones goes Super
A recent episode of the Fox Network show “Bones” prominatly featured both LARPing and Super Heros. As a young troubled teen is found dead in an allyway dressed in a Superhero costume.
A full summary of the episode can be found here
Critical Hit Gift Guide 2005
Want to score a “Critical Hit” this Holiday season? (Ha, it works on so many levels! What a whimsical site title!) Here’s a holiday gift guide made by the staff.
To the writers: post as a comment to this what you would recommend as a good holiday gift, price range, and where to get it. (You can also use this as a place to post things that you want to receive, and then send your relatives to look at this post. Genius.)
Move Your Dead Bones
It has come to my attention that some people still haven’t seen the One Thing that the Internet Was Destined To Spread. For those of you who haven’t yet seen it, here it is: The music video to the third Reanimator movie, starring Jeffery Combs (who also voices the Question on JLU).
Enjoy! But beware… it’s astonishingly addictive!
– Josh, Reanimating his feet
(Link fixed, thank you Google Video! –Ed)
Firefly Subsequently Serenity.
As soon as I saw her there just across from me in the tube, I immediately whipped it out and pointed it at her, heedless of doors that threatened to close on my precious appendage
I was talking about my camera, of course. [Read the rest of this article]
Lost is the best show on television. Ever. No arguing. Shut up!
As recent, empirical, all-encompassing, and many other large-worded descriptors data proves, Lost is by far the best television show ever. The data to which I refer, of course, is the fact that I-tunes top 100 downloaded video list is dominated by the current season of Lost. As we all know quite well, I-tunes is basically a social barometer for everything that’s ever existed. [Read the rest of this article]
