You stay in the superhero business long enough, nothing surprises you anymore. Obviously, Sandstorm has been around for awhile and has gotten jaded. Smokescreen makes an oblique reference to a couple things – first, that storylines tend to end on Fridays; second, that the team spends a lot more time talking about what to do than actually doing it. The reason for that is simple: dialogue is funny, and this is intended to be a funny strip. Action is fun, but unless slapstick, not quite as funny. And it also takes a lot longer to produce.
