Ratings aren't great, but not brutal. They've shed just under half the initial audience. SHIELD dropped 2/3rds over it's first season.

Writers write what they know.

And that Kirk's guardian is romancing Joan.

There's something to be said for creating mystery and buzz.

I also caught a strong Sean Parker vibe, what with the radio on the internet talk, and his desire to make other ceos/boards pay.

Many takes by many writers. The point is that there's no reason we can't also have a less silly Superman.

What do you mean they're "supposed to be colorful and fun". Do you mean "previous versions were colorful and fun"? There's nothing in the Superman mythos that predicates "colorful and fun". I found Man of Steel to be engaging and beautiful.

After delaying seeing Guardians of the Galaxy, only to find it was an over-hyped excerise in shockingly bad acting (The bad guys were brutal, good guys not much better), and shoddy writing, I'm worried about Avengers 2. Better see it while the fanboys are in full spin, so I can at least think I enjoyed for a while.

An hour and a half of blank screen would have been better than Iron Man 2, it was garbage. 3 was kinda terrible as well, instantly forgettable. When the 76th Iron Man suit entered the screen, I stopping giving a crap at all.

Nice pull on the Bond name!

Ugh, you're right, and I hate myself more now.

Charlie and Lola is another great "super British" cartoon which is worth searching out.

"Paw Paw Boogie" should be a registered hate crime.

The first season is now on Netflix in Canada.

Well said. I need think about this more. What a show!

Minority Report verged on all time greatness, but it's unwillingness to end with its hero still in suspended animation saddens me.

He's trying to sell his cartoon TO Hanna Barbera.

Yep, I read that the same way. That he was hoping Peggy would have something he could jump on as a dream. I didn't take it as him laughing at her ideas, more that "that's all there is?"

Mine dropped when she closed the apartment door and declared "You're dragging my life down" or it might have been "You're ruining my life" ostensibly to the babysitter, but was it really?

Precisely.