"We will follow Bruce Wayne right up until the point where he gets interesting."

Oh man. I had a bunch of these Fabuland sets as a kid and must have repressed the memories of them until now. Damn you!

Through out everything except Jaxxon the rabbit. I'm being completely serious.

That picture perfectly sums up a generation's feelings on the prequels.

If "Threads" isn't depressing enough for you, there's always "When the Wind Blows." It's just as relentlessly bleak, only animated and with a great title track from David Bowie: