.. which can store and create a seemingly endless supply of objects (think Mary Poppins’ bag meets Green Lantern’s ring)

Cause Cheap Knock-off Man wouldn't sell as well.

Chinese Superman: Blue Son coming soon.

American Ennui Story: Room 104

Pick a genre that's replete with cliche and tropes, and defend it from any criticism and/or mocking. Is that it?

Glad you agree superhero movies are derivative, and the tropes have been explored by better movies in the past.

I'd love to purchase Walken, but damn law says slavery is illegal.

And Johnson played back in the days before steroid injections were mandatory.

Pre post, man. Pre.

I'm happy her restraining orders hasn't soured her for you.

Well his is flaccid.

Orlando's dick.

[White guy] with [powers] take on [evil doppelganger] as they also struggle with [personal issues].

I hope you bookmark this post, and revisit it, say 3 years from now.

Or you know, audience will move from the genre the same way they did with YA dystopia.

I wanna join in the hurrah.. But I actually rather movies just go on the opposite direction and start being budgeted less.

Me too. I spent way too much time on Civ 3 and D2 in college - no wonder my grades suck.

I'm also enjoying LIS. And the "time travel" aspect is a really inspired meta approach to video games.

Good answer.

Damn it. I came here to post that.