I've just discovered Young Justice AND Brave and the Bold. The ending of BAtB had me weeping manly nerdy tears.

To be fair, it wasn't cancelled because it didn't sell toys.

The fact that CN would actually cancel a show that had strong ratings simply because those ratings aren't from the right people seems completely idiotic to me. You don't kill a show for that, you adjust your marketing to match the audience you have.

Did Batman: TAS get cancelled, or did it simply run its course? It evolved into Batman and Robin and eventually Batman/Superman, right? Seemed like a nice long run for a cartoon.

Avengers: Earths Mightiest Heroes still makes me want to burn the world.

I don't know, man. My Batman was always this tall, strong but lean, agile superhero - acrobat. Batsuit was there barely to hide the identity and for basic protection but not to obstruct any movement. He solved his shit first and mostly by being a detective, not by enforcing brutal strength on his opponents.

"Still amazing to watch."

No, they never did that. Lucas would never come up with a mitochondria ripoff.

I for one am really glad that was never answered. Any kind of answer would only cheapen and degrade the three Star Wars movies.

Shouldn't number 3 be: Why didn't all the Jaegers have swords all the time? It was super effective!

The nature of The Force?

And while we're on the topic (because I can't say it enough) Matt's scene where he breaks down crying as he talks about it is possibly the most powerful "cry" scene I have ever seen — even though it lasted all of 8 seconds. Just amazingly good.

Yep, it was great to see a show so unafraid

I agree 100%. Rust became a nihilist because he lost the little he loved in this world: His dad, his wife, his daughter. The cynicism was a protective shield for him. Once he felt that her love was still "around" him, it changed him utterly. Call that supernatural if you will, but it had nothing to do with a dark…

Anthologies can still have reoccurring plot elements or ideas while being anthologies.

I agree. I was very proud they went with that ending. Everything in television now feels like its written by jaded, sarcastic hipsters who really don't care about honest storytelling.

So, here's my dilemma about Season Two of True Detective.

I know how jarring it was for a lot of people to see Rust come out at the end with such a positive outlook, and the explanation here is valid (and probably accurate), but it also seems to be reaching a bit to align the overarching plot with fan expectations. I got the impression that Rust's "awakening" had more to do…

No, as I said in another post, the ending was refreshing in that another "dark" entertainment ended with some hope, rather than despair.

I wouldn't agree that they were blind to the scope of the evil. In fact, Marty acknowledged that it was so big that there was only so much they could do, telling Rust in the hospital, "We got ours."