>THIS. THIS RIGHT HERE. This is essentially why I just could not get
>into the new Galactica, for example-- no matter how well
>written/produced/acted it was, I just couldn't bring myself to wallow
>in the prevailing Hopeless Bleak Despair. I have no objections to
>other people enjoying this sort of thing, but it is Not For Me.

And this is also why UF is my preferred continuity for nearly all current comicbook characters (Robo is a tie. :) )