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The super hero genre changed in the mid 80s with Batman Returns and The Watchmen. Suddenly authors realized that costumed vigilantes are inherrently insane. The genre changed. At the time of The Hulk though it was action pure and simple, and to some extent it's starting to come back to that (turns out that really only Miller and Moore can do the dark hero comic well and even they started losing their touch when they started making some money at it).

You're the one that threw the first insult. Don't talk to me about starting flame wars. As I said I'd rather keep things above the schoolyard, but when you decide your best retort is calling me an idiot we all know that YOU know you have no point and must resort to flames.

I like Star Wars it was fun and the plot made some sense, bad Empire rebels and a sexy princess while generic is at least internally consistent. I hated the Matrix because the story is stupid, at the point when Neo finds out the world he's in is imaginary, that the real world completely sucks ass, and that he is basically a god in the imaginary world he's stuck in but he decides to fight against it anyway the movie becomes incredibly stupid. Temporary suspension of disbelief is gone at that point as I'm thinking "you can't win and no sane person would want to anyway, use your god powers to become Hefner and be done with it". It's still fun to look at, the special effects are amazing, but it (and probably its sequels) is a movie to watch with the sound turned off and music on the stereo, as there really is nothing intelligent said in movie. Now if you want a really good movie in the same category as Matrix only with a remotely intelligent plot try out Dark City, that is a "the world isn't real" movie that actually takes the time to make some sense, the effects aren't as good but you won't be wondering why the characters are fighting it.

The problem with the Matrix was that the whole idea of human bodies as a power source. If you want to use living tissue to generate power, any number of bacteria or lower animals would do. I find the movie enjoyable simply by deciding that Morpheus doesn't know what he's talking about and that there is a better reason for the humans' captivity. There have been so many complaints about that part of the story that I suspect we will get a better reason in the sequels.

The Matrix was pretty original and was inspired by kung fu movies and anime. But considering your taste in music, you won't understand that.

Star Wars ripped of a lot of legends and folklore.

And Space Above and Beyond was Shakespear compared to the Hulk series.

By the way, I'm looking to be 'Reloaded' May 15.