A short contemporary media rant
please excuse

Star Wars (episode 2): cliche. tripe. unintentionally funny. I'll say no more.
Minority Report: Tom Cruise will now proceed to ruin a Philip K Dick Story, while Steven Spielberg simultaneously ruins another scifi story. Shouldn't they throw in George Lucas for good measure? I'm sure with his help they could get a satisfactory pile of homogenous media mush.
X-files series finale: fizzle... but at least my mom liked that they made everything real simple and answered all the questions.