By the way, have you figured out any good analysis of why movies today seem to want to go back and explore the hidden pasts of the familiar superheroic characters, like Bond and Batman? Rewriting origins for a new decade… seems almost Biblical, but I haven’t thought about it enough to come to conclusions (nor researched whether this really is more common today, or if I’m just now noticing it). Are movie producers today just running dry on new characters to create, so they have to go back and find a fresh angle on old, popular ones and tap into their established fans? Are we in an era in which origins and background are more interesting than they used to be, as we grapple with who we are ‘as a people’ or in recovery from the self-help 80s-90s? Or is there a new strain of ‘feminism’ in Hollywood that seeks out explanations for male characters’ extreme chauvinism? Come on, prof of pop, help me out here!