you make great points, @bucho. And as I mentioned in the article, by no means are the Marvel/DC media bandwagon "bad" by any means. Quite the contrary. But it terms of "originality", they have it all done for them. And having that enormous database of information available to them, a huge chunk of creativity gets eschewed as well. So they can easily tinker with what they have as much as they like, but I feel nobody can called anything they produce "original", because it's just not. But yes, they are doing a great job with what you have to work with.
Nolan is, I feel, one of a handful of directors really trying to break the mould. Totally agree. And yes, television shows now have their time to shine. Very impressive budgets, storylines and cast listings. I see that medium as having surpassed mainstream movies by a country mile, at the moment at least.