While I won't compare the two, as I'm of the opinion "just watch both of you wanna," I will say that Buffy could work with Buffy in more of a Giles capacity, training the new Slayer(s)

Speaking of him, even if they only do it in a dream sequence in a single episode, I need to see adult Giles in a kid Giles body

I will give this show credit as the exception to the rule as far as effectively pulling it off, but I still wish shows/movies would knock off morally greying their villains. Unambiguous good and evil are powerful storytelling devices too, you know?

I didn't need to know that Darth Vader thinks pod racing is whizzing (or whatever the flippity-blip he said). Or that Sandman justifies his crime because he has a daughter with cancer. Or that there is no Joker?!?! I submit that while I'm not naive enough to think that this was the major problem in any of their respective cases, it's not a coincidence that all three of these either are or are among the worst performing entries in their respective franchises

I miss the days when movies were escapist fantasy, not people trying to relate to the BAD GUYS (it's right there in the name, that's what they're ASPIRING TO) so they can justify (or at least feel better about) the evil they do in their own lives

Joe, I'll concede that you may be correct because ittedly I jumped off for a while when Lex died, but I'll bet most people that have seen even a good deal of Smallville don't even know that. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if Wyatt didn't even know that, technically correct it though it may be. Basically, there's a difference between being born as and being known as

They _do_ have an outline, plot ideas, and the like, so it's not like they're "stringing us along" in that sense of the phrase. They want to turn their legitimately formed ideas into a real thing that exists. ("They" is Tom Welling and Micheal Rosenbaum herein)

What they _don't_ have is the corporate okay, a premier time slot/streaming deal, etc. In that sense it's not real yet, but it's not Welling and Rosenbaum that will be crushing our hopes if it doesn't happen. Their own hopes will be crushed right alongside ours. I don't know if your comment is directed at them or the Screen Rant people, but that's what I'm saying