heart disease I'd die within 5 years from getting hit by a car or mugged/shot biking through the worst parts of the city. I think I'll take my chances with cancer unless I move somewhere that's safer for biking.

What's with this opinion about TV shows? TV has been getting better ever since networks figured out they could be successful by producing fewer episodes and focusing more on quality. Especially if you count Netflix and Amazon originals as "TV shows." And how many "prequels to famous action movies" are even out there. I only know of Sarah Connor Chronicles, Taken and the two Star Wars cartoon series. That hardly qualifies as a "wasteland". (And the Star Wars cartoons are very good, IMO.)