Ah yes, I can just imagine myself on the prairies of Brooklyn, ordering my internet meat with my credit card in order to feel at one with the animals and the beauty of nature; just as Laura Ingalls Wilder would do if she were alive today, I'm sure.

Obviously, the future of animal agriculture will be to revert to a 19th century mythos model, one where all the farms are small, family farms and every farmed animal is lovingly cared for by wizened, grizzled Men Of The Earth Who Really Care About Everything.

Except, no, sorry, that's not going to happen, no matter how much foodies mythologize about it. Because as long as animals are seen by the majority of people solely as the basis of our diet (as our property), then there will always be a demand for meat and meat by-products far greater than any number of internet boutique farms that ship directly to your apartment could ever possibly satisfy.

And while we're at it, no animal living in captivity will ever be happy. Can we all just agree on that? All of this free-range, cage-free, happy farmed animals who are just begging you to slit their throats because they're just so happy nonsense is nothing more than shameless and shameful self-delusion. If someone really believed that animals deserved any happiness at all, then they'd never think that those animals deserved to be thought of as nothing more than tomorrow's dinner.

You know what, if you like the taste of bacon, great, then say so. Say it loud and proud. Just drop the foodie bullshit about how much more 'in touch' with everything you are because you buy it online instead of at the grocery store.

Or at least, save it for the UPS guy when he delivers the packaged, processed carcasses to your Brooklyn Apartment On The Prairie.

Readers dismayed with the lackluster title and perhaps lackluster comedy should read the thoughts of one of the credited screenwriters, Bill Corbett, who laments that unknown, uncredited writers reworked the story, and the studio wanted the title so as not to make anyone think it was too Sci-Fi (the original proposed title was "Starship Dave").

See here:

http://blog.rifftrax.com/2008/07/10/meat-dave/

This newest Batman incarnation may be a perfectly decent piece of entertainment. It may indeed be well written, well acted and beautifully shot.

But has it occurred to anyone in charge in Hollywood that one of the reasons moviegoing has declined over the years is at least in part because people are tired of seeing the same stories rehashed over and over again?

This will be the second Christopher Nolan version of the Batman universe, which comes just a few years after the Tim Burton version. And just recently, we've been subjected to yet another Hulk movie, another Superman movie, another Indiana Jones movie, three Spiderman movies, and now the Get Smart movie. Soon we'll be subjected to another X Files movie and, help us all, yet another Star Trek movie after that.

Ironically, many of these concepts began their lives as groundbreaking and innovative. But Hollywood has proven that it can take any good idea and beat audiences over the head with it.