I think about it, and I realize there's been some version of a Batman or Spiderman or Superman franchise since I was a boy, since before I was a boy.

'The Avengers' is exciting on the level 'The Matrix' or 'Indiana Jones' was when I was kid. I think it will be timeless.

You know when you're young, you think your dad's Superman. Then you grow up and you realize he's just a regular guy who wears a cape.

I think Batman has the Wolverine problem. I think he's overexposed.

Superman is not as innately cool as Batman.

There's something about the superheroes and the idea behind their relationship with humans, whether it's a metaphor for the better part of ourselves, or the more flawed part of ourselves. So it seems to really be our own pop-culture version of Greek mythology.