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Super Wiener Lost was a victim of its own success. I don't know if the writers actually had thought out what the answers to all the mysteries were from the start, but it is pretty obvious that at some point they prolonged the show because of its popularity, delayed answering questions, created new mysteries, which created an unsatisfying mess in the end.

It was a lot like X Files, when you have a hook that includes some key mythology mystery, you want to keep pulling in audiences with the hook. So, you have to feed them other things, either additional mysteries or partial revels that create a continuity mess the longer you go on.

I think yes to Heroes only because they didn't have a good idea or satisfying villain for Season 2, thus bringing back Sylar. Season 1 was great, and was self contained, but I think "should have only been 1 season" applies not because you story couldn't logically go on, but because the writers didn't know where to go after.

But 100% agree on Westworld and Stranger Things. Especially Stranger Things, that really felt like it would be a good anthology series, sort of exploring different sci fi / horror themes through a nostalgia lens. They would have been far better off if season 2 was an entire new story focused on aliens or something like that. And Westworld felt like a definitive ending after the first season, much like Ex Machina, no need to continue. It is not about what happens when sentient AI in human like bodies free themselves and walk among us. No, the story is about how they grow and free themselves. We've got plenty of Terminator-esque fiction to deal with what happens after they are free.

Gaslander It is a shame they are going to just retread instead of moving on. I cannot imagine it is just me that found Zendaya's Michelle very unlikable (let alone her acting in general). The sort of disaffected, disinterested, contrarian for contrarian sake character really doesn't match up with the usually upbeat in spite of his circumstances Peter. The memory wipe, and Peter choosing not to reveal himself at the end of No Way Home created a nice clean slate for new supporting characters and love interests.

Yeah, I think it is more the other, than the mutagenic thing from the animated series. Not a fan of the organic webbing over the web shooters, as I think it robs Peter of both his ingenuity as a scientist and problem solver and also limits the storytelling benefits of him having to make careful use of his webbing so he doesn't run out mid battle, and also the consequences when he does run out.

I wouldn't have a problem with just lots of low tier villains, and the plot really just focusing on Peter dealing with whatever his personal issues are in this film. I think it would be a nice twist, and also reflective of him being overburdened managing life as Spidey and Peter, if we just constantly see him fighting a string of d list enemies that don't come back later in the film. The conflicts don't have to be centered around the schemes of a main villain, just that it is time consuming for Peter to be dealing with all of these disposable clowns so frequently.

It is silly and shallow to pretend either conservative or liberals are the ones being authoritarians, as both sides have demonstrated a proclivity for it in recent years. But that partisan part of his analysis really just underlies why Moore was right in how disappointing the film adaptation was. Simplifying it to a childish notion of "My partisan side is for liberty, the other side is fascist" completely misses the point and takes actual valuable nuance away from Moore's story. Everyone was a villain, the people were under the thumb of a fascist regime, meanwhile their "savior" was a murderous anarchist, not a "freedom fighter". The movie is too childish with, "I am fighting back for freedom", but really V isn't about freedom in any sense the western world understands it, V is about destroying the system completely, letting it burn, and then burning anyone else who tries to rebuild something from the ashes. He is not a hero that wants to liberate people, he is just another villain that wants to destroy the rule of law. V could just as easily be blowing up buildings and trying to overthrow the government in "progressive" society.