The freewheeling spirit of adventure that characterised the early days of Netflix original programming had all but died.
US network ABC has commissioned a new documentary-style series following Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear et al, and their everyday travails rather than the globe-trotting, song-and-dance adventures that have characterised their film outings.
If the first two and a half decades of Leonora's life had been characterised by intense adventures, dramas and emotional upheavals, the remainder was comparatively stable – although safety, as she always said, was an illusion in any circumstances.
They were shot on film, but the profusion of special effects characterised a comic book adventure come to life.
A commentary by Marcello Sorgi in the Fiat-owned newspaper La Stampa on Friday said "political logic" was not driving Mr Berlusconi but "that mixture of intuition, a sense of adventure and a zest for challenges that has characterised him throughout his long career".
The Huffington Post characterised it as an "epic summer adventure", assessing: "from a camping trip to the ultimate beach party, complete with a shirtless Niall [Horan] and inflatable banana".
Through the 1950s the volunteers and staff members of the TRPS rebuilt the line and rescued it from its state of decay, during a period characterised by a "Boy's Own comic spirit of adventure, involving enthusiasm, ingenuity and a fair degree of irresponsibility".
So far his time as Italy's coach has been characterised by an intent to make the Azzurri less forward-dominated and while adventure is to be admired, the wide, wide game is full of dangers, particularly against a side like England whose rush defence can smother anything but the best attack.
Recently, Hollywood comedy has been characterised by the fratboy style of Will Ferrell and directors such as Judd Apatow, and by the spoof adventures of Sacha Baron Cohen.
Christin's scripts are noted for their humour, complexity and strongly humanist and left-wing liberal political ideas while Mézières' art is characterised by its vivid depictions of the alien worlds and species Valérian and Laureline encounter on their adventures.
