Rather than foisting gods and devils on the work of man, we should see it for what it is: the mad scramble of competition and collaboration over the years.

FORBES: There Is No God, There Is No Devil, And Innovation Is The Work Of Multitudes

It has already commissioned four new works between now and 2008 - a second work by Lynne Plowman called 'House of Gods' as well as new musical offerings by Nigel Osborne, Aribert Reimann, Michael Berkeley - which means that lovers of new opera in both Wales and London should have plenty to enjoy.

BBC: Opera House forges Welsh links

Taking that world and trying to shoehorn it into a world where flying aliens shoot heat beams out of their eyes, magical princesses have powers and gifts given to them by mythologial gods, with monsters invading Earth from outer space, is just not going to work.

FORBES: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Not Playing Batman, Say Reps