Pop culture is being made, remade, remixed, rebooted and churned up so fast that, sometimes, the only reaction is a slightly exasperated, seen-it-all-before sigh.

CNN: Entertainment 2012: The year of 'meh'

Nineteen days after the wreck, its massive oil slick hit western Guernsey and in a reaction similar to the Cornish the authorities decided to act fast.

BBC: Torrey Canyon seabed returns to normal after oil spill