Yes. For example: howard the duck. Killer klowns from outer space. Batman & robin. All fun as hell to watch.
Yeah, that helps. Reading a lot too. Learning to programm or learning another language (but doing it full on) also helps developing abstract thinking.
I did take a programming class but it was weirdly coupled with a networking class and I was like "fuck that"' been reading the a song of ice and fire books. Halfway through book 2. Anything else I could do?