Yeah Harry Potter wasn’t the best analogy, I tried to run with the OP’s analogy but its ran its course. Yes, I agree that sequel series can work with or without original characters, my main point is that I don’t get why so many people think that Rey being a Skywalker/Solo would have been unacceptable, and why everyone…

The main issue the Lakers have is that they think that they can just fall back on being a big market and a storied franchise for every problem, when the fact is that doesn’t really matter in today’s NBA. Free agents don’t care about how good the team was 40 years ago, they pick whatever situation is the most…

Wow my bad, I read the top comment wrong. Yes, yes I do!

Nope, it’s called being fair across the board on both sides. Playing an impressive schedule has been a factor in the discussion since day one, and regardless of what conference they are in, they played nobody in non-conference play. If you wanna compete at the highest level, do what Houston did recently and schedule…

Fantastic Beasts is a prequel, so it’s hard to include too many characters from the original. It’s still using Dumbledore and Grindelwald though, and I wouldn’t call Dumbledore tangential. I was mainly talking about a sequel series, it would be hard not to leave out the characters and their new families in that…

Just knowing that LaVar is halfway across the world from me is a comforting experience.

As a millenial, I have no idea who subscribes to watch these people, I’ve never met a single person who does this.

Don’t get me wrong, I am completely fine with them doing something new within the realms of the given universe, I was upset that TFA’s main conflict was another Death Star. However, I think the new trilogy has put too much emphasis on replacing the old troupes, and less on making sure the new ones actually click.…

I mean, why is that unacceptable though? For there to be another Harry Potter story there will inevitably be a good vs. evil conflict like the first story, and if it’s Harry Potter then everyone would want the sequel to build off of the old characters and their children introduced in the end of the story, not just…

Right?? I don’t get people who are super happy that The Last Jedi did everything exactly the opposite of all the previous Star Wars. It’s fine if you liked the different direction they went, but why is it unreasonable that people who liked the original story wanted to see something similar instead of them abandoning…

I can’t wait for next year’s College Football Playoff, where Alabama’s opponent will get key players back from injury just in time to play, and Saban will bitch about there being a whole week in between the two games.

It’s not really changing his game, I’m assuming Kyrie was just stopping the ball to take someone 1-on-1, and Ty Lue was just telling him to make a move quickly so the defense doesn’t have time to reset. Regardless, when you hear your point guard tell your coach “It’s not my job to set up my teammates”, that’s not a…

Lebron refuses to play without me.

Congrats to Marquese Chriss for recovering quick enough to not have this article be about him blowing the game for his team.

Manziel strikes again.

Why do the original trilogy get a huge pass just for nostalgia’s sake? I enjoyed them all and Empire Strikes Back is fantastic, but Return of the Jedi has got to be the worst one. Yes, the ending redeems most of it, but let’s not forget that ROTJ was where we found out that Luke had been making out with his sister for…

While everyone else loses their mind over the shoe, I sit here questioning the goalie’s commitment to his craft. What the fuck was that effort, man?

FAKE NOOS

Goddammit, I grew up on the Star Wars prequels, and while I understand they are not what original Star Wars fans wanted when they came out, they are captivating movies in their own right, and if I am not allowed to bitch about The Last Jedi because it wasn’t exactly what I wanted, people need to stop bitching about…

“But watching pitchers hit a dinger five times in an entire season is worth the drop in offensive numbers!” - NL fans who like to spend three hours of their time watching a pitching duel