So the fact that the defending-champion Cavs had three superstars in LeBron, Kyrie and Love and no serious competition in the East was fine with you, in terms of rooting for them, but the addition of 35-year-old Kyle Korver as a three-point specialist is too much?

If Hugo Weaving was willing, I’d almost expect Thanos to pull Red Skull back from wherever the hell he went to at the end of The First Avenger, via a hand-wave of the ol’ Infinity Gauntlet. Not sure Crossbones would be worth his time, but the concept is certainly plausible.

That’s what I’ve been assuming. That approach would be very much in keeping with the MCU’s tendency to consolidate/streamline themes and characters from their comic book iterations to the movies (for example, the way they’re folding elements of Planet Hulk into this film).

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Two issues with this I can think of: The NBA draft is very top heavy and 2nd rounders rarely become anything useful, so teams don’t really value them at all. Nobody would give up a bunch of 1st rounders, even in the distant future, for 2nd round picks now. Also, you’re not allowed to trade away 1st round picks in…

Two thoughts:

Yep. That’d be the Stepien rule, named after the man responsible for a much darker era of Cleveland Cavaliers basketball.

Watched all of it, remember almost none of it.

But I won’t see any Star Wars movie with someone starring as Princess Leia, other than Carrie Fisher.

I read the source material and totally agree that Gambon was lightyears better.

Counterpoint: His portrayal of Fisk is the best thing any of the Marvel Netflix shows have done. And I like many things about those shows. But the way D’Onofrio’s Fisk constantly struggled to balance his calculating intellect with his repressed rage was fascinating to watch.

I was 1,000 percent with you... until they announced Phil Lord and Chris Miller were involved. These guys made a 21 Jump Street reboot feel fresh and original. I’ll at least give them the benefit of the doubt.

I don’t think they’re assuming that at all, it’s just beside the point. The point of this is that, even if these chefs are washing their hands properly off camera or behind the scenes, their shows are teaching viewers unsafe cooking practices. The problem isn’t that Guy Fieri might make himself or his studio audience…

I’m not sure it always does matter. But I think what’s important is for those shepherding a series/property to decide whether it matters. The X-Men films began with a series of movies whose narratives followed each other in a very traditional-sequel style. Then, with First Class, we got what seemed on the surface to…

Wolverine is a legit compulsion for Fox. It almost seems like they keep making movies (Logan aside, obv.) designed specifically to not have him in them, like First Class and Apocalypse, and then, they allllmost make the whole movie... but they frantically grab for the Wolverine at the last second.

You know what’s truly awful, and obnoxious? Telling someone that you know better than them why they feel about something the way they do. Disagree with my opinion all you want, but don’t presume to tell me I don’t actually believe it myself. You don’t know me and you’re not a mind-reader.

I don’t really care, just making note of it. I don’t have much interest in these movies anymore, but it’s because they’re mostly bad and boring, not because their continuity is a mess.

Thank you. Bale was GARBAGE in that movie and it pulled me out of the damn thing every fucking time he was on screen. Actually, you know what, so was Brad Pitt, who is basically coasting at this point.

I’m impressed by this, but it totally lost me.

Yeah, this series really does encourage you to assemble your own personal canon. I’m mostly fine with that, though it does feel odd to pull Deadpool into the current X-Men morass, especially given the difference in tone.