I’m going to f**king love it, Harley.

I mean, I’m interested in seeing where Marvel takes the X-Men too but it doesn’t need to be pointless. Just because it won’t get sequels ad infinitum doens’t mean a movie isn’t worth seeing, right? (I’m a little biased because I generally like the Fox X-Movies and I’m hoping they go out with a decent flick, and not a…

Good point! I was! Continuing the Wizarding World cannot inherently “ruin” older works, if you liked them in the first place, and don’t read or watch what you don’t enjoy. To each their own!

I don’t disagree, but the thrust of my original comment was focused on the OPs idea that J.K.R. is either (a) creatively bankrupt, or (b) can “retroactively” ruin her works; (a) is not true (see above), and (b) is silly and ridiculous and Cursed Child hardly ruins anything about her other existing works, even if it’s…

Mea culpa! I conflated Iain Banks and Ian Rankin.

Yep. Yes, I did. D’oh!

Please be good, please be good, please be good, please be good... Please be good.

Fair point, I don’t like Cursed Child, but it was successful, and hardly “ruined” her world. (As another commentator pointed out, it was her story - and her responsibility - but written by another person.)

Good point! Screenwriting (or writing a stageplay) is a different art, that’s for sure. I enjoyed the characters and overall idea for Fantastic Beasts, and hope that the next one has a tighter story. Either way, I’m on board.

That’s incredibly subjective. Frankly, I loved The Culture books but did not enjoy Rankin’s mysteries. I enjoy J.K. Rowling’s writing, and find that while she’s enjoying the tropes of the genre that she has avoided cliché. She’s had more than “one” good idea and is enjoying continued artistic success. I look forward…

Agreed on The Cursed Child. I just got a little snarky, sorry about that. There’s just so little point in trashing a successful and broad-ranging creator like this; art can be subjective, but it’s not like she had ‘one idea.’ That’s reductive and petty.

Honestly, looks great! I’m excited. Looks gorgeous. I hope Grindelwald goes on a crime spree that justifies the title, and glad we’ll get a scene with Dumbledore, Grindelwald, and the Mirror of Erised.

Wow. What a shallow take. Read her (pretty good!) mystery novels as Robert Galbraith. Check out her internationally acclaimed stageplay. Watch her billion-dollar movie franchise (I quite liked Fantastic Beasts and look forward to the sequals.)

WHY DOES THIS LOOK SO GOOD!? AH!

I’m pretty glad I decided to skip this one in theaters, now.

That’s an AMAZING idea.

So are the writers. And the director. And the actors. Well, the ones that bothered to read the script.

Well, I mean, IF the man in question did not pose a continued RISK to his co-workers under law then he might not need to disclose his criminal record. Putting the merits of sex offender registries aside for the moment, his employer, working with the potential employee, might have wanted to disclose some of these…

True, which is why I threw in ethically. But, his employer (depending on labor law, contract negotiations, etc.) might then be obliged to run this past employees. Putting aside the merits of sex offender registries, and the fact that most people are poor judges of character and risk, it’s still a question as to…

Very good points; in the context of this story, I guess there’s the additional question of disclosure (legally or ethically) to co-workers, who have the right to choose who they work with?