That being said fans must have known (at least I assumed) the decision was amicable, because he does appear in a handful of very late episodes IIRC, or maybe it was the movies?

Racism was clearly stopped in its tracks though.

Never to be spoken of again.

That's what makes a good retcon. Obi-Wan's dialogue about Anakin and Vader in ANH was meant to be true when it was written, but it still works with the post-Empire story because it makes complete sense that Obi-Wan would want to hide the truth of Luke's heritage from him. Even the way it's acted fits perfectly, with Alec Guiness visibly hesitating before telling the lie. It's so smooth that it's completely believable that it was always the original intention, even though it wasn't.

Where retcons become problematic is when you just have to straight up ignore details that don't fit the later version because they don't make sense anymore.

I know I probably shouldn’t have started my sentence with no but I was agreeing with you I was just adding more context sorry

It’s low enough that they won’t pay to fight it. But the real question is where does that money go.

And really, Hollywood's pretty inconsequential when it comes to nepotism. It's entertainment, who cares if an actor or actress comes from parents who are in the industry? It's already a difficult industry to navigate, so it makes sense that there are family connections built in. Nepotism is a much bigger problem when you are talking about politics or banking or whatever.

Well said!

It’s my fantasy to start a streaming service that does this (or honestly rent a movie theater to do it every once in awhile - come see NBC’s lineup from 8-11pm on February 13 1994! (Random date)

Based on your preferences I'd say it's a MORE THAN definite yes.

Britta slowly changed from the serious/straight character to a silly/funny one and Jeff throws that line at her at some stage.

This has been a huge problem when watching the NFL on Fox the past few years.

Fox has been using the NFL to advertise their crappy online service Fox Nation, if you watch football, you get a bunch of adverts for Tucker and Kilmeade.

It's gross, but not unexpected from right wing hypocrites who tell athletes to stick to sports while only criticizing LeBron and Serena.

Fox News could face a drop in carriage fees over the next few years as contracts end and fewer people subscribe to cable. It's creating a new group of future insurrectionists

It's a lot less novelistic than The Leftovers and is more in the vein of an espionage thriller genre-wise. It isn't as concerned with religion proper as The Leftovers is, but more with people trying to play God and generally failing.

Not sure if this counts, but Stargate SG-1 retconned a bunch of elements from the original movie to good effect.

The sentence “Tichina Arnold Brazil’s version of Michael Jackson” is hilarious to me

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Apparently Avatar the last airbender was found to be more popular with adults so they started writing it for an older audience.

Definitely seems to improve quite a lot from the second season. I've always thought the first season was kind of weak and not as interesting as the following seasons.

It's a show that seems to be about a very narrow topic at the beginning, but progresses to be about almost EVERYTHING. Even characters that are introduced as flat stereotypes are rounded out into complex humans trying to do the best they can, and the show explores big questions about the various crises of the modern age and what we as individuals can really do about them, if anything.

It's one of the rare shows where each episode builds on all the ones before to become even more thought-provoking.

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I first watched Lone Star then watched 9-1-1. The original is far better, I think. It's still mindless telly, but it's really character-driven with plenty of Chekov's Guns. Lone Star hasn't been the same since season 1, although that has nothing to do with Gina Torres. She is really good.

That time is now! I haven’t watched it already.

Big Bang Theory has a pretty big following in China.

Lots of K Drama got an American followings.

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Queer as Folk was big with middle age women at the time.