Hopefully self-explanatory from the thread title - devise hypothetical examples of the very best of good news, tarnished by some little detail…
I’ll kick off:
The Good News: A new series of Firefly is in the pipeline…
**The Bad News:**Tim Burton is producing it - minor casting changes include: Johnny Depp as Mal Reynolds, Helena Bonham-Carter as Kaylee and Jim Carrie as Jayne
The good news: Buckaroo Banzai in the 6th Dimension is finally being made…
The bad news: …by Michael Bay.
The Good News: Lucasarts are finally retconning away the Prequel Trilogy in favour for a new one.
The Bad News: It’s being directed by Uwe Boll, produced by Michael Bay and Whitney Houston has been optioned for the soundtrack.
Good news: You’ve met the love of your life!
Bad news: Not only is society not ready to accept your relationship, feeding Ermintrude is going to cost you a fortune in hay.
The good news: Your fertility test came back positive.
The bad news: Your sperm count is “one”, it’s three feet long, and it wants out NOW.
The good news: Martin Scorsese is directing a movie about a young Theodore Roosevelt…
The bad news: starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Teddy.
The worse news: No, really.
The Good News: Free tickets to the Kennedy Center
The Bad News: The works of Uwe Boll via interpetive dance, scored by Zamfir, Master of the Pan Flute.
The good news: All your dreams are about to come true!
The bad news: Do you remember your dreams? Remember that one with the angry were-hamster and the carrot?
This was the finest moment in the entire Narnia series. (With the possible exception of Puddleglum’s Wager).
The Good News: The New Orleans Saints are in the Super Bowl!
The Bad News: The Borg will arrive to begin assimilating the planet approximately one hour prior to kickoff.