# The good news, The bad news. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 27, 2010, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-news-the-bad-news/526638 "2010-01-27T10:57:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-news-the-bad-news/526638/1 "2010-01-27T10:57:29Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-news-the-bad-news/526638/2 "2010-01-27T13:57:06Z")
**The good news:** Buckaroo Banzai in the 6th Dimension is finally being made… **The bad news:** …by Michael Bay. ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-news-the-bad-news/526638/3 "2010-01-30T09:05:53Z")
**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. ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-news-the-bad-news/526638/4 "2010-01-30T11:23:27Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-news-the-bad-news/526638/5 "2010-02-02T16:05:28Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-news-the-bad-news/526638/6 "2010-02-02T16:15:02Z")
The good news: [Martin Scorsese is directing a movie about a young Theodore Roosevelt](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480046/)… The bad news: starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Teddy. The worse news: No, really. ---
**Author:** ![Redwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@Redwing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redwing)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-news-the-bad-news/526638/7 "2010-02-02T16:28:33Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-news-the-bad-news/526638/8 "2010-02-02T16:29:10Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-news-the-bad-news/526638/9 "2010-02-02T17:21:00Z")
> [@amrussell](#): > > 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). ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-news-the-bad-news/526638/10 "2010-02-02T17:42:17Z")
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.