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Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by abduleez1(m): 11:36pm On Mar 30

Marco Polo.......

Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by abduleez1(m): 12:08am On Mar 31

WE DIE HERE.....

E no get wetin anybody wan tell us.... EUPHORIA hive mind is here to stay. 🙌🏽🙌🏽

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3Z4tGN0i2I?si=gTs7nLou4ycFgjnM

Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by Illusioneffect(m): 1:52am On Mar 31

joseph1832:
They should continue. Black Snape is a catastrophe. I don't even want to wonder what they were thinking.
It's Black Snape, bro.

I probably was the biggest hater of the casting but somehow it has actually grown on me as i just finished the books again and I can totally get their point. The argument being made is that casting a Black Snape actually gives a much more coherent, grounded explanation for his isolation at Hogwarts — he wasn't simply born cold, but was actively shaped by a society that refused to let him in. His outsider status, his need to forge an alternate identity as the "Half-Blood Prince," his desperate need to belong somewhere — all of that hits differently with racial context added. It deepens the character rather than contradicting it. The show has actually set itself up to make Snape more sympathetic than ever, which makes Harry's hatred of him feel even more poignant when the full truth comes out. Done right, this casting doesn't create a racism problem — it creates a richer story.

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Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by Illusioneffect(m): 2:05am On Mar 31

Achilles100:
Somebody will now come and tell me , "Oh its fiction ". Anybody can play any role.

If you aren't going to stick with the Canon, at least let it be close and a swalloable pill, not the whole other end of the spectrum.

Good luck to all of them involved. HBO might have bitten more than it can chew with this one.

Broooo what the fck! are you saying grin

do you know what Harry Potter is
1. The IP is too enormous
Harry Potter has generated over $25 billion across films, merchandise, theme parks, games and books. Warner Bros. and HBO are not gambling — they're activating the most reliable franchise in entertainment history. Netflix cancelled shows with 10 million viewers. Nobody is cancelling Harry Potter.
2. Controversy drives viewership, not away from it
The Rings of Power got brutalized online before it aired — racist abuse toward Black cast members, boycott campaigns, everything. It still became one of Amazon's most watched shows ever. The Witcher, Bridgerton, House of the Dragon — all had massive pre-release controversy. All performed. Outrage is essentially free marketing at this point.
3. The "fracturing cast" point is weak
Lithgow didn't quit. Essiedu is still playing Snape. Signing an open letter while working on a show isn't fracturing — actors disagree with producers all the time and still deliver great work. That's professionalism.
4. Nostalgia is an unstoppable economic force
Every person who grew up with Harry Potter between 1997 and 2011 — that's now adults aged roughly 18 to 40 — will watch the first episode out of pure childhood attachment. That's hundreds of millions of people globally. The show could be genuinely mediocre and still pull massive numbers.
5. The 11 year old situation actually backfires on critics
Writing articles dissecting an eleven year old child's skin colour is so obviously indefensible that it discredits the broader anti-casting movement in the eyes of normal people. It doesn't build momentum — it repels moderates.
You guys tend to forget Twitter and Reddit are not the audience — they never were. The average person who will sit down Christmas 2026 to watch Harry Potter with their family has never heard of this discourse and doesn't care. The toxicity exists inside a very loud, very small bubble.. He's measuring the show's survival by the temperature of online fandom. But franchises don't survive on fandom — they survive on casual audiences, nostalgia economics, and brand power. Harry Potter has all three in abundance that no amount of Twitter rage can touch.
Harry Potter isn't going anywhere. 😭

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Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by joseph1832(m): 6:36am On Mar 31

Illusioneffect:
I probably was the biggest hater of the casting but somehow it has actually grown on me as i just finished the books again and I can totally get their point. The argument being made is that casting a Black Snape actually gives a much more coherent, grounded explanation for his isolation at Hogwarts — he wasn't simply born cold, but was actively shaped by a society that refused to let him in. His outsider status, his need to forge an alternate identity as the "Half-Blood Prince," his desperate need to belong somewhere — all of that hits differently with racial context added. It deepens the character rather than contradicting it. The show has actually set itself up to make Snape more sympathetic than ever, which makes Harry's hatred of him feel even more poignant when the full truth comes out. Done right, this casting doesn't create a racism problem — it creates a richer story.

Wrong, very wrong. Casting a black Snape doesn't give credence to what you just said. There are students in that school, who are also from different race. Dean Thomas and Lee Jordan are black, it didn't stop them from mixing or being somewhat popular. Lee Jordan comments on the Quidditch games. There is also Cho Chang who is very much Asian. Also, Pavartil Patil is very much indian. So ones race or even skin color, doesn't stop one from mixing or even being popular in school.

Casting a black Snape is very wrong, as J.K Rowling description of him, isn't anywhere near black. The character Snape himself, always wanted to be popular. He envied the Marauders and wanted to belong. This is typical in any school, as some students are known to suffer from inferiority complex. This is what Snape suffers from.

To even buttress my point, ones race or skin color doesn't actually mean anything in the Harry Potter franchise, what means alot, is your pure blood status, and also, what makes you an outcast or even hated, is your muggle born status or love for muggles.

So, casting a black Snape is way too much and going out of context. I'm even surprise, J.K Rowling isn't batting an eyelid about it.

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Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by abduleez1(m): 9:07am On Mar 31

Omo, April looking really bloody..... shocked

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Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by joseph1832(m): 9:53am On Mar 31

Star Wars: Maul is something I'm def going watch.

abduleez1:
Omo, April looking really bloody.....

Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by pu7pl3(m): 10:35am On Mar 31

abduleez1:
Omo, April looking really bloody.....

Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by abduleez1(m): 11:47am On Mar 31

[quote author=pu7pl3 post=138946497][/quote]Make I sha no catch you.
Shebi you say I no fit do pass 3? We go see.... 🙄

Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by samistry(m): 12:18pm On Mar 31

abduleez1:
Omo, April looking really bloody.....

Hype wetin you no go watch.
Download wetin you no go consume.
'Tis a sad tale.... grin

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Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by Calibrator: 12:52pm On Mar 31

Never really fancied the Daredevil character so I haven't seen any TV series pertaining to it.

Do I need to watch the original TV series Daredevil before the new Born Again season one and two will make sense or I can just dive in?

I don't want to be like our residential TV series collector collating what he won't later watch like Thanos gathering infinity stones grin

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Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by samistry(m): 1:17pm On Mar 31

Calibrator:
Never really fancied the Daredevil character so I haven't seen any TV series pertaining to it.

Do I need to watch the original TV series Daredevil before the new Born Again season one and two will make sense or I can just dive in?

I don't want to be like our residential TV series collector collating what he won't later watch like Thanos gathering infinity stones

You need to watch the original series before born again.

Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by Calibrator: 2:09pm On Mar 31

Thanks.

I will pass then

samistry:
You need to watch the original series before born again.

Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by abduleez1(m): 2:22pm On Mar 31

Calibrator:
Thanks.

I will pass then

Na why I also ignore the series be this.

Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by abduleez1(m): 2:23pm On Mar 31

samistry:
Hype wetin you no go watch.
Download wetin you no go consume.
'Tis a sad tale....

No lemme invoke Amadioha for you..... 🙄🙄

Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by abduleez1(m): 2:26pm On Mar 31

Calibrator:
Do I need to watch the original TV series Daredevil before the new Born Again season one and two will make sense or I can just dive in?

I don't want to be like our residential TV series collector collating what he won't later watch like Thanos gathering infinity stones

You wan dey join dem purple dey whine themselves. 🙄🧐

Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by Calibrator: 2:43pm On Mar 31

You sef change your ways grin

abduleez1:
You wan dey join dem purple dey whine themselves. 🙄🧐

Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by Achilles100: 4:05pm On Mar 31

samistry:
Hype wetin you no go watch.
Download wetin you no go consume.
'Tis a sad tale....

No truer words spoken. Come May, he will start the monthly wailing of shows he was unable to see.

Then post the feast set for May. A vicious cycle. grin

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Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by Achilles100: 4:07pm On Mar 31

Calibrator:
Never really fancied the Daredevil character so I haven't seen any TV series pertaining to it.

Do I need to watch the original TV series Daredevil before the new Born Again season one and two will make sense or I can just dive in?

I don't want to be like our residential TV series collector collating what he won't later watch like Thanos gathering infinity stones

Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by Achilles100: 4:36pm On Mar 31

Been seeing the weekly uploads of DTF St. Louis, and I just felt it will be one of those regular comedy as the site I usually see the updates calls it a comedy as a genre.

Decided to see the trailer today out of boredom, and I'm afraid, it seems I will be there.

Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by DieRich5: 4:50pm On Mar 31

Baddestguyp:
Try to watch this show if you can sometime...
The original one and not the remake

99% of anime fans haven't seen it

so I’m among the 99%, how good is it and ur rating

Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by DieRich5: 4:52pm On Mar 31

nonny1212:
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Fire🔥 and Ashes

World class, premium.

2.5gb well used.

where did you download ur 2.5gb own?

Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by Baddestguyp(m): 5:15pm On Mar 31

DieRich5:
so I’m among the 99%, how good is it and ur rating

Its a 10/10

Its the only anime I put on the level of Attack on Titan

Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by pu7pl3(m): 6:02pm On Mar 31

Calibrator:
Never really fancied the Daredevil character so I haven't seen any TV series pertaining to it.

Do I need to watch the original TV series Daredevil before the new Born Again season one and two will make sense or I can just dive in?

I don't want to be like our residential TV series collector collating what he won't later watch like Thanos gathering infinity stones

😂😂😂😂😂
Don't be like him oo
But on a serious note the OG Netflix series is more goated than this new Disney one and yes they are connected.

Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by WriterNig: 6:23pm On Mar 31*

🎥 Send Help (2026) = 6.2/10 ✔️ ❤️

Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by DieRich5: 7:43pm On Mar 31

Baddestguyp:
Its a 10/10

Its the only anime I put on the level of Attack on Titan

hmmm, added to watchlist

Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by Calibrator: 4:24pm On Apr 01

So Mark will survive that damage from Conquest?

Nothing is impossible with plot armour undecided

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Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by WriterNig: 4:37pm On Apr 01

🎥 Mercy (2026) = 6.8/10 ✔️ ❤️

Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by Illusioneffect(m): 5:35pm On Apr 01

joseph1832:
Wrong, very wrong. Casting a black Snape doesn't give credence to what you just said. There are students in that school, who are also from different race. Dean Thomas and Lee Jordan are black, it didn't stop them from mixing or being somewhat popular. Lee Jordan comments on the Quidditch games. There is also Cho Chang who is very much Asian. Also, Pavartil Patil is very much indian. So ones race or even skin color, doesn't stop one from mixing or even being popular in school.

Casting a black Snape is very wrong, as J.K Rowling description of him, isn't anywhere near black. The character Snape himself, always wanted to be popular. He envied the Marauders and wanted to belong. This is typical in any school, as some students are known to suffer from inferiority complex. This is what Snape suffers from.

To even buttress my point, ones race or skin color doesn't actually mean anything in the Harry Potter franchise, what means alot, is your pure blood status, and also, what makes you an outcast or even hated, is your muggle born status or love for muggles.

So, casting a black Snape is way too much and going out of context. I'm even surprise, J.K Rowling isn't batting an eyelid about it.

You’re not wrong that Hogwarts is already diverse — Dean, Lee, Cho, the Patils — and yeah, blood status is the main thing that divides people in that world.

But that doesn’t really cancel my point, it actually supports it.

Snape was never isolated for just one reason. It was a mix of his background, his personality, his bitterness, his obsession, and the fact that he didn’t fit in socially. Adding race into that doesn’t replace anything — it just adds another layer to why he feels like an outsider.

And using Dean or Lee as examples doesn’t prove racism couldn’t affect someone differently. Even in real life, two people from the same background can have completely different social experiences. Snape’s whole character is built on feeling rejected and out of place — so giving him another reason to feel that way actually strengthens the psychology behind him.

Also, the “Half-Blood Prince” identity already shows he’s trying to create something powerful because he doesn’t feel like he belongs anywhere. Adding racial context just makes that hit harder, not contradict it.

And about accuracy — adaptations change things all the time and still work.

People complained about Ariel being Black, but Halle Bailey ended up being loved in the role.
Idris Elba played Heimdall — a Norse god — and nobody questions it now.
Samuel L. Jackson literally redefined Nick Fury so much the comics changed to match him.
Even Robert Pattinson as Batman got dragged at first, and now that version is one of the most respected takes on the character.

So it’s not really about matching a physical description 100%. It’s about whether the character still feels true — or even deeper.

If the writing keeps Snape’s core the same and just adds more weight to his isolation and identity, then it’s not “wrong casting” — it’s just a different interpretation that could actually make the story hit harder.

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Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by Lana1(m): 6:16pm On Apr 01

Conquest vs Mark - part 2

Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by Lana1(m): 6:24pm On Apr 01

Calibrator:
So Mark will survive that damage from Conquest?

Nothing is impossible with plot armour

They put Conquest's bashed head back together in the same way they sewed Immortal's severed head back unto his head. Even Allen got put back together after getting dismembered by Viltrumites.

What's now that small hole and gushing intestines that Mark can't survive 😂

Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by Lana1(m): 6:35pm On Apr 01

Looking back now at the amount of times different characters have come back from the brink on Invincible, I'm questioning how they couldn't resuscitate any of the other guardians besides Immortal that Omni Man killed in episode one

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