I'm sure you've seen it floating around the internet this morning: Space Jam 2 is really happening and it's staring LeBron James.

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This may be a symptom of being a garbage-brain millennial, but I am so excited.

Now, before you start sending me clips (like the Mercury's managing editor Erik Henriksen did this morning) asking how I could possibly want more of this...

I'd like to remind you of a few things...

1. The original Space Jam had an amazing cast. Michael Jordan, Bill Murray, Danny DeVito, and Wayne Knight were all in it, with player cameos by Larry Bird, Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing, Muggsy Bogues, plus ALL THE LOONEY TUNES.

2. The soundtrack of the original film was a '90s masterpiece featuring R. Kelly, Seal, D'Angelo, Monica, Busta Rhymes, Coolio, LL Cool J & Method Man, Salt-N-Pepa, Spin Doctors, and Barry White. **Ignore that last song by Bugs Bunny**

3. The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Justin Lin (Fast and Furiouses numbers 3-6, and this summer's Star Trek Beyond) will direct the sequel, so I'll let you imagine the glorious possibilities.

Like this, but with Bugs Bunny and basketball.
Like this, but with Bugs Bunny and basketball.

4. If someone made Who Framed Roger Rabbit 2 you would totally go see it.

5. The original Space Jam came out when I was seven-years-old. So there weren't too many things that were cooler than cartoons, aliens, Newman from Seinfeld, and pretending that the reason Michael Jordan returned to basketball was because Bugs Bunny told him that was a good idea.

So even if you want to rain on my parade (like that dick Erik Henriksen did this morning) by saying something like,

"I feel like this is one of those Independence Day 2/Power Rangers reboot things where studios are SEVERELY overestimating people’s nostalgia for these properties"

YOU CAN'T. Because that nostalgia is real. Entire wings of millennial culture are built on overestimating nostalgia and trying to capitalize on it. Old Man Henriksen has probably never clicked on a Buzzfeed article titled "45 Things From Your ’90s Childhood You Probably Forgot About," but I have.

Yes, maybe Space Jam 2 is a desperate cash grab, but I will pay $14 to watch Bugs Bunny kiss LeBron James on the lips for the same reason I paid $14 to see a pretty boring dinosaur fight in Jurassic World: Because those things remind me of a better time. A time when Michael Jordan played baseball.

You can watch the original Space Jam here if you need a refresher.

And if you don't believe me, listen to this other insane person who loves Space Jam on defending your shitty tastes and why that is important.