It’s occasionally said you aren’t truly dead until you’re completely forgotten. By that measure, Mr Reiner will live as long as humanity, and we’ll all be better for it.

TPB is one of perhaps 3 films I’ve seen in excess of 20 times. When my wife and I were first talking, I was the first to say “I love you” - but what I really said was “As you wish.”

Yup. (I’m in the district he wants to represent.) my intended point was that he’s been at it longer, and is seeing consequences from DoD.

There’s a reason that the prizes are generally seen as extremely high honors. And as big a fan as I also am of the Ig-Nobels, there’s something I find in the current moment that’s cheapening everything.

There are lots of ways to mock 47. But let’s leave this one alone, please.

Would you accept, “Romance is mostly not my thing, unless it involves spies or the supernatural?”

I think that question of “are you foregrounding the world or the relationships, and what content indicators would the MPAA use” is a good heuristic. Relationships, and/or R for nudity? Probably PNR. PG-13 and/or R for violence? Probably UF.

But “probably” does a lot of heavy lifting.

I’ve stayed away from romantasy discourse b/c I don’t have the familiarity with the books that tend to spark that conversation. But I was working in a bookstore during the UF vs PNR debate days (‘04-‘07 for me). 1/2

Might even still have a relevant book chapter in the basement at home.

Let me know if you get blowback and from where. If m willing to help gave your back, possibly with relevant receipts (such as Wakefield’s conflict of interest).