That used to be really common. Movie novelizations would come out before the movie, along with soundtracks, etc. It was part of the promotional campaign.

And Babe Ruth and Sammy Sosa weren’t hitting against the same kind of pitchers. I’d say Ruth and Gibson were probably facing pitchers and fielders with more in common than those of different eras. Stats always come with context. Doesn’t mean they don’t belong together in the same list.

My thoughts exactly.

Exactly my thought re: King James. Hilarious.

But what do you mean by the “original text” which is challenging to even determine given the relatively recent age and conditions of most manuscripts of both new and old testaments.

The MPAA rating system didn’t start widespread use until the early 1970s, and even then (as you’d expect since since it is the MPA"A") only in the USA. Other rating systems in other countries followed later (for the most part).

So any movie prior to that would have been unrated when it came out. Especially if it was a non-USA production.

Any rating you see on a movie older than that has been applied after the fact.

Does “Jaws” count? It wouldn’t be PG these days but I’d say it counts as horror.

“The Birds” was technically unrated when it came out. I’ve seen it rated as PG-13 now, but not sure what that’s based on since it is from way before PG-13.

Yes. Pull up Google maps and say you want to do some theoretical trip in the future. It’ll show you different average traffic & time for the route for whatever time you pick. So you can check your possible future commute, etc

12 of the first 28 Presidents of the USA (which is the time Fitzgerald was doing his thing) had Irish heritage. 3 of them were first generation Irish (parents born in Ireland). Most of the police force of NYC was stereotyped as being all Irish by this point.

Yes, there were areas and times they were disadvantaged, but don’t even compare it to women and non-whites at the time.

…If you were white, male, and probably reasonably affluent.

I don’t remember sidewinder missiles ever coming up in Star Wars

I initially read that as “Florida scrambles to get retired teachers to return to combat.”

Which isn’t really wrong either.

That’s what most evolution is. For sure. Not imagining there a will behind it

My understanding: Viruses don’t mutate to kill hosts. They mutate to survive and be passed on. It’ll continue to get more mild but more contagious.

That’s why the flu from the 1919 pandemic was bad but short lived. COVID is following a similar pattern.

Different than bacteria and antibiotics. That’s a mess of our own making.

Every decade after the 1920s has been special for cinema for the generation that treasured it.

I wonder if this has anything to do with ThePosterDB going down recently

As a Preds fan, I’m happy for him and yet the world is a darker place.

Step 1: live in a place with lots of sunshine in the winter.

Their claims are based largely on building artificial islands which extends their 200 miles from the coast claims (by aging more coast). This US claim isn’t extending coast (so no control of the water column or surface), only continental shelf and mining rights

“Ewoks Caravan of Courage”? “Star Wars Holiday Special”?

You can say it’s all fun. You can even say you like it all.

I even like the sequel trilogy over the prequels (because I’m of a certain age).

But not sure about “all” Star Wars being “great”.

That’s awesome. Bookmarked!