Lynn -- My goal is not, by any stretch of the imagination, to exclude "the realism of those who are still learning." Screen-L presents itself as among other things a forum by which film and media scholars can discuss professional issues. I would like to see us take up that challenge. I enjoy many of the other posts as well. But I see no reason why we can not constructively engage in discussion about the future of film studies as a discipline. I suspect you would have a lot to say about this issue, as someone encountering our discipline for the first time. In fact, what I am describing as the third group is precisely concerned with restoring a certain degree of "realism" to the field, attempting to translate what we say about popular culture back into popular forums. I find myself going on talk radio or doing newspaper interviews or speaking at science fiction conventions about my work on fan culture, and my book has been one which has been taken up by large numbers of popular readers, if my mail is any indication. What I want to know is how a discipline which for two decade has pulled away from the popular to establish its status as a discipline within academic institutions can begin to rethink its relation to popular culture in response to a new generational perspective. The point is to create a field which does not go over the heads of our students and does speak to real issues in our lives. Instead of pulling back, I challenge you to try to help us think about these issues more fully. --Henry