Talk:Brett Ratner

Losing Virginity

Brett Ratner lost his virginity to a parapalegic who was hanging from a tree. It's actually true, would be interesting to add a bit to the article about it. Here's a reference: [1] 75.127.214.162 (talk) 19:41, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

Vague sentence

"He was also linked to young actress, Lindsay Lohan."

First, a punctuation point: s.b. no comma after "actress".

Second, what does "linked to" mean that makes it different from "dated" as in the previous sentence? Third, there's no citation.

And fourth, does anyone besides me doubt the encyclopedic value of who he, or anyone, dates? -- Tenebrae 02:04, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

If you start discriminating against the reporting of which relationships one constitutes as being "encyclopedic", you just run into a really huge area of arbitrarity.

It's been reported all over the place he either dated or "mentored" Lindsay Lohan, let it be posted.

Cuban?

The article asserts that:Brett Ratner was born in Miami Beach to Marcia Ratner, a Cuban-born Jewish socialite. This, however, does not mean that he is of Spanish or Mestizo descent. Many Jewish people migrated to Cuba, especially when it was the center of a large gaming industry in the 1940s and 1950s. Some Latinized their names, and others retained their Germanic Jewish surname.72.73.214.37 18:23, 30 July 2007 (UTC)Lestrade

Isn't it nice when you can find a single source that answers all the questions? I wish all research was this easy: [2] "My grandparents now live with me in L.A. They're originally from Eastern Europe and ended up in Cuba as they couldn't get into the States, before finally moving to Miami. My whole family is Cuban-Jewish -- very passionate, hard-working, highly educated people. I feel that Cuban blood running in my veins and I love Cuban food." Mad Jack 20:13, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

I guess he must mean imaginary Cuban blood...unless his father is actually Cuban. Is "Ratner" his mother's name?

What is "Cuban blood"? My Cuban relatives are descended from English and Scottish immigrants to Cuba, as well as from Spaniards. There have been Jews in Cuba for centuries. Cuba is as ethnically mixed as anywhere else in the Americas. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.224.65.9 (talk) 17:33, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

Screen Appearances

None of these seem to have any importance to the details of his life. It might as well be a trivia section, in which case it is against the wikipedia rules. L.cash.m (talk) 07:23, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Rush Hour 3

the paragraph about oral sex is not very relevant (trivia). it cited an interview [3] where ratner might have been joking around. as worded, it implied he is gay; if he is, it is certainly not citeable (he dates women). could i get justification why it was reverted? should it be removed or reworded? Substatique (talk) 21:59, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Every time I look at this article I delete that part. It's just totally irrelevant. Maybe if there was a trivia section on Ratner that'd be sensible to include, but theres no reason to have this placed in his personal life section. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Killz0ner (talk • contribs) 01:32, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

I also think that this should be removed due to its irrelevance. However, I see that one of the recent "reverts" was by an administrator. curious. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Erin0027 (talk • contribs) 17:49, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

I have removed this text - not only is it entirely irrelevant to the article, it's untrue and misleading. The quote in the reference provided says, "My first blow job was from a man, but I didn't know it was a man." It does not say that Ratner is gay himself, and as far as I can tell, he isn't.

I've also removed the following text: 'X3 was panned by critics and fans alike, validating Brett's nickname as "Hackner." ' There's no reference provided for the nickname, other than Answers.com's article on Brett Ratner, which is copied from this article - and even it was referenced, it's not encyclopaedic. It's also a little exaggerated to say 'X3 was panned' - it has 57% on Rotten Tomatoes and 58% on Metacritic, which means reviews were weak, but not terrible. 'Panned' suggests something more like Batman and Robin (14% on Rotten Tomatoes).

Please do not re-insert these sections without discussing it on this talk page first. Terraxos (talk) 21:07, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

On examining the history, it seems this text has repeatedly been re-added by various anonymous editors, who I can only assume are angry fans trying to smear Ratner. Because of the issues this causes with our biographies of living persons policy, I'm going to request that this page be semi-protected. Terraxos (talk) 21:12, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

If this article were longer, the detail in that paragraph would be fine; it would add some flair. However, the article isn't long, so focusing on one quote from an interview is pretty much undue weight. Furthermore, people insist on adding links within the quote, which draws more attention to them. This paragraph has been toeing the line of WP:BLP for a while. I've removed some of it to give it less weight. I don't necessarily object to removing the paragraph until or unless the article is more substantial, too. Gimmetrow 19:25, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Surely it doesn't belong here anyway and would (maybe) be mentioned in the Rush Hour 3 article? --Cameron Scott (talk) 14:19, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

question

Has he done any pornography? 180.180.162.52 (talk) 09:43, 9 November 2011 (UTC)