And there are some valuable reminders, not least that one of the most moving sports films ever made, "Brian's Song" (1971), was done for television.
"On the contrary, it's a valuable reminder."
They represent on the one hand a triumph of the human imagination, and on the other a valuable reminder that science can never be purely cerebral.
Sugar Loaf Farm serves as a valuable reminder of the wheat-based agriculture that persisted in this region well into the twentieth century.
The sequence might have provided a valuable reminder to Carter: just because he can do it does not mean he can defend it.
Some of her stated reasons for trying to block the exhibition are a valuable reminder that intellectuals, too, can be censorious fools.
The interpretation is a valuable reminder that the crisis of 1483 did not exist in a vacuum.
But it's different, and it provides a valuable reminder that Ms. Minnelli is an accomplished actor as well as singer.
It will be a valuable reminder for any who have forgotten the penalty for resisting Gerns.
But they are a valuable reminder to look beyond the obvious.