Yes! Neder, I love the way your mind works! Thank you for this mod! I'll be putting in my game post-haste!

I love this mod!

This is gonna save so much trouble! Thank you.

Thanks Neder, you always come up with stuff I need.

Great idea - glad you thought of it and did something about it.

I would probably have chosen "member of the current household" (expression: my person data - family number == global - current family) in stead of "currently being selected", but otherwise, this is a fantastic idea, Neder.

Thank you so much.

I had thought about that, B.O., but I went with "currently selected" to give me a little more control (i.e. the ability to cancel the action). I micromanage a lot. The whole point for me was that whenever I was trying to track down a family member (who was supposed to be doing something else), they had inevitably fired up the DVD player. I wanted to quell most of the autonomy, but not all.
I wanted to keep the option for film/lit Sims as well as being able to allow a "Family Movie Night" or for Sims to join in watching at a party or whatnot.

Thank you all for the nice comments.

I'm a micro-manager myself, and I've written a few interaction-limiters too, so I know exactly where you're coming from. Sometimes, those EAxoids go a bit overboard with things. But thank god, we can fix some of it ourselves. :D

thank you

Thanks!!!

Thank you!!!

Thank you! This annoys me so much. The movies are loud too! Silly Sims!

Thank You

ahh! finally there is some mod that can reduce this low-key annoyance. I mean, I am really okay with their freewill to watch movies, but apparently they should do something else lol Thanks so much again.