When did that happen?

I agree, but on the other hand, even small communities often have a community or school theater group. But on the other other hand, most community theaters want to cast eight women and two men, so R&G isn't at the top of their list. On the other other other hand, I saw an R&G where both R and G were female, and it…

Would anyone like to play questions?

I went through a Tom Stoppard kick when I was in college. One of my favorite bits about this movie is how as they're talking, Rosencrantz is constantly fiddling with things, and even though he's an idiot, he recreates famous inventions (steam engines and such.) The cool thing is, none of that business is in the…

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, Barton Fink, and Brazil

Arcadia is excellent. Stoppard also has a short radio play called Albert's Bridge that I like. On the Verge, by Eric Overmyer, also has a bit of a Stoppard feel to it.

Any chance we could get some more racist comments up in here? Because I haven't had enough burrito and lowrider jokes today.

Option-n on a Mac. Because macs are better at this.

the federal government is just sitting on a big pile of discretionary kidneys

A guy gets mocked and you think of me? No! I am the one who mocks!

Oh hell yes, this is now the Young Lando casting thread.

It'd be nice if people knew the difference between "the government" and "the President", though.

Dude, it's a mile walk from Millennium Station to Union Station. You seriously think any resident of Indiana is in shape to walk that?

No, it's "don't write petitions to the president for shit that's a) stupid, and b) not his job."

Well, I mean, obviously it needs to be done. The question is, which eccentric billionaire is the right man for the job? Branson's not a bad choice, I'd love to see a nice crimson-and-white death star with Virgin Annihilation printed on the side. But I'm gonna go with Ingvar Kamprad, founder of Ikea. The Empire…

Okay, I'll give it a shot…
(Watches third episode)
Are you sure about this? That's some The Walking Dead level bullshit right there.

Ditto. That movie should have been right up my alley (I adore sci-fi action brainbenders), but I hated it. Way too much laborious explanation of bullshit science, blindingly obvious plot twists, and maudlin weeping in front of video terminals.

I teach a first-year college seminar called "Energy and Civilization", and assign bits of The Prize to my students as part of it. Specifically the World War II as an oil war bits.

Decided a week or two ago that I'd start re-reading the first book of The Expanse, and keep pace with the TV show. That totally didn't happen: I just finished the fourth book, Cibola Burn, today. A fun read, and I liked how Cibola Burn focuses on local conflict rather than interplanetary politics, and on the…

Thoughts on The 100 for viewers who aren't thirteen years old? I saw the first couple episodes and thought it was a bit too Alien Planet 90210, but if they ramp up the exploration a bit I could get back into it.