When I was a kid, a local theater company did a stage version of Wrinkle in Time that my parents took our family to see.

PeterF— Chabon was supposed to be working on a screenplay for that a few years back. Don't know what happened to it.

Man, this thread is surprisingly self-possessed compared to other screeds about dating/relationships on the Intertube. Ten points, everyone! I knew I dug the AV Club, I would date you all. …Well, if you were all women, which you're not, and if I wasn't already dating a girl who's pretty and smells nice. (But with…

JVS & Arsenio — I hadn't seen it yet either. But I've got a plan, now, boy. Hoo-eee, smoke 'em if ya got em!

Then there's my favorite Muppet Chinese joint, Wok-a Wok-a.

"Lolita is a slutty little brat? No, she's a 12 year old being raped daily by a middle-aged man. "

So true. I'm generally not a Cameron hater — how can you not like his good action stuff? — but a part of me was thinking, "This is gonna be the biggest disaster since the sinking of…" Well, I'm not gonna say it, but you know.

"I'm gonna get Jurassic on Jurass?"

Senor Von Salsa, I just did a spit-take with my glass of V-8.

Wouldn't it be great
if they could get William C. Demille to host the Oscars this year?

Right on, Leonard!
Rather than contribute to a negative thread, I thought I'd start my own positive one.

How about Andre Benjamin in the lead role? Good call on Mos Def, too Frogwise.

DAMMIT

I vote for The Cyberiad or The Fururological Congress. That shit was The Matrix before The Matrix was potty-trained.

Um, I think The Most Dangerous Game is based on "The Most Dangerous Game."

Luckily, he's not bringing back John Melendez as host. So… there's that.

Clueless Neophyte, let me say, as someone who is also not rich…

Bravo Chris Jones. Excellent writing. Thanks for the tip-off, N.R.!

She sounds terrifically smart, and committed to good writing, and bright but realistic. My kinda dame.

The good Professor's got it pegged. I don't want to hear Cibo Matto at a Christening, or listen to Joanna Newsom while I'm working out. But I can't think of a better rainy day album than, say "Alice."