I like Something Wild just fine, but I can't help thinking Liotta might consider Goodfellas a higher point in his career than SW. But I guess a peak's a peak.

I thought Jeff Daniels was standout-fantastic in SW. But I even liked him in RV, so .... I'm easy.

It would be ungentlewomanly of me to expound on that. But I did really spend about 30 seconds on an RV with James MacArthur and Cybill Shepherd many years ago.

That was my way of asking, WTF does RV stand for? Which I belatedly realize makes me look a tad stupid. But then, I never saw the movie, which I belatedly realize makes me look very smart indeed.

Goodfellas was the 1990 movie I had in mind. I think he's a bit better in Something Wild though Goodfellas is the better movie. In between he was Joe Jackson in Field of Dreams. I'm surprised I haven't seen that many of Liotta's movies, although I remember him in Heartbreakers. I probably will skip the Uwe Boll film he's in.

It would be ungentlewomanly of me to expound on that. But I did really spend about 30 seconds on an RV with James MacArthur and Cybill Shepherd many years ago.

Don't tell me Grace, you had a 30 second threesome with MacArthur and Shepherd?

DVDs might stick around because, as with books, some people want to own a work of art as a palpable object (vs. just ones and zeros somewhere inside a PC).

After many years of meaning to do so, I finally saw Something Wild, the Jonathan Demme screwball-comedy-turned-film-noir starring Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith, and Ray Liotta in spectacular form (all three). It's a "wild" ride (the movie's title sums it up perfectly) and one of the best films of the 1980s. Its reputation preceded it and would have ruined it were the film not so utterly perfect. Wow.

One could make a case for SW being a career peak for all four major participants (Demme, Daniels, Griffith, Liotta). It's just that impressive.

And it streams on Netflix.

As a Luddite who depends on a little DVD player and hasn't gotten around to re-hooking-up my other machinery, I'm leery of "streaming." But will streaming ever replace the DVDs (and in many cases, VHS tapes) that contain older movies, TV shows, and other obscure items? My Alan Bates library is extensive, even though some of his movies, like "Nijinsky," have never been on DVD. Maybe there would be a way to stream my favorite French film, "Romauld et Juliette," or "The Bed-Sitting Room," but could I find "Richard Diamond, Private Detective" or even "The Rockford Files"?

I remember when there were TV commercials in the VHS era promising that "any movie" from any year and any country would soon be available. Still waiting.