I thought the "sincerely ambitious and competent" Vanessa Hudgens character was an interesting one to explore, contrasted with similar roles in Better Off Ted and Andy Richter Controls the Universe.

Playing the long game … keep this up and you might get fresh-baked cookies!

El bow out of this thread early.

All right, just gimme a six pack and a couple of packs of skittles.

He created and wrote her best friend, Etta Candy, who was … not thin. I'm sure she was tied up at least a few times.

I'll tune in at 11!

Go listen to 99 Luftballons 99 times and say that again.

I'll keep that in mind, on the chance that *someday* I'll try another Eggers book.

Hasenpfeffer Incorporated!

No. It's throw against the wall terrible.

They're only enkiduing you.

The book gets into some of the ways the Gilead structure is bad for multiple groups (the wives, the handmaids, the younger men, and even the older men are at risk of being denounced and toppled when they think they'safe).

I'll be deep in the cold, cold ground before I recognize Missourah!

The Ant-Man money is smaller than you'd think.

Lovin' > Hatin'.

But then you'll get terrible attempts at criticizing the lyrics, such as Brian Posehn's hatesong against Sublime's "Santeria's", in which the song was accused of "appropriating" Spanish words (although, to be fair, that was the AV Club interviewer ).

Books? In the AV Club?

It's been a while …

She's in the upcoming Justice League and Aqua Man, so she's going to have a higher profile in the next few years.

You never see the bullet that kills you, they say.