The plotting itself in Act 2 was pointless. What Rian Johnson was trying to do (I’m not sure I totally agree with his decisions) was take the usual harebrained Star Wars convoluted Hail Mary hero plan and make it fail. And fail spectacularly.

Hey, even vapid superheroes deserve better.

Did you have to mention Mr. Robot twice to connect this tenuously to pop culture or something?

What is the point of this article?

I know when I look at all the super heinous rapey shit that Harvey Weinstein did, and hear volumes of similar allegations directed at an ever-growing list of Hollywood power-players, that’s when I think what we really need to be doing is doubling-down on our seething hatred for a guy who said some rude things to a cop…

I hope this is just a case of awkward timing and Franken will eventually be allowed to continue his political career and occasional sideline as a comic without constant oppobrium.

Non rhetorical question:

I like to think that some day we’ll invent something that makes people even shittier than the Internet does.

You do something wrong and the internet tears you down.

I’m sorry but you are insane. Only history’s greatest monsters would ever believe someone could be innocent when accused of a crime. I don’t think you can name a single incidence of a person being falsely accused of a crime in the history of the world.

I’d like to nail this post to the Internet’s forehead.

Sean — and I say this with an incredible amount of respect for you as a writer (one of my favorites on the internet), a journalist, and a person — this is legitimately clickbait bullshit. The mountain of qualifiers heaped in the second half of this article practically unwrites the first and proves that point. Except…

Here’s the simple fact: The Washington Post did journalism the right way, and Jezebel did not.

Thanks! And welcome back!

You will be missed!

Seriously. Fuck the av club. You’ve lost a reader.

This article makes me feel truly ashamed of what AV Club has become.

welcome to gawker (or univision or whatever)!

Ugh, can we not? There is no backlash. There are always a few idiots with a dumb “This is offensive!” take on something not offensive, and for some reason, the media likes to scour the internet for this tiny minority, amplify their platform, and make every liberal look like an idiot crybaby. Buzzfeed does it all the…