If Benjamin were working class, his ass would have been soaking in a rice paddy near Nha Trang.

Hard to hate Jaws for ruining movies, even if it’s true.  The film itself is, within its intentions, pretty much perfect.  

And honestly, I don’t necessarily think that it’s fair to separate ‘Jaws’ and ‘Star Wars’ from the private, personal auteur movies they supposedly displaced. ‘Star Wars’ is an intensely political film, anti-authoritarian and fiercely pro-revolution; it just had the bad luck to spend so long in development that the…

<Discreetly rolls down sleeve to conceal elaborate 1910 Fruitgum Company tattoo and leaves for a just-remembered appointment>

On the one hand, “you and I” is incorrect grammar and would rhyme “I” with
“I.” But on the other, it’s a better rhyme than “me” an “I.” Maybe “Who’s the leader of the gang, and just a stand-up guy?”?

The first half of his Spider-Man run (Up to Sins Past or so) is great.

I had seven wings and eleven potato wedges. Where’s my AV Club coverage? Bring Pepto.

Season 4 and 5 with them working there and then season six is just Clerks. 

You just know Dustin is going to be blowing his allowance hanging out at the video store with Robin and Steve.

Her deadpan ”Just how many of your friends are children?” was brilliant. 

The weirdest thing I discovered working in - all the malls (seriously malls in over 20 different states) in the 80' and 90's: The level of uniformity across the entire country - down to the color of the tile floors.

But don’t forget the robot!

I loved that Robin lied that Steve was a chick magnet when they worked at the ice cream shop to get him the job at the video store, when in the first episode her research had definitely proven that he was a loser.

That would be the store selling maritime toilets.

Let’s go to the mall, everybody!

Speaking of Sherman, I think “The Cockroach King” would be a better bet than this.

Merely “photorealistic cruddiness” in the headline gave off delightful Jay-Sherman-in-a-bad-mood vibes, and the rest of the article more than lived up to it. Superb pannery.

Me, after reading seven paragraphs full of one excoriating pull-quote after another:

As has been alluded to below, we need to be careful to distinguish between bullies and homicidal sociopaths. Steve was a bully (until he became a hero). Billy was a sociopath destined to become a murderer, rapist, or both. Many of King’s “bullies” are in the Billy category. Run-of-the-mill bullies don’t torture and…

That one of biggest stereotypes, that we all basically same. But there incredible amount of diversity among monsters, and among Muppet-Americans. And those not same thing! Racist.