An Escape from New York reboot is such a staggeringly misguided idea. Part of what makes the original so memorable is the fact that it was rooted in this greater cultural perception of 1980s New York as a filthy, crime-ridden hellhole. It's very much a product of its time, and "updating" it would just smooth out the…

Yeah, because Kang and Kodos—two characters who have entire episodes devoted to them almost every season—are so obscure.

A nude Bob Dole inquiring, "What the hell is this, some kinda tube?"

Hot dog. We have a wiener.

Let us not forget Corey Masterson.

Ignatiy, I think it's great that you continue to go to bat for The Immigrant. It really is a remarkable little film, and it's such a shame that it seems to have passed under everyone's radar.

I missed these Jewesses so much

Lighten up, Francis.

So Joey is in the top 10 right? Or is the AV Club just staggeringly out-of-touch?

My personal choice would be "The Boyfriend" but I bet it will be "The Contest." The latter is kind of just the consummate episode of Seinfeld.

What about the DJ 3000? How's it keep up with the news like that?!

In the Time Warner Cable program description, the slime in Ghostbusters II is described as "stress-related ooze." I find that really funny for some reason.

Why the fuck would I go all the way to Bonnaroo to see Billy Joel when I can see him once a month at Madison Square Garden?

Bold move casting Rupaul as the Son of God.

Probably not, unless Charles Bronson is planning on some sort of resurrection deal.

They'll be sent to the spice mines of Kessel.

"I'll try pooping, that's a good trick!"

Strangers on a Klingon Bird-of-Prey

“By the time she’s 5, she’ll have her own career going and being in school and talking about her friends and her homework…"

A Most Violent Year is the best movie Sidney Lumet never made.