Seth Rogen is revising his stance on teen-centric movies of the past 16 years.

Earlier this month, the Pineapple Express and Knocked Up star drew online backlash after making a few eyebrow-raising comments on 2007s Superbad. Directed by Greg Mottola, the comedy starred Michael Cera and Jonah Hill as teenage buddies who make a pact to lose their virginity before graduation.

Rogen, who has a supporting role in Superbad and wrote the screenplay with Evan Goldberg, said hed observed a recent resurgence of interest in the movie. He also pointed to his Fabelmans co-star Gabriel LaBelle as an example of one of the films younger fans.

Whats crazy is that Gabe LaBelle is like, 19 years old and his and his friends favorite movie is Superbad, Rogen told People . So it never changed for some reason. No ones made a good high school movie since then.

Not surprisingly, many on social media were quick to point out that there had, in fact, been plenty of well-received films about teenagers since Superbad was released.

Among those to receive significant praise were 2010s Easy A, which put a 21st-century spin on The Scarlet Letter, and 2019s Booksmart , starring Hills sister, Beanie Feldstein .

By last week, however, Rogen was ready to backpedal a bit, telling People that his comments on high school movies werent intended to be taken literally.

That was a joke. Theres a lot. Ive personally made a few, he said, alluding to 2018s Blockers and 2019s Good Boys , two films he produced. Obviously there have been many.

According to the publication, Rogen and his wife, Lauren Miller Rogen, went on to list Easy A and 2017s Lady Bird which, incidentally, also starred Feldstein as among their favorites in the high school genre.