History Quotes / ClicheStorm

->"Perhaps the saddest thing about "Threshold's" presence on our list is that it's problems are just that it's an exaggeration of ''Voyager''s' biggest problems. {{Technobabble}}! [[HollywoodEvolution Genetic idiocy!]] [[HollywoodScience A fundamental misunderstanding of science both in general ideas as well as in specific terms!]] [[{{Narm}} Absurd dialogue!]] [[{{Padding}} Pointless meandering!]] Even a "[[FailureIsTheOnlyOption Will They Get Home?!]]" plot thrown in for good measure!"

->''I had already taken in a Deanna Durbin musical and had just settled down miserably to a 1938 Warner Brothers gangster movie called ''{{Angels with Dirty Faces}}''. Then it happened. Midway through the first reel, one of the supporting players snarled, "Them rotten coppers will never get Rocky Sullivan--he's too smart for them," and at that instant I knew, as if by magic, everything that was going to take place during the rest of the movie, right down to that final scene where Rocky Sullivan would be dragged screaming to the electric chair... Thinking about {{Angels with Dirty Faces}}, and about the vast, tawdry repertory of thirties films that I knew so well, it suddenly dawned on me that the early scenes of virtually every Hollywood movie of that era contained a similar moment of précis--a brief exchange of dialogue, or, in some instances, merely one line, that gave away the entire film... Once the experienced viewer extracted this essence he could switch off his set and go to bed, where simply by adding a generous amount of mental hot water he could turn it into a full-length feature, creating what I've lately come to think of as the Instant Movie, a potion that can be consumed in two or three fast gulps just before sleep.''

->''I had already taken in a Deanna Durbin musical and had just settled down miserably to a 1938 Warner Brothers gangster movie called {{Angels with Dirty Faces}}. Then it happened. Midway through the first reel, one of the supporting players snarled, "Them rotten coppers will never get Rocky Sullivan--he's too smart for them," and at that instant I knew, as if by magic, everything that was going to take place during the rest of the movie, right down to that final scene where Rocky Sullivan would be dragged screaming to the electric chair... Thinking about {{Angels with Dirty Faces}}, and about the vast, tawdry repertory of thirties films that I knew so well, it suddenly dawned on me that the early scenes of virtually every Hollywood movie of that era contained a similar moment of précis--a brief exchange of dialogue, or, in some instances, merely one line, that gave away the entire film... Once the experienced viewer extracted this essence he could switch off his set and go to bed, where simply by adding a generous amount of mental hot water he could turn it into a full-length feature, creating what I've lately come to think of as the Instant Movie, a potion that can be consumed in two or three fast gulps just before sleep.''

->''Most media outlets praise the game for outrageously mocking every aspect of LosAngeles, but it mocks them without any understanding or tact. If you held a gun to the head of the most secluded Eskimo seal farmer and said, "List California stereotypes," you would not be able to distinguish his list from a ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV GTA V]]'' Mission FAQ.''\\

->''We also get the obligatory geek-pandering characters in scientists Fitz and Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge and Iain De Caestecker). They’re your standard-issue techie geniuses who can whip up advanced weaponry and cure alien diseases in less than an hour. They’re cute, they’re dorky, they’re British... and that’s about it. Frankly, I’m still not sure which one is Fitz and which one is Simmons.''
-->-- '''''Website/TheAgonyBooth''''' on ''AgentsOfShield''

-->-- '''Gore Vidal''', ''The Top Ten Best Sellers According to the Sunday New York Times as of January 7, 1973''

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->''Most media outlets praise the game for outrageously mocking every aspect of LosAngeles, but it mocks them without any understanding or tact. If you held a gun to the head of the most secluded Eskimo seal farmer and said, "List California stereotypes," you would not be able to distinguish his list from a GTA V Mission FAQ.''\\

->''"''VideoGame/DarkVoid'' starts out a bit ''TabletopGame/CrimsonSkies''-y, set in an [[AlternateHistory alternative World War II]] [...] and the main character is a pilot called Will[[note]][[VisualPun briefly illustrated with]] Creator/WillSmith's face[[/note]] who borrowed his voice from [[VideoGame/{{Uncharted}} Nathan Drake]] and his jacket from [[VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein}} B.J. Blazkowitz]] and all the other aspects from every protagonist from every game ''ever.'' He crashes his plane through the Bermuda Triangle and winds up in ''VideoGame/AnotherWorld'' [...] there's an evil alien race that's about two parts [[VideoGame/{{Half-Life 2}} Combine]] and two parts [[Franchise/{{Halo}} Covenant]] and one part ''VisualNovel/{{Snatcher}}'' - [[LampshadedTheObscureReference now there's an obscure reference]], I'll probably bring up ''Flight of the Amazon Queen'' next - and they want to [[AlienInvasion invade the Earth]] because they always do. [...] our hero joins a [[LaResistance ragtag human resistance]] and must [[SavingTheWorld save the world]] by flying around on a jetpack. ''[{{beat}}]'' [[SubvertedTrope Huh.]]"''

-->-- '''RogerEbert'''

->''Film/{{Armageddon}} reportedly used the services of nine writers. Why did it need any? The dialogue is either shouted one-liners or romantic drivel. "It's gonna blow!" is used so many times, I wonder if every single writer used it once, and then sat back from his word processor with a contented smile on his face, another day's work done... Characters in this movie actually say: "I wanted to say--that I'm sorry," "We're [[NoOneGetsLeftBehind not leaving them behind!]]" "Guys--[[TickingClock the clock is ticking!]]" and "This has turned into a [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment surrealistic nightmare!"]]''

->''Film/{{Armageddon}} reportedly used the services of nine writers. Why did it need any? The dialogue is either shouted one-liners or romantic drivel. "It's gonna blow!" is used so many times, I wonder if every single writer used it once, and then sat back from his word processor with a contented smile on his face, another day's work done... Characters in this movie actually say: "I wanted to say--that I'm sorry," "We're not leaving them behind!" "Guys--the clock is ticking!" and "This has turned into a surrealistic nightmare!"''

->''"[Zed] looks at her, and she backs off, because she's now realized that he's "[[TheChosenOne the One]]. The Liberator!" Yeah, anyone who didn't think there was gonna be some kind of Christ motif in this movie, raise your hands. Okay, everyone who raised their hands, go home. Have any of you ever ''seen'' a pretentious movie before?"''

-->-- '''[[WebVideo/ZeroPunctuation Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw]]'''

->''"''VideoGame/DarkVoid'' starts out a bit ''TabletopGame/CrimsonSkies''-y, set in an [[AlternateHistory alternative World War II]] [...] and the main character is a pilot called Will[[note]][[VisualPun briefly illustrated with]] Creator/WillSmith's face[[/note]] who borrowed his voice from [[VideoGame/{{Uncharted}} Nathan Drake]] and his jacket from [[VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein}} B.J. Blazkowitz]] and all the other aspects from every protagonist from every game ''ever.'' He crashes his plane through the Bermuda Triangle and winds up in ''VideoGame/AnotherWorld'' [...] there's an evil alien race that's about two parts [[VideoGame/{{Half-Life 2}} Combine]] and two parts [[Franchise/{{Halo}} Covenant]] and one part ''VisualNovel/{{Snatcher}}'' - [[LampshadedTheObscureReference now there's an obscure reference, I'll probably bring up ''Flight of the Amazon Queen'' next - and they want to [[AlienInvasion invade the Earth]] because they always do. [...] our hero joins a [[LaResistance ragtag human resistance]] and must [[SavingTheWorld save the world]] by flying around on a jetpack. ''[{{beat}}]'' [[SubvertedTrope Huh.]]"''

->''"''VideoGame/DarkVoid'' starts out a bit ''TabletopGame/CrimsonSkies''-y, set in an [[AlternativeHistory alternative World War II]] [...] and the main character is a pilot called Will[[note]][[VisualPun briefly illustrated with]] Creator/WillSmith's face[[/note]] who borrowed his voice from [[VideoGame/{{Uncharted}} Nathan Drake]] and his jacket from [[VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein}} B.J. Blazkowitz]] and all the other aspects from every protagonist from every game ''ever.'' He crashes his plane through the Bermuda Triangle and winds up in ''VideoGame/AnotherWorld'' [...] there's an evil alien race that's about two parts [[VideoGame/{{Half-Life 2}} Combine]] and two parts [[Franchise/{{Halo}} Covenant]] and one part ''VisualNovel/{{Snatcher}}'' - [[LampshadedTheObscureReference now there's an obscure reference, I'll probably bring up ''Flight of the Amazon Queen'' next - and they want to [[AlienInvasion invade the Earth]] because they always do. [...] our hero joins a [[LaResistance ragtag human resistance]] and must [[SavingTheWorld save the world]] by flying around on a jetpack. ''[{{beat}}]'' [[SubvertedTrope Huh.]]"''

->"[[LampshadeHanging Always steal from the best!]]"

-->'''Website/TheAgonyBooth''''s [[http://booth.bz/zardoz2i recap]] of ''Film/{{Zardoz}}

->''The writing was okay, I guess. But I couldn't take it anymore after [[HarryPotter Harry returned from his first run-in with the Dementors]] to find the [[TheLordOfTheRings Ring Wraiths]] had burned the [[StarWars Lars Homestead]].''

-->-- [[http://spaceramblings.blogsome.com/2011/07/11/bioware-sucks/ Spaceramblings']] criticism of {{Bioware}}.

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-->-- '''The WebOriginal/AgonyBooth''' [[http://www.agonybooth.com/agonizer/The_NeverEnding_Story_1984.aspx on]] ''Film/TheNeverEndingStory''

-->-- '''The AgonyBooth''' [[http://www.agonybooth.com/agonizer/The_NeverEnding_Story_1984.aspx on]] ''Film/TheNeverEndingStory''

->"Why does there always have to be a [[TheChosenOne "chosen one"]]? Why is there always some insanely powerful trinket [[IWishItWereReal that can do pretty much anything the wearer wants]]? Why are fantasy lands always ruled by a single person? And why is that person always either [[EvilOverlord a tyrant]] — with [[FacelessGoons an army of]] [[DarkIsEvil dark-colored]] creatures that can't talk — or [[ClassicPrincess completely benevolent]], [[TastesLikeDiabetes causing rainbows and unicorns to appear by his or her mere presence]]? If you're looking for answers to these questions, or at least a fresh take on the old fantasy clichés, this is not the movie for you.
-->-- '''The AgonyBooth''' [[http://www.agonybooth.com/agonizer/The_NeverEnding_Story_1984.aspx on]] ''TheNeverEndingStory''

-->[[http://www.avclub.com/articles/real-steel,62913/ Onion A.V. Club]], on [[RealSteel Real Steel]]

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