History Quotes / ClicheStorm

->''"Meet Gene, the meh emoji. He needs to [[BelieveInYourself believe in himself]], [[TokenRomance get the girl]], [[SavingTheWorld save the world]], and probably some other generic protagonist goals you'll miss while you nap through the second act."''

->'''Bronn:''' Two knights off to rescue a princess. Sounds like a great song.\\

->[[AC:WE ARE THE REAL MONSTERS]]\\

->And a comic relief sidekick who won't make it to Act III.

-->"No, don't say that. You're going to make it."
->With a guy from that other movie that was slightly popular and whats-her-name from that show you sometimes watch, in a movie with spectacular CGI battle-sequences, and an advertising campaign that will leave you no choice but to see this film. See it, because it's a movie, and all your friends are going. In theaters Friday and on DVD in three months.

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->''Gee, an epic RPG where I have to collect four treasures of the elements? I've never heard that one before.'' (Holds up a copy of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI'')

-->-- '''[[RunningGag ProJared]]''' when he realizes that ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyMysticQuest'' shares a similar plot to what the game's he holding up.

->''"Meet Gene, the meh emoji. He needs to believe in himself, get the girl, save the world, and probably some other generic protagonist goals you'll miss while you nap through the second act."''

-->-- '''[[NoIndoorVoice Mr. Torgue]]''', ''{{Videogame/Borderlands 2}}''

-->-- '''Erik Childress''', "[[{{Film/Passenger57}} Die Hard on a Roulette Wheel]]"

-->-- '''''Website/TheAgonyBooth''''' on ''Film/{{Gigli}}''

-->--'''''[=ComicsAlliance=]''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/recap-smallville-finale/ on]] ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' ("Finale")

-->--''[[http://screamsheet.wordpress.com/2011/01/19/highlander-the-raven/ The Screamsheet]]'' on ''{{Franchise/Highlander}}: The Raven''

-->--'''[[http://them0vieblog.com/2015/07/15/millennium-omerta-review/ Darren Mooney]]''' on ''{{Series/Millennium}}'', "Angels living in the woods! Mobsters! Sniper rifle! Christmas! Fur coat! [[TypeCasting Jon Polito!]]"

-->--'''{{Creator/Seanbaby}}''', "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-things-critics-love-about-gta-v-that-actually-suck/ 5 Things Critics Love About GTAV That Actually Suck]]"

-->-- ''[[WebVideo/BestOfTheWorst Best of the Worst]] Christmas Special'' on ''Elves''

-->-- '''{{Website/SFDebris}}''' on ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "[[{{Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS2E6Twisted}} Twisted]]"

->''"And then the clichés begin. Hercules refuses to show anything that doesn't have a 3000-word TV Tropes page devoted to it; we begin with Herc [[TrainingThePeacefulVillagers training a misfit army of villagers into an elite fighting force as seen in countless films]] (there is literally a shot of Ian [=McShane=] teaching them to use a spear exactly like Ash does in ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness''). Will the king force his unprepared troops to fight too early against Hercules' advice? Will the army get its collective ass kicked? Will Hercules give them a rousing speech and a training montage, and will they win their next battle? Of course. And then come the two tired 'twists' of the film, which anyone reasonably aware of storytelling will see coming a mile a way. Hell, the movie doesn't even bother to lay the groundwork for them, because they're so insultingly obvious."''
-->-- '''[[https://io9.gizmodo.com/brett-ratners-hercules-is-a-lie-dont-fall-for-it-1610881361 Rob Bricken]]''' on ''Film/Hercules2014''

-->--Pulp writer '''Herbert Ross''', ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' ("Far Beyond the Stars")

->''"I remember Creator/RussellTDavies discussing how he insisted on anchoring ''Doctor Who'' in reality, to ensure that the show kept one foot in the real world show that the audience had something that they could buy into. That they could relate to. He didn't want lots of stories set on dull planets that failed to connect to people. That's probably why he got rid of Gallifrey in the first place. And what a sound creative decision that was in my eyes. Gallifrey has only ever really worked in one story for me (''The Deadly Assassin'') and in that story it was [[SugarApocalypse perversely playing against type]]...Otherwise it is simply a [[CrystalSpiresAndTogas terrifically boring stock SF planet full of pompous characters spouting stilted dialogue]] involving a horrific amount of {{technobabble}}."''

-->-- '''{{Website/SFDebris}}''' on ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "Twisted"

->"Experience a horror game that [[{{Troperiffic}} crams in every genre and trope it can fit]], like: [[EvilOldFolks creepy old people]]; [[HellHotel abandoned hotels]]; {{abandoned mine}}s; abandoned asylums; [[LetsSplitUpGang characters who decides to split up]] [[TooDumbToLive to explore murder dungeons]]; and [[DeathBySex characters that are immediately killed for trying to have sex]]."

-->--'''[[http://www.philipsandifer.com/blog/oh-fuck-off/ Jack Graham]]''' on ''Series/TrueDetective''

->''"I remember Creator/RussellTDavies discussing how he insisted on anchoring ''Series/DoctorWho'' in reality, to ensure that the show kept one foot in the real world show that the audience had something that they could buy into. That they could relate to. He didn't want lots of stories set on dull planets that failed to connect to people. That's probably why he got rid of Gallifrey in the first place. And what a sound creative decision that was in my eyes. Gallifrey has only ever really worked in one story for me (''The Deadly Assassin'') and in that story it was [[SugarApocalypse perversely playing against type]]...Otherwise it is simply a [[CrystalSpiresAndTogas terrifically boring stock SF planet full of pompous characters spouting stilted dialogue]] involving a horrific amount of {{technobabble}}."''
-->'''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/hell-bent-written-by-steven-moffat-and.html Joe Ford]]''' on

-->--'''[[http://jezebel.com/brett-ratners-hercules-is-bullshit-and-i-will-never-for-1611083867 Lindy West]]''', "Brett Ratner's ''{{Film/Hercules|2014}}'' Is Bullshit and I Will Never Forgive Him"

-->--Writer Paul Dini, [[http://kingofbreakfast.livejournal.com/72294.html describing cliches]] of animated features (mostly referring to the early 90's Disney features)

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

->"Experience a horror game that [[{{Troperiffic}} crams in every genre and trope it can fit]], like: [[EvilOldFolks creepy old people]]; [[HellHotel abandoned hotels]]; {{Abandoned Mine}}s; abandoned asyleums; [[LetsSplitUpGang characters who decides to split up]] [[TooDumbToLive to explore murder dungeons]]; and [[DeathBySex characters that are immediatly killed for trying to have sex]]."

-->'''[[RunningGag ProJared]]''' when he realizes that ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyMysticQuest'' shares a simular plot to what the game's he holding up.

->Like the {{Nerd}}s, the {{Surfer|Dude}}s take every bullet-point cliché of a subculture and roll it into one broad representation. The trio are early 90' s So-Cal personified. One of these new faces wears a backwards red baseball cap, [[Music/LimpBizkit Durst]] style, while the other has long, ratty, rocker hair and chequered shorts. Together they resemble Bodhi's gang from ''Film/PointBreak'', with eyes half-lidded in a perpetually stoned droop, and their mouths hanging open in a frozen “no way.”

->''Gee, an epic RPG where I have to collect four treasures of the elements? I've never heard that one before.'' (Holds up a copy of ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyI]]'')

-->'''[[RunningGag ProJared]]''' when he realizes that ''VideoGame/FinalFantsyMysticQuest'' shares a simular plot to what the game's he holding up.

->''"It’s ironic that a movie based on a superhero who’s power is derived from his imagination is so [[FollowTheLeader derivative and unimaginative]]."''

->''"It is interesting that this is the show’s first real story about organised crime, but the fact that all of the mobsters in 'Omertà' look like they wandered out of ''[[Film/MillersCrossing Miller's Crossing]]'' would suggest that this might be a good thing. Boney, Paulo and Donny arrive in Coker Creek in the most conspicuous manner possible. Boney [[FurAndLoathing wears a giant fur coat]] while attempting to assassinate Eddie with a sniper rifle, which seems like a somewhat unlikely mob hit. More than that, the plot hinges on the contrivance that the only shot that Boney can take on Eddie is a sniper shot [[SoHappyTogether while he plays on a swing with Rose]]...'Omertà' is a story that feels assembled from cut up newspapers thrown into the air. ''Angels living in the woods! Mobsters! Sniper rifle! Christmas! Fur coat! [[TypeCasting Jon Polito!]]''"''
-->--'''[[http://them0vieblog.com/2015/07/15/millennium-omerta-review/ Darren Mooney]]''' on ''{{Series/Millennium}}'', "Omertà"

->'''Joe:''' Sometimes, the only way to deal with a madman is ''[[BoxedCrook to send in another madman]].''\\
[beat]\\
'''Linkara:''' That's a stupid plan.\\
'''Joe:''' Exactly! ''A stupid plan for a stupid man.''\\
'''Linkara:''' Are you high?!
-->-- ''{{WebVideo/Kickassia}}''

->''"I mean, I realize [[TropesAreNotBad these are all cliches for a reason]], but they're gleaned from multiple sources; it's not like there's '''one''' movie with '''''ALL''''' of these things -- until now."''

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

-->-- '''''Website/TheAgonyBooth''''' on ''{{Film/Gigli}}''

->''"One day this hot babe shows up and is like, 'Yo. Hercules. My dad, JohnHurt, is getting totally douched by this warlord. We'll pay you mad gold nuggets if you come help. Also, centaurs are real.' So Hercules is like fiiiiiiiiiiiiiine, even though Hercules is getting too old for this shit, and they bop over to Thrace in their hero-chariots to do John Hurt a solid... Of course John Hurt immediately looks at the girl one and goes, 'I fear that the task ahead might not be suitable for a woman,' so she's like oh yeah? BOOSH. And she shoots an arrow really good. And John Hurt's eyebrows are all, 'What sorcery is this!?!? It looks like a woman, but it [[YouGotSpunk acts like a human being, kind of]]!' And Hercules is like [pat, pat] on her widdle head."''
-->--'''[[http://jezebel.com/brett-ratners-hercules-is-bullshit-and-i-will-never-for-1611083867 Lindy West]]''', "Brett Ratner's ''[[{{Film/Hercules2014}} Hercules]]'' Is Bullshit and I Will Never Forgive Him"

->''"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 [[TemptingFate will never get Rocky Sullivan]]--[[PrideBeforeAFall 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... 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 [[CaptainObviousReveal 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."''

->''"It is interesting that this is the show’s first real story about organised crime, but the fact that all of the mobsters in 'Omertà' look like they wandered out of ''[[Film/MillersCrossing Miller's Crossing]]'' would suggest that this might be a good thing. Boney, Paulo and Donny arrive in Coker Creek in the most conspicuous manner possible. Boney [[PimpDuds wears a giant fur coat]] while attempting to assassinate Eddie with a sniper rifle, which seems like a somewhat unlikely mob hit. More than that, the plot hinges on the contrivance that the only shot that Boney can take on Eddie is a sniper shot [[SoHappyTogether while he plays on a swing with Rose]]...'Omertà' is a story that feels assembled from cut up newspapers thrown into the air. ''Angels living in the woods! Mobsters! Sniper rifle! Christmas! Fur coat! [[TypeCasting Jon Polito!]]''"''

->''"It is interesting that this is the show’s first real story about organised crime, but the fact that all of the mobsters in 'Omertà' look like they wandered out of ''[[[Film/MillersCrossing Miller's Crossing]]'' would suggest that this might be a good thing. Boney, Paulo and Donny arrive in Coker Creek in the most conspicuous manner possible. Boney [[PimpDuds wears a giant fur coat]] while attempting to assassinate Eddie with a sniper rifle, which seems like a somewhat unlikely mob hit. More than that, the plot hinges on the contrivance that the only shot that Boney can take on Eddie is a sniper shot [[SoHappyTogether while he plays on a swing with Rose]]...'Omertà' is a story that feels assembled from cut up newspapers thrown into the air. ''Angels living in the woods! Mobsters! Sniper rifle! Christmas! Fur coat! [[TypeCasting Jon Polito!]]''"''

->''"It is interesting that this is the show’s first real story about organised crime, but the fact that all of the mobsters in 'Omertà' look like they wandered out of ''Film/MillersCrossing'' would suggest that this might be a good thing. Boney, Paulo and Donny arrive in Coker Creek in the most conspicuous manner possible. Boney [[PimpDuds wears a giant fur coat]] while attempting to assassinate Eddie with a sniper rifle, which seems like a somewhat unlikely mob hit. More than that, the plot hinges on the contrivance that the only shot that Boney can take on Eddie is a sniper shot [[SoHappyTogether while he plays on a swing with Rose]]...Omertà is a story that feels assembled from cut up newspapers thrown into the air. ''Angels living in the woods! Mobsters! Sniper rifle! Christmas! Fur coat! [[TypeCasting Jon Polito!]]''"''