History Quotes / CriticalBacklash

-> ''"I've gotten some comments from folks who don't understand the hatred towards Tommy. The thing is, aside from the hamfisted intro story where Chacon beats it into your skull that this boring new character we've apparently never heard of is [[RememberTheNewGuy one of the most important people]] in Sonic's life, Tommy really isn't that bad in a reread. But you have to put yourself in the shoes of someone following the comics month to month. The comics introduced this new character with no real personality or skills or any defining traits aside from being [[SatelliteCharacter Sonic's apparent friend]], and then kept focusing on him over and over again. For several years, they kept doing backup stories about Tommy, none of which made him any more interesting. If you were hoping to get a story about another supporting character like Bunnie, Rotor, Amy, or whoever? Too bad! It's time for more Tommy. And after his reintroduction, he stuck around for nearly three years. Readers probably started to worry Tommy would be stealing the spotlight from more interesting characters for, like... forever."''

->''"For a good, like, ten years there, Canadian grunt-rockers Music/{{Nickelback}} were one of the biggest whipping boys in pop culture; a nice, reliable punchline that you could use as casual shorthand for shitty music. It all feels now like an artifact of a completely different era, and the backlash to the backlash seems kind of inevitable. [...] So these days it seems like people are more inclined to defend them than anything. I am not one of those people. I staked my claim in 2003, and I see no reason to move. I say we could have left Nickelback's name on the 'Worst Band Ever' banner; I would have been perfectly okay with that. That said, this long after their heyday it is a little easier to have a more balanced look at them, and even though I'm not a fan, I'd agree that Nickelback jokes are hacky. Last year, I watched ''Series/OnlyMurdersInTheBuilding'' on Creator/{{Hulu}} take a cheap shot at them, and I swear to God I got offended on their behalf."''

->''"For a good, like, ten years there, Canadian grunt-rockers Music/{{Nickelback}} were one of the biggest whipping boys in pop culture; a nice, reliable punchline that you could use as casual shorthand for shitty music. It all feels now like an artifact of a completely different era, and the backlash to the backlash seems kind of inevitable. [...] So these days it seems like people are more inclined to defend them than anything. I am not one of those people. I staked my claim in 2003, and I see no reason to move. I say we could have left Nickelback's name on the 'Worst Band Ever' banner; I would have been perfectly okay with that. That said, this long after their heyday it is a little easier to have more balanced look at them, and even though I'm not a fan, I'd agree that Nickelback jokes are hacky. Last year, I watched ''Series/OnlyMurdersInTheBuilding'' on Creator/{{Hulu}} take a cheap shot at them, and I swear to God I got offended on their behalf."''