History Quotes / DEUSEXMACHINA

->''"Deus ex machina not only erases all meaning and emotion, its an insult to the audience. Each of us knows we must choose and act, for better or worse, to determine the meaning of our lives...Deus ex machine is an insult because it is a lie."''

->''"Deus ex machine not only erases all meaning and emotion, its an insult to the audience. Each of us knows we must choose and act, for better or worse, to determine the meaning of our lives...Deus ex machine is an insult because it is a lie."

Ryo Magami: Hmph, are you looking to play the part of a devil of destruction? Because you can do that on your own, monkey.\\
Kaido: Whatchu say there?

->'''[[Manga/LinebarrelsOfIron Makoto Domyouji]]''': A Deus Ex Machina in every sense of the word.\\
'''[[Anime/NinjaSenshiTobikage Joe Maya]]''': What’s that? Some type of new Machina?\\
'''Domyouji''': Nah, it’s a plot device that showed up in Greek tragedies. A character that stood for God and would take to the stage whenever the story couldn’t resolve itself.\\
'''Domyouji: When the Deus Ex Machina turned up, it’d bring a conclusion to the drama through some entirely unexpected occurrence.\\
'''[[Anime/MazinkaiserSKL Ken Kaido]]''': Put it simply, then, it wrecked everything ‘til the problem was gone? Sounds good to me!\\
Ryo Magami: Hmph, are you looking to play the part of a devil of destruction? Because you can do that on your own, monkey.\\
Kaido: Whatchu say there?
-->--''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsUX''

-->--'''[[http://www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/anybody-remotely-interesting-is-mad-the-chase/ Phil Sandifer]]''' on [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS2E8TheChase}} "The Chase"]]

-->-- Leo York, [[http://http://www.critessential.com/single-post/2017/08/11/Isekai-wa-Smartphone-to-Tomo-ni-vs-KonoSuba-Mo-Magic-Mo-Problems// on]] ''{{LightNovel/In Another World With My Smartphone}} vs. {{Anime/KonoSuba}}''

-->-- Helen A. Narbon, ''{{Webcomic/Narbonic}}''

-->--'''[[http://www.philipsandifer.com/2011/03/anybody-remotely-interesting-is-mad.html Phil Sandifer]]''' on [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS2E8TheChase}} "The Chase"]]

-->-- ''PhilipMarlowe'', ''Literature/TheLadyInTheLake''

-->-- ''PhilipMarlowe'', '''[[Creator/RaymondChandler The Lady In The Lake]]'''

-->-- '''Eddie Hitler''', ''{{Bottom}}''

-->--'''[[http://www.gocomics.com/tomthedancingbug/2004/01/31/ Billy Dare]]''', ''TomTheDancingBug''

->''"A death, an investigation, a social ill unearthed, a lecture that says things are bad...but not that bad yet so relax, and no real resolution--all neatly wrapped up in 50 minutes (For the ''Benefit of My Patients'' is the most egregious example of this, where no one explains where all the government money is going to come from to subsidize a new non-profit hospital...and vicious gang members turn into [[TastesLikeDiabetes Disneyesque community organizers]])."''
-->--'''[[http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/59354/quincy-me-season-five/ Paul Mavis]]'''

->'' Resist the urge to use magic to solve problems unless you've already explained and shown that aspect of how the magic works. Don't give the heroes a new power [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands whenever they need one]], and be very careful about writing laws into your system just so that you can use them in a single particular situation... An example of this: [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings The fellowship relies on Gandalf to save them from the Balrog. Result: Gandalf is gone for the rest of that book]]."''
-->--'''Creator/BrandonSanderson''', ''[[http://brandonsanderson.com/article/40/Sandersons-First-Law Sanderson's First Law]]''

->''"These movies have a tendency to do this, where everything that would’ve mattered is immediately rendered irrelevant by some stupid plot contrivance. Lois getting nuked in ''[[{{Film/Superman}} Superman: The Movie]]'' and then time getting reversed, Superman losing his powers '''FOR EVER''' in ''Film/SupermanII'' and then, I dunno, deciding he wants them back and that’s all it takes, and now this. I mean, I guess you could say the same for the comics, but the movies go the extra mile in weaseling out of their own stupid plot points by making their excuses as dumb as possible. Compared to those, a Kryptonian crystal [[OneUP 1-Up Mushroom]] is actually the most believable."''

->''"One minute they're dying of asphyxiation in deep space and the next minute they look over and: 'Hey, look, look, there's a space ship that civilians can fly, that can take us back to Earth and it's within half mile of a station that no one's noticed until now!' It's this kind of thing that was a running joke in ''[[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Fucking Galaxy]]."''

->"I am [[GreekMythology Zeus!]] And I declare this conflict RESOLVED!"\\

-->--'''Chris Sims''' and '''David Uzumeri''' [[comicsalliance.com/comicsalliance-reviews-superman-iv-the-quest-for-peace-1987/ on]] ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace''

->''That's the whole point of ''Doctor Who'' in these [[DarkestHour narrative collapse]] stories - that ultimately there is no such thing as threatening the fundamental narrative logic of ''Doctor Who'' because, eventually, it just shrugs its shoulders and does something random to get out of it.''
-->--'''[[http://www.philipsandifer.com/2011/03/anybody-remotely-interesting-is-mad.html Phil Sandifer]]'''

->''"''Series/DoctorWho'' stories are resolved by a [[PhysicalGod Time Lord]] who emerges from a TimeMachine -- they're ALL deus ex machina."''
-->-- '''Creator/StevenMoffat''' [[http://twitter.com/#!/steven_moffat/status/73485927741259776 advises]] fans to adopt a {{postmodern}} perspective.

->'' Resist the urge to use magic to solve problems unless you've already explained and shown that aspect of how the magic works. Don't give the heroes a new power [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands whenever they need one]], and be very careful about writing laws into your system just so that you can use them in a single particular situation. (This can make your magic seem flimsy and convenient, even if you HAVE outlined its abilities earlier.)''\\
''[...]''\\
''If you're writing a soft magic system, ask yourself "How can they solve this without magic?" or even better, "How can using the magic to TRY to solve the problem here really just make things worse." (An example of this: [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings The fellowship relies on Gandalf to save them from the Balrog. Result: Gandalf is gone for the rest of that book]].)

->"''It's one of the bigger cop-outs in epiphany history.''"
-->-- '''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick''', on the end of ''Film/{{Dragonheart}}''

->"''It's one of the bigger cop-outs in epiphany history.''"
-->-- '''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick''', on the end of ''Film/{{Dragonheart}}''

->"''Doctor Who stories are resolved by a [[PhysicalGod Time Lord]] who emerges from a TimeMachine - they're ALL deus ex machina.'' [sic]"
-->-- '''Creator/StevenMoffat''', ''Series/DoctorWho'' head writer [[http://twitter.com/#!/steven_moffat/status/73485927741259776]]

->'''Robin:''' ''"Gosh, Batman. The nobility of the almost-human porpoise."''\\
'''Batman:''' ''"True, Robin. It was noble of that animal to hurl himself into the path of that final torpedo. He gave his life for ours."''
-->-- Film/BatmanTheMovie

->'' Resist the urge to use magic to solve problems unless you've already explained and shown that aspect of how the magic works. Don't give the heroes a new power whenever they need one, and be very careful about writing laws into your system just so that you can use them in a single particular situation. (This can make your magic seem flimsy and convenient, even if you HAVE outlined its abilities earlier.)''\\