History Quotes / DamnedByFaintPraise

...the bar for this genre's in the Marianas Trench.

-->-- '''LetsPlay/{{Critikal}}''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK-PiKwV2E4 "Netflix Cowboy Bebop Is Bad"]]

'''LetsPlay/{{Critikal}}''': Yeah, that's when you know when your goose is cooked and you're out of compliments to give a product when you say you can store it anywhere. You know what else you can store anywhere? A vacuum.

->''Say what you will about ''Film/FunInBalloonLand'' or ''Ms. Velma'', but...they moved...err, [[InactionSequence sometimes]]. Yes, it has gotten to the point on this show where we can say, "Hey, at least those other movies had ''motion''!"''

->''"Then, the man of the hour stepped up to the podium and gave a speech that historians will describe as having occurred."''
-->-- '''Creator/StephenColbert''' on newly-elected House Speaker Mike Johnson, ''Series/TheLateShowWithStephenColbert'' (October 25, 2023)

'''Ryuosuke''': ...[[LampshadeHanging That's his highest praise]]?

->''Hearts [[HeartsAreHealth actually refill your health]]. (Man, I'm really reaching to find positives here.)''

->''"Well, let's make this clear from the start, 'Film/{{Madame Web|2024}}' is not worse than 'Film/{{Morbius|2022}}', which is not saying much, but at least is something."''
-->-- '''Pedro J. García''', review of ''Madame Web'' for [[https://www.ecartelera.com/noticias/critica-madame-web-dakota-johnson-sony-marvel-76148/ eCartelera]]

->''"I certify that [[GiftedlyBad William [=McGonagall=] ]] has for some time been known to me. I have heard him speak, he has [[YouTalkTooMuch a strong proclivity for the elocutionary department]], a [[NoIndoorVoice strong voice]], and [[ChewbaccaDefense great enthusiasm.]]"''

->''Film/{{Pirates}}'' was finally released in 1986, 12 years after Polanski first started working on it. The film was almost universally hated, though it did manage to get an Academy Award nomination for Best Makeup, a distinction it shares with ''Film/BadGrandpa'', ''Film/HarryAndTheHendersons'', ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBaronMunchausen'', and ''[[Film/TheNuttyProfessor1996 The Nutty Professor]]'', which was justly nominated for Eddie Murphy's dazzling fat suit (his later effort ''Film/{{Norbit}}'' went surprisingly unrecognized by the Academy, although I assume Murphy was wearing the exact same fat suit).

->''"In the end, [=McCarthy=]’s speech had no real audience. It had no real long-term goal in mind. It was devoid of substance. It was filled with boilerplate lines about socialism and immigrants. It tried and failed to match Trump’s energy. It broke a record not to drive home a point, but to own the libs — which, as the vote tally indicates, it did not. Otherwise, it was perfect."''

->''Say what you will about ''Film/FunInBalloonLand'' or ''Ms. Velma'', but...they moved...err, [[InactionSequence sometimes.]] Yes, it has gotten to the point on this show where we can say, "Hey, at least those other movies had ''motion''!"''

->''Hearts [[HeartsAreHealth actually refill your health.]] (Man, I'm really reaching to find positives here.)''

-> ''They led several Crusades. Some of them almost didn't fail.''

-->-- '''Creator/StephenColbert''' on newly-elected House Speaker Mike Johnson, ''Series/TheLateShow'' (October 25, 2023)

->''I certify that [[GiftedlyBad William [=McGonagall=] ]] has for some time been known to me. I have heard him speak, he has [[YouTalkTooMuch a strong proclivity for the elocutionary department]], a [[NoIndoorVoice strong voice]], and [[ChewbaccaDefense great enthusiasm.]]''

->''My mother used to say my sense of humor was my saving grace. Sadly, when I think of that now I wonder if the unspoken message here is "I disapprove of everything else about you."''

-->--'''[[WebVideo/RedLetterMedia Harry S. Plinkett]]''' (unaware that the ''Millennium Falcon'' [[TemptingFate does appear]] in ''Attack of the Clones'') on the prequel saga

->'''Tsukioka''': When I asked the teacher what your strong point is, [[SenpaiKohai senpai]], she went silent for five minutes. Then she said that your strong point is that you [[{{Determinator}} never skip practice.]]\\

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-->--'''Bumbles [=McFumbles=]''', ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever - [[https://youtu.be/Fa_Zp8F_T94 The Unenviable March of Time]]''[[note]]which released around three months after [[https://youtu.be/pDNwoAZtFIE his video on New Vegas]][[/note]]

-->--''[[Film/AngryVideoGameNerdTheMovie Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie]]'' on ''VideoGame/ETTheExtraterrestrial''

->''This manga has fantastic artwork. If you would like to know 'was there anything else remotely interesting about it?', listen to my voice[[note]]Delivered in a bored monotone[[/note]]; look at this editing[[note]]Just pages over a blank white background[[/note]]. Does it sound like I found even one other compelling talking point here? Exactly.''

->''"To be honest, I can't think of you as a truly innocent and good person. You have done enough evil to drive a woman to suicide. But... at least on the charge of murder, it would appear you are innocent."''
-->--'''The Judge''' to '''[[spoiler:Matt Engarde]]''', ''[[Franchise/AceAttorney Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice for All]]''

->'''Susato''': Mr. Sholmes is equally complimentary about you, Inspector, isn't he? You've earnt his highest praise! 'Gregson is the pick of a bad lot of all the Scotland Yarders!' Those were his own words!\\
'''Ryuosuke''': ...[[LampshadeHanging That's his highest praise]]?
-->-- ''VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney''

->''Describing this as the 'best' of the abysmal animated '''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}''' trilogy is like indicating a slight preference for being [[SadisticChoice locked in a sweatbox instead of waterboarded]]: Either way, you feel enormous gratitude when it’s over.''
-->--'''[[http://nypost.com/p/entertainment/movies/maddening_madagascar_Xbcsz1RvtMz3kqfkELFjVN Lou Lumenick]]''', on ''Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted''.