History Quotes / HypeBackLash

->''"The trouble with stating categorically that you are going to ''[='=]make the Cybermen '''scary''' again[='=]'' is that you better be damn sure of yourself because if you fail to live up to your promise, this show has a fan base that will consume you quicker than a boa constructor can swallow a rabbit – [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS9E5TheTimeMonster}} fur and all!]] Poor Creator/NeilGaiman, fresh from the undeniable success of [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS32E4TheDoctorsWife}} The Doctor’s Wife]] (of which I am given to understand was ''primarily'' the work of Creator/StevenMoffat) and faced with [[ToughActToFollow his difficult second album]] tries to throw everything at the wall in the vain hope that something will stick. Unfortunately it slides to the ground and winds up congealing on the floor in an unpleasant mess. It’s another story I was very much looking forward to watching -- Gaiman and the Cybermen was a delicious idea in prospect -- and I cannot really explain my disappointment as the story mundanely progressed from one plodding set piece to the next, taking in vacuous, motiveless characters, Cybermen who have been watching too many episodes of ''Power Rangers'' and ''Star Trek'', hinging on irritating, unsound twists and wrapping up with three (count them – three!) [[AssPull lazy resolutions]] to bring the whole thing to ‘was it worth it?’ ending. I remember Simon ''[my husband]'' and I wrestling for the remote throughout to pause and trash the implausible mess that was unfolding before us."''

->''"There was no way ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever'' would have lived up to its hype. Given that it spent so much time in DevelopmentHell, eventually it became a RunningGag about DevelopmentHell and VaporWare, so it reached the point where it became more fun to ''wait'' for ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever'' than actually ''playing'' the game. During the fifteen years it took for the game to reach our shelves, [[VideoGame/{{Half-Life}} we've]] [[Franchise/{{Halo}} had]] [[VideoGame/SystemShock other]] [[VideoGame/BioShock games]] [[VideoGame/DeusEx jumping]] [[VideoGame/CallOfDuty in]] [[VideoGame/ModernWarfare to]] [[VideoGame/{{STALKER}} fill]] [[VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent the]] void left by ''VideoGame/DukeNukem''."''

-> "[[Franchise/MarioBros They're]] boring. Great if you just want to pick up and play a game, but there's much better out there."
-> "{{Nintendo}} is an old and corrupt company that can't get with the times, and most of their games are overrated."
-->-- [[http://psyco-the-frog.deviantart.com/ This guy in 2 comments]]

->''"I don't get it! {{THQ}}, much like the other three big publishers it was trying to compete with, had fostered this delusional idea that, somehow, spending millions of dollars on marketing for a bad game means that millions would be sold in retail. But holy shit!: Believe it or not, games are kinda [[CrackIsCheaper a little bit expensive.]] People don't buy them with the same kind of subconscious, casual whim that they buy junk food. Review scores, word-of-mouth, and the overall quality of a game is what's supposed to sell the product; not the tasteless, backfiring PR stunts or how many times you can squeeze in a game commercial in-between Cialis."''

->''"I remain profoundly perplexed by the continued presence of [[Film/LesMiserables2012 Eddie Redmayne]] in movies -- who decided cinema was missing something and this kid was "it?""''
-->--'''Creator/BobChipman''' in [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/moviesandtv/columns/moviebob/12413-Best-Fall-Movies.4 his coverage on]] ''The Theory of Everything''

->''I went out, and in Paul's Church-yard I bought the play of "[[HenryIV Henry the Fourth]]", and so went to the new Theatre [...] and saw it acted; but my expectation being too great, it did not please me, as otherwise I believe it would.''

-->--'''Jacob Sherwood''' of BAD CREEPYPASTA, on ''[[https://youtu.be/JxzEfdilfbM Jeff the Killer vs Slenderman]]".

-> "[[Franchise/MarioBros They're]] boring. Great if you want to pass the time, but there's far better out there."

->''"When the {{PlayStation 3}} launched, Sony was kind of a dick. Intoxicated by the fart vapors of their own success, they exuded arrogance and dismissiveness. 'We are the best and this is our next console', the company's executives seemed to say while smoking behind a 7-11 and [[ThrewMyBikeOnTheRoof pushing little kids to the ground]]. 'Customers will have to work harder to afford it, and developers will have to work harder to squeeze performance out of it. They should thank us for the honor of simply being able to touch the console.'"''

-->--'''Jacob Sherwood''' of BAD CREEPYPASTA, on ''[[https://youtu.be/JxzEfdilfbM?list=PLc6B9X_5NYG_HrrTFjthJErveYAp1M87I Jeff the Killer vs Slenderman]]".

->''"'Wow this is kind of exciting!' And then you saw the movie... oh..."''

->''"There was no way ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever'' would have lived up to its hype. Given that it spent so much time in DevelopmentHell, eventually it became a RunningGag about DevelopmentHell and VaporWare, so it reached the point where it became more fun to ''wait'' for ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever'' than actually ''playing'' the game. During the fifteen years it took for the game to reach our shelves, [[VideoGame/{{Half-Life}} we've]] [[Franchise/{{Halo}} had]] [[VideoGame/SystemShock other]] [[Franchise/BioShock games]] [[VideoGame/DeusEx jumping]] [[VideoGame/CallOfDuty in]] [[VideoGame/ModernWarfare to]] [[VideoGame/{{STALKER}} fill]] [[VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent the]] void left by ''VideoGame/DukeNukem''."''

When Bungie finally gives us'' VideoGame/{{Halo}} 3''!"''
-->--'''[=SarcasticGamer=].com,''' ''"The VideoGame/{{Halo}} 3 Hoedown"''

->''"There once was a show called {{E3}}\\

-->--'''[[WebVideo/RedLetterMedia Harry Plinkett]]''' on fan reaction to ''Franchise/StarWars, Episode 1: Film/ThePhantomMenace''

-->--'''[[WebVideo/RedLetterMedia Harry Plinkett]]''' on fan reaction to ''Franchise/StarWars Episode 1: Film/ThePhantomMenace''

-->-- '''A Tweet''',

-->--'''Rob Vaux''' on ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy''.

->''We'll finally get a cure for cancer and VD,''
->''The icecaps will stop melting instantly,''
->''No more famine-ridden places,''
->''No more flies on children's faces,''
->''When Bungie finally gives us VideoGame/{{Halo}} 3.''

"We are the best and this is our next console", the company's executives seemed to say while smoking behind a 7-11 and pushing little kids to the ground. "Customers will have to work harder to afford it, and developers will have to work harder to squeeze performance out of it. They should thank us for the honor of simply being able to touch the console."

->''"We've been told that this next episode will [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore change the series forever]], and [[GrowingTheBeard put it on the right track]]. Take it from a guy that's read a ton of comic books in his time. When they say that, they're trying to sell comic books, and it's only true one time in ten after a few weeks have passed."''
-->--'''Neal Bailey''' [[http://www.supermanhomepage.com/tv/tv.php?topic=reviews/smallville5-ep11 on]] ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' ("Lockdown")

->''"We've been told that this next episode will [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore change the series forever]], and [[JumpingTheShark put it on the right track]]. Take it from a guy that's read a ton of comic books in his time. When they say that, they're trying to sell comic books, and it's only true one time in ten after a few weeks have passed."''

->''"For years it seemed this project would remain a rumor, a cruel trick being played on all the men in their thirties still reading the same things they read in their teens. But after all the fallouts and reconciliations, oustings and bad schedules, the [[ImageComics Image]] founders (kind of) were finally able to come together on ''Image United'' #1, ''just making'' the deadline for Worst Comics of the Decade... the book goes down about as smooth as a crushed-glass martini."''
-->--'''John Barker''', [[http://comicsalliance.com/the-worst-comics-of-the-decade-part-2/?trackback=tsmclip "The 15 Worst Comics of the Decade"]]

->''"Look at the special page on the Konami website featuring famous people kissing [[Creator/HideoKojima Kojima’s]] ass because somebody showed them the first serious story videogame trailer they’ve ever seen, and asked them what they’d like to publicly state about it. Among the quotes is the director of the movie ''{{Film/Drive}}'', who thinks the Kojima is possessed by a 19th Century Russian writer, a 16th Century Italian painter, and American filmmaker Creator/StanleyKubrick rolled into one. Yes, truly, this one '''trailer''' is proof enough that Kojima is on par with revolutionary creators whose grand creations have stood the test of decades and centuries. He goes on to call the trailer [='=]''A daring and bold move from one of the founders of the future of technology'', [='=] which I’m assuming refers to… [[CriticalResearchFailure videogames?]] I guess he doesn’t realize violence [[RatedMForMoney is the opposite of daring]] when you’re talking about game trailers, but oh well."''