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->He convinces them that he's responsible for Wrestling/VinceMcMahon's success. You know, Vince [=McMahon=] was a millionaire ''before'' he met Vince Russo. He had [[Wrestling/SteveAustin "Stone Cold" Steve Austin]]. He had [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]]. He had [[Wrestling/JimRoss the best announcer]]. He had the best television studio. He had the best office staff. They got the smartest ''secretaries'', for god's sake... Vince [=McMahon=] gets a phone call at whatever time of day: 'oh, by the way, your head writer is not only not coming to your national television ''[pay-per-view]'' tonight, but he just took a job with [[{{Wrestling/WCW}} your competitor]]' ...Aw, and he was so ''[[SmallNameBigEgo underappreciated.]]'' He wasn't given the ''credit'' that he deserved, that he was ''responsible'' for. Nobody ''recognized'' him. You know what they're 'recognizing' now? What Vince Russo's shit looks like when he didn't have Vince [=McMahon=] standing over him saying, 'You know, [[SturgeonsLaw those twenty-four ideas are real bullshit]], but I'll take ''this'' good one.

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->''"He convinces them that he's responsible for Wrestling/VinceMcMahon's success. You know, Vince [=McMahon=] was a millionaire ''before'' he met Vince Russo. He had [[Wrestling/SteveAustin "Stone Cold" Steve Austin]]. He had [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]]. He had [[Wrestling/JimRoss the best announcer]]. He had the best television studio. He had the best office staff. They got the smartest ''secretaries'', for god's sake... Vince [=McMahon=] gets a phone call at whatever time of day: 'oh, by the way, your head writer is not only not coming to your national television ''[pay-per-view]'' tonight, but he just took a job with [[{{Wrestling/WCW}} your competitor]]' ...Aw, and he was so underappreciated. He wasn't given the credit that he deserved, that he was responsible for. Nobody ''recognized'' him. You know what they're 'recognizing' now? What Vince Russo's shit looks like when he didn't have Vince [=McMahon=] standing over him saying, 'You know, [[SturgeonsLaw those twenty-four ideas are real bullshit]], but I'll take ''this'' good one."''

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->Released in the wake of the success of ''Star Wars'', ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'' had proved a financial success for the studio. However, the popular consensus on the film was less than flattering. Paramount decided to move ahead with a sequel, but a sequel that would be produced on a much tighter budget..Paramount made a very conscious decision to side-line Creator/GeneRoddenberry, who had been one of the driving creative forces behind the transition from the small screen to the silver screen. Given that his plot ideas for the sequel included gems like ''“Spock shoots JFK”'', perhaps shuffling Roddenberry as far from influence as humanly possible was a shrewd decision, as the studio pushed him into a generic (and neutered) [[AuthorityInNameOnly “consultant”]] role.
-->--'''[[http://them0vieblog.com/2013/08/06/non-review-review-star-trek-ii-the-wrath-of-khan/ Darren Mooney]]''' on ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan''

->At the screening of the movie for the first time, everyone in attendance looks just as baffled at the clusterfuck as we were. George admits to throwing too much out there; the editor then attempts to explain ''pacing'', and why [[MoodWhiplash four scenes with totally different emotional tones]] don't work well together--but [[OnlySaneMan he kinda realizes he's wasting his time]], so he stops; Rick [=McCallum=] [[ThousandYardStare is frozen in utter shock]] at how horrible the movie was. Internally he regrets not challenging Lucas on some of the things he was worried about... Later on, after [[INeedAFreakingDrink everyone started drinking]], Lucas attempts to explain his newly-minted bowel movement as [[IRejectYourReality 'bold', and 'extreme!', uhh, 'stylistic'!]]

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->''"''[A]''fter ''Literature/AmericanGods'', [[Creator/NeilGaiman Gaiman’s]] career kind of loses momentum, consisting mainly of things that feel safe and like what one would expect from Gaiman. It’s not that Gaiman is writing bad stuff in any meaningful sense, but it felt in many ways like he had become a predictable writer who was going to turn out [[StrictlyFormula subtle variations of the same basic thing]]. Eventually, for a variety of reasons, this changed and he entered a new and largely more interesting phase of his career, and while The Doctor’s Wife can’t reasonably be said to be singlehandedly responsible for that, it is nevertheless a significant transitional moment.\\\
Much of this, one suspects, comes down to the fact that Neil Gaiman found himself with something he’d not really had to deal with since ''American Gods'': someone who could edit him with real authority. This doesn’t happen to major writers late in their careers very often, but in this case Gaiman is working under someone who is every bit as good a writer as he is. There’s a palpable sense of Gaiman having to up his game here and push himself, and it pays off with an episode that’s not just one of the absolute best ''Doctor Who'' stories of all time, but a high point of Gaiman’s career."''

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->...after ''Literature/AmericanGods'', [[Creator/NeilGaiman Gaiman’s]] career kind of loses momentum, consisting mainly of things that feel safe and like what one would expect from Gaiman. It’s not that Gaiman is writing bad stuff in any meaningful sense, but it felt in many ways like he had become a predictable writer who was going to turn out [[StrictlyFormula subtle variations of the same basic thing]]. Eventually, for a variety of reasons, this changed and he entered a new and largely more interesting phase of his career, and while The Doctor’s Wife can’t reasonably be said to be singlehandedly responsible for that, it is nevertheless a significant transitional moment.\\\
Much of this, one suspects, comes down to the fact that Neil Gaiman found himself with something he’d not really had to deal with since ''American Gods'': someone who could edit him with real authority. This doesn’t happen to major writers late in their careers very often, but in this case Gaiman is working under someone who is every bit as good a writer as he is. There’s a palpable sense of Gaiman having to up his game here and push himself, and it pays off with an episode that’s not just one of the absolute best ''Doctor Who'' stories of all time, but a high point of Gaiman’s career.

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->''"Here’s Yoji Shinkawa. It’s not widely known, but this is the guy pretty much responsible for making ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' so damn cool. His official title was Illustration Director, but this really doesn’t do him justice at all... Kojima wanted a much older, hard-boiled, and '[[TheDandy dandy]]' Snake, but Shinkawa insisted on him being younger. That’s why Snake is as agile, capable and strong as he is. If Kojima had his way, Solid Snake would have been over 40, slow, and… 'dandy'. I don’t know if you know what dandy means, but it refers to being fashionable and concerned with appearances. Would he have been the kind of guy who checks himself out in the mirror and combs his hair after a fight? Maybe he’d say stuff like 'Watch the shoes, kid' or “Now look, [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 you got blood on my new suit]]'...In other words, we wouldn’t have gotten [[XMeetsY the epic blend]] of {{ComicBook/Wolverine}} and Film/JamesBond that we know and love; we probably would just have ended up with Creator/HarrisonFord.''
->''What else did Shinkawa do to make the game so cool? It turns out he single-handedly spared Otacon from being a fat, stereotypical dummy. He wasn’t even supposed to be smart? Otacon has ended up [[AscendedExtra being a major character in two more games]] since the first ''Metal Gear Solid''! Can you imagine a fat, stupid Otacon eating a chocolate bar becoming so popular? ... when you really think about the amount of impact that Shinkawa had on ''the most popular'' aspects of the game, it makes you wonder whether it could have been half the success it was if Kojima had been left unchallenged."''

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->Here’s Yoji Shinkawa. It’s not widely known, but this is the guy pretty much responsible for making ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' so damn cool. His official title was Illustration Director, but this really doesn’t do him justice at all... Kojima wanted a much older, hard-boiled, and '[[TheDandy dandy]]' Snake, but Shinkawa insisted on him being younger. That’s why Snake is as agile, capable and strong as he is. If Kojima had his way, Solid Snake would have been over 40, slow, and… 'dandy'. I don’t know if you know what dandy means, but it refers to being fashionable and concerned with appearances. Would he have been the kind of guy who checks himself out in the mirror and combs his hair after a fight? Maybe he’d say stuff like 'Watch the shoes, kid' or “Now look, [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 you got blood on my new suit]]'...In other words, we wouldn’t have gotten [[XMeetsY the epic blend]] of {{ComicBook/Wolverine}} and Film/JamesBond that we know and love; we probably would just have ended up with Creator/HarrisonFord.\\\
What else did Shinkawa do to make the game so cool? It turns out he single-handedly spared Otacon from being a fat, stereotypical dummy. He wasn’t even supposed to be smart? Otacon has ended up [[AscendedExtra being a major character in two more games]] since the first ''Metal Gear Solid''! Can you imagine a fat, stupid Otacon eating a chocolate bar becoming so popular? ... when you really think about the amount of impact that Shinkawa had on ''the most popular'' aspects of the game, it makes you wonder whether it could have been half the success it was if Kojima had been left unchallenged.

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