History Quotes / SeasonalRot

-->--''WebVideo/HonestTrailers'' on ''Film/{{Deadpool}}''

-->--'''Franchise/PhilomenaCunk''', ''[[Series/{{Newswipe}} Weekly Wipe]]''

->"Despite the show still airing new episodes, the book has basically been written already: ''The Simpsons'' had an amazing run in the 90's, then the decline happened, [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E2ThePrincipalAndThePauper Skinner is Armin Tamzarian]], [[{{Flanderization}} Homer became a giant asshole]], [[FranchiseZombie and the show refused to die]]. "LOL, Zombie Simpsons!"."

->"If the first season of Shield Hero was three dumpsters full of flaming Bud Light boxes, then Season Two is all that plus one budget fursuit trash compacted into a small, inert cube of dull gray aluminum, and then placed inside an equally dull gray aluminum trash can."
-->--''WebVideo/MothersBasement''.

->Despite the show still airing new episodes, the book has basically been written already: ''The Simpsons'' had an amazing run in the 90's, then the decline happened, [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E2ThePrincipalAndThePauper Skinner is Armin Tamzarian]], [[{{Flanderization}} Homer became a giant asshole]], [[FranchiseZombie and the show refused to die]]. "LOL, Zombie Simpsons!".

->"There's not really anything wrong with ''the Itchy & Scratchy Show''. It's as good as ever. But after so many years, the characters just can't have the same impact they once had."

->"This show's been going downhill since season 3!"

-->--Creator/BillWatterson, on his decision to end ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes''

-->--'''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Lisa Simpson]]'''

->"They can't just cancel a show like ''Alphas''. They have to help the viewers let go. ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' did [[{{Film/Serenity}} a movie]] to wrap things up, ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' continued on as [[ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayer a comic book]], ''{{Series/Heroes}}'' gradually lowered the quality season by season, 'til we were grateful it ended."
-->--'''Sheldon Cooper''', ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' ("The Closure Alternative")

-->--'''Creator/RonMoore''', on ''Series/Star TrekTheNextGeneration'', "[[Recap/{{StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E3Interface}} Interface]]"

->"In ''Series/{{Broadchurch}}'' 1, the mystery was, 'Who’s the murderer?' In ''Broadchurch'' 2, it's, 'What’s the point?'."

->"We said goodbye to ''Series/TrueDetective'', even though [[FanonDiscontinuity it was still on the air."]]
-->--'''Creator/AndySamberg''' at the 2015 Emmys.

!!WebOriginal

->''Is it possible to feel the lethargy of a cast that have been cut off in their prime and have to see in their contracts and the end of the season? That’s what I’m feeling here. Not a cast that is excited to get to the end of the season, but one that wants this over and done with now. The final episodes of [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]] see the cast on top form and giving some of the best performances of the run. The Enterprise crew in comparison are going through the motions. Creator/PeterWeller is a terrific actor but I’m not sure that his character has been written up to his strengths. He has a natural relaxed slur to how he delivers his dialogue and so needs a part that has been written with emotion that animates him. Instead he’s left to pontificate and stare out of windows for most of this episode and he [[ClassicallyTrainedExtra frankly he looks a little bored.]]''
-->--'''[[https://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2020/11/ent-demons.html Joe Ford]]''' on ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' ("Demons")

->"I think it was a point where we were in the room and we were talking about bringing Geordi's mother in, and we all kind of looked at each other and we were like, 'This is sad. This is the best we can do? Is this the best we can do, is Geordi's mother?' It was such a 'who cares' idea that we were just sort of, 'Oh man… This show has got to end.'"
-->--'''Creator/RonMoore''', on ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'', [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E3Interface}} "Interface"]]

->''Should it continue to air, the show will rapidly degenerate into a frightful, shambling corpse -- a mocking funhouse mirror reflection of what it once was, existing to ghoulishly maintain the careers/[[MerchandiseDriven merchandising empire]] of its sinister creators. The characters are almost unrecognizable from their original incarnations, now merely grotesque, unthinking husks -- [[{{Flanderization}} their personalities long since removed for easier manipulation.]] Each season beyond the 7th cancels out the earlier good seasons in terms of the show's overall quality -- 14 seasons or more rendering a show essentially'' [[FranchiseZombie undead]].
-->--'''''{{Website/Cracked}}''''', [[http://cdn-www.cracked.com/articleimages/ob/seriestwo.jpg "The Lifespan of Every TV Show Ever Produced"]]

->''When the series is written or talked about now, so much time is devoted to 'jump the shark' moments and the whole Fonzie phenomenon (they actually got Winkler to [[NowBuyTheMerchandise hold up a Mego doll version of himself]] this season--remarkable), that what gets lost are those beginning seasons, where ''Happy Days'' looked at nice-kid Richie Cunningham trying to grow up and make sense of his life... No [[MsFanservice Pinky Tuscadero]] or [[JumpingTheShark shark tanks]] or god help us [[ReplacementScrappy Ted McGinley]], or Richie with a bad comb-over and a mustache, or Fonzie with a pot belly and a beard hiding his double chin.''
-->--'''[[http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/66103/happy-days-season-6/ Paul Mavis]]''' on ''Series/HappyDays''

->''I should also, I suppose, briefly disclaim regarding the Creator/ColinBaker era, given that it is possibly the most contentious era of ''Series/DoctorWho'' there is, save possibly the Creator/SylvesterMccoy era. Actually, it's not even particularly contentious -- almost everybody finds massive fault with it. It's more that there's [[CreativeDifferences an elaborate blame game]], with all of the primary sources having massive axes to grind with the other primary sources and generally suggesting that the era would have been great if it weren't for X. (Generally X is either Creator/JohnNathanTurner or Eric Saward.) I tend to agree with the assessment that the Colin Baker years are deeply, deeply flawed. I think the problems are far, far deeper than what can be laid at the feet of one or even two particular creative forces.''
-->--'''El Sandifer''' [[http://www.philipsandifer.com/2011/07/time-can-be-rewritten-8-two-doctors.html on]] ''Series/DoctorWho'', [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS22E4TheTwoDoctors}} "The Two Doctors"]]

->''Timelash is on the short list of serials broadly agreed to be 'the worst ''Doctor Who'' stories ever.' Given how prone science-fiction fans are to bickering about absolutely everything, and how impossible it is to find consensus, that’s really saying something. More than that, it ranks with quite a few Colin Baker stories among that list. I can’t help but wonder if part of the problem with Baker’s tenure isn’t a lack of classic episodes, but the batting average skewed by so many truly terrible stories... What’s really weird about Baker’s terrible episodes is the fact that they all seem to suffer from the same problems. There’s no attempt to learn from past mistakes or to rectify those problems.''
-->--'''[[http://www.them0vieblog.com/2013/06/18/doctor-who-timelash-review/ Darren Mooney]]''' on ''Doctor Who'', [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS22E5Timelash}} "Timelash"]]

->''"Never thought it would come to an end," Trip reflects at one point. Reed responds, wryly, "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E24AllGoodThings All good things...]]" The next reference is a bit more galling, with Archer toasting, [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration "Here’s to the next generation."]] This is not an episode about closing out the franchise, it is an episode about remembering how awesome everything was in 1994.''
-->--'''Darren Mooney''' [[https://them0vieblog.com/2016/06/02/star-trek-enterprise-these-are-the-voyages-review/ on]] ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'', "These Are the Voyages..."

->''They were taking something which had run well, and driving it without oil until the head blew. Now the car is just stopped, and we're waiting for the mechanic. Earlier this season, some kindly dude named {{Creator/Geoff|Johns}} stopped by, pushed the car ten or fifteen feet with the help of a few friends, but now here we are, sitting by the side of the road [[HotterAndSexier in the female 18-25 demographic.]]''
-->--'''Neal Bailey''' [[http://www.supermanhomepage.com/tv/tv.php?topic=reviews/smallville8-ep15 on]] ''{{Series/Smallville}}''

->''I spent an hour last week watching him argue with Megan and wondering to myself, ''“Wait, [[AesopAmnesia didn’t they already have this fight?]] [[RelationshipRevolvingDoor Wasn’t this marriage over already?]] [[EightDeadlyWords Why am I watching this shit again?]]”'' There’s been a whole lot of again this season.''
-->--'''[[http://www.gq.com/blogs/the-feed/2014/05/mad-men-make-it-stop.html Drew Magary]]''', "Jesus, ''Series/MadMen'', Pull yourself Together"

->''Well...it's indicative of their [[{{Wrestling/WWE}} current product]]: cheap, buggy, and the ones at the top are so out of touch they might as well be catering to Neptunians.''
-->--'''Website/YouTube comment''' on ''[[VideoGame/WWEVideoGames WWE 2K20]]'', the ''{{WebVideo/Jimquisition}}''

->''Promoters have rarely been able to bring themselves to replace their bread-and-butter before it's too late. They see him making extraordinary amounts of money for the company, and they cannot fathom tinkering with the formula in any way. Wrestling promoters are notoriously shortsighted... Inevitably, they ride that horse until he's long past the point of drawing big money, and then, when things start to decline, they panic. The panic breeds [[RatingsStunt inept and hotshot booking]], the decline speeds up, and it finally gets to the point where the company is so cold that, in the eyes of the fans, it can do nothing right.''
-->--'''R. D. Reynolds''' and '''Bryan Alvarez''', ''Literature/TheDeathOfWCW''

!!{{Webcomic}}s
->What'' can Chuck do at this point? [[ShirtlessScene Take his shirt off?]] Add a lovably [[CousinOliver irritating adopted 8-year-old]] to the cast? Wake up to find [[Series/{{Dallas}} Sarah in his shower]] and the entire second season [[AllJustADream a dream?]] Or maybe Chuck should start wearing SunglassesAtNight and make semi-clever wisecracks about corpses he examines... [[Series/CSIMiami Or maybe not]].''
-->-- '''[[Website/PlatypusComix Peter Paltridge]]''' on [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/onlyme/howtofixchuck.html Five Ways To Fix]] ''Series/{{Chuck}}''

->''When the series is written or talked about now, so much time is devoted to 'jump the shark' moments and the whole Fonzie phenomenon (they actually got Winkler to [[NowBuyTheMerchandise hold up a Mego doll version of himself]] this season--remarkable), that what gets lost are those beginning seasons, where ''Happy Days'' looked at nice-kid Richie Cunningham trying to grow up and make sense of his life... No [[TheScrappy Pinky Tuscadero]] or [[JumpingTheShark shark tanks]] or god help us [[ReplacementScrappy Ted McGinley]], or Richie with a bad comb-over and a mustache, or Fonzie with a pot belly and a beard hiding his double chin.''

->''Should it continue to air, the show will rapidly degenerate into a frightful, shambling corpse -- a mocking funhouse mirror reflection of what it once was, existing to ghoulishly maintain the careers/[[MerchandiseDriven merchandising empire]] of its sinister creators. The characters are almost unrecognizable from their original incarnations, now merely grotesque, unthinking husks -- [[{{Flanderization}} their personalities long since removed for easier manipulation.]] Each season beyond the 7th cancels out the earlier good seasons in terms of the show's overall quality -- 14 seasons or more rendering a show essentially'' '''''[[FranchiseZombie undead]]'''''.''

!!Live-action TV

!!Web animation

!!Web Original

->''"Never thought it would come to an end," Trip reflects at one point. Reed responds, wryly, "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E24AllGoodThings All good things...]]" The next reference is a bit more galling, with Archer toasting, "Here’s to the next generation." This is not an episode about closing out the franchise, it is an episode about remembering how awesome everything was in 1994.''
-->-- '''The [=M0vie=] Blog''''s [[https://them0vieblog.com/2016/06/02/star-trek-enterprise-these-are-the-voyages-review/ review]] of ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'', "These Are the Voyages..."

->''When the series is written or talked about now, so much time is devoted to 'jump the shark' moments and the whole Fonzie phenomenon (they actually got Winkler to [[NowBuyTheMerchandise hold up a Mego doll version of himself]] this season--remarkable), that what gets lost are those beginning seasons, where ''Happy Days'' looked at nice-kid Richie Cunningham trying to grow up and make sense of his life... No [[TheScrappy Pinky Tuscadero]] or [[JumpingTheShark shark tanks]] or god help us [[ReplacementScrappy Ted McGinley]], or Richie with a bad comb-over and a mustache, or Fonzie with a pot belly and a beard hiding his double chin.''
-->--'''[[http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/66103/happy-days-season-6/ Paul Mavis]]''' on ''Series/HappyDays''

->''Well...it's indicative of their [[{{Wrestling/WWE}} current product]]: cheap, buggy, and the ones at the top are so out of touch they might as well be catering to Neptunians.''
-->--'''Website/YouTube comment''' on ''[[VideoGame/WWEVideoGames WWE 2K20]]'', the ''{{WebVideo/Jimquisition}}''

->''Promoters have rarely been able to bring themselves to replace their bread-and-butter before it's too late. They see him making extraordinary amounts of money for the company, and they cannot fathom tinkering with the formula in any way. Wrestling promoters are notoriously shortsighted... Inevitably, they ride that horse until he's long past the point of drawing big money, and then, when things start to decline, they panic. The panic breeds [[RatingsStunt inept and hotshot booking]], the decline speeds up, and it finally gets to the point where the company is so cold that, in the eyes of the fans, it can do nothing right.''
-->--'''R. D. Reynolds''' and '''Bryan Alvarez''', ''Literature/TheDeathOfWCW''

->''Is it possible to feel the lethargy of a cast that have been cut off in their prime and have to see in their contracts and the end of the season? That’s what I’m feeling here. Not a cast that is excited to get to the end of the season, but one that wants this over and done with now. The final episodes of [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]] see the cast on top form and giving some of the best performances of the run. The Enterprise crew in comparison are going through the motions. Creator/PeterWeller is a terrific actor but [[ClassicallyTrainedExtra I’m not sure that his character has been written up to his strengths]]. He has a natural relaxed slur to how he delivers his dialogue and so needs a part that has been written with emotion that animates him. Instead he’s left to pontificate and stare out of windows for most of this episode and he frankly he looks a little bored.''

!!Web Video

->'''Ryan Reynolds (as Deadpool):''' Full of [[ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} my]] signature [[BreakingTheFourthWall fourth wall breaking]], '90s pop culture references, and more dick jokes than you can shake a sack full of dicks at!\\

'''Deadpool:''' ...Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait! Which season of ''Family Guy'' are we talking about?\\

'''Deadpool:''' Oh, okay... I can take that.[[note]]Becomes funnier when you remember that Reynolds was actually ''on'' an episode of post-season 4 ''Family Guy''.[[/note]]

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!!Western Animation

!!Misc

!!Real Life
->"I think it was a point where we were in the room and we were talking about bringing Geordi's mother in, and we all kind of looked at each other and we were like, 'This is sad. This is the best we can do? Is this the best we can do, is Geordi's mother?' It was such a 'who cares' idea that we were just sort of, 'Oh man… This show has got to end.'"
-->--'''Creator/RonMoore''', on ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E3Interface}} "Interface"]]

->''Isn’t this the season where Creator/BrannonBraga took a backseat so he could start planning ''[[Series/StarTrekEnterprise Enterprise]]''? I never thought I would say this but bring him back! Seasons five and six under his supervision might have had more bad episodes than you can shake a stick at but at least there were some good episodes tossed in just to make a change. Season seven to this point has literally been one underwritten nightmare after another and should give the audience a warning "Abandon hope all ye that enter here..."''
-->--'''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/voyager-season-four.html Joe Ford]]''' on ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "Inside Man"