History Quotes / WrittenByCastMember

->''"Every time I see ''[=‘=]story by Creator/DavidDuchovny and...[=’=]'' on the credits I wince because that has rarely gone down well ('Colony'/'End Game', 'Avatar') and usually involves Mulder hogging the limelight [[OutOfFocus at the expense of his partner]]... Spare me the soap opera suggestion that [[EveryoneIsRelated the Smoking Man is Mulder’s father]]. The sequence where he visits Teena Mulder to reminisce over old times fails to work for two reasons – the dialogue is overblown, strays too far into daytime telvision, and the inclusion of Rebecca Toolan who remains the show's most robotic and unconvincing actress. For an actor of William B. Davis’ calibre its like [[ClassicallyTrainedExtra hitting your head against a brick wall]]. I’m also getting a little bored of the way that our heroes' family members are exploited in these mythology episodes – how many more are they prepared to lose on this quest of theirs? I could understand Scully wanting to continue searching for the killer of her sister, but with Mulder’s father and now mother placed in jeopardy, you would have to start to question whether the truth was worth discovering it meant a massacre of your loved ones. The fact that Mulder as good as chooses his objective over his family in this episode leads me to believe that ''[Chris]'' Carter and Duchovny have lost sight of how a reasonable person would react. It seems in order to turn Mulder into [[TheChosenOne a mythological figure]] he has to jettison his personal life completely."''

->''"Every time I see ''[=‘=]story by Creator/DavidDuchovny and...[=’=]'' on the credits I wince because that has rarely gone down well ('Colony'/'End Game', 'Avatar') and usually involves Mulder hogging the limelight [[OutOfFocus at the expense of his partner]]... Spare me the soap opera suggestion that [[EveryoneIsRelated the Smoking Man is Mulder’s father]]. The sequence where he visits Teena Mulder to reminisce over old times fails to work for two reasons – the dialogue is overblown strays too far into daytime telvision and the inclusion of Rebecca Toolan who remains the show's most robotic and unconvincing actress. For an actor of William B. Davis’ calibre its like [[ClassicallyTrainedExtra hitting your head against a brick wall]]. I’m also getting a little bored of the way that our heroes' family members are exploited in these mythology episodes – how many more are they prepared to lose on this quest of theirs? I could understand Scully wanting to continue searching for the killer of her sister, but with Mulder’s father and now mother placed in jeopardy, you would have to start to question whether the truth was worth discovering it meant a massacre of your loved ones. The fact that Mulder as good as chooses his objective over his family in this episode leads me to believe that ''[Chris]'' Carter and Duchovny have lost sight of how a reasonable person would react. It seems in order to turn Mulder into [[TheChosenOne a mythological figure]] he has to jettison his personal life completely."''

->''"Every time I see ''[=‘=]story by Creator/David Duchovny and…[=’=]'' on the credits I wince because that has rarely gone down well ('Colony'/'End Game', 'Avatar') and usually involves Mulder hogging the limelight [[OutOfFocus at the expense of his partner]]... Spare me the soap opera suggestion that [[EveryoneIsRelated the Smoking Man is Mulder’s father]]. The sequence where he visits Teena Mulder to reminisce over old times fails to work for two reasons – the dialogue is overblown strays too far into daytime telvision and the inclusion of Rebecca Toolan who remains the show's most robotic and unconvincing actress. For an actor of William B. Davis’ calibre its like [[ClassicallyTrainedExtra hitting your head against a brick wall]]. I’m also getting a little bored of the way that our heroes' family members are exploited in these mythology episodes – how many more are they prepared to lose on this quest of theirs? I could understand Scully wanting to continue searching for the killer of her sister, but with Mulder’s father and now mother placed in jeopardy, you would have to start to question whether the truth was worth discovering it meant a massacre of your loved ones. The fact that Mulder as good as chooses his objective over his family in this episode leads me to believe that ''[Chris]'' Carter and Duchovny have lost sight of how a reasonable person would react. It seems in order to turn Mulder into [[TheChosenOne a mythological figure]] he has to jettison his personal life completely."''

-->--'''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2013_07_01_archive.html Doc Oho]]''' on ''Series/TheXFiles'', "The Beginning"

->''"Of course as soon as [[WarrenBeatty (Warren) Beatty]] came on the problems started to mount...The moment he was attached to the project, he asked for [[WagTheDirector the script to be rewritten]]. Actors and crew sat for hours on end while the pages for that day would be written...The most embarrassing part is that Beatty is still living out his {{glory days}} in this movie. This movie really isn’t a self deprecating look at an aging lothario. No, this is Warren Beatty, pretending to be Warren Beatty in his 30’s. You simply don’t buy the frumpy looking Beatty in his 60’s still being able to [[InformedAttractiveness f*ck endless waves of models in their 20’s.]]"''

->''"Of course as soon as [[WarrenBeatty (Warren) Beatty]] came on the problems started to mount...The moment he was attached to the project, he asked for the script to be rewritten. Actors and crew sat for hours on end while the pages for that day would be written...The most embarrassing part is that Beatty is still living out his {{glory days}} in this movie. This movie really isn’t a self deprecating look at an aging lothario. No, this is Warren Beatty, pretending to be Warren Beatty in his 30’s. You simply don’t buy the frumpy looking Beatty in his 60’s still being able to [[InformedAttractiveness f*ck endless waves of models in their 20’s.]]"''
-->--'''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Miles Antwiler]]''' [[http://moviemoses.wordpress.com/2010/02/16/town-country-2001-peter-chelsom/ on]] ''Town & Country'' (2001)

->''"If it makes you feel any better, Creator/WilliamShatner went on to co-write a series of ''Star Trek'' novels in which [[FixFic Kirk survived]] and goes on adventures with [=McCoy=] and Scotty, but the 'Shatnerverse' is not even close to canon even in the [[ExpandedUniverse extended universe]] of ''Star Trek''. And honestly, reading the Shaterverse will sort of make you wish they had stopped with the bridge."''
-->--'''''{{Website/Cracked}}''''' [[http://www.cracked.com/funny-7660-10-most-implausible-unpleasant-infuriating-ways-sci-fi-shows-kill-off-main-characters/ on]] the [[Film/StarTrekGenerations death of Captain Kirk]]

->''"If it makes you feel any better, Creator/WilliamShatner went on to co-write a series of ''Star Trek'' novels in which [[FixFic Kirk survived]] and goes on adventures with [=McCoy=] and Scotty, but the 'Shatnerverse' is not even close to canon even in the [[ExpandedUniverse extended universe]] of ''Star Trek''. And honestly, reading the Shaterverse will sort of make you wish they had stopped with the bridge."''\\
--'''''{{Website/Cracked}}''''' [[http://www.cracked.com/funny-7660-10-most-implausible-unpleasant-infuriating-ways-sci-fi-shows-kill-off-main-characters/ on]] the [[Film/StarTrekGenerations death of Captain Kirk]]

->''"Of course as soon as [[WarrenBeatty (Warren) Beatty]] came on the problems started to mount. You see, in addition to being something of [[ThePrimaDonna a diva]], he is also a fanatical manipulator. The moment he was attached to the project, he asked for the script to be rewritten. Actors and crew sat for hours on end while the pages for that day would be written...The most embarrassing part is that Beatty is still living out his {{glory days}} in this movie. This movie really isn’t a self deprecating look at an aging lothario. No, this is Warren Beatty, pretending to be Warren Beatty in his 30’s. You simply don’t buy the frumpy looking Beatty in his 60’s still being able to [[InformedAttractiveness f*ck endless waves of models in their 20’s.]]"''

->''"So, Phoebe's like super-famous now, with her advice column ''Ask Phoebe.'' Apparently this is a big deal to people, because [[InformedAbility she writes the best advice in the world and she's perfect human being]]. How does she handle being so pretty and talented, intuitive and clever, and somebody kill me now. Someone, tell me: in ''what'' world you get interviews, billboards, assistants, potential national syndication ''and'' a radio show, all for shitting out stock love advice like, 'Follow your heart'?...How is she qualified in any way to give people dating tips? Since when has she made ''any'' good dating decisions? Her guys have always been terrible, even in the show's canon. They had this thing where [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys she always dated bad boys]] or made stupid decisions--back in the days when she was a character, and not an ego-stroking cutout Alyssa Milano could live vicariously through."''
-->-- '''WebVideo/ObscurusLupa''' on ''{{Series/Charmed}}'' Season 5

->''"After a decade or so of kicking the world's eyeballs in the nuts, anybody is bound to develop an ego. Creator/ChuckNorris decided that wasn't enough, and outdid everybody by cultivating arrogance so magnificent it wears a tiny cape and crown of its own. In his later movies, the fight scenes don't even bother building suspense by letting the bad guys touch Chuck. He holds a foot out, the camera settles itself behind it, and you sit back and watch as a disembodied boot [[BoringInvincibleHero mows down wave after wave of anonymous terrorist.]] Some actors phone it in when they're not into a movie; Chuck Norris didn't even send a fax. Eventually he decided he may as well write the parts himself, and proceeded to create ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger''. A show he at various points wrote, produced, directed, starred in and even sang the theme song for. It depicts him as everything from a cop to [[AnswersToTheNameOfGod the messiah.]] Chuck Norris focused his steely glare entirely on ''Walker, Texas Ranger'' to the exclusion of all other projects. The show rapidly devolved into a masturbatory tribute to Chuck Norris by Chuck Norris, spouting scene after scene of hero worship so out of touch with reality it became the most [[{{Narm}} unintentionally hilarious]] show on television."''
-->-- '''''{{Website/Cracked}}''''', [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15819_5-movie-martial-artists-that-lost-deathmatch-to-dignity_p5.html#ixzz31rOsvMUN "5 Movie Martial Artists That Lost a Deathmatch to Dignity"]]

->'''Chris''': Tom Welling really does his best work when he’s playing a smarmy villainous jerk. I’m starting to get the feeling that’s the only reason why they brought [[[EvilTwin Ultraman]]] back for a second episode. Dude’s executive producer of the show, when he has fun doing something, he probably wants it to happen again.\\
'''David''': Yeah, there’s a total joylessness to when he’s actually playing Clark as opposed to when he’s playing a dick. He’s just going through the motions. It makes you wonder why he’s stuck around on the show for so long, including to the point of getting some degree of creative control.
-->-- '''Chris Sims''' and '''David Uzumeri''', [[http://comicsalliance.com/recap-smallivlle-episode-10-17-kent/ on]] ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' ("Kent")

->''"We rejoin Eddie in the strip club, as he chugs a beer to the sound of the music, playing and swaying! It’s actually pretty impressive on [[Creator/NicolasCage (Nic) Cage’s]] part... The girl dancing on stage comes up, jiggling her bare breasts in Eddie’s face. It’s good to be the director’s brother, isn’t it?"''
-->-- '''''Website/TheAgonyBooth''''' [[http://www.agonybooth.com/movies/Deadfall_1993.aspx?Page=4 on]] ''{{Film/Deadfall}}'' (1993)

->''"Of course as soon as [[WarrenBeatty (Warren) Beatty]] came on the problems started to mount. You see, in addition to being something of [[ThePrimaDonna a diva]], he is also a fanatical manipulator. The moment he was attached to the project, he asked for the script to be rewritten. Actors and crew sat for hours on end while the pages for that day would be written...The most embarrassing part is that Beatty is still living out his {{glory days}} in this movie. This movie really isn’t a self deprecating look at an aging lothario. No, this is Warren Beatty, pretending to be Warren Beatty in his 30’s. You simply don’t buy the frumpy looking Beatty in his 60’s still being able to [[CanonSue f*ck endless waves of models in their 20’s.]]"''

->'''David''': [[EvilTwin Ultraman]] starts getting pretty sweet on [Lois], including making an absolutely hilarious face mugging for the camera while he’s hugging her.\\
'''Chris''': Tom Welling really does his best work when he’s playing a smarmy villainous jerk. I’m starting to get the feeling that’s the only reason why they brought him back for a second episode. Dude’s executive producer of the show, when he has fun doing something, he probably wants it to happen again.\\

->''"When you picture the kind of filmmaker who would write, direct and produce a movie just to cast himself in the lead role of martial arts master rock star, you're picturing David Heavener (''Lethal Ninja'', ''Kill Crazy''). Undiscovered actresses take one look at him and know his first question is going to be unzipping his pants. If evil scientists collected all the sperm from Hollywood [[CastingCouch casting room couches]] and jammed it into Tori Spelling, David Heavener is the beast that would hatch from her chestplate... Heavener is a living TimAndEric sketch, and his fight scenes are [[WhatTheFuAreYouDoing violent mockeries of violence]]. It's often hard to tell if Heavener is trying to punch someone in the face or knock the boom mic above their heads out of frame."''

->''"After a decade or so of kicking the world's eyeballs in the nuts, anybody is bound to develop an ego. Creator/ChuckNorris decided that wasn't enough, and outdid everybody by cultivating arrogance so magnificent it wears a tiny cape and crown of its own. In his later movies, the fight scenes don't even bother building suspense by letting the bad guys touch Chuck. He holds a foot out, the camera settles itself behind it, and you sit back and watch as a disembodied boot [[BoringInvincibleHero mows down wave after wave of anonymous terrorist.]] Some actors phone it in when they're not into a movie; Chuck Norris didn't even send a fax. Eventually he decided he may as well write the parts himself, and proceeded to create ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger''. A show he at various points wrote, produced, directed, starred in and even sang the theme song for. It depicts him as everything from a cop to [[AnswersToTheNameOfGod the messiah.]] Chuck Norris focused his steely glare entirely on ''Walker, Texas Ranger'' to the exclusion of all other projects. The show rapidly devolved into a masturbatory tribute to Chuck Norris by Chuck Norris, spouting scene after scene of hero worship so out of touch with reality it became the most [[{{Narm}} unintentionally hilarious]] show on television."''
-->-- '''''{{Website/Cracked}}''''', [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15819_5-movie-martial-artists-that-lost-deathmatch-to-dignity_p5.html#ixzz31rOsvMUN "5 Movie Martial Artists That Lost a Deathmatch to Dignity"]]

->''"Any time an active wrestler is involved in that process of management or creative it is a recipe for disaster, because you can throw objectivity right out the window."''\\
-- '''Wrestling/JimRoss''' on Wrestling/{{WCW}}, ''Wrestling/BrianPillman: Loose Cannon''

->''"Let’s face it: it has almost always been good to be Wrestling/EricBischoff. Before he was getting paid big bucks to spend bottomless pits of someone else’s money in Wrestling/{{TNA}}, he was… well, doing exactly that in Wrestling/{{WCW}}. The difference was that starting in 1996, the spending spree was really paying off, with the Wrestling/NewWorldOrder angle being perhaps the hottest in wrestling history. In fact, the faction had grown so dominant that they were regularly (and intentionally) making the rest of the company look weak... All power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely, and absolute power in the hands of Eric Bischoff meant non-stop {{squash match}}es and [[ThePornomancer rogering homely chicks]]."''\\
--'''''{{Website/WrestleCrap}}''''', [[http://www.wrestlecrap.com/inductions/nwo-souled-out-1997/ "[=nWo=] Souled Out 1997 - Eric Bishoff's Circle-Jerk"]]

->''"So, Phoebe's like super-famous now, with her advice column ''Ask Phoebe.'' Apparently this is a big deal to people, because [[InformedAbility she writes the best advice in the world and she's perfect human being]]. How does she handle being so pretty and talented, intuitive and clever, and somebody kill me now. Someone, tell me: in ''what'' world you get interviews, billboards, assistants, potential national syndication ''and'' a radio show, all for shitting out stock love advice like, 'Follow your heart'?...How is she qualified in any way to give people dating tips? Since when has she made ''any'' good dating decisions? Her guys have always been terrible, even in the show's canon. They had this thing where [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys she always dated bad boys]] or made stupid decisions--back in the days when she was a character, and not an ego-stroking cutout Alyssa Milano could live vicariously through."''\\
--'''WebVideo/ObscurusLupa''' on ''{{Series/Charmed}}'' Season 5

'''David''': Yeah, there’s a total joylessness to when he’s actually playing Clark as opposed to when he’s playing a dick. He’s just going through the motions. It makes you wonder why he’s stuck around on the show for so long, including to the point of getting some degree of creative control.\\
--'''Chris Sims''' and '''David Uzumeri''', [[http://comicsalliance.com/recap-smallivlle-episode-10-17-kent/ on]] ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' ("Kent")

->''"We rejoin Eddie in the strip club, as he chugs a beer to the sound of the music, playing and swaying! It’s actually pretty impressive on [[Creator/NicolasCage (Nic) Cage’s]] part... The girl dancing on stage comes up, jiggling her bare breasts in Eddie’s face. It’s good to be the director’s brother, isn’t it?"''\\
--'''''Website/TheAgonyBooth''''' [[http://www.agonybooth.com/movies/Deadfall_1993.aspx?Page=4 on]] ''{{Film/Deadfall}}'' (1993)

->''"When you picture the kind of filmmaker who would write, direct and produce a movie just to cast himself in the lead role of martial arts master rock star, you're picturing David Heavener (''Lethal Ninja'', ''Kill Crazy''). Undiscovered actresses take one look at him and know his first question is going to be unzipping his pants. If evil scientists collected all the sperm from Hollywood [[CastingCouch casting room couches]] and jammed it into Tori Spelling, David Heavener is the beast that would hatch from her chestplate... Heavener is a living TimAndEric sketch, and his fight scenes are [[WhatTheFuAreYouDoing violent mockeries of violence]]. It's often hard to tell if Heavener is trying to punch someone in the face or knock the boom mic above their heads out of frame."''\\
--'''{{Creator/Seanbaby}}''' [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/9-supposed-action-stars-who-clearly-couldnt-fight/ "9 Supposed Action Stars Who Clearly Couldn't Fight"]]

->''"After a decade or so of kicking the world's eyeballs in the nuts, anybody is bound to develop an ego. ChuckNorris decided that wasn't enough, and outdid everybody by cultivating arrogance so magnificent it wears a tiny cape and crown of its own. In his later movies, the fight scenes don't even bother building suspense by letting the bad guys touch Chuck. He holds a foot out, the camera settles itself behind it, and you sit back and watch as a disembodied boot [[BoringInvincibleHero mows down wave after wave of anonymous terrorist.]] Some actors phone it in when they're not into a movie; Chuck Norris didn't even send a fax. Eventually he decided he may as well write the parts himself, and proceeded to create ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger''. A show he at various points wrote, produced, directed, starred in and even sang the theme song for. It depicts him as everything from a cop to [[AnswersToTheNameOfGod the messiah.]] Chuck Norris focused his steely glare entirely on ''Walker, Texas Ranger'' to the exclusion of all other projects. The show rapidly devolved into a masturbatory tribute to Chuck Norris by Chuck Norris, spouting scene after scene of hero worship so out of touch with reality it became the most [[{{Narm}} unintentionally hilarious]] show on television."''\\
--'''''{{Website/Cracked}}''''', [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15819_5-movie-martial-artists-that-lost-deathmatch-to-dignity_p5.html#ixzz31rOsvMUN "5 Movie Martial Artists That Lost a Deathmatch to Dignity"]]

->''"[[Creator/LeonardNimoy Nimoy]] enjoyed great success as the director of ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'' and ''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome'' ([[TheOneWith the 'whale' one]], most successful of the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' movies). This allowed him the opportunity to helm the blockbuster ''{{Three Men and a Baby}}'', which for years remained the most successful Hollywood comedy ever. [[Creator/WilliamShatner Shatner]] decided that it was his turn to direct a movie, and refused to sign up for the fifth ''Star Trek'' film unless he was allowed to direct. So it came to be, with Shatner co-writing the film as well...the movie’s biggest problem is that the entire film is noticeably tilted towards his own character, James Kirk. Nimoy, on the other hand, took obvious pains in the films he directed to keep Spock merely part of the ensemble (admittedly, one of the more important parts). Yet, there’s no denying that this film was designed as a valentine to James T., and that the other characters, Spock and [=McCoy=] included, are merely around [[GreekChorus to back him up and admire him]]. In the end, Shatner remained mysteriously unhumbled by his [[BoxOfficeBomb disastrous directorial debut]]. For years to come, he continued to [[IRejectYourReality live in a fantasy world]] wherein he would be allowed to direct another ''Star Trek'' movie. This was a regular refrain during interviews with him, and never failed to send a chill up the spine of Trekkies everywhere."''\\
--'''Jabootu''' [[http://www.jabootu.com/startrekv.htm on]] ''Film/StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier''

--'''Chris Sims''' and '''David Uzumeri''', [[http://comicsalliance.com/recap-smallivlle-episode-10-17-kent/ on]] {{Series/Smallville}}'' ("Kent")

->''"So, Phoebe's like super-famous now, with her advice column ''Ask Phoebe.'' Apparently this is a big deal to people, because [[InformedAbility she writes the best advice in the world and she's perfect human being]]. How does she handle being so pretty and talented, intuitive and clever, and somebody kill me now. Someone, tell me: in ''what'' world you get interviews, billboards, assistants, potential national syndication ''and'' a radio show, all for shitting out stock love advice like, 'Follow your heart'?...How is she qualified in any way to give people dating tips? Since when has she made ''any'' good dating decisions? Her guys have always been terrible, even in the show's canon. They had this thing where [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys she always dated bad boys]] or made stupid decisions--back in the days when she was a character, and not an ego-stroking cutout Alyssa Milano could live vicariously through."''\\
--'''WebVideo/ObscurusLupa''' on ''{{Series/Charmed}}'' Season 5

->''"[[Creator/EddieMurphy Murphy's]] directorial work is amateurish at best. And as a performer he looks as if he is in agony, as if his mother made him stand in front of the camera for punishment."''\\
--Hal Hinson on ''HarlemNights'', ''Washington Post''

->''"[[Creator/TommyLeeJones (Tommy Lee) Jones]] is a good actor, and he probably could have played a conflicted character. He is also [[ThePrimaDonna an ornery fuck]] who does what he wants, especially if he senses weakness in a director. What he wanted -- based on all the available evidence -- was to [[MeetTheNewBoss do his take on Jack Nicholson's Joker]], even though it made no sense for his particular part. Duality? Nahh; this Harvey was [[HamAndCheese a ham]] with a machine gun. Belief in random chance? Gone too -- this [[ComicBook/TwoFace Two-Face]] kept flipping his coin [[MovingTheGoalposts until he got the desired result]], rather than accepting fate's ruling... Nice suit, though."''
-->--'''''Topless Robot''''', [[http://www.toplessrobot.com/2013/08/ten_casting_calls_far_worse_than_ben_affleck_batman.php on]] ''Film/BatmanForever''

->''"He looks like a goof. Because he ''is'' a goof. Because he walks out there like he's fucking King Kong to the ''[[Film/MadMax Road Warrior]]'' music, and he thinks he's over. His triumphant return, like he's Lou Gehrig in the fucking stadium! And everyone goes, 'Who's this fucking buggy whip-armed motherfucker?' ..He's got a bunch of fucking dancing bears parading around in the ring, a bunch of women with silicone, and a bunch of club-footed, slap-happy fucking guys that couldn't work their way out of a wet paper bag. And he don't know the fucking difference. And he's out there beating up Wrestling/RicFlair with a baseball bat! Because he ''finally got to be a star.'' Now he doesn't have to subsist on the [[PanderingToTheBase internet marks]] fuckin' clapping for him. He can have the fucking roar of their (dwindling) crowds, going, "ooh, that's uhh--yeah, that Russo guy.' He's a star now! [[CanonSue He beats the wrestlers!]]"''\\
--'''Wrestling/JimCornette''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfEAan9NwpE on]] WCW's Wrestling/VinceRusso

--'''Wrestling/JimCornette''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfEAan9NwpE on]] Wrestling/VinceRusso

--'''WebVideo/ObscurusLupa''' on ''{{Series/Charmed}}'' Season 5

->''"[[Creator/LeonardNimoy Nimoy]] enjoyed great success as the director of ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'' and ''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome'' ([[TheOneWith the 'whale' one]], most successful of the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' movies). This allowed him the opportunity to helm the blockbuster ''{{Three Men and a Baby}}'', which for years remained the most successful Hollywood comedy ever. [[Creator/WilliamShatner Shatner]] decided that it was his turn to direct a movie, and refused to sign up for the fifth ''Star Trek'' film unless he was allowed to direct. So it came to be, with Shatner co-writing the film as well...the movie’s biggest problem is that the entire film is noticeably tilted towards his own character, James Kirk. Nimoy, on the other hand, took obvious pains in the films he directed to keep Spock merely part of the ensemble (admittedly, one of the more important parts). Yet, there’s no denying that this film was designed as a valentine to James T., and that the other characters, Spock and [=McCoy=] included, are merely around [[GreekChorus to back him up and admire him]]. In the end, Shatner remained mysteriously unhumbled by his [[BoxOfficeComb disastrous directorial debut]]. For years to come, he continued to [[IRejectYourReality live in a fantasy world]] wherein he would be allowed to direct another ''Star Trek'' movie. This was a regular refrain during interviews with him, and never failed to send a chill up the spine of Trekkies everywhere."''\\

->''"He ain't a star. He ain't on TV. He's just a writer. ''Maybe he can fix that''... He's got a bunch of fucking dancing bears parading around in the ring, a bunch of women with silicone, and a bunch of club-footed, slap-happy fucking guys that couldn't work their way out of a wet paper bag. And he don't know the fucking difference. And he's out there beating up Wrestling/RicFlair with a baseball bat! Because he ''finally got to be a star.'' Now he doesn't have to subsist on the [[PanderingToTheBase internet marks]] fuckin' clapping for him. He can have the fucking roar of their (dwindling) crowds, going, "ooh, that's uhh--yeah, that Russo guy.' He's a star now! [[CanonSue He beats the wrestlers!]]"''\\
--'''Wrestling/JimCornette''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfEAan9NwpE on]] Wrestling/VinceRusso