Line #14 Quotes/AngstAversion


1	->''"So much of the anime we love is shrouded in [[DarkerAndEdgier dark and nihilistic themes]], not to mention [[RuderAndCruder crude]] and [[HotterAndSexier sexually explicit]] content, [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids even ones aimed at kids.]] [...] Don't get me wrong, I love me a good revenge story or a gruesome battle scene, [...] but does it have to be so depressing all the time?"''
2	-->-- An Angel Studios ad promoting the upcoming show, Gabriel and the Guardians.
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4	->''"In today's world, in today's media [[BreadAndCircuses climate designed to foster the fear our leaders like us to feel because it makes us easier to push around]]. In a world where [[IWantToBeARealMan limp, wimpy men are forced to talk tough and act]] 'badass' [[MilesGloriosus even though we all know they're shitting it inside]]. In a world where [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism the measure of our moral strength]] has come to lie [[BloodierAndGorier in the extremity of the images we're able to look at and stomach]]. In a world, I'm reliably told, [[CrapsackWorld that's going to the dogs]], real mischief, [[TheNewRockAndRoll the real punk rock rebellion]], is a snarling, [[WideEyedIdealist 'fuck you' positivity and optimism]]. [[ThePollyanna Violent optimism]] [[SillyRabbitCynicismIsForLosers in the face of all evidence to the contrary]] is the Alpha form of outrage these days. [[EvilCannotComprehendGood It really freaks people out.]]"''
5	-->-- '''Creator/GrantMorrison''', ''[[http://www.newsarama.com/comics/110803-Grant-Superman-10.html All Star Memories: Grant Morrison on All Star Superman, 10]]''
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7	->"To protect them from being abused, my emotions have detached themselves from this animated film."
8	-->--'''WebVideo/TheMysteriousMrEnter''' on ''Animation/DoggyPoo''
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10	->"I'm sorry, but I gotta make a confession! Your arcs always give me depression!"
11	-->--'''WebAnimation/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers''''s Fishy Boopkins [[LampshadeHanging Lampshading]] the show's arcs usually [[TearJerker putting you through the wringer with emotions]].
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13	->''"Creator/AnthonyHopkins gives the performance of a lifetime as an old man refusing help for the dementia that's slowly eating away at his mind, that's such a heartbreaking, torturous, and cruel portrayal of a legend's final days,'' there's '''no way''' you actually watched it."
14	-->--'''WebVideo/HonestTrailers''' on ''Film/TheFather'' (or, as they call it, ''The Downer'')
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16	->''"Hey, do you have any idea how hard it is to drag any humor out of this fucking movie? It's Film/OrdinaryPeople multiplied by Film/{{Amour}}. It's like if the beginning of WesternAnimation/{{Up}} and the end of ''[[Recap/FuturamaS4E7JurassicBark Jurassic Bark]]'' had a baby. They're even not supposed to screen it in buildings with more than two stories, just in case the entire audience goes to throw themselves off a roof! This thing is as hard to parody as Film/{{Deadpool\|2016}}, for completely opposite reasons!"''
17	-->--'''Website/TheEditingRoom''' on ''Film/ManchesterByTheSea''
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19	-> ''"And you won't read that book again\
20	Because the ending's just too hard to take"''
21	-->-- '''Music/GordonLightfoot''', "If You Could Read My Mind"
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23	->'''June:''' Is the setting a coal-mine district? \
24	'''Graham:''' Uh-- yes. \
25	'''June:''' And are the people concerned real, earthy, unartificial, down-to-earth characters, speaking and thinking just like you and me? Is it a story of basic economic forces? Are the human characters lifted up and thrown down and whirled around, all at the mercy of the coal mine and mechanized industry of today? \
26	'''Graham:''' Uh-- yes. \
27	'''June:''' I remember distinctly. First, you got drunk and were sick. Then you got better, and told me the first few chapters. Then I got sick.
28	-->-- '''Creator/IsaacAsimov,''' ''Author! Author!'',
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30	->'''James:''' No, I'm sorry. But you can't just popularize terrible books and make money off of it. You'll ruin the world of literature.\
31	'''[[CorruptCorporateExecutive CEO:]]''' Oh please, we ruined it a long time ago. How else do you explain widely successful, yet horribly depressing books, like [[Literature/TheGrapesOfWrath Grapes of Wrath?]]
32	-->-- '''Series/StudioC,''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw6-bpZ0NnM Best Sellers List Exposed]]
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