Quotes / Better than a Bare Bulb

"...much of the dialogue in my comics are born simply from my characters pointing out the flaws in my own logic."

— Dan Shive, in The Rant for El Goonish Shive

"What I'm doing is wrong, I know it's wrong, but I'm going to do it anyway."

— The Mysterious Mr. Enter, on multiple occasions

"I am an evil overlord getting ready for the final battle with my sub-boss squad after clipping all the plot coupons and nailing down my heel turn! I have no time for lampshades! Just hang them somewhere or do whatever you want."

— Jade, dismissing a shipping error, Queen of All Oni

"[Cogburn] is so clearly ripped off C-3PO that at one point Mark Wahlberg says to him "Oi! C-3PO ripoff!" — because Michael Bay's idea of "funny" is to do something profoundly stupid and then point at it and say it out loud."

— Mark Kermode on Transformers: The Last Knight

"Why do these people think, like, acknowledging your problems somehow solves them magically?"

— Retsupurae, Retsupurae Link to the Past

Producer Guy: How does he (Michael) know how to drive if he's been in an institution since the age of six?
Screenwriter Guy: Yeah, it doesn't make much sense, right? Plus, he's gonna spend the first hour of the movie driving around town. He's very good at driving.
Producer Guy: So how does he know how to drive?
Screenwriter Guy: Right? It makes no sense. Dr. Loomis is gonna talk to one of the employees at the sanitarium and be like, "Who taught this guy how to drive?"
Producer Guy: And what's the explanation?
Screenwriter Guy: We're never going to explain it or bring it up again, but because a character pointed out that it makes no sense, it's okay.

— Screen Rant Pitch Meetings, on Halloween (1978)

Producer Guy: And does just pointing out that the writing wasn't very good make it better in some way?
Screenwriter Guy: God, I hope so!

—Screen Rant Pitch Meetings, on She-Hulk: Attorney at Law

"What's that? "Utterly implausible", you say? "Even more far-fetched than the charisma monsters?" Well, go ahead—but the more you question the science, the more I'm gonna lampshade it."

— Swerve, in issue 43 of The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye

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