History Quotes / AntiClimax

-It's time to check in with Jonas, AKA [[TheMole Weaselly Traitor Dude]], as he gets in touch with his Kazon co-conspirators. I wouldn't worry too much about this scene... Oh, and in the off chance you do bother watching every episode in this scintillating plot arc, don't expect anything like a satisfying conclusion. Actually, that applies to just about any episode of this show. If you're watching ''Voyager'' expecting a satisfying conclusion to anything, you're going to be one emotionally desolate person by the time it's all over. Absolutely nothing was concluded satisfactorily on ''Voyager'', including the whole damn series itself. But "Endgame" is a bitchfest for another time.

->To imply that this is anything worthy of being called an 'Endgame' is like implying a grand game of Chess exists between a stoner who wants a Cinnabon, and the mall cop who shoo'ed him away for peeing in the trash bin next to Sbarro's.

->In the end, the Justice League offers to let Clark join the team and of course, Clark declines, because [[DesignatedHero Clark sucks and never does anything.]] The End.
-->--'''Chris Sims''' and '''David Uzumeri''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/recap-smallville-episode-6-11-justice/ on]] ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' ("Justice")

->'''Chris''': I thought I was exaggerating when I said it was “less than five ''(seconds)'',” but I went and looked at the timestamps. Clark power-walks onto [[RecycledSet the same stupid street set]] they always use at 26:11, and they crash into the geothermal facility and blow it up at 27:50.
->'''David:''' I just [[SarcasmFailure tried to think of something funny to respond to that with]] for four minutes. ''Note: That’s longer than the fight itself took.''

->The Master has finally defeated the Doctor…by plugging in a few wires ''[[PokeThePoodle hehehehehe]]''. That would have been a crap defeat."''

->To imply that this is anything worthy of being called an 'Endgame' is like implying a grand game of Chess exists between a stoner who wants a Cinnabon and the mall cop who shoo'ed him away for peeing in the trash bin next to Sbarro's.

->In the end, the JusticeLeague offers to let Clark join the team and of course, Clark declines, because [[DesignatedHero Clark sucks and never does anything.]] The End.
-->--'''Chris Sims''' and ''David Uzumeri''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/recap-smallville-episode-6-11-justice/ on]] ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' ("Justice")

->There's no final boss, no climatic showdown or escape sequence, or melodramatic twists. The game just ends right when they run out of ideas...And you know what? This is a problem that ''{{VideoGame/Doom}}'' avoided simply by having no story at all. BRILLIANT! Y'know, maybe this should be, like, a rule or something: [[CaptainObvious Don't make a story driven game if your story isn't very good.]] ''Rage'' doesn't just end when those credits roll; it dies.

->Nothing keeps a story alive more than an ending no one likes. When a big story ends with a thud, people will always wonder how it could have been done better. What happened with this Clone Saga is a prime example of how not to do a story, or a ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' story.

->Nothing keeps a story alive more than an ending no one likes. When a big story ends with a thud, people will always wonder how it could have been done better. What happened with this Clone Saga is a prime example of how not to do a story, or a ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' story.
-->--'''Editor/Writer Glenn Greenberg''' on ''ComicBook/TheCloneSaga''

->Mary Jane, once to be praised for being long-suffering and basically always putting up with [[SpiderMan her husband]], suddenly seems like she should’ve [[KnowWhenToFoldEm gone out for cigarettes]] and never came back years ago, if this is how their relationship was going to end up.
-->--'''David Brothers''' on ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay'', [[http://comicsalliance.com/the-worst-comics-of-the-decade-part-2/?trackback=tsmclip "The 15 Worst Comics of the Decade"]]

->In the end, the JusticeLeague offers to let Clark join the team and of course, Clark declines, because [[DesignatedHero Clark sucks and never does anything.]] The End.
-->--'''Chris Sims''' and ''David Uzumeri''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/recap-smallville-episode-6-11-justice/ on]] ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' ("Justice")

->''Legend''[='s=] final showdown is a worse catalog of disaster than ''Skymall For Supervillains''. Chun-Li defeats her mortal enemy by accident, knocking cement powder from an [[NoOSHACompliance utterly unexplained building site]] in the heart of Bison's fortress into his eyes. He staggers around like a crippled Make-a-Wish kid whose final desire was to be a guest villain in ''Film/HomeAlone'', waiting a full five minutes until Chun-Li [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve believes in herself hard enough]] to throw a fireball, despite having absolutely no reason to do that instead of just walking over and kicking him.
-->--'''''{{Website/Cracked}}''''', [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18605_7-baffling-moments-from-worst-video-game-movie-ever.html#ixzz33YKAqg4F on]] ''Film/StreetFighterTheLegendOfChunLi''

->'There can be only one' was just a saying without meaning. The Source could only be accessed by [[CareBearStare the pure of heart]], and its only reward was to give the 'winner' [[BabiesEverAfter a fucking baby]]. All the suffering, the angst, the lost loves of the series meant nothing. Connor [=MacLeod=] fought the Kurgan for ''nothing'', because the Kurgan could never have entered the Source because he wasn’t pure of heart. Duncan and Methos teaming up to stop the Four Horsemen meant ''nothing'', because the world [[TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed still fell into chaos]] and Kronos could never have accessed the Source. Darius dying meant ''nothing'' because the thing James Horton feared – that immortals would one day rule mankind – could never have come to pass because the Source offered no power and no wisdom; it offered nothing beyond the chance to have a fucking baby...Believe it or not, this movie was not made by people who wanted to permanently kill the ''Highlander'' franchise. This was supposed to be a trilogy, theoretically kicking off a new generation of immortals [[YoungerAndHipper led by Duncan’s kid]]. If there is anything to be thankful about this movie, it’s that it was so bad that it [[FranchiseKiller finally killed the franchise once and for all.]]
-->--'''''[[http://www.screamsheet.wordpress.com/2011/01/27/highlander-the-source-part-one/ The Screamsheet]]''''' on ''{{Franchise/Highlander}}: The Source''

->''"To call it an anticlimax would be an insult not only to climaxes [[InsultToRocks but to prefixes.]]"''

->''"They're splicing in old soundtracks and clips in such a way to make new footage. This is the bottoming out of the series. All the budgets are GONE, and we're left with this attempt at an ending. In short, it's becoming another [[ClipShow clip episode]]...It's rumored that the writer/director, Creator/HideakiAnno, got death threats over this ending. I can see why."''

->''"''Legend''[='s=] final showdown is a worse catalog of disaster than ''Skymall For Supervillains''. Chun-Li defeats her mortal enemy by accident, knocking cement powder from an [[NoOSHACompliance utterly unexplained building site]] in the heart of Bison's fortress into his eyes. He staggers around like a crippled Make-a-Wish kid whose final desire was to be a guest villain in ''Film/HomeAlone'', waiting a full five minutes until Chun-Li [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve believes in herself hard enough]] to throw a fireball, despite having absolutely no reason to do that instead of just walking over and kicking him."''

->''"'There can be only one' was just a saying without meaning. The Source could only be accessed by [[CareBearStare the pure of heart]], and its only reward was to give the 'winner' [[BabiesEverAfter a fucking baby]]. All the suffering, the angst, the lost loves of the series meant nothing. Connor [=MacLeod=] fought the Kurgan for ''nothing'', because the Kurgan could never have entered the Source because he wasn’t pure of heart. Duncan and Methos teaming up to stop the Four Horsemen meant ''nothing'', because the world [[TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed still fell into chaos]] and Kronos could never have accessed the Source. Darius dying meant ''nothing'' because the thing James Horton feared – that immortals would one day rule mankind – could never have come to pass because the Source offered no power and no wisdom; it offered nothing beyond the chance to have a fucking baby...Believe it or not, this movie was not made by people who wanted to permanently kill the ''Highlander'' franchise. This was supposed to be a trilogy, theoretically kicking off a new generation of immortals [[YoungerAndHipper led by Duncan’s kid]]. If there is anything to be thankful about this movie, it’s that it was so bad that it [[FranchiseKiller finally killed the franchise once and for all.]]"''

->''"To imply that this is anything worthy of being called an 'Endgame' is like implying a grand game of Chess exists between a stoner who wants a Cinnabon and the mall cop who shoo'ed him away for peeing in the trash bin next to Sbarro's."''

->''"The Master has finally defeated the Doctor…by plugging in a few wires ''[[PokeThePoodle hehehehehe]]''. That would have been a crap defeat."''

-->--'''Chris Sims''' and '''David Uzumeri''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/recap-smallville-episode-8-22-doomsday/ on]] ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' ("Doomsday")

->''"To resurrect an old saying, '[[{{Tagline}} Anything can happen in WWE!]]' Say what you will, but {{Wrestling/Sheamus}}’s [[SquashMatch 18-second victory]] was a Wrestlemania moment to be remembered forever…except by those who were out taking a leak or who got home late and flipped on the TV at 8:05 Eastern Time."''

->''"At the time, it seemed an oddly disjointed story that was in need of another draft. Now… well, [[BaitAndSwitchComment it still seems like that]], admittedly. The 'they convinced their brother he was a robot' twist is [[VoodooShark infamously absurd]]...I admit that I’ve never quite gotten over the moment, about half an hour in, when I was completely convinced the time zombies were going to turn out to be an origin story of the Silence (of course, they’re [[CreateYourOwnVillain forged in an exploding TARDIS!]]), only to have a wildly less interesting reveal. And the fact that the story can be summarized as 'the TARDIS is hijacked by [[UncleTomfoolery a bunch of black men]] because the Doctor [[WomenDrivers let a woman drive]]' is, to say the least, unfortunate."''
-->--'''[[http://www.philipsandifer.com/2014/12/the-advantage-of-my-antiquated-tardis.html Phil Sandifer]]''' on ''Series/DoctorWho'', [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS33E10JourneyToTheCentreOfTheTardis}} "Journey to the Center of the TARDIS"]]

->''"The Master has finally defeated the Doctor…by plugging in a few wires ''[[EvilLaugh hehehehehe]]''. That would have been a crap defeat."''

->''"At the time, it seemed an oddly disjointed story that was in need of another draft. Now… well, [[BaitAndSwitchComment it still seems like that]], admittedly. The 'they convinced their brother he was a robot' twist is [[VoodooShark infamously absurd]]...I admit that I’ve never quite gotten over the moment, about half an hour in, when I was completely convinced the time zombies were going to turn out to be an origin story of the Silence (of course, they’re [[CreateYourOwnVillain forged in an exploding TARDIS!]]), only to have a wildly less interesting reveal. And the fact that the story can be summarized as 'the TARDIS is hijacked by [[UncleTomfoolery a bunch of black men]] because the Doctor [[WomanDrivers let a woman drive]]' is, to say the least, unfortunate."''

->''"The Master has finally defeated the Doctor…by plugging in a few wires ''[[GigglingVillain hehehehehe]]''. That would have been a crap defeat."''

->'''Chris''': I thought I was exaggerating when I said it was “less than five ''(seconds)'',” but I went and looked at the timestamps. Clark power-walks onto [[RecycledSet the same stupid street set]] they always use at 26:11, and they crash into the geothermal facility and blow it up at 27:50.\\
'''David:''' I just [[SarcasmFailure tried to think of something funny to respond to that with]] for four minutes. ''Note: That’s longer than the fight itself took.''

->''"The Master has finally defeated the Doctor…by plugging in a few wires ''hehehehehe''. That would have been a crap defeat."''

->'''Chris''': ...this fight with Doomsday — the one that they’ve been building to all season — literally takes less than two minutes. I thought I was exaggerating when I said it was “less than five,” but I went and looked at the timestamps. Clark power-walks onto [[RecycledSet the same stupid street set]] they always use at 26:11, and they crash into the geothermal facility and blow it up at 27:50.\\
'''David:''' I just tried to think of something funny to respond to that with for four minutes. Note: That’s longer than the fight itself took.

->''" To call it an anticlimax would be an insult not only to climaxes [[InsultToRocks but to prefixes.]]"''

->''" To call it an anticlimax would be an insult not only to climaxes [InsultToRocks but to prefixes.]]"''

->''"I just hope 3D Realms understands that if this doesn't turn out to be history's greatest contribution to human culture and the cure for at least one type of cancer then I and every other reviewer on earth [[CausticCritic are going to saw its bollocks off.]]"''
-->-- '''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''' on ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever''

->'''Chris''': Either way, this fight with Doomsday — the one that they’ve been building to all season — literally takes less than two minutes.\\
'''David''': I honestly thought they’d just cut away from it. I was totally shocked that it was just… over.\\
'''Chris:''' I thought I was exaggerating when I said it was “less than five,” but I went and looked at the timestamps. Clark power-walks onto the same stupid street set they always use at 26:11, and they crash into the geothermal facility and blow it up at 27:50.\\

->'''David''': The [[PeopleInRubberSuits suit]] looks so cheap, even in the bad lighting they’re trying to use to disguise it.\\
'''Chris''': I take issue with the idea that this show is poorly lit on purpose, because if it is, they spent eight years setting it up for this one scene. Honestly though? I think the crazy thing isn’t that it’s a cheap costume, but that Doomsday looks EXACTLY LIKE DOOMSDAY [[TheDeathOfSuperman in the comics]] — minus, thankfully, his [[MonsterModesty tight green bike shorts]] — and he’s standing there punching a dude in a dumb red [[CivvieSpandex Members Only jacket and jeans]] because they didn’t want Clark in his costume.\\
'''David''': Man, the only club Clark’s a member of is the Pen Fifteen club.

->''"To resurrect an old saying, “[[{{Tagline}} Anything can happen in WWE!]]” Say what you will, but {{Wrestling/Sheamus}}’s [[FingerpokeOfDoom 18-second victory]] was a Wrestlemania moment to be remembered forever…except by those who were out taking a leak or who got home late and flipped on the TV at 8:05 Eastern Time."''