History Quotes / GenreKiller

-> ''"[[TwoWordsICantCount Two words:]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1 Sput nik.]] [[UsefulNotes/TheSpaceRace Once the astronauts went up,]] everybody wanted to play with space toys."''

''[Clip of "[[Music/{NevermindAlbum Smells Like Teen Spirit]]" plays]''\\

''[Clip of "[[Music/{{Nevermind}} Smells Like Teen Spirit]]" plays]''\\

->''"This song is so bad that I think it killed the pop crossover single in hip-hop on its own."

->''"Yes, everyone, it's time to return to my favorite running theme through my videos: "Music/{{Nirvana}} Killed My Career". It's the hardest and most abrupt cultural shift in rock history, when the entire 80's got thrown out on its ass and everyone who seemed important instantly became yesterday's news."''

-->-- '''WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows''', ''One-Hit Wonderland''

->'''Deadpool:''' Mm hmm. So, how do you feel about the idea that [[Film/GreenLantern2011 your movie]] may have not only killed ''your'' franchise, but the franchises of every superhero ever? And please phrase your answer in the form of uncontrollable sobbing from a man who has lost all faith in humanity.

->''"Again, I go back to the end of the year before, when Music/TaylorSwift tried to address her own public drama, and it was such a bloated disaster that it felt like [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom she cratered the entire genre overnight]], leading to this [[DorkAge black hole of a year]]."''

-->-- '''[[WesternAnimation/ToyStory2 Stinky Pete]]''', explaining why ''[[ShowWithinAShow Woody's Roundup]]'' was CutShort.

->'''Deadpool:''' Mm hmm. So, how do you feel about the idea that [[Film/GreenLantern your movie]] may have not only killed ''your'' franchise, but the franchises of every superhero ever? And please phrase your answer in the form of uncontrollable sobbing from a man who has lost all faith in humanity.

->''"It says a lot that one of the most comprehensive pieces I can find on the game's development is a [[https://www.roadredemption.com/single-post/2013/08/06/Were-Not-Ride-To-Hell blog post]] from a developer who wasn't involved yet felt forced to comment because [[VideoGame/RoadRedemption his team's game]] [[GuiltByAssociation bore some surface-level similarities]] to ''[[VideoGame/RideToHellRetribution Ride to Hell]]''. Think about how wild that is; ''Ride to Hell'' was so cataclysmically bad that it potentially threatened the sales of other unrelated games."''

----

-->--'''WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows''', ''One-Hit Wonderland''

-->-- '''Creator/LindsayEllis, Joel Schumacher's Phantom Of The Opera: A Video Essay'''

-->-- '''[[WesternAnimation/ToyStory2 Stinky Pete]]''', explaining why ''[[ShowWithinAShow Woody's Roundup]]'' was CutShort.

->''"It says a lot that one of the most comprehensive pieces I can find on the game's development is a blog post from a developer who wasn't involved yet felt forced to comment because [[VideoGame/RoadRedemption his team's game]] [[GuiltByAssociation bore some surface-level similarities]] to ''[[VideoGame/RideToHellRetribution Ride to Hell]]''. Think about how wild that is; ''Ride to Hell'' was so cataclysmically bad that it potentially threatened the sales of other unrelated games."''

-->-- '''Hamish Black''', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLbreWxaZzg Attempting to Make Sense of Ride to Hell, Five Years Later]]''

-->-- '''WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows''', ''The Top Ten Best Hit Songs of 2018 (Part Two)'', comparing "[[Music/ArianaGrande Thank U, Next]]" to "Look What You Made Me Do"

-->--'''WebOriginal/ToddInTheShadows''', ''One-Hit Wonderland''

->''"It says a lot that one of the most comprehensive pieces I can find on the game's development is a blog post from a developer who wasn't involved yet felt forced to comment because [[VideoGame/RoadRedemption his team's game]] bore surface similarities to ''[[VideoGame/RideToHellRetribution Ride to Hell]]''. Think about how wild that is; ''Ride to Hell'' was so cataclysmically bad that it potentially threatened the sales of other unrelated games."''

-->-- '''Writing on Games''', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLbreWxaZzg Attempting to Make Sense of Ride to Hell, Five Years Later]]''

-->--'''WebOriginal/ToddInTheShadows''', ''One-Hit Wonderland''

'''Todd:''' Music/{{Nirvana}} killed a lot of careers, folks.