History Quotes / NegativeContinuity

->''"It was Henry James (not Henry James ''[[JimmyOlsen Olsen]]'', but how felicitous is that?) who said 'What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?' In other words, strong story-telling results from the inter-relation -- indeed, the oneness -- of the characters and the situations in which they find themselves... Suspension of disbelief in the '[[TheIlluminati Veritas]]' storyline, for instance (compelling though that narrative was), required that we fail to notice that the Luthor coat of arms seen in the mansion's stained glass had always been, prior to this, just a big 'L,' not an L and a V. We get three whole seasons with 'Jimmy' Olsen only to have him killed and explained away as [[IdenticalGrandson the older brother of the 'real' Jimmy Olsen]]...We get confrontation scenes with Toyman in 'Prophecy' and with Lex in the finale, both of which seem to suggest that the matter of Superman's secret identity is a bit of a moot point to the villains, only to have this reversed with a preposterous and (we have to imagine) selective {{mind wipe}} because we all know Lex never knew Clark Kent prior to the arrival of Superman.\\\
The instances of this are too numerous to get fully into here... The point is, you can get lost on ''Smallville''[='=]s stretched-thin surface, but as often as not it takes little more than a downward glance to see the bottom, at depths so shallow it seems the surface is all there really is."''
-->--'''Marc Pritchard''' [[http://www.supermanhomepage.com/tv/tv.php?topic=reviews/smallville-finale3 on]] ''{{Series/Smallville}}''

->''"[[OncePerEpisode A big fat spatial anomaly that leads to a time travel episode?]] If I just gave you that description you would know I was talking about a ''Voyager'' episode, right? If this were a ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine DS9]]'' episode you could have headed back into the series rich mythology and shown how these characters have changed over the years but unfortunately the crew of ''Voyager'' (pretty much) [[StaticCharacter look and act exactly the same way now]] as they did in Caretaker and so it only serves to point how little development this show has afforded its cast...Shattered is utterly vanilla and the only real fun is in figuring out whereabouts in time Chakotay has found himself. It doesn’t help that the former Maquis commander is the dullest character to have emerged from this series and plods through history with about as much personality as a mouldy old carrot. If you want to watch an episode that splits a ship into different zones like this and uses it as a character building exercise rather than irrelevant frippery than check out ''{{Series/Farscape}}''[=’=]s Through the Looking Glass."''

->''"Very little on ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'' can be considered canon. If you try to find continuity on this show you'll drive yourself nuts. The only thing that's consistent is we try to make the show [[RapidFireComedy as funny as possible]]. [[RuleOfFunny And we'd never let a little thing like continuity get in the way of that]]."''

->''"The continuity of the show is completely haphazard. It’s haphazard by design. It’s not like they are trying desperately to maintain continuity of the show. [[TheyJustDidntCare They don’t care]], and they’ll tell you flat out that they don’t care. Well, that is misreading the core audience. The ''Star Trek'' hardcore audience loves continuity...If you are pre-supposing that, you are aiming towards the person that is grabbing a beer, and isn’t really paying attention, and is walking out of the room every ten minutes and coming back and sitting down; all you are going to do is dumb down the show. You are reducing it to its {{lowest common denominator}}, and what’s the point of that?"''
-->--'''[[http://www.lcarscom.net/rdm1000118.htm Ronald D. Moore]]''' on ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''

'''Clark''' to Lionel: "You've turned her against me!'"

'''Clark''' to Lionel:'' 'You've turned her against me!'"

'''Me''': 'LIAR! ''(paces left to right, right to left)'' [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith YOU WILL NOT TAKE CONTINUITY FROM ME!]] He tried to kill you![='=]''\\\

'''Me''':'' 'LIAR! ''(paces left to right, right to left)'' [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith YOU WILL NOT TAKE CONTINUITY FROM ME!]] He tried to kill you![='=]''\\\

->''"To forge ahead with a prequel series for a fandom that is known for obsessing over continuity gaffes? This is truly a brave thing to attempt... What we got had nothing to do with continuity gaffes, and everything to do with, well, '''EVERYTHING''' gaffes."''
-->--'''{{Website/SFDebris}}''', "These Are the Voyages..."

->'''Chris''': Can I nitpick for a second?\\
'''David''': Is it going to be about how Lionel’s heart [[BizarroUniverse should be reversed]] and not work in clone Lex?\\
'''Chris''': Yes. I mean, this is stupid science and it’s a stupid thing to nitpick on this stupid show because really, where do you even start drawing the line on what makes sense, but if they’re going to use the Reverse Fingerprints as '''a major plot point'''…\\
'''David''': I was about to bring that up. They even already established this with the reverse fingerprints they used [[SpotTheImposter to catch Earth-2 Lionel!]] It’s baffling. Maybe the heart is reversed but still has the necessary aortic valves?\\
'''Chris''': Or maybe, just maybe, nobody on the writing staff thought about this stuff for more than five seconds. And like, that’s even before we get into the fact that Lex is now [[FridgeLogic running around with the heart of a 60 year-old man]].
-->--'''Chris Sims''' and '''David Uzumeri''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/recap-smallville-finale/ on]] ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' ("Finale")

->''"The continuity of the show is completely haphazard. It’s haphazard by design. It’s not like they are trying desperately to maintain continuity of the show. [[TheyJustDidntCare They don’t care], and they’ll tell you flat out that they don’t care. Well, that is misreading the core audience. The ''Star Trek'' hardcore audience loves continuity...If you are pre-supposing that, you are aiming towards the person that is grabbing a beer, and isn’t really paying attention, and is walking out of the room every ten minutes and coming back and sitting down; all you are going to do is dumb down the show. You are reducing it to its {{lowest common denominator}}, and what’s the point of that?"''

->''"It was Henry James (not Henry James ''[[JimmyOlsen Olsen]]'', but how felicitous is that?) who said 'What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?' In other words, strong story-telling results from the inter-relation -- indeed, the oneness -- of the characters and the situations in which they find themselves... Suspension of disbelief in the '[[TheIlluminati Veritas]]' storyline, for instance (compelling though that narrative was), required that we fail to notice that the Luthor coat of arms seen in the mansion's stained glass had always been, prior to this, just a big 'L,' not an L and a V. We get three whole seasons with 'Jimmy' Olsen only to have him killed and explained away as [[IdenticalGrandson the older brother of the 'real' Jimmy Olsen]] not because this makes sense but because Chloe, in order to be redeemed for her accessory to Davis's criminality, has to be shown that [[MoralEventHorizon Davis was a bad guy all along]]... but of course [[FirstLawOfResurrection you can't kill Jimmy]] so we were turned on a dime with the mother of all wretched and retch-worthy retcons. We get confrontation scenes with Toyman in 'Prophecy' and with Lex in the finale, both of which seem to suggest that the matter of Superman's secret identity is a bit of a moot point to the villains, only to have this reversed with a preposterous and (we have to imagine) selective {{mind wipe}} because we all know Lex never knew Clark Kent prior to the arrival of Superman.\\\

'''Chris''': Yes. I mean, this is stupid science and it’s a stupid thing to nitpick on this stupid show because really, where do you even start drawing the line on what makes sense, but if they’re going to use the Reverse Fingerprints as '''a major plot point'''…

'''Clark''' to Lionel:'' 'You've turned her against me!'"\\\
I'm perplexed as to how Clark, even in a weakened state, would just instantly buy that the ''Planet'' [[YouGetMeCoffee info line gal]] would have to interact with Lionel Luthor. Especially given that even if it WERE part of the job, she'd have a legitimate beef in refusing to do so. 'Uh, yeah. He blew up my house.'"''

->''"Some amount of ink has been spilled on these ''[continuity errors]'', including a bit of my own, but for our purposes here suffice it to say that none of the options to explain how it is that the Time Lords can get in touch with [[Creator/PatrickTroughton Troughton]] or how Jamie knows about them quite work. This is, of course, a minor issue at best. But it’s almost tailor-made [[FandomBerserkButton to piss continuity-obsessive fans off.]]\\\
That, I suspect, is the point. ''[Robert]'' Holmes’s interest in continuity has always been virtually null. He jettisoned everything we thought we knew about Gallifrey in [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS14E3TheDeadlyAssassin}} the Deadly Assassin]], and in bringing the Time Lords back as peripheral figures in this story he basically scraps all of that for a whole new set of technology and explanations of things. Tat Wood accuses this of being [[TorchTheFranchiseAndRun the point where Holmes starts to believe his own reputation]], but I think nothing could be further from the truth. This is the point where Holmes loses patience with being put on a pedestal. It’s much like the classic story of comics legend JackKirby being told that someone was drawing one of his characters 'Jack Kirby style' and remarking that Jack Kirby style would have been to create a new character."''
-->--'''Phil Sandifer''' [[http://www.philipsandifer.com/2012/05/well-prepared-meal-two-doctors.html on]] ''Series/DoctorWho'', [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS22E4TheTwoDoctors}} "The Two Doctors"]]

->''"Lionel Luthor's emailing Chloe, it would seem....Chloe says, 'My job requires me to talk to Lionel Luthor.'\\\
'''Me''': 'LIAR! ''(paces left to right, right to left)'' [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith YOU WILL NOT TAKE CONTINUITY FROM ME!]] He tried to kill you!'\\\
'''Clark''' to '''Lionel''': 'You've turned her against me!'"''

->''"We start out with a parental discretion warning. I've whined about this before. The last time they did this was when Lionel put a gun to his head and contemplated suicide... In this episode, I can only guess that they did the warning for the same reason. Chloe ends up with slashed wrists that, of course, won't scar. Maybe that's what they're warning about. You might just [[SuckinessIsPainful drop dead of incredulity]] next time you see her wrists...that could be a better title than Tomb, watching this one. INCREDULITY."''
-->--'''Neal Bailey''' [[http://www.supermanhomepage.com/tv/tv.php?topic=reviews/smallville5-ep14 on]] ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' ("Tomb")

->''"We start out with a parental discretion warning. I've whined about this before. The last time they did this was when Lionel put a gun to his head and contemplated suicide... In this episode, I can only guess that they did the warning for the same reason. Chloe ends up with slashed wrists that, of course, won't scar. Maybe that's what they're warning about. You might just [[SuckinessIsPainful drop dead of incredulity]] next time you see her wrists..."''

->''" We start out with a parental discretion warning. I've whined about this before. The last time they did this was when Lionel put a gun to his head and contemplated suicide... In this episode, I can only guess that they did the warning for the same reason. Chloe ends up with slashed wrists that, of course, won't scar. Maybe that's what they're warning about. You might just [[SuckinessIsPainful drop dead of incredulity]] next time you see her wrists, especially when you have friends that have [[UnfortunateImplications slashed their own wrists and tried to kill themselves.]]"''

->''" We start out with a parental discretion warning. I've whined about this before. The last time they did this was when Lionel put a gun to his head and contemplated suicide... In this episode, I can only guess that they did the warning for the same reason. Chloe ends up with slashed wrists that, of course, won't scar. Maybe that's what they're warning about. You might just [[SuckinessIsPainful drop dead of incredulity]] next time you see her wrists, especially when you have friends that have [[UnfortunateImplications slashed their own wrists and tried to kill themselves."''

->''"Very little on ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'' can be considered canon. If you try to find continuity on this show you'll drive yourself nuts. The only thing that's consistent is we try to make the show [[RapidFireComedy as funny as possible]]. [[RuleOfFunny And we'd never let a little thing like continuity get in the way of that]]."''
-->-- '''Bill Freiberger''', Executive Producer

->''"Very little on ''DrawnTogether'' can be considered canon. If you try to find continuity on this show you'll drive yourself nuts. The only thing that's consistent is we try to make the show [[RapidFireComedy as funny as possible]]. [[RuleOfFunny And we'd never let a little thing like continuity get in the way of that]]."''

->'''Cartman:''' Now THAT'S what I call a sticky situation!
->'''Stan:''' Cartman, you dumbass! That's not how it happened!
->'''Kyle:''' Yeah, dude! Kenny just died eight hours ago from that monster; how could he have died back then too?
->'''Cartman:''' [[LampshadeHanging Huh, I guess that ''doesn't'' make any sense...]]

->'''Kenstar:''' Okay, so the rules are you gotta draw your created character with an existing character from the ''Girlchan'' continuity.
->'''Green Guy:''' ''What'' continuity!?
->'''Kenstar:''' Sssshut your ''mouth!''
-->--''GirlchanInParadise''

->"There is no continuity, there is only Insano."
-->--[[TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony's]] 'explanation' of Doctor Insano's MultipleChoicePast.

-->-- ''SouthPark''

->'''There is no continuity, there is only Insano.'''

[[TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony's]] 'explanation' of Doctor Insano's MultipleChoicePast.

-->--''GirlchanInParadise''

-->-- ''SouthPark''