"People hate Ben Elton. Every now and again a journalist has the courage to ask him why this is. I've seen it happen twice in print, and once on Parkinson... Ben Elton said "Well, Michael, it's because in this country people don't like success.' But he was wrong about that. The real answer is much more simple. It's just that in this country people don't like Ben Elton."
"Every single thing people used to like them for, all lined up by the shallow grave one-by-one and popped off with a systematic coldness that would trouble Heinrich Himmler. Castlevania? POW! God of War rip-off. Metal Gear Solid? POW! Zombie survival. Silent Hill? POW! Homecoming. POW! Shattered Memories. POW! Cancel Silent Hills. 'I think it's dead now, Konami.' 'Are you sure? I think that part twitched.' POW! Pachinko machine.
With Supernova, Jack, and now Cotton Club you have to ask: why did we ever hire this clown? Oh that’s right, Godfather, Godfather Part II, The Conversation, and Apocalypse Now. Fuck.
I figure Unbreakable was probably written before the crazy hype took over, because that’s at least on a par, if not better than Sixth Sense, but his third film, Signs, is the first time you spot those little warnings. Like the braying donkey laugh of a new girlfriend, you realise that pretty soon, we’re going to have a problem.
—Stuart Millard on M. Night Shyamalan
M. Night ShyamalanIn terms of artists who have managed to wedge themselves up their own ass, I can’t think of a more toxic pairing than Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller, a couple of former wunderkinds turned exasperating self-parodies.
He would frequently escape from the comedy mold and try something else, including in his Tim Burton collaborations, but now it seems that he won’t be appearing in any mold, with one of the most hated criminal charges possible hanging over his head.
—LeBeau, "What the Hell Happened to Jeffrey Jones?"
, "What the Hell Happened to Jeffrey Jones?"Just when you think Jeph Loeb's influence on the Ultimate line couldn't get any worse, here comes the continuing adventures of the Ultimates, a title on which Loeb last gave us the brilliant line, "I guess that makes me the mother fucker." Yes, it does. On so many, many levels.
JMS was a creator most readers had learned to trust from a young age. His stints on He-Man and the Masters of the Universe and The Real Ghostbusters, followed by his work on Babylon 5, Rising Stars and his first year on Spidey were relatively beloved.
Now fans can’t pick up a copy of Thor or The Brave and the Bold without the looming feeling that it could blow up in their hands. It's the Roman Candle effect — totally fun until you’re being treated for facial burns.
—Caleb Goellner on The Amazing Spider-Man (J. Michael Straczynski), "The 15 Worst Comics of the Decade"
Kanye goes to award shows and makes an ass of himself because that's his thing now. Beyoncé gets to sit there and look stunned and above all of it. Kim gets another five seconds of camera time. And Jay-Z gets to sit there and look indifferent and somehow bring up his drug-dealing days yet again so that people don't focus on the fact that he's just a rich old Samsung brand-manager now.
Lady CaCa once again proved that she's the Master of Shit Decisions when she decided that it was a good idea to record a song called "Do What You U Want" with a well-known piece of turd predator who has done what he wants with the bodies of underage girls including emptying his piss bag on them...But you know, I don't understand this kind of HIGH ART — I mean, some of the world’s biggest filmmakers loved it:
"I saw myself in it. A triumph!" — Roman Polański
"An inspirational piece of art! Bravo!" — Woody Allen
"Needed more naked twinks, but other than that, it's a masterpiece!"— Bryan Singer
"I saw myself in it. A triumph!" — Roman Polański
"An inspirational piece of art! Bravo!" — Woody Allen
"Needed more naked twinks, but other than that, it's a masterpiece!"— Bryan Singer
There was a time when Bill Cosby could go by the title of "America's Dad", and most people would agree with that. But then Bill Cosby became an irrefutable monster, and the title couldn’t be stripped off him fast enough. But Bill Cosby lives in a giant pudding cloud of delusion, which apparently means he still thinks he’s got paternity rights over America.
—DListed, "Bill Cosby’s Weird Father’s Day Messages"
, "Bill Cosby’s Weird Father’s Day Messages"Mike: How ya gonna review a movie you don't watch, Jay?
Jay: I've seen parts of it. I skimmed it. Here's the thing: Adam Sandler is out of movies. He's directing Netflix. He's not my problem anymore.
Jay: I've seen parts of it. I skimmed it. Here's the thing: Adam Sandler is out of movies. He's directing Netflix. He's not my problem anymore.
— Half in the Bag Episode 101 on The Ridiculous 6
"Yeah, you know, I don't even like the Black Eyed Peas songs I said I liked. It feels like millions of years ago."
— Todd in the Shadows on "#thatPOWER"
"#thatPOWER""If you've tied your identity to being the best, if your sense of satisfaction in what you do is found in being better than everyone else in the whole world, you know who you've become? You've become Billy Mitchell, a man so defined by his skills as an arcade record breaker, he undid his own legacy of genuine talent by cheating in the end to retain his position. In his drive to remain the King of Kong, Mitchell resorted to cheating and disgraced himself. Now his records are wiped at Twin Galaxies, and he'll go down in history as a shit, because that's what he was in the end; he was the best in the world, he was obsessed with being it, and now he's a shit."
"The absolute stupidest thing that could ever be done was get rid of Hideo Kojima, the one thing keeping that company relevant. So they got rid of Hideo Kojima, no longer making that company relevant. I don't want to mention all the pachinko machine with erotic violence and HIT THE LEVER, or the reports that came out and said working at Konami is basically working at a prison, but there you go."
or the reports that came out and said working at Konami is basically working at a prison, but there you go.""In just two years, this guy's name went from an inspiring story of creativity to something you can't say in the building where they're making the show. The Loud House is still being made today, and when it comes to the average online conversation about the show, this man does not exist. Cognitive dissonance has taken over. The Loud House has... no... creator."
