"It's one of the most awful and awesome panoramas of human suffering ever imagined in a work of fiction. But the audacity of the wholesale suffering that L&J imagine is dwarfed by the greater audacity of their wholly disregarding the very scenario they have presented. The authors and their protagonists seem wholly unperturbed by all of this death and destruction, save in how it presents a logistical inconvenience and cramps the travel plans of our heroes."
— Fred Clark
on the Rapture in Left Behind
on the Rapture in Left BehindSummer: I can't believe Rick did this.
Morty: These are the parts of Rick's adventures you don't get to see: the parts he leaves behind.
Morty: These are the parts of Rick's adventures you don't get to see: the parts he leaves behind.
— Rick and Morty, "The Rickshank Redemption"
"(reading a poster) 'Hang in there, baby!' You said it, kitty. (looking more closely) 'Copyright 1968.' Hmm. Determined or not, that cat must be long dead. ...That's kind of a downer."
— Marge, The Simpsons, "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson"
"Hey, you all right? Come on, pal, cheer up! We did it! We got Boo home! Ah, sure, we put the factory in the toilet and... gee, hundreds of people will be out of work now. Not to mention the angry mob that'll come after us when there's no more power. But, hey, at least we got some laughs, right?"
— Mike Wazowski, Monsters, Inc.
"Hmph. You honestly think you can beat me? Even if you do, Gaia's already doomed. Its assimilation by Terra has begun, and the Iifa Tree will incite a cataclysmic destruction of Gaia. It's all over for you and your friends. See. I win, either way."
— Kuja, Final Fantasy IXnote
"You know, that... windmill with that family inside is the first place we've seen him burn down, and Phoebus isn't the Captain of the Guards anymore. Are we to assume there were people in all those buildings he burned afterwards?"
"And, I'm not even kidding, that's where it ends. The whole trip to save China, talks of duty and honor and obligation, and, from what they showed us, they completely doomed everybody! Remember how big they were making that threat? […] We just have to assume they're still outnumbered and everyone got slaughtered! In fact, the irony is, in some countries, this movie is called Mulan 2: The Final War! Where's the final war?! ...Oh, I get it. It was after the movie ended, and it was so devastating, they just showed one second of China burning, and quickly cut to the end credits. But at least Mulan and the princesses followed their hearts! I wouldn't follow this if it was serving fresh Mushu, which is very tempting at this point!"
"The film starts with a whimsical description about how the entire story takes place on the surface of a snowflake. […] I can't help but think about how the Who civilization, in its entirety, is ultimately destined to see their world collapse around them in a watery doom as their ice planet eventually lands on the ground and melts!"
"Fortunately, no one dies."
