Quotes / Retroactive Recognition

Chris: Casey's a pretty unnecessary character in this movie...you could lose him and not really lose anything. This speech that ends all gang violence forever, for instance, could just as easily have been given by Splinter.
Matt: But the Splinter puppet wouldn't be able to threaten Young Sam Rockwell (it's really him!) with golf clubs.

— Chris Sims and Matt Wilson on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)

"It's a harrowing watch. Big Bird fumbles mess hall etiquette, pokes fun at Mickey's name, and, worst of all, splashes his exasperated counselor with a cannonball. The audience knows in their bones that Mr. Snuffleupagus received a bloody bowling-ball-size gizzard in the mail shortly after Labor Day."

— Cracked, "5 'Breaking Bad' Actors Whose Early Roles Now Look Hilarious"

"Wait a minute....Alex Bornstein? ALEX BORSTEIN??!?!? WHAT????"

— Platypus Comix's article on Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain, upon realizing who wrote the episode "Squeeze Play".

"Then Cowboy (No, seriously. That's Laurence Fishburne.) Curtis wanders on to the set so he can introduce the The Del Rubio Triplets."

— Bobsheaux, reviewing The Pee-Wee's Playhouse Christmas Special

"The gang are all visited by members of the secret service. One of which is that dude from SNL before he was famous."

— Quinton Reviews, on the iCarly episode "iMeet The First Lady".

"He's shouting sales pitches at angels in heaven now."

— A then-unknown Pan Pizza on the comment section for this video

"What are you doing here?! 13 YEARS AGO?! Now that's what I call retroactive recognition!"

— A reply to the above comment

Thorgi: I’d be willing to say everyone here is either acceptable or actually quite good… well, except for Fei Long, this actor… weeeeew, P.U., what a stinker! This actor had no talent! No wonder his actor dropped off the face of the earth after this without ever going on to accomplish anythi-
Julia Roberts: And the Emmy goes to… Bryan Cranston, for Breaking Bad.

—Thorgi’s Arcade, Street Fighter Retrospective - Part 4: Real Disaster on Film

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