History Quotes / AdaptationalWimp

->"What really hurts the movie is Vadim’s insistence upon treating Film/{{Barbarella}} as a mostly inept damsel in distress. Forest’s ComicBook/{{Barbarella}} gets shit done. She’s smart, she’s tough, she’s witty, she’s competent, and she pulls it all off without compromising in the slightest her credentials as a fantasy sex-object. But except for the dogfight against the Sogo air patrol and one solid attempt to bluff her way to Pygar’s rescue with a burned-out raygun (“De-crucify the angel, or I’ll melt your face!”), Vadim’s Barbarella is pretty much helpless in any situation she can’t fuck her way out of (off-screen). This is made doubly frustrating by the very effective performance [[Creator/JaneFonda Fonda]] gives on those rare occasions when a bit of the Forest Barbarella is allowed to show through. In those moments, you realize that she really was perfect for the part, and with this weirdly stylish school of sci-fi already well on its way to camp obsolescence by the time Barbarella was made, there wasn’t going to be another chance to get it right.

Maybe he was counting on the girls being pathetically weak, like they are 98% of the time. But unfortunately for him, they managed to find their strength this time.

!!WebVideo
->"I've never read any of the comics so I don't know what ComicBook/SilverSurfer's powers are, but isn't he supposed to be pretty strong? So why'd they make him into a wimp? Why is he fucking up rubber ducks and weeping like a crybaby?"
-->-- '''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd''' on ''VideoGame/SilverSurfer''

!!WebOriginal
->''When [[Creator/BryanSinger Singer]] announced that {{ComicBook/Rogue}}'s solitary ''[[Film/XmenDaysOfFuturePast DoFP]]'' scene [[DemotedToExtra had been cut]] for pacing issues, fan reaction was split between "Yay! She sucked anyway!" and "Yay! At least they can't ruin her anymore!"''
-->-- '''''Blog/ToplessRobot'''''

->''Evanovich says the character is a cross between Literature/NancyDrew and Film/DirtyHarry. I think it might be more apt to say a street smart version of Series/VeronicaMars but whatever. What ultimately comes out is what would be a starring vehicle for Creator/FranDrescher in [[UsefulNotes/TheNineties the 90’s]]... [[Creator/KatherineHeigl Heigl]] plays Plum very [[TheDitz ditzy]] with what I’m sure Heigl thinks is a hilarious [[{{Joisey}} Jersey accent.]]''
-->--'''[[https://moviemoses.wordpress.com/2013/01/15/one-for-the-money-2012-julie-anne-robinson/ Miles Antwiler]]''' on ''Film/OneForTheMoney''

->''Evanovich says the character is a cross between Literature/NancyDrew and Film/DirtyHarry. I think it might be more apt to say a street smart version of Series/VeronicaMars but whatever. What ultimately comes out is what would be a starring vehicle for Creator/FranDrescher in [[UsefulNotes/TheNineties the 90’s]]... [[Creator/KatherineHeigl Heigl]] plays Plum very [[TheDitzy ditzy]] with what I’m sure Heigl thinks is a hilarious [[{{Joisey}} Jersey accent.]]''

->''Evanovich says the character is a cross between Literature/NancyDrew and Film/DirtyHarry. I think it might be more apt to say a street smart version of Series/VeronicaMars but whatever. What ultimately comes out is what would be a starring vehicle for Creator/FranDrescher in [[UsefulNotes/TheNineties the 90’s]]... [[Creator/KatherineHeigl Heigl]] plays Plum very ditzy with what I’m sure Heigl thinks is a hilarious [[{{Joisey}} Jersey accent.]]''
-->--'''[[https://moviemoses.wordpress.com/2013/01/15/one-for-the-money-2012-julie-anne-robinson/ Miles Antwiler]]''' on ''Film/OneForTheMoney''

->''"I've never read any of the comics so I don't know what ComicBook/SilverSurfer's powers are, but isn't he supposed to be pretty strong? So why'd they make him into a wimp? Why is he fucking up rubber ducks and weeping like a crybaby?"''
-->-- '''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvnRBywkUZ0 Silver Surfer review]], about Surfer's OneHitPointWonder status in the NES game.

->"Forget the [[EldritchAbomination epic demons]] of myths and legends, cause these ones are lame, unthreatening, and [[EvilSmellsBad they smell like toots]]."

->''"You'd think Christine would call him out more on his behavior, especially since her arc in the [[Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera first musical]] involved getting to the point where she wouldn't let this guy manipulate her anymore. But apart from one scene where she gets genuinely mad at him, she goes right back to being a doormat, nobly suffering for the sake of the men in her life. Eventually this get to the point she's reduced to being a MacGuffin with vital signs, but more on that later."''
-->-- '''WebVideo/MusicalHell''' on ''Theatre/LoveNeverDies'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Un7kg7WUno here]]

->"Forget the epic demons of myths and legends, cause these ones are lame, unthreatening, and [[EvilSmellsBad they smell like toots]]."

->''"You'd think Christine would call him out more on his behavior, especially since her arc in the [[Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera first musical]] involved getting to the point where she wouldn't let this guy manipulate her anymore. But apart from one scene where she gets genuinely mad at him, she goes right back to being a doormat, nobly suffering for the sake of the men in her life."''

-->--'''WebVideo/HonestTrailers''' on ''Film/TheConjuring''

-->-- '''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvnRBywkUZ0 Silver Surfer review]]

->''"I've never read any of the comics so I don't know what ComicBook/SilverSurfer's powers are, but isn't he suppose to be pretty strong? So why'd they make him into a wimp? Why is he fucking up rubber ducks and weeping like a cry baby?"''