History Quotes / DeconstructorFleet

->''"Much as [[GodwinsLaw Adolf Hitler]] was once named as ''Time's'' Man of the Year, I submit for your approval: ''ComicBook/{{Identity Crisis|2006}}'', Superhero Comic of the Decade. No other comic so perfectly captures the zeitgeist of what was truly popular in superhero comics in [[TurnOfTheMillennium the Oughties]]. Sure, sure, ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'' revolutionized action, ''[[ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan Bendis]]'' revolutionized pacing, ''ComicBook/AllStarSuperman'' revolutionized nostalgia, but none of them hold a candle to Brad Meltzer's epic. It truly captured the mood of a generation... 'You can rape/murder your cake and have it too.' ''Identity Crisis'' would be better named Maturity Crisis. At its core is a harsh struggle between the contradictory impulses to both fetishize the past and move into the future. The book relies on an affection for and fascination with up to 70 years of superhero comics, but spends the bulk of the time showing you the '[[AwfulTruth ugly truth]]' behind those comics of yesteryear. Charming flourishes of superheroic behavior are revealed to be [[PhotoOpWithTheDog narcissistically engineered for publicity]]. Brutal rapes take place [[CerebusRetcon behind the scenes, between the adventures]]. Goofy, dumb villains are explained to have [[GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul had their minds and personalities telepathically violated and altered]] to be that way. Everything in ''Identity Crisis'' is designed as an excuse for adults who are secretly embarrassed by their love of superheroes."''

->''"Much as [[GodwinsLaw Adolf Hitler]] was once named as ''Time’s'' Man of the Year, I submit for your approval: ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis'', Superhero Comic of the Decade. No other comic so perfectly captures the zeitgeist of what was truly popular in superhero comics in [[TurnOfTheMillennium the Oughties]]. Sure, sure, ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'' revolutionized action, ''[[ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan Bendis]]'' revolutionized pacing, ''ComicBook/AllStarSuperman'' revolutionized nostalgia, but none of them hold a candle to Brad Meltzer’s epic. It truly captured the mood of a generation... 'You can rape/murder your cake and have it too.' ''Identity Crisis'' would be better named Maturity Crisis. At its core is a harsh struggle between the contradictory impulses to both fetishize the past and move into the future. The book relies on an affection for and fascination with up to 70 years of superhero comics, but spends the bulk of the time showing you the '[[AwfulTruth ugly truth]]' behind those comics of yesteryear. Charming flourishes of superheroic behavior are revealed to be [[PhotoOpWithTheDog narcissistically engineered for publicity]]. Brutal rapes take place [[CerebusRetcon behind the scenes, between the adventures]]. Goofy, dumb villains are explained to have [[GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul had their minds and personalities telepathically violated and altered]] to be that way. Everything in ''Identity Crisis'' is designed as an excuse for adults who are secretly embarrassed by their love of superheroes."''

-->-- '''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/shinobi-the-rpg-naruto-si.380860/page-824#post-43067710 Serious_Senator on]] Fanfic/ShinobiTheRPG'''

->''"There comes a time when a house has been so damaged by termites that you must not only kill the termites, but demolish the house -- and build again."''\\
--'''Dr. Hippocrates Noah''', ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', "Our Man Bashir"

->''"''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''[='s=] story is about [[SaveTheWorld saving the world]] by [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong changing history]]; ''[[VideoGame/ChronoCross Cross]]'' says that it's impossible to create a new future without, in a very real sense, [[ButterflyOfDoom murdering the old one]]... ''Trigger'' contains a quest in which your characters selflessly [[GreenAesop save a forest]]; ''Cross'' has a quest in which they selfishly [[CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption destroy one]]. It's like if Creator/StanleyKubrick had been picked to replace Creator/GeorgeLucas in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack.''"''\\
--'''Pat R.''', [[http://socksmakepeoplesexy.net/index.php?a=cross "Triggers and Crosses"]]

->''"So at this point, a look at the scorecard. ''Series/DoctorWho'' has had the qlippothic force of the Cybermen unleashed [[HostileShowTakeover within its basic premise]]. It’s critiqued [[{{Postmodernism}} its own status as television entertainment]], exposed the Doctor as an almost completely [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality morally and philosophically bankrupt character]], attacked [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman the premise of monsters]], and now, to top it all off, attacked [[WhoWouldWantToWatchUs the show’s standing as science fiction.]]"''\\
-- '''[[http://www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/by-no-means-the-most-interesting-timelash/ El Sandifer]]''' on "[[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS22E5Timelash}} Timelash]]"

->''"Much as [[GodwinsLaw Adolf Hitler]] was once named as ''Time’s'' Man of the Year, I submit for your approval: ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis'', Superhero Comic of the Decade. No other comic so perfectly captures the zeitgeist of what was truly popular in superhero comics in [[TurnOfTheMillennium the Oughties]]. Sure, sure, ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'' revolutionized action, ''[[ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan Bendis]]'' revolutionized pacing, ''ComicBook/AllStarSuperman'' revolutionized nostalgia, but none of them hold a candle to Brad Meltzer’s epic. It truly captured the mood of a generation... 'You can rape/murder your cake and have it too.' ''Identity Crisis'' would be better named Maturity Crisis. At its core is a harsh struggle between the contradictory impulses to both fetishize the past and move into the future. The book relies on an affection for and fascination with up to 70 years of superhero comics, but spends the bulk of the time showing you the '[[AwfulTruth ugly truth]]' behind those comics of yesteryear. Charming flourishes of superheroic behavior are revealed to be [[PhotoOpWithTheDog narcissistically engineered for publicity]]. Brutal rapes take place [[CerebusRetcon behind the scenes, between the adventures]]. Goofy, dumb villains are explained to have [[GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul had their minds and personalities telepathically violated and altered]] to be that way. Everything in ''Identity Crisis'' is designed as an excuse for adults who are secretly embarrassed by their love of superheroes."''\\
--'''Jason Michelitch''', [[http://comicsalliance.com/the-15-worst-comics-of-the-decade/ "The 15 Worst Comics of the Decade"]]

->''"In addition to the brazen sexual politics, the whole film seems to have been written as almost a rebuttal to the last film in a multitude of ways. Everything about the plot and characters of ''Film/ThreeHundred'' is discredited or made small. The noble Spartans are seen as selfish, stubborn isolationists and brutish, mindless thugs (as if practicing ancient eugenics wasn’t reason enough to hate them). The mighty God-King Xerxes is an impotent figurehead, [[LadyMacbeth under the control of a woman.]] The Greeks’ precious new democracy is seen as chaotic and ineffective. And through Artemisia, as previously mentioned, [[RatedMForManly the macho ideals of manhood]] of the first film [[YouBastard are subtly vilified]]."''\\
-- '''''Website/TheAgonyBooth''''' [[http://www.agonybooth.com/movies/300_Rise_of_the_Empire_2014.aspx on]] ''Film/ThreeHundredRiseOfAnEmpire''

Then we see all this from Dasukie's perspective. He's starting to realize how shitty things are. And really, why should he do everything the god king says? It's not like he's done a good job, right? Maybe I can do better on my own! And thus, act two. Dasukie's battle with the system. Where he learns that brining democracy to Afghanistan is much harder than it sounds. Even if you've got all the guns.''\\
-- '''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/shinobi-the-rpg-naruto-si.380860/page-824#post-43067710 Serious_Senator on]] Fanfic/ShinobiTheRPG'''

-- '''[[http://www.philipsandifer.com/2012/05/by-no-means-most-interesting-timelash.html El Sandifer]]''' on "[[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS22E5Timelash}} Timelash]]"

-- '''[[http://www.philipsandifer.com/2012/05/by-no-means-most-interesting-timelash.html Phil Sandifer]]''' on "[[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS22E5Timelash}} Timelash]]"

->''"''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''[='s=] story is about [[SaveTheWorld saving the world]] by [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong changing history]]; ''[[ChronoCross Cross]]'' says that it's impossible to create a new future without, in a very real sense, [[ButterflyOfDoom murdering the old one]]... ''Trigger'' contains a quest in which your characters selflessly [[GreenAesop save a forest]]; ''Cross'' has a quest in which they selfishly [[CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption destroy one]]. It's like if Creator/StanleyKubrick had been picked to replace Creator/GeorgeLucas in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack.''"''\\

--'''Pat R.''', [[http://www.http://socksmakepeoplesexy.net/index.php?a=cross "Triggers and Crosses"]]

->''"''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''[='s=] story is about [[SaveTheWorld saving the world]] by [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong changing history]]; ''[[ChronoCross Cross]]'' says that it's impossible to create a new future without, in a very real sense, [[ButterflyOfDoom murdering the old one]]... ''Trigger'' contains a quest in which your characters selflessly [[GreenAesop save a forest]]; ''Cross'' has a quest in which they selfishly [[CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption destroy one]]. It's like if Creator/StanleyKubrick had been picked to replace Creator/GeorgeLucas in ''TheEmpireStrikesBack.''"''\\

->''"''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''[='s=] story is about [[SaveTheWorld saving the world]] by [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong changing history]]; ''[[ChronoCross Cross]]'' says that it's impossible to create a new future without, in a very real sense, [[ButterflyOfDoom murdering the old one]]... ''Trigger'' contains a quest in which your characters selflessly [[GreenAesop save a forest]]; ''Cross'' has a quest in which they selfishly [[CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption destroy one]]. It's like if Creator/StanleyKubrick had been picked to replace GeorgeLucas in ''TheEmpireStrikesBack.''"''\\

->''"''ChronoTrigger''[='s=] story is about [[SaveTheWorld saving the world]] by [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong changing history]]; ''[[ChronoCross Cross]]'' says that it's impossible to create a new future without, in a very real sense, [[ButterflyOfDoom murdering the old one]]... ''Trigger'' contains a quest in which your characters selflessly [[GreenAesop save a forest]]; ''Cross'' has a quest in which they selfishly [[CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption destroy one]]. It's like if Creator/StanleyKubrick had been picked to replace GeorgeLucas in ''TheEmpireStrikesBack.''"''\\

->''"Much as [[GodwinsLaw Adolf Hitler]] was once named as ''Time’s'' Man of the Year, I submit for your approval: ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis'', Superhero Comic of the Decade. No other comic so perfectly captures the zeitgeist of what was truly popular in superhero comics in [[TurnOfTheMillennium the Oughties]]. Sure, sure, ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'' revolutionized action, ''[[ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan Bendis]]'' revolutionized pacing, ''AllStarSuperman'' revolutionized nostalgia, but none of them hold a candle to Brad Meltzer’s epic. It truly captured the mood of a generation... 'You can rape/murder your cake and have it too.' ''Identity Crisis'' would be better named Maturity Crisis. At its core is a harsh struggle between the contradictory impulses to both fetishize the past and move into the future. The book relies on an affection for and fascination with up to 70 years of superhero comics, but spends the bulk of the time showing you the '[[AwfulTruth ugly truth]]' behind those comics of yesteryear. Charming flourishes of superheroic behavior are revealed to be [[PhotoOpWithTheDog narcissistically engineered for publicity]]. Brutal rapes take place [[CerebusRetcon behind the scenes, between the adventures]]. Goofy, dumb villains are explained to have [[GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul had their minds and personalities telepathically violated and altered]] to be that way. Everything in ''Identity Crisis'' is designed as an excuse for adults who are secretly embarrassed by their love of superheroes."''\\

->''"Much as [[GodwinsLaw Adolf Hitler]] was once named as ''Time’s'' Man of the Year, I submit for your approval: ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis'', Superhero Comic of the Decade. No other comic so perfectly captures the zeitgeist of what was truly popular in superhero comics in [[TurnOfTheMillennium the Oughties]]. Sure, sure, ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'' revolutionized action, ''[[UltimateSpiderMan Bendis]]'' revolutionized pacing, ''AllStarSuperman'' revolutionized nostalgia, but none of them hold a candle to Brad Meltzer’s epic. It truly captured the mood of a generation... 'You can rape/murder your cake and have it too.' ''Identity Crisis'' would be better named Maturity Crisis. At its core is a harsh struggle between the contradictory impulses to both fetishize the past and move into the future. The book relies on an affection for and fascination with up to 70 years of superhero comics, but spends the bulk of the time showing you the '[[AwfulTruth ugly truth]]' behind those comics of yesteryear. Charming flourishes of superheroic behavior are revealed to be [[PhotoOpWithTheDog narcissistically engineered for publicity]]. Brutal rapes take place [[CerebusRetcon behind the scenes, between the adventures]]. Goofy, dumb villains are explained to have [[GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul had their minds and personalities telepathically violated and altered]] to be that way. Everything in ''Identity Crisis'' is designed as an excuse for adults who are secretly embarrassed by their love of superheroes."''\\

->''"Much as [[GodwinsLaw Adolf Hitler]] was once named as ''Time’s'' Man of the Year, I submit for your approval: ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis'', Superhero Comic of the Decade. No other comic so perfectly captures the zeitgeist of what was truly popular in superhero comics in [[TurnOfTheMillennium the Oughties]]. Sure, sure, ''TheAuthority'' revolutionized action, ''[[UltimateSpiderMan Bendis]]'' revolutionized pacing, ''AllStarSuperman'' revolutionized nostalgia, but none of them hold a candle to Brad Meltzer’s epic. It truly captured the mood of a generation... 'You can rape/murder your cake and have it too.' ''Identity Crisis'' would be better named Maturity Crisis. At its core is a harsh struggle between the contradictory impulses to both fetishize the past and move into the future. The book relies on an affection for and fascination with up to 70 years of superhero comics, but spends the bulk of the time showing you the '[[AwfulTruth ugly truth]]' behind those comics of yesteryear. Charming flourishes of superheroic behavior are revealed to be [[PhotoOpWithTheDog narcissistically engineered for publicity]]. Brutal rapes take place [[CerebusRetcon behind the scenes, between the adventures]]. Goofy, dumb villains are explained to have [[GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul had their minds and personalities telepathically violated and altered]] to be that way. Everything in ''Identity Crisis'' is designed as an excuse for adults who are secretly embarrassed by their love of superheroes."''\\

->''"Much as [[GodwinsLaw Adolf Hitler]] was once named as ''Time’s'' Man of the Year, I submit for your approval: ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis'', Superhero Comic of the Decade. No other comic so perfectly captures the zeitgeist of what was truly popular in superhero comics in [[TurnOfTheMillennium the Oughties]]. Sure, sure, ''TheAuthority'' revolutionized action, ''[[UltimateSpiderMan Bendis]]'' revolutionized pacing, ''AllStarSuperman'' revolutionized nostalgia, but none of them hold a candle to Brad Meltzer’s epic. It truly captured the mood of a generation... 'You can rape/murder your cake and have it too.' ''Identity Crisis'' would be better named Maturity Crisis. At its core is a harsh struggle between the contradictory impulses to both fetishize the past and move into the future. The book relies on an affection for and fascination with up to 70 years of superhero comics, but spends the bulk of the time showing you the '[[AwfulTruth ugly truth]]' behind those comics of yesteryear. Charming flourishes of superheroic behavior are revealed to be [[PhotoOpWithTheDog narcissistically engineered for publicity]]. Brutal rapes take place [[CerebusRetcon behind the scenes, between the adventures]]. Goofy, dumb villains are explained to have [[GettingSmilesPaintedOnYourSoul had their minds and personalities telepathically violated and altered]] to be that way. Everything in ''Identity Crisis'' is designed as an excuse for adults who are secretly embarrassed by their love of superheroes."''\\

->''"Much as [[GodwinsLaw Adolf Hitler]] was once named as ''Time’s'' Man of the Year, I submit for your approval: ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis'', Superhero Comic of the Decade. No other comic so perfectly captures the zeitgeist of what was truly popular in superhero comics in [[TurnOfTheMillennium the Oughties]]. Sure, sure, ''TheAuthority'' revolutionized action, ''[[UltimateSpiderMan Bendis]]'' revolutionized pacing, ''AllStarSuperman'' revolutionized nostalgia, but none of them hold a candle to Brad Meltzer’s epic. It truly captured the mood of a generation... 'You can rape/murder your cake and have it too.' ''Identity Crisis'' would be better named Maturity Crisis. At its core is a harsh struggle between the contradictory impulses to both fetishize the past and move into the future. The book relies on an affection for and fascination with up to 70 years of superhero comics, but spends the bulk of the time showing you the '[[CerebusRetcon ugly truth]]' behind those comics of yesteryear. Charming flourishes of superheroic behavior are revealed to be narcissistically engineered for publicity. Brutal rapes take place behind the scenes, between the adventures. Goofy, dumb villains are explained to have had their minds and personalities telepathically violated and altered to be that way. Everything in ''Identity Crisis'' is designed as an excuse for adults who are secretly embarrassed by their love of superheroes."''\\

->''"There comes a time when a house has been so damaged by termites that you must not only kill the termites, but demolish the house -- and build again."''
-->--'''Dr. Hippocrates Noah''', ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', "Our Man Bashir"

->''"''ChronoTrigger''[='s=] story is about [[SaveTheWorld saving the world]] by [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong changing history]]; ''[[ChronoCross Cross]]'' says that it's impossible to create a new future without, in a very real sense, [[ButterflyOfDoom murdering the old one]]... ''Trigger'' contains a quest in which your characters selflessly [[GreenAesop save a forest]]; ''Cross'' has a quest in which they selfishly [[CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption destroy one]]. It's like if Creator/StanleyKubrick had been picked to replace GeorgeLucas in ''TheEmpireStrikesBack.''"''
-->--'''Pat R.''', [[http://www.http://socksmakepeoplesexy.net/index.php?a=cross "Triggers and Crosses"]]

->''"In addition to the brazen sexual politics, the whole film seems to have been written as almost a rebuttal to the last film in a multitude of ways. Everything about the plot and characters of ''Film/ThreeHundred'' is discredited or made small. The noble Spartans are seen as selfish, stubborn isolationists and brutish, mindless thugs (as if practicing ancient eugenics wasn’t reason enough to hate them). The mighty God-King Xerxes is an impotent figurehead, [[LadyMacbeth under the control of a woman.]] The Greeks’ precious new democracy is seen as chaotic and ineffective. And through Artemisia, as previously mentioned, [[RatedMForManly the macho ideals of manhood]] of the first film [[YouBastard are subtly vilified]]."''
-->-- '''Website/TheAgonyBooth''' [[http://www.agonybooth.com/movies/300_Rise_of_the_Empire_2014.aspx on]] of ''Film/ThreeHundredRiseOfAnEmpire''