You Bastard/Quotes

Eye on the TV, cuz tragedy thrills me.
Whatever flavor it happens to be.
(Like)
Killed by the husband...
Drowned by the ocean...
Shot by his own son...
She used a poison in his tea, then she kissed him goodbye.
That's my kinda story
It's no fun till someone dies.
Don't look at me like I am a monster.
Frown out your one face but with the other you
Stare like a junkie into the TV
Stare like a zombie
While the mother holds her child. Watches him die.
Hands to the sky, cryin' "why, oh why?"
Cuz I need to watch things die, from a distance.
Vicariously, I live while the whole world dies.
You all need it too don't lie.
Why can't we just admit it?
We won't give pause till the blood is flowing.
Neither the brave nor bold nor brightest of stories told,
We won't give pause till the blood is flowing.
I need to watch things die, from a good safe distance.
Vicariously, I live while the whole world dies.
You all feel the same so why can't we just admit it?
Blood like rain come down. Drum on grave and ground.
Part Vampire, part warrior, carnivore, and voyeur
Stare at the transmittal. Sing to the death rattle
Credulous at best, your desire to believe in angels in the hearts of men.
Pull your head on out your hippy haze and give a listen.
Shouldn't have to say it all again.
The universe is hostile, so impersonal, devour to survive.
So it is. So it's always been.
We all feed on tragedy. It's like blood to a vampire.
Vicariously, I live while the whole world dies.
Much better you than I.

—Tool, "Vicarious"

"There, happy now? Pleased to see the mystery resolved? … God, you’re such an asshole, and I speak from experience. It only seems like yesterday I was at your level on the Pathetic-o-meter. Why should you give a shit how my life works out? You’re killing yourself working twelve-hour days, getting fat on cheap take-out food, and your girlfriend is almost certainly fucking other guys. Just because you’ve got a plasma screen TV and a big DVD collection doesn’t mean you’re a free man, motherfucker. You’re just a well-paid slave like all the other cattle out there. Even this comic was just a fifteen-minute respite from how hard we’re working you. You used to think the world was always like this, didn’t you? The wars, the famine, the terrorism, the rigged elections. But now you know better, right? Now you know what happened to the heroes. And you know the funny thing? You know what makes me laugh now that I’m on the other side? You’re just going to close this book and buy something else to fill that big, empty void we’ve created in your life."

—Wesley Gibson, Wanted

"Fuck him! And fuck you too, internet! You clicked on this link, you wanted to see this! I'm like fourteen! The fuck is wrong with you people? You need to get out of your house, you're so desensitized to all this crap and pornography and all this bullshit that's on the internet... Fuck! You crazy fucks!"

—Ma-Ti, Ask That Guy VIOLATES Ma-Ti

You've destroyed a beautiful planet . . . um . . . you horrible person.

—Parasite, upon winning the game

"We should probably drop the word "Monster" from the title since you usually just kill blameless wildlife that only attacks because you're invading its' territory or because you just pushed a sharpened stick through the ear of its' favourite child, But I guess calling it Hunter/Gatherer of Innocent Young Dinosaurs Pathetically Mewling Their Last as The Memory of Their Mother's Warmth Drifts away to Be Replaced by the Unforgiving Coldness of-- Oh, fuck it. Let's just call it You Bastard."

—Yahtzee, Zero Punctuation, on Monster Hunter Tri

"You could thumb your emergency cutoff, turn your eyes from the screen, walk out of the theater, close the book...but you don't. You are my accomplice, and my destroyer. My nemesis. My insatiable, blood-crazed god.
"Ah, ahhh, Christ...it hurts"

—Caine, Heroes Die

"We're not up to feature length yet. What you want is a real ending with plausible plot development."

—Paul, Funny Games (while looking directly into the camera)

Stan: Oh my god, They Killed Kenny!
Kyle (looking and pointing directly at the viewer): You Bastards!!

—Running Gag from South Park, at least Once an Episode for the first several seasons.

"What kind of sick twisted creature gets enjoyment from playing this kind of game?"
*Looks at camera*

—Dot, ReBoot

"What you lookin' at? You all a bunch of fuckin' assholes. You know why? You don't have the guts to be what you wanna be. You need people like me. You need people like me so you can point your fuckin' fingers and say, 'That's the bad guy.' So... what that make you? Good? You're not good. You just know how to hide, how to lie. Me, I don't have that problem. Me, I always tell the truth. Even when I lie. So say good night to the bad guy! Come on. The last time you gonna see a bad guy like this again, let me tell you. Come on. Make way for the bad guy. There's a bad guy comin' through! Better get outta his way!"

—Tony Montana, Scarface

"When you see me smash someone's skull, you enjoy it."

—Mike Tyson

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