Channel Awesome and Kickassia Review: Insanity Is a Mighty Bison

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  • I discuss Channel Awesome, their impact on the internet, and their first official movie. Kickassia.
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  • @Boman803
    @Boman803 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    Just went to the wikipedia page for Molossia and it recognizes that it was the Dictatorship of Kickassia for two days of its existence.

  • @wolfgangallanalhazred802
    @wolfgangallanalhazred802 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    Say what you will about the film, but Doug Walker is the only TH-camr to have successfully launched an invasion of a neighboring country.

  • @mistergrool3941
    @mistergrool3941 ปีที่แล้ว +478

    Say what you will, the image of Lindsay Ellis whining incoherently about "coffee" while Douglas stares in utter confusion before ignoring her will always be comedy gold.

    • @raycerx87
      @raycerx87 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I'd have alcohol problems too if I was a part of Channel Awesome. I was at the right age if I decided to make content back then. Thank God I waited.

    • @jeremycarnes1656
      @jeremycarnes1656 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      Anything that shits on a woman who made a virtue signaling vanity film about killing her child is pretty damn funny.

    • @redacted2275
      @redacted2275 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      ​@@raycerx87No, you wouldn't. And I'm pretty sure Lindsay's reason to heavily drinking was not something like working with Channel Awesome. You're undermining her real issues.

    • @raycerx87
      @raycerx87 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@redacted2275 maybe you're right and that was insensitive of me to say for a "joke". Nice profile pic, btw. New Order is good.

    • @peterconstable1996
      @peterconstable1996 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Wait, was this in Kickassia? I don't remember it at all

  • @bloodrunsclear
    @bloodrunsclear ปีที่แล้ว +132

    It's like watching Hollywood in fast forward: dreamers who became a business who became a syndicate and a clique who became has-beens barely remembered.

    • @creed8712
      @creed8712 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Don’t forget the grooming swept under the rug, then again I guess jewwario never won a fucking oscar while on the run

  • @khornhole
    @khornhole ปีที่แล้ว +139

    The rape rap became a Chris Chan biography.

    • @MrManfhis
      @MrManfhis ปีที่แล้ว +7

      that would make Geno's life a lot easier

  • @MediaGhost_
    @MediaGhost_ ปีที่แล้ว +186

    Kickassia is what Apocalypse now wished it could be

    • @jackhamilton9604
      @jackhamilton9604 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      just gonna say that probably all of the high ups in Channel Awesome are more moral than Francis Ford Coppola

    • @arandompasserby7940
      @arandompasserby7940 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Kickassalypse Now: Starring Martin Sheen as Doug Walker, Lawrence Fishburne as Spoony, Robert Duvall as Angry Joe and Marlon Brando as Lindsay Ellis

  • @arkum4235
    @arkum4235 ปีที่แล้ว +291

    It's fascinating to see these old critics back in their prime when each of them at least had a semblance of popularity. While some of them were able to survive and even thrive in current TH-cam, others just washed up. It's almost sad. Then, you remember how plenty of them were batshit insane.

    • @seth5143
      @seth5143 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      They really were the weird kids at the back of the classroom you tried to talk to once out of sympathy but instantly regretted it.

    • @VidyaBros1
      @VidyaBros1 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      You know, I never heard of any of these other content creators and critics until I first saw Kickassia. I didn't know who JewWario was or MarsGirl or Spoony, Film Brain, etc, I never heard of any of them. The only ones I knew about were Nostalgia Critic and Cinema Snob.

    • @creed8712
      @creed8712 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@seth5143the irony in that statement is that Doug was the teacher at the front of that room

    • @RenegadeVile
      @RenegadeVile 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      The only one that has no presence left that I kind of miss is Spoony. For all his many, many, maaaany faults (and now deserved lolcow status), many of his early videos and rifftrack-like playthroughs were genuinely very funny. I just wish he had sorted his physical and mental health out before it got too far; and didn't act like an intolerable douchebag all the time. I think there'd still be a place for him in today's TH-cam had he cleaned up his act and evolved with the times.
      Ah well...

    • @noless
      @noless 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@RenegadeVile Spoony was the only one out of all these creators that I actually thought was funny.

  • @kingcyclops4079
    @kingcyclops4079 ปีที่แล้ว +565

    To say Nostalgia Critic/Channel Awesome defined a generation would be an understatement.

    • @parrygod2926
      @parrygod2926 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      Quinton Reviews exists only because of Nostalgia Critic

    • @kingcyclops4079
      @kingcyclops4079 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      @@parrygod2926 well nothing’s perfect…….

    • @stellviahohenheim
      @stellviahohenheim ปีที่แล้ว

      It's the reason Russia invaded Ukraine

    • @NEETKitten
      @NEETKitten ปีที่แล้ว +109

      @@parrygod2926 He never said the generation was good.

    • @seg162
      @seg162 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      Channel Awesome Ruined an Entire Generation of Critics (and Writers)

  • @runningcommentary2125
    @runningcommentary2125 ปีที่แล้ว +323

    2005: "It's over Anakin! I have the high ground!"
    2022: "It's over Lindsey, I have the rape rap!"

  • @thetrashman24
    @thetrashman24 ปีที่แล้ว +287

    This is the greatest reward for completing no Nostalgia Critic November ,thank you Loli.

    • @masterprick1
      @masterprick1 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Indeed, no greater reward, I can finally Nostalgia all over the place.

    • @jeremycarnes1656
      @jeremycarnes1656 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Thick ropey strands of nostalgia

  • @newyorknole2225
    @newyorknole2225 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    That Sarah Palin impression was so bad that I had no idea she was even doing one.

  • @bastardluigi
    @bastardluigi ปีที่แล้ว +153

    The Avgn/Critic collabs were glorious at the time. Legit had fan meetups. The glory days...

    • @ofidiotabagista5259
      @ofidiotabagista5259 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Before google bought youtube. Everything was different back then.

  • @corbinmarkey466
    @corbinmarkey466 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    I distinctly remember Doug making a joke in one of his NC Fuck Up videos about his nitpicker character being attracted to the green M&M. Since the Metokur video, I've wondered if that was Doug making an underhanded dig at his friend and colleague.

  • @RedheadedReaper
    @RedheadedReaper ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Time to grab a bowl of green m&ms.

  • @hilotakenaka
    @hilotakenaka ปีที่แล้ว +334

    Ain’t it kinda weird how the Channel Awesome document cycle kinda mirrored the whole KickVic situation? Actual serious allegations gets mixed up with far pettier shit and the whole thing starts to feel like it was just made to ruin the career of someone over office drama?
    Everything Marzgurl touches turns to poison I swear

    • @ghostfear2011
      @ghostfear2011 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      It was made because Doug had enough of Lupa and fired her.

    • @MrChickennugget360
      @MrChickennugget360 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      what happened with Marzgurl?

    • @ghostfear2011
      @ghostfear2011 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      @@MrChickennugget360 Still trying to capitalize off of KickVic.

    • @MrChickennugget360
      @MrChickennugget360 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ghostfear2011 was she the one that got Spoony cancelled?

    • @thunderstruck6647
      @thunderstruck6647 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      @@MrChickennugget360 no that was Obscurus Lupa who tried to do that for an edgy, and stupid joke directed at JesuOtaku that Spoony made.

  • @ghostfear2011
    @ghostfear2011 ปีที่แล้ว +172

    Reminder that the creator of infamous ChangeTheChannel document is directly linked to Spoony getting fired from the site (arguable with his meltdown) with the second biggest contributor to it being someone who started KickVic and is a friend of Monica Rial.

    • @WhiskeyPatriot
      @WhiskeyPatriot ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Holy fuck, how deep is this?

    • @SuperNuclearUnicorn
      @SuperNuclearUnicorn ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Is there an issue with Spoony being fired though? Dude was super toxic

    • @TimTE01
      @TimTE01 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Vic is a legit predator, while Spoony screwed himself.

    • @TheAutistWhisperer
      @TheAutistWhisperer ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TimTE01 Vic is a predator?

    • @ghostfear2011
      @ghostfear2011 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      @@TimTE01 No Vic is not a predator.

  • @krism.6598
    @krism.6598 ปีที่แล้ว +791

    Ah yes, JewWario, the man who cosplayed as Jotaro so much he thought Star Platinum would catch the bullet.

  • @TheRibbonRed
    @TheRibbonRed ปีที่แล้ว +123

    What a day to see, Almightyloli covering Channel Awesome with Appabend as a source.
    This is not a coverage I'd even dream of happened. Yet it did. Wow.

  • @just4joebob
    @just4joebob ปีที่แล้ว +29

    That first crossover with the AVGN is kinda cringy by today's standards, that's a given, but it's the fun kind of cringe. It's like getting overly serious with your buddies in laser tag, or roleplaying in general.
    ...
    Boy did it stop being fun after that.

  • @sirquaffler542
    @sirquaffler542 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    Oh man, seeing Spoony back when he was still funny.... that gets to me more than it probably should.

    • @brasteen1
      @brasteen1 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Man, he fell off hard. If he hadn't fallen into a drunken depression and pushed away his fans through a lack of content and constant vitriol, his channel would be huge today. Shame because his older videos are still quite good.

    • @Shatterstar
      @Shatterstar ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@brasteen1 I really do wish he does get better and pulls himself out of the darkness. I think a good start to that is getting the fuck off Twitter.

    • @brasteen1
      @brasteen1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Shatterstar Oh definitely. Twitter is brain rot personified.

    • @wjbushjr
      @wjbushjr ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@Shatterstar Despite my political beliefs differ, I fucking agree. I stopped going on Twitter because I literally had a job and responsibilities and holy fuck I felt much better. I actually am dieting and taking care of myself.

    • @ofidiotabagista5259
      @ofidiotabagista5259 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Shatterstar He's returned to Live Wire and seems to be better.

  • @FuckYoutubeTheySuckDick
    @FuckYoutubeTheySuckDick ปีที่แล้ว +115

    The mission... The nightmares.... They're not over....

    • @Trench1919A4
      @Trench1919A4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      We were trained for this and by god we will survive

  • @bigbadseed7665
    @bigbadseed7665 ปีที่แล้ว +187

    If you think about it, Linkara was right to think Kickassia would make him a mainstream star.
    With all his bizarre fetishes, he'd fit right in in Hollywood.

    • @wjbushjr
      @wjbushjr ปีที่แล้ว +46

      The thing with Lewis is that he's just too negative and insufferable at the end of the day. I can ignore his weird fetishes if he could stop taking it too seriously for once in his life. He takes his reviews too seriously as well.

    • @Kackpuh
      @Kackpuh ปีที่แล้ว +20

      But it doesn't say "pedophile" anywhere.

    • @arandompasserby7940
      @arandompasserby7940 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Honestly, I think it's funny the guy mentioned "feet" when it's clearly the least strange out of them all.
      Unless you want to explain to me how muppet p0rn is somehow less weird than a normal part of the body. :p

  • @tasteflavored
    @tasteflavored ปีที่แล้ว +18

    It's fun to find Phelan in the background of group shots looking completely checked out

  • @cornenthusiast6406
    @cornenthusiast6406 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    Hey a pizza guy got traumatized for this

  • @xEXABYTEx
    @xEXABYTEx ปีที่แล้ว +47

    gotta love when "verified document" turns out to be a big fat lie

  • @FirithPanda
    @FirithPanda ปีที่แล้ว +78

    I remember watching the VODs of the streams for these. Oh boy, those were wild.

    • @alpharius2omegaboogaloo384
      @alpharius2omegaboogaloo384 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Legend tells they are still in the cycle God trapped them in.

    • @loke801
      @loke801 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      The constant Jewario jokes were the best part

    • @samlund8543
      @samlund8543 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Shota’s little suitcase nuke rant in To Boldy Flee is something I’ll never forget.
      That, and his unfortunate discovery involving Sphere Hunter. 😂 Just a massive disappointment of a stream for everyone.

    • @kyon813
      @kyon813 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The horror when the boys realized JesuOtaku was playing Radical Edward was something to behold.

  • @sylonogwailou
    @sylonogwailou ปีที่แล้ว +194

    Holy shit, Loli has the rape rap? That thing has been a legend to me ever since Metokur referenced it existing.

    • @Jakezergling
      @Jakezergling ปีที่แล้ว +39

      The 5th seal has been broken

    • @Poet482
      @Poet482 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      You must not have seen the last of those videos when Jim showed it.

    • @SomeHarbourBastard
      @SomeHarbourBastard ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Mister Metokur showed it off years ago

    • @sylonogwailou
      @sylonogwailou ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Poet482 I thought he only played an approximate rendition of it.

    • @Poet482
      @Poet482 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sylonogwailou
      He did in the second-to-last video in the tgwtg series, but someone gave him the full video for the FINALE video. Watch that FINALE video. It has most of the retarded shit these people do in it.

  • @KawaiiCanadafreememes
    @KawaiiCanadafreememes ปีที่แล้ว +208

    The perfect movie, revolutionised Hollywood and frankly changed the medium of cinema forever.
    When Doug overthrew the government and executed Mollosian civilians you could really see the beginning of the descent of his character as he slowly gave into paranoia and fear of being overthrown, ironically sealing his own fate. Yet those who sought to overthrow him were even more radical and worse then Doug himself, eventually coming to the conclusion that the only reasonable solution was the restoration of the previous regime as it was clear that none of the revolutionary radicals could hold power.

    • @KawaiiCanadafreememes
      @KawaiiCanadafreememes ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@lil-_s_t_e_a_m_y6385 Where are the children, Wario?

    • @eldeadkilljohnkennedy3946
      @eldeadkilljohnkennedy3946 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      At least it was done in the early 2010s but nowadays we have RDC World and batsun Others make a way better version crossover.

    • @tikalthewhimsicott2736
      @tikalthewhimsicott2736 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Reminds me of the music video to a song Tim Pool made

  • @stevemanart
    @stevemanart ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I was almost in Kickassia
    I drew RolloT's titlecards, and still do on occasion for his podcast now and I lived in NorCal at the time. I was reached out to by someomeone (maybe Holly? I dont remember) about possibly showing up as an Extra for the movie only to be told a few days before filming that the weren't going to need as many extras as they planned.

  • @SomeHarbourBastard
    @SomeHarbourBastard ปีที่แล้ว +97

    Probably my biggest strike against Doug is at a technical level. Even as his videos have gotten more ambitious, he has consistently refused to improve his production quality. Fifteen years and the only thing that has changed is the number of pixels in his camera. His _Pink Floyd: The Wall_ review, in spite of the resources that went into it, is still on the level of his work from ten years earlier.
    By contrast, look to JonTron. Comparing his earlier work to his current work, it’s night and day. He started with the same setup, just a guy in his house with whatever he happened to have, to a proper set, with professional grade camerawork, sound and lightning, the effort is obvious, sometimes he’ll build unique setups just for the sake of a ten second joke (like the bathtub bit in his _Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf_ review).

    • @PoliticalAbstract
      @PoliticalAbstract ปีที่แล้ว +3

      One would think as much money he has made over the years, he would using more of the profits to make his videos look less cheesy.

    • @SomeHarbourBastard
      @SomeHarbourBastard ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@PoliticalAbstract Honestly the impression I get is he doesn’t care enough to

    • @ironmaster6496
      @ironmaster6496 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      for real, modern Jontron looks like a legit tv show and IMO he hasn't lost his touch

    • @kyon813
      @kyon813 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      _Oh_ my _God!_ Issa wehrwulf onna _dawhlee!_ :D

    • @dekufiremage7808
      @dekufiremage7808 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Even old Jontron effects and skits look better than modern Nostalgia Critic, minus aspect ratio

  • @ChandlerVanFossen
    @ChandlerVanFossen ปีที่แล้ว +161

    Seeing all the critics like Linkara, BennettTheSage, Nostalgia Chick, and the rest of them together makes me sit back and think, “Wow…..all of these guys lost their relevance now….except Brad. He’s still good.”

    • @jackdaone6469
      @jackdaone6469 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Such a different time, when they were all big names.

    • @BAGELMENSK
      @BAGELMENSK ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@jackdaone6469 did Bennet have anything to do with the bullshit? He still makes videos

    • @goukeban6197
      @goukeban6197 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@BAGELMENSK He seems to generally remain away from bullshit, even in his twitter he doesn't talk about much other than his channel's content and his new married life.

    • @jadenbryant9283
      @jadenbryant9283 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@goukeban6197 well good for him I guess I thought his content was okay except he tended to misunderstand the stuff he was reviewing alot

    • @creed8712
      @creed8712 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I feel like the only reason half of them are relevant is because of some sorta controversy like Lindsey being turned on by her audience and Linkara getting kicked out of a trump rally and not getting his jacket back.

  • @thiccpalpatine
    @thiccpalpatine ปีที่แล้ว +49

    This is quite the blessing after a whole month of No Nostalgia Critic November.

  • @bryanbogard5359
    @bryanbogard5359 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    So weird to see Angry Joe with only 2 chins instead of 4.

    • @destroyazoid2060
      @destroyazoid2060 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It’s just as Metokur prophesied. His transformation into Donut Drake is complete!

  • @Snakedude4life
    @Snakedude4life ปีที่แล้ว +77

    There’s a road pathed with good intentions.
    Wonder where it leads…
    🎩
    🐍 no step on Snek! 🇺🇸🇭🇰

  • @Megatron_95
    @Megatron_95 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Oh god. Feels like ages since I have remembered Channel Awesome, let alone Nostalgia Critic

  • @zetabravo
    @zetabravo ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Kickassia is an adaptation of Lord of the Flies, you can't convince me otherwise.

    • @oz_jones
      @oz_jones ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I geniuinely believe you are correct.

    • @MoskHotel
      @MoskHotel 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      More like an unofficial sequel to Lord of the Flies.

  • @ChandlerVanFossen
    @ChandlerVanFossen ปีที่แล้ว +60

    I think I can sum up some of the Channel Awesome guys in my own words:
    - Nostalgia Critic: The guy who seems nice but tries too hard to be funny.
    - Linkara: The guy who claims he’s a male feminist to hide the fact he’s a hypocritical weirdo.
    - Cinema Snob: The easy going guy that everyone still loves.
    - BennettTheSage: The guy who acted like a contrarian snob who thinks he knows better but didn’t know what he was talking about and fails to clean up his image cuz he doesn’t admit his mistakes.
    - Angry Joe: The guy who just gets mad for no reason nowadays and ends up saying stupid shit.
    - JewWario: The dead pedophile.
    - Spoony: The guy who tries to fix his depression with alcohol.
    - Nostalgia Chick: The woman.

    • @Excalibur01
      @Excalibur01 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      There's also a LOT of other shit with Spoony where he might of had a sexual relationship with one of the other creators who then got pregnant and had an abortion and that also sent him down a dark path and also other things about his problems with living with his brother, moving to Chicago and then moving back to Arizona, a whole lot of shit

    • @Excalibur01
      @Excalibur01 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The next video about Suburban Knight debunks Jew Wario as a pedo...still a weirdo though but apparently all the shit about him being a pedo was a lie

    • @ChandlerVanFossen
      @ChandlerVanFossen ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Excalibur01 Jesus Christ.

    • @jeremycarnes1656
      @jeremycarnes1656 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ​@@ChandlerVanFossen I'll give you three guesses as to who killed the Spoonatic's child. :)
      Legend says she hopped on a few of the obvious stud stable that was Channel Awesome.

    • @oz_jones
      @oz_jones ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jeremycarnes1656 wasnt the kid todd's?

  • @Aczie042
    @Aczie042 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Mick saying Chris and Corey have brain damage for liking Kickassia forever lives rent-free in my head. Also, Spooney's Counter Monkeys is actually a good show.

    • @deeta000
      @deeta000 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      That was Jeff.

    • @vipergg7870
      @vipergg7870 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Jeff is more of an angry joe guy to be fair

  • @ringkunmori
    @ringkunmori ปีที่แล้ว +32

    You know there really was a charm in early Doug Walker content. Like it's cringe but it was cringe in the same way a video you made during highschool was cringe. Nowadays Doug is just going through the motion because this is all he can do.

    • @arandompasserby7940
      @arandompasserby7940 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I personally can't hate Doug's old videos. They may not have much for a modern viewer, but I dunno, there's something comfortable and ... er, nostalgic about them nowadays. Back when it was just Doug, his brother Robin doing writing behind the scenes, and a well-lit wall somewhere in his house.
      Once it turned into a business and he had actors/actresses in skits, it went downhill very fast.

  • @jaegerbomb269
    @jaegerbomb269 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    I loved Channel Awesome back in the day. Loved their content, felt like they had good harmony, and interesting insight. Then they went woke, scandal ridden, and lost the point. I'll cherish the memories, but I've moved on.

  • @HistoryNerd8765
    @HistoryNerd8765 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I remember watching back in the day. Big ups to Doug for being cool with OneyNG's jokes.

  • @graymads
    @graymads ปีที่แล้ว +57

    The Linkara portion of Metokurs TGWG series was better than anything LInkara himself has produced.

    • @jeremycarnes1656
      @jeremycarnes1656 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Surely you are forgetting the masterpiece known as The Lightbringer webcomic.

    • @LostOneOmega
      @LostOneOmega ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Hmmmmmmmm?

    • @ironmaster6496
      @ironmaster6496 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      don't you disrespect the lightbringer

  • @tudormuresan2055
    @tudormuresan2055 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Personally Suburban Knights was mostly mid, To Boldly Flee is the real Cthulhu-tier mind-shattering horror. Also, you still owe us you and Shota suffering through the Linkara Movie.

  • @livecoilarchive1458
    @livecoilarchive1458 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    There's still novelty with Kickassia. As a kid, it was legitimately cool when all these critics got together to make a "movie." Nobody on the planet knew who everyone was because there were so many people, but I think I got into a few of them because of it. Film Brain is actually a decent and articulate critic. He recently did a retrospective on Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, and it's probably his best work.
    Kickassia was also before all the drama and backstabbing. Sad state of affairs today, but I can watch parts of Kickassia (I'm probably never gonna watch it in full ever again because it is a piece of shit) and go back to ignorant bliss, if only for a moment. Nowadays, you could pluck any random person from the cast and there's a 99% chance they're an unironically bad person.

    • @crabdragon243
      @crabdragon243 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Agreed. Despite it not being a well-made movie and having a lot of dated or “cringe” stuff in it, there is a genuine charm to it that I don’t think the other TGWTG movies that followed had. I definitely feel like the comradery and chemistry between the members of the site is still genuine in it, like it was this project that they all had fun making as a group despite all of the grievances with the production. By the time Suburban Knights and ESPECIALLY To Boldly Flee were coming out, it was feeling a lot more forced, with a lot of the site members having drama behind the scenes by then. I could be reading into it too much, but that’s just the energy I get when watching the screen. Despite it decidedly NOT being an actual good film and only a minority of the jokes really working, it feels kinda charming, novel, and fun.
      It also REALLY helps that the entire movie is a joke and doesn’t try to take its plot or “lore” seriously and add elements of melodrama with poor acting like the following movies did.

    • @Archedgar
      @Archedgar ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Brad is still a good dude. He reviews some messed up stuff but he has an impeccable record to his character.

    • @JDoe-gf5oz
      @JDoe-gf5oz 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Filmbraaaaaaaain.

  • @lecafard4327
    @lecafard4327 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    6:34 Yeah. My biggest issue with the document was (besides just about everything Lindsey wrote) was Marzgurls complaint about the costume she had to make in TBF. She most certainly was right to ask for compensation for the time and work put into it. This is something she should have negotiated beforehand.
    But if she wanted compensation for the materials, then CA most certainly had the right to ask for the costume.

  • @Archedgar
    @Archedgar ปีที่แล้ว +14

    23:34 Lmao, I knew Brad was the voice of reason. He really does seem like the only one that had legit self-awareness all the way through every movie and incident.
    26:26 That president guy was the best part of the film though. IMO the gag of him being 'not the president' seemed amusing to me. Funnier than the others at least and that guy isn't a 'professional comedian' like they were.

  • @agentscuzz7637
    @agentscuzz7637 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Nostalgia Critic is the guy who reawakened my love of Cinema. Love that guy.

  • @internetjerk2839
    @internetjerk2839 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Loli: "we're going to review Kickassia and channel awesome"
    Me: "hold up I need lock up anything I could use to hurt myself"

  • @residentidiot5998
    @residentidiot5998 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Why are you so good at making trailers, and why haven’t you been hired to make them for actual movies, shows, and games?

    • @TheSutanian
      @TheSutanian ปีที่แล้ว +18

      To show he’s better off without the industry

  • @ohitsthatguy8079
    @ohitsthatguy8079 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    6:07 Pov: You’re the shotgun

  • @FudgeYeahLinusLAN
    @FudgeYeahLinusLAN 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Spoony will always have a special place in my heart. He was too good for these people.

  • @mrminecraftcubeable
    @mrminecraftcubeable ปีที่แล้ว +72

    I used to give them a pass because i thought these movies were stupid but they at least had fun making them
    Shame it seems they didn't
    Same thing with linkara's "storyline", he took it way to serious

  • @Troublethecat
    @Troublethecat ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I don't know how Santa Christ coming back to life after three days ruins the joke. It's obviously a reference to Jesus Christ's resurrection in the Bible. Probably it's meant to highlight the pointlessness of the previous sequence since if he can only come back in three days like Jesus, then "We believe in Santa Christ" was never going to work to begin with.

  • @justsomeguywithprimusapoth5927
    @justsomeguywithprimusapoth5927 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    The persona soundtrack in the background is top tier

    • @kyon813
      @kyon813 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      *NEXT REVIEW IN: 6 DAYS*
      *Objective: Steal Doug's heart*

  • @BigJackFilms
    @BigJackFilms ปีที่แล้ว +8

    FINALLY! SOMEONE WHO GETS IT!
    As someone who is a second generation reviewer taking from the CA days like Bobshaux, I still follow the NC/CA style of reviews. Many say its a dead genre per say, but I think it can still be viable for internet culture. If anything the genre and style can be done, but learn from the flaws of the past. I follow lore that picks up from the CA story and movies. Pretty much what Linkara does because it's a story I have passion and heart to tell. If CA was the original Star Trek, my show is Star Trek TNG.
    As for the controversy, I'm glad to see your opinion on it be fair, honest and open minded. Despite the legit issues, what it comes down to is they were ammature and young and when you're young you do stupid shit. I made my first feature around the same time Kickassia and Suburban Knights came out and it was a real learning curve in what I do now.
    This comment is a little too much me ngl, but this video was fun, informative and fairly opinionated. Well done. You earned a new sub.

  • @paragonrobbie9270
    @paragonrobbie9270 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I was a Machinima kid growing up, so I was more or less on the other side of the internet while all the Channel awesome stuff went down. Now, learning about the Channel Awesome stories as an adult, I feel like a nosy neighbor peeking over the backyard fence just to find the family next door had been murdered years ago without me noticing. The strangest part is that they weren't killed by an intruder or anything, evidently they all killed each other.

  • @happybirthdaypaulie8584
    @happybirthdaypaulie8584 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Holy shit, you’re amazing for reviewing this. I’ve been tempted to show these to my fiancé who’s never even heard of Channel Awesome, just to see if she still shows up at the alter in spite of the experience.

  • @Darek_B52
    @Darek_B52 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I'm not gonna lie. It was Doug walker, Angry Joe and some non-CA youtubers that got me into video creation

    • @stellviahohenheim
      @stellviahohenheim ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You created video? What kind? Film? wav? Mp4?

  • @kyrozudesoya1829
    @kyrozudesoya1829 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I've always thought that with some of the complaints the creators on Channel Awesome had why didn't some of them just cut their losses and leave sooner than later? Or keep sticking around being abused? Some of it definitely doesn't add up.

    • @wjbushjr
      @wjbushjr ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Mostly cause they knew that the site actually gave them good money and really helped them out at the end of the day haha. There's a reason why they ignored the JW situation. But the moment when the cash starts burning their way. They start shouting out problems. Everyone is terrible in these kind of incidents.

  • @fmsyntheses
    @fmsyntheses ปีที่แล้ว +8

    let us all bow our heads in remembrance of the short period in which marzgurl was vaguely marragieable

  • @DoctorEviloply
    @DoctorEviloply ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Reading that google document, it's hard to tell what's real and what was made up or exaggerated to provoke sympathy in the readers. Especially when I realised it was written by many of the drama starters and general bad people of TWTG. The truth I reckon, is that NO ONE was an okay person in that group. Apart from Brad. Cinema Snob seems alright and just trying to cope with all this BS.

  • @oopus4
    @oopus4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I love these movies Channel Awesome made, and i watched reviewers like Spoony and Doug and AVGN, who i watched a boat load of.
    edit - I also saw an interview of Spoony from the channel, Conversations with Curtis, the lead actor, Paul Morgan Stetler from the game Phantasmagoria 2, doing the interview. Spoony seems to be in better health and back on his meds.

  • @kinghearts4497
    @kinghearts4497 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    AlmightyLoli: "If you don't buy my T-shirt I'll poison your dog."
    *Flashes JoJo Part 8 Rock Dog*
    He didn't pass up on the JoJoke. Beautiful.

  • @arandompasserby7940
    @arandompasserby7940 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Damn ... listening to Loli explain to the kiddos who the Nostalgia Critic is (as someone who used to like NC's reviews when I was younger, though I'll admit Walker's format didn't get old as fast as Rolfe's) really makes me feel old. I can feel the lines on my face grow deeper. Somewhere on my head, liver-spots are developing.

    • @TheRonnieaj
      @TheRonnieaj ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It’s okay. I’m older than Doug and James. I’m sure new grays popped up while watching this.

  • @hot_coldman
    @hot_coldman ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I enjoyed watching CA back then. Doug and Spoony really captured a cadence in their videos with summary - skit - review - summary that made them great for listening while you were working on something else.

  • @BigIndividual
    @BigIndividual ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Oh god, I still remember the streams when they watched the movies. Please, loli, stop hurting yourself like this…

  • @theholygamer969
    @theholygamer969 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    16:10 "He heard every word of that, you fcking asshole!"
    I laughed too.

  • @JohnTrustworthy
    @JohnTrustworthy ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Man, the moment Film Brain was mentioned to be British I remembered about RoosterTeeth and their fall.

  • @reloadpsi
    @reloadpsi 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    The Board James cameo made Risk look simple. That's how talented James Rolfe is.

  • @darwinaguilero3175
    @darwinaguilero3175 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Seeing a healthy spoony is weird. Last I really kept track of his ass was okay it’s the down the rabbit hole video on him. Great video. I didn’t even know these guys made a couple movies.

  • @wallybiii
    @wallybiii ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I was probably a couple of years too old to appreciate this when it came out, but this looks like a peak representation of the "lol so random" era of the internet.

  • @ramsfan0868
    @ramsfan0868 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Lindsay Ellis used to annoy the crap out of me in those old Nostalgia Critic reviews but Tamara Chambers was not a good replacement either.

  • @sukamadik5983
    @sukamadik5983 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    NGL that speech you gave at 16:18 was low-key inspiring despite it being for comedic purposes. Well done Loli, well done.

  • @deadwar2012
    @deadwar2012 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I still visit the saga on occasion. Those early streams were a trip. I still think they’re a dream on occasion.

  • @Shatterstar
    @Shatterstar ปีที่แล้ว +6

    PLEASE tell me you're going to eventually go over Doug's 'review' of Pink Floyd's The Wall. That fucking thing was a absolute fucking disaster.

  • @fmsyntheses
    @fmsyntheses ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I've actually been rewatching some of his earlier stuff and mildly enjoying it, so help me God

  • @stproducciones9140
    @stproducciones9140 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    dear god, Linkara's streams are the gift that keeps on giving

  • @TheAnonyomusGuy
    @TheAnonyomusGuy ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Something that could have possibly worked is going the Roger route from American dad where the president had a different disguise for interacting with different people and everyone had the one disguise they couldn't see through which is actually something that happens in an episode of American dad

  • @deeta000
    @deeta000 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It’ll be out when it’s out. And we like that.

  • @TheAsylumCat
    @TheAsylumCat ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Oh hey, I remember your live stream watching this movie. I was a good history lesson of some internet personalities I've yet to see.

  • @dantehunter5494
    @dantehunter5494 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The intro feels like a mgs 4/5 cutscene about the past of the Patriots

  • @yurtthesilentgod1225
    @yurtthesilentgod1225 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The review I didn't know I NEEDED

  • @AtomicGT55
    @AtomicGT55 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I don't think the issue with Doug is that he doesn't care, it's that he just generally fails to understand or analyze context. If you've seen any of his video essays, you know what I'm talking about - they read like remedial English essays written by a high schooler - the man just doesn't really have the drive to go deeper than surface level, and when he does it's usually laughable. No, he's not a bad guy, but by and large he's incompetent when it comes to filmmaking and media analysis.

    • @trickjack8329
      @trickjack8329 ปีที่แล้ว

      Are you talking about his editorials?

    • @GigaChadh976
      @GigaChadh976 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Great, he ha that in Common with almost every other youtube essay channel

  • @saltmane9376
    @saltmane9376 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The Disco Elysium soundtrack in the background caught me off guard but was nice to hear

  • @lazy-a-ile8608
    @lazy-a-ile8608 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This has to be the best Christmas Present I never knew I wanted xDD

  • @Superschokokeks
    @Superschokokeks ปีที่แล้ว +7

    yes, first I clicked on the video
    Then I was asking myself if I should rather run
    You got me there.
    P.S seeing spoony always breaks my heart. Depression is a beast that shouldn't be underestimated

  • @TheObicobiHD
    @TheObicobiHD ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The fact she made that rap is still wild ☠️

  • @richardcranium1352
    @richardcranium1352 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    God this shit takes me back to your first ever streams. Great and agonizing times.

  • @alwayssleepy2476
    @alwayssleepy2476 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    13:39 Genuinely Doug walker’s videos on the Mask comic and the super mario adventures comic were pretty good.

  • @manfredalbrechtfreiherrvon4042
    @manfredalbrechtfreiherrvon4042 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Juan but not forgotten rip in peace bro...

  • @gojira7824
    @gojira7824 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Suburban Knights is next, it is a titan compared to this, but when it is finished, your struggle will not be over. You will swear it to be a summer's breeze when you arrive at what is after.

  • @tymiller2903
    @tymiller2903 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Man I can't wait to see you talk about the 4th anniversary special.

  • @FUMOFFU666
    @FUMOFFU666 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    it's still strange to think that Benzai tv (appear at 6.40) was in that collective years ago before comming back to France, and that when he came back, it gave some nostalgia critics cameo over the athlantic

  • @rockerrocket7559
    @rockerrocket7559 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Doog-Cember has arrived, let the madness take hold of us...

  • @oneofnone7947
    @oneofnone7947 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I remember change the channel as Mike and Rob being outed as incompetent

  • @AdeptusMumbles
    @AdeptusMumbles ปีที่แล้ว +16

    "AlmightyLoli you're breaking my heart! You're going down a path I can't follow!"

  • @lshanksy1
    @lshanksy1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I had no idea about channel awesome but a lotta things make sense now!

  • @OTheDetective
    @OTheDetective ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When to boldly flee drops I'm getting fuckin popcorn especially if we hear more of shota screams

  • @iliadnetfear2586
    @iliadnetfear2586 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    HELLOOOOOO, I'm the early viewer! I watched this so YOU don't have to!

    • @seg162
      @seg162 ปีที่แล้ว

      If I don't have to, then why am I still watching it?

    • @iliadnetfear2586
      @iliadnetfear2586 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@seg162 cause you never consider the consequences of your actions.

  • @charliedango2664
    @charliedango2664 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Most of Channel Awesome was comprised of ankle biting nobodies who thought their unremarkable presence deserved more praise and recognition from the company.