You know, there is a surprising amount of irony in Doug Walker reviewing a movie about a man pushing everyone away, isolating himself, becoming an utter dickbag, only to then be forced by someone higher than him to get on the stage and keep doing the show even when he clearly doesn't want to.
@@iamabrawler92 In honesty, Nostalgia Critic's reviews in general are very colloquial. Instead of intelligently picking out all the problems without sounding opinionated, he just whines and screams about how much he hates this movie. I was also let down by this review since I am a big fan of Pink Floyd
Nostalgia Critic saw Jim Carrey's performance as the Riddler in Batman Forever and was all like "hey that's hilarious, I'm going to act like this for the rest of my life"
No, he’s trying to act like a human cartoon character, trying to be similar to Daffy Duck. He said a long time ago that his biggest comedic influence is Daffy Duck, so he tried imitating him,
Sui I’ve never been able to watch his shit. He’s unbearable. Absolutely grating. His face is literally disturbing to me, then he starts talking and my eyes roll out of my head. I have never understood his appeal, ever ever ever. This JAR discussion is on point - WHAT IS THIS NARCISSISTIC MAN CHILD DOING?
Doug seems like a guy that aspires to be a filmmaker, but sucks at it, so he's stuck reviewing other people's films. Probably because that's exactly what happened.
I remember one time where Doug Walker said that a lot of his "comedy" is inspired from the looney tunes. You can kind of tell it at times. The issue is that that kind of comedy really only works in animation where you can exaggerate emotions and reactions not in real life. Thus it looks cringey
He pulls it off if you ask me. That nazi stuff he did, super good over-acting. Loved it. That's not the problem. The whole brain-abortion of what the fuck he is doing with this video is the problem
I can't stand his approach to comedy honestly. It's really weird, I never laugh at any of it. I mean I used to laugh in the older reviews sometimes, but in all the new skit shit it's just not funny at all and comes off really awkward and... For lack of a better word 'cringey'. I don't know what it is, his weird face and body language or his complete lack of proper comedic timing, but it just always feels off. He takes like huge pauses after the 'jokes' and it just fucking drags on and on and I always have to look away in second hand embarrassment, I've never experienced a reaction like that to comedy outside of those cringe compilation things. It's fucking magical how not funny he is, I can barely comprehend it myself.
Daniel young He thinks all comedy comes from suffering. ALL comedy, not just a subsection of comedy like in reality. And he gets super defensive when anyone tries to challenge his stubborn notions with facts on the wide variety of comedy that uses other framing besides misery and embarrassment. I remember that even the other people on the site were mystified about this weird view he latched on to, and how he continually chose that hill to die on. I believe Linkara mentioned being annoyed by it several times in passing, way back when he(and most others) were still on the site pre-2018. Looney Toons are still great to this day, and those cartoons aren't a bad source of inspiration for comedy. But I feel like Doug forgot what made Daffy funny sometime ago. So he just repeats the "loud and unlucky" traits again and again, with none of the comedic timing or witty banter that made Daffy iconic. I don't know how I put up with NC's screeching for as long as I did. But I can now safely say that him using Looney Toons as an inspiration has become a mockery of Looney Toons themselves.
Exaggerated body humor works for cartoons because its a juxtaposition of animal characters behaving humanly. It doesn't work when its a human doing it, because you can expect it, and the stark reality feels more like cringe; as opposed to seeing Daffy Duck get his beak blown off. Some comedians embrace the absurdist nature of cringe really well (see: Eric Andre). Doug is nowhere close to Eric in delivery, humor, or even self awareness. He's an angry child with an After Effects license, a book on Blender, and a For Dummies book on comedy.
See, I'd argue against that honestly, the live action Loony Tunes stuff worked really well before when he was JUST reviewing stuff from his own childhood, cartoons, the Mario brothers movie stuff like that. His cartoony actions were funny and still are when he tackles the right subject matter. But that style of humour doesn't work with the fucking wall.
Imagine being ignorant of the impact of WWII on entire generations of British people, from the children evacuated to strange homes and families dealing with the losses of their fathers, brothers, husbands, and children, and not understanding that schooling in the UK for decades until, like, the eighties, involved physical and mental abuse of the children, and then deciding to "review" a piece of work so intimately connected to these two situations due to the personal impact they've had on the author of the piece while making no effort whatsoever to understand the context behind the piece and thus remaining completely ignorant of all of the above. Actually, no need to imagine it, Doug Walker's already done it.
Imagine getting a love letter in the mail that’s 5 pages of rambling nonsense about how you’re pandering and pretentious, while ‘satirizing’ your poetry and making fun of your childhood trauma But then it ends with “also you’re kinda cool I guess wanna go on a date”
The Trial but instead of the people Pink neglected and hurt telling him why he's awful, its the former Channel Awesome members that got sexually and emotionally abused that he helped cover up
At least Pink is an entertaining, iconic rock star. Doug is just a near 40-something still making videos with the crappy production quality of late 2000s TH-cam videos.
@@tylerhackner9731 yeah. there's Captain S videos from the late 2000s that are pretty much the same, just with worse camera quality and a lot of compression. it's the same shitty humour and green-screen overuse with little integration
lol i mean channel awesome got $90k from gofundme to make a game show and it literally looks like someone bought some props at the dollar store and made a game out of it
NC will just never mature. Everything about is videos and reviewing style still screams 2008 although we now have entered the 2020s. Yelling, cursing, awful green screen effects, poor editing and awkward acting skits may have been okay in 2008, but times have moved on.
And to think he (Doug Walker) criticized old Hanna Barbeara Cartoons like Flintstones and Scooby Doo for their budget's of 5 dollars (In the NC review of the Live Action films based on those cartoon shows). Does Everyone see what I mean when I say Doug's a hypocrite?
Critic: Complains about Disney making shot-by-shot unoriginal remakes that have little to no effort Also Critic: Creates a shot-by-shot unoriginal remake that has little to no effort
I love that Rob Scallon, the guy who did the instrumentals for this, has retroactively removed his name from the digital release of this album so that it doesn't show up on his Spotify (which is full of normal, legitimate music).
dude it upsets me so much that Rob's name is forever attached to this, because he seems like just the nicest guy, and he's an immensely talented musician
As someone who use to love Nostalgia Critic (back when I was a dumb, impressionable kid who found anything on the internet funny), and still loves Pink Floyd (one of the greatest rock bands to ever exist/one of the greatest rock operas in The Wall), this was a double insult.
I just find it funny how this one review has caused everyone to not only bash the video but also dissect Doug's content as a whole. It's like this was the video that caused everyone to go like "alright enough is enough we really need to talk about this guy".
Not really tho. People have been annoyed by his contents, it just so happens that to JAR Media, this movie is the final straws of sort For me, i always knew NC is cringy af. Barely stand any of his 'reviews'. The skits barely funny, it forced, too many "goofy characters" thingy, and by the end of the day, his ACTUAL review is so basic, i bet you could replicate it (ofc without the cringy bits)
Quinton reviews did a good dissection of one of NC's other "films". He did a really good job critiquing the film while also making a massive hour long parody of the film at the end. It's really amazing.
@@rascoehunter3608 Same here. I couldn't even tell if that was the point, really. I bet, Doug would say that was the point, just to hide the fact that he has NO clue what the hell he's doing. And that it's been that way ever since he started out. I just didn't realize it before, because I guess I never really cared because I genuinely thought his shit was funny. But, like pretty much everyone else, I got tired of the bullshit skits; and Doug's pretentious ego. Thinking he's hot shit, when in actuality, he's just regular, bland, boring dogshit on the sidewalk. When he used to play that side of his personality for laughs, I thought that he was just playing a character, and that his real life personality was the exact opposite of that, but, it wasn't. He genuinely was a pretentious asshole with an ego. At least with Angry Joe, he's got charm. He embraces the stupidity in his videos, plays it for laughs, doesn't try to make it into an epic when it's not. He just tries to make people laugh and entertain them. Plus, he's usually got Other Joe, and Alex with him when he's reviewing things, and they all play off each other well. Even when sometimes, his jokes aren't that funny, you at least get what he's trying to do, trying to say. Plus, Other Joe sometimes upstages Angry Joe, and adds to the video, making it something to remember. Not every one of his skits works, but at least when you watch an Angry Joe video, you know what you're getting into, you know that you're watching a guy, reviewing something, like a movie or a game. And when Joe tries to get serious, it may not always work out, but when IT does, it really works, and you feel like you can relate to what he's telling us. And, he's also been trying to build like; this media outlet type thing, where he has his own news show, along with his usual reviews. He knows what he's doing. But the nostalgia critic? Like Alex and the rest of the guys here say, he hasn't changed at all, hasn't tried to improve himself, still thinks what was funny back in like, 2005-2006 would STILL be funny today, when they're NOT. It's just bad, Doug. And I'm almost ashamed and embarrassed for even having been a fan of his for such a long time, only to recently realize how awful doug truly is. He's just so bland and cliche and corny, in all the wrong ways. Are we sure he's even playing up a character for the ridiculousness and absurdity of it, or is this how doug really is? I certainly think so now.
The novelty of TH-cam skits being "so bad they're good" is gone. People actually upload television quality content on this site. Doug Walker is long past due to step up his game, especially when he unironically thinks of himself as a "filmmaker."
I argue James Rolfe gets a pass still, though. He's maintained an earnestness in his productions being true to that B horror/comedy movie feel, and what he's saying is actually pretty informative/substantial between playing up the character.
@@CappuccinoSquid Yeah this is why I still like James content at times. He doesn't try to go overboard with anything, he just sticks to what he is. Plus he also does at least review movies and games and the effects don't feel cheap and ugly (despite not being blockbuster expensive effects).
@@CappuccinoSquid not only that, because he's chosen to be a basement dwelling nerd, he can easily get away with amateur shots and skits and it passes because it fits.
Nostalgia Critic 2008: skits last 5 seconds on a side point and focused on critiquing movie Nostalgia Critic 2019: horrible skits that are pretty much the whole thing.
The Hocus Pocus review was the worst. The movie's from 1993, it's like 22 years old (at the time of the review) and for some reason the entire "review" was made from skits, not a single frame of the original film was used, it was the most annoying thing i've evern seen. When it's a movie that's still on the big screen it's kinda ok, but i still thinkg he should wait for the blu ray releases. But hey gotta take adventage of the hype.
sonnic1995 nah, THIS was the worst. I’d rather watch his Hocus Pocus review three times in a row then sit through his “”review”” of the wall ever again. At least in the HP review there was some method to the madness, and a few funny and entertaining moments here or there. The wall “”review”” had no redeeming qualities whatsoever, it was just being waterboarded for 39 minutes.
sonnic1995 its not even about not having access to footage. That was his excuse at first when reviewing brand new films. But its become really obvious that its really that he 1: never got over the fact Demo Reel failed and basically just uses the Nostalgia Critic name to make Demo Reel now and 2: he as a man in his 40-50’s cant himself understand what fair use is/wont pay an attorney to explain it to him and so he still cant get it through his skull that most of your video being long uninterrupted clips of a film with only you narrating whats happening in the scene is not Fair Use
@@otakunthevegan4206 Yeah, I'm sure all the girls watching this will never be the same after realizing that IHE is one of the best looking and best sounding youtubers out there... I don't know how he'll be able to deal with the fact that he's one of the best looking British youtubers of all time, putting most, if not ALL other British male youtubers to shame with his amazing looks, and pulling off a blue bathrobe better than some ugly dude like me ever could... I sure wish I could look as good as Alex does... maybe then people, especially girls would like me...
Doug made an approx.3 hour-long vanity project. As Haruhi Fujioka from Ouran High School Host Club Said "People who don't look at themselves are scary"
I like how he says it’s full of itself after he made his poorly made awful reinterpretation of a masterful well made piece of visual and musical storytelling like the fucking thing came out in 1979 and 40 God dame years later he can’t even hold a candle to it and acts like he’s top shit over it like wtf are you doing man
The Another Brick in the Wall segment was by far the most offensive part of it with how far the critic missed the mark. He thinks the song's about how high school sucks and he should just "Grow some balls" (Because that's not a problematic stance to take). But he forgets, Roger Waters didn't go to a modern day American high school, that's not what the song is about. He and Syd Barrett went to a post-war era English secondary boys school where the teachers were both physically and mentally abusive to students. Any creative or independent thought was beaten out of you, both figuratively and very literally (Caning was still a common form of punishment).
He just used The Wall as a vehicle to talk about what he actually wants to address: the “””””snowflakes””””” that are rightly upset with him after the #changethechannel doc was released, revealing how incompetent and awful he is.
It still is and there many useless things in school if you think oh they are just bored and want phones you are not listening to your kids and you don’t give a care for you kids
It’s also supremely privileged of him. There are plenty of modern schools in countries that are not America where it sucks big time. Not only that, American schools vary in quality significantly. He could have gone to a fantastic school as a psychologically normative person and not have had any issues to speak of. Doesn’t give him the right to say “grow some balls” to children who are getting screwed over for life and can’t fight back.
I’m only twenty minutes in so I don’t know if you mention it later on but I wanted to bring up the fact that The Wall wasn’t only the story of Roger Waters but also Syd Barrett. When you see Pink sitting vacantly in front of a television with a cigarette burning untouched to his finger tips, that’s Syd. Waters would often find him in that exact position close to the end of his career. Syd was Waters’ best friend since they were toddlers. He literally watched this man he’d known for nearly his entire life turn into an empty, lifeless person picked apart by drugs and stardom. A lot of what Roger Waters wrote (Wish You Were Here, Welcome To The Machine) is also in reference to him loosing his friend in such a tragic way. That’s part of what makes Nostalgia Critic’s “review” of this film particularly egregious to me. He’s not only misinterpreting and shitting on this personal expression of Roger Waters’ life but of Syd Barrett’s as well.
I don’t know why Nostalgia Cringe bothered with this one, his cheese-tier videos are not fit to cover anything of substance. They’re just bad skits. Idk how anyone is surprised though, I’ve always found his videos pretty painful.
DoomKid I agree. I used to watch his stuff all the time. It took until the whole sexual abuse scandal for me to really see how awful his content is and always has been. It makes me feel for people like Malcolm and Tamera who really seem like they enjoy this kind of work and have a lot of passion for film production. I just wish they weren’t working for an egotist like Doug.
RickyPro I could maybe understand confusing Alex and Jamie (they do have similar ways of speaking, although most of the time I can tell them apart), but James is very clearly James.
@@PanzerPlant I only had trouble personally in the previous Critic vid, which was my first of theirs (discovered this channel today) because they couldn't stop cracking up and laughing for the first 5 minutes.
@@djtripnosysbuddy, forget the phrasing, a song about how the education system of WWII era England was designed to systematically create, partially through mental and physical abuse, at best, mindless drones to slave away at meaningless jobs for awful wages and at worst, more soldiers to die in a horrific war IS infinitely deeper than "high school sucks and teachers are jerks" im not even a pink floyd fan but you have to be willfully ignorant to not see that Doug's "critique" or parody is not only a complete fucking farce, but miss the point so entirely that it becomes a non-sequitur
@@djtripnosysThis is just wrong. Doug's criticism of the film is that "everyone thinks highschools sucks." In making this criticism, he ignores the fact that this film is making specific criticism about what is wrong with the way the public education system functions. It's not just "school is bad." It's "school is currently run as a pipeline to industry, using both physical and verbal abuse to shape children into workers, rather than foster curiosity and imagination in a manner that is conducive to creating a more ethical and empathetic society. This increasing industrialization of society is the same process which fosters fear, hatred, and fascistic politics."
@@xaviersandoval1765 There it is. A rambling paragraph of "NO! ITS GOOD BECAUSE (insert rambling about symbolism and art)" Art is subjective, for one. For two The Wall is bad.
@@djtripnosys Either you don't know what the word rambling means, or you simply decided not to read a single paragraph and dismiss it as rambling. I didn't even say "it's good for these reasons." I don't really give a shit whether or not you like it. I'm explaining the simple fact that a more detailed and nuanced position was being put forward than the simple "school sucks" idea that any person has. Art is subjective in the sense that how messages are relayed will strike people differently, and people may find meanings and symbols within art that were not intended but still have some clear logic as to how that person got to that position, or that you may ignore the intended messages entirely because specific parts of the piece capture you in alternative ways. But subjectivity in art can only take you so far. If a person argues for a reading of an art piece that they have no real capacity to backup, or shows that they clearly did not pay any attention to the intended messages, then their opinion can be dismissed. If you want to tell me that a movie like the Dark Knight is actually about aliens, you're free to do so, but I won't take it seriously. And I will dismiss Doug's takes on this film just as quickly because he was so unwilling to engage with it on anything but the most surface level. The connections between the specific education system Roger Waters grew up with, industrialization, and the growing fascist sentiments in the UK were so unsubtle it's actually pathetic Doug managed to misinterpret them. Especially when he says that bullshit of "this is vague enough that you can put anyone's face here" when the specific ideas and political opinions that were being related to fascism were not vague in any manner, they were specifically called out as anti-semitism, racism in general, and homophobia. These were specific ideas being criticised and related to fascism, which is simple and straightforward because those are actual sentiments held by fascist groups, and yet Doug somehow misses those as "vague." He also called the Goodbye Blue Sky sequence "World War Two with monsters" and said it was silly, which is the most unashamedly disinterested thing anyone could ever say about it. It was not World War Two with monsters, it just was World War Two. But of course if one paragraph was too much for you the first time I don't imagine you'll read all of this.
It's actually kind of surprising. We all mocked Wiseau for being weird and out of touch, which he still kind of is, but he learned to make fun of himself and his work, and grew from it. I'm beginning to think that the reason Wiseau didn't appear in the Best F(r)iends review is because Wiseau thought Doug was too creepy for him, not the other way around. Sestero is used to working with creeps, though.
"OK school sucks lol. Grow damn pair of balls". This quote from the another brick in the wall parody shows that Nostalgia critic doesn't understand the message of the song and is only reacting to the material in the same way a 6 year would
yeah. this suburban american 90s kid who was probably a big suck-up to the teachers probably doesn't get that post-war British boarding schools probably weren't the best place for a sensitive and socially traumatized kid
I can actually name alot of videos he let other people sing Alvin and the chipmunks movie review Les mis review Phantom of the opera Maybe you guys should actually watch his videos before trying to pretend you have actual proof hes a bad reviewer
He tried to modernize the imagery in _The Wall?_ What was that quote from his _Cat In The Hat_ review again? Oh, I remember. “By modernizing the dialogue, you’re only making it more dated.” While not 100% applying, its still emblematic of a much larger issue.
I think it's safe to say that he should stick to reviewing and NEVER make his own films again. At least if you could call them that. His ignorance grows like a tumor when he wants to make something
@@kyotheman69 Except he does take whatever points he makes in his reviews as fact despite not understanding what he's reviewing. Inside out being exactly like Osmosis Jones for example. Or his points on Sailor Moon.
Trueshogunate His constant berating of people who like the Pokemon series because he “like[s] the negative comments” comes to mind after reading your reply
holy shit, really? that was like a whole ass five minutes with a ton going on, THAT little time? wow. still funny how that section still blows everything else out of the water.
I mean, considering FENNAHs "animation" consists of making everything wiggle to make it look like its intricately animated, I have my doubts that he put massive amounts of effort into it. Deadwingdork does a huge deep dive into satellite city and the titular animator. I'd give it a watch if you've got 5 hours to kill
@@nazauwu6431 Imagine for a moment; thinking that you have to be "qualified" to be able to criticize something. It's pretty damn easy to see what's objectively good animation and see some that is bad by comparison.
The first rule of making a love letter cover parody or anything based directly off of another piece of media You never say it's better than that original. If you do then you obviously Don't appreciate the original enough for being original
Nostalgia Critic saying that the train scene is trying to say “school sucks” is really misunderstanding what the point is. It’s really shows that Doug is either rushing out his “reviews” or really doesn’t understand sub-text or both. It’s embarrassing.
This man does not know how to write character. He just writes the same fake overacting person everytime. And he overestimates his own skills to a point of hilarity. He has a studio and actors, yet has people jog in place to simulate running. His weird co-actors can‘t for shit. And the worst part is: he is simply not equipped to dismantle amd review a piece of media. He didn‘t understand the wall. Yet he has to give us his opinion on it. Ridiculous, and the worst part is that idiots watch him. At this point he has more in common with fred than any real movie critic. Btw: nothing he does has anything to do with nostalgia at this point.
Wanna hear something sad? Doug Walker used to be afraid of making his videos too long. I'm not even joking. On his old Nostalgia Critic Commentaries he used to do on the old sight, one of the most frequent things that'd happen when his brother Rob joined him is that Rob would complain when Doug would pass up the opportunity to make a certain joke, and Doug would always reply "I cut it because we were running long." Doug Walker used to have the self-discipline to know when to cut certain things down to keep his videos from running too long. Now look at The Wall review video's length and let that sink in. He's regressed in terms of skill, if anything.
I hope it is him recognizing the basic of clear and concise writing, but I have a feeling part of it is also the restriction TH-cam had back then (your video cannot exceed 10 minutes, which is why old TH-cam videos were sometimes divided up into parts).
@@arthurfine4284 Even so, I remember when Doug uploading a 20-minute video was considered a special occasion. Then that became the norm...and it just kept spiraling from there.
meh, forty minutes is perfectly fine length for a dissection of a movie - you know, for good critics, anyway. I'd even call it short for talking about something like The Wall. the real joke here is doug's 3.5 hour circlejerk "movie," To Boldly Flee
@@cashnelson2306 i agree in general but doug's formula, regardless of subject, does not fit that kind of length. it doesn't matter what he's reviewing or what he has to say, the nostalgia critic format only ever worked in a 10-15 minute video and always wears thin past that point; his ego is so big at this point he doesn't even understand the format he created
I got SO pissed when he made fun of "Goodbye Blue Sky", calling it an Oscar-bate song. Saying smoke a bong, not knowing the song is about GERMANS BOMBING ENGLAND! "Goodbye Blue Sky" especially at the end is such a beautiful (and dark) song, because all it is mostly an acoustic guitar, with a little bit of keyboards to add in the darkness. And the animation for that song, it fucking rivals Disney (at that time) and even today, that animation is fucking gorgeous!
@DJ 3lectrical To make it even worse, songs that have already been released on record before the film aren't even allowed to get nominated for the Oscar. Also great work rhyming "Oscar-bait song" with "smoke a bong" - any 14-year-old could make better song parodies than this crap.
@@torstenscholz6243 Pete Townsend was nominated for an Oscar for Tommy though. But then a lot of the songs from that film were re-arranged and re-recorded with different people singing
CraicAttack yea but that was during a time when the Oscars had like 3 best score oscars for just different genres, I think it was comedy, drama, and action? Don’t the exact ones but Tommy was released a couple years during a time where the Oscars were experimented with the idea of allowing the best score to incorporate mostly adapted/ previously made music, but they later just condensed the Oscars into one and made it so 60% of the score had to be completely original, hence why it’s called the Best Original Score Oscar. Which was bad timing as the first condensed Best Score Oscar was introduced in 1982, the year The Wall was released, so if the movie was released a year earlier or the condensed Oscar was introduced a year later, it most likely would’ve won that Oscar.
Yikes....I now fear for the future....Can't wait for a parody of American Idiot in 2044 making a joke about how people in the past feared the power of television brainwashing Americans, completely missing the point about how the government and media could encourage and actively participate in stroking the aggressive, tit-for-tat revenge culture of America to wage war that destabilized countries and cost millions of lives.
No wonder his content hasn't improved in years, and has only been going downhill. He plugs his ears and looks the other way whenever he receives criticism.
I've noticed that when creators do that They tend to think they can do no wrong and then end up being surrounded by yes man Then they end up doing something idiot Egoraptor, Doug walker and Spoony come to mind
I think it's worse than that. I'm pretty sure that replacing the marching hammers (symbolizing Pink's fascist demons) with matching cell phones is him taking cheap shots at everyone who tweeted "Change The Channel." So Doug Walker just compared everyone who called him out for his rampant mismanagement, extortion, and abuse to Nazis. Yes.
If I remember right, he criticised The Cat in the Hat for _pop culture references,_ which aren't quite the same thing as modernising. But I haven't watched this video yet so maybe that's exactly what you mean.
@@The_Andyman THIS MOVIE'S STORY MAKES NO SENSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHH! but, the animation is pretty good for a movie that came out in the 60's-70's. And, it's the Beatles! So, it's automatically good! And, we can't forget, "I'm bigger than Jesus!" Reference, because it's Doug, and he's just GOT to throw in as many basic, surface level references, becuz references and submarine jokes without context funny! Yelling and screaming like an insane person just equals comedy, as we all know! And also, throwing other unfunny shit at the screen to see what sticks. If that entire "review" isn't just throwing unfunny shit at the wall and seeing if anything sticks.
Something I'm realizing now is that the Nostalgia Critic really had the nerve to be like "was it really THAT bad??" about, like, the WWII metaphors, when he's in no place to criticize how Roger Waters decides to portray his life experiences. Honestly the whole review feels like reading someone's memoir, not understanding a bit of it, and pointing to random metaphors scattered throughout and making fun of them.
Yeah, that proves that he didn't understand any of it. He complains about WWII sequences after a segment that, in his opinion, says "High School sucks" (Not, it does not, and there aren't even any high schools in Britain, the British term is Secondary School), about WWII depicted with monsters being silly (It's a metaphor of the horrors people lived through in WWII, you can't depict that with subtle imagery), and also very telling is that at one point he says the film never aimed to tell a story (Yes, it does, and a very good one at that).
@@torstenscholz6243 also, Doug thinking that The Happiest Days of Our Lives/Another Brick in the Wall is about high school (or school at all) shows that he didn't really get the song. Like at all. Another Brick in the Wall is about cycles of abuse, how you go to school and they treat you like shit and then you grow up and treated like shit. He just doesn't *get* the movie
@@torstenscholz6243 But… it’s still high school, just with different terminology. You might as well say there aren’t any lollies in Britain because you call them sweets there.
I think this stuff comes from the fact that Doug desperately wants to direct and create film. But, no one wants to see him do that, they just want the Nostalgia Critic. See: Demo Reel
i don't think so. That's not hoy copyright works. If you use the riffs/rythms of the song but change the lyrics you still need a license for the song, there's specifically a type of license that's for changing the lyrics or add something to the song, ala Weird Al. He either invested in the licenses for the songs so he could actually get money from it, or there's a big lawsuit coming.
@@sonnic1995 He mentions in the video that he's having copyright issues and encourages his audience to buy the album to support him. So I imagine its already begun to backfire on him.
sonnic1995 I'm going to go with lawsuit. I dunno if he saw it, but I tagged Roger Waters on Facebook and Twitter about this shit. There's no way Doug Walker has Waters' permission to use the music to one of his dearest creations of music.
@@DonnaCPunk I hope it ends in a lawsuit, not only is it terrible but it's also completely disrespectful to literally one of the most influential pieces of modern history
@@DonnaCPunk You don't need permisson from Roger or any composer, but the music label, and you can pretty much get a license for any song for less than 15 dlls per song, that's how guitar covers that actually get monetized (As leo moracchioli's) work, that would be MGM i think... Unless Roger Waters bought the rights to his music from them which i'm not aware of, but could be. I honestly don't think either Rob Scallon or Doug were stupid enough to SELL music without getting a license, as i said, you pay the label and you can make money with your cover, doesen't matter if it's good or not. There's even a type of license that allows you to change the lyrics for parody or just to go with your own.
@@conwaysquest6961 Probably somewhere so deep up his ass, even he can't find it, despite spending pretty much every second of every hour of everyday up there, occasionally spending time outside of that enclosed bubble of his, plugging his fingers in his ears, going: "la-la la la la, I can't hear you! You say my skits are bad, and I should stop?! La-la la! Can't hear you! Got 2 wurk on new skitz! Got 2 spend time throwing my shit at da wallz and c whut sticks! Got 2 snif my own fartz!!" Seriously, "doog" has his head so far up his own ass, he can only see shit, and give himself his own prostate checks, while he checks on what he had for breakfast too, all at the same time, all while getting high from his smelling his own shit and farts. And he's got yes men telling him how criticism bad, skitz gud! Cuz, All Dem peopul who hate on yur skitz jus hav no brans! Not luk nustalgia critik! Me have barin 4 gud think! Dats y me ues sktiz all da tim! "But, The chart says..."
Fun fact, Doug wanted to retire the Nostalgia Critic because he thought his Moulin Rouge video was so good that he could never top it. I can never understand the ego of people like that. I could make a Michelangelo level masterpiece and still feel awkward about showing it to people while he shits out garbage and thinks it's basically Citizen Kane
You can't be a Michelangelo if you treat yourself like one. True timeless talent always comes hand in hand with self-awareness and certain level of humility.
I watched his Moulin Rouge video and it's... just like every other review he did at the time. Like no idea why he thinks it's so much better than anything else he did
Doug's idea of parody is just ripping everything to sheds, he doesn't know how to write a love letter to a movie he actually likes. He started out making fun of bad movies and he was pretty good at that. But now he wants to be a *comedian* and I don't think he has what it takes. His acting isn't funny, his singing isn't funny, and his skits aren't funny. It's all consistently lacklustre and pointless. Does he think he's a singer now? His ego just keeps growing. Wow.
I don't think he wants to be Nostalgia Critic anymore. If so the reviews would be him talking about the movies infront of a camera from start to end, which was funny at first, he pointed out objects moving from a switch of camera or fuck ups... But Remember he "killed" the nostalgia critic once, to do Demo Reel but it failed (which bascially was not so funny skits) he revived NC but he started like crazy with the skits he shoehorn into the reviews. That's what he wants to do, parodies of movies, he doesn't really seem that much happy doing the reviews anymore.
He realises that he still hasn’t broke the glass ceiling. He isn’t taken serious or is popular enough to get into mainstream. So he is trying everything to expand
There's another universe where NC's The Wall is a crafted meta commentary about Doug's life and how he 'walled' himself off from Channel Awesome's glaring internal problems and uses the video to say he needs to be better. Oh well.
Wow, that’s deep And the comment directly below yours (when sorted by newest) is “BRB I’m off to take a shit” But jokes aside your idea would be interesting
You forget the key difference between Roger Waters and Doug Walker though: Roger Waters is intelligent, and he views his life as a test to prove himself-Doug Walker isn't intelligent, and he views his life as a waiting game until greatness is simply handed to him because, I guess, who else is it supposed to get handed to? Might as well just be him, simply because, the way he sees it.
i made my dad listen to a couple of the songs (he’s a huge fan of the movie and all of pink floyd’s discography) and i’ve never seen him look disappointed in anything more than me before.
me: doesn't want to watch 40 minute Nostalgia Critic video to see how bad it is also me: watches a 54 minute video about the Nostalgia Critic video to see how bad it is
It's been years since I've actually watched the Nostalgia Critic, but I do recall one of Doug's shortcomings as a critic was he had a tendency to dismiss films that are abstract as "pretentious" or "weird" without actually making any attempt to engage with the symbolism.
Yeah, I remember in The Cell video he kept making the “ask me what it means” joke. Kept calling the movie pretentious and one of the worst movies he’s ever seen. At least the director had a vision, the talent, and original idea to make a product. It didn’t come out spectacular but at least he sent a message and worked to get his art out there. Doug is lazy and would make better products if he wasn’t so far up his ass and was actually man enough to take constructive criticism.
@@zeeblue1220 to be fair, I share his sentiments on The Cell. It feels like it wants to be Silence of the Lambs with a Del Toro stylistic twist, but ultimately ends up looking like Gus van Sant's Psycho crossbred with Marilyn Manson music video extravaganza. The visuals are impressive and the style is definitely there, but ultimately it's rather shallow in semantical sense.
Doug has always been extremely poor at comprehending or analysing anything surreal. Whenever he encounters it his go-to response is initially "weird" and then he basically just looks at the visuals on a surface level and concludes they're either "pretentious" or "creative". He doesn't seem to understand why people would convey a message in that style other than because "lol random".
I noticed NC is wearing a Bojack Horseman shirt in the advert section. You think most of that stuff goes over his head too? Do you think he's constantly shouting at the screen for Bojack to 'grow a pair' and 'deal with it'?
he's been exposed before by the Nostalgia Chick who used to work with him she spoke out on how he barely does research for the movies he reviews for the most part
@@AnnoyingOrange420 yup l've stopped watching him like a good bit back but apparently his new shit is just nit picking since there isn't any bad stuff. Like he'll deliberately make a video about a movie that was well received to make nit picky points. I'm all for giving criticism especially to the things you like the most but like GIVE FUCKING CRITICISM not just cherry pick and say I DON'T GET IT WHATS SO FUNNY
@@SharkZora Untrue, David Gilmore supplied a ton of vocals depending on the song, including of the protagonist himself in certain places (comfortably numb chorus being the most notable).
Doug Walker seems unable to make a real opinion about the movies he watches. I remember being really annoyed by his review of Starship Troopers, where he basically said, "Is it a commentary on fascism or a goofy action film? You decide!" ...Dude, you're a critic, I'm watching you because you're a critic. You're allowed to have opinions, so why don't you just tell me what you think?
I thought his position in that review was that ST is indeed a commentary on fascism. The "but of course, you decide for yourself" thing is just a formality.
To be fair, that movie was basically pointing and laughing at Americans and saying "This is YOU... this is what you do" and Americans didn't get it... and the ones that did, didn't like it. Edit: if it came out now (2021), it would be far better received as there would be an extra 25 years of conflict for the story to draw parallels from.
@@rossomac21 Honestly, with how straight Starship Troopers is played and how much dumber American media has become I wouldn’t be surprised if it still went over everyones head’s and got labeled fascist propaganda on an even larger scale.
Give the guy who made The Bulk some credit. He actually saw Alex's Search for the Worst video and took it on the chin and thanked him for the criticism, acting like a reasonable and mature adult. Meanwhile Doug's reaction to criticism is to simply close his eyes, plug his fingers in his ears and go "La la la la la! Not listening! I can't hear you! Nothing I'm doing is shit! I'm perfect in every way and you can't tell me otherwise!"
_"But that's the_ joke! _It's_ supposed _to look amateurish and bad!"_ That's seriously the defense they've (the fans) have always, always gone with. Five years in, it was impossible to be forgiven anymore, even for an idiot fan like I was at the time.
What really pisses me off is that they acknowledge that it's a bad review IN THE REVIEW. The Slipknot guy flat out says tells Doug that the review doesn't make sense, Doug responds by saying that if the movie makes no sense then so should the review, and the Slipknot guy tells him that that that's stupid and a review is supposed to make sense of a movie. Doug constantly does this thing where he realizes his reviews suck and thinks that by acknowledging they are, they suddenly won't be anymore, something he's literally criticized other movies for trying to do.
It's why he still has the 'Nostalgia Critic persona'. So he can hide behind it when he gets backlash. It's the same sort of thing as when CinemaSins say they're supposed to be bad and unfunny because they're a parody of an overzealous movie nitpicker. So that's it. We can't criticize. They're always either right or they're a character.
The Lexicon I am never letting people tell me that I’m being petty for disliking these channels just because they criticize popular things and if I criticize them I’m just a conformist
remember that review where Doug mocked the director with a caricature jumping and screaming "ask me what it means, im complex!" guess what is him doing now
@@technounionrepresentative4274 Yes , plus the director's influence was Charlie Chaplin and silence films especially Nosferatu, it's why most of the film there's no one talking and we're supposed to soak in the imagery and yes be scared (or Doug's moronic "be distributed" "joke") because that's the point It's about a serial killer who makes women into doll like caricatures after he brutally murders them and intentionally leaves them like that for law enforcement to find his victims that way But Doug Walker like CinemaSins need everything spelled out to them as if they just came out of their mom's womb
A couple of the songs were kinda decent, but the rest either was repetitive and whiny, had awful lines that were stretched, mispronounced or compressed to make them fit the beat, or both.
The hashtag thing really fucks me off because it’s absolutely completely different from the wall. Hashtags and the internet does not correlate to neo-nazism
There's a rising ""alt-right"" Nazi movement recruiting and spreading their messages online. That would have been a topical and fitting theme. But no, let's talk about how everybody hates Doug for no reason, woe is he.
@@johnvinals7423 and as far as I remember it was him and maybe two other CA people who knew (besides the victims obviously), so when Justin committed suicide there was a ton of love and support from both the fans and other creators. Me included. Because Justin was seen as kinda the lovable old boomer of the group, super sweet and supportive. It took until #ChangetheChannel for it to come out that Justin was a sexual predator, and even then it was because of a poorly blacked out screenshot or something that the CtC people got a hold of. Felt fucking furious, I can tell you.
I like NC's old reviews, but from time to time he commited two great mistakes: 1) The first mistake was that sometimes he reviewed GOOD movies, and those were his worse reviews. It takes a lot of talent and charm to make fun of something that's good. His best reviews are the ones about awful movies. 2) The second mistake was that sometimes he did these kind of parodies that almost no one wanted to watch. People wanted to see THE REVIEW of the actual movies, not his parodies. Well, with "The Wall" he just decided to commit BOTH mistakes at the maximum level.
Yeah, he did lots of very bad, cringeworthy "reviews" before, but here he really succeeded in making his Magnum Opus of awfulness, it perfectly represents everything that makes new NC so awful: Overlong, unfunny, badly acted skits instead of an actual review, total misunderstanding of the source material, terrible special effects that would have looked ridiculous in 2009, etc.
That's why I prefer his DreamWorksuaries and Disneycembers, they're not overly long skits mixed in with reviews that are more references than actual commentary and criticism, they're short and straight to the point
After that shitty “to bodly flee” movie, doug walker wanted to stop the nostalgia critic and instead just do the skits as the main content. Clearly nobody actually liked that, and they stopped watching. So now he was forced to bring the nostalgia critic back so he could still have viewers. But it’s still clear he hates critiquing and just wants to make parody skits ripped right out of a 2008 smosh video
Yes, Doug very publicly wanted to move on and produce Demo Reel instead, which was basically just the skits. It was *extremely* unpopular and apparently almost bankrupted Channel Awesome because it turned out the Nostalgia Critic was the most popular show on the site, so not even a year later they brought back the NC but integrated all of the skits and actors from Demo Reel as a “compromise” (since Doug had apparently been pushing for them to make Demo Reel for years and was incredibly upset at how poorly received it was). Then Blip shutdown and kicked Doug back to TH-cam where he had to start fighting Content ID again, which he decided to do by just turning the number of skits way up until eventually the clipless reviews happened, and those got enough views (out of sheer novelty, everyone assumed they were supposed to be a one-off) that he made them a regular thing, finally resulting in the Wall as the ultimate summation: a bad remake, disguised as a parody, disguised as a review. And of course all of this ignores the fact that even Doug’s original style of video has fallen out of popularity since the late 2000s, with legitimate reviewers now offering hard hitting critiques of films and satire channels with far bigger budgets producing higher-quality parodies, all just a few clicks away from the NC’s videos. The Nostalgia Critic’s continued existence in the modern age of TH-cam, seemingly unchanged from the moment he opted to reboot the show, remains utterly baffling to me.
Are the Nostalgia Critic’s videos even supposed to be reviews at this point? They’re more like commentary on what happens in the movie with intermittent sketches. Even before he started the sketches it was more focused on jokes than actual critique. Sure “The Search for the Worst” is heavy on the jokes but the jokes for Alex’s reviews are borne out of hate for the movie rather than quips people make when watching a bad movie for the first time.
Doug’s whole thing seems to be that he wants to do comedy. He wants to be a hilarious, talented guy that can entertain a large crowd. The problem is that he isn’t funny, and no one wants to watch his shitty Smosh reject sketches. So he intertwines his sketches, the thing he actually wants to do, with his “reviews”, so people will pay him some kind of attention.
@@duckywinks he seems like he's been stuck for the past 5+ years....whereas a lot of the other ex CA creators have actually changed and evolved in some way
@@AgsmaJustAgsma that's just your opinion, but can agree on some, him not swearing as much did hurt the reviews that was best highlights when he goes on a rant
Mate not even 50% like I just randomly clicked on his IT review because I was bored and didn’t want to pay to watch the full movie so I waited and waited but after 7 minutes of tortures skits I thought to myself let’s just skip the skits but then I saw it the whole fucking video was a skit and I later found a lot more so I just stopped watching him after that
Jesus Christ *that was one of the worst video series he’s ever made.* Sure we all have opinions, but he had the Balls to *“Claim”* that the amazing Spider-Man Flicks were superior, Yeah *something ain’t right with him.* Maguires Spider-Man will always be my Favorite, mostly due to how great of an actor he was, he handled The Quips well, he was an honest Cryer, Seriously his crying was real enough to make me feel genuinely bad for his Peter Parker. Andrew Garfield’s did nothing for me, and Holland’s while better still can’t hold a candle to Maguires. But hey that’s just my opinion
The worst part about it was that all of his arguments for ASM made it clear he did not understand the point of the Raimi films, also that he likely never even bothered to read the comics they’re based on, either. He says something like ‘Tobey just gives up on being Spider-Man cuz the job was hard, but Andrew was better because he stayed Spider-Man until his gf died’... like, did he even watch Spider-Man 2?? Literally the whole buildup of that movie was about him being unable to balance his double life. Plus, he was LITERALLY LOSING HIS POWERS! Seriously, that video pisses me off, I could go on XD XD
'And on the pedestal, these words appear: 'I'm the nostalgia critic. I remember it so you don't have to.' Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away'
The digs are the World War 2 imagery really piss me off. If you did even the barest amount of research, hell, if you just listened to the THIRD track off the album, you’d know why that imagery is there
Research seems to be a foreign word to people who spend their days having their head in the sand thinking they know all the answers for the known universe.
@@arthurfine4284 I keep going back to one quote he said in one of his Fuck Up-videos many years back in response to someone saying that he needed to have seen the show before reviewing a movie. "I am here to make jokes." He clearly never wasn't interestred in being a well-researched reviewer back then. I wonder if he has forgotten that given how big he has gotten, which might be a possiblity given that it has been almost a decade since he made one of those Fuck Up-videos. And trust me, his videos has had so many flaws in them since then that a video covering them would easily be at least an hour long...
This was also the same guy who DESTROYED the film Pearl Harbor for apparently making a mockery of the US Navy and not treating them with the dignity they deserved.
@@ZuluRomeo that review actually proves my point even more that Doug doesn’t know wtf he’s talking about, because he really went in on the fact one of the guys hanging off the railing shouted “I can’t swim!” like it was an egregious inaccuracy when it wasn’t. It’s so accurate, in fact, that it’s directly lifted from the first-hand experience of a survivor that was consulted for the movie lol. Knowing how to swim wasn’t a requirement for joining the US Navy before WW2. That seems counterintuitive, but you’re not doing any swimming on a boat unless something goes very wrong lmao, and for a very long time the idea was that knowing how to swim only prolongs the inevitable in the event of a sinking or being thrown overboard. All this to say Doug’s an incurious oaf with no understanding of ww2 or the effect it had on Waters’ generation, valid criticisms of Pearl Harbor (2001) notwithstanding.
@@SHISHINOBI-LEO What's really ironic is that when he's not in character, James Rolfe is probably the most positive-natured film reviewer i've ever seen. It takes so much for him to dislike a movie in his Monster Madness series.
Lol avgn is still going strong, and in a lot of ways is better than ever. Doug has always been kind of cringey, whereas avgn has never had that kind of air to his videos.
I mean, sure, if you never grew up and think that constantly comparing things to excrement is funny. I get why some people don't like Nostalgia Critic, but I don't get why people pump up the AVGN as if he hasn't been stuck in a loop of seriously reaching anger since the Bush administration. At least NC grew out of that whole gimmick eventually.
My theory is NC's """review""" towards the movie were his actual opinions, and he only added in the ad-break and said "Oh this is a love letter to the album!" as a way to just save his ass from getting even more criticism and angry viewers. It's just a thought, though
Also his honey ad was possibly the laziest ad I;ve ever seen from him. All it consisted of was him waving his arms around and leaving the room and coming back in like a. maniac.
He basically admitted that he isn't smart enough to understand what the wall is about but because he isn't intellectually capable of saying " I don't understand this" so his solution is to make fun of it like a 16 year old girl who is a superfan of meghan trainor because of her "powerful messages" but refuses to listen to tina turner's first album which is a literal middle finger to her ex-husband for treating her like shit.
This is my biggest problem with certain internet reviewers; they don't want to critique, they want to make crappy recreations. Imagine if Siskel & Ebert decided to review Jurrasic Park and recreate the film scene by scene.
I think i figured out why he calls it "the wall" it's not a reference to Pink Floyd, it's because this video is literally doug throwing all of this shit at the wall to see what sticks.
@@thehermit8618 There's an audience for everything. Additionally, NC used to be pretty niche at the time. There's a guy called Devasia Mentality who does the same thing but on old video games. He gets only 1 person on his newest videos, his older ones are a lot more active because he used to have some niche content.
Ugh. The commercials keep doing the same fucking joke. “OMFG look how dark this innocent commercial is!” ...YES. They get dark! It’s a 30 second spot trying to sell you something and make sure you don’t forget it! ITS MARKETING 101. Not to mention we’re barely seeing 80s commercials anymore.
Yeah when he focused on the movie he was more entertaining. Now I just get bored as fuck and feel awkward watching him. All of the skits drag on for too long and I really hated his reviews where to avoid copyright, he just recreates the scenes with shit greenscreen and his actors playing the characters. His effort goes towards shit that really shouldn't be focused on at all until you have the important things done like the review itself.
I dont think he's scared to give his thoughts, I think he's just imcompetent. Maybe that makes him scared, idk. Compare ANYTHING he's done to a single one of Lindsay Ellis's videos and the huge contrast in the quality of their research and critique is obvious. He's a hack who doesn't know how to make a video without screaming.
@Carnivorus She never said that. she suggested that the fetishization of native american women leads to high numbers of rapes in that community and suggested that Pocahontas feeds into that Culture of fetishization, NOT that it's directly responsible for rape. also, your grammar is fucking atrocious. hint hint, even if you're factually incorrect, at least SOUND like you know what your talking about. missing punctuation and "may" instead of "might" makes you just that much more difficult to take seriously.
Came here from Dan Olson's video. I wasn't aware of the Nostalgia Critic's Wall thing before, but now I kind of want to watch everyone in the world make fun of it.
Tons of pictures of himself,over the top acting and voice volume, Over the top love of self, childish view of everything, tries to pass himself off as there for others...OMG Doug is Real Life COOL CAT!
ImmaLittlePip there was a holiday special that he made which in short was him whining demo reel failed While making fun of how his old reviews went Basically saying they were trash and no one liked them While everyone loved the new stuff
@@ChangedMyNameFinally69 I started to get recommended a lot of them after watching the oneyplays channel awesome compilation I recommend everyone here watch the mister metokur channel awesome series
To explain the spongebob cover: Corey has this tradition during his solo events (his solo events are where he basically talks with the fans and answers their questions) where he plays the spongebob theme because his son would request it. I hope the clears stuff up
I feel bad for Fennah, the animator of the CG creatures. His animations are really cool on their own (on this channel he has a whole series about it) but it's pretty cringe and so out of place in that review
Word - I don't know Fennah's work - nor does it look like the sort of thing I'd watch but at this point I stan him. Just cause the poor dude does good work and does not deserve the shit he's probably getting for someone else's bad decisions.
@Ganzorf Unnatural and weird!? Well! If there's one thing about basing nightmares off the animations seen from The Trial it's that stuff like The Judge, the Mother, the Wife and the Teacher are totally normal and not disturbing at all.
Garuu popka FENNAH only made 1 tweet calling out an asshole who’s regurgitating what JAR Media said, even using the “edgy furry oc” insult. On his TH-cam channel, he’s very calm and respectful. Night Star has been lying by exaggerating what actually happened. Not helping is that he’s copying and pasting his comment, but with minor edits, even saying essentially “oh and his animations are shit.”
I remember Doug once saying that his mom was an Opera singer. So I guess he feels like he’s a capable singer by proxy. It’s like growing up listening to classical music and then deciding you’re also a classical musician.
Corey is a classically trained vocalist with a really impressive range and he was available to record vocals (according to the behind the scenes, he offered to sing) and yet... Doug insisted that he be the main vocalist on all the songs. You had Corey Taylor from Slipknot Doug. And you did fuck all with him.
Oh God, he ACTUALLY did it? I remember watching his commentary for his Phantom of the Opera "review" where he mentioned that he had a "musical review trilogy" (being Moulin Rouge, Les Miserables, and Phantom of the Opera), and that if he were to do another one, it would be The Wall (since he'd wanted to do it for years but wasn't quite sure how he'd do it). And given how those ones turned out... oh boy. -For Moulin Rouge, he had a semi-ensemble review (mostly just cameos with some minor opposing viewpoints) where he criticized the story, cinematography, and song choice. Fair enough, but a few points: a) the story is based on a famous play (La Boheme), so the writers aren't wholly to blame, b) the cinematography is a staple of Baz Luhrmann films (though some people have mixed opinions on his filmmaking), and c) it's a jukebox musical, which is really up to your personal taste. Overall, not the worst, but more pushback from the others and acknowledgement of its good points would be appreciated. The worst thing I can say about it is that it initially stopped me from wanting to watch the movie, though now I really want to so I can make a judgment myself. -For Les Miserables, he had an ensemble review. Aside from its many cameos, the main three have differing opinions on the film. One guest likes the movie as an adaptation of the musical for reasons I can't remember, the other dislikes the movie because of its cinematography and its representation of the source material, and Doug pulls out his self-proclaimed "middle-of-the-road bullshit" to say that he's in the middle, saying it has good and bad points without much elaboration. Again, far from the worst, but its commentary on the film, especially from the songs, is very shallow. -For Phantom of the Opera, he did a clipless review (yay) with yet another creator where they just reenact the movie. Its criticisms are either a) contained within the songs, or b) someone points out something weird a la CinemaSins and someone else explains it in an incredibly forced way (ie "Why is there a horse in the sewer?"). Even then, its criticisms aren't anything new, just stuff you would have heard of a million times (most of the people can't sing, Butler is a bad Phantom, Minnie Driver is good, the cinematography is mostly bland, etc). Probably the worst out of the "trilogy". Honestly, just watch Lindsay Ellis' video on it for an actual analysis. Sorry for the text block, but good God I have so much I could talk about regarding Doug. I'm glad you watched this review so I didn't have to. EDIT: About that Slipknot cameo: THIS ISN'T EVEN THE FIRST TIME HE'S DONE IT! He and his son also appeared at the end of his Sorcerer's Apprentice review (where he just so happens to promote his tour). Apparently his son's a fan of NC. God help us all.
Honestly the biggest laugh I remember from _any_ of those is the part in his Moulin Rouge review where Phelous shows up out of nowhere and starts... singing? growling? Whatever it is, it’s actually kinda hilarious even if it has very little to do with the movie itself.
Imagine going out of your way to make a comment just to say "I didn't read anything you said, haha" Anywho, I thought your thoughts were interesting to hear and I wouldn't mind to hear more. Also yea, I remember reading his son was a fan of NC, but not too sure about the dad. I think I heard he was also one as well, but I feel like that may be a rumor at best in till there's something proving that statement.
Now, I THINK the reason Corey Taylor played the Spongebob theme at the end is because someone at Channel Awesome saw like, the ONE clip of Corey playing it at a live show like, once. And was like "holy shit that's brilliant, that's how we end the review." Which honestly sounds more fucking stupid than just doing it for no reason
You know, there is a surprising amount of irony in Doug Walker reviewing a movie about a man pushing everyone away, isolating himself, becoming an utter dickbag, only to then be forced by someone higher than him to get on the stage and keep doing the show even when he clearly doesn't want to.
It's like a cry for help
Has he finally become self-aware?
@@JackgarPrime Considering he had absolutely no idea what the movie was really about, no. Self-awareness needs more intelligence than he has.
Lmfaoo
@@iamabrawler92 In honesty, Nostalgia Critic's reviews in general are very colloquial. Instead of intelligently picking out all the problems without sounding opinionated, he just whines and screams about how much he hates this movie.
I was also let down by this review since I am a big fan of Pink Floyd
Nostalgia Critic saw Jim Carrey's performance as the Riddler in Batman Forever and was all like "hey that's hilarious, I'm going to act like this for the rest of my life"
No, he’s trying to act like a human cartoon character, trying to be similar to Daffy Duck.
He said a long time ago that his biggest comedic influence is Daffy Duck, so he tried imitating him,
That’s a good way to explain it haha he’s fucking obnoxious
This one comment is funnier than anything Doug has ever done.
Sui I’ve never been able to watch his shit. He’s unbearable. Absolutely grating. His face is literally disturbing to me, then he starts talking and my eyes roll out of my head. I have never understood his appeal, ever ever ever. This JAR discussion is on point - WHAT IS THIS NARCISSISTIC MAN CHILD DOING?
He probably took a lot of
BRAIN DRAAAIN!!!
to think that it would be a good idea to replicate that.
I've watched IHE for 5 years and this is my first time seeing his face.
I thought he was the bald guy at first.
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it does not help that they have the same accent.
Jacob Gonzalez Of course not, his fucking logo shows him being a redhead
Well, that's his brother & they have the same accent & almost the same exact voice tone. Took me a sec to figure that out too.
Pink floyd fans now have their own star wars holiday special.
But they can take solace in the fact that it wasn't made by pink floyd.
We got it easy but somehow didn't
Jesus.....that analogy is terrifying....I didn't think to even make the comparison
@@exquisitecorpse__ init bro
@Thorne He approved it though, even if he doesn't want to admit it. Which is fair enough, I wouldn't want to admit to approving that either.
I'm not even a Pink Floyd fan but I feel so bad for the fandom now, lol!
Doug putting pictures of himself all over his studio reminds me so much of how Cool Cat did the same thing.
I LOVE BABIES
Wow, cool cat has so many hidden meanings it's incredible
Doug seems like a guy that aspires to be a filmmaker, but sucks at it, so he's stuck reviewing other people's films.
Probably because that's exactly what happened.
@@mariokarter13 Doug seems like the guy that aspires to be a *CRITIC but sucks at it😂
Zero Self-Esteem
"14 year old me is so embarrassing..."
"Nostalgia Critic at his age is more embarrassing."
Your pfp makes me nostalgic.
14 year old me liking nostalgia critic is the most embarrassing
Why he hasn't got axed I have no idea...... Nostalgia Critic is no longer funny.
"I like to wear women's clothing."
@@QJ89 God that takes me back
I remember one time where Doug Walker said that a lot of his "comedy" is inspired from the looney tunes. You can kind of tell it at times. The issue is that that kind of comedy really only works in animation where you can exaggerate emotions and reactions not in real life. Thus it looks cringey
He pulls it off if you ask me. That nazi stuff he did, super good over-acting. Loved it. That's not the problem.
The whole brain-abortion of what the fuck he is doing with this video is the problem
I can't stand his approach to comedy honestly. It's really weird, I never laugh at any of it. I mean I used to laugh in the older reviews sometimes, but in all the new skit shit it's just not funny at all and comes off really awkward and... For lack of a better word 'cringey'. I don't know what it is, his weird face and body language or his complete lack of proper comedic timing, but it just always feels off. He takes like huge pauses after the 'jokes' and it just fucking drags on and on and I always have to look away in second hand embarrassment, I've never experienced a reaction like that to comedy outside of those cringe compilation things. It's fucking magical how not funny he is, I can barely comprehend it myself.
Daniel young He thinks all comedy comes from suffering. ALL comedy, not just a subsection of comedy like in reality. And he gets super defensive when anyone tries to challenge his stubborn notions with facts on the wide variety of comedy that uses other framing besides misery and embarrassment. I remember that even the other people on the site were mystified about this weird view he latched on to, and how he continually chose that hill to die on. I believe Linkara mentioned being annoyed by it several times in passing, way back when he(and most others) were still on the site pre-2018.
Looney Toons are still great to this day, and those cartoons aren't a bad source of inspiration for comedy. But I feel like Doug forgot what made Daffy funny sometime ago. So he just repeats the "loud and unlucky" traits again and again, with none of the comedic timing or witty banter that made Daffy iconic. I don't know how I put up with NC's screeching for as long as I did. But I can now safely say that him using Looney Toons as an inspiration has become a mockery of Looney Toons themselves.
Exaggerated body humor works for cartoons because its a juxtaposition of animal characters behaving humanly. It doesn't work when its a human doing it, because you can expect it, and the stark reality feels more like cringe; as opposed to seeing Daffy Duck get his beak blown off. Some comedians embrace the absurdist nature of cringe really well (see: Eric Andre). Doug is nowhere close to Eric in delivery, humor, or even self awareness. He's an angry child with an After Effects license, a book on Blender, and a For Dummies book on comedy.
See, I'd argue against that honestly, the live action Loony Tunes stuff worked really well before when he was JUST reviewing stuff from his own childhood, cartoons, the Mario brothers movie stuff like that. His cartoony actions were funny and still are when he tackles the right subject matter.
But that style of humour doesn't work with the fucking wall.
Imagine being ignorant of the impact of WWII on entire generations of British people, from the children evacuated to strange homes and families dealing with the losses of their fathers, brothers, husbands, and children, and not understanding that schooling in the UK for decades until, like, the eighties, involved physical and mental abuse of the children, and then deciding to "review" a piece of work so intimately connected to these two situations due to the personal impact they've had on the author of the piece while making no effort whatsoever to understand the context behind the piece and thus remaining completely ignorant of all of the above.
Actually, no need to imagine it, Doug Walker's already done it.
Perfectly said
Yup hes been a hack for years lol
great analogy
Yeah and it's bizarre that he even thought about coming close to it in the first place. Be better off just parodying big budget American cinema.
*slow clap* Yes. THANK YOU.
Admittedly this is my first JAR Media video
Took me a minute to realize IHE hadn't shaved his head
Same
I think he shaved his head so people could actually tell them apart.
I'm glad I'm not the only one
I still hadn’t realized until I saw your comment
It took me until Alex called the bald guy jim
Why do all of them sound like Ihateeverything in varying states of depression?!
I have no fucking idea but you’re right
OH DEAR
Depression isnt a joke.
john smith mate he isn’t making a joke about depression but about their voices don’t make a big deal about it
THEY HAVE A BRITISH ACCENT
THEY MUST BE THE SAME PERSON
I think Doug can be boiled down to his Facebook bio:
“I’m a comedian...laugh!”
......No.
Yeah right.
I once tried to forcibly make myself laugh at one of his videos
I couldn't. I lost that challenge
And I will whisper.....No
@@BebopBun I'm really sorry to hear that
Imagine getting a love letter in the mail that’s 5 pages of rambling nonsense about how you’re pandering and pretentious, while ‘satirizing’ your poetry and making fun of your childhood trauma
But then it ends with “also you’re kinda cool I guess wanna go on a date”
Lmao, yeah exactly
so Doug's an expert on negging?
Tbh, it'd probably be more entertaining and visually appealing than this.
Doug walker seems like the negging type to me
My response to that would be the same as Garnet's, "No. The end, forever, and even after that."
The Trial but instead of the people Pink neglected and hurt telling him why he's awful, its the former Channel Awesome members that got sexually and emotionally abused that he helped cover up
At least Pink is an entertaining, iconic rock star. Doug is just a near 40-something still making videos with the crappy production quality of late 2000s TH-cam videos.
There's also a surprisingly well-done Chris-chan spoof around on youtube, but I agree.
@@tylerhackner9731 yeah. there's Captain S videos from the late 2000s that are pretty much the same, just with worse camera quality and a lot of compression. it's the same shitty humour and green-screen overuse with little integration
@@tylerhackner9731 wait, which one's pink?
Instead of chanting "Tear down the Wall", they chant "Change the Channel"
Nostalgia critic could make a million dollars and his videos would still look like they were made with $3 and a day old slice of pizza
Friday the 13th had a 700k and managed to do a kickass film. NC could get the budget for Endgame and still pretend to run on a green screen
lol i mean channel awesome got $90k from gofundme to make a game show and it literally looks like someone bought some props at the dollar store and made a game out of it
NC will just never mature. Everything about is videos and reviewing style still screams 2008 although we now have entered the 2020s. Yelling, cursing, awful green screen effects, poor editing and awkward acting skits may have been okay in 2008, but times have moved on.
Torsten Scholz hypocrites all of you
And to think he (Doug Walker) criticized old Hanna Barbeara Cartoons like Flintstones and Scooby Doo for their budget's of 5 dollars (In the NC review of the Live Action films based on those cartoon shows).
Does Everyone see what I mean when I say Doug's a hypocrite?
Critic: Complains about Disney making shot-by-shot unoriginal remakes that have little to no effort
Also Critic: Creates a shot-by-shot unoriginal remake that has little to no effort
Remakes aren't the same as parodies.
THE APOCALYPSE IS HERE! DISNEY BOUGHT NOSTALGIA CRITIC AFTER SEASON 8 OF THE SHOW! HELP!
I disagree with that sentiment only because the tragedy is that it did take effort. But effort is not automatically good.
I love that Rob Scallon, the guy who did the instrumentals for this, has retroactively removed his name from the digital release of this album so that it doesn't show up on his Spotify (which is full of normal, legitimate music).
dude it upsets me so much that Rob's name is forever attached to this, because he seems like just the nicest guy, and he's an immensely talented musician
That's actually hilarious.
I mean his instrumentals were by far the best part of the music.
@@Dalejr88rox eh, everyone is entitled to a few missteps in life. Shit happens.
@@Dalejr88rox So Doug and Rob aren't friends?
I havent watched Jar media in forever and suddenly IHE has a face.
I'm uncomfortable.
And Jamie is bald...? I feel equally uncomfortable.
I'm gonna keep pretending that he's a grumpy cartoon face.
Wow you really have been tapped out forever
He's been in front of the camera for years XD
He’s been on camera for over 2 years now at least. You are a traitor
Uncomfortably numb.
*Years ago:* "Oh man I wish I was like The Nostalgia Critic"
*Now:* Oh man, I'm glad Im not like the Nostalgia Critic"
As someone who use to love Nostalgia Critic (back when I was a dumb, impressionable kid who found anything on the internet funny), and still loves Pink Floyd (one of the greatest rock bands to ever exist/one of the greatest rock operas in The Wall), this was a double insult.
not gonna lie, i feel kinda better about myself cause now my cheap reviews made with windows movie maker feel like more effort was put into em.
I never wanted to be like him lmao
Me years ago: If I want to study film, I don't need to go to college. Nostalgia Critic is enough for me.
I know what you feel bro
I just find it funny how this one review has caused everyone to not only bash the video but also dissect Doug's content as a whole. It's like this was the video that caused everyone to go like "alright enough is enough we really need to talk about this guy".
Not really tho. People have been annoyed by his contents, it just so happens that to JAR Media, this movie is the final straws of sort
For me, i always knew NC is cringy af. Barely stand any of his 'reviews'. The skits barely funny, it forced, too many "goofy characters" thingy, and by the end of the day, his ACTUAL review is so basic, i bet you could replicate it (ofc without the cringy bits)
Quinton reviews did a good dissection of one of NC's other "films". He did a really good job critiquing the film while also making a massive hour long parody of the film at the end. It's really amazing.
I just imagine Doug about to upload it, smiling, and telling himself "everyone is gonna love this."
@@johann242 I felt second hand embarassment after watching it.
@@rascoehunter3608 Same here. I couldn't even tell if that was the point, really. I bet, Doug would say that was the point, just to hide the fact that he has NO clue what the hell he's doing. And that it's been that way ever since he started out. I just didn't realize it before, because I guess I never really cared because I genuinely thought his shit was funny. But, like pretty much everyone else, I got tired of the bullshit skits; and Doug's pretentious ego. Thinking he's hot shit, when in actuality, he's just regular, bland, boring dogshit on the sidewalk. When he used to play that side of his personality for laughs, I thought that he was just playing a character, and that his real life personality was the exact opposite of that, but, it wasn't. He genuinely was a pretentious asshole with an ego. At least with Angry Joe, he's got charm. He embraces the stupidity in his videos, plays it for laughs, doesn't try to make it into an epic when it's not. He just tries to make people laugh and entertain them. Plus, he's usually got Other Joe, and Alex with him when he's reviewing things, and they all play off each other well. Even when sometimes, his jokes aren't that funny, you at least get what he's trying to do, trying to say. Plus, Other Joe sometimes upstages Angry Joe, and adds to the video, making it something to remember. Not every one of his skits works, but at least when you watch an Angry Joe video, you know what you're getting into, you know that you're watching a guy, reviewing something, like a movie or a game. And when Joe tries to get serious, it may not always work out, but when IT does, it really works, and you feel like you can relate to what he's telling us. And, he's also been trying to build like; this media outlet type thing, where he has his own news show, along with his usual reviews. He knows what he's doing. But the nostalgia critic? Like Alex and the rest of the guys here say, he hasn't changed at all, hasn't tried to improve himself, still thinks what was funny back in like, 2005-2006 would STILL be funny today, when they're NOT. It's just bad, Doug. And I'm almost ashamed and embarrassed for even having been a fan of his for such a long time, only to recently realize how awful doug truly is. He's just so bland and cliche and corny, in all the wrong ways. Are we sure he's even playing up a character for the ridiculousness and absurdity of it, or is this how doug really is? I certainly think so now.
The novelty of TH-cam skits being "so bad they're good" is gone. People actually upload television quality content on this site. Doug Walker is long past due to step up his game, especially when he unironically thinks of himself as a "filmmaker."
this guys been doing this for a long time, there’s no exucuse for his production values still being so amateurish
I argue James Rolfe gets a pass still, though. He's maintained an earnestness in his productions being true to that B horror/comedy movie feel, and what he's saying is actually pretty informative/substantial between playing up the character.
@@CappuccinoSquid the difference between James and Doug is that James is self aware and actually funny
@@CappuccinoSquid Yeah this is why I still like James content at times. He doesn't try to go overboard with anything, he just sticks to what he is. Plus he also does at least review movies and games and the effects don't feel cheap and ugly (despite not being blockbuster expensive effects).
@@CappuccinoSquid not only that, because he's chosen to be a basement dwelling nerd, he can easily get away with amateur shots and skits and it passes because it fits.
Nostalgia Critic 2008: skits last 5 seconds on a side point and focused on critiquing movie
Nostalgia Critic 2019: horrible skits that are pretty much the whole thing.
The Hocus Pocus review was the worst. The movie's from 1993, it's like 22 years old (at the time of the review) and for some reason the entire "review" was made from skits, not a single frame of the original film was used, it was the most annoying thing i've evern seen. When it's a movie that's still on the big screen it's kinda ok, but i still thinkg he should wait for the blu ray releases. But hey gotta take adventage of the hype.
sonnic1995 nah, THIS was the worst. I’d rather watch his Hocus Pocus review three times in a row then sit through his “”review”” of the wall ever again. At least in the HP review there was some method to the madness, and a few funny and entertaining moments here or there. The wall “”review”” had no redeeming qualities whatsoever, it was just being waterboarded for 39 minutes.
Nostalgia Critic 2008: Quick cutaway gag
Nostalgia Critic 2019: "Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Conway Twitty..."
Remember when nostalgia critic was good? That was a long time ago.
sonnic1995 its not even about not having access to footage. That was his excuse at first when reviewing brand new films. But its become really obvious that its really that he 1: never got over the fact Demo Reel failed and basically just uses the Nostalgia Critic name to make Demo Reel now and 2: he as a man in his 40-50’s cant himself understand what fair use is/wont pay an attorney to explain it to him and so he still cant get it through his skull that most of your video being long uninterrupted clips of a film with only you narrating whats happening in the scene is not Fair Use
*Sees this channel for the first time
-Jami speaks
"Wait, IHE is bald?"
- Alex speaks
"Oh"
I have seen the Face of IHE; I will never be the same.
@@QJ89 Oh no he's cuuuuute.
@@otakunthevegan4206 Yeah, I'm sure all the girls watching this will never be the same after realizing that IHE is one of the best looking and best sounding youtubers out there... I don't know how he'll be able to deal with the fact that he's one of the best looking British youtubers of all time, putting most, if not ALL other British male youtubers to shame with his amazing looks, and pulling off a blue bathrobe better than some ugly dude like me ever could... I sure wish I could look as good as Alex does... maybe then people, especially girls would like me...
Best fucking comment
“Oh”
"It's alright, a little full of itself..."
A little full of itself? Doug, you're so full of yourself, you can clone yourself by vomiting!
aiooty19 BARS
Shit, that’s funny.
Doug made an approx.3 hour-long vanity project. As Haruhi Fujioka from Ouran High School Host Club Said "People who don't look at themselves are scary"
I like how he says it’s full of itself after he made his poorly made awful reinterpretation of a masterful well made piece of visual and musical storytelling like the fucking thing came out in 1979 and 40 God dame years later he can’t even hold a candle to it and acts like he’s top shit over it like wtf are you doing man
Tysen Steffler it came out in 1982
The Another Brick in the Wall segment was by far the most offensive part of it with how far the critic missed the mark. He thinks the song's about how high school sucks and he should just "Grow some balls" (Because that's not a problematic stance to take). But he forgets, Roger Waters didn't go to a modern day American high school, that's not what the song is about. He and Syd Barrett went to a post-war era English secondary boys school where the teachers were both physically and mentally abusive to students. Any creative or independent thought was beaten out of you, both figuratively and very literally (Caning was still a common form of punishment).
He just used The Wall as a vehicle to talk about what he actually wants to address: the “””””snowflakes””””” that are rightly upset with him after the #changethechannel doc was released, revealing how incompetent and awful he is.
Also, Syd Barrett had mental illness which made worse by drugs, that's nothing to take lightly
It still is and there many useless things in school if you think oh they are just bored and want phones you are not listening to your kids and you don’t give a care for you kids
@@samkuperman9035 "These people think I'm incompetent and awful, I'll show them!"
*proceeds to be incompetent and awful via his The Wall review*
It’s also supremely privileged of him. There are plenty of modern schools in countries that are not America where it sucks big time. Not only that, American schools vary in quality significantly. He could have gone to a fantastic school as a psychologically normative person and not have had any issues to speak of. Doesn’t give him the right to say “grow some balls” to children who are getting screwed over for life and can’t fight back.
This is my first time seeing Alex's face and it honestly felt like seeing Kenny's face from southpark for the first time
I've never related to a sentence more in my life.
This is my first time seeing any of their faces and my life is harmed
Kenny's face is revealed in the South park film.
he doesn't even look how he sounds and his co-hosts sound similar.
I’m only twenty minutes in so I don’t know if you mention it later on but I wanted to bring up the fact that The Wall wasn’t only the story of Roger Waters but also Syd Barrett. When you see Pink sitting vacantly in front of a television with a cigarette burning untouched to his finger tips, that’s Syd. Waters would often find him in that exact position close to the end of his career. Syd was Waters’ best friend since they were toddlers. He literally watched this man he’d known for nearly his entire life turn into an empty, lifeless person picked apart by drugs and stardom. A lot of what Roger Waters wrote (Wish You Were Here, Welcome To The Machine) is also in reference to him loosing his friend in such a tragic way. That’s part of what makes Nostalgia Critic’s “review” of this film particularly egregious to me. He’s not only misinterpreting and shitting on this personal expression of Roger Waters’ life but of Syd Barrett’s as well.
I don’t know why Nostalgia Cringe bothered with this one, his cheese-tier videos are not fit to cover anything of substance. They’re just bad skits. Idk how anyone is surprised though, I’ve always found his videos pretty painful.
DoomKid I agree. I used to watch his stuff all the time. It took until the whole sexual abuse scandal for me to really see how awful his content is and always has been. It makes me feel for people like Malcolm and Tamera who really seem like they enjoy this kind of work and have a lot of passion for film production. I just wish they weren’t working for an egotist like Doug.
@@Henskelion honestly this is a really common thing in my experience. A lot of people don't seem to grow much past adolescence
If I wasn’t watching the video I’d think this was one guy talking to himself
Their voices are distinct enough that I can recognize that there are 3 different people talking.
ryuzakikun96 Alex and Jamie sound so similar though
ryuzakikun96 I had a massive struggle to differentiate their voices, except for the guy in black
RickyPro I could maybe understand confusing Alex and Jamie (they do have similar ways of speaking, although most of the time I can tell them apart), but James is very clearly James.
@@PanzerPlant I only had trouble personally in the previous Critic vid, which was my first of theirs (discovered this channel today) because they couldn't stop cracking up and laughing for the first 5 minutes.
The idea that Another Brick in the Wall is just about school sucking is like saying Fuck the Police was just about cops being lame.
Yeah, complain about the phrasing, but the core message is "public education system bad". It's not that deep bro.
@@djtripnosysbuddy, forget the phrasing, a song about how the education system of WWII era England was designed to systematically create, partially through mental and physical abuse, at best, mindless drones to slave away at meaningless jobs for awful wages and at worst, more soldiers to die in a horrific war IS infinitely deeper than "high school sucks and teachers are jerks"
im not even a pink floyd fan but you have to be willfully ignorant to not see that Doug's "critique" or parody is not only a complete fucking farce, but miss the point so entirely that it becomes a non-sequitur
@@djtripnosysThis is just wrong. Doug's criticism of the film is that "everyone thinks highschools sucks." In making this criticism, he ignores the fact that this film is making specific criticism about what is wrong with the way the public education system functions. It's not just "school is bad." It's "school is currently run as a pipeline to industry, using both physical and verbal abuse to shape children into workers, rather than foster curiosity and imagination in a manner that is conducive to creating a more ethical and empathetic society. This increasing industrialization of society is the same process which fosters fear, hatred, and fascistic politics."
@@xaviersandoval1765 There it is. A rambling paragraph of "NO! ITS GOOD BECAUSE (insert rambling about symbolism and art)"
Art is subjective, for one. For two The Wall is bad.
@@djtripnosys Either you don't know what the word rambling means, or you simply decided not to read a single paragraph and dismiss it as rambling. I didn't even say "it's good for these reasons." I don't really give a shit whether or not you like it. I'm explaining the simple fact that a more detailed and nuanced position was being put forward than the simple "school sucks" idea that any person has.
Art is subjective in the sense that how messages are relayed will strike people differently, and people may find meanings and symbols within art that were not intended but still have some clear logic as to how that person got to that position, or that you may ignore the intended messages entirely because specific parts of the piece capture you in alternative ways. But subjectivity in art can only take you so far. If a person argues for a reading of an art piece that they have no real capacity to backup, or shows that they clearly did not pay any attention to the intended messages, then their opinion can be dismissed.
If you want to tell me that a movie like the Dark Knight is actually about aliens, you're free to do so, but I won't take it seriously. And I will dismiss Doug's takes on this film just as quickly because he was so unwilling to engage with it on anything but the most surface level. The connections between the specific education system Roger Waters grew up with, industrialization, and the growing fascist sentiments in the UK were so unsubtle it's actually pathetic Doug managed to misinterpret them. Especially when he says that bullshit of "this is vague enough that you can put anyone's face here" when the specific ideas and political opinions that were being related to fascism were not vague in any manner, they were specifically called out as anti-semitism, racism in general, and homophobia. These were specific ideas being criticised and related to fascism, which is simple and straightforward because those are actual sentiments held by fascist groups, and yet Doug somehow misses those as "vague."
He also called the Goodbye Blue Sky sequence "World War Two with monsters" and said it was silly, which is the most unashamedly disinterested thing anyone could ever say about it. It was not World War Two with monsters, it just was World War Two.
But of course if one paragraph was too much for you the first time I don't imagine you'll read all of this.
Tommy Wisseau has become a more humble person than Doug Walker.
"Yadda yadda long enough to become the villain."
It's actually kind of surprising. We all mocked Wiseau for being weird and out of touch, which he still kind of is, but he learned to make fun of himself and his work, and grew from it.
I'm beginning to think that the reason Wiseau didn't appear in the Best F(r)iends review is because Wiseau thought Doug was too creepy for him, not the other way around. Sestero is used to working with creeps, though.
@@Marcelelias11 When _Tommy Wiseau_ thinks you're creepy, you messed up.
Tommy Wiseau is a great guy, a little bit weird but he at least self aware unlike Doug.
SammEater That man has the self-awareness of a rock. But he’s learning slowly to be that way.
He’s not the villain he’s the punchline
"OK school sucks lol. Grow damn pair of balls". This quote from the another brick in the wall parody shows that Nostalgia critic doesn't understand the message of the song and is only reacting to the material in the same way a 6 year would
yeah. this suburban american 90s kid who was probably a big suck-up to the teachers probably doesn't get that post-war British boarding schools probably weren't the best place for a sensitive and socially traumatized kid
@@stproducciones9140 People can be privileged and recognize that they are privileged. Unfortunately, Doug is not one of those people.
@@stproducciones9140 Doug was the kid who said "we still have a test"
Why does Doug Walker never let anyone else sing. His singing is just awful.
Narcissism
His crew is a ton of yes men he struts over
I can actually name alot of videos he let other people sing
Alvin and the chipmunks movie review
Les mis review
Phantom of the opera
Maybe you guys should actually watch his videos before trying to pretend you have actual proof hes a bad reviewer
@@o0Scarrow0o His whole The Wall review is proof he's a bad reviewer.
Hes better then Justin Bieber or any other shit nowadays singers
He tried to modernize the imagery in _The Wall?_
What was that quote from his _Cat In The Hat_ review again?
Oh, I remember. “By modernizing the dialogue, you’re only making it more dated.”
While not 100% applying, its still emblematic of a much larger issue.
Man, I see your comments everywhere on TH-cam. Are you the actual doctor bright? Cuz this shit is anomalous af.
Thank you for remembering that review so I don’t have to
I think it's safe to say that he should stick to reviewing and NEVER make his own films again. At least if you could call them that. His ignorance grows like a tumor when he wants to make something
Is critic an escaped scp?
Damn. I think "He went full Your Favorite Martian" is the single harshest criticism you can give this thing. Bravo.
"How did he get the lead man of Slipknot..."
Me: Whaaaaaa-
"And his son?"
Me: Oh, there you go.
"I'll criticise a movie without understanding it," he said.
"It'll be fun", he said.
@i d k which is his opinion, if you disagree with him fine, got remember he mostly does this for "laughs" what old Nostalgia critic always done
@@kyotheman69
Except he does take whatever points he makes in his reviews as fact despite not understanding what he's reviewing. Inside out being exactly like Osmosis Jones for example. Or his points on Sailor Moon.
Trueshogunate His constant berating of people who like the Pokemon series because he “like[s] the negative comments” comes to mind after reading your reply
@@HEYBUDDYMAN86 I actually forgot that he does that. Thank you for reminding me.
@@HEYBUDDYMAN86 Full House comes to mind. So what if its a popular series, it ''sucks'' because he says so.
I was pissed when I found out he gave the animator 17 days to animate
holy shit, really? that was like a whole ass five minutes with a ton going on, THAT little time? wow. still funny how that section still blows everything else out of the water.
I mean, considering FENNAHs "animation" consists of making everything wiggle to make it look like its intricately animated, I have my doubts that he put massive amounts of effort into it. Deadwingdork does a huge deep dive into satellite city and the titular animator. I'd give it a watch if you've got 5 hours to kill
@@casualobserver3853
>deadwingdork
id rather hear an animation critique from someone qualified
@@nazauwu6431
>deadwingdork
so far halfway through his video, he critiqued the music pretty well, idk about the animation
@@nazauwu6431 Imagine for a moment; thinking that you have to be "qualified" to be able to criticize something. It's pretty damn easy to see what's objectively good animation and see some that is bad by comparison.
Channel Awesome liked a comment claiming that it is "better than the original".
And they call it a love letter?
Yeah i'm going to: *press X to doubt*
Doug says he doesn't read the comments. Okay buddy.
@@KingThrillgore idk how his ego got so big then. Even on his original site the comments were nothing but hate.
That's a love letter to Pink Floyd's "The Wall" in the same way that "ur a slut kill urslf" would be a love letter to a woman.
The first rule of making a love letter cover parody or anything based directly off of another piece of media
You never say it's better than that original. If you do then you obviously Don't appreciate the original enough for being original
@@---tw6qk really?
Nostalgia Critic saying that the train scene is trying to say “school sucks” is really misunderstanding what the point is. It’s really shows that Doug is either rushing out his “reviews” or really doesn’t understand sub-text or both. It’s embarrassing.
This man does not know how to write character. He just writes the same fake overacting person everytime. And he overestimates his own skills to a point of hilarity. He has a studio and actors, yet has people jog in place to simulate running. His weird co-actors can‘t for shit. And the worst part is: he is simply not equipped to dismantle amd review a piece of media. He didn‘t understand the wall. Yet he has to give us his opinion on it. Ridiculous, and the worst part is that idiots watch him. At this point he has more in common with fred than any real movie critic. Btw: nothing he does has anything to do with nostalgia at this point.
he only has two weeks for prop reviews, i feel he does better job when he just sits on his chair and faces the camera
kyotheman69 be like Jontron, have actual writers write your script
Doug does not understand subtext fucking at all.
@@couriertx He does, kind of. Rob Walker does a large portion of the writing with Doug, the NC. So it's even worse.
Wanna hear something sad? Doug Walker used to be afraid of making his videos too long. I'm not even joking. On his old Nostalgia Critic Commentaries he used to do on the old sight, one of the most frequent things that'd happen when his brother Rob joined him is that Rob would complain when Doug would pass up the opportunity to make a certain joke, and Doug would always reply "I cut it because we were running long."
Doug Walker used to have the self-discipline to know when to cut certain things down to keep his videos from running too long. Now look at The Wall review video's length and let that sink in. He's regressed in terms of skill, if anything.
I hope it is him recognizing the basic of clear and concise writing, but I have a feeling part of it is also the restriction TH-cam had back then (your video cannot exceed 10 minutes, which is why old TH-cam videos were sometimes divided up into parts).
@@arthurfine4284 Even so, I remember when Doug uploading a 20-minute video was considered a special occasion. Then that became the norm...and it just kept spiraling from there.
meh, forty minutes is perfectly fine length for a dissection of a movie - you know, for good critics, anyway. I'd even call it short for talking about something like The Wall.
the real joke here is doug's 3.5 hour circlejerk "movie," To Boldly Flee
@@cashnelson2306 Considering he doesn't really talk about The Wall in any meaningful way, it IS too long.
@@cashnelson2306 i agree in general but doug's formula, regardless of subject, does not fit that kind of length. it doesn't matter what he's reviewing or what he has to say, the nostalgia critic format only ever worked in a 10-15 minute video and always wears thin past that point; his ego is so big at this point he doesn't even understand the format he created
I got SO pissed when he made fun of "Goodbye Blue Sky", calling it an Oscar-bate song. Saying smoke a bong, not knowing the song is about GERMANS BOMBING ENGLAND!
"Goodbye Blue Sky" especially at the end is such a beautiful (and dark) song, because all it is mostly an acoustic guitar, with a little bit of keyboards to add in the darkness. And the animation for that song, it fucking rivals Disney (at that time) and even today, that animation is fucking gorgeous!
@DJ 3lectrical To make it even worse, songs that have already been released on record before the film aren't even allowed to get nominated for the Oscar. Also great work rhyming "Oscar-bait song" with "smoke a bong" - any 14-year-old could make better song parodies than this crap.
@@torstenscholz6243 Pete Townsend was nominated for an Oscar for Tommy though. But then a lot of the songs from that film were re-arranged and re-recorded with different people singing
CraicAttack yea but that was during a time when the Oscars had like 3 best score oscars for just different genres, I think it was comedy, drama, and action? Don’t the exact ones but Tommy was released a couple years during a time where the Oscars were experimented with the idea of allowing the best score to incorporate mostly adapted/ previously made music, but they later just condensed the Oscars into one and made it so 60% of the score had to be completely original, hence why it’s called the Best Original Score Oscar. Which was bad timing as the first condensed Best Score Oscar was introduced in 1982, the year The Wall was released, so if the movie was released a year earlier or the condensed Oscar was introduced a year later, it most likely would’ve won that Oscar.
Funny you should say that. I'm pretty sure the guy that did the animation for this movie went on to help with Disney's "Hercules"
Yikes....I now fear for the future....Can't wait for a parody of American Idiot in 2044 making a joke about how people in the past feared the power of television brainwashing Americans, completely missing the point about how the government and media could encourage and actively participate in stroking the aggressive, tit-for-tat revenge culture of America to wage war that destabilized countries and cost millions of lives.
Doog has admitted that he avoids his comment sections completely.
No way he’s avoiding that like/dislike ratio
Not surprised. Channel Awesome is a breeding ground for narcissism, cowardice, and immaturity.
No wonder his content hasn't improved in years, and has only been going downhill. He plugs his ears and looks the other way whenever he receives criticism.
@@VectorTheSpecter he's becoming a TH-cam George Lucas
I've noticed that when creators do that They tend to think they can do no wrong and then end up being surrounded by yes man
Then they end up doing something idiot
Egoraptor, Doug walker and Spoony come to mind
33:28 Wait... didn't Doug criticise the _Cat in the Hat_ movie for modernising the story, since it makes it more dated? My, has he fallen from grace.
I think it's worse than that. I'm pretty sure that replacing the marching hammers (symbolizing Pink's fascist demons) with matching cell phones is him taking cheap shots at everyone who tweeted "Change The Channel."
So Doug Walker just compared everyone who called him out for his rampant mismanagement, extortion, and abuse to Nazis.
Yes.
If I remember right, he criticised The Cat in the Hat for _pop culture references,_ which aren't quite the same thing as modernising. But I haven't watched this video yet so maybe that's exactly what you mean.
I can't wait for Yellow Submarine review and he just spends 40 minutes saying "This movie's story makes no sense!"
And then saying "yeah, it's good. Good animation and creativity." And then Doug blows himself.
Hey Bulldog is not about an actual Bulldog? What?!!!!
@@The_Andyman THIS MOVIE'S STORY MAKES NO SENSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHH! but, the animation is pretty good for a movie that came out in the 60's-70's. And, it's the Beatles! So, it's automatically good! And, we can't forget, "I'm bigger than Jesus!" Reference, because it's Doug, and he's just GOT to throw in as many basic, surface level references, becuz references and submarine jokes without context funny! Yelling and screaming like an insane person just equals comedy, as we all know! And also, throwing other unfunny shit at the screen to see what sticks. If that entire "review" isn't just throwing unfunny shit at the wall and seeing if anything sticks.
@@shawnfields2369 Don't forget a terrible attempt at a scouse accent.
@@conorburke1999 Right. Wouldn't that be filed under "unfunny shit at the wall, and seeing what sticks"? References! "But, the chart says..."
Something I'm realizing now is that the Nostalgia Critic really had the nerve to be like "was it really THAT bad??" about, like, the WWII metaphors, when he's in no place to criticize how Roger Waters decides to portray his life experiences. Honestly the whole review feels like reading someone's memoir, not understanding a bit of it, and pointing to random metaphors scattered throughout and making fun of them.
Yeah, that proves that he didn't understand any of it. He complains about WWII sequences after a segment that, in his opinion, says "High School sucks" (Not, it does not, and there aren't even any high schools in Britain, the British term is Secondary School), about WWII depicted with monsters being silly (It's a metaphor of the horrors people lived through in WWII, you can't depict that with subtle imagery), and also very telling is that at one point he says the film never aimed to tell a story (Yes, it does, and a very good one at that).
@@torstenscholz6243 also, Doug thinking that The Happiest Days of Our Lives/Another Brick in the Wall is about high school (or school at all) shows that he didn't really get the song. Like at all. Another Brick in the Wall is about cycles of abuse, how you go to school and they treat you like shit and then you grow up and treated like shit. He just doesn't *get* the movie
@@torstenscholz6243 But… it’s still high school, just with different terminology. You might as well say there aren’t any lollies in Britain because you call them sweets there.
@@torstenscholz6243 correction: secondary school IS high school. We use both terms here.
@@ARCtheCartoonMaster exactly!
I think this stuff comes from the fact that Doug desperately wants to direct and create film. But, no one wants to see him do that, they just want the Nostalgia Critic. See: Demo Reel
Exactly. He wants to be a moviemaker when he obviously has no penchant for it
That would be all well & good, if he wasn't so completely shit at it
Demo Reel really wasn’t that great anyway. I tried giving it a chance but nah.
Yet when you see stuff like To Boldly Flee, you realize that, no matter what, he'll be shit at it.
I liked the end of Demo Reel, and not just because it was the end. But the rest didn't work.
Do you think the reason he calls it "parody" is so he can't be sued for monetising an album of cover songs
i don't think so. That's not hoy copyright works. If you use the riffs/rythms of the song but change the lyrics you still need a license for the song, there's specifically a type of license that's for changing the lyrics or add something to the song, ala Weird Al. He either invested in the licenses for the songs so he could actually get money from it, or there's a big lawsuit coming.
@@sonnic1995 He mentions in the video that he's having copyright issues and encourages his audience to buy the album to support him. So I imagine its already begun to backfire on him.
sonnic1995 I'm going to go with lawsuit. I dunno if he saw it, but I tagged Roger Waters on Facebook and Twitter about this shit. There's no way Doug Walker has Waters' permission to use the music to one of his dearest creations of music.
@@DonnaCPunk I hope it ends in a lawsuit, not only is it terrible but it's also completely disrespectful to literally one of the most influential pieces of modern history
@@DonnaCPunk You don't need permisson from Roger or any composer, but the music label, and you can pretty much get a license for any song for less than 15 dlls per song, that's how guitar covers that actually get monetized (As leo moracchioli's) work, that would be MGM i think... Unless Roger Waters bought the rights to his music from them which i'm not aware of, but could be. I honestly don't think either Rob Scallon or Doug were stupid enough to SELL music without getting a license, as i said, you pay the label and you can make money with your cover, doesen't matter if it's good or not. There's even a type of license that allows you to change the lyrics for parody or just to go with your own.
"There's always a chance that what I'm making is pure crap, and I dont see it" -Doug Walker, 2009
That chance nowadays is almost 100%.
Amazing. I wonder where that self-awareness went.
@@conwaysquest6961 Probably somewhere so deep up his ass, even he can't find it, despite spending pretty much every second of every hour of everyday up there, occasionally spending time outside of that enclosed bubble of his, plugging his fingers in his ears, going: "la-la la la la, I can't hear you! You say my skits are bad, and I should stop?! La-la la! Can't hear you! Got 2 wurk on new skitz! Got 2 spend time throwing my shit at da wallz and c whut sticks! Got 2 snif my own fartz!!" Seriously, "doog" has his head so far up his own ass, he can only see shit, and give himself his own prostate checks, while he checks on what he had for breakfast too, all at the same time, all while getting high from his smelling his own shit and farts. And he's got yes men telling him how criticism bad, skitz gud! Cuz, All Dem peopul who hate on yur skitz jus hav no brans! Not luk nustalgia critik! Me have barin 4 gud think! Dats y me ues sktiz all da tim! "But, The chart says..."
"I donot know the meaninggg of teh phrase _'willful ignorance'_ *and I donot in tend to findout* . "
- Xavier, Renegade Angel
@@torstenscholz6243 No. He still doing great things. He's not perfect, but he's still good
Fun fact, Doug wanted to retire the Nostalgia Critic because he thought his Moulin Rouge video was so good that he could never top it. I can never understand the ego of people like that. I could make a Michelangelo level masterpiece and still feel awkward about showing it to people while he shits out garbage and thinks it's basically Citizen Kane
oh god
You can't be a Michelangelo if you treat yourself like one. True timeless talent always comes hand in hand with self-awareness and certain level of humility.
I watched his Moulin Rouge video and it's... just like every other review he did at the time. Like no idea why he thinks it's so much better than anything else he did
Maybe he should've stopped there, because then the NC would've ended before people realized how bad he is and always has been
Well, he sure did top it! It’s gets much worse than that!
Doug's idea of parody is just ripping everything to sheds, he doesn't know how to write a love letter to a movie he actually likes. He started out making fun of bad movies and he was pretty good at that. But now he wants to be a *comedian* and I don't think he has what it takes. His acting isn't funny, his singing isn't funny, and his skits aren't funny. It's all consistently lacklustre and pointless. Does he think he's a singer now? His ego just keeps growing. Wow.
I don't think he wants to be Nostalgia Critic anymore. If so the reviews would be him talking about the movies infront of a camera from start to end, which was funny at first, he pointed out objects moving from a switch of camera or fuck ups... But Remember he "killed" the nostalgia critic once, to do Demo Reel but it failed (which bascially was not so funny skits) he revived NC but he started like crazy with the skits he shoehorn into the reviews. That's what he wants to do, parodies of movies, he doesn't really seem that much happy doing the reviews anymore.
Can't wait for him to start his own animated series. Or make a video game.
Ah shit I should've give him ideas.
bruh hes a critic. he cant always praise everything.
@@TheMikirog give him more material, at this point this guy isn't salvageable.
He realises that he still hasn’t broke the glass ceiling. He isn’t taken serious or is popular enough to get into mainstream. So he is trying everything to expand
“It’s such a love letter to Pink Floyd.” Is... is the Nostalgia Critic negging The Wall?
5 dislikes so far? The nostalgia critics fan base is bigger than I thought
That's a bit harsh bucko
Eyy you have 69 likes on your comment
69 now LOLOLOLOL
69 dislikes lol
@Ayam Sirias
are they not autistically shrieking enough for your taste?
There's another universe where NC's The Wall is a crafted meta commentary about Doug's life and how he 'walled' himself off from Channel Awesome's glaring internal problems and uses the video to say he needs to be better.
Oh well.
Wow, that’s deep
And the comment directly below yours (when sorted by newest) is “BRB I’m off to take a shit”
But jokes aside your idea would be interesting
Doug would never think he needs improvement. He thinks he's perfect the way he is.
I wish he had the talent to pull something like this off, but I doubt he even knows that Channel Awesome had any issues.
Mike Ma'chode is the one that shoots him full of drugs
You forget the key difference between Roger Waters and Doug Walker though: Roger Waters is intelligent, and he views his life as a test to prove himself-Doug Walker isn't intelligent, and he views his life as a waiting game until greatness is simply handed to him because, I guess, who else is it supposed to get handed to? Might as well just be him, simply because, the way he sees it.
i made my dad listen to a couple of the songs (he’s a huge fan of the movie and all of pink floyd’s discography) and i’ve never seen him look disappointed in anything more than me before.
Don’t be surprised when he leaves and doesn’t come back now
Hes going to go out to buy cigarettes.
@@catharinrin The cigarettes won't come to him.
It’s a long way to the Newsagents.
I feel sorry for your dad, on the bright side at least it wasn’t Hollywood crapping on a beloved classic this time
me: doesn't want to watch 40 minute Nostalgia Critic video to see how bad it is
also me: watches a 54 minute video about the Nostalgia Critic video to see how bad it is
feels shorter though
It's a much better use of your time.
really shows how bad the video is
That video is only 40 minutes? I got the impression it was like, even longer than the movie lmao
Somehow this video feels shorter. Amazing.
It's been years since I've actually watched the Nostalgia Critic, but I do recall one of Doug's shortcomings as a critic was he had a tendency to dismiss films that are abstract as "pretentious" or "weird" without actually making any attempt to engage with the symbolism.
He was always a hack, it just took me years to see.
Yeah, I remember in The Cell video he kept making the “ask me what it means” joke. Kept calling the movie pretentious and one of the worst movies he’s ever seen. At least the director had a vision, the talent, and original idea to make a product. It didn’t come out spectacular but at least he sent a message and worked to get his art out there. Doug is lazy and would make better products if he wasn’t so far up his ass and was actually man enough to take constructive criticism.
@@zeeblue1220 to be fair, I share his sentiments on The Cell. It feels like it wants to be Silence of the Lambs with a Del Toro stylistic twist, but ultimately ends up looking like Gus van Sant's Psycho crossbred with Marilyn Manson music video extravaganza.
The visuals are impressive and the style is definitely there, but ultimately it's rather shallow in semantical sense.
Get ready for some earth shattering irony, but he cites Brazil as his favorite movie of all time.
Doug has always been extremely poor at comprehending or analysing anything surreal. Whenever he encounters it his go-to response is initially "weird" and then he basically just looks at the visuals on a surface level and concludes they're either "pretentious" or "creative". He doesn't seem to understand why people would convey a message in that style other than because "lol random".
I noticed NC is wearing a Bojack Horseman shirt in the advert section. You think most of that stuff goes over his head too? Do you think he's constantly shouting at the screen for Bojack to 'grow a pair' and 'deal with it'?
Ngl, that's me. I love The wall but all I kept thinking about when watching Bojack Horseman was "how retarded can yall get"
Probably
I think I remember seeing Doug’s review of the final season a while back, and I think he enjoyed it.
He probably thinks Bojack is the hero because he identifies with him so much being that the character is an overdramatic narcissist.
@@Bat-Georgi At least you can admit that you don't get Bojack though
Next up on I Hate Everything:
I Hate the Nostalgia Critic!
Oh man, that'd be amazing!
He should have Chris O'Neil as a guest on that vid.
The Search For The Worst: To Boldly Flee
Beaves460 Y e s
@@ireallydidntwanttomakeanac575 to be fair, even NC hates it and did a review for it
Or I Hate Channel Awesome
he's been exposed before by the Nostalgia Chick who used to work with him she spoke out on how he barely does research for the movies he reviews for the most part
The Nekomancer Lindsay Ellis is bloody amazing.
Not really surprising, his reviews rarely had good points, even in the better ones from several years back
@@AnnoyingOrange420 yup l've stopped watching him like a good bit back but apparently his new shit is just nit picking since there isn't any bad stuff. Like he'll deliberately make a video about a movie that was well received to make nit picky points. I'm all for giving criticism especially to the things you like the most but like GIVE FUCKING CRITICISM not just cherry pick and say I DON'T GET IT WHATS SO FUNNY
maybe he doesnt even watch it lmao
Glenn B no, she is sjw
Looks like AVGN won the battle after all.
The War*
They both lost, but AVGN lost with more dignity.
What battle? Battle of "who is more relevant and better in TH-cam as time went on"?? Or is there's another drama going on between the 2???
@@ShatteredGlass916 It was a long time ago man, but not real beef.
@@ChiefMedicPururu I thought people still like him to this day. What happened?
Guys, when you have only one voice actor, try to disguise the voice so it doesn't sound exactly the same for all three characters.
I watch your videos, weird to see you here.
You know who’s good at that, the lead singer of pink Floyd, he voiced all the characters in the wall album (not the movie)
@@SharkZora Untrue, David Gilmore supplied a ton of vocals depending on the song, including of the protagonist himself in certain places (comfortably numb chorus being the most notable).
@@sleambean oh I wasn’t aware of that
Doug Walker seems unable to make a real opinion about the movies he watches. I remember being really annoyed by his review of Starship Troopers, where he basically said, "Is it a commentary on fascism or a goofy action film? You decide!" ...Dude, you're a critic, I'm watching you because you're a critic. You're allowed to have opinions, so why don't you just tell me what you think?
I thought his position in that review was that ST is indeed a commentary on fascism. The "but of course, you decide for yourself" thing is just a formality.
I thought it was a joke on it being unable to decide what the film wants to be.
To be fair, that movie was basically pointing and laughing at Americans and saying "This is YOU... this is what you do" and Americans didn't get it... and the ones that did, didn't like it.
Edit: if it came out now (2021), it would be far better received as there would be an extra 25 years of conflict for the story to draw parallels from.
How much you wanna bet he didn't even clock the fascism parallels on his own and just aped on what someone else said
@@rossomac21 Honestly, with how straight Starship Troopers is played and how much dumber American media has become I wouldn’t be surprised if it still went over everyones head’s and got labeled fascist propaganda on an even larger scale.
it's sad to know that Nostalgia Critic's use of green screen is rivaled with The Amazing Bulk
Gonna be completely honest, the Amazing Bulk is more interesting to look at
Give the guy who made The Bulk some credit. He actually saw Alex's Search for the Worst video and took it on the chin and thanked him for the criticism, acting like a reasonable and mature adult.
Meanwhile Doug's reaction to criticism is to simply close his eyes, plug his fingers in his ears and go "La la la la la! Not listening! I can't hear you! Nothing I'm doing is shit! I'm perfect in every way and you can't tell me otherwise!"
_"But that's the_ joke! _It's_ supposed _to look amateurish and bad!"_
That's seriously the defense they've (the fans) have always, always gone with. Five years in, it was impossible to be forgiven anymore, even for an idiot fan like I was at the time.
I'm the 200th to like your comment.... ;-)
@@georgemccartney8906 tbh that final chase scene
What really pisses me off is that they acknowledge that it's a bad review IN THE REVIEW. The Slipknot guy flat out says tells Doug that the review doesn't make sense, Doug responds by saying that if the movie makes no sense then so should the review, and the Slipknot guy tells him that that that's stupid and a review is supposed to make sense of a movie. Doug constantly does this thing where he realizes his reviews suck and thinks that by acknowledging they are, they suddenly won't be anymore, something he's literally criticized other movies for trying to do.
Phillip it’s amazing how many of NC’s critiques are falling into Doug himself
@@beats0me We need Doug to get an Evangelion Episode 26 episode
It's why he still has the 'Nostalgia Critic persona'. So he can hide behind it when he gets backlash.
It's the same sort of thing as when CinemaSins say they're supposed to be bad and unfunny because they're a parody of an overzealous movie nitpicker.
So that's it. We can't criticize. They're always either right or they're a character.
The Lexicon I am never letting people tell me that I’m being petty for disliking these channels just because they criticize popular things and if I criticize them I’m just a conformist
WAIT ITS ACTUALLY COREY TAYLOR? I THOUGHT I LOST MY FUCKING EYESIGHT. Holy shit man
remember that review where Doug mocked the director with a caricature jumping and screaming "ask me what it means, im complex!" guess what is him doing now
The Cell. Remember watching that movie as a child and years later found that review
That could be applied to most of Doug's work now, things he used to criticize he does now... Tenfold.
Wasn't that in "the cell review"?
Yeah that was the review where it occurred to me Doug just doesn't understand symbolism at all
@@technounionrepresentative4274 Yes , plus the director's influence was Charlie Chaplin and silence films especially Nosferatu, it's why most of the film there's no one talking and we're supposed to soak in the imagery and yes be scared (or Doug's moronic "be distributed" "joke") because that's the point
It's about a serial killer who makes women into doll like caricatures after he brutally murders them and intentionally leaves them like that for law enforcement to find his victims that way
But Doug Walker like CinemaSins need everything spelled out to them as if they just came out of their mom's womb
I thought that IHE was just a voice like Jarvis. I didn't know he had a human form
Boy do I got news for you about Jarvis in the comics...
You always think they'd be taller.
@@D8W2P4 I assume everyone is small at this point.
It's _very_ convincing CGI
I thought he was Nitro Rad for a second
Alex finding any opportunity to mention Hot Fuzz
It's like Mike from RedLetterMedia and Star Trek
@Brandon Gray yeh I love hot fuzz
Any sane person would want to reference Hot Fuzz as much as possible.
I’m just here to humbly flexing that I live in wells, the place hot fuzz was shot at.
@@F-xcry that's sick, do they still have the minituare town up
I enjoyed this review of The Nostalgia Critic's review of The Wall more than the Nostalgia Critic's review of The Wall.
Tongue twister lol
It would be pretty hard to make something worse ngl
A couple of the songs were kinda decent, but the rest either was repetitive and whiny, had awful lines that were stretched, mispronounced or compressed to make them fit the beat, or both.
Between being funny, actual criticism and actually likeable guys, me too
Kinda like how the Plinkett reviews are way more entertaining than the prequels
The hashtag thing really fucks me off because it’s absolutely completely different from the wall. Hashtags and the internet does not correlate to neo-nazism
It's a shockingly reactionary take, aye?
@@YEs69th420 it stinks of common right wing rethoric like "cancel culture"
There's a rising ""alt-right"" Nazi movement recruiting and spreading their messages online. That would have been a topical and fitting theme. But no, let's talk about how everybody hates Doug for no reason, woe is he.
@@WillowJordan1979 He literally let a sexual predator run rampant across his site for years. Justin Carmicheal
@@johnvinals7423 and as far as I remember it was him and maybe two other CA people who knew (besides the victims obviously), so when Justin committed suicide there was a ton of love and support from both the fans and other creators. Me included. Because Justin was seen as kinda the lovable old boomer of the group, super sweet and supportive.
It took until #ChangetheChannel for it to come out that Justin was a sexual predator, and even then it was because of a poorly blacked out screenshot or something that the CtC people got a hold of. Felt fucking furious, I can tell you.
I like NC's old reviews, but from time to time he commited two great mistakes:
1) The first mistake was that sometimes he reviewed GOOD movies, and those were his worse reviews. It takes a lot of talent and charm to make fun of something that's good. His best reviews are the ones about awful movies.
2) The second mistake was that sometimes he did these kind of parodies that almost no one wanted to watch. People wanted to see THE REVIEW of the actual movies, not his parodies.
Well, with "The Wall" he just decided to commit BOTH mistakes at the maximum level.
Yeah, he did lots of very bad, cringeworthy "reviews" before, but here he really succeeded in making his Magnum Opus of awfulness, it perfectly represents everything that makes new NC so awful: Overlong, unfunny, badly acted skits instead of an actual review, total misunderstanding of the source material, terrible special effects that would have looked ridiculous in 2009, etc.
Should note, the skit stuff IS what Doug actually wants to do
That's why I prefer his DreamWorksuaries and Disneycembers, they're not overly long skits mixed in with reviews that are more references than actual commentary and criticism, they're short and straight to the point
After that shitty “to bodly flee” movie, doug walker wanted to stop the nostalgia critic and instead just do the skits as the main content. Clearly nobody actually liked that, and they stopped watching. So now he was forced to bring the nostalgia critic back so he could still have viewers. But it’s still clear he hates critiquing and just wants to make parody skits ripped right out of a 2008 smosh video
Don’t insult smosh like that
@@brabiz67 Nah, Smosh is garbage
@@johnarbuckle2619 not back in the old days, now though it is kinda shitty
Someone that does what he tried to do but managed to be successful is Scott the Woz
Yes, Doug very publicly wanted to move on and produce Demo Reel instead, which was basically just the skits. It was *extremely* unpopular and apparently almost bankrupted Channel Awesome because it turned out the Nostalgia Critic was the most popular show on the site, so not even a year later they brought back the NC but integrated all of the skits and actors from Demo Reel as a “compromise” (since Doug had apparently been pushing for them to make Demo Reel for years and was incredibly upset at how poorly received it was). Then Blip shutdown and kicked Doug back to TH-cam where he had to start fighting Content ID again, which he decided to do by just turning the number of skits way up until eventually the clipless reviews happened, and those got enough views (out of sheer novelty, everyone assumed they were supposed to be a one-off) that he made them a regular thing, finally resulting in the Wall as the ultimate summation: a bad remake, disguised as a parody, disguised as a review.
And of course all of this ignores the fact that even Doug’s original style of video has fallen out of popularity since the late 2000s, with legitimate reviewers now offering hard hitting critiques of films and satire channels with far bigger budgets producing higher-quality parodies, all just a few clicks away from the NC’s videos. The Nostalgia Critic’s continued existence in the modern age of TH-cam, seemingly unchanged from the moment he opted to reboot the show, remains utterly baffling to me.
Are the Nostalgia Critic’s videos even supposed to be reviews at this point? They’re more like commentary on what happens in the movie with intermittent sketches. Even before he started the sketches it was more focused on jokes than actual critique. Sure “The Search for the Worst” is heavy on the jokes but the jokes for Alex’s reviews are borne out of hate for the movie rather than quips people make when watching a bad movie for the first time.
Cameron Blackley At least Jontron is actually funny despite the lack of critique
It's like you're watching a discount version of the thing they're parodying. The actual critique is fucking nonexistent.
Doug’s whole thing seems to be that he wants to do comedy. He wants to be a hilarious, talented guy that can entertain a large crowd. The problem is that he isn’t funny, and no one wants to watch his shitty Smosh reject sketches. So he intertwines his sketches, the thing he actually wants to do, with his “reviews”, so people will pay him some kind of attention.
I don't even know if Doug really wants to do reviews anymore.
@@duckywinks he seems like he's been stuck for the past 5+ years....whereas a lot of the other ex CA creators have actually changed and evolved in some way
As an American I'm incredibly annoyed by the typical American mentality of not understanding something that happened in another country decades ago.
Agreed >
Enjoy your self elevation.
@@demonhunter635
No
Viktor the victor no he’s right
@@kettlechips9591
But America is not a nation
I stopped watching NC when the reviews became 50% unfunny sketches
I stopped watching NC over five, nearly six years ago. And I'm glad that his videos have been consistently cringier every year.
@@AgsmaJustAgsma that's just your opinion, but can agree on some, him not swearing as much did hurt the reviews that was best highlights when he goes on a rant
I liked the actual review parts, I would skip past the skits when I could, but now its almost impossible.
Mate not even 50% like I just randomly clicked on his IT review because I was bored and didn’t want to pay to watch the full movie so I waited and waited but after 7 minutes of tortures skits I thought to myself let’s just skip the skits but then I saw it the whole fucking video was a skit and I later found a lot more so I just stopped watching him after that
I try to skip past them, but then the video cut down from 30 minutes to 16
I realized there was something wrong with Doug Walker when he claimed the Amazing Spiderman 2 was a good movie
And also said The Amazing Spider-Man films were better than the Raimi films.
Jesus Christ *that was one of the worst video series he’s ever made.*
Sure we all have opinions, but he had the Balls to *“Claim”* that the amazing Spider-Man Flicks were superior, Yeah *something ain’t right with him.* Maguires Spider-Man will always be my Favorite, mostly due to how great of an actor he was, he handled The Quips well, he was an honest Cryer, Seriously his crying was real enough to make me feel genuinely bad for his Peter Parker. Andrew Garfield’s did nothing for me, and Holland’s while better still can’t hold a candle to Maguires. But hey that’s just my opinion
@@Fi_Sci_ I think you're getting a little too butthurt over your childhood idol, bud.
The worst part about it was that all of his arguments for ASM made it clear he did not understand the point of the Raimi films, also that he likely never even bothered to read the comics they’re based on, either. He says something like ‘Tobey just gives up on being Spider-Man cuz the job was hard, but Andrew was better because he stayed Spider-Man until his gf died’... like, did he even watch Spider-Man 2?? Literally the whole buildup of that movie was about him being unable to balance his double life. Plus, he was LITERALLY LOSING HIS POWERS! Seriously, that video pisses me off, I could go on XD XD
He didn't talk about the story, dialogue, acting, camera work or anything that makes a movie a movie. It's like a fan review instead of an actual one.
'And on the pedestal, these words appear:
'I'm the nostalgia critic.
I remember it so you don't have to.'
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away'
Bless you for this comment, bless you
This is a brilliant reference to something.
I just don't know to what.
@@DaMaster012 ozymamdias by percy bysshe shelley
Brilliant. Fucking beautiful.
nice reference
The digs are the World War 2 imagery really piss me off. If you did even the barest amount of research, hell, if you just listened to the THIRD track off the album, you’d know why that imagery is there
Research seems to be a foreign word to people who spend their days having their head in the sand thinking they know all the answers for the known universe.
@@arthurfine4284 I keep going back to one quote he said in one of his Fuck Up-videos many years back in response to someone saying that he needed to have seen the show before reviewing a movie. "I am here to make jokes." He clearly never wasn't interestred in being a well-researched reviewer back then. I wonder if he has forgotten that given how big he has gotten, which might be a possiblity given that it has been almost a decade since he made one of those Fuck Up-videos. And trust me, his videos has had so many flaws in them since then that a video covering them would easily be at least an hour long...
@treadingwater86 hour? You mean week right?
This was also the same guy who DESTROYED the film Pearl Harbor for apparently making a mockery of the US Navy and not treating them with the dignity they deserved.
@@ZuluRomeo that review actually proves my point even more that Doug doesn’t know wtf he’s talking about, because he really went in on the fact one of the guys hanging off the railing shouted “I can’t swim!” like it was an egregious inaccuracy when it wasn’t. It’s so accurate, in fact, that it’s directly lifted from the first-hand experience of a survivor that was consulted for the movie lol.
Knowing how to swim wasn’t a requirement for joining the US Navy before WW2. That seems counterintuitive, but you’re not doing any swimming on a boat unless something goes very wrong lmao, and for a very long time the idea was that knowing how to swim only prolongs the inevitable in the event of a sinking or being thrown overboard.
All this to say Doug’s an incurious oaf with no understanding of ww2 or the effect it had on Waters’ generation, valid criticisms of Pearl Harbor (2001) notwithstanding.
Pretty safe to say NC badly lost the war with AVGN.
Should have been sponsered by Brutal Chex or Pepsi
@@SHISHINOBI-LEO What's really ironic is that when he's not in character, James Rolfe is probably the most positive-natured film reviewer i've ever seen. It takes so much for him to dislike a movie in his Monster Madness series.
Lol avgn is still going strong, and in a lot of ways is better than ever. Doug has always been kind of cringey, whereas avgn has never had that kind of air to his videos.
@Rogan Daniels what does personal mean? I'm curious.
I mean, sure, if you never grew up and think that constantly comparing things to excrement is funny.
I get why some people don't like Nostalgia Critic, but I don't get why people pump up the AVGN as if he hasn't been stuck in a loop of seriously reaching anger since the Bush administration. At least NC grew out of that whole gimmick eventually.
My theory is NC's """review""" towards the movie were his actual opinions, and he only added in the ad-break and said "Oh this is a love letter to the album!" as a way to just save his ass from getting even more criticism and angry viewers. It's just a thought, though
Also his honey ad was possibly the laziest ad I;ve ever seen from him. All it consisted of was him waving his arms around and leaving the room and coming back in like a. maniac.
He basically admitted that he isn't smart enough to understand what the wall is about but because he isn't intellectually capable of saying " I don't understand this" so his solution is to make fun of it like a 16 year old girl who is a superfan of meghan trainor because of her "powerful messages" but refuses to listen to tina turner's first album which is a literal middle finger to her ex-husband for treating her like shit.
@@Hammerhead547 So he took the lazy/narcissistic route? Unsurprising for a lot of popular people nowadays
Yeah l thought the same
if anything that made it worse
This is my biggest problem with certain internet reviewers; they don't want to critique, they want to make crappy recreations. Imagine if Siskel & Ebert decided to review Jurrasic Park and recreate the film scene by scene.
Ironically Jurassic World was the first one where he started doing the recreation videos
That would be amazing, actually.
Imagine thinking Siskel and Ebert are the Apex of film critique
That's an unfair film since Ebert would be a great newman replacement while Siskel looks a lot like the lawyer from the film.
Ebert would have made a good brontosaurus, Siskel would be the lawyer, all the way.
I think i figured out why he calls it "the wall" it's not a reference to Pink Floyd, it's because this video is literally doug throwing all of this shit at the wall to see what sticks.
Nothing stuck to the wall
@@solaireofastora6118 nothing ever has. I don't know how he convinced people he was funny or talented for so long in the first place
@@thehermit8618 There's an audience for everything. Additionally, NC used to be pretty niche at the time. There's a guy called Devasia Mentality who does the same thing but on old video games.
He gets only 1 person on his newest videos, his older ones are a lot more active because he used to have some niche content.
“They’re so far up their own bum bum”
- IHE, 2019
Nostalgia critic is a bigger disappointment than your son...
I think Nostalgia Critic used to be fun back when he was in his That Guy With the Glasses era. Even the commercial specials aren't funny any more
His commercial specials keep getting worse every year.
Ugh. The commercials keep doing the same fucking joke. “OMFG look how dark this innocent commercial is!”
...YES. They get dark! It’s a 30 second spot trying to sell you something and make sure you don’t forget it! ITS MARKETING 101. Not to mention we’re barely seeing 80s commercials anymore.
Tbh he wasn't all that funny back then either. The same people who found him funny also liked potty humor
@@thehermit8618 how do you dare imply that peepeepoopoo is not funny
Yeah when he focused on the movie he was more entertaining. Now I just get bored as fuck and feel awkward watching him. All of the skits drag on for too long and I really hated his reviews where to avoid copyright, he just recreates the scenes with shit greenscreen and his actors playing the characters. His effort goes towards shit that really shouldn't be focused on at all until you have the important things done like the review itself.
I dont think he's scared to give his thoughts, I think he's just imcompetent. Maybe that makes him scared, idk. Compare ANYTHING he's done to a single one of Lindsay Ellis's videos and the huge contrast in the quality of their research and critique is obvious. He's a hack who doesn't know how to make a video without screaming.
There's so much research and critique that went into Lindsay's rape rap and abortion documentary
Is he as "imcompetent" as your spelling.
@@kingofthegrill Lol cancelling people now?
@Carnivorus I mean negative depictions of minorities shapes public opinion
@Carnivorus She never said that. she suggested that the fetishization of native american women leads to high numbers of rapes in that community and suggested that Pocahontas feeds into that Culture of fetishization, NOT that it's directly responsible for rape.
also, your grammar is fucking atrocious. hint hint, even if you're factually incorrect, at least SOUND like you know what your talking about. missing punctuation and "may" instead of "might" makes you just that much more difficult to take seriously.
Came here from Dan Olson's video. I wasn't aware of the Nostalgia Critic's Wall thing before, but now I kind of want to watch everyone in the world make fun of it.
Same here on both accounts. Hat Dan had more quality and care put into it than NC's piece of shit.
@@historiabyssus The Dan with the Hat? He's really great!
commentary youtube THRIVES from videos like doug's
Tons of pictures of himself,over the top acting and voice volume, Over the top love of self, childish view of everything, tries to pass himself off as there for others...OMG Doug is Real Life COOL CAT!
Nostalgia Critic is Cool Cat's humansona
Don't you dare disrespect cool cat like that 😠
@@0TheJigsawKiller0 *don't you dare disrespect Cool Cat created by (daddy) Derrick Savage
KLG Delete this
The awful cult of personality he makes about himself even makes the propaganda for Kim Jong Un look like pure understatement.
Nostalgia Critic is our worst nightmare realised: The Amazing Bulk turned into a long running sitcom.
This is the most accurate description of NC's current state I've ever seen.
The horrible green screening, the stock music and visual effects, the bad acting and editing... HOLY SHIT he is the Amazing Bulk.
I gotta be honest
Out side of his rapid fanbase
I don't see any one defending any of his clipless reviews
He really took demo reel really hard
ImmaLittlePip there was a holiday special that he made which in short was him whining demo reel failed
While making fun of how his old reviews went
Basically saying they were trash and no one liked them
While everyone loved the new stuff
Are you and Tiamat lurking on EVERY TGWTG related video?
@@thedarknight307
Oh yeah his Christmas with the kranks
@@ChangedMyNameFinally69
I started to get recommended a lot of them after watching the oneyplays channel awesome compilation
I recommend everyone here watch the mister metokur channel awesome series
50+ minutes of 3 guys roasting the hell out of Doug Walker.
I love it.
This video is longer than the Nostalgia Critics video but at least they know why He’s failing and are giving good consistent points.
Ha! You have 69 likes. Nice. I’m about to make it 70 sorry bruh 😎
@@elvergutierrez7790 no need to be sorry bro, I actually didn't notice this comment had so many likes in the first place, thanks.
To explain the spongebob cover:
Corey has this tradition during his solo events (his solo events are where he basically talks with the fans and answers their questions) where he plays the spongebob theme because his son would request it.
I hope the clears stuff up
Haha they just didn't understand the context, this is the worst review of the review!
Just kidding.
Okay that’s kind of cute and wholesome. Figures that the only wholesome part of the video has nothing to do with it
That's hecc of an obscure joke
And also technically this is SpongeBob 20th anniversary
They don't care lol
It’s not Monday yet the JAR bois are here? ITS A GREAT DAY. Unsubscribed
Didn't even have killer croc. instant 0 stars
BIG WELD I... agree
fantano fan spotted
thistle boy bro Fanta is whack, you’ll never catch me drinking it
@@tylerschmitt8039 🤔
Great, I don't watch a couple of posdacts, and all of a sudden I come back and Jim has cancer, what-
can't help you out of this one Jim
Edward Temple wait really?
@@philippeh3904 yes he actually does have cancer
is that actually true
Work In Progress that’s what I always wondered
The fact that Corey Taylor and Rob Scallon both took part in this production makes me very sad.
And Fennah is a talented animator who shouldn't have been involved in this either.
Same 🥲 I love Corey, but mannn...
If it makes y'all feel any better, Corey Taylor did it mainly just cause his son is a Nostalgia Critic fan and wanted to meet him.
@@mehrunesdagon8393 that does actually make me feel better
@@vermillion2558
Yeah. Thank you mehrunes!
I feel bad for Fennah, the animator of the CG creatures. His animations are really cool on their own (on this channel he has a whole series about it) but it's pretty cringe and so out of place in that review
Word - I don't know Fennah's work - nor does it look like the sort of thing I'd watch but at this point I stan him. Just cause the poor dude does good work and does not deserve the shit he's probably getting for someone else's bad decisions.
@Ganzorf Unnatural and weird!? Well! If there's one thing about basing nightmares off the animations seen from The Trial it's that stuff like The Judge, the Mother, the Wife and the Teacher are totally normal and not disturbing at all.
@@the-NightStar woah boi
You better have receipts and evidence or fuck off to the channel awesome fanbase as a timeout
ᵗʰᵉNight★Star You’re regurgitating the same comment with only minor edits.
Garuu popka FENNAH only made 1 tweet calling out an asshole who’s regurgitating what JAR Media said, even using the “edgy furry oc” insult. On his TH-cam channel, he’s very calm and respectful. Night Star has been lying by exaggerating what actually happened. Not helping is that he’s copying and pasting his comment, but with minor edits, even saying essentially “oh and his animations are shit.”
I remember Doug once saying that his mom was an Opera singer. So I guess he feels like he’s a capable singer by proxy.
It’s like growing up listening to classical music and then deciding you’re also a classical musician.
Nostalgia Critic is a relic of a bygone era that doesn't really work anymore.
Legit
I mean, look at AVGN though, clearly it can work if you have ya know, talent...or dedication
@Marcelo Zuniga
Still is as popular and beloved today as it was yesterday
Don't know what you're talking about
@@kosmokat111 I love u 😂
Kosmokat James had to evolve and adapt a lot tho. His modern videos are quite different from his older stuff
Of course someone as sociopathic as Nostalgia Critic would completely misunderstand an album full of another person’s pain.
The only good thing will come out of this is Chris O'Neill making jokes about this review in a future Oneyplays video.
Just what I thought
This sounds like it's straight from a joke on Oneyplays
But no, it's real
@@pizzatime1978 Then Linkara steals our oats and flies away in his flying fedora.
Oney
Channel Awesome jabs on Oneyplays give me life.
He got Corey Taylor and gave him NOTHING TO DO.
Corey is a classically trained vocalist with a really impressive range and he was available to record vocals (according to the behind the scenes, he offered to sing) and yet... Doug insisted that he be the main vocalist on all the songs.
You had Corey Taylor from Slipknot Doug. And you did fuck all with him.
He got Corey off of Honey on a discount
@@Thedocwills that explains his utter insanity on the ad
@@medes5597 i feel bad for him to need to keep up with that douche because of his son
@@suezuccati304 Corey was apparently a fan before his son. So it seems like Corey actually enjoys Doug, which is kind of disappointing.
Oh God, he ACTUALLY did it? I remember watching his commentary for his Phantom of the Opera "review" where he mentioned that he had a "musical review trilogy" (being Moulin Rouge, Les Miserables, and Phantom of the Opera), and that if he were to do another one, it would be The Wall (since he'd wanted to do it for years but wasn't quite sure how he'd do it). And given how those ones turned out... oh boy.
-For Moulin Rouge, he had a semi-ensemble review (mostly just cameos with some minor opposing viewpoints) where he criticized the story, cinematography, and song choice. Fair enough, but a few points: a) the story is based on a famous play (La Boheme), so the writers aren't wholly to blame, b) the cinematography is a staple of Baz Luhrmann films (though some people have mixed opinions on his filmmaking), and c) it's a jukebox musical, which is really up to your personal taste. Overall, not the worst, but more pushback from the others and acknowledgement of its good points would be appreciated. The worst thing I can say about it is that it initially stopped me from wanting to watch the movie, though now I really want to so I can make a judgment myself.
-For Les Miserables, he had an ensemble review. Aside from its many cameos, the main three have differing opinions on the film. One guest likes the movie as an adaptation of the musical for reasons I can't remember, the other dislikes the movie because of its cinematography and its representation of the source material, and Doug pulls out his self-proclaimed "middle-of-the-road bullshit" to say that he's in the middle, saying it has good and bad points without much elaboration. Again, far from the worst, but its commentary on the film, especially from the songs, is very shallow.
-For Phantom of the Opera, he did a clipless review (yay) with yet another creator where they just reenact the movie. Its criticisms are either a) contained within the songs, or b) someone points out something weird a la CinemaSins and someone else explains it in an incredibly forced way (ie "Why is there a horse in the sewer?"). Even then, its criticisms aren't anything new, just stuff you would have heard of a million times (most of the people can't sing, Butler is a bad Phantom, Minnie Driver is good, the cinematography is mostly bland, etc). Probably the worst out of the "trilogy". Honestly, just watch Lindsay Ellis' video on it for an actual analysis.
Sorry for the text block, but good God I have so much I could talk about regarding Doug. I'm glad you watched this review so I didn't have to.
EDIT: About that Slipknot cameo: THIS ISN'T EVEN THE FIRST TIME HE'S DONE IT! He and his son also appeared at the end of his Sorcerer's Apprentice review (where he just so happens to promote his tour). Apparently his son's a fan of NC. God help us all.
TL: DR lol
TL:DR LOL
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Honestly the biggest laugh I remember from _any_ of those is the part in his Moulin Rouge review where Phelous shows up out of nowhere and starts... singing? growling? Whatever it is, it’s actually kinda hilarious even if it has very little to do with the movie itself.
Imagine going out of your way to make a comment just to say "I didn't read anything you said, haha"
Anywho, I thought your thoughts were interesting to hear and I wouldn't mind to hear more. Also yea, I remember reading his son was a fan of NC, but not too sure about the dad. I think I heard he was also one as well, but I feel like that may be a rumor at best in till there's something proving that statement.
Now, I THINK the reason Corey Taylor played the Spongebob theme at the end is because someone at Channel Awesome saw like, the ONE clip of Corey playing it at a live show like, once. And was like "holy shit that's brilliant, that's how we end the review."
Which honestly sounds more fucking stupid than just doing it for no reason