Sometimes he doesn't do skits much, but yeah he's doing some more often than usual.
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What happened to Channel Awesome?
- Thread starter Uzumaki Goku
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Well...
The first thing you need to know about this story and his brother is that his direct boss was Joe Arpaio.
There are still stories of it up, but what happened was that his brother was trying to apprehend a subject because said subject got into a domestic dispute and allegedly fired two shots in the air. The subject got in his car and points a (reportedly loaded) assault rifle in the brother's face (which may or may not have been a Operation Fast and Furious weapon), and the brother discharged his weapon.
He always kept it together when on camera with Spoony, but for obvious reasons, neither him nor Spoony ever, ever brought this up.
Yes and no; the comment that Spoony said about JesuOtaku caused a bit of a meltdown once Lupa also made a comment on it about a month later. Spoony legit did completely spiral out of control and have a complete meltdown on twitter after Lupa's comment and he was suspended probably a day later. I only remember this because I read the Something Awful "Spoonywatch 2012" thread while this was happening in real time. Despite initially agreeing with the suspension, Spoony's meltdown actually gets worse (and people like LordKat started airing their dirty laundry), and he gets officially terminated a few days later.
He had a period where he said he was getting correct counseling and treatment, tried to keep him up to a work schedule, and was still in close contact with a lot of Channel Awesome people like Cinema Snob, Joe, Linkara, and Doug. Seemed like he was about to bounce back especially after his Ultima Retrospective. But... well, he starts procrastinating and spends 99% of his time on twitter, well... He currently doesn't come across as "insane" as opposed to a little bit of an asshole given his attempts to stream in recent years.
Uzumaki Goku
Junior Member
Yeah, I saw that clip of him going "Don't tell me how to play" It's like... geez man, calm down.
Although yeah... LordKat said some pretty awful things... like "Go to your brother's room and kill yourself" Which was just horrible.
Hierophant
Banned
This was the main thing, I swear the skits were actually lasting longer than the actual review part of the reviews
Hierophant
Banned
How was Mike Machaud a bad boss? Curious cause I never looked up any behind the scenes stuff from the Channel?
Uzumaki Goku
Junior Member
I don't know if I can find it but Lupa and Phelous didn't have great things to say about him.
Puck Beaverton
Banned
LordKat is a piece of shit. Is he still alive?
Uzumaki Goku
Junior Member
No idea.
Chairmanchuck
Member
Only ever watched NC, because the other stuff was mostly bad. I remember they had some anime/manga show before and it was cringestuff. Like total casual weebs talked about anime..
Red Arremer
Member
Yes, he's still about. He does podcasts now, I believe, and I occasionally saw him stream.
Fired PR person because she was sick too much.
No one won from him vs. Spoony. Didn't help about all the shit that went down with him vs. the channel post JW.
He is. He's still bitter.
Baron von Loathsome
Member
His videos are still posted on the website, so I assume so.
brianmcdoogle
Member
I used to see the occasional video by Cinema Snob, but for the most part, I watched for Spoony's video game reviews, NC, and Lindsay Ellis.
Spoony hasn't done anything of interest to me in the back half of a decade. Lindsay I still subscribe to via Patreon and she's still doing stellar work as she mostly always has.
And, I just gave up on NC after he started reviewing new movies. If I want good analysis of current films, I can go elsewhere, and the videos aren't funny enough to be worth watching on their own. The reason I liked his show was that he reviewed actual old stuff that I had forgotten or actually had nostalgia for. Like, I'd rather see him do a video on Prehysteria! and stuff like that then be yet another person doing something on Suicide Squad (with nothing new or insightful to say about the film).
Spoony hasn't done anything of interest to me in the back half of a decade. Lindsay I still subscribe to via Patreon and she's still doing stellar work as she mostly always has.
And, I just gave up on NC after he started reviewing new movies. If I want good analysis of current films, I can go elsewhere, and the videos aren't funny enough to be worth watching on their own. The reason I liked his show was that he reviewed actual old stuff that I had forgotten or actually had nostalgia for. Like, I'd rather see him do a video on Prehysteria! and stuff like that then be yet another person doing something on Suicide Squad (with nothing new or insightful to say about the film).
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
I still really enjoy and am subscribed to Lindsay Ellis, Brad Jones, Channel Awesome for Doug and Tamara stuff and Todd in the Shadows.
I seem to watch more of Brads food/drink stuff than his actual movie reviews including his midnight screenings. But I still really like watching his midnight stuff as long as it's a movie I might enjoy a review of and I have time.
Lindsay is always great. She's really smart about shit and was always more thorough than Doug when she did reviews back in the gay.
But Doug is great when he just talks about a movie with his brother. And his NC stuff just got better when they came back and started doing skits. I love Malcom and Tamara.
And I love watching Tamara's Never Seen. Good to get a fresh take on old movies to see if they can still hold up. Shame for her she has apparently never watched a single movie as a child. But it benefits us.
Todd is great with his music reviews. I mainly prefer the One Hit Wonderland episodes since it's usually a song I've actually heard.
I'm just glad it's all accessible from YouTube and I don't even have to touch their terrible site anymore. Blips death was somewhat of a good thing if you ask me.
I seem to watch more of Brads food/drink stuff than his actual movie reviews including his midnight screenings. But I still really like watching his midnight stuff as long as it's a movie I might enjoy a review of and I have time.
Lindsay is always great. She's really smart about shit and was always more thorough than Doug when she did reviews back in the gay.
But Doug is great when he just talks about a movie with his brother. And his NC stuff just got better when they came back and started doing skits. I love Malcom and Tamara.
And I love watching Tamara's Never Seen. Good to get a fresh take on old movies to see if they can still hold up. Shame for her she has apparently never watched a single movie as a child. But it benefits us.
Todd is great with his music reviews. I mainly prefer the One Hit Wonderland episodes since it's usually a song I've actually heard.
I'm just glad it's all accessible from YouTube and I don't even have to touch their terrible site anymore. Blips death was somewhat of a good thing if you ask me.
Mechanized
Member
I still like Nostalgia Critic and seeing Doug and his brothers real thoughts on movies. Tamara is a cutie and her videos are fun, it's interesting to see the perspective of someone watching a movie for the first time.
Looks like awful site mismanagement, Doug being a dumbass, the collapse of Blip and the advent of Patreon all contributed in the site's downfall.
I never was a huge fan of Nostalgia Critic, and post-return Critic with all of his awful skits was even worse. I caught one of his videos the other day and found the fact that he was still waving around a toy gun in his title sequence in the year of our lord 2017 to be utterly cringeworthy.
Still follow Lindsay, who's putting in some very good work, Todd, Kyle, and occasionally watch Brad for movie reviews.
I never was a huge fan of Nostalgia Critic, and post-return Critic with all of his awful skits was even worse. I caught one of his videos the other day and found the fact that he was still waving around a toy gun in his title sequence in the year of our lord 2017 to be utterly cringeworthy.
Still follow Lindsay, who's putting in some very good work, Todd, Kyle, and occasionally watch Brad for movie reviews.
DontBeThatGuy
Member
I still watch Brad Jones do his thing, and Lindsay Ellis is great. That's about it. Spoony was a damn shame.
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
Yes, but even when they're unneeded, they still plug-in that crap as much as they want.
KZXcellent
Member
I remember checking their website regularly shortly before their first anniversary video. Spoony, Doug, Linkara and co. were killin' it back then with content.
At some point they decided to hire basically anyone with a camera and let them join the crew which I think was a mistake. On top of that you have Nostalgia Critic quitting his show for awhile because he had grander plans (which failed), Spoony imploding and BLIP closing down which really screwed them over.
They also ran an indiegogo which was to help them fund new big shows. The show we got was a horrible gameshow that looks like it took a couple hundred bucks to make. They raised almost $90,000
You also have some statements from previous members of the site claiming Mike Michaud was a horrible boss. Stories about being fired from Channel Awesome because they took longer than 10 minutes to respond on Skype ect. Sounds like it wasn't managed well. There's also the feuds that happened with Spoony, LordKat and others and it's just a mess. Too much dirty laundry that the whole world got to see.
Looking at more current content from Nostalgia Critic is clear that YouTube has really hit the show hard. He's covering really new movies (which kinda isn't the point of 'nostalgia critic') and does more mediocre skits and less movie riffing. Clearly combating YouTube's copyright system has damaged the show and made it into something that isn't the show people tuned into years ago.
At this point Nostalgia Critic reminds me more of Bob Chipman's "Game Overthinker" show. More focus on painfully awful skits and less on good critique and content.
At some point they decided to hire basically anyone with a camera and let them join the crew which I think was a mistake. On top of that you have Nostalgia Critic quitting his show for awhile because he had grander plans (which failed), Spoony imploding and BLIP closing down which really screwed them over.
They also ran an indiegogo which was to help them fund new big shows. The show we got was a horrible gameshow that looks like it took a couple hundred bucks to make. They raised almost $90,000
You also have some statements from previous members of the site claiming Mike Michaud was a horrible boss. Stories about being fired from Channel Awesome because they took longer than 10 minutes to respond on Skype ect. Sounds like it wasn't managed well. There's also the feuds that happened with Spoony, LordKat and others and it's just a mess. Too much dirty laundry that the whole world got to see.
Looking at more current content from Nostalgia Critic is clear that YouTube has really hit the show hard. He's covering really new movies (which kinda isn't the point of 'nostalgia critic') and does more mediocre skits and less movie riffing. Clearly combating YouTube's copyright system has damaged the show and made it into something that isn't the show people tuned into years ago.
At this point Nostalgia Critic reminds me more of Bob Chipman's "Game Overthinker" show. More focus on painfully awful skits and less on good critique and content.
Wasn't there a lot of unpleasantness over the anniversary movies? I recall a lot of stuff really going down around when they filmed "To Boldly Flee." I may be wrong about it, but I feel like it was a scenario where certain people were contractually obligated to appear... Or the people that did get invited to be in it didn't really get compensated or have much of their travel expenses reimbursed. And they were making money off of the DVD sales of the production, which rubbed people the wrong way? I could be wrong about the scenario, but I heard "To Boldly Flee" had problems. The loss of viewership over Nostalgia Critic ending made a lot of those internal problems bubble up to the top.
They always had problems with promotions on their site and people feeling like the featured reviewer rotation was never fair. People's videos would always be in the bottom of the queue and stuff like that.
I was falling out of the site in general after the Nostalgia Critic came back with the skits (gave him a year), but the whole gameshow debacle really grossed me out and made me quit permanently. They spent all that money buying their own studio space, but their website was still hot garbage, and then they were fundraising money to create a game show that they couldn't get off the ground. It kinda felt like they were being irresponsible with their money, and it was coming out of the pockets of their fans. I feel like, if you're going to accept donations, you have an even higher responsibility to get the product right.
Still watch Todd and Lindsay. I think a clean break for Lindsay has really let her shine more and do the in-depth film stuff that she excels at. Her series on the Michael Bay "Transformers" films has been fantastic so far. If you're interested in how films work or why they feel the way they do, they're a great, detailed breakdown of the concepts.
They always had problems with promotions on their site and people feeling like the featured reviewer rotation was never fair. People's videos would always be in the bottom of the queue and stuff like that.
I was falling out of the site in general after the Nostalgia Critic came back with the skits (gave him a year), but the whole gameshow debacle really grossed me out and made me quit permanently. They spent all that money buying their own studio space, but their website was still hot garbage, and then they were fundraising money to create a game show that they couldn't get off the ground. It kinda felt like they were being irresponsible with their money, and it was coming out of the pockets of their fans. I feel like, if you're going to accept donations, you have an even higher responsibility to get the product right.
Still watch Todd and Lindsay. I think a clean break for Lindsay has really let her shine more and do the in-depth film stuff that she excels at. Her series on the Michael Bay "Transformers" films has been fantastic so far. If you're interested in how films work or why they feel the way they do, they're a great, detailed breakdown of the concepts.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
It's weird that Channel Awesome turned into a ball of internet drama and imploded. How does that happen from a company that just makes videos poking fun of movies.
Glendemonium
Member
I don't mind NC, skits don't bother me. Anime Abandon surprisingly caught my interest, since I'm more of an old school otaku at heart and his reviews are always entertaining.
Shame about Spoony, his FF reviews were great. Depression is a bitch.
Shame about Spoony, his FF reviews were great. Depression is a bitch.
I can't speak to the channel currently (as I have no idea what the hell they do now), but I remember reading on gaf a couple of years ago about how Doug was going to stop being the NC because he wanted to move on to bigger and better things. Unfortunately, what Doug and many others like him, failed to realize was that just because people like you in one setting doesn't mean they'll like you in another. Unsurprisingly, his new dreams crashed and burned and he was forced to slink his way back to being the NC.
I mean, I don't want to laugh at the guy for what happened. I mean, we all have our dreams (like Luffy) but he totally misjudged the hold that he had on his audience.
What the fuck was that? And they got the Cinema Snob to host too? Is this like a human version of the "sent to die" meme?
edit: and it supposedly cost $90k to make? What the hell did they do with the other $89,950?
I mean, I don't want to laugh at the guy for what happened. I mean, we all have our dreams (like Luffy) but he totally misjudged the hold that he had on his audience.
What the fuck was that? And they got the Cinema Snob to host too? Is this like a human version of the "sent to die" meme?
edit: and it supposedly cost $90k to make? What the hell did they do with the other $89,950?
Galactic Specter
Member
Most of the content makers on Channel Awesome are so stupid.
HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.
I like Doug, but all of his music pieces have always been this bad.
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
Not even close.
At least Malcolm is a lot more tolerable could without long skits
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Deleted member 10571
Unconfirmed Member
I need to know all the stories! Link me!
I was following Linkara for quite a while despite me hating his stupid persona, hat and all, as well as his incredibly cringey "storylines", just because I liked talk about comics.
Then I found ComicPop on Youtube (or TV Little House, as it was called back then), and never looked back. Cool guys and a smart girl talking actual interesting stuff about recent or huge comics. No silly stories, no weird "m'lady"-implying bullshit, just fun talks. That also brought me to ComicEexplained and ComicStorian for Story recaps and catching up, and that's covered all my comic video needs.
He should have stopped his silly persona shtick bullshit and just honestly talked about comics, and probably get out of CA.
Eh, he was being rude but basic etiquette suggests you don't keep telling the streamer to play a certain way. I can see how it'd be annoying to constantly read that sort of drive by nonsense.
Ultima, Ripper, and Phantasmagoria
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=219099887&postcount=2911
Hey, the Moulin Rogue numbers are legitimately good. But then again, those were written by Brentalfloss.
DrForester
Kills Photobucket
There's really only two shows on Channel Awesome I watch.
Nostalgia Critic
Todd in the Shadows (and pretty much only One Hit Wonderland)
I'll sometimes watch CInema Snob's midnight screenings, but rarely.
I also watch SFDebris, but I was watching him long before he started posting episodes on there.
Linday Ellis is great and I liked her as the Nostalgia Chick, and even more so now that she's moved on. The quality between her and Doug is really, really apparent when they both do the same or similar projects. The coincidence of them both recently doing videos on Disney Villains really shows that.
Nostalgia Critic
Todd in the Shadows (and pretty much only One Hit Wonderland)
I'll sometimes watch CInema Snob's midnight screenings, but rarely.
I also watch SFDebris, but I was watching him long before he started posting episodes on there.
Linday Ellis is great and I liked her as the Nostalgia Chick, and even more so now that she's moved on. The quality between her and Doug is really, really apparent when they both do the same or similar projects. The coincidence of them both recently doing videos on Disney Villains really shows that.
Spyder_Monkey
Banned
Lindsay Ellis is one of the smartest film critics I've ever read and seen and it's a shame she was put on with the "Nostalgia Chick" moniker.
Crimson_Echidna
Banned
I still watch the occasional Nostalgia Critic and Linkara video if I find the topic interesting.
I think the big thing is the closure of blip and exodus of contributors played a big role in the community shrinking. With everyone on youtube and having their own patreon, it's back to just supporting whoever you find the most interesting. The fact that they don't do anniversary vids anymore either also comes into play.
Helps that Lindsay actually has a academic background in film.
I think the big thing is the closure of blip and exodus of contributors played a big role in the community shrinking. With everyone on youtube and having their own patreon, it's back to just supporting whoever you find the most interesting. The fact that they don't do anniversary vids anymore either also comes into play.
Helps that Lindsay actually has a academic background in film.
It's really good to see her building up her own name away from that one.
Fancyarcher
Member
He didn't really work with Channel Awesome again though after his Lupa comments though because he left the site. He basically made videos on his own for a few years before the recent "laziness". The Bloodrayne episode was essentially seen as his return to Channel Awesome, and he still wasn't welcomed back as a "regular".
Thanks for the information though. As a former fan, Spoony's meltdown was frustrating to watch.
Fancyarcher
Member
If it wasn't for her getting picked to be the "nostalgic chick" at the time, we probably wouldn't even be talking about her though.
But yeah, she's great. I really enjoy her recent film essays, and loose-cannon videos.
Fancyarcher
Member
Linkara hasn't done storylines since the ATF4W film. These days he just does regular single episode with gags and all.
Plus he still makes videos on a weekly basis. His current events comics month is something I'm enjoying quite a bit, for example.
JSoup
Banned
Didn't he also cause some guy to not get a dream job in the industry by acting like a total wad at E3?
This vid by Miser Metokur sums up how TGWG messed up big time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srp-pPmCjc8
There's one for Spoony too, though that's a bit off topic, somewhat related to Awesome Channel before Spoony's eventual downfall:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KB5R73YGuY&t=4s
Both vids are pretty good going into detail about each person rise and fall.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srp-pPmCjc8
There's one for Spoony too, though that's a bit off topic, somewhat related to Awesome Channel before Spoony's eventual downfall:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KB5R73YGuY&t=4s
Both vids are pretty good going into detail about each person rise and fall.
Rhomega Beta
Member
What do you mean? He's been doing the return of Lord Vyce with the chess set, wreck of Comicron-1, and missing '90s Kid.
Oh, and Spoony was awesome too. I loved his FMV Hell videos, VHS board game reviews, Let's Play Phantasmagoria 2, and Ultimate Retrospective.
Fancyarcher
Member
All of that stuff was in the past year though, and it's been a while. 90's Kid finally returned for a gag, and he sometimes ends his videos with a joke and that's it. I imagine you haven't watched AT4W in a while. Linkara hasn't done a real storyline as of late.