She's like the Anti-Critic. Where Doug would review a movie and scream about how awful it was and go overboard like AGVN does (Which was why the whole similarities thing even came up in the first place), Lindsay analyzes everything and presents it in a much more calm matter like "here is the movie and here is what it does."
She recently did a Twilight review. But it wasn't a review of the movie. It was a review or observation of the audience and experience. It was brilliant. (And seeing as Maven had already reviewed the movie as did everyone else on the internet, there was no reason for her to also review a movie she didn't really care about.)
I feel sorry for Doug, too. Didn't watch any of Demo Reel, but him killing the Critic made me appreciate him a lot more. I loved his Sibling Rivalry and Disneycember segments.
I loved when Retsupurae killed Doug over his attempted Let's Play of Bart's Nightmare.
That was comedic genius.
The worst part of all this is, Doug/Channel Awesome bought a studio for Demo Reel, rumored to have cost upwards of $200,000. I wonder what they're going to do with it now?
The worst part of all this is, Doug/Channel Awesome bought a studio for Demo Reel, rumored to have cost upwards of $200,000. I wonder what they're going to do with it now?
The worst part of all this is, Doug/Channel Awesome bought a studio for Demo Reel, rumored to have cost upwards of $200,000. I wonder what they're going to do with it now?
The next iffy anniversary special.
So wait. He's going back to the Critic again? Where is this news?
Already commented in the official thread, but like I said there was some good in there, but you could see it was running out of steam. This to me seems like a bad idea to be honest though. I don't see much happening in the future for his career, I may be wrong though.
He clearly still has the itch to do something different. Hopefully NC will keep the ship afloat while he does something new on the side.
I wouldn't mind if Doug and Rob flat-out ripped off the Half in the Bag format.
Isn't that basically what Sibling Rivalry is, more or less?
That's what rivalry means though. Don't rip off HITB. Do your own thing.Sort of, yeah. But I think it could benefit from better production values and less focus on arguing with each other.
Nostalgia Critic could be good if he takes a page from Lindsay and finds a way to make amusing reviews for good stuff. Looking forward to the conclusion of her LotR review. Review nostalgic movie, not movies that are universally seen as crap.
It will be interesting to see how he does reviving his business.
That, plus you usually learn something when watching the Nostalgia Chick. Her videos usually have some good insights the industry and the how/why keeps her interesting. Nostalgia Critic is 99% silly jokes and draws heavily from the show's memes. Not that the Critic should try to go the same route as Lindsay, but he does need to find a way to get in a little more substance. Less frequent reviews is a start.
That, plus you usually learn something when watching the Nostalgia Chick. Her videos usually have some good insights the industry and the how/why keeps her interesting. Nostalgia Critic is 99% silly jokes and draws heavily from the show's memes. Not that the Critic should try to go the same route as Lindsay, but he does need to find a way to get in a little more substance. Less frequent reviews is a start.
I always felt that Doug would ask intentionally stupid questions for things that are clearly explained in the movie and make sense because it gave him something to complain about. RLM does that sometimes, too, but not nearly as often and Mike and Jay both seem like guys who actually understand the inner workings of movies as opposed to Doug seeming like a guy who just likes movies.
I... didn't even know Demo Reel was a thing. I knew he retired the critic and was starting up a big studio (saw the tour), but never actually heard about him starting up new shows. Whoops.
Yeah he did a really bad job of promoting the new show. Hell, it was showing up in my blip feed for a long time and I assumed from the title that it was just him playing around while he figured out his new thing. Shoulda segwayed into it more directly.
That said, it wasn't that great anyways. I think the concept is actually not bad, but was probably too ambitious for where he's at in writing original content. The humor style of the anniversaries doesn't really carry over well to a regular thing.
I think it's the nostalgia aspect that bogged him down and he just needs to broaden his horizons.
i feel like this whole situation could have been handled better, but Dougs brains were fried and he just lost sight of what he really wanted to do in life, or something like that. im glad hes gotten back on track and got his head on straight now.
so glad to see that the NC is back. he's funny despite what his critics say.
i am a bit surprised at how 'you know- for kids!' caught on. at least, it seems to be popular with reference to sym-bionic titan here.
I thought he stopped bc he was running out of movies people were nostalgic about
I thought he stopped bc he was running out of movies people were nostalgic about
Yes, that was part of it. So he's increasing the scope of what's eligible to be reviewed. He mentioned the original Odd Couple in the video, so that may be an indication of how far he's willing to stray from his usual coverage of nostalgic 80s/90s material.