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I just watched Phelous's Hostel reviews and a few earlier ones and I have to ask: What is his deal with parties? It's so weird, every time characters are at a a party he's like "PARTY?! MORE LIKE STUPID loving BULLSHIT GOD HOW POINTLESS WHY DO PEOPLE EVEN GO TO PARTIES GOD I HATE THESE PEOPLE ALREADY!" I can understand being annoyed at party cop in Cabin Fever, hit's super obvious his obsession with parties is a joke but whatever, but Jesus Christ dude calm down. He has such low standards for hating people in movies. Edit: Oh god what a terrible start of page reply. Here's the newest Sage review on Iria: http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/bt/the-sage/anime-abandon/42030-iria
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OldTennisCourt posted:I just watched Phelous's Hostel reviews and a few earlier ones and I have to ask: What is his deal with parties? It's so weird, every time characters are at a a party he's like "PARTY?! MORE LIKE STUPID loving BULLSHIT GOD HOW POINTLESS WHY DO PEOPLE EVEN GO TO PARTIES GOD I HATE THESE PEOPLE ALREADY!" I can understand being annoyed at party cop in Cabin Fever, hit's super obvious his obsession with parties is a joke but whatever, but Jesus Christ dude calm down. He has such low standards for hating people in movies.
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Jan 22, 2014 02:50
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FlamingLiberal posted:The party thing is a really annoying horror trope, which is what he's making fun of. I understand that, I guess after the 40th time in the same video of him yelling about it it just start grating on me.
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Jan 22, 2014 02:54
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OldTennisCourt posted:I understand that, I guess after the 40th time in the same video of him yelling about it it just start grating on me. Well the thing is he's reviewed like a 100 horror movies by this point (and probably watched hundreds in total) and it is used in sooo many horror movies. Add on top of that that the partiers are usually completely obnoxious and it could start to grate on anyone's nerves.
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Jan 22, 2014 03:01
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nine-gear crow posted:Well, he did it. Doug tackled the unrated version of Wicker Man.
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Jan 22, 2014 04:09
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Maremidon posted:On the one hand, the Wicker Man is hilarious. On the other hand, the original Wicker Man is apparently a horror classic, so it sucks that people only know the remake. I'd definitively recommend the original, it has IMO Christopher Lee's best performance. As for the remake, I liken it to the room as a movie that does not need a to be skewered in a comedy review. The movie is hilarious enough.
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Jan 22, 2014 04:55
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It was weird seeing Noah in an NC video after so long. I always figured Spoonywatch 2012 seriously alienated him from the CA guys. Except Brad, who come to think of it also got a cameo in this episode so maybe that had had something to do with it?
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Jan 22, 2014 04:59
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Supersonic Shine posted:Jesus Christ, the montage of bear jokes. Cage Month has been the best thing to happen to the Nostalgia Critic in a long time. I just loving love Doug's Cagevoice. It's really hilarious. MechanicalTomPetty posted:It was weird seeing Noah in an NC video after so long. I always figured Spoonywatch 2012 seriously alienated him from the CA guys. Except Brad, who come to think of it also got a cameo in this episode so maybe that had had something to do with it? Well, bridges can be mended. I don't really follow Spoony, but I thought I'd heard that he'd been relatively sane lately.
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Jan 22, 2014 05:09
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Supersonic Shine posted:Jesus Christ, the montage of bear jokes. Cage Month has been the best thing to happen to the Nostalgia Critic in a long time. "Papa Bear says you're too conscious!" Personally, I thought the 18 wheeler out of loving nowhere jokes were the funniest. Even when they were telegraphed. I really hope this means Doug and Noah are mending fences (although from what I recall it was Rob that got pissed and fired him  ), because the two of them played really well off of one another on camera, even when Doug had to talk using Speakonia.
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Jan 22, 2014 05:29
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MechanicalTomPetty posted:It was weird seeing Noah in an NC video after so long. I always figured Spoonywatch 2012 seriously alienated him from the CA guys. Except Brad, who come to think of it also got a cameo in this episode so maybe that had had something to do with it?
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Jan 22, 2014 05:34
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I haven't watched NC in a few years, but I thought I remembered hearing something about him quitting the NC schtick. I guess he ended up not doing that?
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Jan 22, 2014 06:46
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Supersonic Shine posted:Jesus Christ, the montage of bear jokes. Cage Month has been the best thing to happen to the Nostalgia Critic in a long time. That was pretty special. Though my favorite of the bunch was "Wakka wakka, whore!"
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Jan 22, 2014 06:49
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Genocyber posted:I haven't watched NC in a few years, but I thought I remembered hearing something about him quitting the NC schtick. I guess he ended up not doing that?
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Jan 22, 2014 06:53
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Genocyber posted:I haven't watched NC in a few years, but I thought I remembered hearing something about him quitting the NC schtick. I guess he ended up not doing that? Doing the NC burnt him out and he wanted to do other things. Unfortunately, the Channel Awesome fan base is a collection of petulant pissants who freaked the gently caress out that Doug was abandoning the Nostalgia Critic and absolutely savaged his next project Demo Reel, for the absolute wrong reasons though, because Demo Reel was of spotty quality at best. So because the Nostalgia Critic was what put food on the table for Doug and his wife, he decided to own up to DR not turning out to be what he expected it to be going into it and bring back the Critic, but on a modified schedule. Now he only does one NC every two weeks instead of every week, allowing him to put more time into individual reviews, do quick editorial comments and things like Sibling Rivalry and the Last Airbender/Adventure Time vlogs. e: Beaten like that crazy woman Bear-Cage suckerpunched.
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Jan 22, 2014 06:58
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It should be noted that Doug explained his choice as him mistaking burnout for running out of ideas - that after ending NC he started coming up with these new ideas for it, now that he was no longer pushing himself to the limit making the drat thing. Call him a liar if you want but that was what he said.
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Jan 22, 2014 07:03
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I actually really liked his transition back from demo reel to Nostalgia Critic stuff, his sort of meta skit videos are one of the few I actually really enjoy watching. I like how much it shows the divide between himself and the character, which members of the audience sometimes have a hard time doing.
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Jan 22, 2014 08:50
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nine-gear crow posted:Doing the NC burnt him out and he wanted to do other things. Unfortunately, the Channel Awesome fan base is a collection of petulant pissants who freaked the gently caress out that Doug was abandoning the Nostalgia Critic and absolutely savaged his next project Demo Reel, for the absolute wrong reasons though, because Demo Reel was of spotty quality at best. To be fair, a lot of NC videos during the burnout period were spotty, too. I think that the switch from a show where the character directly addressed the camera (and used other intimacy-building techniques described in this video) to a less personal presentation made the fan base feel unimportant. Like their imaginary friend was going off to play with other kids.
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Jan 22, 2014 09:25
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nine-gear crow posted:Doing the NC burnt him out and he wanted to do other things. Unfortunately, the Channel Awesome fan base is a collection of petulant pissants who freaked the gently caress out that Doug was abandoning the Nostalgia Critic and absolutely savaged his next project Demo Reel, for the absolute wrong reasons though, because Demo Reel was of spotty quality at best. Also, Doug's acting range isn't that broad, so the new character was too similar to the NC. Maybe it would've made more sense if the NC had been the star of Demo Reel, because we'd expect him to have a stupid plan that makes no sense; he cartoonishly operates slightly outside of reality. But even then, it's still weak.
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Jan 22, 2014 16:49
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nine-gear crow posted:Doing the NC burnt him out and he wanted to do other things. Unfortunately, the Channel Awesome fan base is a collection of petulant pissants who freaked the gently caress out that Doug was abandoning the Nostalgia Critic and absolutely savaged his next project Demo Reel, for the absolute wrong reasons though, because Demo Reel was of spotty quality at best. So because the Nostalgia Critic was what put food on the table for Doug and his wife, he decided to own up to DR not turning out to be what he expected it to be going into it and bring back the Critic, but on a modified schedule. Now he only does one NC every two weeks instead of every week, allowing him to put more time into individual reviews, do quick editorial comments and things like Sibling Rivalry and the Last Airbender/Adventure Time vlogs. That's rather harsh. He explained quite well in The Review Must Go On how he got burnt out and felt restricted by the format, and some time off and changing things up gave him that passion again. Cutting back on the conventions and giving himself more time for stuff seems to have helped too, quality wise.
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Jan 22, 2014 17:05
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Wicker Man is the first NC I've watched since... poo poo, the Digimon: The Movie review, and when the hell did he get an office?  PassTheRemote posted:As for the remake, I liken it to the room as a movie that does not need a to be skewered in a comedy review. The movie is hilarious enough. Having watched Wicker Man, I've got to disagree. It's much more akin to Birdemic than The Room, in that the movie is a series of golden moments padded out with hateful tedium. Nicholas Cage wandering around the island, trying and failing to solve the mystery, gets boring in a hurry. It has a lot of golden moments, but it's absolutely glacially paced. And it can't be understated how amazingly annoying all the vague forshadowey bullshit is, to the extent that I couldn't even enjoy Tamara's character being a riff on it, because all I could remember is how mad it made me in the actual movie. I poo poo you not, once Cage gets to the island, 100% of the dialogue is either him being confused, him yelling, or the women being evasive. It is infuriating to watch.
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Jan 22, 2014 18:48
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The bear joke montage may be the best thing I've ever seen on the site. Holy crap. Also yeah NC's Cage impersonation is really funny. I'm going to miss Nicholas Cage month. 
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Jan 22, 2014 20:54
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I'm glad I wasn't the only one laughing like a madman at that.
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Jan 22, 2014 21:13
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DStecks posted:Wicker Man is the first NC I've watched since... poo poo, the Digimon: The Movie review, and when the hell did he get an office?
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Jan 22, 2014 21:22
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I honestly hope NC continues Nicholas Cage month by at least one more review or does it again. There's so much Cage to cover!
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Jan 22, 2014 21:46
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He said on the official fb page that there's one more cage review coming.
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Jan 22, 2014 22:13
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Maremidon posted:I honestly hope NC continues Nicholas Cage month by at least one more review or does it again. There's so much Cage to cover! Nicolas Cage's acting career.
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Jan 22, 2014 22:27
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Jan 23, 2014 00:30
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Nostalgia Chick's uploaded her Best of 2013 video.
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Jan 23, 2014 00:50
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Jesto posted:It only allows for producers to see what, which makes me think it's something they would be uncomfortable about the average viewer knowing about. Anyone care to rehost it unlisted on youtube? I get the feeling with something like 'intimacy-building techniques', it advocates for quite a bit of manipulation of your fans. I think he may have pasted the wrong link. Try this one from a couple of pages back.
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Spiritus Nox posted:He said on the official fb page that there's one more cage review coming. The question now is which Cage movie will he end the month with? I'm hoping for either Drive Angry or Bad Lieutenant.
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I want a Brows held High review of Bad Lieutenant. There's some Werner Herzogian stuff in there that I'd like to see Kyle analyze. As for the NC, it's probably going to be I'M A VAMPIRE I'M A VAMPIRE I'M A VAMPIRE, he seemed to have hinted at it in the Wickerman review. Automata 10 Pack fucked around with this message at 05:06 on Jan 23, 2014 |
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Mutation posted:The bear joke montage may be the best thing I've ever seen on the site. Holy crap. Yea this is his best bit in a long time. It helps that he genuinely loves how insane Cage is instead of some five levels of irony bullshit that a lot of 'Cage fans' do. Like, you watch Nic loving Cage because he's a legitimate nutjob, not because he's some ironic postmodern deconstruction of a character or whatever, he's just a crazy dude in a bear suit, punchin ladies while Braveheart looks on.
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Mutation posted:The bear joke montage may be the best thing I've ever seen on the site. Holy crap. Honestly, the joke that really got me laughing was the "Cult of Jawas" one where he slips in a brief clip of Jawa-speak under his narration and doesn't even pause to acknowledge it. That was hilarious. It was just so perfectly underplayed.
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I'm currently watching the Wicker Man review, and I'm mystified about why he seems to find the name "Sister Beech" so funny. I mean..it's kind of stupid sounding, I guess, but I thought he was just going to make a joke about the woman having a deep voice. In a sense I do have to give the filmmaker credit for not just completely re-creating the story, and changing it a fair bit, but it seems to have been changed into a kind of "This is what happens if you let feminists win!" insane morality tale. I'm just glad no one thinks that this is a legitimate argument, and instead, just about everyone recognises that Wicker Man is terrible and insane. The original movie looks pretty intriguing, I remember seeing it in the video store and wondering about it in the same way that I wondered about The Shining, but...god, there's no reason to watch this one. Well, apart from laughing at how bad it is, I suppose, but to be honest, something like Face Off looks like it'd be more fun. I wasn't *so* keen on all the Tamra bits, they weren't horrible, but they..just went on too long.
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Infamous Sphere posted:I'm just glad no one thinks that this is a legitimate argument
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Infamous Sphere posted:I'm currently watching the Wicker Man review, and I'm mystified about why he seems to find the name "Sister Beech" so funny. Sister Bitch.
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Jan 24, 2014 00:10
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She always has such interesting lists at the end of the year. I mean that there's zero overlap between a lot of her choices.
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Tae posted:Sister Bitch. Yeah, I was thinking it was probably that..but really...that's that much of a thing? They didn't even say it like bitch. Maybe if you have a *really weird* accent.
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Infamous Sphere posted:Yeah, I was thinking it was probably that..but really...that's that much of a thing? They didn't even say it like bitch. Maybe if you have a *really weird* accent. She has the masculine slurry voice, it doesn't sound exactly like it but when she says it in that quick, curt, way it can make you giggle.
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