"angry" gamers/critics

friedshrimp said:
So, to change the subject, for people who were originally into Doug Walker's stuff, what was the video that broke the illusion for you, and saw him for the hack that he is?

For me it was Scooby Doo where I began noticing problems, but the Man of Steel and King and I were also strong contenders. The Old vs New Spiderman vid is what officially killed him for me. (But even before that, his Thief and the Cobbler review was the first video where I didn't end up either liking or agreeing with him).
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The illusion first broke during either Scooby Doo or To Boldly Flee, whichever came first, when I realized that Doug both took himself very seriously and didn't have the writing chops to justify it.

After he rebooted Nostalgia Critic, I told myself I'd only watch his content if it was on a subject that interested me, which arguably kept me supporting him longer than I otherwise might have.

Sailor Moon made me realize Doug is actively disinterested in researching shit he didn't grow up with. Then Eight Crazy Nights was -I hate to use this word but- mean-spirited, to the extent he was attacking fans of a thing instead of the thing itself, which put me off him. Though I didn't quit for good until Alice in Wonderland, but oddly it was Tamara which made me leave. She was just that annoying. Sometimes I wonder how long I would've stuck with him if she wasn't there but then I remember I am, of course, better off this way.
 
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More Spicey Than Coolwhip said:
He did. It was their "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" sins video. Doug's got a real hateboner for that movie which he has expressed multiple times.

One of the less entertaining cinemasins videos:

EDIT: Ninja'd goddamnit
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Don't listen to Doug Walker. He's just a nostalgically-biased manchild who can't accept change. The only reason he hates every single remake of the films from his childhood is because "WAHHHH MUH CHILDHOOD!!!"/"THIS ISN'T THE ORIGINAL!!!!"
 
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Magnum Dong said:
Then Eight Crazy Nights was -I hate to use this word but- mean-spirited, to the extent he was attacking fans of a thing instead of the thing itself, which put me off him.
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You know, I just remembered something else about that review that really pissed me off. It was when he criticized Adam Sandler fans for liking jokes where you just said a dirty word and they laughed at it, and he demonstrated it by yelling, "Poop!" to a bunch of Sandler fans. And I recall in his Cat in the Hat review he had Peter Soulless gleefully mention "Poop jokes galore!" when talking about crappy kids movies.

Motherfucker, you've been doing shit jokes for years. You don't get to criticize someone else for doing the exact same thing as you. For God's sake, one of the gags in his Jungle 2 Jungle review was showing a literal picture of shit.
 
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Magnum Dong said:
Sailor Moon made me realize Doug is actively disinterested in researching shit he didn't grow up with. Then Eight Crazy Nights was -I hate to use this word but- mean-spirited, to the extent he was attacking fans of a thing instead of the thing itself, which put me off him. Though I didn't quit for good until Alice in Wonderland, but oddly it was Tamara which made me leave. She was just that annoying. Sometimes I wonder how long I would've stuck with him if she wasn't there but then I remember I am, of course, better off this way.
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That Alice in Wonderland video was just bad. It had good points here and there, but as usual he bogs it down with dumb "stories" that he feels are important enough to write. Also, that bit where he kills Helena Bonham Carter...? It felt like it came out of some teenage fan fiction "My Mary Sue can kill any character I don't like!" bullshit. I know it's sorta like "black comedy" but it had no punchline and it seems pretty skeevy to do that on a living person.
 
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I honestly don't know where I stopped watching Doug; I'm just happy that I fucking did and I don't regret it for even a minute, knowing what a fucking loser Doug truly is, unlike Brad, Phelous, and Lupa (at least IMHO, anyway.).
 
Baldur's Gait said:
Motherfucker, you've been doing shit jokes for years. You don't get to criticize someone else for doing the exact same thing as you. For God's sake, one of the gags in his Jungle 2 Jungle review was showing a literal picture of shit.
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I'm just going to leave this here:


Magnum Dong said:
Sailor Moon made me realize Doug is actively disinterested in researching shit he didn't grow up with.
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Since you brought it up, is there a good example of a reviewer who also didn't grow up with a cartoon or other piece of "nostalgic" media who did research the subject matter? I know that's the kind of thing we usually rag on people for, but if you at least do your homework that puts you leagues above Doug in my books at least...
 
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Anonimo said:
Since you brought it up, is there a good example of a reviewer who also didn't grow up with a cartoon or other piece of "nostalgic" media who did research the subject matter? I know that's the kind of thing we usually rag on people for, but if you at least do your homework that puts you leagues above Doug in my books at least...
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Or, at the very least, make the disconnect between age and media the comedic angle. Y'know, "What the Sam Hill am I watching?"

Doug's ancient-ass Pokemon movie video kinda had that vibe, but he never really went there again.
 
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friedshrimp said:


Why does he sound always so racist/xenophobic when he talks about other countries?

I haven't gotten over all the video, but so far I'm surprised there's no Putin sperging.
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Because his boner for whatever the fuck 4/8/etc.Chan blindly worships keeps him from acknowledging other cultures with better entertainment in general. That and
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friedshrimp said:
So, to change the subject, for people who were originally into Doug Walker's stuff, what was the video that broke the illusion for you, and saw him for the hack that he is?

For me it was Scooby Doo where I began noticing problems, but the Man of Steel and King and I were also strong contenders. The Old vs New Spiderman vid is what officially killed him for me. (But even before that, his Thief and the Cobbler review was the first video where I didn't end up either liking or agreeing with him).
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I never really started to notice problems Doug's Stuff until i fell out. it just all felt the same after a while and that wasn't enough to keep me interested. I can barely remember any of his videos and I am pretty sure I've watched all of them up until the scooby doo review. I tapped out on channel awesome crowd some time after Doug's attempt to end Nostalgia Critic back in 2012.
 
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friedshrimp said:
So, to change the subject, for people who were originally into Doug Walker's stuff, what was the video that broke the illusion for you, and saw him for the hack that he is?

For me it was Scooby Doo where I began noticing problems, but the Man of Steel and King and I were also strong contenders. The Old vs New Spiderman vid is what officially killed him for me. (But even before that, his Thief and the Cobbler review was the first video where I didn't end up either liking or agreeing with him).
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I grew up.
 
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