You're right about that. The part in My Pet Monster review where he does the phone call with the director and the beginning of Scooby Doo review shows that Nostalgia Critic is supposed to be a loser. Now, it just seems to be whatever fits the sketch that week or just Doug with the NC costume when he does his editorials.
Pre TBF, Lovable Loser. I recall Doug doing a commentary on his review of "A Simple Wish", talking about how he got into contact with Mara Wilson, who took the character at face value. He said something along the lines of "He's not serious and shouldn't be taken seriously, he's a schmuck." Would that I could find the commentary again to prove it.
I was going to rate late but it's this SJW motherfucker. So I will watch the shitshow.
They also seem to do decently well on Twitch as far as I know with Doug getting over 300 people to watch him play Kingdom Hearts on Fridays alone and people also paying for subs and giving a good amount of bits every week.
Update: I have to say that this is a very good analysis of this terrible video and of Doug's psyche. He makes a good point that you have to put effort into a production like this and it seemed to be Doug trying to make his version of The Wall that shows off his skills as a filmmaker and actor (seriously). And also to rant about petty things especially cancel culture. I make you a bet that part of the reason why Doug and Rob wanted to do it is to do that bit ranting about cancel culture to somehow fire back at Change the Channel.
I know the guy's backstory and ties to Lindsay Ellis. It's still a very good breakdown of The Wall "review" and Doug's psyche.
I see he's still not over the 8Chan drama and being exposed as a child pornographer.
The genius had the idea of taking down 8chan by reporting them for CP by uploading CP himself.
Wow, I thought he did a good job of just focusing on The Wall review. Turns out he had the Change The Channel Mention in the description. At least, it confirms that Mike Machaud did fire Dan Olson for creating controversy with his Medium article. These ex-CA people keep making Mike look good with them getting fired for valid reasons (Dan Olson, Allison) or hated being called troublemakers then making shit up about him thus showing he was right (Dr. Gonzo, Lordkat, Allison).
That sounds like a lost Chris-Chan saga.
