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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2013 8:19:34 GMT -5
What's he referring to here? I assume he means Little Nicky.
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Post by driver8 on Jan 23, 2013 8:26:40 GMT -5
Glad, in theory, to have the critic back. That said, for someone I've always found best in ten to fifteen minute bursts, announcing his return in a self indulgent, over half hour video is not exactly instilling me with confidence.
To be honest, and I know they have many fans, I've always found the specials to be amateurish, self indulgent and extremely bloated in length. Added to that, as people have mentioned, the last few critic reviews did seem to get bogged down by seemingly endless guest reviewers. It's a problem across the site , so hopefully Doug can go back to being the critic, not the auteur some part of him thinks he is.
Harsh, I know, and just my opinion. But I haven't been near the site in months, and the self indulgence is a big part of why. Other opinions are available...
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Post by horsemen4ever on Jan 23, 2013 8:29:12 GMT -5
Well the Nostalgic Chick for me as become the unoffical Musical reviwer. Well good for her, not my thing.
I think the reason for his introduction being this special, they also had to wrap up Demo Reel, so this kills two birds with one stone.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jan 23, 2013 8:41:48 GMT -5
reading this thread I just realized how long its been since I watched a Linkara vid. weird because I keep up with Cinema Snob and Brows Held High pretty well.
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Post by CMWaters on Jan 23, 2013 9:54:37 GMT -5
I'm interested to see if he just sticks with reviews in this new schedule or still busts out with Top 11s, Old vs New, and Raiders of the Story Arc.
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Post by Fiddleford H. McGucket on Jan 23, 2013 10:08:16 GMT -5
What's he referring to here? In the late 90s there was an Animated version of the musical The King and I The Whole thing's been uploaded to YouTube here To say it was bad.....is an understatement. To say it was Overplayed in it's window on Early 2000s Cartoon Network...is not
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2013 12:06:35 GMT -5
I haven't been watching Nostalgia Chick myself, but that's mostly because I hate the Lord of the Rings movies, I know she likes them, and I have no interest in hearing her heap praise on them. Planning to get back to watching her once she finishes with them.
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Post by wildojinx on Jan 23, 2013 12:15:30 GMT -5
I'm interested to see if he just sticks with reviews in this new schedule or still busts out with Top 11s, Old vs New, and Raiders of the Story Arc. He did say the other weeks he may do non-review related film material, maybe thats what he's referring to.
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Post by Sin Cara Tres on Jan 23, 2013 12:21:01 GMT -5
Glad, in theory, to have the critic back. That said, for someone I've always found best in ten to fifteen minute bursts, announcing his return in a self indulgent, over half hour video is not exactly instilling me with confidence. To be honest, and I know they have many fans, I've always found the specials to be amateurish, self indulgent and extremely bloated in length. Added to that, as people have mentioned, the last few critic reviews did seem to get bogged down by seemingly endless guest reviewers. It's a problem across the site , so hopefully Doug can go back to being the critic, not the auteur some part of him thinks he is.
Harsh, I know, and just my opinion. But I haven't been near the site in months, and the self indulgence is a big part of why. Other opinions are available...A simple, "Nostalgia Critic is back" on Twitter would have done. This is ridiculous. I care so little about the other stuff on his site, it makes me forget about NC anyway.
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Post by Triple H buried SnS on Jan 23, 2013 13:05:25 GMT -5
Sheesh... such critics. I enjoyed the video. Glad he's back. I for one am not tired of him yet, tho glad so many here care that other people actually like his stuff.
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Jan 23, 2013 13:26:48 GMT -5
Glad, in theory, to have the critic back. That said, for someone I've always found best in ten to fifteen minute bursts, announcing his return in a self indulgent, over half hour video is not exactly instilling me with confidence. To be honest, and I know they have many fans, I've always found the specials to be amateurish, self indulgent and extremely bloated in length. Added to that, as people have mentioned, the last few critic reviews did seem to get bogged down by seemingly endless guest reviewers. It's a problem across the site , so hopefully Doug can go back to being the critic, not the auteur some part of him thinks he is.
Harsh, I know, and just my opinion. But I haven't been near the site in months, and the self indulgence is a big part of why. Other opinions are available...A simple, "Nostalgia Critic is back" on Twitter would have done. This is ridiculous. I care so little about the other stuff on his site, it makes me forget about NC anyway. Had he done that, people would have been moaning about it being abrupt andthe show not being given a proper sendoff. You know, like they did when he announced he was retiring NC after To Boldly Flee. Or they would complain that a mere Twitter update is disrespectful of the fans and that he should have made a video about it. Also, not everyone checks his Twitter, so had he done this most fans would never have known that he was ending Demo Reel and bringing back NC. Point is, whatever he'd done, people would have bitched about it. And I for one am rather glad he actually put effort into finding an original way to announce it.
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Post by wildojinx on Jan 23, 2013 22:14:45 GMT -5
I noticed the video had no footage from the timothy green movie, and in fact, no copyrighted stuff at all (he even cropped out the walgreens sign). I hope this means he doesnt decide to just do spoken word reviews so he can defy the copyright police.
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Post by Fiddleford H. McGucket on Jan 23, 2013 22:37:35 GMT -5
I noticed the video had no footage from the timothy green movie, and in fact, no copyrighted stuff at all (he even cropped out the walgreens sign). I hope this means he doesnt decide to just do spoken word reviews so he can defy the copyright police. Doubt it. He's going to "Return" on Timothy Green...Maybe he never did any captures this go 'round. It was a means to an end....not something he'd have to do.
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Post by CMWaters on Jan 23, 2013 22:39:04 GMT -5
Besides that he showed clips of that one Nostalgia Critic review.
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Post by Orange on Jan 24, 2013 1:50:20 GMT -5
I'll echo what most have said in that props to him for going after something he was passionate in - and then admitting it didn't work. That's never easy for anybody, so major props to him. However, this news makes me happy because it means we might get another 'Nostalgic Commercials' video sometime.
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Post by celticjobber on Jan 24, 2013 2:10:29 GMT -5
Towards the end, NC had way too many annoying guests and he was reviewing things that I had no nostalgia for. The fact that he's now open to anything not currently in theaters gives me the impression that I won't like most of his new reviews either. Hopefully I'm wrong.
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Post by crowwreak was WRONG on Jan 24, 2013 11:27:01 GMT -5
To the people who hated Demo Reel, I'm guessing you only watched the first two videos, right?
Also, I'm not celebrating this because I actually damn well liked Demo Reel
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2013 11:28:40 GMT -5
He likely didn't use copyrighted footage because he intends to put this on the next TGWTG DVD
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Post by Brother Nero....Wolfe on Jan 24, 2013 12:16:39 GMT -5
I preferred the NC's earlier stuff--his newer stuff is just not really my thing anymore, though it's still watchable. I feel bad for the guy because he tried to do something new that didn't quite work, but I hope he keeps trying. Have to admit, I've never particularly found AVGN funny, but he deserves credit for managing to keep his fanbase as on board with him as they are. I have never found him to be "burst out laughing funny" but when I watch his videos I'm always sort of smirking. He delivers a ton of relevant info and interesting trivia, and then goes into non-sequitor comedy for a bit almost like to give you a break from the stuff he was talking about but without taking himself seriously at all.
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Post by hassanchop on Jan 24, 2013 17:39:57 GMT -5
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