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Post by Shark on Nov 5, 2015 16:26:01 GMT -5
Not having watched those reviews (or the movies themselves), even just hearing that's a joke just makes me sigh in annoyance. Basically he harped on the idea that Neo had a regular guy name and only ever called him Tom for all 3 reviews usually in the most obnoxious tone possible. What was most annoying about it is that we only hear Neo's full name a few times in the first movie, off the top of my head, I'd say twice. And it's only his full name when we hear it, Thomas Anderson. Aside from Neo he's only referred to as Mr. Anderson. No one in the movies ever calls him Tom or even Thomas. This is probably the most clear example of Doug latching onto a joke that isn't funny and is likely something only he noticed, but thought it was so funny, he had to jam it into his reviews at every opportunity.
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Post by J is Justice on Nov 5, 2015 16:39:19 GMT -5
I kind of feel bad for him. He obviously really wanted to do Demo Reel, but most of his fans just hated it.
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Nov 5, 2015 16:46:47 GMT -5
I kind of feel bad for him. He obviously really wanted to do Demo Reel, but most of his fans just hated it. I'm not sure I do, it's just bad decisions all around. Getting rid of his fan favourite character and sinking a ton of money into a new venture with no preview to gauge opinion, then when people are against it, putting the bits they don't like into what they used to like, annoying people and driving them away. Demo Reel, fittingly, could have done with a demo reel. And a willingness to accept that sometimes, you just have bad ideas.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2015 16:47:57 GMT -5
I kind of feel bad for him. He obviously really wanted to do Demo Reel, but most of his fans just hated it. I can't feel too bad over Demo Reel, because... 1. He should have tested the waters on it and tried to ease into it instead of just dumping a ton of money into getting a studio and hiring actors while simultaneously dropping the show people were actually following him for - a much more careful approach phasing out one for the other would have probably gone over much better, and allowed to see in advance whether or not Demo Reel was going to work out. 2. He was outright lying to other people on the site and saying the Nostalgia Critic would stick around, which is rather douchey when it's the face of the site and was attracting people to it that would then also watch their videos. Should've gone about it a bit more like Lupa did when she changed shows, where she's at least kept to doing more conventional reviews in crossovers and stuff and she just came out and explained the deal in advance, plus she's not the headliner on Phelous's site so it didn't really hurt anyone. Movie Nights is terrible and I've basically stopped following her because of it, but she did go about that same kind of transition much better than Doug did.' Hell, Phelous is a good example in his own right - Bootleg Zones started out as a side show and just grew to where it pretty much has become the main one in a much more natural way, rather than him just up and saying, "Well, I'm done reviewing horror movies, watch me play with toys now!"
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Post by Jiren on Nov 5, 2015 16:56:06 GMT -5
I kind of feel bad for him. He obviously really wanted to do Demo Reel, but most of his fans just hated it. I can't feel too bad over Demo Reel, because... 1. He should have tested the waters on it and tried to ease into it instead of just dumping a ton of money into getting a studio and hiring actors while simultaneously dropping the show people were actually following him for - a much more careful approach phasing out one for the other would have probably gone over much better, and allowed to see in advance whether or not Demo Reel was going to work out. 2. He was outright lying to other people on the site and saying the Nostalgia Critic would stick around, which is rather douchey when it's the face of the site and was attracting people to it that would then also watch their videos. Should've gone about it a bit more like Lupa did when she changed shows, where she's at least kept to doing more conventional reviews in crossovers and stuff and she just came out and explained the deal in advance, plus she's not the headliner on Phelous's site so it didn't really hurt anyone. Movie Nights is terrible and I've basically stopped following her because of it, but she did go about that same kind of transition much better than Doug did.' Hell, Phelous is a good example in his own right - Bootleg Zones started out as a side show and just grew to where it pretty much has become the main one in a much more natural way, rather than him just up and saying, "Well, I'm done reviewing horror movies, watch me play with toys now!" Hell even James Rolfe did it well Still did Nerd episodes but they became more sporadic (but didn't outright end) while he introduced other shows (Board James, James & Mike mondays)
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Post by andrew8798 on Nov 5, 2015 19:10:01 GMT -5
Cause James knew where his bread and butter was
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Post by Ash Kingston on Nov 5, 2015 20:06:34 GMT -5
...I liked it. *shrug* It wasn't the greatest thing ever, and I get why people might not like the skits, but it worked a lot better than a standard review where he just bitches about how strangely popular the movie seems to be, harping on the whole 'virgin' thing... ya know, the Nostalgia Chick review. Doing it this way, while not perfect, at least helped bring in a sense of "ohhh..." for him...
...plus, Kiki beating the crap out of the three witches amused me.
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Post by Glitch on Nov 6, 2015 3:56:14 GMT -5
The thing I hate is that Doug can do funny skits. But that is when he doesn't do them in demo reel style. Before his come back, any skits he did where there to tell a joke or make a quick point. His demo reel type skits on the other hand veer dangerously close to seltzerberg territory. They seem to be there just so he can recreate the film he's talking about in his own image. Jontron looked like he really upped the budget and time spent on those skits in his recent Titanic review, but those actually flowed well. When I compared the two recent episodes by Doug and Jontron, the contrasts was so stark. And as others mentioned, the skits overshadow the review.
It's disappointing that Doug is capable of doing better, but he insists on going for a style that he really does not fit into.
Come on, he used to do this!
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Post by cageking666 on Nov 6, 2015 11:07:14 GMT -5
I FOUND THE REASON HE DIDN'T DO THE REVIEW WITH FOOTAGE
:45 Second mark
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Post by thirteen3 on Nov 6, 2015 12:13:19 GMT -5
I FOUND THE REASON HE DIDN'T DO THE REVIEW WITH FOOTAGE :45 Second mark Disney will allow you to use footage as long as you don't monetize. In case anyone couldn't be f***ed watching this video. ...yet Maker is owned by disney.
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Post by wildojinx on Nov 8, 2015 20:32:04 GMT -5
If the whole no clips reason is because of Disney, then how do you explain Linkara doing plenty of Marvel comics-related reviews? Or other people who've done reviews of Disney-owned material like TV Trash or Mr. Plinkett?
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Post by SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts on Nov 8, 2015 20:42:52 GMT -5
I can sort of understand Doug putting what's their faces in NC reviews after he stopped doing Demo Reel, to give them something to do after their regular show ended earlier than expected, but why are they still around? Did they sign 10 year iron clad contracts? They got a Mark Henry contract.
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Post by El Cokehead del Knife Fight on Nov 9, 2015 3:41:06 GMT -5
Honestly, I'd rather he take a page or two out of Red Letter Medias book and just structure his shows more like Half in the Bag. They still have skits at the beginning and end of their videos but they have genuine analysis.
EDIT: even better would be if he tried something like Best of the Worst.
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Post by El Cokehead del Knife Fight on Nov 9, 2015 3:43:25 GMT -5
I can sort of understand Doug putting what's their faces in NC reviews after he stopped doing Demo Reel, to give them something to do after their regular show ended earlier than expected, but why are they still around? Did they sign 10 year iron clad contracts? I assume because he always wanted to try and redo Demo Reel.
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Nov 9, 2015 6:17:02 GMT -5
I can sort of understand Doug putting what's their faces in NC reviews after he stopped doing Demo Reel, to give them something to do after their regular show ended earlier than expected, but why are they still around? Did they sign 10 year iron clad contracts? I assume because he always wanted to try and redo Demo Reel. Considering he had to replace one of them, I think it's more that than the contract thing.
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