👓 TGWTG "Nostalgia Critic" / Doug Walker, Rob Walker, Mike Michaud, Mike Ellis, Holly Christine Brown, et al - The Incompetent Predator-Protecting Upper Management of Channel Awesome, Doug Still Not That Funny

[BrunoMattei]

 

[toilet_rainbow]

Saw this retweeted on Twitter. This is one of the co directors of Home on the Range. I didn’t know if Doug recently talked about it, but when I checked his Disneycember video on the film was four years ago? And this tweet is a week old? Why talk about Doug now?

 

[The Pink Panther]

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Saw this retweeted on Twitter. This is one of the co directors of Home on the Range. I didn’t know if Doug recently talked about it, but when I checked his Disneycember video on the film was four years ago? And this tweet is a week old? Why talk about Doug now?

Legitimately kek'd.

Not at the tweet itself, but at the optics. Imagine getting made fun of by a Disney animation vet. That's gotta sting a little.

 

[Cool kitties club]

Legitimately kek'd.

Not at the tweet itself, but at the optics. Imagine getting made fun of by a Disney animation vet. That's gotta sting a little.

For a movie thats not even that good too :/

 

[The Fresh Maker]

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Saw this retweeted on Twitter. This is one of the co directors of Home on the Range. I didn’t know if Doug recently talked about it, but when I checked his Disneycember video on the film was four years ago? And this tweet is a week old? Why talk about Doug now?

Imagine being such a clown on the internet that even the people behind a low tier Disney movie are mocking you.

 

[RumblyTumbly]

It was easier for Doug to get away with poking fun at shit in 2009 when all he was doing were reviews.

Now that he's made, uh, "movies" (for lack of a better term to describe the anniversary specials) and a shitty musical parody of The Wall, it makes it harder for him to get away with bashing other people's work.

 

[Jetman]

It was easier for Doug to get away with poking fun at shit in 2009 when all he was doing were reviews.

Now that he's made, uh, "movies" (for lack of a better term to describe the anniversary specials) and a shitty musical parody of The Wall, it makes it harder for him to get away with bashing other people's work.

Could you imagine him reviewing The Room today? He'd basically be calling the kettle black.

 

[REGENDarySumanai]

Could you imagine him reviewing The Room today? He'd basically be calling the kettle black.

Now I'm imagining Tommy Wiseau reviewing every Channel Awesome film.

 

[Table Country]

Now I'm imagining Tommy Wiseau reviewing every Channel Awesome film.

Doug: High-pitched, barely coherent rant about how The Room is a shit movie.
Tommy:

 

[RumblyTumbly]

Stupid question: Did CA ever release a behind the scenes reel of the anniversary films?

 

[Glowie]

Legitimately kek'd.

Not at the tweet itself, but at the optics. Imagine getting made fun of by a Disney animation vet. That's gotta sting a little.

Doug in all of his wisdom pulls Tommy Wiseau 2.0 with little douchy McNitpick on the side. God forbid if you insult God of youtube reviews!

Surely Doug a loser who can't manage finances, his community and people he hires to do over stretched skits know more about animation than a Disney veteran cartoonist!

 

[Jetman]

Stupid question: Did CA ever release a behind the scenes reel of the anniversary films?

Some of them did, which were included in the DVDs. The Suburban Knights one was arguably the most interesting, since they showed the meeting Doug had with Michaud over whether they should scrap the project or not because of the weather issues they had. Then it showed the rest of the contributors telling Doug that they were more than willing to continue. There was also footage of Orlando coming very close to severely injuring himself doing a stunt.

Speaking of injuries, I believe they showed in the behind-the-scenes for Kickassia Rob fucking up his knee doing that running shot from the view of his camera. There were also a few ad-lib moments from some of the cast, most from Doug and a few from Sage.

I think there was one for To Boldly Flee, but I can't remember anything from it that could be seen as an early warning sign that trouble was brewing. I'm sure there's reuploads on YouTube.

 

[Chamulum]

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Saw this retweeted on Twitter. This is one of the co directors of Home on the Range. I didn’t know if Doug recently talked about it, but when I checked his Disneycember video on the film was four years ago? And this tweet is a week old? Why talk about Doug now?

Usually I would go on some diatribe about the importance of critique but he's talking about Doug here. He's absolutely right in this little sperg out. What has Doug Walker done in 10 years to make himself relevant? Has he improved? Has his fanbase grown? Did he try to accomplish things he hasn't done before?

 

[Doctor of Autism]

Now I'm imagining Tommy Wiseau reviewing every Channel Awesome film.

I actually want that to happen now

 

[Duncan Hills Coffee]

What has Doug Walker done in 10 years to make himself relevant?

Release one of the worst albums of the decade?

 

[Random Internet Person]

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Saw this retweeted on Twitter. This is one of the co directors of Home on the Range. I didn’t know if Doug recently talked about it, but when I checked his Disneycember video on the film was four years ago? And this tweet is a week old? Why talk about Doug now?

Some people are boomers and just now realized that Doug Walker has been the cool thing to hate on the internet for the last few years.

Could you imagine him reviewing The Room today? He'd basically be calling the kettle black.

I’d think the idea of a man trying his damndest to make a good movie only to be foiled by his lack of technical skill may go over his head. Also, The Disaster Artist, great book, still need to see the movie.

Stupid question: Did CA ever release a behind the scenes reel of the anniversary films?

Some of them did, which were included in the DVDs. The Suburban Knights one was arguably the most interesting, since they showed the meeting Doug had with Michaud over whether they should scrap the project or not because of the weather issues they had. Then it showed the rest of the contributors telling Doug that they were more than willing to continue. There was also footage of Orlando coming very close to severely injuring himself doing a stunt.

Speaking of injuries, I believe they showed in the behind-the-scenes for Kickassia Rob fucking up his knee doing that running shot from the view of his camera. There were also a few ad-lib moments from some of the cast, most from Doug and a few from Sage.

I think there was one for To Boldly Flee, but I can't remember anything from it that could be seen as an early warning sign that trouble was brewing. I'm sure there's reuploads on YouTube.

Went on YouTube and found some shit:

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. The rest of the stuff I found was just bloopers.

Release one of the worst albums of the decade?

I’d say “was the captain and shining star of the rise and fall of an era of the internet” and “was at the center that would destroy a company and career and yet managed to come out with only minor blows and as the one with a ‘good image’” would be more noteworthy, if only because most of his album’s badness is rooted in being a parody of The Wall imo.

Edit: Found TBF’s making of and deleted a duplicate.

 

[RumblyTumbly]

Also, The Disaster Artist, great book, still need to see the movie.

I love The Disaster Artist book! Its become one of my all time favorite books to be honest.

The movie is fine, but kind of missed the point of the book. The movie feels like it was made because James Franco really really REALLY wanted to play Tommy and reenact scenes from The Room. That's all well and good, and his performance is really strong, but the stronger elements of the book (the life of a struggling actor in Hollywood, and once in a life time experiences with a mysterious and abusive weirdo) are softened in the movie.

 

[NNewt84]

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Saw this retweeted on Twitter. This is one of the co directors of Home on the Range. I didn’t know if Doug recently talked about it, but when I checked his Disneycember video on the film was four years ago? And this tweet is a week old? Why talk about Doug now?

Technically speaking, the Disneycember video is actually from 2011, and it was re-uploaded to the Channel Awesome channel. So... yeah, that's gotta hurt for Doug.

I love The Disaster Artist book! Its become one of my all time favorite books to be honest.

The movie is fine, but kind of missed the point of the book. The movie feels like it was made because James Franco really really REALLY wanted to play Tommy and reenact scenes from The Room. That's all well and good, and his performance is really strong, but the stronger elements of the book (the life of a struggling actor in Hollywood, and once in a life time experiences with a mysterious and abusive weirdo) are softened in the movie.

Interesting - when I saw the movie, I still thought Wiseau came across as a jerkass when directing. I can only imagine what the book said about him.

 

[Henry Bemis]

The movie is fine, but kind of missed the point of the book. The movie feels like it was made because James Franco really really REALLY wanted to play Tommy and reenact scenes from The Room. That's all well and good, and his performance is really strong, but the stronger elements of the book (the life of a struggling actor in Hollywood, and once in a life time experiences with a mysterious and abusive weirdo) are softened in the movie.

Also worth considering: Tommy Wiseau himself is still alive, and making The Disaster Artist movie likely needed some sort of contractual A-OK from him. Some parts were inevitably going to be softened, except, perhaps, for the parts where multiple people witnessed a tantrum.

 

[Ten2Nine]

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Saw this retweeted on Twitter. This is one of the co directors of Home on the Range. I didn’t know if Doug recently talked about it, but when I checked his Disneycember video on the film was four years ago? And this tweet is a week old? Why talk about Doug now?

I can definitely see why the co-director would be pissed at Doug based on how he talks about the movie in his review:

"Alright, let's get this over with. Home on the Range, yes, ok....out of all the Disney films I was going to see for Disneycember this is the one I wanted to see the least and let me tell you folks it didn't disappoint. It gave me exactly what I thought I was going to get. Oh God, do I hate this film. This is right up there with The Aristocats. Just no creativity, no spontaneity, no passion, no effort, just pure phoned in-ness!"

"It's about as half-assed as you can imagine. Ok, now, let me make one thing clear. When I say half-assed, I mean, half-assed for Disney. I know animation is hard, I know that by most normal standards this is still pretty good animation and I know that by most bad films and even bad childrens films considered, this isn't that horrendous. But if somebody told you that this was from the greatest animation company in the entire world, admit it you'd be a little cheesed off, too! You would want to see more effort from something that's so massive and so large. And this is a movie that's obviously just geared towards little kids, I mean, really little kids, toddlers. The jokes aren't for adults, the writing isn't for adults, the characters aren't for adults, even the animation style isn't really for adults! And again, that was the magic with Disney! They hit both! They could hit both the kids and the adults but here, no...it's just for kids."

"I remember so little. The songs are forgettable. The characters are forgettable. The obnoxiousness of how bright and colorful and smiley it is, just, ohhhh. It's like something out of Barney the Dinosaur or something. It just doesn't seem like Disney. Er, maybe it does but not updated Disney, not current Disney, not the Disney that kept us coming back wanting more, not the passion, not the drive. Uhhh, I don't even know what else to say about it. It's just bad."



The comments in bold are what set off the co-director, who defends his crew's difficult animation work against a "unfunny douche nozzle", and "no talent dilettante" who has no clue what it takes to make an animated film. Apparently, he previously sent Doug a message saying that Doug should say all the things he said in the review to his face. He clarified that he wasn't physically threatening Doug, describing both himself and Doug as guys who don't belong in a fight, just saying that Doug didn't have "the stones" to say it to his face. He's also quite disgusted to learn about Doug shitting on The Wall.