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He did have two other female actors in the "review", so why the fuck is Tamara Furiosa? Demo reel's characters had more than just Tamara in its main cast.
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He did have two other female actors in the "review", so why the fuck is Tamara Furiosa? Demo reel's characters had more than just Tamara in its main cast.
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Because Doug is a greedy whore who's relying on name recognition of the movie to optimize his views like any cynical businessman.
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Doug's still pissed that Demo Reel was about as well received as a glass of wine from Bill Cosby. And much like Bill Cosby, he's still determined as ever to slip his happy pills into his marks any way he can.
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I suspect Doug has persuaded himself that his shift toward current cinema is a logical compromise between his integrity and his finances.
He is, like you say, unimaginative, but he's also stubborn and I think his professed experience and knowledge of 20th century film/television is average at best. Doug's only touched what he was personally familiar with. This seems reasonable (some would argue it generates "passion") but to me this means that he believes he's exhausted "nostalgia" and doesn't consider the countless other films and shows he never grew up with to be worthy of attention (this thread's already provided some good examples.) Focusing on current films, on the other hand, is guaranteed common ground between him and the masses who are gonna be looking for opinions around release.
This means money. It's a sensible business strategy, yes, but it means that he's no longer the "nostalgia" critic: he's yet another arrogant careerist.
For the triumvirate that run Channel Awesome, it's relevancy at any price.
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I dunno, I thought he did take requests from his fans. I remember him mentioning several times that people would e-mail him to review certain movies (e.g. the Digimon movie).
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I spoke too absolutely. Yeah, that's true. It's the same of all critics, though; fanservice is a necessary part of keeping your followers pleased. I get the impression that a lot critics see it as an obligation - pick almost any review done by any critic by popular demand and you can bet they wrote in their resentment.
That review specifically is troublesome in part for that reason. He made it clear he already had opinions on Digimon (he didn't grow up with it and disliked it because it was beneath his age bracket by then... says the adult man who still bitches about 25-year old cartoons) and more or less let his weeb co-host run the episode because he had nothing worth saying.
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Why is he even still calling himself the Nostalgia Critic when he reviews movies that can't even be considered nostalgic. The Smurfs movie is barely 4 years old. And isnt' The Purge from 2013? He used to have a cut-off date but I guess he dropped that shit in exchange for easy views for reviewing something thats topical at the moment.
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I can understand stuff like The Smurfs as it's the product of a nostalgic franchise, but yeah, stuff like The Purge is not nostalgic in the least..
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Because any slight change to his reviews, even the color of the wall in his background (not joking), triggers the fanbase and they act like it's the end of the world and they have nothing left to live for.
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Despite Doug being Doug I'm honestly surprised that he thought Demo Reel was going to take off. Evening ignoring the fact that it's shit how did he possibly think his fan-base would accept it? Truly baffling.
Also, what is it with these people and putting plots into their reviews. Delusions of grandeur out the arse. Specifically looking at Linkara.
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I guess since he still found a way to add in the 20 minute skits and actors, and suddenly people are okay with it and think it's an improvement, he really has made the fanbase okay with it, in a way. Just not actual Demo Reel. As long as he's screaming like a Looney Tune about a movie they don't seem to mind.
As for plots or 'sagas', I'm guessing it's mainly because one successful/popular person did it so every other reviewer jumped in on the bandwagon. It's really why it's so hard to tell who's who sometimes because they all have the same exact cringeyness but they try to review something completely 'different' like indie movies only, 80s video games only, obscure children's movies, music, dvd releases, etc.
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Really speaks to their whole mentality, do the shame shtick with a different name, chaos. With the same name, praise. Like New Coke but without the spike in sales/views I imagine.
I think Linkara started doing it first, I used to watch like everyone on TGWTG back in the day and vaguely remember this shit becoming more prevalent. I'd wager that since they're all fucking film students or what-ever they think they can insert their fanfics into "reviews" at a certain stage of popularity.
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Like any severely spergy fanbase he should have seen Demo Reel failing from miles away. His fanbase can't stand even the smallest of changes let alone dropping an entire show and replacing it with a different one.
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I view this as compensation for limited fame and resources. Which is a more sympathetic way of saying (and I said this on the last page) that a lot of these people have aspirations to eventually work in the film or television industry as actors, writers, producers or filmmakers but they know they'll likely never get there.
It's critical to understand that CA critics and their ilk aren't precisely critics, they're performers; "critic" is just convenient shorthand. They and their persona are the show, and they are inextricably intertwined with their criticism. Tying their videos together via plots lets them emulate the kinds of stories they wish they could tell while at the same time - and more importantly - informing their ego, because they'll never achieve the cult of personality that emerges around famous actors, comedians or filmmakers.
Furthermore, it saves the time, labour and money that's necessary to make a standalone webseries, which is probably the ideal solution. Besides, if enough of their fans tolerate and like their "plots", they have no reason to consider other avenues.
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I stopped watching NC a long time ago because the skits took up too much of the actual reviews and I found the actors annoying most of the time. I never would've imagined that Doug would start reviewing movies that are still in theaters. I mean, I get that nostalgic movies are limited, but reviewing films that came out literally a week ago? Are you really out of ideas, Doug?
This just reeks of desperation. Online critics like NC are not as popular as they used to be a few years ago, so many of them are trying to stay relevant. Unfortunately, the quality of their work has decreased as a result, and most of their videos end up being obnoxious instead of entertaining. There's nothing wrong with experimenting and changing your style, but it's obviously not working for Doug. I'm seeing more and more people complain about him each time he produces a new video. Let's face it; it was a bad move to bring back the Nostalgia Critic.
This just reeks of desperation. Online critics like NC are not as popular as they used to be a few years ago, so many of them are trying to stay relevant. Unfortunately, the quality of their work has decreased as a result, and most of their videos end up being obnoxious instead of entertaining. There's nothing wrong with experimenting and changing your style, but it's obviously not working for Doug. I'm seeing more and more people complain about him each time he produces a new video. Let's face it; it was a bad move to bring back the Nostalgia Critic.
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And keep in mind that he'll outlast the Nostalgia Critic. He has the least to lose of any reviewer associated with CA, because he's not just a critic, he's one of the site's managers. His paycheque is assured as long as the producers dependent on him are still moneymakers, and he knew this when he cancelled NC. It only returned because Demo Reel's failure and eroding traffic forced his hand.
Doug will likely retire the NC in a few years to manage CA full-time, assured that he's an influential powerbroker with an impressive legacy. You know, just like Spielberg.
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Or King Joffrey, First of his name...