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Nostalgia Critic is a web review series hosted by actor/comedian Doug Walker. The series began in July 2007 on YouTube, but after the website removed several episodes due to alleged copyright violations, the series was moved in April 2008 to Walker's own humor website, That Guy with the Glasses, where it was hosted until late 2014, when it was moved to ChannelAwesome.com. Most episodes center on comedic bashings of movies and serials that Walker finds to be poorly written, badly acted, and typically panned by critics—particularly Siskel and Ebert, whom Doug openly acknowledges as his favorite critics. Not all of his reviews are negative, as he sometimes finds positive aspects and even praises some films and TV shows (sometimes for their hamminess/bad production). The series also features several "Top 11 Countdown" segments, which Doug does as opposed to the traditional "Top 10" because he, in his own words, "Like(s) to go one step beyond", as well as a series of "Old vs. New" segments, where The Critic compares iconic films like Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, True Grit, Batman, The Karate Kid, King Kong, Spider-Man, and Cinderella with their respective modern-day reboots/remakes and levies to discover which is the better film.

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Nostalgia Critic Specials

Nostalgia Critic Specials are anything related to the Nostalgia Critic which isn't a review, an editorial, or a countdown.

Direct-to-DVD Reviews

Every Best of ThatGuyWithTheGlasses DVD special include an exclusive review made for the release. After the end of To Boldly Flee, these episodes were released on TGWTG.com. The reviews of Paranoia, Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie and The Uncanny Valley were added to Channel Awesome's YouTube channel in February 2015.

Nostalgia Critic Editorial

Beginning in 2013, Nostalgia Critic Editorials are short episodes that analyze a topic that may span multiple films or other works. They usually air during the weeks between reviews.

Doug's Countdown Specials

Doug occasionally posts videos where he comments on The Nostalgia Critic out-of-character, discussing which movies he will never review, which episodes are his favorites, and which of the films he has reviewed are the worst.

Cancelled or postponed episodes

  • The "Nickelodeon Month" in January 2009 was supposed to end with an episode on Nickelodeon game shows, but as the Critic states on the SNICK episode, he could not find quality footage from programs other than the already reviewed Double Dare. The episode was replaced by Good Burger.
  • The Critic originally meant to end January 2010's "Schwarzenegger Month" with a review of The 6th Day. However, for reasons unknown, he changed it to End of Days. He would eventually review The 6th Day with That Sci-Fi Guy on his show.
  • A review of Newsies was replaced with Rocky IV since the Nostalgia Chick expressed interest in reviewing it. However, Doug later reviewed it (as himself) on January 23, 2014 by popular demand, along with Old Yeller and High School Musical 3: Senior Year, since he did not review it or the latter two during Disneycember.
  • An Old vs. New of The Prince of Egypt vs. The Ten Commandments was planned, but postponed and replaced with The Top 11 Scariest Performances, since Doug decided to spend the entire month of October reviewing horror movies. The Old vs. New aired the following month on November 16.
  • An Old vs. New of War of the Worlds was planned, but as the Critic explains in "Next Top 11 Nostalgia Critic Fuck-ups", he found both the 1953 film and the 2005 film underwhelming while re-watching them, and pulled the plug on the episode.
  • A review of Drop Zone was replaced by Ernest Scared Stupid because the Critic decided to spend the whole month of October 2010 reviewing horror films.
  • Doug has stated in his "Top 10 Movies That I Hate But Everybody Else Loves" that he intended to do a review of Matilda (1996), but had cancelled it due to angered feedback from audiences. He did, however, express his criticism in this video. It is unknown if he ever actually made the episode. In October 2012, the Nostalgia Chick (Lindsay Ellis) would do her own review of Matilda with Mara Wilson herself (and the Critic making a brief cameo).
  • Doug was originally going to review Small Soldiers (1998) for his final regular Nostalgia Critic review on August 14, 2012. While he thought it was bad, he did not feel that the film gave him enough material for a review, and switched it to Scooby-Doo (2002) instead. However, on August 12, 2014, he eventually followed through with his review of the film.
  • The Critic intended to review Armageddon but did not due to the Nostalgia Chick having already reviewed it.
  • The Critic postponed the first review of The Matrix month by one week due to illness.
  • The Critic missed an editorial in July because he was in Finland at the time.
  • The Critic also missed an editorial in August due to a busy schedule.
  • The "By Popular Demand" videos of his 2015 "Disneycember" reviews, which are usually posted in January of the following year, were postponed until February due to problems with YouTube's Fair Use policy.
  • The Critic postponed a review of The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle by 5 weeks due to illness.
  • The Critic stated in The Top 11 Best Nostalgia Critic Episodes that he wouldn't review Tentacolino because he thought he wouldn't be able to make it as funny as the other Titanic animated movies. However, in September 2016, he reviewed it after years of requests from fans.
  • The Critic missed an editorial on January 31, 2017 due to illness.

    • Disneycember

    Throughout the month of December, Walker reviews Disney movies as himself. Throughout December 2011, he reviewed the hand drawn animated films, along with Tangled for technicality and Enchanted for satire, and also reviewed Dinosaur, A Goofy Movie and Who Framed Roger Rabbit by popular demand. Doug Walker sometimes reviews Disney movies chosen from the public. In December 2012, Walker reviewed 3D animated Disney movies, starting with Pixar and then the other CGI Disney films, with the exception of Wreck-It Ralph (due to its then-recent release in cinemas and his having already reviewed it). In December 2013, he reviewed the live-action films and in December 2014 Walker reviewed the Ghibli films as well as some live-action and animated films like Big Hero 6 and Frozen he missed out on doing as the Ghibli list wasn't enough to cover the month. In December 2015, Walker reviewed the films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Star Wars as well as some overlooked films and new releases like The Good Dinosaur and Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which he does Sibling Rivalry reviews of with his brother Rob. For 2016, he covered the Disney Direct-to-DVD sequels (minus Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas which was covered in 2015).

    2011: The Classics

    By Popular Demand

    2012: The CGI and Pixar films

    By Popular Demand

    2013: The Live-Action Films

    By Popular Demand

    2014: The Ghibli films & Overlooked Classics

    Because Doug Walker did not have enough movies from Studio Ghibli to fill the entire month of December, he also reviewed other Disney related movies. Also, by popular demand, Doug and Rob also did V-logs of the Disney Channel's Gravity Falls.

    Ghibli Films
    Overlooked Classics
    By Popular Demand

    2015: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Star Wars, & Overlooked Films

    Because Doug Walker did not have enough Star Wars and Marvel Cinematic Universe films to fill the entire month of December, he also reviewed other Disney-related films, including Inside Out, The Good Dinosaur, and Tomorrowland. Notably, all the popular demand films (which were postponed until February due to the Fair Use controversy) were box office failures.

    Marvel Cinematic Universe
    Star Wars
    Overlooked Films
    By Popular Demand

    2016: The Direct-to-DVD Sequels

    For 2016, Doug Walker decided to look at the Disney films his viewers have been asking him to review: the direct-to-DVD Disney sequels. While recognizing that the sequels have the reputation of being some of Disney's worst material in recent years, Doug hopes to find at least one that is legitimately good, and ends up finding a few. Since there are not enough sequels to fill the entire month, the remaining entries will be original direct-to-DVD Disney animated films. Unlike the other years, there isn't a "By Popular Demand".

    DreamWorks-uary

    In the month of February 2013, Doug Walker of That Guy with the Glasses reviewed the DreamWorks animated movies except for Puss in Boots which he already reviewed and Rise of the Guardians whose DVD had not been released until two weeks after the month concluded. However, he already reviewed both movies when they came out (like with Wreck-it Ralph).

    Other appearances

  • Walker appeared in character as the Nostalgia Critic, alongside LittleKuriboh, as Yugi Mutou from Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series in a promo for Kami-Con 4.
  • Doug Walker has a brief cameo in the Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie.
  • Doug made a guest appearance as the Nostalgia Critic in the 'Everything Wrong With How the Grinch Stole Christmas - With Nostalgia Critic' video by CinemaSins on December 16, 2014.
  • The Nostalgia Critic appeared alongside the Nostalgia Chick (Lindsay Ellis) in a crossover review of The Chipmunk Adventure on her web series on April 28, 2012.
  • The character made a guest appearance on Cinema Snob's review of The Passion of the Christ on October 19, 2015. Walker also played the role of Luigi.
  • The character made a guest appearance on Shark Jumping's review of Glee (TV series).
  • The character made a guest appearance on Phelous' review of Child's Play 2 and 3
  • The Nostalgia Critic was featured alongside the Angry Video Game Nerd in the background of episode 5 of the anime 'The Unlimited Hyoubu Kyosuke' in 2013.
  • The Critic made a guest appearance in the Honest Trailers episode "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of Their Shells". He made trailer narrator Jon Bailey watch even worse TMNT related productions and talk show appearances .

    • References

    List of Nostalgia Critic episodes Wikipedia
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