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The History of the Nostalgia Critic: Why The Review Must Go On (Patreon)

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2021-07-28 19:00:07
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2021-07-28 19:01:32
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2026-06
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As a former fan, it is a story that I remember so you don’t have to.

Special thanks to ArcadeZeus for his piano version of the Nostalgia Critic theme.

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The History of the Nostalgia Critic: Why The Review Must Go On

As a former fan, it is a story that I remember so you don't have to.

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Lady Helen Bio Rodriguez

Oh boy this will be fun. That picture from Legend of The Titanic I got autographed and still own. But I kinda regret it now. What a mess.

Hugo Segal

2:57-2:58 You might want to pitch up the audio during that brief second.

Justin Monti

This really was a very fascinating look at the Nostalgia Critic's and Channel Awesome. I remember back during the early 2010's when I watched a good amount of Nostalgia Critic episodes. It wasn’t until around 2015 or 2016 when I really became a huge fan of his work, watching his earlier videos, and having fun with them. I will admit back when Doug first brought back the Nostalgia Critic I did at least appreciate that Doug was trying to go in a different direction with his videos especially with including sketches in his reviews, or even with what he would do a few years later with his clip less reviews starting with Jurassic World. I will also not deny how Doug Walker back during the late 2000's and early 2010's was a massive influence to the reviewing community. However it also just shows how far Doug's reputation have fallen, ever since the Change The Channel controversy happened that was the point where his reputation came crashing down and nowadays because of that controversy Doug Walker as the Nostalgia Critic has just become a shell of his former self. For me when it came to the Chance The Channel controversy thanks to some videos from Cinematic Venom, and ever since then I found out more and more about what happened, and at that point it really ruined my taste for the Nostalgia Critic and Channel Awesome in general. While I did see a few of his recent reviews after the controversy, I honestly stopped caring about his videos, honestly his review of Pink Floyd's The Wall, which I definitely agree is possibly one of the worst reviews of a movie I have ever seen, was the final straw for me and ever since then I pretty much stopped watching the Nostalgia Critic in general. If there really is something good that came of of the Change The Channel controversy is that a lot of the former contributors moved onto do bigger and better things. So overall, it just really is fascinating to see how Doug Walker went from one of the most influential YouTubers, to someone that no one really cares about anyone. And also I would debate that a lot of people have lost interest in the Nostalgia Critic over the years considering that back in the day before the controversy happened some of his videos would gather millions and millions of views, however nowadays even since his reviews of the Wall some of his videos can’t even crack the 500,000 mark, so again it just shows how much Doug Walker has fallen.

Strider_Blaze

Watched the whole thing. To think I use to be a fan of the Nostalgia Critic. He did make me irrational hate films like Batman & Robin for quite awhile. Even if that film is still bad, I do consider it so bad is good. Great video as always, Mat.

Hugo Segal

I do, admittedly, continue to watch Channel Awesome-related content... albeit not as often as I did 5-6 years ago when I used to binge Nostalgia Critic videos on a regular basis. I mean no ill-will toward Doug and Rob and check in every now and then. But like "The Simpsons" or "The Fairly OddParents," I can't help but wish his respective show receive the conclusion it deserved 9 years ago.

Aurélien Beauchêne

I might be a bit awry by writing this, but I subscribed not long ago to Doug's YT channel, and I appreciate more his lesser-known shows and mini-reviews ("Dark Toons", "Tamara's Never Seen", "Disneycember"), and sometimes, he makes some honestly positive critics and analysis of beloved movies, the most recent one being "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?". I completely ignored the Change the Channel controversy, but that might not mean Doug wasn't affected by it. A former member of the Channel Awesome website, Benzaie (mostly known today in his "Hard Corner" videos), is still to this day supportive of Doug's few statements about this affair. (you can see his head near Mat's left shoulder at 8:25).

Trenton Girone

And to think, I used to be a fan of Doug’s. Channel Awesome has indeed gone downhill in terms of integrity. Thank you for this, Mat. This was a very good perspective on everything.

Hunter O'Laughlin

I understand this must have been hard for you, AniMat, considering Doug Walker was one of your influences to go into video making. But it was probably for the better that you stopped using him as an influence and changed the way you construct your criticisms in your later reviews. That Doug Walker influence was more harmful to you than helpful after Yoshi Player released his old rant video about you. But I’m glad to support you since you were able to change and improve.

Hunter O'Laughlin

At least you have autographed artwork from Beauty and the Beast from what I could see on your wall during the episodes of AniMat’s Crazy Cartoon Cast when you were a guest. Those are definitely something still worth keeping. Also, do you have any plans to celebrate Beauty and the Beast’s 30th anniversary in November?

Lady Helen Bio Rodriguez

Same convention funnily enough. But you know... Paige O'Hara never tried to cover up anything or acted in an uncaring manner. Its funny, Doug is a massive Belle fan but couldn't take anything to heart from her.

Kenneth Stoddard

If you guys don’t know me, I for one used to be fan of the Nostalgia Critic. I started watching him when I first saw his video of old vs new of the Karate Kid. Since then I become hook to Doug while finding his videos funny back when he had his good reputation. It was like that until somewhere in 2016 or 2017 where I find his videos declining and not enjoyably funny that I used to had especially with the writing he wrote for each episodes. Then when 2018 came in with the Channel Awesome controversy appeared, I was shocked about this situation and when they made that infamous unapologetic letter to his former content creators, I end up decided to quit following Channel Awesome and Doug Walker himself entirely with how they refuse to change. Sure I looked at his real life thoughts of each film every once in a while, but it doesn’t change the fact of how bad of a company they become. Since then, Mat, I follow you on your videos, social media and Patreon when you first reveal to everyone that you were a former fan of the Nostalgia Critic and making improvements over the hatred of Sony since the whole Yoshi Player drama as well the influential from Doug Walker took a toll on you. I guess you can say I’m looking for some filler to fill in Nostalgia Critic absent as I used to basically follow him and his videos everyday until 2018 occurred and yet here you are as the new Nostalgia Critic but more formative, funny, and better content creator when it comes to film criticisms and video quality. It was personal for me upon discussing the rise and fall of Channel Awesome and Doug Walker especially when they becoming a lot more like CinemaSins, but I’m happy you made that video to talk about this issue. Channel Awesome may now be a disgraceful company, but I hope no one should make the same mistakes that former has done.

Hunter O'Laughlin

Ah, yes. The irony. I don’t think Belle would want anything to do with Doug either. You’re lucky Paige O’Hara is a very sweet lady and is kind to her fans. I bet you’re excited for the 30th anniversary of Beauty and the Beast later in November. I wonder if AniMat will dedicate a special part of a future episode of the Crazy Cartoon Cast to talking about the film and its impact on film and animation history considering he also loves the film as much as you do and I can see him doing something like that to honor the film’s 30th anniversary. If he does, I’m sure you’d like to be a guest on his podcast again.

Kim Lechman

Thank God this isn’t another one of THOSE videos that’s nothing but ranting on Doug Walker and Channel Awesome and is made in such a lazy way that it was obviously not made in support of the #ChangetheChannel movement, but as clickbait to get some revenue. This video was made with passion and hard work. Well Done!

Rick Green

Much like the Nostalgia Critic, Doug Walker is stuck in the past and doesn't want to change, in fear that he will just go back to Square One. It would be telling if Doug let the mask drop and say what he's been feeling ever since #ChangetheChannel happened.