Channel Larry (EDIT: Channel Awesome renamed to just Nostalgia Critic)

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New Todd!

I hate this song lol

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Todd takes on Justin Bieber and Shawn Mendes in his new review.

[LumRanmaYasha]

The NC's newest commercials episode features a cameo from a certain legendary animator...

Also, the second part of Some Jerk's Escape from Tomorrow review is up!

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As lopsided as the quality of his main videos can be, I always get big laughs out of his commercial videos.

My only real gripe was with the Pokemon commercial. I get that his character hates/doesn't get Pokemon, but for a character that's supposed to be a big Nintendo fan, it's kind of odd to target a commercial that's actually about the game rather than some of the other merchandise.

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I wasn't fond of that skit either, and I've seen a lot of comments on the video chastising it as well. It really came across a little too mean-spirited, even for as much as the Critic hates Pokemon.

Overall, though, it was another great special, and I loved the recurring gag with Don Bluth. I'm very curious to see what the Critic will review with him next week. Perhaps the Dragon's Lair tv series from the 80's?

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The penultimate Cinemadonna looks at Madonna's last film.

Edit: Wait, she directed a movie, too. I guess we have 2 more Cinemadonnas left.

[LumRanmaYasha]

This year's Disneycember will focus on the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Star Wars movies, & other popular requests.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

And here are his thoughts on Thor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT5fvMlIeLo

I'm surprisingly pretty much in agreement with him so far, though my opinions on each film slightly vary. I think that Iron Man is definitely better than just "pretty good" as a stand-alone film, and I'm much harder on The Incredible Hulk and Iron Man 2 in retrospect than he is. I find it a bit funny how he claims that everyone was hating on Iron Man 2 when it came out. The movie has a Certified Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and I remember a lot of people, including myself, being in denial about the movie's lack of quality for at least a year or two after it came out. Back then, people were kind of giving it a free-pass just because they wanted to like it so much. Looking back on it, the movie was a complete mess, and a real bore at that.

As for Thor, I pretty much agree with him on it, though I'm surprised he didn't really talk at all about Tom Hiddleston's performance as Loki, seeing as how insanely popular that actor and his character became after this movie and The Avengers, and how he pretty much had the best performance in this film (at least IMO).

I'm interested to see him tackle Captain America: The First Avenger tomorrow. Unlike most internet critics, I do know that he actually does enjoy the film (not to the same extent that I do, but certainly more than a lot of other people), and that he's also an admirer of Joe Johnston's earlier movie, The Rocketeer. Perhaps he could at least explain some of the qualities that make the movie better than what some people give it credit for, while also acknowledging some of his own criticisms of it.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Captain America: The First Avenger

Like I said before, I'm glad that he likes this one. And I felt the same way as Doug going into this movie. I never in a million years thought that a live-action Captain America movie could possibly work unless it was played up for comedy. I already liked the character well enough thanks to the show Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, which portrays him very well, but that was animation, and the way that he's done in that show wouldn't translate very well into live action. When I finally got around to seeing this movie, I was pleasantly surprised. Oddly enough, I didn't love or appreciate it on my first viewing quite as much as I do now. I liked it fine, but it was on my second viewing of the film on Netflix about a year later that I truly realized how great the movie was on its own merits.

And yes, like Doug said, this is an adventure movie rather than an action movie. A lot of people seem to miss the point when they complain about the lack of action in The First Avenger, IMO. As I explained in another post, that's clearly not the tone or feel that this movie was going for.

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This Christmas, Todd takes on Adele and Drake's new megahits.

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Kyle's top 20 films of 2015.

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Todd's top 10 worst

Part 1 2

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I really hate "Worth It" so I'm pleased it made his list, don't like "Fight Song" but have resigned that we'll be hearing it for a while thanks to that Ford commercial, actually like Nicki's part in "Only" but hate the rest of the song, and I like "Bad Blood".  The rest isn't worth mentioning.

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I heard his #1 in full for the first time the other day, while I was at Barnes & Noble. It's well deserved.

[Daikun]

Todd's Best of 2015 list is now up.

It's only for Patrons, though. It'll go public tomorrow.