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

[No-Personality]

Todd reviews (and yes, I can back up his claim in the video) the biggest hit of 1998:

http://blip.tv/todds-pop-song-reviews/one-hit-wonderland-ghetto-supastar-by-pras-6848468

"Ghetto Superstar" by Pras featuring Mya and Ol' Dirty Bastard. Names you'll only recognize if you were about 15 in 1998. Like I was. Interesting episode. Could have used a little more info and analysis on Lauryn and Wyclef's careers to better put all 3 of their successes that year into context, or any mention that Lauryn's had serious financial troubles. Especially since there'll never be another episode on her (she was a one-hit Album wonder, not a one-hit Single wonder) and he just throws a "now she's insane" at the end to basically suggest that parting ways was a disaster for all of them.

He also brings up hip-hop in 1998 and rappers turning into actors. I had 3 Master P CD's in 1998. Just thought I'd throw that in there. (But, like with everything else in life- I feel no shame.)



Oh, and another fine Cinema Snob non-horror / exploitation / porn review, Two of a Kind (the 1983 "romantic" "comedy" starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John). In which he says Staying Alive is up and coming... I HOPE SO! I caught that on Netflix: Watch Instant, it's... perfect reviewing fodder.

http://blip.tv/the-cinema-snob/episode-6845811

[LumRanmaYasha]

I wonder why Lindsay is so focused on disaster movies lately? Her reviews have pretty much become exclusively about them for a while now. Not that I'm not enjoying them, but I wish she'd give them a break and review other stuff too.

[Avaitor]

This week's NC is the Swan Princess.

Good review! I think I liked this one as a kid, probably since yeah, it was so similar to Disney. But I haven't seen it in ages, so my admiration for it isn't too high. Doug got a good review out of it.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Now this one was laugh-out-loud funny, IMO.

[Avaitor]

Todd's selfie!

And he references "Valley Girl"!

[LumRanmaYasha]

What you never knew about Roger Rabbit.

[Daikun]

What you never knew about Roger Rabbit.

A day just after he releases this video, this had to happen.

[No-Personality]

Kyle's Shakespeare month is in bloom. I hope you guys are checking it out, it starts with Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet:
http://blip.tv/brows-held-high/shakespeare-month-romeo-juliet-6862365

And, yes, I am more interested in Kyle's video reviews of cinematic adaptations of poetry than anyone else's vlogs of blockbuster lame fantasy-historical epics.

Todd's selfie!

And he references "Valley Girl"!

He also references "Shoes" by Kelly... and my guns are out BIG TIME because I will fight anyone who insists that video is not a work of genius. I don't even know how the hell he can compare this to Ke$ha because Ke$ha is not actually a spoof / pastiche. Not knowingly. "Shoes" is entirely a joke. There's a friggin' dinosaur attacking a security guard for shit's sake.

First "You Oughta Know." Then "Milkshake." Now "Shoes" Todd has zero taste. Of course, the bigger problem clearly is that his name-drops are more clever than his ability to place them in a proper stream of context.

Otherwise, yeah, this was a great video. With one big problem: the "song" was too loud the whole time. I definitely lost a few of his words over the high pitch of the woman's yacking voice.

[Avaitor]

This article gave Kyle an existential crisis recently.

But besides that, new NC!

[Daxdiv]

I still don't understand the appeal of the Once-ler.

[Silverstar]

To give you an idea of how out of the loop I am, I didn't even know there was all this fan-love for the Once-ler until I saw this video. (But it's worth mentioning that I also had no idea that fangirls were squee-ing for Tom Hiddleston's Loki until I saw the first trailer for Thor: The Dark World in a theater.)

I didn't even bother going to see this movie. I knew The Lorax was going to be dreck the second I read that the film would be focusing on the kid, turning him into a teen and giving him a F.R.I. (Forced Romantic Interest). And you gotta love a movie whose titular character is supposed to be standing against development and crass commercialism being used to shill everything from pancakes to cars.

Also, Doug came on at the end and announced that they'll be auditioning new talent for the site. Dang, I'd like to audition for TGWTG, but I still haven't purchased any video editing software or begun shooting anything yet. Maybe next time.

Doug said the new stuff didn't have to be review-oriented, which is good 'cause I don't review stuff. I just goof, riff, snark and crack wise about cartoons, short films, TV shows and commercials. What we do at The Twin Factor can hardly be called reviewing.

[Dr. Insomniac]

I remember last year when I was introduced to all of the Once-ler fanart, including Once-ler pin-ups and Once-ler selfcest. What has been seen can never leave my mind.

[The Shadow Gentleman]

F.R.I. (Forced Romantic Interest).

[Daxdiv]

I remember last year when I was introduced to all of the Once-ler fanart, including Once-ler pin-ups and Once-ler selfcest. What has been seen can never leave my mind.

Only the dead can know peace from this evil. But yeah, I was aware of that shit.... I just don't understand the how and the why to it, and I even watched the flick on Netflix a couple of months back and I still didn't get it. I still remember the video where Ed Helms looked at the comments about Oncest.

[Dr. Insomniac]

I guess he's just Princess Sally/Renamon/Lola for women and gay men.