History HarsherInHindsight / AtopTheFourthWall

* In general the many early videos featuring ''WebVideo/IronLiz'' can be harder to watch now that [[WeUsedToBeFriends Liz and Lewis are no longer friends]]. Ditto for any episode that features Lewis working with Creator/DougWalker or Creator/BradJones.

* In his review of issue two of ''ComicBook/GodzillaKingdomOfMonsters'', Lewis has a bit where he dismisses the idea of the live-action ''Film/GhostInTheShell'' movie ever coming out. Not only did it happen, he uploaded the video onto Website/YouTube in the wake of the massive WTHCastingAgency reaction to Creator/ScarlettJohansson being cast as the Major.

** And almost a year ''after'' that video was released, there's the review of the comic adaptation of ''Film/Batman1989'' with the Nostalgia Critic where Linkara brings up fan demand towards another crossover review of an Uwe Boll movie to the Critic. Of course this video would end up being the ''last'' time there would be a crossover between the two due to Lewis leaving the site the following year killing any further chance of that happening.

** And almost a year ''after'' that video was released, there's the review of the comic adaptation of ''Film/Batman1989'' with the Nostalgia Critic where Linkara brings up fan demand towards another crossover review of an Uwe Boll movie to the Critic. Of course this video would end up being the ''last'' time there would be a crossover between the two due to Lewis leaving the site the following year.

** He also noted that he was cautiously optimistic about the Marvel NOW initiative because he thought it would allow the writers to interpret Peter Parker as a young adult that learns from his mistakes instead of [[ManChild an adult with a teenager's mindset]]. Marvel NOW then began with ''The Superior Spider-Man'', featuring Otto Octavius -- a protagonist that not only ignores the "With Great Power ComesGreatResponsibility" creed that was the cornerstone of his predecessor's code of conduct, but one that absolutely '''refuses''' [[NeverMyFault to take responsibility for his actions]] -- which is something that Peter at least tried to do, but screwed up on due to inconsistent writing.

** Douchey refuses to follow the site following the Nostalgia Critic's departure despite there being other contributors to the site. One of the grievances the former producers had with Doug Walker wasn't that he didn't inform them ahead of time about the Nostalgia Critic ending and effectively blindsided them with the news, which put their livelihoods at risk as the Nostalgia Critic was the main draw of the site and their shows got less exposure in his absence.

* The Film/{{Caligula}} RunningGag with WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob whenever he was showing up for a milestone episode has become this in light of Creator/BradJones [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment burning bridges with his old Channel Awesome colleagues]], including Creator/LewisLovhaug. As of the 600th episode, it has been retired.

** Douchey refuses to follow the site following the Nostalgia Critic's departure despite there being other contributors to the site. One of the grievances the former producers had with Doug Walker wasn't that he didn't inform them ahead of time about the Nostalgia Critic ending, which put their livelihoods at risk as the Nostalgia Critic was the main draw of the site and their shows got less exposure in his absence.

** Douchey refuses to follow the site following the Nostalgia Critic's departure despite there being other contributors to the site. One of the grievances the former producers had with Doug Walker wasn't that he didn't inform them ahead of time about the Nostalgia Critic ending, which put their livelihoods at risk as the Nostalgia Critic was the main draw of the site and their shows got less exposure afterwards.

** Douchey refuses to follow the site following the Nostalgia Critic's departure despite there being other contributors to the site. One of the grievances the former producers had with Doug Walker wasn't that he didn't inform them ahead of time about the Nostalgia Critic ending, which left put their livelihoods at risk as the Nostalgia Critic was the main draw of the site and their shows got less exposure afterwards.

* The ending of his ''ComicBook/HeroesInCrisis'' review end with him begging people not to attack Tom King over the book's quality. Right around the time the video was posted, King's own actions (making false accusations against Creator/JaeLee, which led to Lee getting harassed) resulted in a far worse backlash against King. [[note]] However, he did apologize for the accusations which are mostly due Jae Lee having done art covers for Ethan Van Sciver before he became infamous for supporting the [=ComicsGate=] movement[[/note]]

* In his "The Next 15 Screw Ups of [=AT4W=]", Lewis calls out (although calmly) Douchey [=McNitpick=] in regards to how [[Website/ChannelAwesome the site]] still has good content makers despite [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic the Critic]] retiring and for saying how the site "sucks", before making a joke at the expense of Welshy. Seems all well and good until WebVideo/{{Welshy}} offhandly remarks how "the site is dying now, if you believe the critics. And ''those who work for the site''. And the fans." This was posted on ''December 31st, 2012'', '''six years''' before ''everyone'' left Channel Awesome due to turmoil behind the scenes and treatment of the staff at the hands of the Walker brothers and CEO Mike Michaud.

* The Film/{{Caligula}} RunningGag with WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob whenever he was showing up for a milestone episode has become this in light of Brad Jones [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment burning bridges with his old Channel Awesome colleagues]], including Lewis. As of the 600th episode, it has been retired.

* In Linkara's review of ''[[spoiler:ComicBook/OneMoreDay]]'', he mentions several times how he would do anything to get the effects of said comic reversed ([[spoiler:outside of making a DealWithTheDevil]]). Later on, [[spoiler:Holokara proves true to that, and was planning to threaten to blow up Marvel Headquarters to ''force'' them to reverse ''One More Day'']]. Even worse, [[spoiler:it's stated that the ''real'' Linkara would have eventually done the very same thing had he not been made aware of how egotistical and selfish he was becoming]].

* In his review of ''One More Day'', he noted that he was cautiously optimistic about the Marvel NOW initiative because he thought it would allow the writers to interpret Peter Parker as a young adult that learns from his mistakes instead of [[ManChild an adult with a teenager's mindset]]. Marvel NOW then began with ''The Superior Spider-Man'', featuring Otto Octavius -- a protagonist that not only ignores the "With Great Power ComesGreatResponsibility" creed that was the cornerstone of his predecessor's code of conduct, but one that absolutely '''refuses''' [[NeverMyFault to take responsibility for his actions]] -- which is something that Peter at least tried to do, but screwed up on due to inconsistent writing.

* The ending of his ''ComicBook/HeroesInCrisis'' review end with him begging people not to attack Tom King over the book's quality. Right around the time the video was posted, King's own actions (making false accusations against Creator/JaeLee, which led to Lee getting harassed) resulted in a far worse backlash against King.

* The ending of his ''ComicBook/HeroesInCrisis'' review end with him begging people not to attack Tom King over the book's quality. Right around the time the video was posted King's own actions making false accusations against Creator/JaeLee led to Lee getting harassed, resulting in a far worse backlash against King.

* [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] concludes his two-part review of ''The Rise of Arsenal'' by remarking that hopefully, DC's forthcoming (at the time) reboot will erase both ''Cry For Justice'' and this mini from continuity, resurrecting Lian Harper in the process. Later that week, DC stated that one of the changes is that Arsenal[=/=]Roy Harper will be undergoing a reduction in his age and would now be too young to have had a daughter (or at least, the Lian the readers knew) yet. This does mean that ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueCryForJustice'' and ''The Rise of Arsenal'' were erased. BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor, Linkara.

* He concludes his two-part review of ''The Rise of Arsenal'' by remarking that hopefully, DC's forthcoming (at the time) reboot will erase both ''Cry For Justice'' and this mini from continuity, resurrecting Lian Harper in the process. Later that week, DC stated that one of the changes is that Arsenal[=/=]Roy Harper will be undergoing a reduction in his age and would now be too young to have had a daughter (or at least, the Lian the readers knew) yet. This does mean that ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueCryForJustice'' and ''The Rise of Arsenal'' were erased. BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor, Linkara.

* The Film/Caligula RunningGag with WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob whenever he was showing up for a milestone episode has become this in light of Brad Jones [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment burning bridges with his old Channel Awesome colleagues]], including Lewis. As of the 600th episode, it has been retired.

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[[caption-width-right:350:''This episode was produced before certain facts about Justin were known. Had they been known, the tributes would not have been done. It remains online, with the original ruminations in place, for historical purposes as an episode of this show and as a reminder that I made this terrible mistake, but it has been demonetized and comments disabled.'']]

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* He concludes his two-part review of ''The Rise of Arsenal'' by remarking that hopefully, DC's forthcoming (at the time) reboot will erase both ''Cry For Justice'' and this mini from continuity, resurrecting Lian Harper in the process. Later that week, DC stated that one of the changes is that Arsenal[=/=]Roy Harper will be undergoing a reduction in his age and would now be too young to have had a daughter (or at least, the Lian the readers knew) yet. This does mean that ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueCryForJustice'' and ''The Rise of Arsenal'' weres erased. BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor, Linkara.

* His speech about toxic nostalgia in his ''Infinite Crisis'' review, while not directed at anyone from Website/ChannelAwesome, can feel like this in the wake of numerous complaints of abuse and incompetence regarding CA in general and WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic himself, Creator/DougWalker, that became public only a month later.

* In his "The Next 15 Screw Ups of [=AT4W=]", Lewis calls out (although calmly) Douchey [=McNitpick=] in regards to how [[Website/ChannelAwesome the site]] still has good content makers despite [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic the Critic]] retiring and for saying how the site "sucks", before making a joke at the expense of Welshy. Seems all well and good until Welshy offhandly remarks how "the site is dying now, if you believe the critics. And ''those who work for the site''. And the fans." This was posted on ''December 31st, 2012'', '''six years''' before ''everyone'' left Channel Awesome due to turmoil behind the scenes and treatment of the staff at the hands of the Walker brothers and CEO Mike Michaud.
** It gets worse when there's the segment between Creator/LindsayEllis and Lewis about the ''Supergirl'' trade he loaned her. She responds that she'll 'return' it when they "shoot the next anniversary". While there ''was'' an anniversary special following the controversial ''To Boldly Flee'', it didn't feature most, if not all of the original members of the site, which was an unfortunate signal for fans that began to see Channel Awesome's decline in quality.

-> ''"Justin was one of the kindest, friendliest, and most wonderful people I ever had the privilege to call a friend. He was actually the oldest of us for a long time on Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses, something we were especially reminded about when, during the filming of Kickassia, we went to a nearby Chinese restaurant to celebrate his birthday.''"''