History Recap / TheNostalgiaCriticS8E17

* WhoWouldBeStupidEnough: The Critic deems the fact that President Cooper (yet another goofball Kevin James role) is legally elected to be too stupid even for an America where Creator/DonaldTrump is a hot favorite for the 2016 elections. It reeked of so much bullshit even his smartphone overloads and explodes.

* ItsTheSameNowItSucks[=/=]SeinfeldIsUnfunny: InUniverse. While the Critic doesn't think ''Pixels'' is the worst Adam Sandler film ever, he nevertheless attributes the massive backlash it has received to people finally having had enough of Sandler still using his tired old cliches as late as 2015. Fans in the comment section also attributed HypeBacklash, since [[NeverTrustATrailer the trailers made it come across as an actually decent film]].

* MoneyDearBoy[=/=]TheyJustDidntCare: InUniverse. Critic claims the writers were less interested in polishing the climax than they were in getting a quick buck.

* MST3KMantra: Critic!Sandler attempts to invoke this but the Critic proceeds to point out why this doesn't work: Sandler still acts like he's taking the movie seriously.

* WhoWritesThisCrap: Tamara!Violet breaks character to rant about the absurdity of Eddie being able to use a speed cheat to win his ''Pac-Man'' match against Sam years ago.

** The Critic compares the backlash over ''Pixels'' to that over the current ''[[Film/FantasticFour2015 Fantastic Four]]'' movie.

** After the Critic returns President Cooper (Kevin James), he dubs into him these lines:

* OurPresidnetsAreDifferent: Having used Malcolm!Obama as a stand-in for President Cooper to further demonstrate the ridiculousness of his antics, the Critic admits he thinks it would actually be pretty awesome if Obama decided to join a fight against alien invaders. He subsequently subverts/defies this trope by re-substituting the guy with Kevin James' superimposed head.

* ActorAllusion: {{Invoked|Trope}} with [[Disney/{{Frozen}} Olaf]] replacing Ludlow, Sam's ConspiracyTheorist friend, by virtue of both being played by Creator/JoshGad.
'''Release:''' August 18, 2015

'''Film:''' ''Film/{{Pixels}}''

'''Tagline:''' By popular demand, we figure out if this box office disaster is Creator/AdamSandler[='s=] worst movie yet!

!!This review provides examples of:

* BadassPresident: Having used Malcolm playing Barack Obama as a stand-in for Kevin James' character to further demonstrate the ridiculousness of his antics, the Critic admits he thinks it would actually be pretty awesome if Obama decided to join a fight against alien invaders. He subsequently subverts/defies this trope by re-substituting the guy with Kevin James' superimposed head.

* ItsTheSameNowItSucks[=/=]SeinfeldIsUnfunny: InUniverse, while the Critic doesn't think ''Pixels'' is the worst Adam Sandler film ever, he nevertheless attributes the massive backlash it has received to people finally having had enough of Sandler still using his tired old cliches as late as 2015. Even then, the Critic is still very charitable, believing that Sandler is wasting his potential to actually be funny and step up his game.
* MoneyDearBoy[=/=]TheyJustDidntCare: InUniverse, the Critic claims the writers were less interested in polishing the climax than they are about getting a quick buck.

* WorstWhateverEver: Defied, as the Critic doesn't even consider ''Pixels'' the worst Sandler film of all time, though he at least understands why it has garnered such a massive hatedom.

* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: InUniverse, while the Critic doesn't think ''Pixels'' is the worst Adam Sandler film ever, he nevertheless understood the situation and attributes the massive backlash to people finally having had enough of Sandler still using his tired old formulas as late as 2015. Even then, the Critic is still very charitable, believing that Sandler is wasting his potential to actually be funny and step up his game.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Invoked. Why does Critic think this movie sucks? Because it's 2015 and Sandler is still using the same formulas he always has that are now out of date.

* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Tamara!Violet downs her glass of wine before breaking character to rant on how Eddie was able to use a speed cheat during his battle with Sam years ago, and in real life, even.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Why does Critic think this movie sucks? Because it's 2015 and Sandler is still using the same formulas he always has that are now out of date.

* ClicheStorm: The Critic's InUniverse opinion of the film -- specifically, those commonly found in Adam Sandler films, so much so he claims to have found an app which allows him to create his own Sandler flick by cherry-picking desires elements.

* ElephantInTheLivingRoom: The RunningGag demands he address ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'''s take at video games attacking in "[[Recap/FuturamaS3E18AnthologyOfInterestII Anthology of Interest II]]".

* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: InUniverse, the Critic attributes the massive backlash over ''Pixels'' to the fact that Adam Sandler is still using his tired old formulas for his movies as late as 2015. Even then, Critic is still pretty much charitable, believing that Sandler is wasting his potential to actually be funny and step up his game.

** Like his ''Jurassic World'' review, the Critic takes time at the end to once again mock the copyright system.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Tamara!Violet downs her glass of wine before ranting on Eddie having used a speed cheat during his battle with Sam years ago.

* WorstWhateverEver: Defied, as the Critic doesn't even consider ''Pixels'' the worst Sandler film of all time, even as he explains the roots behind all the negative feedback.
* WhoWouldBeStupidEnough: The Critic deems James playing the President too dumb a decision even for an America where Creator/DonaldTrump is a hot favorite for the 2016 elections. Even his cellphone overloads from the preposterousness of it all.

* VillainDecay: As if his degradation from his ''After Earth'' reappearance isn't enough, Shyamal-Amon had to be taught by the Critic how to properly "Shyamalize" Dinklage in a Sandler film (turn something funny into unfunny, where in other Shyamalan films it's the other way around).

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* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: InUniverse, the Critic attributes the massive backlash over ''Pixels'' to the fact that Adam Sandler is still using his tired old formulas for his movies as late as 2015. Even the Critic believes that Sandler and his friends are wasting their potential to actually be funny and step up their game.
* LogicBomb: The very fact that Kevin James is playing Cooper, the President of the United States, has the Critic's cellphone overloading from the sheer bullshit of it all.
* MoneyDearBoy[=/=]TheyJustDidntCare: InUniverse, the Critic claims the writers went lazy during the climax, being more interested in making a quick buck than actually polishing it.

** The Critic's Sandler SNL impression, though styled as SelfDeprecation, nevertheless makes fun of his fall from grace.

* WhoWouldBeStupidEnough: The Critic deems James playing the President too dumb a decision even for an America where Creator/DonaldTrump is a hot favorite for the 2016 elections.

* ActorAllusion: {{Invoked|Trope}} with [[Disney/{{Frozen}} Olaf]] replacing Sandler's ConspiracyTheorist friend by virtue of both roles being played by Creator/JoshGad.
* CallBack: [[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS6E15 Shyamal-Amon]] returns to remove the acting ability from Creator/PeterDinklage.

* LogicBomb: The very fact that Kevin James is playing the President of the United States is deemed so much bullshit the Critic's cellphone overloads and explodes.

* ClicheStorm: The Critic's InUniverse opinion of the film -- specifically, those commonly found in Adam Sandler films, so much so he claims to have found an app which allows him to create his own Sandler flick with such elements.

* LogicBomb: The very fact that Creator/KevinJames is playing the President of the United States is deemed so much bullshit the Critic's cellphone overloads and explodes.

** The Critic compares the backlash over ''Pixels'' to that over the current ''[[Film/FantasticFour2015 Fantastic Four'' movie.

'''Tagline:''' By popular demand, we figure out if this box office disaster is Adam Sandler’s worst movie yet!

* ShoutOut[=/=]TakeThat: The Critic both references ''and'' mocks Creator/AdamSandler at once with an acoustic solo sung by Doug as Sandler, alluding to his time at ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' while detailing his fall from grace.

* CallBack
** [[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS6E15 Shyamal-Amon]] returns to remove the acting ability from Creator/PeterDinklage.