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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Some have argued that this episode could've been at least somewhat better if it was used to have Nostalgia Critic reflect on his own ego throughout the review and get a bit of CharacterDevelopment from it much like how Pink realized what he had become towards the film's climax.

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Some have argued that this episode could've been at least somewhat better if it was used to have Nostalgia Critic reflect on his own ego throughout the review and get a bit of CharacterDevelopment from it much like how Pink realized what he had become towards the film's climax.climax.
** This episode also could have had a better review of the movie and avoided most of its criticism by keeping it at the usual Nostalgia Critic review format, and actually including accurate research of the album and Rodger Walters' life into the review.

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* OneSceneWonder: While the review as a whole was almost universally excoriated by the internet as a whole, it's generally agreed, even (or especially) by people who hated the rest that Sam Fennah's segment for "The Trial" (featuring the cast of ''WebVideo/SatelliteCity'') stole the show.

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* OneSceneWonder: While the review as a whole was almost universally excoriated by the internet as a whole, internet, it's generally agreed, even (or especially) by people who hated the rest that Sam Fennah's segment for "The Trial" (featuring the cast of ''WebVideo/SatelliteCity'') stole the show.


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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Some have argued that this episode could've been at least somewhat better if it was used to have Nostalgia Critic reflect on his own ego throughout the review and get a bit of CharacterDevelopment from it much like how Pink realized what he had become towards the film's climax.
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** He mocks "Goodbye Blue Sky" as an "[[AwardBaitSong Oscar bait song]]," despite it originally coming from the Music/PinkFloyd [[Music/TheWall album]].
** Before and in the above-mentioned "Goodbye Blue Sky" parody, Critic attempts to criticize following a song about how bad school is with one talking about the horrors of [=WWII=], implying that the scene involving the train comes after the "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" scene. While "Goodbye Blue Sky" does come immediately after "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" on the album, it comes before it in the movie.

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** He mocks "Goodbye Blue Sky" as an "[[AwardBaitSong Oscar bait song]]," despite it originally coming from the Music/PinkFloyd [[Music/TheWall album]].
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** Before and in the above-mentioned "Goodbye Blue Sky" parody, Critic attempts to criticize following a song about how bad school is with one talking about the horrors of [=WWII=], UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, implying that the scene involving the train comes after the "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" scene. While "Goodbye Blue Sky" does come immediately after "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" on the album, it comes before it in the movie.
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: Another reason the review got so disparaged: while no one's going to say the Nostalgia Critic ever had the best effects -- and even some of the harshest critics of the review have admitted that the stuff done by Fenneh for this is pretty good -- the episode's attempts to imitate the still impressive animation of ''The Wall'' just serves to highlight how cheap and amateurish it all is.

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* SpecialEffectsFailure: Another reason the review got so disparaged: while no one's going to say the Nostalgia Critic ever had the best effects -- and even some of the harshest critics of the review have admitted that the stuff done by Fenneh for this is pretty good -- the episode's attempts to imitate the still impressive animation of ''The Wall'' with some very ConspicuousCGI and poorly done green screen effects just serves to highlight how cheap and amateurish it all is.

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* HePannedItNowHeSucks: While some defend the review, many (especially fans of the original album) do not. On the video as well as the subreddits, many find the review cringey and totally missing the point of the album as well as insulting to the Music/RogerWaters's autobiographical aspects. Not made better by the fact that many don't see what is being reviewed until the very end. The outrage from fans of the movie/album, combined with confusion from non-fans, resulted in a staggering amount of dislikes on the video, negative for even his most divisive reviews,[[note]]disregarding those that came out during [[OvershadowedByControversy the height of the Channel Awesome PR nightmare]][[/note]]. This backlash was so immense that some of his most vocal critics have and [[NeverLiveItDown continue to]] use it as their main argument against the entire ''Nostalgia Critic'' series, if not [[UpToEleven the "angry reviewer" format as a whole]].

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* HePannedItNowHeSucks: While some defend the review, many (especially fans of the original album) do not. On the video as well as the subreddits, many find the review cringey and totally missing the point of the album as well as insulting to the Music/RogerWaters's autobiographical aspects. Not made better by the fact that many don't see what is feel that it's actually being reviewed until a few seconds towards the very end. The outrage from fans of the movie/album, combined with confusion from non-fans, resulted in a staggering amount of dislikes on the video, negative for even his most divisive reviews,[[note]]disregarding those that came out during [[OvershadowedByControversy the height of the Channel Awesome PR nightmare]][[/note]]. This backlash was so immense that some of his most vocal critics have and [[NeverLiveItDown continue to]] use it as their main argument against the entire ''Nostalgia Critic'' series, if not [[UpToEleven the "angry reviewer" format as a whole]].



** Just one example involves him mocking "Goodbye Blue Sky" as an "[[AwardBaitSong Oscar bait song]]," despite it originally coming from the Music/PinkFloyd [[Music/TheWall album]].
** He also claims that "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" was meant to pander to rebellious teenagers who resent being made into productive members of society and want to feel victimized by their teachers. In reality, Pink Floyd's depiction of a school where students are abused and brainwashed into uniform clones devoid of individuality is startlingly accurate of UK boarding schools of the time (in fact, the teacher in charge of the children's choir in the song had to keep the recording a secret for fear of the head teacher shutting it down).
** "Bring the Runtime Down" decries the movie as being too long and should've been cut down -- even though, at a palatable 95 minutes, ''The Wall'' isn't really that long of a film. It also comes off as hypocritical considering that [[WebVideo/SuburbanKnights some of Doug's]] [[WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee own projects]] actually have longer runtimes.
** In fact, doing any research on ''The Wall'' and Roger Waters' life can very well explain why the film tackles classroom abuse and World War II in the same film, as Doug and Rob Walker clearly don't understand why. In fact, the video acts as if Waters is comparing school to ''the Holocaust'' when that was clearly never the intention.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: Another reason the review got so disparaged: while no one's going to say the Nostalgia Critic ever had the best effects -- and some parts are admittedly good, particularly the stuff done by Fenneh -- the episode's attempts to imitate the still impressive animation of ''The Wall'' just serves to highlight how cheap and amateurish it all is.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Some viewers have questioned what was the purpose of [[Music/{{Slipknot}} Corey Taylor]] appearing in a musical-themed video if the only song he ended up singing was a cover of the ''[=SpongeBob=] [=SquarePants=]'' theme, at the very end of the video. The episode even lampshades this, as if to say that it was an elaborate joke to have a professional singer barely do any singing.

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** Just one example involves him mocking "Goodbye Blue Sky" as an "[[AwardBaitSong Oscar bait song]]," despite it originally coming from the Music/PinkFloyd [[Music/TheWall album]].
** He also claims that "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" was meant to pander to rebellious teenagers who resent being made into productive members of society and want to feel victimized by their teachers. In reality, Pink Floyd's depiction of a school where students are abused and brainwashed into uniform clones devoid of individuality is startlingly accurate of UK boarding schools of the time (in fact, the teacher in charge of the children's choir in the song had to keep the recording a secret for fear of the head teacher shutting it down).
** He mocks "Goodbye Blue Sky" as an "[[AwardBaitSong Oscar bait song]]," despite it originally coming from the Music/PinkFloyd [[Music/TheWall album]].
** Before and in the above-mentioned "Goodbye Blue Sky" parody, Critic attempts to criticize following a song about how bad school is with one talking about the horrors of [=WWII=], implying that the scene involving the train comes after the "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" scene. While "Goodbye Blue Sky" does come immediately after "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" on the album, it comes before it in the movie.
** "Bring the Runtime Down" decries the movie as being too long and should've been cut down -- even though, at a palatable 95 minutes, ''The Wall'' isn't really that long of a film. It also comes off as hypocritical considering that [[WebVideo/SuburbanKnights some of Doug's]] [[WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee own projects]] actually have longer runtimes.
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** In fact, doing any research on ''The Wall'' and Roger Waters' life can very well explain why the film tackles classroom abuse and World War II in the same film, as film. The review shows that Doug and Rob Walker clearly don't understand why. In fact, the The video acts as if Waters is comparing school to ''the Holocaust'' when that was clearly never the intention.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: Another reason the review got so disparaged: while no one's going to say the Nostalgia Critic ever had the best effects -- and even some parts are admittedly good, particularly of the harshest critics of the review have admitted that the stuff done by Fenneh for this is pretty good -- the episode's attempts to imitate the still impressive animation of ''The Wall'' just serves to highlight how cheap and amateurish it all is.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Some viewers have questioned what was the purpose of [[Music/{{Slipknot}} Corey Taylor]] appearing in a musical-themed video if the only song he ended up singing was a cover of the ''[=SpongeBob=] [=SquarePants=]'' ''Spongebob Squarepants'' theme, at the very end of the video. The episode even lampshades this, as if to say that it was an elaborate joke to have a professional singer barely do any singing.
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* HePannedItNowHeSucks: While some defend the review, many (especially fans of the original album) do not. On the video as well as the subreddits, many find the review cringey and totally missing the point of the album as well as insulting to the Music/RogerWaters's autobiographical aspects. Not made better by the fact that many don't see what is being reviewed until the very end. The outrage from fans of the movie/album, combined with confusion from non-fans, resulted in a staggering amount of dislikes (at least equal to the like bar as of this writing) on the video, negative for even his most divisive reviews,[[note]]disregarding those that came out during [[OvershadowedByControversy the height of the Channel Awesome PR nightmare]][[/note]]. This backlash was so immense that some of his most vocal critics have and [[NeverLiveItDown continue to]] use it as their main argument against the entire ''Nostalgia Critic'' series, if not [[UpToEleven the "angry reviewer" format as a whole]].

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* HePannedItNowHeSucks: While some defend the review, many (especially fans of the original album) do not. On the video as well as the subreddits, many find the review cringey and totally missing the point of the album as well as insulting to the Music/RogerWaters's autobiographical aspects. Not made better by the fact that many don't see what is being reviewed until the very end. The outrage from fans of the movie/album, combined with confusion from non-fans, resulted in a staggering amount of dislikes (at least equal to the like bar as of this writing) on the video, negative for even his most divisive reviews,[[note]]disregarding those that came out during [[OvershadowedByControversy the height of the Channel Awesome PR nightmare]][[/note]]. This backlash was so immense that some of his most vocal critics have and [[NeverLiveItDown continue to]] use it as their main argument against the entire ''Nostalgia Critic'' series, if not [[UpToEleven the "angry reviewer" format as a whole]].



** He also claims that "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" was meant to pander to rebellious teenagers who resent being made into productive members of society and want to feel victimized by their teachers. In reality, Pink Floyd's depiction of a school where students are abused and brainwashed into uniform clones devoid of individuality is startlingly accurate of UK boarding schools of the time (in fact, the teacher in charge of the children's choir in the song had to keep the recording a secret for fear of the head teacher shutting it down.)
** "Bring the Runtime Down" decries the movie as being too long and should've been cut down--even though, at a palatable 95 minutes, ''The Wall'' isn't really that long of a film. [[WebVideo/SuburbanKnights Some of Doug's]] [[WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee own projects]] actually have longer runtimes.

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** He also claims that "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" was meant to pander to rebellious teenagers who resent being made into productive members of society and want to feel victimized by their teachers. In reality, Pink Floyd's depiction of a school where students are abused and brainwashed into uniform clones devoid of individuality is startlingly accurate of UK boarding schools of the time (in fact, the teacher in charge of the children's choir in the song had to keep the recording a secret for fear of the head teacher shutting it down.)
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** "Bring the Runtime Down" decries the movie as being too long and should've been cut down--even down -- even though, at a palatable 95 minutes, ''The Wall'' isn't really that long of a film. It also comes off as hypocritical considering that [[WebVideo/SuburbanKnights Some some of Doug's]] [[WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee own projects]] actually have longer runtimes.



* SpecialEffectsFailure: Another reason the review got so disparaged: while no one's going to say the Nostalgia Critic ever had the best effects--and some parts are admittedly good, particularly the stuff done by Fenneh--the episode's attempts to imitate the still impressive animation of ''The Wall'' just serves to highlight how cheap and amateurish it all is.

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* SpecialEffectsFailure: Another reason the review got so disparaged: while no one's going to say the Nostalgia Critic ever had the best effects--and effects -- and some parts are admittedly good, particularly the stuff done by Fenneh--the Fenneh -- the episode's attempts to imitate the still impressive animation of ''The Wall'' just serves to highlight how cheap and amateurish it all is.
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* HePannedItNowHeSucks: While some defend the review, many (especially fans of the original album) do not. On the video as well as the subreddits, many find the review cringey and totally missing the point of the album as well as insulting to the Music/RogerWaters's autobiographical aspects. Not made better by the fact that many don't see what is being reviewed until the very end. The outrage from fans of the movie/album, combined with confusion from non-fans, resulted in a staggering amount of dislikes (at least equal to the like bar as of this writing) on the video, negative for even his most divisive reviews,[[note]]disregarding those that came out during [[OvershadowedByControversy the height of the Channel Awesome PR nightmare]][[/note]] sparking a lot more discussion from his critics about the problems with the ''Nostalgia Critic'' format.

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* HePannedItNowHeSucks: While some defend the review, many (especially fans of the original album) do not. On the video as well as the subreddits, many find the review cringey and totally missing the point of the album as well as insulting to the Music/RogerWaters's autobiographical aspects. Not made better by the fact that many don't see what is being reviewed until the very end. The outrage from fans of the movie/album, combined with confusion from non-fans, resulted in a staggering amount of dislikes (at least equal to the like bar as of this writing) on the video, negative for even his most divisive reviews,[[note]]disregarding those that came out during [[OvershadowedByControversy the height of the Channel Awesome PR nightmare]][[/note]] sparking a lot more discussion from nightmare]][[/note]]. This backlash was so immense that some of his most vocal critics about have and [[NeverLiveItDown continue to]] use it as their main argument against the problems with the entire ''Nostalgia Critic'' format.series, if not [[UpToEleven the "angry reviewer" format as a whole]].
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Some viewers have questioned what was the purpose of [[Music/{{Slipknot}} Corey Taylor]] appearing in a musical-themed video if the only song he ended up singing was [[spoiler: a cover of the ''[=SpongeBob=] [=SquarePants=]'' theme]], at the very end of the video. The episode even lampshades this, as if to say that it was an elaborate joke to have a professional singer barely do any singing.

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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Some viewers have questioned what was the purpose of [[Music/{{Slipknot}} Corey Taylor]] appearing in a musical-themed video if the only song he ended up singing was [[spoiler: a cover of the ''[=SpongeBob=] [=SquarePants=]'' theme]], theme, at the very end of the video. The episode even lampshades this, as if to say that it was an elaborate joke to have a professional singer barely do any singing.

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* OneSceneWonder: While the review as a whole was [[SnarkBait almost universally excoriated]] by the internet as a whole, it's generally agreed, even (or especially) by people who hated the rest that Sam Fennah's segment for "The Trial" (featuring the cast of ''WebVideo/SatelliteCity'') stole the show.

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* OneSceneWonder: While the review as a whole was [[SnarkBait almost universally excoriated]] excoriated by the internet as a whole, it's generally agreed, even (or especially) by people who hated the rest that Sam Fennah's segment for "The Trial" (featuring the cast of ''WebVideo/SatelliteCity'') stole the show.



* SnarkBait: The review has been largely subject to mockery due to its misunderstanding of the source material, poor-quality parody songs, and the fact that it's barely a review, being considered one of the worst moments for Website/ChannelAwesome as a whole and being the most disliked video on their Website/YouTube channel. The album with the songs included in the review (as well as some that didn't make it in the review itself) was badly received as well, to the point where Rob Scallon (who provided the instrumentation for the songs in the review) eventually went as far as to remove it from his Bandcamp page.
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* UnfortunateImplications:
** The "Hashtag" sequence is presented as a commentary on "cancel culture" and the toxicity of social media. This would not be an issue if it weren't for all the #[=ChangeTheChannel=] drama which has taken a hit on Doug Walker's reputation and good standing. As such, more than a few people suspected that Doug isn't talking about the cultural landscape in general, but those who defend the victims of Channel Awesome's mistreatment, portraying them as being insensitive crybabies. Either that, or they think that Doug's trying to throw the Channel Awesome accusations under the rug and urges his followers to pity ''him'' instead for whatever harassment he managed to get over the years.
** Pink's portrayal in the video as some sort of drama queen mega-rockstar who acts depressed because he wants attention has as some perceiving that one of the morals in the episode is "rich people can't be depressed because they're rich." If it's true, then it's obvious that the people involved in this hadn't heard of Music/ChesterBennington.

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** "Bring the Runtime Down" decries the movie as being too long and should've been cut down--even though, at a palatable 95 minutes, The Wall isn't really that long of a film. [[WebVideo/SuburbanKnights Some of Doug's]] [[WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee own projects]] actually have longer runtimes.

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** "Bring the Runtime Down" decries the movie as being too long and should've been cut down--even though, at a palatable 95 minutes, The Wall ''The Wall'' isn't really that long of a film. [[WebVideo/SuburbanKnights Some of Doug's]] [[WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee own projects]] actually have longer runtimes.


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* SpecialEffectsFailure: Another reason the review got so disparaged: while no one's going to say the Nostalgia Critic ever had the best effects--and some parts are admittedly good, particularly the stuff done by Fenneh--the episode's attempts to imitate the still impressive animation of ''The Wall'' just serves to highlight how cheap and amateurish it all is.

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** In fact, doing any research on ''The Wall'' and Roger Waters' life can very well explain why the film tackles classroom abuse and World War II in the same film, as Doug and Rob Walker clearly don't understand why.

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** In fact, doing any research on ''The Wall'' and Roger Waters' life can very well explain why the film tackles classroom abuse and World War II in the same film, as Doug and Rob Walker clearly don't understand why. In fact, the video acts as if Waters is comparing school to ''the Holocaust'' when that was clearly never the intention.

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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Some viewers have questioned what was the purpose of [[Music/{{Slipknot}} Corey Taylor]] appearing in a musical-themed video if the only song he ended up singing was [[spoiler: a cover of the ''[=SpongeBob=] [=SquarePants=]'' theme]]. The episode even lampshades this, as if to say that it was an elaborate joke to have a professional singer barely do any singing.

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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Some viewers have questioned what was the purpose of [[Music/{{Slipknot}} Corey Taylor]] appearing in a musical-themed video if the only song he ended up singing was [[spoiler: a cover of the ''[=SpongeBob=] [=SquarePants=]'' theme]].theme]], at the very end of the video. The episode even lampshades this, as if to say that it was an elaborate joke to have a professional singer barely do any singing.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Some viewers have questioned what was the purpose of [[Music/{{Slipknot}} Corey Taylor]] appearing in a musical video if the only song he ended up singing was [[spoiler: a cover of the ''[=SpongeBob=] [=SquarePants=]'' theme]]. The episode even lampshades this, as if to say that it was an elaborate joke to have a professional singer barely do any singing.

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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Some viewers have questioned what was the purpose of [[Music/{{Slipknot}} Corey Taylor]] appearing in a musical musical-themed video if the only song he ended up singing was [[spoiler: a cover of the ''[=SpongeBob=] [=SquarePants=]'' theme]]. The episode even lampshades this, as if to say that it was an elaborate joke to have a professional singer barely do any singing.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Some viewers have questioned what was the purpose of [[Music/{{Slipknot}} Corey Taylor]] appearing in a musical video if the only song he ended up singing was [[spoiler: a cover of the ''[=SpongeBob=] [=SquarePants=]'' theme]]. The episode even lampshades this, as if to say that it was an elaborate joke to have a professional singer barely do any singing.

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** Pink's in portrayed in the video as some sort of drama queen mega-rockstar has as some perceiving that one of the morals in the episode is "rich people can't be depressed because they're rich," and that he acts depressed for attention. If it's true, then it's obvious that the people involved in this hadn't heard of Music/ChesterBennington.

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** Pink's in portrayed portrayal in the video as some sort of drama queen mega-rockstar who acts depressed because he wants attention has as some perceiving that one of the morals in the episode is "rich people can't be depressed because they're rich," and that he acts depressed for attention. rich." If it's true, then it's obvious that the people involved in this hadn't heard of Music/ChesterBennington.

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** Pink's in portrayed in the video as some sort of drama queen mega-rockstar has as some perceiving that one of the morals in the episode is "rich people can't be depressed because they're rich." If it's true, then it's obvious that the people involved in this hadn't heard of Music/ChesterBennington.

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** Pink's in portrayed in the video as some sort of drama queen mega-rockstar has as some perceiving that one of the morals in the episode is "rich people can't be depressed because they're rich." rich," and that he acts depressed for attention. If it's true, then it's obvious that the people involved in this hadn't heard of Music/ChesterBennington.

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** In fact, doing any research on ''The Wall'' and Roger Waters' life can very well explain why the film tackles classroom abuse and World War II in the same film, as Doug and Rob Walker clearly don't understand why.



* UnfortunateImplications: The "Hashtag" sequence is presented as a commentary on "cancel culture" and the toxicity of social media. This would not be an issue if it weren't for all the #[=ChangeTheChannel=] drama which has taken a hit on Doug Walker's reputation and good standing. As such, more than a few people suspected that Doug isn't talking about the cultural landscape in general, but those who defend the victims of Channel Awesome's mistreatment, portraying them as being insensitive crybabies. Either that, or they think that Doug's trying to throw the Channel Awesome accusations under the rug and urges his followers to pity him instead for whatever harassment he managed to get over the years.

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The "Hashtag" sequence is presented as a commentary on "cancel culture" and the toxicity of social media. This would not be an issue if it weren't for all the #[=ChangeTheChannel=] drama which has taken a hit on Doug Walker's reputation and good standing. As such, more than a few people suspected that Doug isn't talking about the cultural landscape in general, but those who defend the victims of Channel Awesome's mistreatment, portraying them as being insensitive crybabies. Either that, or they think that Doug's trying to throw the Channel Awesome accusations under the rug and urges his followers to pity him ''him'' instead for whatever harassment he managed to get over the years.years.
** Pink's in portrayed in the video as some sort of drama queen mega-rockstar has as some perceiving that one of the morals in the episode is "rich people can't be depressed because they're rich." If it's true, then it's obvious that the people involved in this hadn't heard of Music/ChesterBennington.
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** "Bring the Runtime Down" decries the movie as being too long and should've been cut down--even though, at a paltry 95 minutes, The Wall isn't really that long of a film. [[WebVideo/SuburbanKnights Some of Doug's]] [[WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee own projects]] actually have longer runtimes.

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** "Bring the Runtime Down" decries the movie as being too long and should've been cut down--even though, at a paltry palatable 95 minutes, The Wall isn't really that long of a film. [[WebVideo/SuburbanKnights Some of Doug's]] [[WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee own projects]] actually have longer runtimes.
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** "Bring the Runtime Down" decries the movie as being too long and should've been cut down--even though, at a paltry 95 minutes, The Wall isn't really that long of a film. [[WebVideo/SuburbanKnights Some of Doug's]] [[WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee own projects]] actually have longer runtimes.
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* UnfortunateImplications: The "Hashtag" sequence is presented as a commentary on "cancel culture" and the toxicity of social media. This would not be an issue if it weren't for all the #[=ChangeTheChannel=] drama which has taken a hit on Doug Walker's reputation and good standing. As such, more than a few people suspected that Doug isn't talking about the cultural landscape in general, but those who defend the victims of Channel Awesome's mistreatment, portraying them as being insensitive crybabies. Either that, or they think that Doug's trying to throw the Channel Awesome accusations under the rug and urges his followers to pity him instead for whatever harassment he managed to get over the years.
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* CriticalResearchFailure: *Sigh* Where to begin?
** His main takeaway from "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" is "High school sucks", when it was actually written about Music/RogerWaters's own struggles going through school in his youth where teachers were allowed to abuse their students and face no repercussions for their actions.
** He refers to "Goodbye Blue Sky" as an Oscar bait song, despite it being from the original album which came out two years before the film.

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* ShallowParody: The review has been routinely criticized for this. Just one example involves him mocking "Goodbye Blue Sky" as an "[[AwardBaitSong Oscar bait song]]," despite it originally coming from the Music/PinkFloyd [[Music/TheWall album]].

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Just one example involves him mocking "Goodbye Blue Sky" as an "[[AwardBaitSong Oscar bait song]]," despite it originally coming from the Music/PinkFloyd [[Music/TheWall album]].album]].
** He also claims that "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" was meant to pander to rebellious teenagers who resent being made into productive members of society and want to feel victimized by their teachers. In reality, Pink Floyd's depiction of a school where students are abused and brainwashed into uniform clones devoid of individuality is startlingly accurate of UK boarding schools of the time (in fact, the teacher in charge of the children's choir in the song had to keep the recording a secret for fear of the head teacher shutting it down.)


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* WereStillRelevantDammit: The obligatory attack on "outrage culture" -- despite being totally unrelated to ''The Wall'' in any way -- seems like it's a few years too late to be as scathing as it was intended to be, not helped by how out-of-touch it comes across as in practice. The montage of nerds dressed in stereotypical "hipster" clothing mindlessly chanting "hashtag" at their computer screens is especially cringeworthy, since it's hardly something you'd expect out of someone who's as Internet culture-savvy as Doug Walker.
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** His main takeaway from "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" is "High school sucks", when it was actually written about Music/RogerWaters' own struggles going through school in his youth where teachers were allowed to abuse their students and face no repercussions for their actions.

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** His main takeaway from "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" is "High school sucks", when it was actually written about Music/RogerWaters' Music/RogerWaters's own struggles going through school in his youth where teachers were allowed to abuse their students and face no repercussions for their actions.



* HePannedItNowHeSucks: While some defend the review, many, especially fans of the original album, do not. On the video as well as the subreddits, many find the review cringey and totally missing the point of the album as well as insulting to the Music/RogerWaters' autobiographical aspects. Not made better by the fact that many don't see what is being reviewed until the very end. The outrage from fans of the movie/album, combined with confusion from non-fans, resulted in a staggering amount of dislikes (at least equal to the like bar as of this writing) on the video, negative for even his most divisive reviews[[note]]disregarding those that came out during [[OvershadowedByControversy the height of the Channel Awesome PR nightmare]][[/note]], sparking a lot more discussion from his critics about the problems with the ''Nostalgia Critic'' format.
* {{Narm}}: Part of the backlash against the review is because of this. Much of it is seen as ridiculous - for all the wrong reasons. The obvious green screen and ConspicuousCGI (especially in "The Trial", where Critic interacts with the ''WebVideo/SatelliteCity'' characters) is perhaps unavoidable, but the effect of Sam Fennah's [[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome beautifully elaborate and creative animation]] is mostly ruined by the fact that Doug seems to be [[DullSurprise barely summoning up the effort to pretend he's not looking at a green screen.]]

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* HePannedItNowHeSucks: While some defend the review, many, especially many (especially fans of the original album, album) do not. On the video as well as the subreddits, many find the review cringey and totally missing the point of the album as well as insulting to the Music/RogerWaters' Music/RogerWaters's autobiographical aspects. Not made better by the fact that many don't see what is being reviewed until the very end. The outrage from fans of the movie/album, combined with confusion from non-fans, resulted in a staggering amount of dislikes (at least equal to the like bar as of this writing) on the video, negative for even his most divisive reviews[[note]]disregarding reviews,[[note]]disregarding those that came out during [[OvershadowedByControversy the height of the Channel Awesome PR nightmare]][[/note]], nightmare]][[/note]] sparking a lot more discussion from his critics about the problems with the ''Nostalgia Critic'' format.
* {{Narm}}: Part of the backlash against the review is because of this. Much of it is seen as ridiculous - -- for all the wrong reasons. The obvious green screen and ConspicuousCGI (especially in "The Trial", where Critic interacts with the ''WebVideo/SatelliteCity'' characters) is perhaps unavoidable, but the effect of Sam Fennah's [[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome beautifully elaborate and creative animation]] is mostly ruined by the fact that Doug seems to be [[DullSurprise barely summoning up the effort to pretend he's not looking at a green screen.]]screen]].



* SnarkBait: The review has been largely subject to mockery due to its misunderstanding of the source material, poor quality parody songs, and the fact that it's barely a review, being considered one of the worst moments for Website/ChannelAwesome as a whole and being the most disliked video on their Website/YouTube channel. The album with the songs included in the review (as well as some that didn't make it in the review itself) was badly received as well, to the point where Rob Scallon (who provided the instrumentation for the songs in the review) eventually went as far as to remove it from his Bandcamp page.

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* SnarkBait: The review has been largely subject to mockery due to its misunderstanding of the source material, poor quality poor-quality parody songs, and the fact that it's barely a review, being considered one of the worst moments for Website/ChannelAwesome as a whole and being the most disliked video on their Website/YouTube channel. The album with the songs included in the review (as well as some that didn't make it in the review itself) was badly received as well, to the point where Rob Scallon (who provided the instrumentation for the songs in the review) eventually went as far as to remove it from his Bandcamp page.
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* SnarkBait: The review has been largely subject to mockery due to its misunderstanding of the source material, parody songs, and the fact that it's barely a review, being considered one of the worst moments for Website/ChannelAwesome as a whole and being the most disliked video on their Website/YouTube channel. The album with the songs included in the review (as well as some that didn't make it in the review itself) was badly received as well, to the point where Rob Scallon (who provided the instrumentation for the songs in the review) eventually went as far as to remove it from his Bandcamp page.

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* SnarkBait: The review has been largely subject to mockery due to its misunderstanding of the source material, poor quality parody songs, and the fact that it's barely a review, being considered one of the worst moments for Website/ChannelAwesome as a whole and being the most disliked video on their Website/YouTube channel. The album with the songs included in the review (as well as some that didn't make it in the review itself) was badly received as well, to the point where Rob Scallon (who provided the instrumentation for the songs in the review) eventually went as far as to remove it from his Bandcamp page.
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* HePannedItNowItSucks: While some defend the review, many, especially fans of the original album, do not. On the video as well as the subreddits, many find the review cringey and totally missing the point of the album as well as insulting to the Music/RogerWaters' autobiographical aspects. Not made better by the fact that many don't see what is being reviewed until the very end. The outrage from fans of the movie/album, combined with confusion from non-fans, resulted in a staggering amount of dislikes (at least equal to the like bar as of this writing) on the video, negative for even his most divisive reviews[[note]]disregarding those that came out during [[OvershadowedByControversy the height of the Channel Awesome PR nightmare]][[/note]], sparking a lot more discussion from his critics about the problems with the ''Nostalgia Critic'' format.

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* HePannedItNowItSucks: HePannedItNowHeSucks: While some defend the review, many, especially fans of the original album, do not. On the video as well as the subreddits, many find the review cringey and totally missing the point of the album as well as insulting to the Music/RogerWaters' autobiographical aspects. Not made better by the fact that many don't see what is being reviewed until the very end. The outrage from fans of the movie/album, combined with confusion from non-fans, resulted in a staggering amount of dislikes (at least equal to the like bar as of this writing) on the video, negative for even his most divisive reviews[[note]]disregarding those that came out during [[OvershadowedByControversy the height of the Channel Awesome PR nightmare]][[/note]], sparking a lot more discussion from his critics about the problems with the ''Nostalgia Critic'' format.

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* SugarWiki/AwesomeArt: The animated segments, especially those produced by [[WebVideo/SatelliteCity Sam Fennah]], are widely seen as [[JustHereForGodzilla the only worthwhile part]] of the review.
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: For people who aren't familiar with the ''WebVideo/SatelliteCity'' characters, the segment Sam Fennah provided for "The Trial" is rather jarring to see with Doug randomly dropped into a beautifully animated CGI landscape with bizarre anthropomorphic monsters.
* ContinuityLockout: In a crossover-related sense, the appearance of the ''WebVideo/SatelliteCity'' cast at the climax drew a lot of confused "wut" reactions from people wondering why Doug was suddenly plunged into a surreal landscape with bizarre CGI creatures. It’s more fun to watch Lucy Lacemaker grope Critic while he looks grossed out when you know she’s a PsychoLesbian who likes to behead ''then'' snuggle.



** His main takeaway from "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" is "High school sucks", when it was actually written about Roger Waters' own struggles going through school in his youth where teachers were allowed to abuse their students and face no repercussions for their actions.

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** His main takeaway from "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" is "High school sucks", when it was actually written about Roger Waters' Music/RogerWaters' own struggles going through school in his youth where teachers were allowed to abuse their students and face no repercussions for their actions.



* SnarkBait: The review has been largely subject to mockery due to its misunderstanding of the source material, parody songs, and the fact that it's barely a review, being considered one of the worst moments for Website/ChannelAwesome as a whole and being the most disliked video on their [=YouTube=] channel. The album with the songs included in the review (as well as some that didn't make it in the review itself) was badly received as well, to the point where Rob Scallon (who provided the instrumentation for the songs in the review) eventually went as far as to remove it from his Bandcamp page.

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* EnsembleDarkhorse: While the review has become notorious in all the wrong ways, the ''WebVideo/SatelliteCity'' cast's appearance and song generally stole the show and were found to be much better than the rest, if generally weird and perhaps out of place.
* HePannedItNowItSucks: While some defend the review, many, especially fans of the original album, do not. On the video as well as the subreddits, many find the review cringey and totally missing the point of the album as well as insulting to the Music/RogerWaters' autobiographical aspects. Not made better by the fact that many don't see what is being reviewed until the very end. The outrage from fans of the movie/album, combined with confusion from non-fans, resulted in a staggering amount of dislikes (at least equal to the like bar as of this writing) on the video, negative for even his most divisive reviews[[note]]disregarding those that came out during [[OvershadowedByControversy the height of the Channel Awesome PR nightmare]][[/note]], sparking a lot more discussion from his critics about the problems with the ''Nostalgia Critic'' format.
* {{Narm}}: Part of the backlash against the review is because of this. Much of it is seen as ridiculous - for all the wrong reasons. The obvious green screen and ConspicuousCGI (especially in "The Trial", where Critic interacts with the ''WebVideo/SatelliteCity'' characters) is perhaps unavoidable, but the effect of Sam Fennah's [[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome beautifully elaborate and creative animation]] is mostly ruined by the fact that Doug seems to be [[DullSurprise barely summoning up the effort to pretend he's not looking at a green screen.]]
* OneSceneWonder: While the review as a whole was [[SnarkBait almost universally excoriated]] by the internet as a whole, it's generally agreed, even (or especially) by people who hated the rest that Sam Fennah's segment for "The Trial" (featuring the cast of ''WebVideo/SatelliteCity'') stole the show.
* ShallowParody: The review has been routinely criticized for this. Just one example involves him mocking "Goodbye Blue Sky" as an "[[AwardBaitSong Oscar bait song]]," despite it originally coming from the Music/PinkFloyd [[Music/TheWall album]].
* SnarkBait: The review has been largely subject to mockery due to its misunderstanding of the source material, parody songs, and the fact that it's barely a review, being considered one of the worst moments for Website/ChannelAwesome as a whole and being the most disliked video on their [=YouTube=] Website/YouTube channel. The album with the songs included in the review (as well as some that didn't make it in the review itself) was badly received as well, to the point where Rob Scallon (who provided the instrumentation for the songs in the review) eventually went as far as to remove it from his Bandcamp page.page.
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* SnarkBait: The review has been largely subject to mockery due to its misunderstanding of the source material, parody songs, and the fact that it's barely a review, being considered one of the worst moments for Website/ChannelAwesome as a whole. The album with the songs included in the review was badly received as well.

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* CriticalResearchFailure: *Sigh* Where to begin?
** His main takeaway from "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" is "High school sucks", when it was actually written about Roger Waters' own struggles going through school in his youth where teachers were allowed to abuse their students and face no repercussions for their actions.
** He refers to "Goodbye Blue Sky" as an Oscar bait song, despite it being from the original album which came out two years before the film.
* SnarkBait: The review has been largely subject to mockery due to its misunderstanding of the source material, parody songs, and the fact that it's barely a review, being considered one of the worst moments for Website/ChannelAwesome as a whole. whole and being the most disliked video on their [=YouTube=] channel. The album with the songs included in the review (as well as some that didn't make it in the review itself) was badly received as well.well, to the point where Rob Scallon (who provided the instrumentation for the songs in the review) eventually went as far as to remove it from his Bandcamp page.
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* SnarkBait: The review has been largely subject to mockery due to its misunderstanding of the source material, parody songs, and the fact that it's barely a review. Not only the video has more dislikes than likes, being considered one of the worst moments for Creator/ChannelAwesome as a whole.

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* SnarkBait: The review has been largely subject to mockery due to its misunderstanding of the source material, parody songs, and the fact that it's barely a review. Not only the video has more dislikes than likes, review, being considered one of the worst moments for Creator/ChannelAwesome Website/ChannelAwesome as a whole.whole. The album with the songs included in the review was badly received as well.
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