Line #7 Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS8E17


1	'''Release:''' August 18, 2015
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3	'''Film:''' ''Film/{{Pixels}}''
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5	'''Tagline:''' By popular demand, we figure out if this box office disaster is Creator/AdamSandler[='s=] worst movie yet!
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7	!!We remembered these tropes so you don't have to:
8	* ActorAllusion:
9	** The Critic replaces Ludlow, Sam's ConspiracyTheorist friend, with [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Olaf]], by virtue of both being played by Creator/JoshGad.
10	** After the Critic returns President Cooper (Creator/KevinJames), whom he replaced with Malcolm!Obama for most of the {{review}}, he dubs into him these lines:
11	--->'''Critic!Cooper:''' Yay! Your president [[Film/PaulBlartMallCop Paul Blart]] is gonna shoot up aliens! Someone give me a beer to chug!
12	* {{Beat}}: The Critic mocks the usage of this during Sam and Eddie's first meeting in years, wondering if at this point all the Creator/HappyMadisonProductions fans will still laugh at it.
13	* ButThouMust: At one point the Appler Sandler gives the Critic and the elephant the choice between "funny" and "not funny". Amazed, they elect to choose the "funny" option, only for it move around the screen and not allow Critic to press it.
14	* CallBack: [[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS6E15 Shyamal-Amon]] returns to remove the acting ability from Creator/PeterDinklage as Eddie.
15	* ClicheStorm: The Critic's InUniverse opinion of the film -- specifically, those commonly found in Sandler's films, so much so he claims to have discovered "Appler Sandler", a phone app which allows him to create his own Sandler flick by cherry-picking desired elements.
16	* ClipShow: Inverted. Like the ''Film/JurassicWorld'' [[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS8E13 review]] two months ago, the Critic gets around the fact that he cannot use clips from a movie that is still in theaters by substituting props and his own crew.
17	* TheComicallySerious: Creator/KevinJames as President Cooper is replaced by the Critic with Malcolm as UsefulNotes/BarackObama for most of the review, just to demonstrate how inappropriate Cooper's actions are for someone who has a very serious job.
18	* ElephantInTheLivingRoom: A LiteralMetaphor of this trope demands the Crtic to address ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'''s take at video games attacking in "[[Recap/FuturamaS3E18AnthologyOfInterestII Anthology of Interest II]]".
19	* EveryoneHasStandards: Subverted. Critic!Sandler calls out Creator/RobSchneider for pretending to have standards when it comes to racial humor, and he agrees.
20	* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even Shyamal-Amon deems the awkward silence between Sam and Eddie so stupid he [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere promptly bolts out of the scene]].
21	* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: While [[InvokedTrope 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.
22	* MoneyDearBoy: InUniverse. Critic claims the writers were less interested in polishing the climax than they were in getting a quick buck.
23	* MST3KMantra: Critic!Sandler attempts to [[InvokedTrope invoke]] this but the Critic proceeds to point out why this doesn't work: Sandler still acts like he's taking the movie seriously.
24	* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: Having used Malcolm!Obama as a stand-in for President Cooper to further demonstrate the ridiculousness of the latter's 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 Cooper's superimposed head.
25	* ReadingsBlewUpTheScale: Creator/KevinJames playing the president reeked of so much bullshit it caused the Critic's phone to explode.
26	* ShoutOut:
27	** The opening sketch has the Critic lampooning Sandler's time in ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' singing acoustics.
28	** VideoGame/ZeroWing's AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs meme is also referenced in the warning screen from the aliens.
29	* TakeThat:
30	** The Critic's Sandler impression mocks his fall from grace, all styled as SelfDeprecation.
31	** The Critic compares the backlash over ''Pixels'' to ''[[Film/FantasticFour2005 Fantastic Four (2005)]]'', saying it's was like this year's counterpart of that movie... until it was dethroned by this year's actual ''[[Film/FantasticFour2015 Fantastic Four]]'' movie.
32	** Like his ''Jurassic World'' review, the Critic takes time at the end to once again take potshots at the overzealous copyright protection system that had caused several of his videos to be temporarily removed from [=YouTube=].
33	* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Tamara!Violet downs her glass of wine before breaking character to do a "WhoWritesThisCrap" rant. At the end she, Doug!Sam and Jim!Eddie hug and comfort each other as they agree to try to survive the whole film.
34	* TheUnintelligible: Barney!Porter speaks in so much gibberish the Critic dubs into him standard Sandler bully lines.
35	* 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 the Creator/MNightShyamalan films it's the other way around).
36	* WouldRatherSuffer: The elephant said he'd rather rub his balls in a cheese grater than listen to Adam Sandler's annoying voice.
37	* WorstWhateverEver: Defied, as the Critic doesn't even consider ''Pixels'' the worst Sandler film of all time. On the other hand, he understands why it has garnered such a massive hatedom.
38	* 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 and again during the fight against Pac-Man in the present day.
39	* 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 UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump is a hot favorite for the 2016 elections. It reeked of so much bullshit even his phone overloads and explodes.
40	* YouCouldHaveUsedYourPowersForGood: Outside the film itself, and "comedic talent" instead of "powers". The Critic believes that Sandler is wasting his potential to actually be funny and step up his game.
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