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Ookamikun This is going to be so much fun. from the lupine den Since: Jan, 2001
This is going to be so much fun.
#14876: Aug 29th 2019 at 9:36:48 PM

[up][up]Sauce?

Death is a companion. We should cherish Death as we cherish Life.
Darthwyn Ace Pilot from The void Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
Ace Pilot
#14877: Aug 30th 2019 at 12:09:32 AM

I feel really neutral regarding that movie.

"When I offered to make Norea my third back-up girlfriend she just glared at me and started throwing things at me.." Renee Costa
amadeussyracuse A Wink's As Good As A Nod To A Blind Bat from Hyrule Since: Feb, 2018 Relationship Status: And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson
A Wink's As Good As A Nod To A Blind Bat
#14878: Sep 1st 2019 at 10:01:41 AM

Thanks, Doug, for bashing Mushu.

I never saw Mulan II but I found Mushu extremely obnoxious in the 1998 movie. I don't even consider Mushu as comedic relief. I consider the rest of the Mulan movie to be dramatic relief from that annoying dragon.

I wonder if Doug will ever talk about another Eddie Murphy cartoon character...

No, not Donkey: Doug already covered the 4 Shrek movies in "Dreamworksuary". I'm asking if Doug will ever talk about Thurgood Stubbs and the Fox/CW cartoon The P Js

"Living in a cardboard condo... Homeboy in a home-made bungalow..."

No, Mr. Bunker, "this here" is justice
Weirdguy149 The King Without a Kingdom from Lumiose City under development Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
The King Without a Kingdom
#14879: Sep 1st 2019 at 10:42:52 AM

I think Mushu's perfectly fine as a comic relief. It's the damn cricket that I'm bothered by. Mulan would have gone through the Soothsayer just fine if Cri-Kee did not exist.

It's been 3000 years…
akanesarumara Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: Abstaining
#14880: Sep 1st 2019 at 7:02:47 PM

[up] Though Cri-Kee if I remember right didn't really do much else than cause Mulan to flub the matchmaker interview, if she got engaged right away she wouldn't really have been able to run away to the army to help. So in a way, the matchmaker interview going badly was the whole point.

Motyka5 Since: Aug, 2011
#14881: Sep 4th 2019 at 4:44:49 PM

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip:

A fine video but I think the first movie still got the best review.

Stray observations:

  • Okay, that "continue this conversation" joke was legit funny.
  • God, I remember Samantha from According to Jim! And I didn't even watch that show!
  • "...the next you're being confused for one of Chewbacca's toes, it's a tough life."
  • "Dead. Now we know why this is the last one."
  • "Wasn't that the last line in Titanic?"
  • "That's right, just keep walking like you don't wanna kill yourself. I saw you eye that river; it's not deep enough to finish you off."
  • "He's like the Terminator!" Wait, what?
  • Oh, no cameo from That SciFi Guy? Sadly, I'm not surprised but still, he's clearly visible in quite a few shots!
  • And it's weird that at no point does Doug refer to Tony Hale by name.

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Kaiseror Since: Jul, 2016
#14882: Sep 4th 2019 at 6:13:39 PM

[up] Wait, ThatSciFiGuy?! Didn't he leave even before the Change the Channel controversy?

Motyka5 Since: Aug, 2011
#14883: Sep 4th 2019 at 10:39:01 PM

[up] Technically speaking, while That SciFi Guy hasn't made a new video since 2014, I don't think he's ever *officially* left CA; hell, if I recall correctly, he even still took part in a con panel with Doug in early 2018. And since he wasn't heavily involved in CTC, I kinda hoped he would appear in the review, but alas.

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windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#14884: Sep 5th 2019 at 2:02:34 AM

This movie is by no means what I would call good, but I really liked "You Are My Home".

Brandon Not a cat from Meribia Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Not a cat
#14885: Sep 5th 2019 at 12:00:17 PM

*Waits patiently for a 5th Chipmunks movie to be announced*

If I had a nickel for every film where Emma Stone falls off a balcony... I'd only have two nickels, but weird that there's two of them.
KJMackley Since: Jan, 2001
#14886: Sep 6th 2019 at 3:44:13 AM

It is funny after noticing how they interchange recap-centric reviews and sketch-centric reviews, I got a good laugh of Critic saying he wasn't going to use his actors because he was going to be lazy like the movie and called Tamara to let her know. "Cool, I'm going to go get drunk." (stares off blankly in bliss)

Brandon Not a cat from Meribia Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Not a cat
#14888: Sep 11th 2019 at 8:04:33 PM

Predicts Doug will make a joke like "Getting rooked by Sony. Now I know how Marvel feels."

If I had a nickel for every film where Emma Stone falls off a balcony... I'd only have two nickels, but weird that there's two of them.
Motyka5 Since: Aug, 2011
#14889: Sep 12th 2019 at 4:55:49 PM

The Pest:

Stray observations:

  • "Who showers with all that shit?!"
  • "I'll show him for directing The Wizard of Oz on Ice!"
  • OK, the Scottish mafia is a pretty funny concept.
  • "What's, like, your origin? Do you have a birthday?"
  • "World War II and this, we apologize to all Jews for World War II and this."
  • Jesus fucking Christ, this might be the most insufferable-looking movie I've ever seen on this show! You know it's bad when spending more time with Jeffrey Jones actually starts to sound appealing!

Next week: The Wall.


In other news, there will be a live screening of the clipless review of It: Chapter Two on 2 October. Buy tickets here.

Also, during the recent Twitch stream Doug mentioned a few future review subjects: The Grinch (2018) for Christmas and Justice League as a "big crossover" (apparently a clipless one at the end of the year).

Edited by Motyka5 on Sep 12th 2019 at 5:12:28 AM

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Brandon Not a cat from Meribia Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Not a cat
#14890: Sep 12th 2019 at 5:22:12 PM

Will be interesting to see his take on the animated Grinch movie.

Frankly, I find the live-action film more tolerable.

If I had a nickel for every film where Emma Stone falls off a balcony... I'd only have two nickels, but weird that there's two of them.
windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#14891: Sep 12th 2019 at 10:46:49 PM

What was the last 90s movie Doug reviewed prior to The Pest?

KJMackley Since: Jan, 2001
#14892: Sep 13th 2019 at 1:04:46 AM

Jetsons Meet The Flinstones is technically 80's but done just a few weeks ago, That Darn Cat! the week before and Barneys Big Adventure three months ago.

Motyka5 Since: Aug, 2011
Forenperser Foreign Troper from Germany Since: Mar, 2012
Foreign Troper
#14894: Sep 16th 2019 at 10:53:27 AM

Jesus, The Pest is like North, but a 1000x worse!

Nice episode though.

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Beatman1 Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Gone fishin'
#14895: Sep 16th 2019 at 10:57:30 AM

Justice League! Well that will be...oh. Clipless. Despite the film being two years old. It was bad enough when the Blockbuster Buster did it with Linkara and Lupa, only to utterly drown the review in a storyline he was doing, but now this? I mean, the biggest failings of the film are how it tried and failed to match the scope of The Avengers, and again, clipless reviews don’t make sense for films that old.

Motyka5 Since: Aug, 2011
#14896: Sep 16th 2019 at 11:27:46 AM

[up] Actually, I was mistaken: Doug later clarified that the Justice League review *wouldn't* be clipless. The clipless review at the end of the year is going to be something else. (Solo?)

Edited by Motyka5 on Sep 16th 2019 at 11:28:00 AM

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Beatman1 Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Gone fishin'
#14897: Sep 16th 2019 at 11:33:33 AM

[up]Good, mostly because there’s too much there to point out with the acting and the attempts at doing a Shared Universe that just don’t work as well as when they just try to be their own thing. Focus on the Now is all, a lesson they seem to be learning.

Motyka5 Since: Aug, 2011
#14898: Sep 18th 2019 at 4:52:39 PM

The Wall:

Soundtrack, with songs and music not used in the video

...I don't know. I didn't quite feel that. It's definitely one of the most cinematic reviews they've ever done and on the technical level, the video is fantastic. (Soundtrack, special effects, editing, the amazing sequence with the Satellite City cast.) Corey Taylor is also a very fun presence. But in terms of the actual content, I feel the review was a bit unfocused, without the one prevailing thesis statement (admittingly, this kind of gets called out in the video). Like, some of the songs are about the changing perception of the movie with age and some criticize social media and the outrage culture? Ehhh, I'm not sure about that. I wasn't also huge on the parody of "Another Brick in the Wall" basically making fun of kids complaining about school and missing the autobiographical subtext of Roger Waters' childhood.

I did really like the "Comfortably Numb" parody, though. Such is the power of this song.

Stray observations:

Edited by Motyka5 on Sep 18th 2019 at 5:09:26 AM

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Talden Since: May, 2009
#14899: Sep 19th 2019 at 1:29:24 AM

A review with parody songs included? I think I'll pass. That has never been their strong point.

Motyka5 Since: Aug, 2011
#14900: Sep 19th 2019 at 2:00:36 AM

[up] The songs are alright (it helps that they're mostly using the original Pink Floyd melodies) but sometimes the rhyming patterns don't quite work and the mixing during a few songs makes it hard to understand the lyrics.

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