Guy01
Since: Mar, 2015
04/14/2015 00:00:00
Agreed one hundred percent. Honestly, I started hating Doug after the stereotypical Jewish woman 'joke' in his Mo S review. I'm sorry, but that was just racist and anti-semitic. I have no idea why people still like him.
Ok, who let Light Yagami in here?
catmuto
Since: Nov, 2012
04/20/2015 00:00:00
Personally, racist jokes don't bother me. Mostly because, yeah they're racist, but they can still be funny.
But as my review says, it's more that the jokes and writing isn't that good anymore, hence I stopped watching. (Also his repeated instances of obviously not doing his research properly are... infuriating)
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Not Entertaining Anymore
I was only recently introduced to the Nostalgia Critic by my husband, at a time when the "last" episode that was a review of the Scooby Doo movie was already released. And I also have not watched Kickassia or To Boldly Flee since I honestly do not care whatever background he has created for this character. Watched him for reviews, not his background.
So when he returned, I had no big feelings about this. And while some of his newer videos are entertaining, I feel like since the video on Master of Disguise, he has severely gone down in terms of quality and entertainment. He seems too focused on bringing a lot of sketches into the videos, some even so long they completely distract from the review or were so unfunny they just stopped the entire flow of the video (particularly noticeable examples being in the Master of Disguise review). I have nothing personal against his co-actors, I just have a problem with the jokes and how the script was written.
Though while I do enjoy some of his older videos pre-renewal of the character, I did notice that he always had the issue of using misinformation or wrong statements in videos, some even flat out seeming like he didn't pay attention to the movie. (Look at his video on Quest For Camelot for an early example where he asked questions that were mostly answered in the movie)
But lately, his videos are not funny, his character is just mean, petty and angry - whether exaggerating it at the movie or because he's still angry that monetary issues (brought on by fans who likely stopped watching his videos after the Critic was finished) forced him to bring him back, the way I understood it, and just not fun anymore.
And his actions lately just seem to make things worse. For example, his review on Sailor Moon was disgusting, full of wrong information, focused on the wrong thing and overall seemed like a video he slapped together after watching only one episode, though he didn't want to watch it and had no interest in it at all. And yet, shortly after that review came out, Doug said he was gonna make Vlogs on watching Avatar the last Airbender. So apparently he can do that for one show, but not the other. If it's a matter of interest, why even make a video on something he honestly doesn't care about? He already had a list of "Things I won't review" so why not keep to it or even add things?