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I’m surprised to see him mention Walker in anything close to a neutral or positive light.

Did they make up when I wasn’t looking?

From Matthew buck’s twitter(Film Brain)

@TheHappySpaceman
Trust me, if I made my own critical content, cutting out excess jabs and references would be a total pain - as it’s basically a distraction from the criticism.
And editing is painstaking process as it is if you ask any editor.
And trying to find or experiment with an editing software that is not cheap or shitty like Windows Movie Maker (the worst editing software you can possibly have) is another issue as you have to learn how to edit yourself without a class - and there is so many like Sony Vegas and whatnot!

@northern haste
Sure, but it feels like ever since then, there’s been a disdain towards comedic reviews of all kinds just because he’s tainted the whole genre. And… just speaking as someone who runs his own review channel, I find it very difficult to make reviews without any kind of comedy in them, because I don’t trust my abilities as a reviewer and also I’m just a jokey type of guy IRL, so I’d hate to have to make myself something I’m not.

@northern haste
Plus it’s not always easy to tell what is a legitimate criticism and what is just a joke. Like that bit him and Andre did in the Smurfs review where he questions why Papa Smurf is afraid of onions, is this meant to just be a comedy routine or is he really just that stupid not knowing onions irritate your eyes and make them water.

@TheHappySpaceman
Main problem with his comedy style of reviews is that the joke takes priority sometimes.
Even in the early days he would misrepresent a movie Just for the sake of a joke.

The existence of Doug Walker damaging the reputation of comedic reviews is a mixed bag, IMO. Like, I don’t think everything has to be serious analysis without jokes or whatever. Comedic review/riff videos should be allowed to exist as well. Doug’s videos are just not good.

@Dr_Osaka
Indeed - especially with better critics nowadays like Karsten Runquist whom put actually criticism first and amateur/immature humor dead last.

@ИІЯІЖIRIN
True, can’t argue with that, which is why his older videos get worse with age.

@Dr_Osaka
As if he weren’t creatively bankrupt already.
He’s been doing the same ol’ shtick since 2008!

@Dr_Osaka
Yes real

@northern haste
Is he for real? Did he actually make a Top 10 that is just the same topic and joke the entire video? I know Doug has become creativity bankrupt, but this is just sad.

Pretty much just him playing old cosby ads and making sex jokes

@ИІЯІЖIRIN
Well I know for sure that BigJackFilms and Bobsheaux took inspiration from Doug when making their videos and it does not translate well.

@Dex Stewart
I think the first time I got into watching Doug was his review of Son of Mask, I hated that movie so much that seeing someone else talk about how bad it was did give me comfort.

@Dr_Osaka
Unironically, a lot of brony “analysts” (you can guess which ones) take inspiration from Doug Walkner, and their content is just as if not more obnoxious - with their unfunny humor and loud waffling proving to be more cringeworthy than thought-provoking and engaging.

@Dr_Osaka
The first videos of his I saw were actually his “Ask That Guy” videos. They’re not all good, but it did have one of my absolute favorite jokes ever of his.
“What is the terror that flaps in the night?”
”My penis.“
The first NC videos I saw were his Secret of Nimh 2 and Neverending Story 2 and 3 reviews. At the time, no one else had really riffed on or analyzed these terrible movies in any capacity, and it was cathartic in a way.
If you were to ask me to recall any jokes or points he made though, I’m afraid I don’t remember a single thing.

@ИІЯІЖIRIN
Yeah looking back at his older content I do question why I thought he was funny, guess it was my naiveté at the time. Though some jokes can be funny, but Doug himself is so over-the-top and his voice can get irritating to listen to.

@Dr_Osaka
Doug Walkner was never funny/good tbh

Just sayin’…

Larry Bundy Jr has been kicked out.
Channelawesome.com is no more It will now just take you to the YouTube channel.

Doug did a Top list for funniest Disney villains, and I agree with a lot of the entries; Madam Mim, Captain Hook, Ratigan, Kronk, and Prince John all make the list (Sadly no Bowler Hat Guy or King Candy)

I’m glad Hades made #1 even though Doug’s opinion of Disney’s Hercules is lame, I know it’s not a perfect film but Doug had no right trashing it the way he did in his Disneycember review.

@ИІЯІЖIRIN
No I totally agree, whether it’s his clipless reviews, demo reel sketches, or Pop Quiz game shows, Doug really doesn’t understand parody and satire like he thinks he does or how to mesh them with his reviews.

@Dr_Osaka
Tbh, Doug Walkner doesn’t know good satire/parody if it came up and bit him right on the ass hard!

I’m just sayin’…

An example of good parody/satire

Vs. bad parody/satire

He just did Nimona for DisneyCember And I think he doesn’t know that the movie was put on netflix because blue sky was shut down by disney

Doug has started releasing videos for his latest Disneycember, and apparently because Disney owns Hollywood Pictures he decided to use that as an excuse to re-review the live action Super Mario Bros. Movie again.

I am glad that he decided to finally talk about this movie again since his original review was so atrocious, I get it was one of his earliest reviews and back then they had to be short because of YouTube’s rule, but I always had an issue with it because Doug wanted to tackle it from a fan perspective but ended up just criticizing it for surface level reasons (and even then he still made mistakes like not understanding why they chose to have Mario & Luigi’s last names be Mario).

This review is a lot better, and it shows that Doug has at least matured a bit since he at least finds the movie entertainingly bad which is how I now view it myself, he even went to the trouble of actually addressing other characters in the movie like Toad, Iggy & Spike and even addressed Koopa not being called Bowser; with that said he still didn’t bring up Daisy being in the film instead of Peach, Yoshi being in the film, or Mario’s girlfriend Danielle who many people mistaken for Pauline.

All in all this was a long time coming, and I prefer it over his first review, that said I still recommend watching other reviews for this movie like James Rolfe and Clipped Coin.