Hocus Pocus - Nostalgia Critic
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- A Halloween classic or a repulsive mess? The holiday’s not over until Nostalgia Critic takes on some witches, and Hocus Pocus.
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“You can’t kill us. We’re Disney!”
That line gets scarier every year.
Someday Disney will Die Someday.
@@treystephens6166 All empires fall
@@kakyointhemilfhunter4273 I hope they fall this century and Star Wars can belong to someone better!
@@treystephens6166 and then it ends up in the hands of an even worse psychopath
@@Sonichero151 is there someone you suspect ❓
I don't really understand how people aren't getting how this is a review.
Yes, it's a parody, but that's there for a reason. It blatantly mocks the logic used in the film while he'll at key moments drop some opinion on how well certain parts or aspects hold up.
If anything, I feel like I am getting an informed opinion about this shit, even though it's deeply layered in comedy.
Frankly, this shit is more entertaining anyways. If I wanted straight forward reviews of this kind of shit, I would never go to Nostalgia Critic. I go to people like Chris Stuckmann.
Nostalgia Critic has and probably always will be about parodying the content while also offering opinions.
The only difference between old NC and new NC is that his parody has visual form instead of him sitting at a desk playing with a prop or two.
If I had to offer my honest opinion, I think he benefits a lot more from the socialization in the videos whereas in the older ones he was basically talking to himself.
I'm sorry, I had to get that out of my system.
I'm tired of seeing this onslaught of angry hipsters bitching perpetually about how Nostalgia Critic "sucks" now.
+Crucillus Thorn I don't think that's the argument. I just don't believe that he should do reviews like this, he needs to mix in a little more nostalgia critic type of quality to it which this did a little more than his previous skit reviews in my opinion
+Crucillus Thorn He's never going to do the same thing too, I think people are so afraid of change that they don't want to see his work evolve. He's always done cut aways anyway, but their content gets deleted off RUclips so they might be cutting it out completely for copyright purposes?
+GodzillaFanForever 1 yeah but this time was a sequel to his actual review in Disneycember. He did all the review part there and rather than just say "I suppose I get it" at the end of the last top 11 video he made this which is basically all the skits if the Disneycember review were a proper one.
Yeah I don't mind this vid
I've said this before, but while I don't hate the new stuff NC is doing and while he's already stated his opinions about this film, but more skit and less review takes away from being a review, not to mention making the review more biased when you don't have clips from the movie to show either strong points or weak points, as you are only left to take someones word for it.
This is on the same bases as to when he did the reviews for Jurrasic World and Pixel, you can't really see how bad or good something is from someone's word alone.
It takes away from the review even more when someone who hasn't watched the movie watches the review, I have NEVER seen Hoccus Poccus in my entire life and I have to be honest when I say that I'm missing the point, not that I can't see what he's talking about, I just can't tell where either the critism and jokes begin or end.
I love that they're doing bigger stuff now, but if they're going to do stuff like this, I would rather have something like the Alice in Wonderland reviee or The Last Airbender episode lists, where we get examples and clips of what he's talking about while keeping the review from a static scene or area.
I actually came here for an actual review of the movie.
And congratulations! You got it!
He ALREADY reviewed this movie.
+Pete Kachew Dude, doesn't matter. Opinions change overtime.
+Scott Sandler No, all I got was a lame, overdrawn, unfunny skit.
BlazingWaters How was it unfunny if you didn't watch it?
BlazingWaters No, if you watched the original review you'd see that he said the same thing in that review as well...
"You can't kill us, we're DISNEY!!!!!"
I love that quote so much I'm gonna use it.
Guy points gun at me: ready to die?
Me: you can't kill me. I'm disney!
China: "Challenge accepted"
you can't it's disney XD
Haha yeah it's funny because it's true.
@@FayBelleRose233 also ironic cause Disney has the most deaths in a family movie
I think the movie's following mainly comes from the witches themselves. They're the main reason I liked the movie as a kid. No one really cared about the plot. we just thought they were funny, energetic, and Bette Midler killed it in that musical number.
Their freak outs where the best. Especially when Bette Midler goes from slightly annoyed to screaming at her sisters.
'I AM CALM!!!!!'
True!
Honestly, he's reviewing a kid's silly romp as an honest film. No sensible person would see this and think, "They must love it for the deep storyline and the fleshed-out characters."
We watched it cuz it was goofy and made us giggle!
Same. I used to watch this movie every halloween with my dad and it was always my favorite even if I didn't care about the plot or anything. And now I'm a Teen and it still is my favorite and probably always will be
I kno
I really really liked the skit, but I did want to see a traditional review.
Same
+Bakorafanboy13 This episode comprised entirely of what I dislike about the newer episodes. Enough with the side crap already!
+bbarrett726 Doug walker- Hocus Pocus review channelawesome.com/disneycember-hocus-pocus/
It's not like the dude has a popular website or anything with a ton of reviews....with a convenient search bar for easy access to find what you're looking for....or that he mentioned in this video he already had a review done of the movie....and that this series was a continuation of the top 11 Halloween guilty pleasures...which the list series don't usually consist of a full reviews so to speak....so yeah.. Anyway, here it is. There's a normal skit-less review for you.
+bbarrett726 How dare Doug make something that he enjoys doing! He has to go back to how he was before he lost his drive to do reviews and almost stopped doing them for good so us fans could be happy!
+bbarrett726 Here's a thought, if you don't like it, leave.
Doug's Bette Midler impression is scary...
It's hilarious
So, "Accurate"?
Doug’s Bette Middler impression is very good
This movie terrified me when i was 10, but youre right. This is scarier.
Scary good?
“It’s the 90’s so we are a little less PC”
So that makes them more Mac?
mac is a pc
Go to bed 😂 🛌 🚪 😂😂😂
It's honestly rather terrifying how much Doug looks like Bette Midler.
ThatOneGinge lol well while although I don't like how he dissed this movie...he does capture the mannerisms of Winifred quite well.
Tbh yeah it freaked me out a bit xD
Ya
.....you do have a point
Disrespectful 😂
So uhh... is there a review in this video at some point?
+Chosen One 41 nope. just poeple acting like they are in a school play.
+Chosen One 41 hocus pocus was a mediocre movie when it was first released and it's still mediocre despite "90's kids" propping it up as something more than it is due to the lens of nostalgia. doug's reviews are short-length movies onto their own that mix social commentary with critiques of movie tropes and references to other movie. youtube's current copyright environment doesn't allow doug to easily use actual footage from movies to make money from channel views, etc and he has had to change his format to reflect that. sorry if your brain can't keep up
+MuscleDad420
I don't know, I don't really see anyone "propping it up as something more than it is". I accept it for what it is, and imo it's cool if other people dislike it and want to make fun of it, but I still like it. But that's my general stance about stuff in general, not just things I find nostalgic. It's okay if people don't like the things I like. I wish more people liked the things I find enjoyable too, simply so I could share that interest with them but if they don't that's okay too.
This film in particular is kind of a guilty pleasure of mine... Is my pleasure from it derived from nostalgia? Yeah. But I just don't see why nostalgia matters really. We all have preferences that are colored by nostalgia, so picking apart WHY we as people like something (whether it's out of nostalgia, or out of general interest or entertainment derived from the produce, etc.) feels silly to me because it results in the same outcome: Enjoyment.
I understand looking back on things we find nostalgic and critiquing/parodying/referencing it (I mean of course lol), but being horrifically critical towards people who DO like those things seems uncalled for. I can understand being frustrated at people who tote the film as a overlooked classic or something lol, but honestly I'm not seeing anyone doing that here. I'm just seeing people complain about the skit-based nature of this vid (even though he's talked about this film multiple times before in the past lol).
I can't stand his sketches wish he'd stick to straight forward review / bashing segments it's why he has followers not this hackery
as someone else put it so eloquently... skip to 29:29
Pokemon didn't even exist in 1993, and never stopped being popular. :P
+Sea Cliff (Seacliff217) And while the BackStreet Boys were formed in 1993, they didn't took off until two years later.
+Sea Cliff (Seacliff217) And while the core audience never really stopped playing pokemon games, you can't deny there has been an onslaught of people who stopped at Red and Blue who picked up X/Y to see what the series had become.
Black INK.I.M Ash's mom really is a horrible parent. 17 years and she still allows her still preteen son to do life-endangering stuff.
+0deadx21 that's how the world Pokémon is, why do u think u have to be 10 years or older to start ur journey.
+0deadx21 nothing dangerous your controlling a dragon who breaths fire perfectly safe
"TweedleBulk" and "TweedleSkull" was genius
It's scary how good Doug is with his Bette Middler impression.
I don't care, I watch this EVERY Halloween!
same
yeah so do i, but this is still funny
+kyotheman69 Not sure why you care. You do know film is subjective, right?? I personally hate scary godmother. I watch what I want to watch and you watch what you want to watch. It's not a hard concept to understand.
You're entitled to that opinion. I've never watched Scary Godmother, but guess what? Trashing a movie someone else enjoys isn't exactly a ringing endorsement for your own favourites.
+Anne Marie Benoit Was that directed at me??
Doug stop. Please stop with the skits. Stop. No. Please oh god stop. Listen to the people, we hate these.
+Robert Kane
Focus Pocus, Doug!
+kyza delageeze
Hey, listen. As an old member of his audience I can tell you: this is the WORST "CREATIVE IDEA" since DEMO REEL.
+NicoletteandEmma But yet you keep watching them
+Robert Kane i agree sir
+Dasani Cyrstal no, i thought this was a review. I clicking thinking he was reviewing this movie. What these? Oh no sir. I watched until i was like "review? Hello? Is there a review here?" But nothing. Notice the title. He never puts review in anymore, so technically yes i click not know it was a review or not, but hes a critic, not 2015 skit nostal(not really anymore at all)gia guy
16:36 I can’t unhear Once Upon a December when hearing that song from Hocus Pocus. XD
Fun fact: Bette Midler mentioned that this is her most favorite movie she’s in that occasionally in concerts and events, she reprises her role again. 🎃
Jesus Christ! Give a guy a green screen and 5 people that agree to be in his videos and all of a sudden he thinks he's Lorne Michaels!!
Who's Lorne Michaels?
+Cybermat47 the dude who produces saturday night live.
+Cybermat47 Creator and producer of Saturday Night Live.
+Evan Tsilimidos I don't blame you for saying that. I love the critic but these are a lot like forced SNL skits. (I haven't found SNL funny in over 20 years)
*****
Pretty cool factoids you all shared there. :)
Not gonna lie. I died laughing when Kiki showed up. I used to watch Kiki's Delivery Service over and over and over again.
TimeTravelerJessica who’s Kiki?
@@seansmith6397 Kiki is the main character from Kiki's delivery service it's an anime movie by studio Ghibli and it's really good you should watch it.
So that’s who that was supposed to be. She did remind me of the New Netflix Sabrina though.
@@cjwrench07 oddly enough Kiki's delivery service is about a teenage witch.
I watched Kiki's Delivery Service two nights ago and had no idea that's who they were parodying.
as a person who has never seen hocus pocus, i don't know what all this is
Good - me too!
Groundhog Day is still a better movie
Same here. Y not just a classic review with jokes on the flaws on the movie?
+yarpen26 youtube killed the old NC with overzealous copyright bullshit.
+Nathan Ross consider yourself blessed my mom once made us watch it every Halloween
+yarpen26
Then why didn't you see his Disneycember review of it?
As for saying his skit is shit. That's fair enough, but just remember you are the minority in that opinion.
Watching this four years later when 90s nostalgia is full swing
That Isaac joke killed me. Please let that become a running gag.
Yeah, along with Shamalord.
+MrGorillafist Down side is Doug would have to keep his beard shaved off.
We all will be shamalized!
Fucking doubling this.
ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, the legion of nostalgic darkness!
Isaac!
Shyamamon!
Rita Ripoffa!
Michael Bay!
Cthulu!
And, back from the plot hole by way of... a plot hole...
DOUCHEY!
MC!
NITPICK!
When did Pokemon stop being popular?
+Andrew Addams I was thinking the same thing.
it's been fairly popular as a game franchise since the beginning, but compared to where it was from 1998 or so to 2001 or so, it's nothing.
+Andrew Addams I know I stopped watching the show like 10 years ago, but the video game is still immensely popular. I haven't heard anything about the card game version, to people even still play it? Do they even still make cards for it?
The show in my opinion has just gone on too long and does the same thing over and over (for all intents and purposes, so does the game, but I feel they justify that, somehow...)
+ArcanaAaron any one who thinks Pokemon is a good anime is an idiot there is truly only one good anime and that's Dbz!
+James A Clouder there are still tournament for the games and the cards, I had the same reaction, "when did pokemon stop being popular?"
"his is 13. what is wrong with everybody."
my thougths exactly
sorry. it was a typo
i can deny that. just that moment it is akward.
Yeah 13 is way too young like TOO young.
Edwin Marquez, I was 13 in 96. I must have lived in the wrong area, or something.
Alejandro Rodolfo Mendez I don't recall them ever saying how old he was in the movie. I thought he was 16 or 17.
Before Kiki started firing, she should have said _"Listen up you primitive screwheads, this is my broomstick!"_
Wasted opportunity.
This was... obnoxious.
That's a word for it.
wow, different youtube people are coming from all over the place
that was slightly less...obnoxious :p
fart fetish
Exactly! I never seen the movie, and I thought that seeing a review is good enough, but this...THIS WAS ATROCIOUS!
"Hocus Pocus" has never been a guilty pleasure of mine. I've shamelessly loved this movie my entire life. Is it flawed? You bet, but I still love it.
IgnemFeram01 that is literally the definition of a guilty pleasure 😂
Jackson Rogers And yet I feel no guilt saying how much I love this movie.
I like it to.
Same
it's not the Best movie ever made but it's still fun to watch
And this is where we learned that Doug plays a mean Bette Midler
Lunar Virtue
Totally
“Sister..”
“SISTA”
why did that make me laugh so hard?
Skip Skits: 26:29
That's a death wish
+ShinyGreeninja sneaky sneaky
+DLilly but true.
it does make the video watchable... thanks
+ShinyGreeninja O--oh.
Oh _noooooooooooooo..._
I really think NC should make a clear difference between a nostalgia critic review, and a Nostalgia critic... whatever this is.
+Jacky Wind Skit maybe.
+Jacky Wind Well it's basically demo reel, and I think he thinks that demo reel only failed because it didn't have name recognition. Which is very possible, I certainly didn't watch demo reel.
+Jacky Wind But he is reviewing it, he just shows his points instead of just saying them. Uses the visuals instead of just audio.
agreed, theres too much of unfunny skits in the normal reviews already
+blackbanjo If you want regular reviews, nostalgia critic is the wrong place to go in the first place...
I love you, NC. So when I say what I'm about to say, please don't see it as a trolling, but rather a critique of my own. OK, that said...
I wouldn't mind if this was continually funny. I wouldn't mind if the gag here didn't run dry 4 minutes into the video. I wouldn't mind NC evolving his way of telling comedic art, if it meant that he was getting funnier doing it, or that his critiques would become more thought-provoking, and indeed more nostalgic.
But this video is none of those things. Neither was his Jurassic World one, nor his Mad Max one. He's clearly having more fun making these things, but that doesn't make the end result a more fun video.
It's like he didn't have the heart to fire his actors after Demo Reel ended and Nostalgia Critic's been paying for it ever since. A shame, really.
Right, that's all the harsh-ness that I'm going to go into. Sorry to be so blunt, but this has gone on far too long, and speaking as a fan since that original Transformers review around 2006-7, I don't think anything is going to change unless enough people come out and be brutally honest about the content being put out here. Please understand, I crit because I care.
I really hope enough fans bring it to the attention of the big guy, and that some kind of change (for the better this time) happens in the future.
He is getting funnier, this was his funniest review yet, and os something he loves to do, he is not your slave, he does what He wants, so stop complaining, i bet you didn't saw the video itself, so you don't Haven anything to complain about, its not like he's asking for money.
MrVeggie247 You said it yourself. Just as many people dislike this way of doing things as well as like it. When there's THAT much of a divide, then clearly he's missing something. And all I'm saying is that it is a divide that was never there before. You can say that it's just my opinion. But if many, many, MANY others share the same opinion, then no, it's not just me. It's something more than that.
+Drunken Hobo as he should, just like he said in his lorax review, he should do what he wants to do, what he would like To see, and do it with passion
+Bruno Mendes Agreed art is as much for the artist as it is for the audience (if not more so)
+SuperSoupy Dude do note that he did this probably because he knew it would be taken down the same reason his other videos were taken down certain company that took them down in the past and he doesnt want the channel to go down so he makes a skit. Thats what you got to try and remember though.
"Hollywood will run out of ideas."
Seeing as how this is from Hocus Pocus, that line now seems very much of an accurate prediction.
"Everyone in this generation is trying to get your generation back."
Couldn't have been more true.
Crash, Spyro, MidEvil, Sonic 16 bit, etc.
I want the 80's music to come back. Music today doesn't have soul except a couple people.
Especially the gas prices
I wish we could just have a normal fucking NC ep...
+Snarfindorf hey give the, credit, they havent done songs like that in a while
Johann Schmidt// Red Skull For good reason.
Yeah, 'cos we NEVER get ANY nostalgia critic reviews.
B10NIC PIZZA Who's saying that? We want to watch NC reviews, not skits. It doesn't matter how many he does, if he neglects his review fanbase then we're gonna say something.
+Snarfindorf "I wish we could just have a normal fucking NC episode."
We get normal NC reviews all the time, and if Doug wants to try something new for one review, so what? We've gotten two solid, standard-format reviews this past month, yet your writing as if he only makes skits now.
While I love the Nostalgia Critic, I can't really get into this seeing as it's 100% parody rather than review, and the style not only doesn't suit the Critic, but I and a lot of other people completely fail to understand it as I haven't even seen Hocus Pocus.
I would've liked it far more if he did it in the style of the Shining Mini-Series review. He mixed the parody stuff in with the classic review material, and there were plenty of jokes even for people who never saw that particular movie.
[insert overblown comment such as "THIS IS WHEN THE NOSTALGIA CRITIC DIIIIIEEEEDDDDDD" here]
Yeah, I'm not going anywhere near that far. The Critic's made plenty of mistakes like this in the past, and he's admitted and learnt from them. This will most likely be no different.
+DarthVaderReviews I hope so. Doug is a very great guy. He just needs to not listen to views and look at the comments like people did with the wall in his King and I review. I showed Rob the comments on this and I also told him they should you use RUclips for stuff like blogs, real thoughts, sibling rivalry, etc. People are going to take him as a joke if he does it. He's going to be popular, but being popular doesn't always mean it's good. Look at PewDiePie or Shane Dawson.
kyza delageeze I respect your opinion, but we don't hate it because it's different. We hate it because it's not very funny and barely any review in it.
I think the direction Doug is taking to these clipless episodes is too far. He's doing too many of them in a short period of time. The last thing I want is the show to reach that point.
Also, if he wants to avoid copyright, I think he should not post them on YT and just stick to any other video site.
+DarthVaderReviews
Well, I don't think Nostalgia Critic is going to die anytime soon, but these skits are what killed the very unfunny Demo Reel show he made. I personally don't care for 9 out 10 of his sketches with these actors. Doug himself can be really funny, but those two are usually pretty grinding. I'm not sure if it's the material, bad acting, or if Doug just can't direct people.
+F2FRONT500 It's turning into his botched Demo Reel show.
kyza delageeze "Whats with people now a days and just wanting to hate for no reason"
I'm not hating this for no reason, I just think that this is a comparatively poor Nostalgia Critic episode and it's due to the different style Doug is trying. I'm making it known that IMO it doesn't suit him nor does it work well with the Nostalgia Critic style.
To make it clear what I mean, one trademark joke formula of the Critic is for him to criticize something in the movie, and then following that up with a satirical exaggeration of the movie. When you make the entire review said satirical exaggeration, people who haven't watched the movie end up completely lost.
"Is called copyright issues"
While I appreciate the Critic's had to disrupt the style due to copyright issues, this isn't due to copyright issues. Personally I'm fine with what he's had to do recently (Though if you ask me it won't help at all).
"My point is people are hating for no damn reason
If you dont like it
Power to you but dont try to sympathize with fans by saying your "worried of the direction the show is going" you sound like a hypocrite and a hater"
Actually, I'm just trying to be part of the group informing Doug in our opinion this style doesn't work. By making our opinion heard in this manner he can learn from his mistakes and getting better.
That's about as far from "Hating for no reason" as it gets.
I love Hocus Pocus, it does have a deep nostalgia value but I also actually really like the story; I like the dynamics between the two brothers toward their younger sisters, and how they acted to protect them. I also think that the show communicates something about sacrifice and adulthood, given that both brothers were willing to give their lives for a family member.
Alright it is now 2016.... how accurate is that? Pokémon Go is making its comeback
It's dead again
Pokémon GO can't be making a comeback because it was just created.
+Preston Yates I apologize for my uber-specificness
kyotheman69 the game lasted a week-ish at max. It had an extraordinarily small lifetime for a pokemon game.
Pokemon sun and moon anyone?
I almost pissed my pants when NC said "word up?" 😂😂😂😂
Yeah um, Pokemon never really died out, in fact, it's one of Nintendos most profitable franchises.
It is more of we want it to die.
+Tai Shadowman well I want it to die.
isnt there a new one coming out just now. sun and moon or what ever the hell they were.
+mike rubin They are all the same.
Exactly. It's fucking huge, and not even repetitiveness and the fact that Nintendo is running out of animals to base Pokemon on is hurting the franchise. Not to mention Pokemon GO on the horizon bringing new interest to fandom.
the fact that the "the 90's will rule!" is basically true...
That girl who plays the blonde witch is f*cking hot.
XD
+The Lunatic Fridge Fucking*
+The Lunatic Fridge That's Sarah Jessica Parker dude..
In the review or the film?
+SEGASister I think he meant the girl in the review.
........going to have nightmares about a ginger Doug cross dressing......
+wade wilson gonna have nightmares of that witch coressing a broom
+Johann Schmidt// Red Skull i think thats a wet dream for me
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dont judge me
You can say that Kiki....*puts on glasses*...Delivered service...*YEAHHHHHHHHHHHH*
+Wrath's Attack A witch from a movie called "Kiki's delivery service", produced by Studio Ghibli and directed by Hayao Miyazaki.
Wrath's Attack Not really, no. She's a little girl who delivers bread for people. She's super well written and it's a wonderful movie, though, o it kicks ass in that regard.
+DoodAfro So who is Kiki parodying in this? Is she just supposed to be a general bada**, or is the NC parodying Barb Wire or something?
Wrath's Attack It's a simple concept, which is nice. The "story" is what we told you, but it's just a filter for something more about a girl leaving her family and home and finding a useful place for herself in the world. It's all very sweet, actually.
“You can’t kill us, we’re Disney”. That is the best line I’ve ever heard.
This Isaac and the children of the corn, corn, corn, corn.. ^^
ROFL One of the best references of the review!!! :D
Corn, corn, corn, corn... Where do I know this from?
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Pinky and the Brain
The children of the corn, the children of the corn,
One is their leader, the rest filled with scorn,
they'll use their evil maze, to put you in a haze,
They're Isaac, and the children of the corn corn corn corn
corn corn corn corn Corn
"Furbies!"
Dear god they predicted Tattletale!
SweetRoseWanderer yup
No Furbys are still being made and they aren’t creepy anymore
Everyone: ahhhh
Rob: *ThE fUcK iS tHaT¿!¿!*
Me looove you
“Dah! What the fuck is that?!”
honestly, i ADORED this movie, its one of my favourite movies
but, this was a funny review, AND, having Doug being the main witch was GENIUS
HaxyDaFox LOL everything said is true perfect guilty pleasure
One of the few reviews I strongly disagree with, yet one of the most fun to watch. That's impressive. Well done.
"Just remember. Anyone says they're a better witch than me...I'll fuck 'em up."
coughbayonettacough
Oh, ho ho- now THAT would be a fight! XD
which witch was that supposed to be?
The part when Kiki comes in makes me smile every time😊.
No one messes with Studio Ghibli's characters.
Louis Phung- Indeed. The Sanderson sisters are lucky they didn't whip out the horror version of Totoro😱.
If they did............you know who to summon.
Taste the power of the Miyazaki!
"don't forget to piss on their corpses kiki" "shut up you don't own me I own you" best lines
"Pokemon will be popular again" D: You have no idea *goes back to playing Pokemon Sun and Moon*
if anything pokemon GO would have been more accurate
Pokemon didn't exist in 1993 anyway, just goes to show how much Doug knows about Pokemon. I mean, I love the guy and all but I think if he's going to talk about Pokemon and how shallow he thinks it is, then he should at least know what he's talking about.
And I love how there is not one person in the studio say "Hey guys, I don't think Pokemon exist in 1993?"
Hideo Freaking Kojima It came out in 1996 in Japan but it came in America two years later.
That's what I'm saying, Pokemon didn't come out until 1998 in America.
And here we are in 2019 and all Doug has predicted in the beginning...is pretty much happening...except furbies ofc lol
Clearly you haven't heard of long furbies
Or Hatchimals
Furbies are all the rage in Greece atm
Oof
Furbies, or Furries?!?! Because, Furries are certain popular now
Doug walker in drag is hilarious
I think the reason this was a skit the entire time was because critic did review the movie already back in disneycember
+Garry Courtney again not an excuse he did a disneycember review of princess diaries 2 and an nc review on it
+trueloveis4u Which was taken down thanks to copyright.
+TheRoyalMeerkat the copyright rules may have also played a part as to why Critic didn't use video clips of the film, along with the fact that he technically already did a review of the film years earlier. (Disneycember)
+Garry Courtney No, it's because of the countless copyrights they were getting, which is why the League of Super Critics channel is basically dead. Hence why all of his reviews are here now.
You can thank Disney for not being able to accept criticism. If he had done a normal review he'd get sued for copyright infringement even though it's fair use
Am I the only one haunted by Doug as Winifred?
“What depraved time would bring back such archaic monsters”
Hocus Pocus 2 exists, so I guess we are that depraved time
Doug: Oh yes we explode when we fly now.
Tamara: Kinda random but it's a nice expansion pack
EA: Hmmm, maybe these guys are on to something.
funny how this is a clipless review that is technically more a parody than a review
It's not funny at all. It's annoying and wasteful.
@@kimifw58
Its not Doug's fault you know blame RUclips
@@kimifw58 it's one of my fav reviews
@@kimifw58 I actually really like his skits
@@kimifw58 literally got ashtma from laughing. I love this review
When has Pokémon been not popular?
+masso.10
Kinda had a big dip in Gen 3 since that's when most the original fanbase were in their mid-teen 'that's just kid's stuff' phase.
Kurona Chan Oh yeah, I forgot about that.
I know that it wasn't THAT successful in Japan, when Pokemon Red and Green were released in Japan, but... they made changes to it and it's now a classic game
That's why we got Red and Blue every where else
+masso.10 Gen 3 and 4.
5 brought some people back in and 6 brought even more back in because they payed homage ti the nostalgic material.
I still think Tamara's weird trilling sound when the witches are introducing themselves is too damn funny, I don't know why
Pokemon was never unpopular. It's been one of the best selling Nintendo franchises for the past 17 years. I don't know why people keep saying it somehow became unpopular.
+Hector Madrigal I agree. But there was a stagnating period from 2004-2008 where they had to wait for the Pokemon generation and Gen Y in general to realise pretending to be mature and only like "more violent" games was pointless and no one cared. Pokemon started to increase and explode in popularity again because (a) The original fanbase started to come back and realised the quality and content of the games was now a rarity in the "game-drain" mess of 2008-20xx releases, (b) The consistency and depth of the Pokemon battling system (IV's, EV's, Stats, and the beautifully, almost natural evolution of Pokemon onto the online, wi-fi battling sphere) gave older audiences something to be entertained and engaged with. Making Pokemon complex and nuanced in the 90s with its battle system, and continuing to evolve that into the 2000s was a fantastic investment by Nintendo. Consistency is their greatest strength and greatest weakness. Consumers will always leave Nintendo in droves for the newest hi-def, flashy and violent release, but Nintendo's great secret is that they will always be there, consistently brilliant - biding their time until people get sick and tired of shitty ports, bad releases, broken games and micro-transactions.
Nowadays Pokemon is most popular with the games. Anime series? Eh decent. But they're no indigo league or the Hoenn Region arc.
Ultrai Breaker I'll agree that the newer seasons aren't as good as the 4Kids Dubs and there are hundreds, literally hundreds of reasons why that's the case - principally and it is often forgotten; Eric Stuart and some of the other voice actors were actually producers or had significant say in the relative direction and quality of the show. The fall of 4Kids/The rise of Pokemon International will always be a sad memory for the anime in the West because of the downright insulting way it was handled and the absolutely disrespectful treatment Pokemon International had towards the original voice actors and everything they had accomplished and made. Go to any convention with some of the original voice actors like Veronica Taylor and Eric Stuart and you can just tell that they're genuine talented and passionate people and only the brutal and harsh nature of corporate functions could have ended their tenor with Pokemon.
That being said, Sinnoh for me is a surprisingly deep Arc. It's very character driven, and even thought Ash sounds like shit and a lot of the comedy has been stupidly lost - it's a very engaging series for me because of the Ash-Paul rivalry which evolved the seriousness and maturity of the series and showed successfully that they can engage with deeper concepts than "Yeah 2 friends can also be 2 rivals YEAH!". This was particularly evident through Chimchar, which had a link to Ash and Paul.... the Elite 4 in Sinnoh is arguably the best with it's deep battles (i.e. using stealth rock, abilities, trick room and even toxic spikes) and the final, emotionally driven showdown between Ash and Paul. Yes, we all know the Darkrai finish is lame and Ash actually had a shot at winning the Sinnoh League, but still.
The plot with Team Galactic was also really interesting, they were a serious and dangerous force, blowing up islands, and even threatening to kill. Heck, in the finale showdown with Team Galactic, people actually DO die, in a Pokemon anime - I find it very bold. That being said, the voice actor quality in the arcs after Hoenn is blatantly worse. Sarah Natochenny the new voice actor of Ash for example isn't even a fan of Pokemon and only really knows Pikachu. It's little things that add up. Removing the comedy of Team Rocket was another mistake, and the new computer driven art style removed much of the charm for many, replacing it with a "plastic glow" kinda look that I can sympathise with not liking.
+Giga419 And even then the pokemon games have really complex lore when you dig into it.
But Pokemon has never been unpopular, ever. At least as far as the games are concerned- the anime and TCG have basically dug their graves.
Gen 3 happened. People couldn't gain back their pokemon from previous gens. The fans began to outgrow it.
He already reviewed Hocus Pocus guys. This is a more humorous and metaphorical take on a review.
When? Disneycember? Is that what we have to settle for?
This sucks tho
Hello, fellow Unus/Annus!
God damn I really died laughing hearing a children of the corn reference! 😂😂
I love the Isaac cameo!
"Come, Malachi. We must prepare for tomorrow night."
"Why, Isaac? What are we going to do tomorrow night?"
"The same thing we do every night, Malachi. Try to take over the world...WITH CORN!!!!"
+RpGfreak901 unfortunately, he didn't do the pause.
Sometimes a movie doesn't have to have brilliant writing to become memorable or a favourite. I absolutely love the three witches, Winnie, Mary and Sarah, as they essentially carry the whole film and you have to re-watch each scene since each witch is doing something funny in the background (especially Mary during the 'I Put A Spell On You' scene) that makes it so endearing to people watching it, both new and old.
It think I've figured out why people seem to hate on this video specifically: the film is too old, and it's not a review,
To be more specific, in the other clipless reviews, the movie talked about was either still in theaters or had just recently come out on DVD etc., so people were more likely to have seen it. Here, the movie was made in the 90's, meaning that not as many people have seen it. This could have been fine if not for the other point: not being a review.
Once again, in the other clipless reviews, Doug described the plot that was going on so that the skits would make more sense, with the commentary either sprinkled in or at the very end. Here, it's just a bunch of disjointed skits that don't make much sense if you haven't seen the movie (tying it back to point 1). In fact, the only joke that I got was the bus driver, and that was only because of a WatchMojo list.
Tl;Dr version: if Doug either gave a plot synopsis during the review, like the other clipless reviews, or just did as a normal NC video, then people might not be so upset with this video.
He did it this way because he technically a
Ready reviewed it. Disneycember.
It's not that old though. I mean, I'm definitely not too old and still pretty much recognize every scene in the video, especially the extremely cringeworthy virgin shaming, which is as awkward now as it was when I first watched it years ago...
Alex The Kaiser I like them... I find it's funnier to watch Doug re-enact the scenes from the movie while making fun of its cliches than to watch the actual fucking movie 0_o Plus that musical number man.
Zenix 29 Exactly.
Alex The Kaiser Sooo... you're accepting the same logic that makes your statement ridiculous, hoping it negates how ridiculous you look...? Curious about how that'l go for you....
Why do pre-teen girls like Disney Channel originals so much?
Why do you know what preteen girls like so much weirdo
Shaun Taylor THEY TALK ABOUT THEM SO FUCKING MUCH
+Chespinoid why are you talking to pre teen girls???
Sammy Kammy Studios I don't.... I hear them yelling about it
+Chespinoid They were aimed a teens when I was one.
Let's be honest, Hocus Pocus is probably the only thing ANYONE can tolerate Sarah Jessica Parker in.
Sir Jedi Sentinel the TEA
Sir Jedi Sentinel That and _Ed Wood_ .
That's probably because we didn't even take notice it was her. At least I didn't.
I didn't even know that was her!!
She made me feel weird in my tummy when I was a kid
"What depraved time would bring back such archaic monsters?"
2022 apparently
Now I just want to watch KiKi's Delivery Service again.
Me too!
Same
dude, pokemon was always popular it was never not popular.
@Tony Garcia 96 for the us. 93 for Japan where it was created.
@@amyschildgamerlive4519 Actually The first Pokémon games, Pokémon Red and Green Versions, came to the Nintendo Game Boy system in Japan on February 27, 1996, which was the fulfillment of Satoshi Tajiri's dream and allowed people of all ages to catch, train and trade 151 creatures and become a Pokémon Master.
I want to die
@@AriochStarr oo edgy boi sharp objects inside be careful, be careful not to cut yourself on all that fucking edge.
True. Cute deadly animals will never go out of style
Loved the Pinky and the Brain reference
OfficialFireflash me too
@crazy silly At around 22:39
Kiki being summoned by the necronomicon was hilarious
Wow. Kiki was quite a bit more badass than I remember.
Who is Kiki? I mean, what is she from?
+101ultimategaming The witch at the end with the broom and black cat. She comes from the movie "Kiki's Delivery Service". Very good movie.
+xRaineDropsx -Sees the name of the movie- -Checks confirmed episode titles for Steven Universe Season 2- -Kiki's Pizza Delivery Service- Well fuck.
+ichigoeater Aaaaaand now I gotta go watch Kiki's Delivery Service again.
+Aidan Webb And then every other Studio Ghibli/Hayao Miyazaki movie, because, well, addiction for good stuff i guess :D.
Robs scene haha😂😂😂😂😂wonderful and nostalgia critic you kicked ass in this review. Actually everyone in this review liked ass
Haha😭 I mean kicked ass
I liked ass! Lol.
*sigh* ... and here I thought we were actually going to see a REVIEW. But I suppose I should count my blessings, because we likely would have ended up with another total smear job, completely omitting any positives at every opportunity, much like the so-called review of Event Horizon.
Just goes to show how long it has been, and how low things have gotten since Disneycember and Dreamworksuary.
+K1productions If he could have given a "REVIEW", he would have - and again, he did in fact do a very good review for Event Horizon. I watched the film myself and agreed with many, if not all of his critiques about it.
In the case of this one, it likely has more to do with the copyright hammer coming down harder on stuff like this now that Blip is gone.
Smith Baran
The problem I had with his Event Horizon review is, he spent more time with skits than he probably should have, and he failed to take any time to outline any of the merits the film had. That would put Event Horizon in the same camp as Garbage Pail Kids, and you know damned well it deserves better than that.
... at at least the GPK review was a complete review, and not skit-heavy.
K1productions ... I really didn't like Garbage Pale Kids either, though. And at the end he did in fact outline it's merits - he went out of the way to say the film took some risks to make some creepy imagery, and he even went as far as to say "maybe it's just me" and illustrate that it may be that he himself just is not a fan of the movie itself and found himself more curious about what the concept *could* have been.
And again, I could excuse this skit-heavy bits purely because it's 'Nostalgaween' and one could say a holiday-themed review like this might be more deserving of the stuff.
Smith Baran
No, the only merits he outlined were "the stuff that was removed looked like it could have been cool" leaving the actual film with absolutely nothing. He has turned into X-play, focused more on lame comedy (which has gotten incredibly stale) rather than honest critique.
K1productions But that in turn proves that he felt the *concept* had merit - just that it was pretty badly executed. And no, I again disagree - at least personally - since I didn't really find much to redeem the film since it was trying to be a horror film.
I actually have a hard time telling Doug and the real witch apart, he just does such a good imitation
Has nobody beyond me felt the sketch IS the review, showing off the best and worst this movie has to offer in the safest way possible due to copyright? No?
+KyrieFortune THANKS¡¡¡¡¡
+KyrieFortune explain how its due to copyright when he has done major disney movies b4 using clips and never got them removed
+KyrieFortune This movie is 20 years old, no way it'll get taken down by copyright. Not to mention it's also an entire parody of a movie most people haven't watched.
+KyrieFortune Not only do I agree with the OP, I felt like it was a spoof on the entire "seasonal special" aspect of both movies and in general. I do think he made an artistic choice not to use clips, because he's used Hocus Pocus clips before.
Am I the only one who misses when Doug just sat in front of a camera and reviewed stuff?
+Jupiter9099 you are not alone
That was the peak of NC. Now it's like every TV show that goes on for too long - you still love it, but you realise that it's not as good as it used to be. Now, NC is very hit and miss.
+DeaditeWheatley If by "Fuck you, the old way stunk" you mean showing us that the old format wasn't as good as we remembered it and that the newer versions put more effort to them even though those were hit and miss much like the old reviews, then yes.
+dnmstarsi not exactly
If you rewatch an old review say like the garbage pail kids, he makes the argument into a strawman
+Jupiter9099 13,000 people beg to differ.
How do I put this. I'm one of those people who actually like the skits and this review but as Doug said in his AI review
It was a lose lose situation. If he did a simple review people would have just said he copied the disneycember review but at the same time if he took this chance(and trust me he did)the many people who hate this skits will "hate"it.
Doug took a chance with the review. I enjoyed but a lot of people didn't but to be honest it might not be good or bad but at least he tried his best and put some effort into it.
I wouldn't mind a traditional review of this but I don't mind just having this fun and overlong skit as NC's review of Hocus pocus
Not at all. If he did a simple review, he'd have done it *as* the Nostalgia Critic, which is a different persona who acts differently to the Disneycember review.
I too like the skits. When they are skits. This was not a skit, nor was it a review. It's fucking Demo Reel.
+Damian Freeman (TheExceeder)
I'm going to be completely honest never watched Demo reel but yeah I understand what you're saying though.
Michael Glasgow I find that almost everything Doug does outside of reviewing things tends to be shite. Lest we forget "Melvin, Brother of the Joker", the aformentioned Demo Reel, and that freakishly dumb "game show" of his.
Damian Freeman
I've never seen anything of Dougs work outside the NC. Well I might go at my own risk and watch Demo Reel...
+Damian Freeman (TheExceeder) How was this Demo Reel? The last 3 episodes had Tacoma and Rebecca SITTING AROUND AND WATCHING PREVIOUSLY RECORDED FOOTAGE
Is no one going to talk about how hot Beth is as Sarah Jessica Parker's character?? XD
@crazy silly this comment is a year old did I miss something? Lol
@crazy silly shes the one playing Sarah Sanderson?
@crazy silly I think shes from another channel, shes the one who played the Christine character in the Phantom of the Opera review too lol
i stopped halfway through. i come here gor reveiws. I dont mind the skits. im one of the few people who are smart enough to realize theyve always done skits.
But this isnt a reveiw. its just a skit.
i meam yeah jurassic world and pixels were reanacted
but those were still reveiws.
dont cocktease dude. just make this a new series all together.
EDIT: guys stahp. i wasnt mean or disrespectful im just indifferfent i aint saying he's lost his way i've been a fan for almost 2 years with no thought of stopping.
Adrian Roberto Barely
PIEMAN106 .... than why did he make this video in the first place?
Xaviergray87
did you not read what i said
"i meam yeah jurassic world and pixels were reanacted
but those were still reveiws."
and why don't you get over it? youre the one being salty, im just being indifferent.
Don't blame nostalgia critic, blame youtube. its their copyright infringement detection system that makes critics and lets players afraid to do things. if it detects a small reference to something it recognizes, the entire content's revenue is given to who created that small piece of content used, even though the user of said content is well within their rights.
Ian Baker i know but my issue is that this really isnt a reveiw
It's official... Nostalgia Critic hates all the movies I grew up with lol. I still love Hocus Pocus
+MECHAMORTAL Lol I love it, too!! Great movie. :)
I don't even mind the fact that there's no clips in this review! This was great, I laughed my ass off, and I can just *tell* Doug is having a great time playing Winifred!!
Same here. I can get why someone doesn't like the review, 1 or 2 jokes don't work, but I still laughed my ass off!
Ghastcraze I honestly think he had a great time as Isaac too
I think he does these reviews clipless for the most part now so that nobody can hit him with a copyright strike.
Ghastcraze- Same here. Plus Doug looks fabulous as Winifred💕👌.
Sooooo true. He is having a fricking Blast and he has, sorry Critic take it as a Compliment, the Face for the Role xDxD :-X
"I'll watch hoces poces every Halloween"
Me:... How... Do... You... KNOW!!!!
Had a fun time doing a cameo for this one. Thanks for having us again! :)
haters gonna hate
i like this video
just because it's clipless doesnt mean its bad
I think it's bad because the skits they perform in place of clips are hammy and overdone and just not funny in general.
Doug really seems to think he's the funniest and most clever man who ever lived. This video is one of the most obnoxious things I've ever seen. It actually made me unsub from the channel.
+APPLEtoFEAR nah I don't think that's it he doesn't make all the jokes and their suppose to be bad. Yah know to mirror the movie.
+APPLEtoFEAR you are all over the comments in this video.. did Doug steal your wife or something? you're like the Donald trump of criticizing Doug walker. lol btw, im only fucking with you.
bribes4sale No...he stole my virginity.
Dear people complaining about the fact that the review is more of a parody than a straight forward review.
RUclips's adpocalypse is still a major problem. If the critic did a straight forward review like usual featuring copyrighted clips the video would receive a strike in no time. By parodying the film while still talking about the films flaws however they avoid the risk of a strike. Be patient and enjoy what's given to you, keep in mind they have problems to deal with as well.
I know I'm a year late responding to this, but that doesn't make it right! If it was truly a review, Doug would have used clips of the movie to further explain the flaws in it! Thing is, RUclips's copyright system is broken as all hell!
It’s still unfunny and painfully amateur for a guy who’s being doing this for more than 10 years
I came here after hearing about the wall
as if that's why he did it. The truth is Doug can't get over Demo Reel being a failure. Nostalgia Critic is what got him a fanbase, but all he wants to actually do is actually make movies. The problem? He sucks at it. Even back when Channel Awesome actually had dozens of different content providers and he had a much larger budget he was pushing highschool level productions at best. Shit that wouldn't get awards at ANY film festival. Nothing wrong with that then because those were celebrations and we watched to see everyone having fun, but then you learn how he was unironically as cruel of a director as Tommy Wiseau. Even did the same shit where he didn't provide any water.
Plus ya know, he did already review it prior, so it would either be more of the same, or try to parody it to demonstrate its flaws
This was one of dougs first videos where I really missed the days when every single review started out with “hello I’m the nostalgia critic!”
I know this is old, but yeah... Furbees are back. Hatchimals...
Oh NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Critic in drag...scariest thing you'll see all halloween...
James Chaffee Ehhh
2:24
Well... They aren't wrong. With Pokemon Go, Pokemon Generations, and Sun and Moon, Pokemon's popularity hype is super high again.
Don't forget get Ash vs Alain
Except for the fact Pokemon didn't exist in 1993
Mirth Mouser Well, it's like it never left the building.
"Look for them at Toys R Us!" If only it could still be here to buy one.
Pokemon is still extremely popular
@Dillon Ohlemiller it honestly did actually. It spawned actual good sequels of great, and amazing games.
I think they might be referring to the show, not the games
The show went downhill as of Diamond and Pearl anime but it regain popularity as of the X Y anime...
Relevance ?
He said that it wasn't in the video
2:25 pokemon never stopped being popluar
+Nikke 2800 Saying pokemon isnt popular is like saying bulls dont have horns.
***** Millions of people still love pokemon.
+Nox the Xelor wrong by millions you mean 20%
+Nox the Xelor saying pokemon is popular is like saying Jason vorhees never killed a living soul
Giant Kaiju Or like saying that JB is a man.
Song is catchy as hell!!!
i know right
+pharaohyami5000 What's the song called??
Bridge-Moon Productions If I had to guess, Nostalgic Spell On You.
13:53 missed opportunity for this scene of having Winfred respond to Bennett by saying “the hell’s an anime?”
Tbh I didn't know any person who was in the song part of the video other than Sage...
+Canadian Bacon same here and even then the only reason i knew who Sage was is due to his crossovers with the critic
yeah..
+beats0me Think about changing that because Sage is awesome.
+Wanda N. McDaniel ok then, I think it over, hmmm...let's see, nope my answer is still the same, I only recognise sage from his crossover videos and simply thinking about it does not change anything
beats0me Ha ha ha, I meant think about watching his anime abandon videos. They're great
Oh my God, Doug's resting face for Bette Midler's character is amazing. I couldn't stop laughing--dead on. Anyone else starting to notice how many recent NC episodes have been less of a review, and more of a recreation production? I understand when he's doing it for movie's that are still in theaters, but he easily could have used footage from Hocus Pocus. Are we seeing a sort of merge between the old Film Reel and the NC? Hmm...
Also, hooray for commercials next week!!!!!
+frozenaorta well no, this was just a skit. Mad Max, while a skit and had no movie clips was still a review. Pixels while havin no clips, was still a review, same for Jurassic World. this was JUST the skit, no review. im not saying Mad Max and the other clipless reviews are bad, im just saying the "reviews" that are just one long skit should stop.
+Brandon Thompson What made the other episodes like this (Mad Max, Jurassic World, etc) count as "reviews" in your opinion, but this one not? Just curious. Am I following your meaning?
frozenaorta because Mad Max, Pixels and the others had actual discussions about the movie throughout the video, while this was just one big chase. now you can say this and Fury Road are just the same thing. i say no because Fury Road talked about the series why people liked and disliked it and why the movie got so big.
+frozenaorta those movies he could not use footage for as they were still in theaters this should have had clips
+frozenaorta It could be that he was pretending to review the film while substituting footage from the movies with skits to avoid copyright. It was still a review with his commentary, but with skits to recreate the unused clips. Here, he's giving very little commentary and instead making a short film solely based on his character experiencing skit upon skit. There's no real review; rather, we receive highlights of the Halloween special of Demo Reel with no insight (or even an effort in pretending to have some) on the film in question, save the last few minutes.
So at what point is this a review instead of an intentionally bad parody? Reviewing a film once briefly doesn't excuse you from reviewing it later when you dedicate a whole video to it, not when you are considered a movie reviewer. You want to make parodies like this, by all means go ahead, but set them up as a side project and actually review something for once. These skits take up so much time that you never actually get to reviewing anything. I get that you've had problems with copyright claims in the past but we will watch a review without a skit or footage from the movie. This is just annoying and pretentious.
It was a review. All of it. But it was NC learning the flaws and why people choose to look past them in being a guilty pleasure
Scott Sandler No, it's not. Just because he does one of his typical, looking past the flaws speeches, which are all the same by the way, doesn't make this a review. It's a guy parodying a film and taking a brief break to see the reason why people like said film.
+JakRizen2 Agreed 100%, this parody format is very hit or miss and this was a huge miss (and the hits have been extremely rare). I tried watching it twice but fell asleep both times. The format worked great on the Matrix videos because it was a review intercut with the parody. The worst part is how this crap takes so much time he doesn't do other things like the reviews with his brother that i kinda like.
+JakRizen2 I am just so amazed by the hypocrisy of the fanbase now I mean this style of review was tried in demo reel and it failed as badly as melvin brother of the joker. Yet somehow he now does this in every review he does and somehow people love it im not sure whether its because of coincidence or grand stupidity you might know the answer.
Dradogs2 I honestly don't have an answer for that. I've never liked this format and it's only gotten worse since it's started. You'd probably have to ask someone who liked it from the start and changed their minds, or vice Versa.
Love this movie and love the review. I love the movie despite its flaws. But let's be honest, even a movie like Monster Squad has flaws (like cliches) but the 80s generation loves it anyway, so this is our 90s equivalent.