The Phantom

The Phantom

Tuesday, 27 July 2010 22:10

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07.27.2010 - 22:14 | spine_42

Glad I am awake for this before Tommy wiseau's money hungry trout sniffers get wind of it

07.27.2010 - 22:29 | ethany - Hehe, yeah, great point.

Hehe, yeah, excellent point. We will never let Tommy live this outrageous claim down. It will destroy him! Unless, of course, he fixes everything. Then he will only mildly be destroyed.

Anywho, I liked this video. Not quite one of my favorite of the new ones, but I'd say it's kinda mid-good.

07.27.2010 - 23:48 | Dreadwing

Wait - I'm confused. Why would Tommy Wiseau have this vid taken down? He's not even mentioned in it.

EDIT: Now I'm REALLY confused. Why did my question about TW net me 4 Thumbs Down so quickly? All I want to know is what he has to do with this video; the comment I replied to said something about Tommy having [i]this video[/i] taken down, and I honestly don't get it.

07.27.2010 - 23:09 | ZeldaQueen

An example of him never living it down. After he took of the Critic and Obscurous Lupus's reviews, he shall always be remembered as "That douche who ruins fun and takes down videos".

07.28.2010 - 00:48 | Iamnotabug

people were making a joke that seems to have gone right over your head. you got thumbs down for being slow.

It happens.

07.28.2010 - 02:01 | Dreadwing

Ah, that must be it. I forgot to attune my sense of humor to "non-sequiturs and cheap references.".

07.28.2010 - 06:36 | dennett316

Touché.

08.02.2010 - 21:35 | AndrewDeLong

Indeed you did. Now, if you don't mind, I would quite like to get my cheap humor! It's going for only 15 cents a nut load, and I do so wish to get as much as I can! :snooty:

05.19.2011 - 16:05 | arsenal of megadeath

BOOSH!

07.28.2010 - 05:46 | That Guy With Many Lists

Tommy Wiseau is the lead actor in the movie. He was mentioned numerous times, expecially marking his acting.

07.28.2010 - 09:03 | bobloblawslawblog

Because it was a joke, and you didn't get it.

07.28.2010 - 20:46 | MarickLOA

critic did a review of "The Room" by tommy wiseau and tommy sued him into taking it down

07.28.2010 - 08:28 | Jackass Mask

I think we all need to move past the Wiseau thing and actually comment on this review.

So, why no comment on the fact the he has conversations with his ghost dad?

*insert Cosby joke here*

It's never really made clear if he's hallucinating this or not. I myself am haunted by the spirit of my grandfather, Grandpa Mask. He constantly shouts at me from the bathroom.

[i][/i]Get a job![i][/i]

SHUT IT GRAMPS! *clears throat* I'll tell you this, the only thing worse than a "ghost that walks" is a ghost that won't leave your bathroom.

07.28.2010 - 13:39 | leored3

What was the review?

07.28.2010 - 14:16 | RicardoBlayer - I look so handsome

Sorry to replying to be in the first page (I´m scum), but I am sooo god looking, and now, with by thumbnail, the whole world will be able to see it.

Well since I´m responding, I will say something about the Room, did you notice how Jonhy and Mark (the Tommy Wiseu character, and the friend that is having sex with he´s wife) are running in the park, then it cuts to Jonhy´s house when we see Mark and Lisa (Jonhy´s wife), and then it cuts back to the park, where Mark is STILL RUNNING WITH JONHY. No ot´s not some "memory shot" this two scenes (Lisa getting ready to the party, and Jonhy jogging with Mark) are supposed to occour at the same time, and Mark is in BOTH PLACES, at the same times, talking about a plot hole.

Speaking of talking, how handsome doI look? By Good, I´m gorgeous.

07.28.2010 - 19:31 | Pye Like Eye

Good point. MARK IS MAGIC.

And, by the way you are acting like a narcissistic douche, as well as the fact that you mixed up 'good' and 'god', I'd assume you're simply trying to annoy everyone. Congratulations, for I, at least, am mildly pissed.

Now, on to the review: I really couldn't get past the purple suit, probably because I never saw the movie and am unfamiliar with the comics. What was the villains motivation? Why is he such a cliche evil villain?
Nice ending joke.

03.25.2012 - 14:37 | Earthb0und - "I really couldn't get past the purple suit,"

It's not a purple suit, it's a giant purple condom with sleeves and pants.

08.21.2010 - 14:19 | steezetoast - fail

obvious troll is obvious -_-

05.20.2011 - 20:00 | arsenal of megadeath

ok, Joey Jeremiah. XD

07.27.2010 - 22:13 | SweetAndrew

Whoa, wait! Where's "Old vs. New: War of the Worlds"? DAMN YOU TOMMY WISEAU!!!!

07.27.2010 - 22:40 | BloodySharpie

It was posted on the forums that the "Old Vs. New: War Of The Worlds" video would be delayed indefinitely.

07.27.2010 - 23:22 | whatever42

I didn't see that post. Oh well, even if the War of the Worlds Old vs. New is being delayed, we still have great videos like this one in the pipeline. =)

Nice review Critic. It does pretty much seem like a sub-par Inidiana Jones copycat, even if the writer is the same. I especially liked your reaction to seeing Catherine Zeta Jones, just like in your Top 11 Villain Songs. It's still funny. XD

I look foward to next week's video.

07.28.2010 - 02:03 | Yankeepunk3000 - Nooooooooooooooooo

though I thought this was a great review. funny, and not sure why he WAS wearing purple. but I hope someone can tell me if or when War of the Worlds is going to be reviewed?

I was really looking forward to it as many were

07.27.2010 - 22:13 | jrhinson

Excellent review!

Everyone better watch this video quick... before Tommy Wiseau makes Channel Awesome take it down too.

07.27.2010 - 22:15 | LazyCamProductions

but...but...War of the Worlds :sigh:

08.16.2010 - 18:49 | doctortanksano

yeah i guess tommy not only took down the vid but also made the critic cancel the WotW vid in order to make that response vid of tommy THANKS YOU TWAT YOU MANAGED TO RUIN TWO CRITIC VIDEOS =_= :angry: :flame: :grr: :flame: :flame: :flame: :flame:

07.27.2010 - 22:15 | Girltotheleft - yay

=) very good as always critic.

07.27.2010 - 22:41 | KingGramJohnson - YES!

I feel like that because of Tommy Wiseau, we haven't had our Nostalgia Critic in a while! But now he's back! Take THAT, Wiseau! You can't stop him, only delay him!

Gosh! The Phantom looks like a gay Zorro without the hat and cape when he first comes out on that horse!

And I SO want to see a Kryptonian cheetah! That would make Krypto the dog look like a sissy!

07.27.2010 - 22:44 | Marshmallowcreampie

I agree, this past week I've almost felt deprived of Nostalgia Critic. T_T Damn that Wissau... On the plus side, that "Tommy Wissaeu Show" skit NC did was almost worth having The Room review taken down and delaying other reviews. XD

Regarding this review, I've seen The Phantom comic strip in my newspaper but didn't really read it. I never evn knew a movie was made. O_O

07.27.2010 - 23:08 | KingGramJohnson

True, The Tommy Wissaeu Show was worth the wait!

08.16.2010 - 18:51 | doctortanksano

NO TOMMY DIDNT DELAY CRITIC HE CAUSED HIM TO CANCEL THE WAR OF THE WORLDS VIDEO IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT COMEBACK VID STUPID ASS :flame:

07.27.2010 - 22:18 | donuthead7310

WISEAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUU UU lolz

07.27.2010 - 22:18 | GEW42

Awesome! As always. XD

07.27.2010 - 22:29 | The Angry Movie Dork

Damn you purple!

By the way, stop being so harsh on Tommy Wiseau, I met him at Comic Con and he was nice, just a little odd. Up close, his skin kinda looked like Michael Jackson.

Did anyone go to the premiere of his new movie? I didn't but it's airing on Comedy Central this Fall.

07.27.2010 - 23:01 | OmegaWarrior

OMG! Angry Movie Dork is Tommy Wiseau!

07.27.2010 - 23:20 | ZeldaQueen

No, his English is too good. Maybe he was paid.

07.28.2010 - 05:21 | cheetaboy7

Dont you remember the Tommy Wiseau Show? Dont blame Tommy Wiseau, blame John from TheRommMovie.com

07.28.2010 - 07:59 | Assiman

Yay, so let's all spam the shit out of their contact email and act like a total retards because that's what true NC fans do!
No.

I don't really see the point of being so butthurt because one NC episode was taken down. Seriously. This goes to you too, Doug. You're just embarrasing yourself, not Wiseau.

07.28.2010 - 13:39 | kungfujones

so wait...im a little confused. Is Critic more upset at tommy or this....."john" dousch monkey?

07.27.2010 - 23:37 | The Angry Movie Dork

No I'm not, I still am not a fan of The Room and taking down everyone's reviews like a butthurt crybaby was just not cool of Mr. Wiseau(I never even heard of him or The Room until NC's review).

I just don't think he's the next Uwe Boll.

And I now know how hard it is to talk sh*t about someone or their movie when you just met them and they were are nice to you.

07.28.2010 - 06:44 | dennett316

I'm sorry, but as bad as Mr Boll is he's nowhere near as incompetent as Wiseau. In fact, many have stated that Boll's latest flick Rampage is actually very watchable...including Brad 'Cinema Snob' Jones.

Wiseau is in a class of his own in terms of outright butchering of the medium, Boll is nowhere close.

07.28.2010 - 11:42 | adrasl300

Well Uwe Boll is more of a jerkass about it since he doesnt seem to have any respect for the franchises he is butchering. Tommy Wiseau is just hilariously incompetent.

07.30.2010 - 17:01 | hsin

i knew it i just couldnt point my finger at it my god this is terrible

08.16.2010 - 15:31 | golden_katana - re:

I know right? XB

07.27.2010 - 23:41 | paperclipmouse

why would you defend that fuck nugget? he is wrongfully suing the NC when he is within the law and is not actually breaking it? tommy wiseau is just looking for attention like a winy stubborn little kid that just wants whatever he can get,like power to take down the room review.

07.29.2010 - 00:19 | The Angry Movie Dork

I doubt he'll successfuly sue NC, there's a thin line between stricly using movies to make money and using little snippits of a film with your own commentary for satire and education purposes only. I lauphed mostly at NC's commentary and jokles and learned alot about The Room from his review alone. You can't get sued for that, it's called fair use.

07.28.2010 - 04:31 | nakamine

F Wiseau....btw...more like ground up Chris Johnson

08.03.2010 - 02:30 | Blank139

sellout

07.27.2010 - 22:19 | TrippleJ

This is the only ever video I have seen get 5/5.

I am about to watch it...I assume it will be awesome!

07.27.2010 - 22:20 | Shavo

You are tearing me apart, Critic! Oh hai Mark.

07.27.2010 - 22:20 | Flav

Awesome!

07.27.2010 - 22:21 | KelvTwelve

THE PHANTOM: KINGDOM OF THE MAGIC SKULLS

nothing like Indiana Jones at all.

07.28.2010 - 02:41 | david wev

gosh, no wonder crystal skull sucked, they used the same plot as phantom :sigh:

07.30.2010 - 22:07 | Hippobu

No, Crystal skull have a different writer. I guest he didn't work on the crystal skull because of this ... um ... :eyebrow: purple ghost thing ?

05.20.2011 - 20:19 | arsenal of megadeath

but they forgot CAKE and SANDWICHES!

07.27.2010 - 22:23 | rudy023

Skulls? So they not only ripped off past installments of Indiana Jones, but they ripped off the future movie of the franchise as well!

07.27.2010 - 22:21 | theslicone

13th comment

07.27.2010 - 22:21 | Cactar23

"no not THAT phantom."

07.27.2010 - 22:22 | Dr Mike07

OMG... Billy Zane...

His best role was in Zoolander!

Glad you're back Critic. Fight Wiseau tooth and nail my friend, for he is a [b]FRAUD[/b]! :flame:

07.27.2010 - 22:22 | darkmindedsith

Oh no, there were SKULLS. AHH...SKULL! -runs down the street-

Yeah, no matter how badass a superhero is, I can't take him seriously if his costume is made out of the foreskin of Barney the Dinosaur's penis.

07.27.2010 - 22:22 | Donut

HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!! BEEN WAITING FOR THIS XD XD XD XD XD

07.27.2010 - 22:22 | OF_COURSE

Excellent, as always.

But no "Old vs. New - War of the Worlds"? DAMN YOU TOMMY WISEAU!

07.27.2010 - 22:25 | OtakuChan

Awesome review!! But the Phantom wud blend in well in a fruit salad!! ^^

07.28.2010 - 03:51 | BenjaminBupkus

lol fruit X_X

07.27.2010 - 22:27 | Dusk

Lol, Raiders of the Lost Ark :D

07.27.2010 - 22:50 | Bobby Blabby - Snuff film

This isn't a snuff film, is it? =O

07.27.2010 - 22:28 | hulkfan34

makes Indiana Jones look like Batman

07.27.2010 - 22:28 | The_Stranger_opinion

The NC has a bigger fan base then that faggot Wiseau ever had. I bet he was intimidated by that fact lolz

07.27.2010 - 22:29 | minnie3434

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah i new review :nuu:

07.27.2010 - 22:31 | The_Chaotic_Good

I've been waiting for this one!

07.27.2010 - 22:31 | CTOONfan1

Honestly, a superhero in a purple bodysuit is a very strange hero indeed. Great review, Critic!

07.27.2010 - 22:35 | FoxGuy

....now I'm sad. I loved The Phantom and The Rocketeer. T_T

[b]FYI[/b]:The Phantom on Blu-ray is $10 @ Wallmart and its picture quality is GORGEOUS!

07.28.2010 - 04:54 | Rovlad

For the sake of humanity I hope you're trolling.

07.28.2010 - 08:01 | axlryder

I agree with foxguy, this movie isn't nearly as bad as everyone makes it out to be. The action [i]is[/i] a little mediocre, but the movie still looks fine. NC also managed to leave out all of the funny bits in the movie. The characters defied a lot of the typical conventions at the time by making the damsel in distress archetype far more interesting to watch and I found The Phantom himself to be winsome enough. I always saw this movie as a fun, light hearted superhero flick that was almost designed as a parody and a tribute. Not every film has to be an epic masterpiece like the dark Knight to be enjoyable. Hell, even ebert liked this movie, just look up his review for it. Anyway, that's my take on the thing.

07.28.2010 - 13:58 | Rockabore

I was thinking the same thing. I know this movie wasn't the greatest but it wasn't the worst comic to movie adaptation maybe because it was based off a comic strip and not a comic book.

I get the running gag about the purple spandex but at least for me I could get over it because it was true to the creator's design (who knows why he chose purple) but it wasn't that much of an annoyance.

07.28.2010 - 20:59 | Tentacles

In truth though, you really can't get more obvious than purple.

08.01.2010 - 00:10 | Rockabore

You mean besides yellow, orange, pink, or white?

08.11.2010 - 11:35 | Cameron Winter

Wonder no more, for I come with answers as to "Why Purple?"

Well, its for the same reason that the Hulk is green, the X-men wore yellow and Blue in their original form, Spider man wears Red and Blue and Batman is a kind of bluey-grey.

In the early part of the 20th century, comic books were printed on very cheap paper, with a limited palet of coloured inks available. As a result, certain colours became predominant, mostly red and blue, because theses were cheap.

When designing the Phantom, the artists wanted to give a sense of mystery and menace to the character, but because of the contraints of the limited colour palet, they couldn't make him black, so they went with the darkest colour they had available, purple. Thus, this becomes the coulour the character would be painted in every version down the decades.

And incidently, the Critic mentions he figured this movie would be made in the 50's, well there WAS an RKO serial matinee version, that ran through the late 40's and early 50's. And while the character was never really big in AMerica, the Phantom was HUGE in Europe, especially in the 40's when he became an unofficial figurehead of sorts for the Belgian resistance against the Nazis in WW2.

08.16.2010 - 18:42 | doctortanksano

SO HES A GAY ENGLISH VERSION OF CAPTAIN AMERICA LAUGHABLE BUT CAN HURT YOU .

07.27.2010 - 22:35 | Tardischick88

Haha!!! Brilliant! This review definitely took me back... but I suppose that's the point. It's interesting, experiencing the difference in perception regarding this film.

Great review as always!

07.28.2010 - 20:52 | Jimin3D

DAMN YOU TOMMY WISEAU!! your evil lives on in the Comments of all movies to come from tgwtg.

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