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09.20.2011 - 18:02 | TheEpicStickMan
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09.21.2011 - 01:25 | SqueejeeDuring the first minute of this video, I had to stop. It was as if everything everyone's ever said is wrong with your show suddenly crystallized into a single, horrible moment, and my headphones amplified that shrill, overused "joke" into a hideous noise from beyond the Infinity to shatter my ear drums and leave me a broken mess.
Just thought I should get that down before I watched the rest of the video.
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09.21.2011 - 04:19 | vorpalsword
well you know thats just like, your opinion man.
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09.21.2011 - 08:06 | Kooshmeister
That may be, but Squeejee does sum up one of Doug's more annoying tendencies with the Critic.
Here's a couple more: his unconvincing attempts to make it seem like the Critic is watching a film for the first time, his feigned obliviousness to the fact it's the wrong movie, his overwrought anguish at the "discovery" that it isn't, and his petulant dismissal of the source material.
I realize Doug is playing a character and the Critic's opinions may not always be his own, but it can still grate on people. And I sometimes wish he'd review these things entirely as himself instead of the Critic, even though I confess I'm not always entirely sure how much of the Critic is just a put-on and how much of him is actually Doug.
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09.21.2011 - 11:23 | AchimI think those are some of the aspects that make his show memorable and funny :)
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09.21.2011 - 14:28 | EP.PixelsActing like he's watching it for the first time is part of the character. Deal with it
The "Discovery" was a joke. Loads of people were making that same joke as they saw the video.
Dismissing the material. Again. Characer. The NC is meant to be an asshole who no one likes.
He's meant to be petulant, childish, bitchy, demanding, arrogant and all the above.
If you want to watch a Doug Walker video go watch a Doug Walker video instead of clicking on the Nostalgia Critic videos -__-
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09.24.2011 - 10:43 | KooshmeisterI'll just skip the friggin' opening scene of this review on rewatches and get to the actual jokes and funny observations I came to this site for in the first place. That'll solve the problem. It's the only thing I even have an issue with in this review, anyway.
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09.22.2011 - 00:14 | trlkly
@Kooshmeister: No he doesn't. He doesn't mention anything. At all. He says there's something wrong, but doesn't say what that is.
And if the entire premise of the character is getting old to you, then stop watching. Doug won't miss you.
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09.24.2011 - 10:30 | KooshmeisterConsidering he used words like "amplified" and "shrill," I figured that Squeejee meant the Critic's screeching and whining at the beginning. I was simply employing the amazing technique of deductive reasoning based on evidence presented.
The premise of the character isn't getting old to me. Just that he's taking certain traits and running with them a little too much sometimes, and this was one of those times. The Critic has always been hit and miss with me in this regard. I'll happily stick around and watch past and future reviews of his where he doesn't assault my ear drums. Also I'll continue posting my opinions about his performances as I see fit, and I'm sorry you don't like it when someone doesn't praise him, and feel the need to act offended on his behalf.
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09.25.2011 - 00:09 | MuddykipzI have to say that I prefer Doug to Nostalgia Critic. Doug is informative, polite, and subdued, while NC is shrill and prone to hysterics. When he really plays it up as NC is when he loses me, just because the character turns into a caricature. He also seems to research more for his videos as just Doug.
NC just needs to put down the gun and stop screaming, and keep the style of the videos closer to that of the Siskel and Ebert retrospective.
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09.26.2011 - 12:28 | MoogletosserThe show is done for humor. If he stopped or changed, it wouldn't be funny.
His positive reviews as himself are nice too, but it wouldn't be as fun if he did that all the time.
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09.21.2011 - 07:02 | dennett316
I agree, it was too much and NC really needs to tone that sort of thing down. The rest of the review was great, the screeching at the start was annoying.
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09.21.2011 - 07:17 | _JM
Yes, I agree it's very annoying at this point. I started watching the video and when NC started setting up the title misunderstanding, I said to myself that if he started screaming yet again, I'd close the video. He did.
There's absolutely nothing funny about his high-pitched screaming after so many videos. It's not entertaining, it's annoying. It's not comedy, it's lazy writing. Doug could do so much better.
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09.21.2011 - 08:25 | vorpalswordI think a toned down NC would be a lot less entertaining than what we have now. One of his main attractions that got this character started was his over the top hamminess. It would be like making the little tramp dress better because people think he looks ugly in his rags.
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09.21.2011 - 10:26 | Futago
That's not the problem. He used this joke so many times now it's really getting annoying. I can understand that he might be a little short of ideas sometimes and has to reuse some jokes since he is doing a weekly show. But some jokes really have to die and this is one of them. On the whole I enjoyed this review though.
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09.21.2011 - 14:31 | EP.PixelsThe over-the-top slapstick and screaming is part of what made him funny in the first place and why you're still watching his material. Be honset, do you actually think he'd be any funnier if he toned down his character?
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09.24.2011 - 16:01 | NEUTRO!
TROLL DO NOT FEED TROLL DO NOT FEED TROLL DO NOT FEED!!! 111oneoneonetwotwotwo!! 111onetwothree
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The people who don't agree with you are trolls! No exceptions!
Really guys, we're not saying he should be calm, we're saying that him screaming for 20 seconds is annoying. There is an ocean of difference.
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10.02.2011 - 08:10 | Wermin2You're right. You either praise the video or you are a troll.
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01.19.2012 - 19:56 | MasterOfBerries
Troll denial.
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10.01.2011 - 12:44 | Kryss LaBrynSee, and I thought it was hilarious. Different strokes, I guess.
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09.21.2011 - 17:21 | ActCritic
Stfu, u're hurting my eyes.
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09.21.2011 - 04:30 | ultramanmattia
An evil organisation of teddy bears? Thats pretty origina. But still,the best evil organisations with silly costumes are Shocker,Gel-Shocker and Destron.
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09.21.2011 - 12:39 | KingKaor555
SUDDENLY,furries,thousand s of them!!
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09.22.2011 - 01:47 | xApatheticOnex
Soylent Grey is old people...
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09.20.2011 - 18:06 | Brenden
I laughed so hard while watching this!
Kudos to you, Critic! You make me laugh so hard that I have iced tea spewing out my ears.
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09.20.2011 - 20:45 | buried_treasure_yay
Alex?
Well anyway, the show was actually a lot of fun, I used to watch it. However the actors in that were just funner to watch and the silliness of it was so over the top, it was always entertaining.
However this movie... dis movie. Yeah, it's horrible. The actors are poopy, and they don't compare to the original actors in enthusiasm and just charm in general. There's no more campiness too, it's just dumb. Also what's this father mother crap? Wasn't in the original series.
Whatever, movie adaptations of things suck often, like video game adaptations. Maybe it's just adaptations in general, and people suck at adapting things. Or to things. Whatever.
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09.20.2011 - 21:30 | mrrubino
There was a Mother in the original series. I'd have to guess Father was a "clever" extrapolation from that. Sadly, someone probably got a bonus there.
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09.21.2011 - 03:01 | andytd
father only appeared in one episode, ill give the film the benfit of the doubt that they knew this and it wasnt a lucky "joke"
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09.22.2011 - 06:22 | mrrubinoAh, so she did. And Wikipedia says it was a "blind older woman". I hope nobody got a bonus for that. In fact I hope they were fired.
Poor silly Fiona Shaw. I know she's done things like Harry Potter and other productions all UK actors are legally obligated to be in (Has she ever done a Doctor Who episode?), but she also has this and Super Mario Brothers to contend with. Character actors, I tell you...
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09.21.2011 - 02:59 | andytdthe mother/father thing was introduced in series 6, one of the few things this film got right really
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09.22.2011 - 22:14 | mrrubinoShould've just gone with a hulking mute blonde being the traitor. She was always around.
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09.21.2011 - 05:39 | ElementalHero
"Whatever, movie adaptations of things suck often, like video game adaptations. Maybe it's just adaptations in general, and people suck at adapting things. Or to things. Whatever."
If that was the case, we wouldn't have had great comic book based movies or classic movies based on novels now, would we?
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09.22.2011 - 02:58 | Ahiru
I think the problem is, that they tried to do something halfway between silly and serious... That never works... For example, when she receives the package that tells her to answer the phone, you just can't tell if it is SUPPOSED to be stupid or if they didn't intend it to be funny...
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10.01.2011 - 12:52 | Kryss LaBrynI agree; the old series was fantastic and great fun. This movie... *Sigh* To be honest, I haven't seen this movie; I was rather put off by how young Ralph Fiennes is compared to Series!John Steed. S!JS has a certain je ne sais quoi that Ralph Fiennes is missing. In fact, the entire show had a certain je ne sais quoi that the movie is missing. It's as though someone explained the show to them, poorly, and they made the movie based on that instead of actually watching the series themselves.
Guys, don't let this movie turn you off the old series. There's still a bunch of episodes online. Check them out; they're great fun. "The Avengers" series was one of the things the first Austin Powers movie was parodying, and a lot of its better moments come from that influence. But this movie? Is like trying to recapture an exquisite meal from drinking the water the plates were washed in. Some of the same ingredients are still present, to a certain extent; but the end result is still nothing anyone would care to sample. What a pity.
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09.22.2011 - 00:06 | Shin Gallon
Nice bigotry bro.
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09.20.2011 - 18:05 | sodaman667
Sweetness NC! Simply Sweetness. :) :) :) Great job, and The Simpsons Lets play wasn't bad.
-sodaman667
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09.20.2011 - 18:06 | drakasonevu
awesome awesome stuff as always
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09.20.2011 - 18:09 | narutomakilol nice opening
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09.20.2011 - 20:03 | ladydiskette
lol, with NC's high-pitch shrieking I am suprised he didn't attract a whole bunch of tom cats into the room. lol
Another Lloyd, Ash, and Phelous's cat cameo FTW!
Dammit, NC knows our secrets ladies, hide the satin gowns and lacy chaffron dresses and abort the mission! Abort I say!
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This is a movie that features Sean Connery in a bear suit, and a scottsman outfit, and it's NOT a comedy?
Really?
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09.20.2011 - 18:48 | Mucca
*Sean Connery
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09.20.2011 - 18:55 | TheTannedOtakuSh*t! I always get them confused >.
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09.20.2011 - 19:35 | August M.
Those guys in the bear suits were the Teddy Bear Mafia from Sam and Max Save the World.
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09.20.2011 - 21:49 | powermad9From what I can gather, it doesn't know what the fuck it wants to be. It definitely looks like some sort of parody. Not gonna lie. But when you have super politeness, assassins dressed as teddy bears, and an invisible scientist, it looks a LOT like a parody of a James Bond movie. The title, 'The Avengers', seems like a spoof on the odd titling of a lot of James Bond movies. The politeness bringing stereotypical British relations into question. The bears representing the silly names and outfits of some Bond henchmen. There are so many possibilities.
I have some fleeting suspicion that this movie tried to be a parody, but ended up being a horribly disfigured child of cinema. It just didn't hold up as well as, say, Austin Powers.
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09.21.2011 - 11:11 | Patches MYeah, the Avengers is a comedy. It's just a terribly bad one.
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09.22.2011 - 00:16 | trlklyHuh? Of course it's a comedy. As the Critic says, the whole thing's based on one joke. Now the problem is that it isn't funny.
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09.20.2011 - 18:16 | sunder92
yay! NEW CRITIC!!! ^_^
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09.20.2011 - 18:16 | Karxrida
Great review, as always.
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Uhm....I know the actor's name....
-sheepish- I-it's Jim Broadbent. I'm quite a fan of his....
But most these days just settle for Professor Slughorn ;)
I remember this movie, though. My uncle practically raised me on British television and movies. Ahhhhh my god. It is rather bad, isn't it?
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09.20.2011 - 18:35 | Cheshire Kitten
That was Professor Slughorn?!?! I knew he looked familiar...
Anyway, great review, NC!
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09.20.2011 - 21:25 | EpicFish
Father was played by Fiona Shaw aka Petunia Dursley. So that's three future HP actors in this movie.
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09.20.2011 - 18:22 | PeteyMaxAbsolutely awesome review, NC.
You never disappoint!
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09.20.2011 - 18:22 | Azrael 13Awesome
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Not going to lie, I loved the game Bart's Nightmare as a kid and your terrible review did it no justice. You should have your genitals placed in a microwave until they pop into a bloody unrecognizable mess. Sorry I didn't leave that comment under the proper video but I like having people get pissed at me in comments so that is my bit of fun. I love your stuff Critic ever since I started watching you back in 2009 and I haven't missed a video since. Keep up the good work bro!
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09.20.2011 - 19:06 | Mr.Anderssson
cool story bro.
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09.20.2011 - 21:54 | mrrubinoMy guess is people get pissed at you because you are a horrible person.
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first your saying he should have his dick...microwaved, and then your saying you love his work? are you insulting him or complimenting him? MICROWAVE?????????????? EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWW WWW!!!! Worst then those guys in the Pain olympics!
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09.20.2011 - 18:28 | TodReynard43
^ Cool story, Hansel.
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09.20.2011 - 18:28 | The Mighty Quinn 3000Great review as always Doug, though I'm surprised Izzard was in this...seriously why is he in it?
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09.20.2011 - 18:47 | MuccaHoly shit, you avoided making a furry joke at the bear meeting scene.
I have no idea why, but the lack at an unfunny joke for me to get angry over is leaving me feeling incomplete.
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09.20.2011 - 20:41 | YeahwhateverFurry jokes are way overplayed. Its the stock comment that everyone makes, and it's irritating. They see an animal suit, and point and scream "FURRY!". It's just old and unfunny at this point.
That's probably why he didn't go for it. The joke he used instead was much more clever.
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09.20.2011 - 18:47 | WarxePB
Ah, poor Connery. But it would only get worse from here... he has Highlander 2 to look forward to. (Or did that come after this?)
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09.20.2011 - 19:54 | SpeedyEric
Highlander 2 came out in '91, and this one came out in '98.
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09.20.2011 - 18:50 | ReinDeer
Speaking of Highlander, that was a proper quickening if I ever saw one.
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09.20.2011 - 22:44 | mumbls
IYes, and I'm surprised that he did not make any jokes about Highlander or Celebrity Jeopardy.
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09.21.2011 - 04:23 | Taigan
That was my thought. "How could he let that lightning strike go by with no highlander joke?" I guess he didn't want to associate any of Connery's *good* movies with this.
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09.21.2011 - 10:17 | mrskippy
Still could've gone for Highlander 2...
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09.20.2011 - 19:05 | Mr.AndersssonWow this movie is stupid. At least Sean Connery got an epic death, if nothing else. I think I'd fall asleep watching the rest, though.
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09.20.2011 - 19:51 | SpeedyEricI was hoping you'd review this one sooner or later, just because of the title.
2:03- You mean Jim Broadbent? (Just got slapped in the face silly by NC from the computer monitor) OUCH! ...Sorry.
4:10- Yeah. This reminds me of Central City in "The Spirit." God, I can believe I saw that Frank Millar crap in the theatre... TWICE!
4:57- Okay, 2 things:
A. You're an idiot.
B. You're asking future He Who Shall Not Be Named to trust you.
8:11- I wonder if the theatres that showed this thing when it was released had pillows and blankets on stand by for whenever anyone in the audience fell asleep from the acting.
9:42- "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Mind F**k." Seriously, I feel like I've gone into an acid trip with my sister's Care Bear doll.
12:19- She also looked like a rampaging gorilla jumping off a ledge.
12:53- I guess this is a close as we'll get for seeing the Insecticons in a live action movie.
I love your "Fugitive" joke.
17:31- I'm gonna need to watch "V for Vendetta" to wash this movie from my memory.
Man, what a dull piece of cinema. I heard that this movie was bad, but I never expected it to be this dull, this wacky, and this stupid. Only less than 8 months away from The Avengers film we're all waiting for, people.
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09.20.2011 - 21:36 | BooRat
9:42 Look it's a highlander mixed with a Care Bear... this is some good weed!
12:19 she looks like that to me without the bear suit!
12:53 yes... I'm depressed now!
17:31 that's a good idea!
Well in 8 months this movie will only be the movie you acsodently come across when looking for showtime on Google!
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09.21.2011 - 15:12 | MisterWWhat Fugitive joke?
And also, pandas are marsupials, not bears.
It might have helped if Doug had seen the original Avengers TV series, with Diana Rigg as Emma Peel. I'm just glad he used its theme in the closing credits.
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09.21.2011 - 19:35 | RavenStromdans
Pandas are not marsupials. You're thinking of Koalas.
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10.01.2011 - 12:58 | Kryss LaBrynThey aren't bears either, though, oddly enough, given their appearance. They're distantly related to racoons.
I suppose that factoid helps to distantly justify the "All aliens look human" meme?
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09.22.2011 - 14:54 | SpeedyEricThe clip featuring Tommy Lee Jones asking, "What do you mean he did it for the money? He's a doctor. He already rich." When it's reveiled that Sean Connery's character is making his global threat for (that's right) money.
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You're right, they are bears. But they're still on the verge on extinction.
And The Avengers wasn't exactly "James Bond meets The Prisoner." The Prisoner come several years after The Avengers.
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05.16.2012 - 13:03 | SpeedyEricWell, 8 months have past, and Marvel's The Avengers has become the kick-ass movie of 2012 so far. =D
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09.20.2011 - 19:23 | FlamehawkHoly crap, early video!
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09.20.2011 - 19:26 | Redbob86
This movie has only one thing memorable about it. And that is one single line. When Father tells Mother that Connery demands 10% of the UK's GDP, Mother refuses. To which Father replies:
"Yes, he'd knew you'd say that. Which is why he also told me that if you don't pay his demands, he will make this winter so cold that we'll all have to go to hell just to warm up."
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09.20.2011 - 19:29 | Jeff JacobsonWe're here
We're clear
We don't want any more bears
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09.20.2011 - 19:52 | SpeedyEricOh, won't somebody PLEASE think of the children!?
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09.20.2011 - 19:31 | RiverwalkerFunny, I'd have pegged the robot wasps as clearly from the Sonic games, instead of Megaman.
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09.20.2011 - 20:15 | MidesYep, those are totally Buzz Bombers from the comic.
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09.20.2011 - 20:22 | rowdycmoore
Bees. My God. (Come on, someone had to say it!)
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09.20.2011 - 21:37 | BooRatamen
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09.21.2011 - 09:48 | invaderlysander
was waiting for this, leaving happy
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09.20.2011 - 20:43 | YeahwhateverThe comic? They started out from the games. And made an appearance on Adventures Of Sonic The Hedgehog way before the comics.
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09.20.2011 - 19:32 | FullofQuestions
My dad really likes the series, and I've seen a few episodes- it's not bad.
I was cracking up right when I heard her read the note that said, "Answer the phone." That made my day, it really did. As did the bears.
And that British guy is Jim Broadbent *ducks*.
Love the Harry Potter reference at the end; Fiennes is the only Harry Potter actor I've consistently not been able to stand throughout the movies.
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New Vid! This may sound silly but I work really hard and enjoy my downtime watching these vids each tues. Thanks!
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09.20.2011 - 19:37 | Ally-Gator
The actual show isn't that bad (as far as shows of that type go) but I never even knew they had or could make a movie of it. You can't make a feature film based entirely on banter, that's why loads of romantic comedies are boring.
Great review critic, and I'm impressed that there were no Pedobear jokes.
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09.20.2011 - 19:38 | AtrumLeoOk now im not defending this movie since it is a horrible adaptation of a fantastic series. The original actors had so much spark to their performance and the writing was a thousand times better than the movie. Although that politeness bit was present in the characters of the series, though I feel that some of the jokes that work for the Avengers does not go down well to the American audience, kind of a 'dry British wit' kind of thing. Now as for the themes of bear suits, Steeds coat [in fact i believe it was something he always has so fans of the show would have realized he was fine], the bees and even that invisible man are all very fitting to the original series, since it was meant to be surreal in a fashion.
I would highly recommend watching the show Doug, since you may enjoy the original over that tripe.
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02.21.2012 - 20:04 | KittyKatAllen
I so agree with you.... i used to watch the series with my mom and i loved spending the time with her watching it... i found it funny and rather wonderfull and exciting to watch (I was 9 at the time) but it was a good series and i would love it to come back on to tv ^_^.... O_o i dont like the look of this movie though.... I love Ralph Finnes and Jim Broadbent (yes i cant sleep) there in my top 11 favourite actors list ^_^
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I've got to say it's pretty depressing seeing such a great actor as Sean Connery stooping down to a movie like this.
Christ Sean, you should have told me if you were that broke, I'd have lent you a $50.
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10.31.2011 - 02:29 | Serpico89
"finally!! the rapture!! i swear jesus, i'll never star in a movie like this again!!!"
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09.20.2011 - 19:40 | eatmylazorAvengers!
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