20K? On MY video?? It's more likely than you think! Thank you so, so much for the flood of support & subscribers. I'm thrilled to have had so many great conversations with folks about Pink Floyd! New video is out November 3rd, and it's one that's been a passion project for months, so I'm quite excited to share it with you. Plus, there's content up on my Patreon as well, including a review of Joker, if that's your sort of thing. New content is lined up and should be coming out at least once a month from hereon out. I've also unlocked channel posts & started a thread where you can recommend video topics. There's no guarantee I'll do any of them, but I'm curious what you folks are interested in seeing. See you soon for the next one, and thanks again!

I don't even care for the movie, but Doug saying that teens are "egotistical" for liking pink floyd without realizing the irony of that statement is truly frightening.

That comment that Doug Walker both hasn’t aged at all yet has aged so much... honestly hit the nail on the head, I realized

Why do I have the feeling Doug has so many problems with The Wall because of the "saw myself in the main character and I didn't like what I saw" thing?

Let’s not forget, this parody/review was a “love letter to Pink Floyd”.

Can’t wait for the Nostalgia Critic review of Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band and get angry because of the plot holes in the album.

What saddens me the most about this whole thing is that many of those people in Doug's audience will take his word for it and call the film pretentious without seeing it for themselves because Daddy Doug says so. I know this because once, way back when, I was one of those people. *shudders*

It's ridiculous how Doug thinks the film uses Word War 2 imagery to seem "edgy." Ummmm, maybe it's because Roger Waters' Father died in the war, and he grew up in the aftermath of it? Also, the album and movie were made less than 40 years after the war ended, so it would've still been in the living memory of tons of people, or at least their parents. One thing I just realised which seems surreal is that we are currently further removed from the Vietnam War in 2019 than the Wall film was from World War 2 when it came out in 1982.

He ain't no Weird Al, that's for sure.

What really bothers me is that he skips over “mother” and goes straight from “another brick in the wall part 2” to “goodbye, blue sky” which completely misses the point that the WW2 stuff is actually super important to the character of the mom because it’s supposed to be about how because of the fact that she lost her husband, as well her implied ptsd as a result of the German blitz, she views the world as being dangerous and especially as being dangerous to her son and that she fears losing him like she did her husband which is why she becomes so overprotective and smothering “mama’s gonna put all of her fears into you” and also it completely misrepresents the film and album which is probably how he somehow came upon this insane “school=world war 2” comparison that doesn’t exist on any plain of reality other than the fucking bizarro universe one that he crawled out of.

Also interesting that Doug actually monetized the songs on youtube...for music that he didn't even write.

I love the talk about how Pink Floyd actually critizes the school SYSTEM rather than the teacher. For reference, the other day I read an essay written by George Orwell. The title was "Such, such were the joys". And there he talks about what it was like at Crossgates, the prep school he attended. And there, you could get into trouble for pretty much anything. Allow me to quote: "I had learned early in my career that one can do wrong against one's will, and before long I also learned that one can do wrong with ever discovering what one has done or why it was wrong". And by getting in trouble at that prep schools which George attended, it meant not only that the teachers could hit him (which they of course did!): It meant a group of older kids were given permission by the teachers to beat up the little kids, to set them straight! SO.... NOT a problem that could be solved by "growing a pair of balls".

“You don’t have to personally like something to understand that it has artistic merit.” I love that.

IDK how he has hired so many actors, prop builders, bought a studio but he still makes all of his visual effects by himself in MSPaint.

Someone should put the "doesn't this remind you of Jesus" over the end of Doug's To Boldly Flee where the Nostalgia Critic literally sacrifices himself, and ascends to save all the inhabitants of his world.

P.S. RIP Harold Bloom, giant of literary criticism. This video was recorded about two weeks before his death so please don't harass me about that Bloom's Guide to Pink Floyd's The Wall joke, thanks.

Doug Walker: writes and stars in a 3-hour movie that frames his character as a messianic type. Also Doug Walker: "This The Wall sure has some presence of Jesus allegory, I'm going to mock it in a nasally voice!"

8:33 Something about the still, proud image of Aslan while Doug Walker screams about Jesus is hilarious

After watching Folding Ideas, I'm slowly slipping down a rabbit hole of content tearing apart Doug Walker. I'm all for having my nostalgia glasses removed, as someone who had seen a few of his videos in the past, I'm here and loving it.

I said this in another video on the review, but... "The Nostalgia Critic making fun of a scene revolving mental and physical abuse? Considering the whole controversy Channel Awesome was involved in, I'm not surprised."

This video is one of the few to recognize the cyclical nature of the album, which feels like it was pretty blatant in both the movie and album. 'Isn't this where we came in?" The Wall, that makes people disconnected from society, and able to dehumanize others, cultivating monstrous thoughts...that keep the cycle going. How Nostalgia Critic missed this?

Honestly I'd kinda forgotten his issue with the school sequence was "stop being mean about your teacher being mean to you nobody cares" and that he'd missed the whole thing where it was about the schooling system in general... quick, nobody tell Doug about Matilda! He'll see Miss Trunchbull existing and his head will immediately implode in rage!

The wall literally happened because Waters had a heel-turn epiphany about the kind of person he was becoming. Doug never had this moment of self-discovery and instead has become the person the wall was written as a warning about...

I think Doug may be the only person who doesn't like Comfortably Numb. How could he hate such a beautiful song? Also, "Comfortably Dumb"....*facepalm ∞*

Damn not even dignifying him with his character name, busting out "Doug" lmao

1:48 It's funny to think about how that humor aged so poorly. Ask most people who used to be CA fans, and I'm sure you'll get a lot of comments like "It was funny when I was in high school, but 5 years later I just..."

I absolutely love that the Internet is roasting the hell out of Doug for this, and your commentary is so refreshingly calm

The quick little Hbomerguy insert reminded me that he has some of the most wonderfully memeable clips on the internet.

My first memory of Pink Floyd is of my dad showing me a clip where they brought children who were in prison on stage to sing Another Brick in the Wall. Hearing Doug Walker “sing” “high school sucks grow a damn pair of balls” is so unbelievably tone deaf and possibly ignorant.

I have just discovered the "analysing Doug Walker, his refusal to grow up and the disappointment of former fans" genre, and honestly, it's captivating

Cinema Snob has gone completely insane as well. He decided to pick Doug over close friends like Allison and Phelan.

It sounded like the Cinema Snob cameo broke you lol

I don’t get why Brad Jones still ties himself to Doug. I know he’s close with the Walker Bros but he was friends with Lupa and Phelous and seemed to dump other Channel Awesome friends to stand by the ego maniac who let his friends get mistreated. It’s a shame because I like the Snob content

12:58 I disagree with the open vagueness ending. The wall ends with a small child disarming a molotov cocktail while the "Outside The Wall" lyrics give you a warm felling of hope. In the album, the final "Isn't this where..." matches perfectly with the "...we came in" (U4m3-airyNw) at the start of the album, best. infinite. album. ever. Great Video.

Doug literally became the Boomer of the "Ok Boomer" meme.

In case anyone hasn't answered your question on the Cinema Snob/Brad Jones, Brad basically stayed with CA unironically after the revelations the Change the Channel. No one really knew why, but it was speculated it was out of his friendship to the Walkers. Fast forward months later & Brad answered why in an interview &, basically, he boiled down everyone's complaints to whining about trivial things, then after that he & his wife did a livestream where they blamed Obscurus Lupa for people apparently sending them death threats & finding his grandma's address, as well as a police officer being sent to cheeck on Brad because someone apparently prank called the police saying he was suicidal. All of which both haven't been proven to have even happened, but, if they have, there's no way they were Lupa's fault. No one knows exactly why Brad stayed with CA, but also no one cares because he's shown himself to be an asshole either way.

I am a 42 year old man, I have been listening to Floyd since I was 10, The Wall was my first introduction to Floyd. I used to be a big fan of channel awesome until #changethechannel came about, my eyes were open to how terrible the majority of the individuals on channel awesome are. After seeing this "review/parody" on my favourite album of my favourite band??? I was disgusted by their actions previously, this fills me with rage, I absolutely detest Doug Walker and channel NOT-SO-AWESOME for this blasphemy!!!

Thanks to the KZfaq algorithm for picking this up and for the comments/support! I'm floored by how many views this is getting. If you guys would like to hear the full version of that cover, it's a few years old and not high quality, but I could totally post it.

personally, i wonder more why tamara chambers is still hanging out with this dude..

6:50 "And clearly way too mature for you at any age, Doug!" oof. that's wonderful.

One of the worst things about Doug's "love letter" was how he dragged other actually good artists like FENNAH down into the burning trainwreck with him

thank you Folding Ideas for bringing me here

I can't imagine how awful it must be to watch Monty Python's Life of Brian in the same room as Doug Walker. "OMG, DoEsN't tHiS ReMiNd YoU oF jEsUs?!?!?!?"

You did Mother well.

I'd surprised if in a few years Doug would look on back his "so called review" of The Wall and think/say "wow, that's the worst thing I've made since Demo Reel".

But the real question is... DoEsN’t ThIs ReMiNd YoU oF jEsUs??

"I grew up on the west coast, but during the height of the Katy Perry, 'California Girl,' popularity; I was far from. I was more of a uh, *grimaces* wanted to be goth but couldn't quite because goth was no longer super popular kinda girl..." I feel called out Seriously though, just found you and I love what I've seen so far (possibly because I seem to have very similar taste; you'll be joining my sub box with Lindsey Ellis, Jenny Nicholson, and hbomberguy lol).

This is the only review video of this that inserts a reference to the "how could you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat", therefore its objectionably THE best one. I mean, the super-good, informative critiques and the enjoyable presentation are big pluses too, but hey.

This video and JAR media’s video made me appreciate The Wall more and hate nostalgia critic more, good vid.

A hbomb reference Clearly i have come to the right corner of the internet

Cinema Snob sold his soul (Or what remained of it) to Doug a long-ass time ago. He was one of the only ones who stayed after the Change The Channel document was released.

I gotta give a big round of applause to people who analyze this "Review/tribute" to The Wall. Indicating that they sat through every excruciating minute of it. I can't watch three seconds it hurts so bad.

The core message of the Wall is how we set up barriers to communication with others, and the hate, coldness, and isolation that results.

The worst thing about Doug is that every once in a while he has a joke that is kinda funny, or at least some of his older videos where funny-ish, albeit in a very outdated way. But I guess a broken clock is right twice a day

I haven't been keeping up with Nostalgia Critic so I didn't know he was "remaking" movies in his reviews, but I knew he was incorporating more and more skits in his videos. So when I stumbled upon his review of The Wall it took some time before realizing he was not reviewing it but remaking it. Needless to say I felt incredibly frustrated watching this. When it goes to Another Brick in the Wall and he's doing that awful Dracula voice I couldn't take it anymore and stopped watching. I felt like I had been trolled into watching this movie when I was expecting him to pick it apart and crack some jokes. Also this guy is waaaaaay too opinionated. I understand it's impossible not to have an opinion but he really knows how to alienate an audience. Even the Angry Video Game Nerd, who has a hatred for LJN games, recognizes sometimes things fly under his radar that are actually enjoyable. His LJN hatred is perfectly understandable, but he still showed some humility when a fan asked him to play Spider-Man Maximum Carnage for SNES. It wasn't a terrible game and James Rolfe could acknowledge it. But Doug's ego has become so bloated he'd rather attack his fans for any criticism or disagreement.

First of all, this is a really nicely done video ^_^ As for why Brad Jones is still hangs with them - well, I don't know what is Brad's exact reasoning (becides obvious "we are long-time friends" and "they have over a million subs" ), but after his interview with Double Toasted where he basically went "LOL, so CA sucked, grow a damn pair of balls" and him trying to blame Allison (Obscurus Lupa) for the bullying that he apparently received for sticking with Walkers, he pretty much burned bridges with many of his former frequent collaborators, like Phelous and Linkara. And, I think, there's only one guy left from the group of his friends that were featured in his videos before. Also, somewhere around the start of CtC Brad started crowdfunding his new movie and I remember his former colleagues reposting links to it and to his crowdfunding streams (because back then they all said "he has a right to stay on the site, it's all good"). Movie was recently released. It has lots of jabs about CtC and features Walker brothers, Rob in one of main roles even, and none of the other former producers. I feel sorry for the people who gave him money because they wanted to support producers after CtC and got this as a result. So yeah, he is Brad Walker now, the third Walker brother.

I just watched Walker’s Video on The Wall a couple of nights ago and the dismissing of social concerns, attacks on Rodger Waters and what he went through as a child in the school system and Walker using lyrics that don’t even make sense in any kind of parity type way have all caused me to still have this nightmare trash in my head even now. I went through a certain amount of institutional abuse under the guise of preparing me and fellow students for the real world when I was staying weekely at the Ohio State School for the Blind when I was a teen. While it probably wasn’t the same as what Rodger Waters describes in the album, what happened to me left a mark, and it’s really been within the last eight or so years that I’ve gotten to the point of fully realizing just what was done to me as well as trying to work through it. I’m 34 years old now and when I was at the school for t he blind was from 1999 to 2004 just for a little more context. Given what I described above, this for me isn’t so much some punk ass KZfaq creep trashing an album I grew up with which I did, but instead it’s a video in which Doug Walker cynically dismisses social justice issues, makes fun and light of Far Right Politics in general and Fascism in particular. Add in his dismissal of childhood trauma, systemic abuse and the lasting damage caused by said problems, then what’s really here is just mean-spirited poison that added to other systemic problems will only insure that the issues continue to go on unless more and more people see this for what it is and call it out as such. He might as well have had Jordan Peterson, Milo Yiannopolis and Ben Shapiro guest star on this septic tank of hate, pus and garbage. May Doug Walker’s video trashing The Wall rot in Hell!

unrelated but part of me is really hoping youre gay 'cause damn girl

Thing about that whole "I'm Jesus" bit is that it's a recycling of one of his previous jokes for Man of Steel, where that criticism was actually legit since that film was that tactless and heavy-handed about it (not to mention ignoring Superman's Jewish roots). Which brings me to yet another issue about NC's Wall review, in that he copy-pastes jokes from his previous videos regardless of whether they still work in context. Like he also, out of nowhere, recycles his jokes about 90s commercials capitalising on rebellion for 'Another Brick in the Wall', and it just comes across as really shoehorned in

Doug has such a shallow understanding of themes and symbolism. He seems to believe that everything comes down to either war or religion. Heaven forbid you make something about depression, mental illness, trauma, or anything deeply personal or requires some level of empathy, because he'll just dismiss it as "So this is about Jesus, right?" His analytical skills have not left the 10th grade.

It is sad seeing NC fall so hard considering how he influenced a lot of my initial interest in media criticism. They used to be pretty fun and the quality just dropped so horribly either as he tries to hard to stick to tropes or my opinion on things started to mature.

Its gonna be cool in a year when I get to say I was an early fan

oh my god, as a girl who also had a massive pink floyd phase in middle school (And still love them to this day) and as someone who still holds the wall as my favorite album, and also unfortunately watched a lot of nostalgia critic as a preteen..., this video absolutely sums up how i felt about his review of the wall too. you absolutely hit the nail on the head in so many ways i can't even sum them all up, this video was fantastic and perfect. so glad to discover your channel too! i can't wait to see what other videos you end up making!

10:13 "How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat" killed me

What’s funny is that the whole “In the Flesh” parody could have worked if the following criteria were filled: 1. Change the authority figure into a caricature of an Internet personality that feeds off of drama (i.e. Keemstar). Make the song about how cancel culture can be misused, like with what happened to Spoctor. 2. Have another person do this parody. Doug is way too knee deep in past actions that he has been called out for to make any actual judgements against cancel culture. 3. Use the parody as a part of an overarching story to show how people can get into that kind of mindset. Personally, I feel like the parody could have worked, but the whole “person you hate” bit and #ChangetheChannel undertones makes the whole thing feel petty.

On the cinema snob thing, he stuck by Doug through the controversy and his response was: "well if Logan Paul got away with his shit we can too"

This is only the second video of yours i've watched and i just got as far as you quickly mentioning why the humour of CA was appealing in a post 2000s era and I knew i had to hit like because your videos are both insightful, entertaining, and also got me good in the relatable commentary sense so thanks for that! I WILL be subscribing!

Exactly. The 'leave kids alone' is not 'stop teaching them' but 'it's wrong to take out your issues on those who cannot defend themselves against you'. I also read this, and the visual representation of the school as an example of an authoritarian system. 'Obey and ask no questions, or you'll get punished and humiliated'. The message was 'we don't need THIS TYPE of education'. Education that tells people that they have no value, that it's ok to hurt others when they're weaker than you. That it's ok to strip someone of their dignity. Also It was hilarious of him to call the movie pretentious and full of itself, when he made approx. 3 hours long vanity project himself. And that he nowadays makes his review those boring, unfunny skits that are all about him Like Haruhi from Ouran Host Club said "People that don't look at themselves are scary"

Been binging responses to that mess of a review, just subscribed. I actually found The Wall when I was 30. I had a huge upheaval in my life and a resulting mental breakdown. It was coincidentally right around when Roger Waters was doing the tour, and I finally checked it out. I absolutely credit it with keeping me functioning for a while. There's nothing "teen angsty" about trauma or mental health. (although I did have the 'crying on the floor to Depeche Mode' period of my life as well, haha) Also I can't believe he's not being purposefully dumb with the "ARE YOU COMPARING WWII TO HIGH SCHOOL??" nonsense. Considering the film adds "When the Tigers Broke Free," which is practically holding the viewer's hand explaining what happened with Pink/Roger's dad. There's some things that I could see being confusing, but the WWII parts are absolutely not that.

I feel like The Wall review has marked this explosion point where a lot of us former NC fans (when we were teenagers) are finally able to fully articulate all of the things he's terrible at. Like we denied it even after we changed the channel because admitting he was so talentless somehow meant we would have to live that down, but it's been a sweet release to finally speak up about every problem we knew he had. And thank you for pointing out the big one. He would always harp on actors' singing, all the time. And the annoying thing was he acted with AUTHORITY about it - never just, "that sounds unpleasant," but always as though he knew some technicality or had a trained ear. And wow is he a bad singer. I can tell he's maybe practiced a little because he seems to know what breath control is, but holy shit does he not play to whatever strengths he might have. The texture of his voice is naturally shrill, which really shouldn't matter if you know how to use it, but he's either leaning way too heavily into it or not aware of it at all and it sounds terrible. Even in the skits where tries to use a natural baritone he sounds way more like Russell Crowe than he seems to realize.

So this is officially your first video? Nicely done. It's rare that I find a channel with quality content so early on. I stopped watching NC when he started doing these damn sketches, instead of simply reviewing movies. When Obscurus Lupa dropped the bombshell about what was happening behind the scenes, I wasn't really surprised, but I was disappointed. Then when Cinema Snob attacked Allison a few months ago, with he and his wife claiming that she had her fan base swat them, I completely washed my hands of his channel as well. Damn shame, too. I really liked CS, although I never understood why he stayed with Channel Awesome.

I've seen 2 of your videos so far and you used Dogz 2 songs as background music in both. It brings me so much joy to know one other person actually knows that game, I was practically raised on it LOL

I just discovered your channel and I think you’re brilliant. Keep up the good work.

As a fellow Pink Floyd fan, I have to say that Doug not liking The Wall is not the problem. Honestly, it took me almost three years to even like the thing, let alone love it and rank it highly in the band's discography. The problem is the arrogance in his intellectual dishonesty, mocking Waters' upbringing, accusing the songs of being Oscar bait when the music was written before the film - things like that that anyone daring to call themselves a critic would never do. The singing sucks, too. Your review of this "review" is on point, though. Great analysis. I also really liked your Lolita as a big Nabokov fan.

It could be possible that the train in The Wall is a reference to the Evacuation, where children from the city were removed from their homs and sent out to the countryside to live with complete strangers.

Hey, sweet video, and congrats on the mysterious algorithm finding and catching you~ It’s really sad seeing Doug the way he is now. I have no idea if he’ll ever be in a state to realize he needs to change himself. I don’t know if he has ever changed for the better...

Watch out for the commentators who'll will come on here and say "Even with all the criticism,you can poke fun at the things you love." In response to people correctly thinking Doug's review isn't in any way a form of a love letter. They're swarming other channels talking about NC's Wall Review.

"Stuck up on a stage..." Couldn't have described NC better.

Something else I noticed while watching this is just how hypocritical Doug was with the whole "Nazi symbolism" thing. He complains about the kids being taken away on a train as an unneeded Nazi comparison (which even then I'm sure it's like what you said about the slaughterhouse train representation) but then with the whole HASHTAG bullshit, he's literally comparing social media to Nazis. It's the only time he does an actual parody song in the whole review, and it's essentially what he was complaining about before! Also, nice video and I love your editing too. Keep up the good work ^^

Brad and Doug are still best friends. The one time Brad addressed the Change The Channel controversy he totally threw the former content creators under the bus, claiming that their concerns were petty and inaccurate. This ultimately led to him and Alison aka Lupa having a falling out.

You are right in that he left Young Lust and One Of My Turns out.

The shade at Walker plus the Hbomberguy references just earned you a sub!

One of the bands my parents were fans of was Pink Floyd and I listened to their albums throughout my childhood. Hell, my parents let me watch their VHS copy of The Wall when I was in elementary school and I got more out of it as a kid than Doug got as an adult.

Wanted to be goth but not quite because it was no longer super popular so I listened to a lot of depeche mode and morrisey and cried on the floor. I felt that

The only highlight of Doug making that video was this video.

the wall helped me so much in high school. it helped me realize that my mental health was suffering from things like isolation and childhood trauma and allowed me to take the steps to recover. and then to have doug just be like "nah bruh the album is pretentious" and write it off just shows his capabilities (or lack there of) to critically review movies. like, I always though the nazi part of the wall was brilliant. it showed how destructive isolation can be to ones own self and those around them, but of course, doug just saw it as "oh those kids don't like trump lol lets tweet about it" is just kind of lame. im glad im not the only one who saw the bs of this review

I remember when I dropped off watching his videos. Disneycember I think it was called, so many of the videos ended with the thesis along the lines of: "it's not for everyone, but it is for some people, and if you are one of those people, you might like it." You don't say?

what you say near the end about the good in seeing yourself in a villain is such an interesting perspective that I think a lot of people overlook, really enjoyed this video

And subbed. Superb analysis and great editing. You might just become the next Lindsay Ellis. 😊

Saw this in my recommended videos and decided to give this a watch. This is a really well made video! I enjoyed your humor, criticisms and viewpoints. Keep up the good work. You got a new subscriber :3

Thank you for uploading this. You're a great youtuber, i appreciate you!

14:34 when the singularity occurs, you will be the only survivor. Your computer was thinking of you.

When I was a kid I told my second grade teacher about the "hey teacher leave those kids alone" line because I thought she was would be really offended, she was not 😂

I saw an interpretive dance about the berlin wall that used pink floyd songs and it was 1000x more enjoyable than anything Doug has produced in years

This is a really good video. Well edited, arguments put together almost seamlessly, you just earned a subscriber. I hope you make more video essays cause you have a real knack for it. I don't know if you're taking suggestions for videos, but if you are, can you make a video on The Smiths, Goth music, and the Goth subculture as a whole? 😁

HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO FOCUS W THE SOUTH PAWVILLE THEME IN THE BG

I’ve said this elsewhere, but I’ll say it again here. Everything about NC’s The Wall rubs me up the wrong way. It’s so nakedly unaware of, well, anything that not even a mindless computer algorithm could have shat it out. As someone who used to watch The Nostalgia Critic, I hate it. As an occasional Pink Floyd listener, I hate it. As a prog fan, it absolutely disgusts me. Nostalgia Critic? HA HA, CHARADE YOU ARE!

Ethically sourced roasting of Doug Walker? *hits subscribe* In all seriousness though, I think it was the Matrix review that made me permanently give up on him, particularly the ending? He'd made transphobic jokes in the past, but then he doubled down on it around the time we started to gain actual visibility. It was kinda amazing to scroll down and see comment after comment calling him out on how unnecessary/reaching it was.

KZfaq's algorithm keeps offering me videos about the Nostalgia Critic's review of "The Wall" (which I havent seen, because I'm not a nostalgia critic fan) and I keep clicking on them (not sure why), but this is the first one I really enjoy. Good editing, interesting perspective, entertaining video. Good job

Just wanted to say thank you for pointing out that Doug looks like Davis Aurini, as someone whose friends don't really know of Doug Walker or Davis Aurini I felt like there was nobody else who'd understand that association. (also, subbed thanks to the Hbomb clip)