WB Rants: The Wall.
Werebelushi:
Hello everyone and welcome to another rant/review installment of That Werebelushi In The Shades. I'm Matthias T Radke aka That Werebelushi In The Shades, and i'm only saying that because we've got some new people in the crowd today. Yes, yours truly has gained some new fans...these guys really seem to love the stories that feature me and my family. To those new fans out there, you are going to be in for a treat because this is a show where I get to show my comedic chops by venting about things, either about things I don't like or things that bug/confuse me. And by special demand by an anonymous person who donated to my special project I will be tackling the Nostalgia Critic's review of The Wall.
I used to be a part of Channel Awesome myself, but I never got invited to any of the anniversary specials or crossovers, nonetheless I have heard a lot about that Change the Channel movement and what supposedly happened and i'd like to add my input, specifically I left that particular website after I came down with a crippling case of self doubt. Well I suppose it's for the best, you can't have more than one angry reviewer. I would have set up my own Youtube channel but since the current Youtube system would definitely not find my work to be kid-friendly, I would rather not risk it. Now before we start i'd like to give a bit of a backstory, i'm a music buff myself...i'm specifically an 80's rock or 80's pop guy but let's just say if you asked me 'What do you think of Pink Floyd?' I'd say 'they're one of the best ever in the world if not in the universe.'
The Wall in my opinion is a solid album and the movie enhances the experience. Which brings us to the review in question...this is basically a Musical episode. I have nothing wrong with musical episodes, I perform musical numbers in my show frequently. It's just these ones are executed that makes me question if Doug even knew how to do them. The overall theme is isolation, which is relatable. And I don't think he managed to get this right, at all.
First of all....Corey Taylor or rather this is Corey Taylor's son in the role of 'Pink/Floyd Pinkerton' from the movie works but it's the way the songs go. Also the rockstar pandering thing and the whole trying to be 'edgy' complaint, yeah sorry Doug I disagree...the entire album is based around Roger Water's experiences and has a 'war is bad' message especially in the song In The Flesh , which makes sense since Roger Waters grew up during the second world war and his father died.
Yes, critics did think it was pretentious but obviously that was because they didn't get the complexities and the metaphors. It's not a literal wall that Pink builds to isolate himself, it's a metaphorical one, an emotional one...and no, I don't think Trump would be smart enough to understand it. Also...since when was Pink Floyd considered a 'goth' trendsetter? Pink Floyd isn't goth, yes...the band has a large number of dark songs but they're not considered 'goth', when I think dark/gothic I think Ozzy Osborne, Within Temptation, The Cure, Evanescence, Echo And The Bunnymen, Bauhaus, Alice Cooper and numerous others and not Pink Floyd.
The story behind The Thin Ice is basically that due to the death of his father, Rogers's mother had to raise him on her own and thus making him feel more isolated. The loss of a parent is very understandable, anyone can get behind that. *he sobs* I know that some of my relatives can. I still think about them to this day. And then there's the 'Another Brick In The Wall' segment coming up, that's when he starts to build the emotional wall around himself..something that Doug obviously doesn't understand.
As we see Pink as a child...we see him at school being tormented by a tyrannical schoolmaster who resembles a hammer. Doug did this and the Another Brick In The Wall segment as a parody of the US educational system, when that's not the case at all. Pink Floyd is an ENGLISH rock band and as such it's based on the UK educational system. Which is very different than how the American one works. This segment in the original work ('The Happiest Days Of Our Lives') represents all of the personal traumas that Waters went through. these traumas become metaphorical bricks in the wall. And also there are multiple references to Syd Barrett who basically had a number of 'episodes' including one psychotic episode. And then there's the segment in the movie where Pink is made fun of at school for writing a poem. The reason for the abusive behavior of the teacher is because of the unhappiness of said teacher's marriage.
Doug...have you not been to England before? And also the double negative in the lyric 'We don't need no education' is intentional. Adult Pink talks about his over-protective mother in the song 'Mother' (and before you ask, no...I don't think the 'mother should I run for president?' line was predictive of Trump's run for office). And also he talks about his upbringing during the 'blitz' (i.e the second world war). Also Doug, it's NOT pandering and/or pretentious. Also way too damn angsty? Since when was Pink Floyd considered angsty?
Now Doug's version of this complains about the visuals...specifically stating that he thinks that what he essentially views as 'world war II with monsters' is too silly. No, it's NOT silly at all, it's symbolic...it's symbolic of Pink's trauma and isolation. Everything during that time was terrifying to young Pink and Roger Waters, since that is who Pink is. The imagery in the movie specifically the train, is a representation. You would know this if you paid close attention, Doug. When The Tigers Broke Free in the movie explains everything. The animation for Goodbye Blue Sky is pretty much telling us that all of the deaths during the war was all for nothing, hence that particular imagery. Also 'Oscar Bait'? The album came out BEFORE the movie, and the movie is a visual companion to the album.
In the movie Another Brick In The Wall part 2 has the children rebel against the teacher and carry him off to an unknown fate, and this is how Pink imagines what the school is like...he imagines children being oppressed and tossed into a meat-grinder. Each little visual has a meaning to do it, and I don't think Doug got that. And then there's the segment where he gets married. Basically in the movie and album Pink discovers his own wife is cheating on him...which basically did happen to Waters himself. Again, very relatable.
And that's where the animation comes in...pretty much every single one of Pink's (and Roger Waters's) experiences which were horrifying/traumatic are represented as bricks being added to the wall, it is not that difficult to understand. And this 'wall' is his emotional wall which he uses to distance himself from society. He later then turns to a young groupie (the song Young Lust) and brings her to his hotel room only to trash it in a fit of violence which scares the groupie out of the room. Doug obviously didn't understand this part either.
Basically Pink feels trapped in his room and he falls into a state of depression. Extremely relatable and not to be taken as a joke, Doug. He destroys all of his last possessions, and remembers all of the bricks in the wall ('Another Brick In The Wall part 3') and his wall is shown as being complete. It's not that difficult to understand the message of the movie or the album. Doug, you didn't think this review though, did you? Of course you didn't. *he raises one of his eyebrows*
Pink is now completely inside his 'wall' and does not leave his hotel room. This is easy to understand, and in the movie we see a flashback ('Vera') of young Pink searching through the trenches of the war and he runs in terror and goes to a station demanding that the soldiers should go home ('Bring The Boys Back Home') . This ends with Pink as an adult. Pink's agent/manager finds him in his hotel room, drugged out of his mind and unresponsive, this brings us to the Comfortably Numb segment where he is injected with something that enables him to perform. Throughout these segments he has been losing himself to the worms, not actual worms, but metaphorical ones as he is losing his mind (in the movie he shaves his body hair, although the actor playing Pink didn't want to shave his head so he should just shaved his eyebrows). Also shame on you Doug for calling Comfortably Numb dull and/or boring.
In his drugged-up state, Pink fantasizes about being a neo nazi-esque leader ('In The Flesh') and his followers target ethnic minorities. Now how did Doug depict this? He used the social media motif and the Change The Channel movement. Yeah, this is the Waiting For The Worms segment and he chose to base his version on THAT? Yes, it is true the film and the album were both written during Marget Thatcher's term as prime-minister.
The segment in the film has Pink at a rally and depicts his followers as hammers that are goose-stepping in line, and this transitions into 'Run Like Hell'. And after Run Like Hell ends with Pink being tired of being a dictator he yells 'STOP!' and the hallucinations he has finish, he has grown tired of his wall and thus leads to the Trial. But before we get to that i'd like to offer my thoughts so far on this whole mishap. And oh boy, there is a lot to go through here.
So far I can say that Doug (I know he's in character as the NC but I'm still calling him Doug in this), doesn't understand the Wall. He obviously cannot get the complexities and elements that all help to tell the story, and yeah...the album. Listened to the Nostalgia Critic Wall album once and that was it, not bad enough to make me give up my love of music but at the same time I would still rather listen to Corey Feldman's album. Or heck...give me, ugh...no...not that. *the Funky Nausseu number from Blues Brothers 2000 plays* Nooo, nooooo anything but the numbers from THAT movie. *he covers his eyes*.
I don't have anything against clipless reviews, but Pink Floyd's The Wall isn't that hard to get a hold of. So I don't understand why he couldn't use clips instead. The songs in Doug's version to me spell out that he doesn't get the album or the movie in general. I however do and luckily you people have me to explain what the songs and the elements mean. But I unfortunately cannot say the same for Doug.
The album....yeah, as I mentioned i'd take anything over it but it's not the worst thing i've heard, that would be almost every screamo band I have listened to. But i'd gladly take anything over Doug's version of the Wall. Even if it's...*all of the monsters he's with start crying and screaming*...oh no, what's wrong this time? *he hears the Drinkenstein song from Rhinestone playing*...AAAAHHHH! My poor ears...what is THAT? *he attempts to cover his ears*
Mel:
That's Sly Stallone singing.
Werebelushi:
Yikes! I now understand why Frank is the musical genius of the family...it's because Sly isn't a singing type.....at ALL! But still i'd still take him over Doug Walker's version of The Wall. But please don't tell Stallone that I said he sounds terrible when he's singing, I fear he might kick my ass if he does.
Mel:
Don't worry, I won't tell him. I'm glad you're tackling Doug's 're-imagining' of The Wall though, I wanted to do it myself but I couldn't because i'm not sure I would be able to explain it as well as you do. Since you are a music expert.
Werebelushi:
Well I wouldn't exactly call myself an 'expert'. Oh alright, I am one. After all...I made several hit albums myself, and have taken part in many musicals so tackling a musical review of a rock opera is something that I decided that would fit my style anyway. Wanna help me with the rest of this?
Mel:
Oh definitely.
Werebelushi:
Well you're just in time too since it's time for the part in the movie that is the best one...the Trial. Now I don't need to tell you folks watching/reading this that this segment is simply brilliant, basically as I explained earlier Pink is tired of the wall and his own dictatorial behavior so he is essentially putting himself on trial. How does Doug do his own version of this? Thankfully he doesn't do the effects himself, but rather we get a guest to help him and that guest is Fenneh.
And may I just say this? Fenneh's work is stunning and gorgeous, definitely way too good for something like this. The monster designs are all unique and fascinating. And I agree with what Lucy says, these characters don't need fleshing out as they are representations. They are symbolic, each of the representations is deep and meaningful. Yes, even the judge who looks like someone's anus.
The animation is stunning in the movie and also...well what do you know? This is the one segment of the review I actually enjoyed. Because it's amazing, I love all the creatures, I love how they perform the song and I actually agree with what the lyrics of their version say. Now this is a segment I like.
Mel:
Agreed...up until this point I think Doug definitely had little to no understanding of the movie or the album in question as if he is looking for an explanation. But you don't need to look around to find the explanations and answers. It's not too blatant and it's not in your face, the message is one of isolation and also of how we distance ourselves from others by building an emotional wall.
This segment is lovely and I love the characters that Fenneh has created. You should check out his channel if you haven't already, definitely worth a watch.
Werebelushi:
This segment is by far the best segment in the review. It's just too bad that it ends here on the most vague ending note ever. So after this version of the Trial ends...it just has Corey Taylor waking up and feeling a bit disappointed about the end. As if he is disappointed about the review ending on a vague note. I'm sorry but Doug saying....'Well the movie ended on such an open vagueness that it's only fitting the review should end on open vagueness'...huh? The movie did NOT end on open vagueness, the number 'Outside The Wall' (the final song on the album and in the movie) has a boy standing outside the remains of the wall holding a molotv cocktail...the movie had a good ending to it as in it was a good and not depressing one, there was nothing vague about it.
Mel:
Agreed once more. Doug doesn't get the album or the movie at all. Corey himself even points out...'It's a review!'. And Doug responds with...'a little full of itself, but great imagination' and that's it. A little full of itself? I'm sorry Doug but you pretty much spent the whole 'review' saying that the movie is preachy, pretentious and angsty and all that nonsense, and now you say it's good and you liked it? Can't you even make up your mind?
Werebelushi:
The album and movie are extremely relatable and you don't need to be a scholar to understand the deeper meanings behind the lyrics and visuals, it's all representative, every trauma the character of Pink (and Roger Waters himself) has are added to the metaphorical wall which Pink uses to isolate himself. Isolation, that's the message. Doug didn't get this one bit. Throughout this whole review Doug has pretty much shown he doesn't get it or know how it even works, this review isn't exactly one of the worst in my opinion but still pretty terrible. Stick with the original album and movie and avoid this and the accompanying album.
Mel:
And then it ends with Corey singing the Spongebob song....really? I don't understand what the point in that is, don't get me wrong I LOVE Spongebob but I don't think I get what the point of that bit was. And that was...terrible.
Werebelushi:
You're right, it was. I appreciate the work put into it by both the real Corey Taylor and also by his son, and of course Fenneh's work is beautiful but as a whole this review is a mess, as I have mentioned before...Doug obviously doesn't get the wall at all and also yeah...Corey's son as young Corey didn't even get a line or even get to sing, that's a crime when you have a musician in your show or movie and he doesn't sing. I mean look at that Atlantis Squarepantis special for example.
Doug practically spent the whole review calling the movie angsty and preachy and pretentious and not to mention completely not getting what the movie and the album it's based on are about. To be honest, i'm not going to condemn him for the review or anything, i'm just going to recommend checking out the original album and the movie instead. And to all of the viewers at home, you should check out Pink Floyd's The Wall whenever you can and discover a piece of rock music history for yourself.
Mel:
Can we do this end part together?
Werebelushi:
I don't see why not.
Mel:
Awesome.
Both:
This has been our review/rant on the Nostalgia Critic's The Wall, and we hope you have learned something new today.
Mel:
I'm Mel aka The Masked Marsupial.
Werebelushi:
And i'm That Werebelushi In The Shades, professional/ranter, musician, comedian and music expert reminding you...that if there's a bad movie, comic, game, tv show episode or fanfic or bad media piece in general, you know who to call. Now if you excuse us, i'm going to hide out somewhere just in case Sly hears what I said about his singing. *he and Mel go and hide out as the episode ends*.
Hello everyone and welcome to another rant/review installment of That Werebelushi In The Shades. I'm Matthias T Radke aka That Werebelushi In The Shades, and i'm only saying that because we've got some new people in the crowd today. Yes, yours truly has gained some new fans...these guys really seem to love the stories that feature me and my family. To those new fans out there, you are going to be in for a treat because this is a show where I get to show my comedic chops by venting about things, either about things I don't like or things that bug/confuse me. And by special demand by an anonymous person who donated to my special project I will be tackling the Nostalgia Critic's review of The Wall.
I used to be a part of Channel Awesome myself, but I never got invited to any of the anniversary specials or crossovers, nonetheless I have heard a lot about that Change the Channel movement and what supposedly happened and i'd like to add my input, specifically I left that particular website after I came down with a crippling case of self doubt. Well I suppose it's for the best, you can't have more than one angry reviewer. I would have set up my own Youtube channel but since the current Youtube system would definitely not find my work to be kid-friendly, I would rather not risk it. Now before we start i'd like to give a bit of a backstory, i'm a music buff myself...i'm specifically an 80's rock or 80's pop guy but let's just say if you asked me 'What do you think of Pink Floyd?' I'd say 'they're one of the best ever in the world if not in the universe.'
The Wall in my opinion is a solid album and the movie enhances the experience. Which brings us to the review in question...this is basically a Musical episode. I have nothing wrong with musical episodes, I perform musical numbers in my show frequently. It's just these ones are executed that makes me question if Doug even knew how to do them. The overall theme is isolation, which is relatable. And I don't think he managed to get this right, at all.
First of all....Corey Taylor or rather this is Corey Taylor's son in the role of 'Pink/Floyd Pinkerton' from the movie works but it's the way the songs go. Also the rockstar pandering thing and the whole trying to be 'edgy' complaint, yeah sorry Doug I disagree...the entire album is based around Roger Water's experiences and has a 'war is bad' message especially in the song In The Flesh , which makes sense since Roger Waters grew up during the second world war and his father died.
Yes, critics did think it was pretentious but obviously that was because they didn't get the complexities and the metaphors. It's not a literal wall that Pink builds to isolate himself, it's a metaphorical one, an emotional one...and no, I don't think Trump would be smart enough to understand it. Also...since when was Pink Floyd considered a 'goth' trendsetter? Pink Floyd isn't goth, yes...the band has a large number of dark songs but they're not considered 'goth', when I think dark/gothic I think Ozzy Osborne, Within Temptation, The Cure, Evanescence, Echo And The Bunnymen, Bauhaus, Alice Cooper and numerous others and not Pink Floyd.
The story behind The Thin Ice is basically that due to the death of his father, Rogers's mother had to raise him on her own and thus making him feel more isolated. The loss of a parent is very understandable, anyone can get behind that. *he sobs* I know that some of my relatives can. I still think about them to this day. And then there's the 'Another Brick In The Wall' segment coming up, that's when he starts to build the emotional wall around himself..something that Doug obviously doesn't understand.
As we see Pink as a child...we see him at school being tormented by a tyrannical schoolmaster who resembles a hammer. Doug did this and the Another Brick In The Wall segment as a parody of the US educational system, when that's not the case at all. Pink Floyd is an ENGLISH rock band and as such it's based on the UK educational system. Which is very different than how the American one works. This segment in the original work ('The Happiest Days Of Our Lives') represents all of the personal traumas that Waters went through. these traumas become metaphorical bricks in the wall. And also there are multiple references to Syd Barrett who basically had a number of 'episodes' including one psychotic episode. And then there's the segment in the movie where Pink is made fun of at school for writing a poem. The reason for the abusive behavior of the teacher is because of the unhappiness of said teacher's marriage.
Doug...have you not been to England before? And also the double negative in the lyric 'We don't need no education' is intentional. Adult Pink talks about his over-protective mother in the song 'Mother' (and before you ask, no...I don't think the 'mother should I run for president?' line was predictive of Trump's run for office). And also he talks about his upbringing during the 'blitz' (i.e the second world war). Also Doug, it's NOT pandering and/or pretentious. Also way too damn angsty? Since when was Pink Floyd considered angsty?
Now Doug's version of this complains about the visuals...specifically stating that he thinks that what he essentially views as 'world war II with monsters' is too silly. No, it's NOT silly at all, it's symbolic...it's symbolic of Pink's trauma and isolation. Everything during that time was terrifying to young Pink and Roger Waters, since that is who Pink is. The imagery in the movie specifically the train, is a representation. You would know this if you paid close attention, Doug. When The Tigers Broke Free in the movie explains everything. The animation for Goodbye Blue Sky is pretty much telling us that all of the deaths during the war was all for nothing, hence that particular imagery. Also 'Oscar Bait'? The album came out BEFORE the movie, and the movie is a visual companion to the album.
In the movie Another Brick In The Wall part 2 has the children rebel against the teacher and carry him off to an unknown fate, and this is how Pink imagines what the school is like...he imagines children being oppressed and tossed into a meat-grinder. Each little visual has a meaning to do it, and I don't think Doug got that. And then there's the segment where he gets married. Basically in the movie and album Pink discovers his own wife is cheating on him...which basically did happen to Waters himself. Again, very relatable.
And that's where the animation comes in...pretty much every single one of Pink's (and Roger Waters's) experiences which were horrifying/traumatic are represented as bricks being added to the wall, it is not that difficult to understand. And this 'wall' is his emotional wall which he uses to distance himself from society. He later then turns to a young groupie (the song Young Lust) and brings her to his hotel room only to trash it in a fit of violence which scares the groupie out of the room. Doug obviously didn't understand this part either.
Basically Pink feels trapped in his room and he falls into a state of depression. Extremely relatable and not to be taken as a joke, Doug. He destroys all of his last possessions, and remembers all of the bricks in the wall ('Another Brick In The Wall part 3') and his wall is shown as being complete. It's not that difficult to understand the message of the movie or the album. Doug, you didn't think this review though, did you? Of course you didn't. *he raises one of his eyebrows*
Pink is now completely inside his 'wall' and does not leave his hotel room. This is easy to understand, and in the movie we see a flashback ('Vera') of young Pink searching through the trenches of the war and he runs in terror and goes to a station demanding that the soldiers should go home ('Bring The Boys Back Home') . This ends with Pink as an adult. Pink's agent/manager finds him in his hotel room, drugged out of his mind and unresponsive, this brings us to the Comfortably Numb segment where he is injected with something that enables him to perform. Throughout these segments he has been losing himself to the worms, not actual worms, but metaphorical ones as he is losing his mind (in the movie he shaves his body hair, although the actor playing Pink didn't want to shave his head so he should just shaved his eyebrows). Also shame on you Doug for calling Comfortably Numb dull and/or boring.
In his drugged-up state, Pink fantasizes about being a neo nazi-esque leader ('In The Flesh') and his followers target ethnic minorities. Now how did Doug depict this? He used the social media motif and the Change The Channel movement. Yeah, this is the Waiting For The Worms segment and he chose to base his version on THAT? Yes, it is true the film and the album were both written during Marget Thatcher's term as prime-minister.
The segment in the film has Pink at a rally and depicts his followers as hammers that are goose-stepping in line, and this transitions into 'Run Like Hell'. And after Run Like Hell ends with Pink being tired of being a dictator he yells 'STOP!' and the hallucinations he has finish, he has grown tired of his wall and thus leads to the Trial. But before we get to that i'd like to offer my thoughts so far on this whole mishap. And oh boy, there is a lot to go through here.
So far I can say that Doug (I know he's in character as the NC but I'm still calling him Doug in this), doesn't understand the Wall. He obviously cannot get the complexities and elements that all help to tell the story, and yeah...the album. Listened to the Nostalgia Critic Wall album once and that was it, not bad enough to make me give up my love of music but at the same time I would still rather listen to Corey Feldman's album. Or heck...give me, ugh...no...not that. *the Funky Nausseu number from Blues Brothers 2000 plays* Nooo, nooooo anything but the numbers from THAT movie. *he covers his eyes*.
I don't have anything against clipless reviews, but Pink Floyd's The Wall isn't that hard to get a hold of. So I don't understand why he couldn't use clips instead. The songs in Doug's version to me spell out that he doesn't get the album or the movie in general. I however do and luckily you people have me to explain what the songs and the elements mean. But I unfortunately cannot say the same for Doug.
The album....yeah, as I mentioned i'd take anything over it but it's not the worst thing i've heard, that would be almost every screamo band I have listened to. But i'd gladly take anything over Doug's version of the Wall. Even if it's...*all of the monsters he's with start crying and screaming*...oh no, what's wrong this time? *he hears the Drinkenstein song from Rhinestone playing*...AAAAHHHH! My poor ears...what is THAT? *he attempts to cover his ears*
Mel:
That's Sly Stallone singing.
Werebelushi:
Yikes! I now understand why Frank is the musical genius of the family...it's because Sly isn't a singing type.....at ALL! But still i'd still take him over Doug Walker's version of The Wall. But please don't tell Stallone that I said he sounds terrible when he's singing, I fear he might kick my ass if he does.
Mel:
Don't worry, I won't tell him. I'm glad you're tackling Doug's 're-imagining' of The Wall though, I wanted to do it myself but I couldn't because i'm not sure I would be able to explain it as well as you do. Since you are a music expert.
Werebelushi:
Well I wouldn't exactly call myself an 'expert'. Oh alright, I am one. After all...I made several hit albums myself, and have taken part in many musicals so tackling a musical review of a rock opera is something that I decided that would fit my style anyway. Wanna help me with the rest of this?
Mel:
Oh definitely.
Werebelushi:
Well you're just in time too since it's time for the part in the movie that is the best one...the Trial. Now I don't need to tell you folks watching/reading this that this segment is simply brilliant, basically as I explained earlier Pink is tired of the wall and his own dictatorial behavior so he is essentially putting himself on trial. How does Doug do his own version of this? Thankfully he doesn't do the effects himself, but rather we get a guest to help him and that guest is Fenneh.
And may I just say this? Fenneh's work is stunning and gorgeous, definitely way too good for something like this. The monster designs are all unique and fascinating. And I agree with what Lucy says, these characters don't need fleshing out as they are representations. They are symbolic, each of the representations is deep and meaningful. Yes, even the judge who looks like someone's anus.
The animation is stunning in the movie and also...well what do you know? This is the one segment of the review I actually enjoyed. Because it's amazing, I love all the creatures, I love how they perform the song and I actually agree with what the lyrics of their version say. Now this is a segment I like.
Mel:
Agreed...up until this point I think Doug definitely had little to no understanding of the movie or the album in question as if he is looking for an explanation. But you don't need to look around to find the explanations and answers. It's not too blatant and it's not in your face, the message is one of isolation and also of how we distance ourselves from others by building an emotional wall.
This segment is lovely and I love the characters that Fenneh has created. You should check out his channel if you haven't already, definitely worth a watch.
Werebelushi:
This segment is by far the best segment in the review. It's just too bad that it ends here on the most vague ending note ever. So after this version of the Trial ends...it just has Corey Taylor waking up and feeling a bit disappointed about the end. As if he is disappointed about the review ending on a vague note. I'm sorry but Doug saying....'Well the movie ended on such an open vagueness that it's only fitting the review should end on open vagueness'...huh? The movie did NOT end on open vagueness, the number 'Outside The Wall' (the final song on the album and in the movie) has a boy standing outside the remains of the wall holding a molotv cocktail...the movie had a good ending to it as in it was a good and not depressing one, there was nothing vague about it.
Mel:
Agreed once more. Doug doesn't get the album or the movie at all. Corey himself even points out...'It's a review!'. And Doug responds with...'a little full of itself, but great imagination' and that's it. A little full of itself? I'm sorry Doug but you pretty much spent the whole 'review' saying that the movie is preachy, pretentious and angsty and all that nonsense, and now you say it's good and you liked it? Can't you even make up your mind?
Werebelushi:
The album and movie are extremely relatable and you don't need to be a scholar to understand the deeper meanings behind the lyrics and visuals, it's all representative, every trauma the character of Pink (and Roger Waters himself) has are added to the metaphorical wall which Pink uses to isolate himself. Isolation, that's the message. Doug didn't get this one bit. Throughout this whole review Doug has pretty much shown he doesn't get it or know how it even works, this review isn't exactly one of the worst in my opinion but still pretty terrible. Stick with the original album and movie and avoid this and the accompanying album.
Mel:
And then it ends with Corey singing the Spongebob song....really? I don't understand what the point in that is, don't get me wrong I LOVE Spongebob but I don't think I get what the point of that bit was. And that was...terrible.
Werebelushi:
You're right, it was. I appreciate the work put into it by both the real Corey Taylor and also by his son, and of course Fenneh's work is beautiful but as a whole this review is a mess, as I have mentioned before...Doug obviously doesn't get the wall at all and also yeah...Corey's son as young Corey didn't even get a line or even get to sing, that's a crime when you have a musician in your show or movie and he doesn't sing. I mean look at that Atlantis Squarepantis special for example.
Doug practically spent the whole review calling the movie angsty and preachy and pretentious and not to mention completely not getting what the movie and the album it's based on are about. To be honest, i'm not going to condemn him for the review or anything, i'm just going to recommend checking out the original album and the movie instead. And to all of the viewers at home, you should check out Pink Floyd's The Wall whenever you can and discover a piece of rock music history for yourself.
Mel:
Can we do this end part together?
Werebelushi:
I don't see why not.
Mel:
Awesome.
Both:
This has been our review/rant on the Nostalgia Critic's The Wall, and we hope you have learned something new today.
Mel:
I'm Mel aka The Masked Marsupial.
Werebelushi:
And i'm That Werebelushi In The Shades, professional/ranter, musician, comedian and music expert reminding you...that if there's a bad movie, comic, game, tv show episode or fanfic or bad media piece in general, you know who to call. Now if you excuse us, i'm going to hide out somewhere just in case Sly hears what I said about his singing. *he and Mel go and hide out as the episode ends*.
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