As I mentioned previously, the reason why Meta Month is set
during April is because it was this month six years ago that I first watched an
Internet video review which lead me down the long, winding path to this spot.
Well, April 2010 also served as another important point for certain Internet
critics. Cross-overs between reviewers is nothing new; hell, Siskel & Ebert
was very much a cross-over and that existed long before YouTube was even a
concept in the back of some guy’s head. However, in terms of the online video
realm, the Nostalgia Critic had been toying with the concept ever since he
started, pretty much. From his feud with the Angry Video Game Nerd to his
review of FernGully with the Nostalgia Chick, there’s been a collaborative air
to his work for a long while now.
So, after the success of the big TGWTG team-up brawl as the capstone to the AVGN beef, Doug and co. got a bunch of the then-current site talent together for the start of what would be a yearly tradition for quite a while afterwards: The massive cross-over film. This was where the whole DIY aesthetic of the Internet video reviewer got turned its head a little, as not only were a large number of them congregating into a single piece but they were going for a feature-length production, when most of their work would usually range in the 5-25 minute market. But, with all the years of retrospect and advances made to the format as a whole, does this film still hold up? In fact, did this ever hold up? Let’s take a look as we close out Meta Month at a look at the TGWTG 2 Year Anniversary film. This is Kickassia.
So, after the success of the big TGWTG team-up brawl as the capstone to the AVGN beef, Doug and co. got a bunch of the then-current site talent together for the start of what would be a yearly tradition for quite a while afterwards: The massive cross-over film. This was where the whole DIY aesthetic of the Internet video reviewer got turned its head a little, as not only were a large number of them congregating into a single piece but they were going for a feature-length production, when most of their work would usually range in the 5-25 minute market. But, with all the years of retrospect and advances made to the format as a whole, does this film still hold up? In fact, did this ever hold up? Let’s take a look as we close out Meta Month at a look at the TGWTG 2 Year Anniversary film. This is Kickassia.
