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YouTube channel assessment – Channel Awesome

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Much like how everyone eats, sleeps and browses social media on their phones on the toilet, everyone watches YouTube. Some of you might only watch videos when we embed them, or when your mom sends you a “cool link” from Upworthy, while others of you might have carefully curated subscriptions. While of course you should be subscribed to our YouTube channel, there are a ton of content creators out there. So, here is a heads up about another channel we think you should know about.

Channel Awesome

With a name like Channel Awesome, it’s got to be good, right? Well, not that many people have found it, so you might not be totally convinced. With “only” a little over 450k subscribers, the isn’t the biggest channel, but that could be because they’ve moved channels a few times. However, this is the current home of Nostalgia Critic, an incredibly enjoyable channel that makes you remember all those movies from the bad old days. Here is his review of one of my favorite (and most terrifying) movies I saw as a kid – Return to Oz.

This channel has a ton of content, and regular uploads of new stuff each week and his older videos every day. This means that you can relive all the Disney movies as part of Disneycember or all the Dreamworks animation of Dreamworksuary. Nostalgiaween is another favorite of mine, mainly because he covered Event Horizon, one of my favorite awful and trashy horror movies. (Warning, contains adult language)

His videos have quite a bit of schtick to them – silly skits that are linked to the critique and can add certain entertainment to his videos. They can become a bit grating, but can also be rather amusing – it usually depends on my mood and how long he lets the skit drag on before actually starting his critique of the films.

The main draw of this channel is that he does interesting critiques of movies you probably have a ton of nostalgia about – from classic horror to old school animation, he pretty much covers it all. He also reviews newer movies, which sometimes seems a bit strange to me – I like the context he can give with older films and I sometimes find that lacking in his reviews of new releases. Be warned, his channel also contains Steven Universe Vlogs; I never watch these because I have absolutely zero interest in Steven Universe.

Okay, so the channel isn’t 100% great, but I really do enjoy searching through and seeing his assessment of movies I remember, if only to see if my nostalgia lives up to the reality. I skip plenty of his other content, but it’s worthwhile subscribing for the videos that I do enjoy. Plus, he has a unique take on films that were pretty much universally panned – it’s nice hearing a different viewpoint, and definitely makes me laugh.

Last Updated: March 23, 2016

15 Comments

  1. Admiral Chief in New York

    March 23, 2016 at 13:08

    Event Horizon…..yeah, there is something I’m NEVER watching again

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    • miaau

      March 23, 2016 at 13:13

      Event Horizon…..yeah, there is something I’m NEVER watching again
      Event Horizon…..yeah, there is something I’m NEVER watching again
      Event Horizon…..yeah, there is something I’m NEVER watching again
      Event Horizon…..yeah, there is something I’m NEVER watching again
      Event Horizon…..yeah, there is something I’m NEVER watching again
      Event Horizon…..yeah, there is something I’m NEVER watching again

      Yes.

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  2. Alien Emperor Trevor

    March 23, 2016 at 13:13

    Clearly I’m not everyone because I don’t browse social media anywhere nor take my phone to the toilet, but I do watch some Youtube occasionally. Does that make me someone? O_o

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    • miaau

      March 23, 2016 at 13:17

      I watch some youtube. Project Management. Business Skills. Analysis. And, of course, chess. And classical music, opera, that sort of thing. Hmm, I use it more than I think.

      THEN, Little Baby Bums (See how many views, one of their videos over 1 billion views in one year), a British company that makes kids stuff. Nursery rhymes and the like, but in a clever and engaging way. So, my daughter and I watch this together (or she can watch a little, while I work or something). We sing along, we play. It certainly keeps her distracted for a while, such as when Mommy got very sick last week and went to hospital.

      https://www.youtube.com/user/LittleBabyBum

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      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        March 23, 2016 at 13:25

        I spend maybe 30-60 minutes a week on Youtube. Only thing I actively make a point of watching is the Jimquisition. Otherwise it’s trailers I need to write about, a music video or two, or Angry Joe game reviews – not the movies because those aren’t very good.

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        • miaau

          March 23, 2016 at 13:30

          Up until 2011 I had never, ever watched a youtube video that I navigated to, on my pc. Now, I find it it is a valuable resource, with some good teaching materials out there. Some crap too, where people try to show they know stuff, but honestly, no.

          I am blessed with fast-ish (10Mb premium uncapped line – no LTE in range) internet and we use it a lot for video streaming, wife as well. She watches stuff of interest to her sometimes, sewing, dress making, crafts, other stuff she is interested in.

          We use the Xbox One for this a lot, works very well. Or sometimes on tablet or laptop.

          What movies? There are supposed to be no commercial movies on Youtube, right?

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          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            March 23, 2016 at 13:41

            I meant the Angry Joe movie reviews.

            YT is very useful for DIY-type stuff or if I need help with something in a game. But outside of that & the above I’m really not that interested in it.

      • Sageville

        March 23, 2016 at 15:05

        “Project Management. Business Skills. Analysis. And, of course, chess. And classical music, opera, that sort of thing”

        This is basically a list of youtube things that I can’t even…

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    • RinceThis

      March 23, 2016 at 13:25

      No…

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      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        March 23, 2016 at 13:28

        My ginger friend disagrees…

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        • RinceThis

          March 23, 2016 at 13:34

          You’re god damn right he does! And I KNOW what I am talking about here Old Man!

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          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            March 23, 2016 at 13:35

            Shut up & KEEP WALKING.

    • AfricanTime

      March 23, 2016 at 13:58

      technically speaking Disqus is apart of the “Social Media” , so you are a social butterfly….?….

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      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        March 23, 2016 at 14:04

        I guess. I meant more the FaceTwitInstabooktergram things.

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  3. miaau

    March 23, 2016 at 13:31

    I looked at this stuff a while back.

    On the whole, thought it was cool. Never went back though….. So, if it pops up and I have some time, I may watch something, but I would not go looking for it.

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