For the past 4 and a bit years, all nerds, geeks and constant Internet users like myself have been known to watching what's known as a web series (it's like a TV show, only difference being that you can only watch a web series using the Internet). That Guy With The Glasses has become a global and critical success with being the home of Internet reviewers such as The Nostalgia Critic, Nostalgia Chick, Linkara, Cinema Snob, AngryJoe, Paw, Bennett The Sage, Film Brain, Paw, TheSpoonyOne and many more who review all sorts of stuff using comedy and popular culture references to entertain the nerd inside us. When it comes to the website's anniversary, the reviewers come together to create a film for the fans, containing many story lines with each of the reviewer's shows and combining them with a theme based on what they review, and while it's been quite rough to do something like that for them, they always try out something new which is great. Now the 4th anniversary film has just finished being uploaded to the net (each one gets split into parts that are told over a certain period of days before being put together for DVD release), so I feel it to be the perfect time to do a review of them, so with that in mind, let's get to it:
Angry Video Game Nerd Vs. Nostalgia Critic
Now unlike the other anniversary films, this one never came out on DVD and was told over a period of months during the first year of TGWTG. The Nostalgia Critic one day discovers that many of his fans are comparing him to another Internet legend who has been on the net longer than he has. This person comes to no surprise to many people as it's the AVGN. So the entire saga of this (that's how I see it anyway) has the NC and AVGN, ranting, fighting, reviewing what their rival normally reviews, all leading up to the big Reviewers vs Gamers fight in the very first TGWTG anniversary film. Now because it was a starting point for these reviewers, I'll give them credit for doing this and making themselves heard on the net, later leading up to many fans liking them. 9/10
Kickassia
Being told over just one week in 2010, and having a action/war theme to it, The Nostalgia Critic brings his fellow reviewers (mainly those from the first anniversary and some new ones including Phelous, Cinema Snob, JewWario, LordKat and Film Brain) to Reno, in a chance to take over the micronation of Mollosia and declaring it as Kickassia. However as he takes over the nation, the reviewers then being to suspect that he's up to something and Spoony has to come to terms about the beast inside of him. As far as I was concerned, I found this to be very short and also feel that the whole invasion thing could have been expanded with maybe more weapons and so forth. Not the best one, in my opinion. 8/10
Suburban Knights
Being told in just one whole week in 2011, split into 7 parts and having a fantasy and quest related theme, The NC tricks everyone into thinking that they would get a free car, by instead asking them to assist him in finding an ancient treasure that has unlimited and all powerful magical powers (which in this case is a gauntlet called Malachite's Hand). He and his fellow reviewers then dress as fantasy characters to begin a quest to find this treasure, while at the same time, attempt to sort out the annoyance that is Ma-Ti (a character that originated from the NC's review of Captain Planet). I find this film to be great, but at times there are moments in the film that would make you feel like saying "Speak Up" and "Get on With It". Otherwise, it's a very enjoyable film. 8/10
To Boldly Flee
Being told over 1 month in 2012, split into 8 parts and having a political/sci-fi theme to it, The NC's world gets turned upside down when Terrl (from Battlefield Earth, a film that the NC reviewed for his 100th episode) wants the NC to pay for destroying his life and his home planet. The NC also discovers that Spoony has acquired part of the now dead Ma-Ti and has a connection to what is known as a plot hole (a wormhole in space that appeared after the destruction of Malachite). With Terrl working in co-operation with Zod, Mecha-Kara and 2 new characters, the writer of Internet policy, Prick and the man behind the invention of the SUCA bill, The Executor, the NC and his fellow reviewers must now work together to save their world from it's destruction by, you guessed it, going into space. This was made on a massive scale by having CGI elements put in and serving as a direct sequel to Suburban Knights (taking place one year after) and a follow up to various story lines seen in each of the reviewer's shows as well as the events to Kickassia and the NC's review of Battlefield Earth. It's a massive step up to the last film and is definitely the best one as it just shows how independent film making can turn from something small into something big so all credit goes to them. Good Work. 9/10
Overall, the films are all great in their own way and show just what Independent film making can really do when you put your mind to it. 9/10
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