Line #54 Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS6E14


1	'''Release:''' August 20, 2013
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3	'''Film:''' ''Film/LesMiserables2012''
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5	'''Guests:''' [[WebVideo/PawDugan Paw]], [[WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh Oancitizen]], Music/{{Brentalfloss}}, and others.
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7	!!This {{review}} contains examples of:
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9	* ArtShift: The Critic, Paw and Kyle imitate Cosette's PuppyDogEyes in the musical poster, which ends up shifting to a similar style.
10	* BeQuietNudge: Oancitizen to Paw, while they're trying to get Floss away.
11	* BrokenBase: InUniverse, these were the final opinions on the film: Kyle hated it, Paw loved it and the Critic was indifferent. Then they conclude that this is one of those movies that critics can't really agree upon.
12	* {{Brownface}}: Rachel either got very tanned from when we last saw her, or she got browned up to play Katara. She looks just as tan when playing Helena Bonham Carter/Madame Thénardier.
13	* BSODSong: Floss' suicide song. It parodies Javert's Suicide, so this is to be expected.
14	* TheCameo: Many of them, including:
15	** [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]].
16	** WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows.
17	** [[WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou Nash]].
18	** [[WebVideo/VampireReviews Maven of the Eventide]].
19	** There's also a background cameo from fan Kitty Marie.
20	** Blink and you'll miss it, there is a quick shot of Mara Wilson.
21	*** In that same shot, WebOriginal/ProJared can be seen. It's right before Linkara takes away the camera.
22	* CallBack: In the Moulin Rogue review, it's mention that someone always needs to die in a musical. Floss dies again just like he did in the previous musical.
23	** Kyle telling Linkara that it's his time to shine which is a reference to how he never got to sing in the Moulin Rouge review.
24	** Also Linkara mentioning that he didn't do much in the ''Moulin Rouge'' review.
25	* CastingGag: A few parallels to the casting for the "One Day More" performance in WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick's review:
26	** Critic, Paw and Kyle originally joined the song in the same verse.
27	** Elisa reprises Cosette and Paw reprises Marius... though he hadn't done the duet, as that particular Marius part there was sung by WebVideo/ObscurusLupa. And in both cases, WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows shows up immediately afterward.
28	** There is also some parallels to the ''Moulin Rouge'' review such as Linkara still having a small part and Brental Floss dying again.
29	* TheCastShowOff: Everyone who sings, except Music/{{Brentalfloss}}, who ends up being HollywoodToneDeaf while trying to imitate Russell Crowe's singing.
30	* ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch: A Meta example. Linkara has admitted he hasn't watched the film, but tries to barge in the review anyway to criticize Anne Hathaway's performance (the single good thing the others have on the movie).
31	* CompressedAdaptation: Discussed. When Paw tries to defend the movie's use of {{Time Skip}}s by arguing that they were all accurate to the musical, both Critic and Kyle refute that the musical itself is an extremely CompressedAdaptation of Hugo's novels. And with movies usually having shorter runtimes than stage plays (even without taking intermissions into consideration), trying to incorporate all aspects of the musical into the movie only risks a jumbled narrative mess.
32	* CutSong: ''The Critic Brings It Home''
33	* DistractedByTheSexy: Happens to Paw during his and Maven's musical number. She ends up having to drag him away.
34	* DopeSlap: The Critic gets one from his two co-reviewers at the very end.
35	* DrivenToSuicide: After Music/BrentalFloss finally joins the review, he is told that they finished it and that Russell Crowe is awful. That causes him to drown himself in a bathtub.
36	* EasilyElected: Discussed for laughs by the Critic when the movie glosses over Valjean's transition from a fugitive to mayor in a TimeSkip. He then rails against Fantine's horrific descent to poverty and prostitution after getting fired by asking why she doesn't step up her game and rise to a better position of power when it's apparently so easy to achieve.
37	-->'''Critic:''' Why? Hasn't she heard? She can be Mayor in a jump cut. Hell, by the time this movie is over, she'll probably be the Queen of France!
38	* {{Foreshadowing}}: After the credits roll and the NC returns home, he finds two people named [[Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender Katara and Sokka]] waiting for him as they ask for help to save their franchise from an [[Film/TheLastAirbender evil force]].
39	* HollywoodToneDeaf: Music/BrentalFloss, as a TakeThat to Russell Crowe's singing.
40	* HypocriticalHumor:
41	** After The Critic says you shouldn't run and hide from confrontation, the reviewers end up running and hiding when Brentalfloss comes back.
42	** Paw and Maven meet and immediately go through a love montage, all the while singing how stupid the LoveAtFirstSight trope is.
43	* LastNoteHilarity: "Home?"
44	* LetsDuet: Paw and Maven's song, "That Kind of Song".
45	* LoveAtFirstSight: Parodied; after mentioning how this trope is cheesy and unrealistic after seeing it happen in the film, it ends up happening to Paw and Maven. [[GetARoom The Critic and Kyle are kind of grossed out]].
46	* MassiveMultiplayerEnsembleNumber: '''One Big Song'''
47	* MinorCharacterMajorSong: Malcolm and Rachel have no real importance, but they do get to have a song. Linkara counts as well.
48	* MomentKiller: After Kyle sings a song, he realizes that everyone ignored it and finally gets fed up with Paw and Maven's [[SickeningSweethearts cuddling]]. Kyle gets his revenge by claiming that there's a Buffy marathon going on and Maven runs off to watch it. Needless to say, Paw's not pleased.
49	-->'''Oancitizen:''' There's a ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' marathon on downstairs.\
50	'''Maven:''' Girl power and vampires?! (''runs off, causing Paw to fall off the bed they were sitting on and land on the floor with a thump'')\
51	'''Paw:''' Cockblocker.
52	* OhCrap: After Valjean and Cosette escape from Javert, the Critic begins to give his final thoughts on the film... until Paw tells him that they've barely covered ''the first third''.
53	* TheOner: Parodied with Linkara's song.
54	* PuppyDogEyes: Paw cites this as the reason why Cosette is the poster girl for ''Les Miserables'' instead of Gavroche, who's a much more proactive character.
55	* ReviewsAreTheGospel: Referenced in-universe. Critic's the one who gets the line "will you draw your own conclusion, or give up and follow me?"
56	* SuckinessIsPainful: The episode opens with the three reviewer exaggeratedly cringing at the TV screen while watching the ''Les Mis'' movie.
57	-->'''Oancitizen:''' Look down, look down, don't look right at the screen.\
58	'''Critic & Paw:''' We can't, we've tried, it's just to damn obscene.
59	* TemptingFate: The Critic remarks how the review is carrying more sub-plots than the film and [[WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh Kyle]] comments that they couldn't possibly add more. Cue WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows walking in, saying how he found a Platypus-Bunny.
60	* TheUnintelligible: The Critic's opinion of Colm Wilkinson.
61	* VillainSong: "Sacha Baren-Cohen and Helena Bohnam Carter", which is based on "Master of the House". Interestingly, it's more about the role of PluckyComicRelief than being villains.
62	* WholePlotReference: Just like the first musical review, every song that's sung mimics and parodies the movie's songs.
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