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Nostalgia Critic Returns to the Christmas Specials

Dec 16, 2009#1

filmfanatic

Well, the Nostalgia Critic has done a follow-up to his previous list of Christmas specials. Definitely have to agree with some of the ones here.

http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/14801-ncchlist11

For those who see this thread when at work, here's the list:

11. Elf
10. A Garfield Christmas Special
9. The Polar Express
8. Blackadder's Christmas Carol
7. Gremlins
6. The Nativity Story
5. A Pinky and the Brain Christmas
4. All in the Family, "The Draft Dodger"
3. Joyeux Noel
2. The Snowman
1. Die Hard

Dec 16, 2009#2

CynicismKills

FUCK YOU IT'S DIE HARD.

I couldn't agree more.

Dec 16, 2009#3

North_Ranger

Goddammit, I need to be workin'... and now I feel the need to go rent Joyeux Noël!

Dec 16, 2009#4

twitchmoss

no muppets in that list?

:humph: no sir i do not like it!

Dec 16, 2009#5

figmentPez

I do not see any stop-motion Rankin/Bass Christmas specials. :tear:

Dec 16, 2009#6

Baerdog

I loved the Rankin-Bass Santa Claus is Coming to Town so much when I was a kid.

I AM THE BURGERMEISTER MEISTERBURGER!

Dec 16, 2009#7

TwoBit

I never knew there was a Pinky and the Brain Christmas Special. I've gotta see it now.

Dec 16, 2009#8

Hailey Knight

TwoBit said:
I never knew there was a Pinky and the Brain Christmas Special. I've gotta see it now.

Ditto.

Love his #1 pick.

And having Gremlins on the list doesn't seem as weird to me as to NC. My dad always puts that in for Christmas.

Dec 17, 2009#9

Heavan

I've got to ask, since we've got a bit of time between now and when NC covers it. What's so bad about the Star Wars Christmas Special? I watched the first ten minutes on Youtube, and I'll grant you that nothing happened and it was super cheesy, and that I also didn't care to watch the rest so maybe it got hyper awful, but it seemed fairly harmless. Things like the XKCD comic about it, and the NC buildup, had me expecting terrors for my senses every second. Instead it was just a bad Christmas scene that went on for too long with noises that I couldn't understand instead of words. I don't get it.

Dec 17, 2009#10

filmfanatic

Heavan said:
I've got to ask, since we've got a bit of time between now and when NC covers it. What's so bad about the Star Wars Christmas Special? I watched the first ten minutes on Youtube, and I'll grant you that nothing happened and it was super cheesy, and that I also didn't care to watch the rest so maybe it got hyper awful, but it seemed fairly harmless. Things like the XKCD comic about it, and the NC buildup, had me expecting terrors for my senses every second. Instead it was just a bad Christmas scene that went on for too long with noises that I couldn't understand instead of words. I don't get it.

It might not sem so bad to you, but this came out around the time of the original Star Wars trilogy. Thus, the poor quality has become an albatross for those involved and a horror for geeks everywhere. I mean, the reason you don't see this on DVD is because George Lucas has personally been blocking it.

Let me repeat: the man who gave us Jar Jar Binks and made Greedo shoot first is embarassed by this thing. Think about that.

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