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The Nostalgia Critic Reviews Howard The Duck

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Just about to watch it.  Only vaguely Star Wars-related, but good find.  My girlfriend and I recently became Nostalgia Critic fans (finding out about him through his feud with Angry Video Game Nerd... ah, internet fame, huh?).

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

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Never seen this guy before, but after watching that review, I can say that angry video game nerd is a lot cooler and a lot funnier (well, most of AVGN's later stuff isn't that funnier either). The best thing about that review is that it showed the highlights of how freaking bad that movie was. The one scene he left out that was worth mentioning was where Miss. Earth-I-Think discovers a tiny duck dick sized condom while rummaging through Howard's wallet as he sleeps. Oh, and those duck tits are still one of the most disturbing images I recall from my childhood.

"Every time Warb sighs, an angel falls into a vat of mapel syrup." - Gaffer Tape

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Some of us actually like Howard, even though it's not as faithful to the comic as it could have been.

When the hell is Universal going to release the DVD in region1?

With Marvel going movie crazy these days, maybe they will honor Steve Gerber's memory and give Howard a better movie someday.

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Without Lea Thompson in this movie i would say it is Star Wars Holiday Special bad.

My god those things beat the prequels and Indiana Jones IV, and the special editions hands down for awfulness.

Even Willow and More American Graffiti are not as bad.

Still those Pinball machines in the Indiana Jones gets Raped south park episode were priceless,lol.  Howard the Duck and Willow pinball machines.

“Always loved Vader’s wordless self sacrifice. Another shitty, clueless, revision like Greedo and young Anakin’s ghost. What a fucking shame.” -Simon Pegg.

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LOL, when I first saw Revenge of the Sith, that over the top scene where Palps transforms kept reminding me of the villian from Howard the Duck. Then when he saws "unliiiimited poooooower!" I could hardly believe my ears. At first I thought Lucas meant it as a homage to Howard, but when you are making a movie that is suppose to be a good movie, it is bad idea to include references to movies that have already proven to be overly crappy, even Lucas knows that. But then again, wasn't Howard in the crowd at the podrace in Ep. I?

"Every time Warb sighs, an angel falls into a vat of mapel syrup." - Gaffer Tape

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C3PX said:

Never seen this guy before, but after watching that review, I can say that angry video game nerd is a lot cooler and a lot funnier (well, most of AVGN's later stuff isn't that funnier either). The best thing about that review is that it showed the highlights of how freaking bad that movie was. The one scene he left out that was worth mentioning was where Miss. Earth-I-Think discovers a tiny duck dick sized condom while rummaging through Howard's wallet as he sleeps. Oh, and those duck tits are still one of the most disturbing images I recall from my childhood.

Well, due to downloading problems, I haven't been able to see this one yet, so I can't attest if it's any good or not, but based on all the videos I have seen, I wouldn't count him out based on... whatever his Howard the Duck video was like.  He usually has me cracking up, especially his Top 11 Drug PSAs video.  I literally couldn't breathe by the end of that one, and that's not something that happens to me a lot.

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.