X-Men: Apocalypse - First Viewing

[@ChannelAwesome]

What's your favorite X-Men character? Watch the NC review of X-Men: Apocalypse here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnqkamqgYs6KbtE Watch more Nostalgia Critic here - bit.ly/NCPlaylist13 Doug and Rob are LIVE on Twitch - www.twitch.tv/channelawesome

[@Scienceguy721]

Depends Movies-Wolverine Comics-Deadpool Classic Cartoon-Storm Also bring back the vlog series please

[@Nio744]

They actually did make a quiksilver commercial.

[@legoking6165]

Can I recommend something for you to look at right around Halloween?

[@legoking6165]

@@Scienceguy721 What about Rogue? I love her.

[@cameroncraftwer8117]

My favorite is Night Crawler is so funny.

[@wstine79]

Doug: "Back in my day, X-Men actors were blue, stayed blue, and we liked it!"

[@NyGeL_Derey]

I really liked Rebecca Romijn's acting. Jennifer Lawrence plays the same character in every movie and it pissing me off

[@wintersoldier164]

The original beast was amazing, here they try to do werewolf hulk thing that he must control himself so he won't turn beast. It's stupid

[@Boi5219]

Why can’t they be blue daba dee daba die duh daba dee daba die

[@xonxt]

@@NyGeL_Derey Rebecca also had a *MUCH* better Mystique makeup. Lawrence's just looks like a Halloween costume

[@Silverstar_]

@@wintersoldier164 Yeah, Nicholas Hoult is a good actor, but this team of writers and directors ruined Beast. They didn't get his character right at all. It pisses me off, because Beast is my favorite X-Man. They should've kept Kelsey Grammer; he only played the part twice, but he nailed the character's personality and mannerisms.

[@Deactorr]

2:40 Buster sitting between two brothers watching a movie is hilariously adorable.

[@MrBanankartong]

I think this is the most Dougs wife has ever been in a video...

[@louisduarte8763]

I want hear more from her on these now.

[@swansonstudios96]

Louis Duarte I do too cause I watch his Doug reviews and he mentions her when they say a movie. I wanna see her in a Nostalgic Critic video. Sometimes I think during season 13 she’s been a camera man in their house during this pandemic. Heck maybe her new year resolution would be to work on the show.

[@kingofmonsters14]

i didn't know he even had a wife.

[@swansonstudios96]

kingofmonsters14 I did when he posted his thoughts on Cats.

[@xonxt]

​@@kingofmonsters14 Both he and Rob have been married for years now... Like, at least 8-10 years I think? And both wives could be briefly seen somewhere on the edge of the frame during the "Behind the scenes" features, but they were newer shown fully. Might be they prefer to keep themselves out of public view and that's fine.

[@chrisjohnson4738]

6:52 "Dude, you ARE the Tower of Babel." That was honestly one of the most savage burns I've heard in a while.

[@LegendPurpleDragon152]

My goodness, I think this is the first time we’ve ever got to hear anything from Doug’s wife. And it took X-Men apocalypse for her to make a comment.

[@dastvan8002]

I didn’t even know he was married

[@bigjake943]

@@dastvan8002 you never knew his wedding ring?

[@bloodredrobot2613]

She said something in Doug's Zootopia review

[@Biostar96]

Does she have a name?

[@DOSkywalkR]

@@Biostar96 I think they are keeping her and her name under wraps for a reason, they don't want people to focus on her which is understandable. Not everybody wants to be in the limelight, especially with a woman who might my lusted after (which is probably why for example RedLetterMedia's Jessi disappeared).

[@Giveuponyourdreamsanddie2]

I just want a movie of quicksilver doing daily tasks with his speed

[@bandotaku]

Yo, that would actually be awesome! Like the whole movie, Quicksilver is going super fast, but the audience isn't aware of it, unless they notice the hints in various parts of the film, like a clock that only seems to have stopped, or the sun never going down. Things like that.

[@TheStormbringer8751]

It's actually a living hell for him day to day. He actually explained it in a comic how horrible the world is when everyone is infinitely slower than him. It's a living torture everyday.

[@bandotaku]

@@TheStormbringer8751 That could be a factor in the movie as well. The psychological impact of him going faster than everyone else.

[@Katarnis]

He was the bast part of the last two movies IMHO.

[@rogue7723]

Those were the only moments it felt like a _Marvel_ movie.

[@CyberDalek17]

I liked the Casting of Psylocke, she looks almost straight out of the comics, shame she wasn't used properly

[@chasehedges6775]

Olivia Munn did a good job.

[@dingle2987]

Is Olivia Munn a British woman transferred into the body of a ninja assassin? Because that’s Psylocke with a sword and telekinetic blade.

[@Fordo007]

And Olivia Munn made sure Psylocke looked like Psylocke. They tried just having her be another 'all black leather' mutant but Olivia refused to budge on anything other than a Jim Lee costume. Psylocke is one of my top 3 mutants and Olivia Munn fighting so hard to do Psylocke justice will always make me thankful.

[@kaleiohulee6693]

She basically got the job based on fanart, but she's also not Japanese so it never really worked for me.

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

@@dingle2987 sadly Hickman's X-Men, removed the comicbook-nature of Psylocke AKA, they removed the whole body swap, Betsy is now captain britan, and Kwannon is Psylocke. The last time think soemthing kept that origin was that recent Switch game. I wouldn't be surprsied that IF THEY did adapted Psylocke again they would be cowards saying she has always been half-british half-japanse, completely dropping Kwannon (or saying she was her sister) instead of using the whole body swap zaniness.

[@myriadmediamusings]

At this rate, the rest of the X-Films might as well be looked at if just for a complete saga of NC videos and Doug & Rob enjoying/suffering through them.

[@RJIS]

Isn't that what everyone does when watching this series though? Well I guess there's people that like The Last Stand, which is fine to like.

[@davidstone281]

Only 2 of them are good. First Class and Logan. Days Of Future Past was ok.

[@RJIS]

@@davidstone281 I personally loved First Class, The Wolverine, Days of Future Past, and Logan.

[@godabandonedthistimeline]

My personal favorites are the first class, Days of the future past, Logan and Deadpool 1/2

[@BugsyFoga]

I almost want to say the quicksilver scene makes up for most of the film's faults.

[@mullaoslo]

2 hours of zzzzzzz for 1 minute of awesome... Not a good trade

[@KombatGod]

Not really though. It's cool, but he's too OP in it.

[@mattc2306]

@@mullaoslo Tell me about it. X-Men Origins: Wolverine was over half that, and yet the only thing I liked out of that movie was when Agent Zero pulled out two guns and threw them up in the air to reload them, and that wasn't even a minute long. Everything else was completely forgettable and excruciatingly boring.

[@Starfals]

Cuz thats the best part of those movies.. more or less... minus a few other cases sadly. Oh god, why cant the movies be as epic as the cartoons or even comics?

[@mullaoslo]

@@mattc2306 ill watch origins on repeat before going back to apocalypse.. At least it has Jackman, a pretty damn good cast in general plus a few cool moments like the intro and the helicopter scene.. Even with the shitty cgi and raping both gambit and deadpool it's more entertaining than apocalypse

[@dingle2987]

“They are children, stumbling in the dark, searching for guidance.” - Bryan Singer talking about underage boys at his parties.

[@somethingsuperbland8829]

Or the children on the island that no one seems to want to talk about

[@anubusx]

Damn!!!!

[@goreycinema]

I'm going to hell for laughing at this.

[@sebastianemond5313]

​@@goreycinema It's only funny because it's true.

[@connorwood9211]

I've missed these.

[@savanacampbell2986]

These are my favorites.

[@neonbrine]

One day there should be Doug and his wife doing a review together

[@legiongamer-works-podcaster]

Yee

[@SRFriso94]

I think MovieBob summed it up best when he defined this movie as "A two and a half-hour explanation for why Professor Xavier went bald early."

[@andregarza5224]

High key wanna see them talk about First Class, I feel like that movie deserves more attention. It’s honestly one of the best X-men movies.

[@twofacetoo75]

'I'm shocked they never did a commercial with this dude' They DID, as a tie-in for this exact movie, but it was only aired in the UK. Look up 'X-Men Quicksilver Sky Fibre Commercial'

[@lunayoshi]

I'm not from the UK and assumed Sky Fibre was a laxative. I was wrong.

[@Silverstar_]

Evan Peters also played Quicksilver in a tie-in commercial for Carl's Jr, aka Hardees.

[@4masteryoda]

"As you know"...The worst words Doug has ever heard :)

[@louisduarte8763]

They make less sense in a school. Yeah, the events of DoFP happened only 10 years prior, but they were little kids then, so they may not remember.

[@supermom543]

Well, they must’ve heard about it about some point in their life. That’s like being in high school and not knowing about 9/11

[@handy864]

As you know, as you know is a lazy line for crappy exposition. I started using it ironically as a joke in real life and was ashamed of myself later when I caught myself actually saying it to a friend on the phone unironically. The only saving grace was that it was on the phone so any potential audience would have been wire tapping and as you know they suck and don't deserve better than shitty exposition.

[@lunayoshi]

And really, it's a school. It comes with its own excuse to go over stuff the characters (kids, in this case) could have missed. Just have her say "just in case you were sick on Friday,..."

[@handy864]

@@lunayoshi as you should know, kids don't pay a lot of Attention

[@Agent57000DM]

9:09 - We need more Mrs Nostalgia Critic.😀

[@somemoron9306]

I agree 100 percent

[@thefilmwatcher1302]

Do believe her name is Robin Poage.

[@annavandenbrink1970]

I like how even the cat is falling asleep watching this movie.

[@chasehedges6775]

Just shows how boring this movie is. At least Olivia Munn did a good job as Psylocke and gave a good performance.

[@xgray2012]

They should have ended the main series with Days of Future Past at the time and just gave us Deadpool and Logan as just spin-off X-Men movies.

[@kylemorello4787]

I also like New Mutants.

[@Kentrc11]

The 90s cartoon Apocalypse killed the entire X-men Alpha team after they set his techno-organic virus on fire. The comic series Age Of Apocalypse was faithful to the amount of a threat he was. It is shame how this movie made Apocalypse into a villian-of-week Ivan Ooze.

[@disneygirl884]

I forgot Doug was even married.

[@omarsalem1219]

DOUG IS MARRIED?!

[@Neat0_o]

Yo he’s married?! lol wtf. Biggest wtf moment I’ve had in awhile

[@RJIS]

That's nice that he's married :).

[@Starfals]

@@omarsalem1219 For ages now lol, so is his brother but yea

[@louisduarte8763]

For some weird reason, I thought he got divorced, but glad to hear that's not the case.

[@michaelgriswold5663]

This is probably the X-Men movie I've seen the most of with very little background and I was confused and kinda like what??? Also, I came in halfway through, and it made me even more confused.

[@xgray2012]

That's why we have better X-Men movies like X-Men First Class, Logan, Deadpool 1 and 2.

[@CLDJ227]

@@xgray2012 Don't forget X2 and The Wolverine.

[@Sate12]

Same. I watched the cartoon for a while but there's so many moving parts I lost track of who was who. I had to Google and double check Wikipedia to keep up

[@jakemetzgar]

2:41 Buster is like “you can’t see me, I’m invisible”

[@scarletwyvern3753]

I’m Chaplin

[@DarkKnightofAnime]

honestly this is one of those odd comic book films and films in general where when I watch it (which is very rarely) I kinda enjoy what I'm seeing but I'm never invested

[@kingsleycy3450]

I had the same experience with Spectre. Pretty visuals and decent acting, but it is going through the same predictable motion we have seen so many times that my brain doesn't engage with it.

[@chasehedges6775]

I'll give the movie this: Alexandra Shipp did a good job as Storm, and Olivia was good as Psylocke. Also, Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy were cool and Evan Peters was good as Quicksilver.

[@matthewmuir8884]

@@kingsleycy3450 Plus, it's impossible to take Spectre seriously when its biggest plot twist is, "Bond and Blofeld are brothers"; something the third Austin Powers film already did thirteen years earlier as a joke.

[@M12GProductions]

First Viewing is finally back, yay! They skipped Detective Pikachu, boo! - M12G

[@BradShadowDog]

3:00, I liked Wanted. Or at least I remember liking Wanted when I saw it back when I was 14. Also it was his acting in the movie Victor Frankenstein that made me realize just how great of an actor he was. It wasn't a great movie but he was phenomenal. 4:00, I was real excited to see the Assassin's Creed movie cause I thought it could've been good with Michael Fassbender in the lead role. He did the best he could and it showed, but by God, that movie gave him nothing to do. My favorite part was him singing a song for no reason because it was the 1st thing he did in that whole movie even though we were already at the halfway point.

[@mr.moviemafia]

While these movies rarely got the Costumes right, I am always impressed by how they make their everyday wardrobe resemble their comic colors. Like Nightcrawler wearing Michael Jackson’s Thriller coat, Jean’s green coat, Scott’s blue and gold leather jacket, etc

[@ChristionGirl45]

Anyone else find it amazing that we actually heard Doug's wife in this video? I don't think I've ever seen or heard her in any other of his videos!

[@randalgraves6979]

The Behind the scenes of Food Fight.

[@yoga_bear.]

3:00 aww I love him in wanted. Especially when he got starlord with a keyboard.

[@randalgraves6979]

I love Wanted.

[@drewkaplan7460]

7:10 They actually did do an ad with quicksilver for something called Sky Fibre

[@paradisecity0406able]

Talk about an X-Men movie that was *EXcruciatingly* painful to watch

[@chasehedges6775]

A movie that I never ever saw.

[@vengefuldeth]

Jennifer Lawrence her acting and how much they used her and made Mystique so important to the story because she was the actor playing her is what killed this movie the most.

[@chasehedges6775]

@@vengefuldeth I liked Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games movies. After that, man she should've just stopped acting.

[@shinndig1293]

No, that was Dark Phoenix.

[@chasehedges6775]

@@shinndig1293 I have a question about Olivia Munn? Did she like her costume?

[@byronstukenberg9515]

Who else just wants to reach over and pet the cat sleeping on the couch😂😂😂😂😂

[@ScooterinAB]

I love that Xavier has been active with the X-men for 30-some years and doesn't look a day over 40.

[@JOVONO]

Wow I always thought Nicholas Hoult should have been Cyclops he has the great acting to be a great leader, he had the look and height of the character and had the softness to bring more to the character Hoult did have a great performance as Hank in First Club but he should have be Scott

[@thefilmwatcher1302]

I personally liked Tye Sheridan.

[@lainwakura]

I am so sorry, Doug.

[@benpowell-punmaster1214]

Funnily enough, there was a Sky (a tv provider in the UK) that made a commercial with these characters which involved Quicksilver running around in slow-motion. It was cool how they got the whole cast to do it.

[@duowest642]

Now that you mentioned, I can't unsee the fact that Nicholas Holt looks like a young James Marsden.

[@JOVONO]

He did a great performance as Beast in First Class however he should have been Cyclops

[@Malwontae]

11:33 Honestly, I enjoyed New Mutants more than Apocalypse, and far more than Dark Phoenix. It's not the most amazing movie, and the first half is a bit formulaic, but for me it really nailed the finale. That, and there was strong performances from the girls, unfortunately the guys were a bit overshadowed due to having less to work with. One of the better points is definitely the visuals for Magik, (although I'm biased as she's one of my favourites) which benefited from the delays.

[@camilogarciaylasaari1857]

2:37 "Now who wants to put on blindfolds and get into my car?"

[@ArtKing3000]

YAY 😄! Wait what 😕?

[@XanderPGK]

"What is that a woodpecker?"

[@KingCasual1986]

Doug, you have to do Golion/Voltron with the Anime Man! That show is perfect for the Nostalgia Critic!

[@redtiger8275]

So glad you are still doing these

[@4Legacy]

6:44 this was the moment I was let down by this movie. Chills, chills, chills, aw wtF!

[@sirreginaldthe8th182]

when apocalypse had all the nukes he literally could finished the movie.....

[@jayneroberts1236]

You don’t understand how much this made my Day 😊😊

[@TRTMN-vs3ew]

9:31 Is it just me or is this something Frieza would say in DBZ Abridged?

[@jackattacktron1000]

I personally liked this movie but i love your guy’s commentary.

[@campbbrodie4335]

I love these first viewings!!! Please go back to these!!!

[@Omnipotentmonkey]

say what you will about the X-Men films. but they hit the casting of Magneto and Xavier out of the fucking park TWICE... McKellen, Fassbender, McAvoy and Stewart are all fucking perfect in their respective roles.

[@MPARASKA]

Still better than Dark Phoenix. I really liked the characters for some reason.

[@RobiticDuck]

Saw this in theaters. Drove through an intense rain storm to get to the cinema. The drive in was more impactful.

[@gamerguy19981]

As someone who isn't a Jennifer Lawrence fan at all, she was what sucked the life out of the new films for me. There were people who actually cheered at her death in Dark Phoenix when I saw it. I thought she was ok in first class, but then her character got put on a pedestal. I don't mean like how Wolverine is put on a pedestal by the filmmakers, I mean in the way that the actual characters put her on a pedestal. In this film especially people act like she's the second coming but for mutants.

[@Nightengale90]

OMG the joke about Apocalypse giving Charles 2 hours to crawl over had me laughing until I was in tears! This was better than the Nostalgia Critic review!

[@noir-214]

5:15 No he seem more like lex luthor type of actor

[@Rosh4D]

7:16 there was a SKY broadband ad

[@gideonhorwitz9434]

9:08 was that the first time we have had any mention of Doug’s wife. Come to think about it Have we ever actually seen Doug’s wife before you’d think all these years they would do a cameo.

[@randalgraves6979]

BTS of food fight, she talks.

[@stepheninman7568]

Oh, Joy! A new first viewing!!!! I've missed these!

[@rodrigocorreia2020]

You guys are back ! Love First viewing

[@Macapta]

They did do an ad with quicksilver, it was for broadband.

[@matthewjarek3026]

“I don’t remember disliking it, but I don’t remember liking it either. It was just like, “Oh there’s another Singer X-Men movie...” Yeah, that pretty much sums it up for me.

[@chasehedges6775]

This movie is the epitome of " Well... that existed."

[@nickdorenkamp959]

1:07 the fourth one he's directed but the fifth he's been involved with sense he did produced x men first class.

[@officialrenegades9590]

“You wanna go out puppy?” Omg XD

[@KorporalKReephdmkiytrecv69]

Thanks for uploading another X-trodinare video.

[@samuelmurrill7438]

7:12 There actually is a pretty awesome ad with the same setup for Sky Fibre! Check it out by searching Sky Fibre Quicksilver

[@zarinaa1135]

2:45 Yes! The Great is amazing and more people need to watch it! I love it!

[@IAmTheAce5]

Meanwhile Buster is just getting into their style of review

[@jaredpalmgren4617]

Thank goodness! I thought they weren't doing these anymore!

[@dezloeppky]

There actually was some ads that quick silver was in for fast food commercials, but I think it was marketing for days of future past.

[@PhoeniksStorm]

YYEESS first viewing is back. Love these so much. Just these two hanging out reacting to a movie is great

[@legoking6165]

2:31 Scotts eyebeams aren't lasers. They're actually just beams of super concussive energy.

[@TheStormbringer8751]

Yep, just sheer force coming out of a man's face!

[@Sniper_Jacob06]

9:08 ok, that made me laugh.

[@thefilmwatcher1302]

The holy trinity: Channel Awesome, CinemaSins, and Screen Rant.

[@supermom543]

Screen Rant? wtf

[@thefilmwatcher1302]

Nintendo Gamer Ryan George alone is enough to get that channel out of the shitter.

[@stonermonkey6127]

A first viewing of Wanted would be awesome.

[@mr.moviemafia]

I still don’t know why THIS is the one is considered to be so bad. This is nowhere near the worst comic book movie, nor even the worst X-Men movie.

[@babanaki8528]

Yeeey! Haven't seen a First Viewing in a while!

[@Shadowkey392]

7:11 they did at least one. It was for some sort of high-speed internet service provider or something like that.

[@nathanieldiaz5254]

7:11 Well, Doug, there are actually multiple commercials with Quicksilver. Here's one of them: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJ6qc5WqmJanndk

[@davidstone281]

4:32 despite that being stupid as hell, the arrow hitting them BOTH what are the fucking odds, Fassbender still fucking owns it for his acting. You feel his pain. Especially when he shouts, "Is this what you want?! Is this what I am?!"

[@RoweMan2000]

I just realized that Nighcrawler wearing Michael Jackson's Thriller jacket

[@Ally_Whitlock]

Yes! I miss these first viewings!

[@isaacrichter3269]

Did you guys not shoot your First Viewings of Mulan, Hunchback, Detective Pikachu, Frozen 2 or Avatar (this last one especially)? I would have loved to see your reactions to watching those and also hear Rob's opinions and the way you two interact watching them...

[@VampireFan-rf5kb]

Funny. This X-Men movie is coming from the same director who gave us X-Men: Days of Future Past and the first two X-Men movies from the early 2000s as well.

[@redeyedbandit1251]

I feel the real main character is actually Apocalypse even though he is the main villain since he has the most screentime and development. I can't wait to see you review Dark Phoenix since that was pretty much the death of the Fox X-men movies.

[@stitchunderground626]

I miss these types of videos!

[@houldenmelville5530]

This movie feels like the X-Men equivalent of an in-between Batman vs Superman movie, just alot of punching and comic book mumbo jumbo, although lord knows I'd like to hear someone yell Martha just to see someone having fun.

[@joeyteter9383]

3:07 “Everybody gets one, right Peter?”

[@wstine79]

It's funny that the best/ memorable X-Men movies are the ones not directed by Bryan Singer (aside from X-2 and Days of Future's Past).

[@chasehedges6775]

Definitely agreed.

[@nolandavis1129]

Days of Future Past is my favorite in the series TBH.

[@Motorheadache95]

The only other good X-Men films were the two James Mangold Wolverine films. The worst ones were when Singer left (Last Stand and XO: Wolverine)

[@guardiansparky1766]

Apocalypse (Gently taps microphone) "Ahem.....EVERYTHING THEY BUILT WILL FALL!"

[@legoking6165]

Anyone want to hear my suggestion for a monster movie I want him to look at right before Halloween?

[@albertlewis4903]

Let’s hear it

[@legoking6165]

@@albertlewis4903 My suggestion for him is this horror comedy from 1989 called Monster High (not to be confused with the Mattel toy line of the same name). I believe Obscurus Lupa took a look at it some time back.

[@albertlewis4903]

Legoking 616 surprised I haven’t seen this. Challenging a demon to a basketball game to save the world I’ll check it out.

[@Gator-soup]

They did do a commercial with Evan Peters quicksilver. It was for Macallisters.

[@stephenhall509]

Can you guys do Nanny McPhee? It's like dark Mary Poppins

[@filmfangirls9163]

Im so happy to hear that Doug watches the Great. It is SO good.

[@DawnOfTheOzz]

Well, now I want a Nostalgia Critic review of Wanted. The game was kinda OK but very short.

[@rocketgroot4311]

*"Dude you are The Tower of Babel"* *-Rob Walker*

[@theantisocials]

These Are actually way more entertaining Then Nostalgia Critic!

[@jayneroberts1236]

This movie is worth watching just for Michael Fassbender. Dark Phoenix was worth watching for that reason as well!!

[@chasehedges6775]

Fassbender is such a good actor. He really nailed Young Magneto. Ian McKellen must be proud.

[@jordancarpenter6816]

As you may know this is a First Viewing starring Doug & Rob Walker.

[@randalgraves6979]

Comment, THIS!!!! 😎

[@GoddessOfWhim2003]

i too am a big Kitty Pryde fan and was pissed they gave her one big storyline to Wolverine. i'm still trying to figure out her power set in DOFP. how does phasing lead to mind swapping time travel? can i get one good interpretation of Kitty, please

[@NeoConnor1]

Uh, singer did touch first class. He helped conceived the story, was a producer, and was originally the director, but he was replaced by Matthew Vaughn during pre-production because Jack the giant Slayer needed more of his attention.

[@xblade149]

Wait he was the director of that movie that explains so much

[@dastvan8002]

I completely forgot about that film...

[@joshwalsh2887]

I honestly had no idea doug was married until this