i want to start off by saying i am a HUGE Doug walker fan. the nostalgia critic was great as was a lot of his sketches and specials. I also want to point out i am NOT one of those guys who was all butt hurt and mad when he quit the nostalgia critic to make demo reel in fact i was excited! one of my favorite reviewers on the internet making a new show?? awesome i wounder what creative ideas he'll come up with i mean his writing for the nostalgia critic was amazing! So then i saw the first episode....my first opinion? meh. i thought it did have some funny jokes (bat Jesus had me in tears)however the wait between good jokes like that were few and far between i enjoyed the bane second guessing blowing up the city because of the kids singing voice but then immediately cringing and deciding "that was dreadful time to die" when she screws up a note. I think Doug should have done what Brad Jones has done and make a second show while the main one was still going to give it time to build and time to become stronger so once the main show is done you have a well developed show by the time the critic was done however i understand he just got a studio and a larger budget but i don't think it'd hurt to have a show on the ready but then again i wasn't there. He re-tooled demo reel and to be honest in a way it helped on the character front but the jokes still are lacking. The show is predicable. Very predicable. rob walker is a creepy German,James jaroz is a drunk weird Irish guy, Rachel tietz is the self conscious actress, Tacoma Washington is a writer who clashes with director Donnie dupree who is a self centered jerk yeah yeah yeah but are they funny? the answer? well i'd say yes. except surprisingly walker himself. rob is great and as are James, Tacoma, and Rachel but Doug's Donnie character doesn't feel like a character and really isn't that funny. Now i am not saying the others are great characters because like i said they are kind of bland but they at least have some good moments and good laughs but Donnie however does not at least not yet. The other episodes have all been meh like the fist one however i found myself laughing less then watching the first one. so i'm torn i love Doug walker but this show SO FAR is disappointing however i do see potential in this show so i will keep watching but up to this point it needs work i'd say if you really like Doug check it out but be warned this show isn't a finished product yet and remember nostalgia critic took awhile to take off as did the cinema snob,Phelous(by far my favorite on TGWT) and most really funny shows so i'd say stick with it if you are a huge Doug walker fan if not his other new shows sibling rivalry and shut up and talk are quite good and also (going on a small tangent) check out some other TGWT contributors i have just started watching other people on the site like mike j,the rap critic(very underrated please check him out),lupa(how i got this dumb name)and many more.
