Kickassia

Channel Awesome's two-year anniversary special event. It is a series of six videos. It follows the contributors of Channel Awesome as they conquer the Republic of Molossia, a micronation in the Nevada desert. They rename this place "Kickassia" and come to blows with the self-declared President, The Nostalgia Critic.

Why It's Wretched

 * 1) The scope is too big for the special to do justice.
 * 2) * On the other hand, the six parts are padded, giving the impression that the special is a three-parter disguised as a six.
 * 3) Most of the contributors are just cameos.
 * 4) A lot of the humor comes from either in-jokes only a hardcore fan could get or crassness. ("Say, Critic, do you get a lot of pussy with that outfit?")
 * 5) There's a lengthy "it's time!" sequence that gets old fast.
 * 6) A lot of the contributors have different personalities, which is a baffling example of poor research on Doug's part.
 * 7) *Film Brain is portrayed as overly bubbly and excited, which is a far cry from his "Bad Movie Beatdown" self, and just generally annoying.
 * 8) *Lee Davidge's only personal trait is that he's a 2D image turned 3D. That's it.
 * 9) *Dr. Insano is treated as Spoony's alter ego, which has never been Insano's backstory.
 * 10) *Obscurus Lupa allegedly hated her personality in this special.
 * 11) A lot of the acting is bad.
 * 12) *Severally performances are obnoxiously over the top, mainly whenever Spoony is talking about Insano.
 * 13) *Kevin Baugh, on the other hand, has no emotion in his voice at all. Though that's probably what happens when you get a Micronation President to act.
 * 14) Speaking of Baugh, the special never explains if he has a split personality or is just acting.
 * 15) What is Dr. Smith doing here other than to reference the Lost In Space review?
 * 16) The Nostalgia Chick does a riff on Sarah Palin. This was about 2 years after Palin was relevant.
 * 17) The special sets up Kevin (as Fritz von Baugh) as the antagonist of the second half... only to them drop him from the story until the very end.
 * 18) Doug's plan is to blow up Kickassia if everyone rebels, but that would just get him killed as well.
 * 19) Chapter 4's title is pure nonsense. The Beginning of the End of the Beginning?
 * 20) Ma-Ti's cameo serves no purpose to the storyline whatsoever and essentially amounts to "Don't be a douche".
 * 21) Dr. Insano is rendered pointless.
 * 22) The "We Believe In Santa Christ!" chant goes on for way too long.
 * 23) What was Linkara's plan exactly?
 * 24) Santa Christ serves as a blatant Deus Ex Machina.
 * 25) Terrible Ending. Doug just returns Molossia to Baugh.
 * 26) Though not as bad as Suburban Knights or To Boldly Flee, there were several production problems.
 * 27) *Apparently, Doug had to be told to provide food and water. In the middle of the desert of Nevada.
 * 28) *The crew at one point got interrupted by a window-wiper.
 * 29) All in all, a terrible way to celebrate the 2 year anniversary. Just watch the other videos.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Most of the acting is actually pretty good.
 * 2) Great music., especially the intro music.
 * 3) The intro with the narrator is also good.
 * 4) The scene in the Hotel room is actually funny, particularly the "Are we Nazis, or are we Nazis?" speech.
 * 5) The bit with the crew doing a "Badass March", only for Baugh to just pull out an Uzi and send them running, is clever.
 * 6) The Nostalgia Critic as Raul Julia's M. Bison? Hilarious imitation and costume! ("Of Course!")
 * 7) Linkara does a decent riff on Patton.
 * 8) Dr. Insano is hilarious.
 * 9) Ask That Guy's cameo is a decent parody of his role in the first special.
 * 10) Seeing the contributors act together was amazing, at least for the time.
 * 11) Hilarious outtakes.
 * 12) All in all, it's not the worst thing ever.