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She came to the spotlight when Doug Walker, of comedy-review website ''That Guy With The Glasses ''(now known as ''Channel Awesome''), decided he needed a female reviewer to review female-oriented retro "nostalgic" media and set up a contest. Ellis won and became The Nostalgia Chick, making videos for the website since late 2008 to early 2015. Despite first starting as specializing in "girl media", she gradually turned into reviewing a different array of movies and other types of shows. | She came to the spotlight when Doug Walker, of comedy-review website ''That Guy With The Glasses ''(now known as ''Channel Awesome''), decided he needed a female reviewer to review female-oriented retro "nostalgic" media and set up a contest. Ellis won and became The Nostalgia Chick, making videos for the website since late 2008 to early 2015. Despite first starting as specializing in "girl media", she gradually turned into reviewing a different array of movies and other types of shows. | ||
Notably, since leaving the site on January | Notably, since leaving the site on January 10th, 2015, she has retired the character and has transitioned from movie reviews to video essays about popular culture. | ||
==The Lost Review== | ==The Lost Review== | ||
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The review's negative reception was apparently so bad that she deleted the video and apologized by saying that her attitude was caused by getting drunk when she shot it. | The review's negative reception was apparently so bad that she deleted the video and apologized by saying that her attitude was caused by getting drunk when she shot it. | ||
In an interview with website The Mary Sue, she said: | In an interview with website The Mary Sue, she said: | ||
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"The worst thing that happened was I did a review of ''Dune'', which in fairness to my detractors was not well-researched. It did lead to a lot of fake-geek-girling, like, "You don’t know s— about Frank Herbert", and I’m like, "No, I do. I just f—ing hate this movie". But they were right. I didn’t research, [...] that was kind of the worst that I’ve got."<ref>[http://www.themarysue.com/lindsay-ellis-interview/ The Mary Sue interview where she talks about the ''Dune'' episode controversy.] Retrieved 17 Aug '18</ref> | |||
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==Availability== | ==Availability== | ||
What was staggering at the time she decided to delete the video is that there was no mirror of the video available anywhere, on YouTube or otherwise. The Nostalgia Chick was one of the most popular reviewers of the ''TGWTG'' website, and usually, mirrors of her videos popped up on YouTube or alternate video-sharing websites. Despite this apparent presence of Nostalgia Chick fans that mirror her videos, ''"Dune, yo"'' still remained unavailable in any form. Ellis was later asked if she had personally taken action to have any subsequent mirrors of the video deleted, though she has denied doing so. | What was staggering at the time she decided to delete the video is that there was no mirror of the video available anywhere, on YouTube or otherwise. The Nostalgia Chick was one of the most popular reviewers of the ''TGWTG'' website, and usually, mirrors of her videos popped up on YouTube or alternate video-sharing websites. Despite this apparent presence of Nostalgia Chick fans that mirror her videos, ''"Dune, yo"'' still remained unavailable in any form. Ellis was later asked if she had personally taken action to have any subsequent mirrors of the video deleted, though she has denied doing so. | ||
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===Found Video=== | ===Found Video=== | ||
On September | On September 23rd, 2014, the video was found, resurfacing thanks to contributor kurtdenter. | ||
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==External Link== | ==External Link== | ||
*[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG1h-Wqjtwz7uUANw6gazRw Lindsay's official YouTube channel.] | *[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG1h-Wqjtwz7uUANw6gazRw Lindsay's official YouTube channel.] | ||
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Lindsay Ellis, aka "The Nostalgia Chick".
Status: Found
Date found: 23 Sept 2014
Found by: kurtdenter
Lindsay Ellis, formerly known as "The Nostalgia Chick", is a famous internet film critic who reviews miscellaneous movies and TV shows with a dry sense of humor and analysis.
Background
She came to the spotlight when Doug Walker, of comedy-review website That Guy With The Glasses (now known as Channel Awesome), decided he needed a female reviewer to review female-oriented retro "nostalgic" media and set up a contest. Ellis won and became The Nostalgia Chick, making videos for the website since late 2008 to early 2015. Despite first starting as specializing in "girl media", she gradually turned into reviewing a different array of movies and other types of shows.
Notably, since leaving the site on January 10th, 2015, she has retired the character and has transitioned from movie reviews to video essays about popular culture.
The Lost Review
In 2010, The Nostalgia Chick uploaded a video review of the 1984 film Dune, under the title "Dune, yo".
The review received overwhelmingly negative reactions from viewers and commentators, many criticizing Ellis' unfair biases and attitude against the movie.
The review's negative reception was apparently so bad that she deleted the video and apologized by saying that her attitude was caused by getting drunk when she shot it.
In an interview with website The Mary Sue, she said:
"The worst thing that happened was I did a review of Dune, which in fairness to my detractors was not well-researched. It did lead to a lot of fake-geek-girling, like, "You don’t know s— about Frank Herbert", and I’m like, "No, I do. I just f—ing hate this movie". But they were right. I didn’t research, [...] that was kind of the worst that I’ve got."[1]
Availability
What was staggering at the time she decided to delete the video is that there was no mirror of the video available anywhere, on YouTube or otherwise. The Nostalgia Chick was one of the most popular reviewers of the TGWTG website, and usually, mirrors of her videos popped up on YouTube or alternate video-sharing websites. Despite this apparent presence of Nostalgia Chick fans that mirror her videos, "Dune, yo" still remained unavailable in any form. Ellis was later asked if she had personally taken action to have any subsequent mirrors of the video deleted, though she has denied doing so.
On a somewhat related note, the Nostalgia Chick had uploaded other videos that she later decided to delete, such as "Nostalgia Chick - The Fifth Element" (a review of the 1997 film) and "TLC and the 90's" (a retrospective of the girl R&B music band TLC), although these reviews have since been mirrored by fans.
Found Video
On September 23rd, 2014, the video was found, resurfacing thanks to contributor kurtdenter.
External Link
References
- ↑ The Mary Sue interview where she talks about the Dune episode controversy. Retrieved 17 Aug '18