#171 - OK, This Is Epic (w/ Alex Ross) (Patreon)

Hellooooo we're the nostalgia critics and we remembered KICKASSIA (2010) so you don't have to. A decade ago, the head honchos of an online content mill called Channel Awesome brought all their contributors together for a feature-length movie... but only later was it revealed that the production was plagued by mismanagement and abuse. We drove ourselves mad watching a "movie" comprised entirely of inside jokes from videos that were online 10 years ago. PLUS: we consider Pepe the Frog.

"The Triumph and Tragedy of Channel Awesome" by Matthew Rozsa - https://www.salon.com/2018/04/22/the-triumph-and-tragedy-of-channel-awesome/

"The Obamanauts" by Corey Robin - https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/the-obamanauts