Bartok the Magnificent

(Channel Awesome logo and 2018 title sequence are shown)

NC: Hello, I'm the Nostalgia Critic. I remember it so you don't have to. It's no secret that the career of legendary animator Don Bluth has had some ups and downs.

(A shot of the poster for the Bluth film An American Tail is shown)

NC (vo): Like anyone's legacy, there's been some hits and there's been some misses.

(Cut to a shot of another Bluth film The Land Before Time)

NC (vo): But the hits seem to be when Bluth had the most control over a project...

(Cut to a shot of still another Bluth film The Pebble and the Penguin)

NC (vo): ...and the misses seem to be whenever the studio he worked for took the most control.

(Cut to footage of Anastasia)

NC (vo): You can usually tell the studio interference by how much the films imitated what was expected to be popular at the time.

(Cut to a shot of the poster for Anastasia)

NC (vo): Whether it be Disney...

(Cut to a shot of the poster for Titans A.E.)

NC (vo): ...Star Wars...

(Cut to a shot of the poster for A Troll in Central Park)

NC (vo): ...or even other movies that tried to rip off (a poster for Once Upon a Forest appears in the corner) other genres...

(Cut to a shot of the poster for Thumbelina)

NC (vo): (quickly) ...or Disney...

(Cut to a shot of the poster for Rock-A-Doodle)

NC (vo): ...there's apparently a lot of meddling.