Airborne - Nostalgia Critic 

Critic. The Aladdin cutaways were absolutely genius

I lost it every time he cut to the guy with the nose brace. Holy shit 10/10

Honestly the main character "i cant even walk in a hallway" joke could have actually worked had he gone to Australia. Because we drive on the left down here, we also keep to the left while walking and riding escalators etc. I actually collided with some people when I went to California just because its so subtle a change yet so completely engrained in your mind that you don't think to change where you're walking until there's someone practically on top of you.

Seth Green's haircut is EXTREME!!!

The Surf Ninja scene was one of my most favorites from the Nostalgia Critic. "Bend your knees! Use your arms!"

"I dont get it, what's funny about that?" - I don't know man, but I've been sitting here, crying with laughter for 10 minutes straight, I just can't at that face omg

Hold up, stop, freeze, flag on the play. His parents somehow couldn't rationalize taking him to Australia for six months on the grounds that he couldn't miss that much school, never mind that schools do exist in Australia, yet decide to dump him in Cincinnati for the same amount of time? If they didn't want to take him that's all they had to say instead of going with such a bullshit and thinly veiled excuse. But no, that'd make too much sense.

Fun fact: Seth Green was either seventeen or forty-five at the time of this movie, and no one wants to ask

Are there a lot of high school students in their mid-thirties in Cincinnati? XD

Am I the only who thinks the main character reminds me of Denny from The Room?

Actually that wasn't the peace sign. It was a covert symbol showing that he had beheaded a rabbit in the name of rock n' roll.

The lore of the Devil's Backbone Once there was a hill, in medevil times, or the 50's, same thing to the youth of today. There was a really steep, long hill. They named it the Devil's Backbone because of how unsafe and deadly it was. However, as modernization came, the Devil's Backbone was built over, and DUUUUUUUUUUUDES of all ages where saddened that their favorite suicide hill was ruined. However, legend has it Sir.Skatesalot put his own blueprints in the MAN'S plans, and made the most subtle track inside the city it'self. A map by skaters was made of the full working of the NEW Devil's Backbone. No more was it a really shallow cliff, but a full on deathtrap. Only a total 7 Bros have survived it's clutches, all else died, or committed suicide with a sword over not getting to the end. Truly a hill of legend. Or I just made this sh*t up. Either way, it explains SOMETHING.

Parents: "instead of bringing him with us to Australia and going to school there, we will send our son to some completely different place and make him go to school there!"

I'd rather see the backstory of the nose brace guy. Why does he wear it? Why won't he speak? I NEED ANSWERS!

He's like a whiter, douchier, surfer dude version of Aladdin.

Broken Nose Guy needs his own spinoff.

This movie is so forgettable I even forgot this review existed! It's like new content!

And he gets off the plane holding his surfboard on the airport runway. :facepalm:

That first scene for Seth Green, he looks like Judy Funnie, from Doug

Well, on the GOOD side, at least those kids wore protective gear when roller skating. I know that sounds incredibly dweeby, but falling on your head at high speed...you're not likely to look terribly cool while drooling or eating chicken noodle soup through a straw. Seth Green, in the meantime, looks like a live action Chucky doll.

Honestly, the main thing that always bugged me about this movie was that the dumb-ass brought his surf board to Cincinnati and left his skates in California.

Hottest Movie Girls of the 90s: Neve Campbell, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Seth Green.

Seth Green in this movie looks more like a beatnik than a 90's kid

Hey, so the audio after he says “watch it to this music” repeats and then is off by a lot. Not sure if its just me, I assume CA had to take out the song for copyright but something seems screwed up

I totally forgot that Jack Black was in this movie.

A coward speech? Really? That scene would be a coward speech if he were standing behind an army, yes, but he was standing right in the bullies face, not backing down. He would've taken a hit, but he wouldn't have returned it. I think that's actually pretty badass. Being able to defend yourself makes you strong, yes, but personally, I shit my pants when someone doesn't even need to fight and just takes it.

Here's what I think everyone is missing about the "puss-Out Speech". Yes, not fighting the bully is the right thing to do. But however, Mitchell is not a pacifist as he claims to be. He's a hypocrite. He purposely provokes these people and backs down and acts superior once they want to get physical. Not to mention he pulls one of the bully's pants down to humiliate them. He's not a pacifist, he's a self-righteous hipster.

12:00 Audio becomes stuffy. 12:20 Audio is desynced. 15:45 Audio is synced. 16:05 Audio becomes clear.

As an Aussie I find his fantasy about Australia hilarious. The vast majority of us do not look like he imagines, and a massive proportion don't even live at the beach. If you're studying wombats (by the way, which? There is more than one species. You may as well say you're moving to Canberra to study bears, or are studying wolves) you likely won't be living in a coastal city. I just love imagining all those people coming here expecting this pervasive myth that we are all bronzed, slim and beachy types to be true and bring horrendously disappointed lol.

I have lived in california my whole life and those ads are lies

It's like Rocket Power the movie

Here's the thing about Ghandi kid, Ghandi's quotes regarding non-violence were strickly political in meaning. He also said "It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence." He also said "A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave." You don't have to go out of your way to pick fights, but you have to stand up for yourself. Another bit Ghandi said: "Non-violence and cowardice are contradictory terms. Non-violence is the greatest virtue, cowardice the greatest vice. Non-violence springs from love, cowardice from hate. Non-violence always suffers, cowardice would always inflict suffering. Perfect non-violence is the highest bravery. Non-violent conduct is never demoralising, cowardice always is." What love is Mitch showing? None. He clearly has great disdain if not hate for those bullies. When he didn't throw that hiss fit at them, he was trying to kiss their asses. He could have just ignored them. He knew that he'd be gone in a short time and if he felt they weren't worth it, he wouldn't have let it get to him, but it did. He didn't lash out physically, not because he's non-violent, but because he's a puss. That's why he tried to also ride on the seams of Ghandi's robe, to make it seem like he's got some virtuous cause when he doesn't. Now some may bring up that Ghandi said: "You may never know what results come of your action, but if you do nothing there will be no result." with regard to my suggestion he could have just ignored the bullies. Well here's rule number one with all conflicts; Know your enemy. Bullies want to get a rise out of you, that is why they do what they do. There are only two ways to get rid of them; ignore them or stand up to them. Ignoring them will deny them the satisfaction of watching you squirm and they'll eventually get bored of it and stop. The moment you stop making it fun for them, they'll get tired of it. When you stand up to them, they may submit or back off. Especially when it comes to guys, people respect those with balls. Show no fear, do not attempt to reason with them and show them they should think twice before crossing you again. They'll only start wanting to fight if they think that you are weaker than they and if they have back up. They will not if you can convince them in some way that you are either on the same level as or stronger than they, especially if you get them alone. Do you exactly have to fight them physically? No, but again, you have to make it so they understand that bullying you is not fun because of the repercussions that come with it. You could even get your own back up like an adult. Some would say "Oh so they can taunt you for being a tattle tail and can't fight without help", well if you care about what they say, then you have bigger problems. Seriously, fuck em. But again, from Ghandi "Oppose tyranny but never hurt the tyrant." You don't have to physically fight a bully to oppose them. Acting like you're trying to sleep with them is no opposing tyranny, it's laying on your back and begging for more punishment like some middle aged woman with a BDSM fetish after reading 50 Shades of Grey. Seriously, this kid was just ASKING to keep being bullied and mocked. You cannot reason with a bully. And. "Where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I advice violence." It's just like with Martin Luther King, both he and Ghandi opposed injustice openly even though they never struck back physically or violently. They knew they couldn't regardless because of their opposition. They knew it'd hurt their cause. They didn't try to seduce their opponents. In closing I'll leave with this from Ghandi "There was a time when people listened to me because I showed them how to give fight to the British without arms when they had no arms ... but today I am told that my nonviolence can be of no avail against the (Hindu-Muslim riots) and, therefore, people should arm themselves for self-defense."

wait, so instead of taking their son with them and having him go to school there in an environment that clearly he is much more accustomed to, as well as giving him the opportunity to be with his parents, they're choosing to drop him off in the polar opposite environment of what he was raised in and abandon him to people he probably sees for a total of five hours every six months or so all while they're alone together with what i can only assume is a ridiculous amount of money from being chosen specifically to move to another hemisphere. Fuck the school excuse they just want a six month honeymoon in between work.

You want to know what song is playing during the airport scene? "What God Wants" by Roger Waters. ROGER. FUCKING. WATERS.

So the main character isn’t okay with fighting in self-defense but IS okay with pantsing someone while they’re about to start a hockey game?

The Aladdin stuff was BRILLIANT! XD

This movie is so painfully generic, it actually hurts not only me, but also the 90's and anyone who grew up in it! THE CRINGE IS REAL!!! DX

Wow, that character really is like the human version of a Disney Prince.

When they say the race is down "Devil's Backbone", didn't Wiley say something about some guy trying to walk down it and got "messed up"? It was a stupid line because it's just a hill. The line made it like it was an MXC/Wipeout course.

it tastes like juicy fruit and capri sun

Has anyone noticed the audio is out of sync after the "Girls just wanna have fun" montage scene was cut?

9:30 really got me 😂

I find it ironic that he calls the main character half the boyfriends from Full House and a Disney prince and than plays clips from a Disney prince that was also a boyfriend on Full House. Whether it was intentional or not it is funny.

Alright commenters, write the backstory to "my dad shot her". Go, do it!

I’m surprised he hasn’t done mighty ducks. Oh 90s nostalgia 😄

12:10 You know how Teen Witch has been criticized for poorly depicting teen girls? This is the turnabout. Now teen boys are being poorly depicted.

Well, I agree with a lot of what the Critic is saying here based on these few clips, but... That "puss out speech" as he calls it? I don't see how it's such a bad thing or how it makes him a pussy for not wanting to fight. I'm willing to bet that he'd have called the film out on suddenly changing the character's nature by making him fight when nothing leading up to that point would indicate that it'd take so little to make him want to fight.

This move is a work of art.

Sit down and talk about this over a basket of fries or something.

Did the video go weird for anyone else at the 12:00 mark? The audio goes bad and the the video seems to repeat then everything is off timing.

I had never even heard of Airborne before seeing this review but this is honestly one of the funniest Nostalgia Critic reviews I've seen. Nearly in tears! Amazing work guys!

Anyone else notice that the Audio and video start to get messed up from 12:00 to 16:00? Cant find one comment talking about it or mentioning it.

Singers: "You'll show 'en you're a tiger! Show 'em what you can do. The taste of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes.... Brings out the tiger in you!" Tony the Tiger: "And you! They're gr-r-r-r-r-r-r-reat!"

NC: does he always have a cowardly retort on standby? "Hey man, let's pick Roses and skip" That part made me crack up😂😂

When Nostalgia Critic reacted to the dressing up montage. God i'm dizzy from laughing so much XD

Why is the audio all screwed up? Last time I watched the review it was fine.

Does the audio mess up for anyone else during the dressup scene? The "gimme your testicles" audio repeats, then the rest of the video is desynched, but resynchs right at the "puss out" speech.

One thing I didn't get about this movie... If he was so into surfing and wanted to get back to it, why didn't he go skate/snowboarding? While it's not exactly the same, it's pretty close that I think he could've satisfied his bizarre kink.

Airborne: The Rad (1986) of the '90s.

Being a meat bag is the only way you can have friends. The ultimate commercial of all.

This has major audio glitches in the middle now after the "I'm too sexy scene".

So, I am rewaching this reupload, and I just realized - crazy toast man from The Devil is in this movie :D Did anyone else noticed him?

As opposed to a wombat of any other nationality? Literally all species of wombats live in Australia movie!

Jack Black is hidden in a lot of movies. I didn't know him until Jim Carrey's the Cableguy.

12:21 Hey Critic? It looks like your video is suffering from some technical problems.

19:09 wtf happened to the red haired kid

Something happens with the sound at 12:40, but clears up around 15:47.....I've tried watching it on different devices, so I know its not on my end

The silent broken nose guy is my spirit animal.

About the 'puss out' scene, I honestly think that it takes a bigger man to walk away from a fight than engage in one. Walking away from a brawl when someone else tries to instigate one with you, in my eyes, takes a lot more balls than throwing the first punch. You're basically telling the asshole who starts on you that you're not going to sink down to his level and you don't need a punch up to prove that you are better than him. This isn't being a coward, it's being smart. A coward is someone who is so up his own arse that he brags that he can take on anyone in a fight, and when person offers him a chance to prove that, he backs out as quick as possible.

3:22 her name is not Mrs. Incredible; it’s Elastigirl, you heathen!

extreme deep tried to say that to my gf she broke up with me

Lmao the Aladdin references keep killing me. Doug... you are amazing.

Much respect for including the full Juicy Fruit tune instead of just the first two measures.

19:56 6 years later, rewatching this and holy F is that Michael Peña?

When he played "Girls just wanna have fun", I immediately thought of Night of the Comet :)

Half way through the movie you start thinking. Why the fuck is the movie called airborne ?

"take a sniff pull it out the taste is gonna move ya when you pop it in your mouth" .... this.... this is art.... You can't tell me they weren't giggling like 10 year olds when they wrote that jingle

Not gonna lie I have fond memories of this movie. It was on of my favorite blockbuster rentals of the 90s. It's so lame it's awsome.

At 7:00 it's a reference to james dean and the kid is dressed like jim stark from Rebel With out a cause which is a movie james dean is in

One of my fav movies from the 90s.. Don't judge me

Movie was really pushing the idea that it’s okay to be bullied because in the end you’ll gain the bullie’s respect and become friends.😂 that’s how it works right?

The actor who portrayed Mitchell nowadays he's a realtor and painter.

As someone who lives in Cincinnati they messed up at the end with the race on Devils Backbone. That is a real street here but they didn't even use that street for filming

I love Mitchell's attitude tbh. He's too chill and peaceful. I like that. That wasn't a ''coward'' speech at all either. He took his stance and didn't back down. Avoiding a fight is better than engaging in one.

Seth Green's character in this will roll perfectly into his role in Party Monster, that is a real street in cinci but that isn't the actually road lol

In the second half of the video the sound is completely out of sync.

Not gonna lie, my friend and I are much bigger fans of this movie than anyone should be. I guess bc it came out when we were in late elementary school, so to us...this was awesome shit. We know it's bland and kinda schlocky...but it's our schlock, lol

Something is wrong with the video. The timing on the audio is off halfway through when the Critic starts talking about the clothes montage

LMFAO All the Aladdin references. 😂😂😂

6:09 I speak 90's. He said- "whoa, the old hienie hairs are wound a little too tightly on that one, hey dude?" Translation- Jack Black's butt hairs are tied together a bit too tight, wouldn't you say? You're welcome.

I forgot this movie and review existed. The only thing I remember all these years was that one student with the bandages on his face.

NC...I think this is some of your best work! The Saved By The Bell plug was too much bro...just genius! Of course the Juicy Fruit and Tony the Tiger plugs were hilarious too!

Honestly the guy in the flannel shirt and the brace on his face gives a bit of a, "Jason Voorhees: The Teenage Years," vibe.

Is it just me, or is the audio and video screwed up around the 13:00 time frame?

12:15 We get seriously off audio right here for like a good two minutes. And it has the best joke in this whole episode too sadly.

12:44 copyright strikes again Sounds broken after this

" Take a sniff , pull it out , the taste is gonna move you when you pop it in your mouth " ? Best lyrics to a gum commercial ever ....... hilarious ......

The film ends there? What happened after they got together and then he went back? The "romance" is completely pointless.

Not that i have a thing against the main character being a pacifist. But that smile looks like he's baiting them.

This happens to be a movie I enjoy (because of the coolness and charm of the main character) that the Nostalgia Critic ripped apart. But I don't think they sent him to Cincinnati to make sure he was in school; they likely sent him there because if they let come to Australia, there'd be nobody to supervise him (since his parents would be too busy with research).