January 14, 20232 yr Velma on HBO Max is just getting trashed by every critic that’s seen it! With a less than 50 Rotten Tomatoes and 1.5 IMDB scores it’s a certified bomb. Apparently the reviews are so bad they turned off comments on the trailer. Velma is now Indian and a lesbian, black Shaggy, Asian Daphne, and no Scooby Doo… It looks like they’re trying really hard to include one of everything! What could go wrong? Anyone seen it?
January 14, 20232 yr I thinks just voices by an Asian? I’m not real familiar with that site but by logging in you can view some reviews. It’s gets absolutely panned for every reason under the sun other than the checking boxes casting. It sounds truly awful.
January 14, 20232 yr 12 minutes ago, Lhorn said: “Mindy Khaling has never been entertaining” Yea The Office was a real flop. This looks shit though.
January 14, 20232 yr The trouble with a show like this is I can't always tell if a bad review is coming from an anti-woke SJW/incel, or if it's really that bad of a show. Well. Saying "Mindy Khaling has never been entertaining" definitely falls into that former group.
January 14, 20232 yr 7 minutes ago, Rimbo said: The trouble with a show like this is I can't always tell if a bad review is coming from an anti-woke SJW/incel, or if it's really that bad of a show. Well. Saying "Mindy Khaling has never been entertaining" definitely falls into that former group. Exactly. Critics reviews can give you a better sense but user reviews are completely unreliable for projects like this.
January 14, 20232 yr the gist I've gotten (have not watched, no interest) is that apart from triggering the snowflakes this is a very badly executed show that seems to have no idea who it is for. It's supposed to maybe be for adults and has some... harley quinn elements to it? But it isn't funny, and who even wants that from Scooby Doo?
January 14, 20232 yr the entertainment weekly review was fairly scathing. i like mindy a lot (mindy project was great and obviously the office) but this doesn't look like something i'm into regardless of the reviews. i actually kinda forgot about it after reading about the development like a year ago. at that time i thought it was a velma prequel, like without scooby, but also without fred, daphne, and shaggy. figuring maybe she met them all in her adventures in this show? she's getting dragged pretty hard on twitter right now for "always featuring a chubby indian woman who has to change everything to make herself appealing to white men." i don't know anything about that, but she tends to be pretty autobiographical, at least in the case of mindy project and sex lives of college girls. one headline said, "mindy kaling has written herself into her velma tv show", which always makes me think of nick cage in adaptation. "i've written myself into my screenplay." it's always a fear.
January 14, 20232 yr I guess Velma is supposed to be edgier and more sarcastic but the clip makes her seem like a “mean girl” punching down on Daphane and Fred because they are less intelligent and shallow. Fred of course has become straight garbage.
January 14, 20232 yr Popular Post 1 hour ago, GoPokes83 said: Velma is now Indian and a lesbian, black Shaggy, Asian Daphne Edited January 14, 20232 yr by HornOnTheBayou
January 14, 20232 yr 25 minutes ago, burntorangebongos said: Why would they leave out Scooby Doo? I don't get it. I think the timeline is before the mystery team is together… or wait, maybe it’s just some random alternate version/timeline? Edited January 14, 20232 yr by YChang
January 14, 20232 yr how old are people that grew up with scooby doo? it was old when I was a little kid and I'm almost 40.
January 14, 20232 yr 23 minutes ago, Celery Man said: how old are people that grew up with scooby doo? it was old when I was a little kid and I'm almost 40. About 20 years older than you. Scooby-Doo was originally broadcast on CBS from 1969 to 1976, when it moved to ABC. ABC aired various versions of Scooby-Doo until canceling it in 1985, and presented a spin-off featuring the characters as children called A Pup Named Scooby-Doo from 1988 until 1991. Edited January 14, 20232 yr by burntorangebongos
January 14, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, Rimbo said: The trouble with a show like this is I can't always tell if a bad review is coming from an anti-woke SJW/incel, or if it's really that bad of a show. Well. Saying "Mindy Khaling has never been entertaining" definitely falls into that former group. I agree here, but I saw bad reviews of it from leftwing nerds who do satire for a living. Edited January 14, 20232 yr by Viper
January 14, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, Rimbo said: The trouble with a show like this is I can't always tell if a bad review is coming from an anti-woke SJW/incel, or if it's really that bad of a show. Well. Saying "Mindy Khaling has never been entertaining" definitely falls into that former group. I’m definitely not part of the anti-woke crowd but I am part of the crowd that has never found anything entertaining or amusing about Mindy Kaling.
January 14, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, burntorangebongos said: Why would they leave out Scooby Doo? I don't get it. He got caught up in a #metoo incident awhile back. Humped the wrong leg I guess. Ruff deal for everyone.
January 14, 20232 yr 1 minute ago, Parliament said: He got caught up in a #metoo incident awhile back. Humped the wrong leg I guess. Ruff deal for everyone. Hey man it's not his fault, he had just eaten some Scooby snacks! It was the snacks!
January 14, 20232 yr Popular Post 2 hours ago, tx 3 putt said: Doesn’t look that horrible to me. People, especially white people hate change. no, maybe white people hate shitty takes on classics
January 14, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, ztejas said: It could be worse. Scrappy Doo could be in it. But, are the Harlem Globetrotters in this?
January 14, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, Celery Man said: how old are people that grew up with scooby doo? it was old when I was a little kid and I'm almost 40. 1 hour ago, burntorangebongos said: About 20 years older than you. Scooby-Doo was originally broadcast on CBS from 1969 to 1976, when it moved to ABC. ABC aired various versions of Scooby-Doo until canceling it in 1985, and presented a spin-off featuring the characters as children called A Pup Named Scooby-Doo from 1988 until 1991. The OG was on cartoon network into the late 90s/early 2000s. Then there was a What's New Scooby-Doo? from '02 to '06. Also the live-action movies in 02 and 04. But the youngest kids that Scooby-Doo still resonated with would be around my age - the last of the millennials. I had a Scooby-Doo birthday party and scooby doo bedding at one point. I doubt that's true for any gen z.
January 14, 20232 yr 24 minutes ago, ztejas said: The OG was on cartoon network into the late 90s/early 2000s. Then there was a What's New Scooby-Doo? from '02 to '06. Also the live-action movies in 02 and 04. But the youngest kids that Scooby-Doo still resonated with would be around my age - the last of the millennials. I had a Scooby-Doo birthday party and scooby doo bedding at one point. I doubt that's true for any gen z. Be honest, you still have that Scooby Doo bedding?
January 14, 20232 yr 7 minutes ago, PittsburghTiger said: Be honest, you still have that Scooby Doo bedding? I wish.
January 14, 20232 yr Yeah, the reviews seem to be bad all around. The trailer embedded above doesn't make me want to see it. The "jokes" seem mean-spirited and bad.
January 14, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, Viper said: I agree here, but I saw bad reviews of it from leftwing nerds who do satire for a living. That's a tough line to walk and the problem is even if it's done very well anyone who's going to get it is old enough to remember watching Scooby Doo as a kid, and those people aren't going to like a show shitting on it. Who didn't like Scooby Doo? It didn't have a racially diverse cast but it wasn't throwing out racist tropes and it was very inclusive to women and hippies who were getting shit on by the establishment in the late 60s and early 70s. It's just not a show that needs to be deconstructed or shit on in any way. Plus the two best characters were Shaggy and Scooby and they left them out. 1 hour ago, WhatTheBuck said: I’m definitely not part of the anti-woke crowd but I am part of the crowd that has never found anything entertaining or amusing about Mindy Kaling. Same here as I just find her annoying. It's ok if she's the seldom used guest character to spice up a show but even her character in the office wasn't one of the better ones. Edited January 14, 20232 yr by Hermanator
January 14, 20232 yr 3 hours ago, ztejas said: It could be worse. Scrappy Doo could be in it. Played by a Maltese.
January 14, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, nineliveslost said: no, maybe white people hate shitty takes on classics Hate to break this to you, but not everything is made for white people
January 14, 20232 yr 2 minutes ago, Js1 said: Hate to break this to you, but not everything is made for white people oh Jesus Christ , read what I was responding to. I have no problem with movies being made for any reason or anyone. Don't be dick.
January 14, 20232 yr 4 hours ago, ztejas said: It could be worse. Scrappy Doo could be in it. How dare you 2 hours ago, burntorangebongos said: About 20 years older than you. Scooby-Doo was originally broadcast on CBS from 1969 to 1976, when it moved to ABC. ABC aired various versions of Scooby-Doo until canceling it in 1985, and presented a spin-off featuring the characters as children called A Pup Named Scooby-Doo from 1988 until 1991. Pup named Scooby was my jam when I was home sick from school
January 14, 20232 yr 3 hours ago, Celery Man said: how old are people that grew up with scooby doo? it was old when I was a little kid and I'm almost 40. 52-ish... My grown ass boys shot me clips and reviews of this today. "look what they did to your show" as if it had been murdered at the toll plaza
January 14, 20232 yr i keep seeing references to this "harley quinn" show, like everyone just knows what that is. ive never heard of it. what is harley quinn?
January 14, 20232 yr 5 minutes ago, Pig Bellmont said: Do people really care this much about kids shows? You know that’s not what they care about here
January 14, 20232 yr 2 minutes ago, Js1 said: You know that’s not what they care about here exactly. we care that they made such a shitty remake of a "kids" show.
January 14, 20232 yr 6 minutes ago, shadow_operative said: i keep seeing references to this "harley quinn" show, like everyone just knows what that is. ive never heard of it. what is harley quinn?
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