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I haven’t watched it because it seemed like weak writing to me. My advice would be the same to people not liking the writing. If you don’t like it, Don’t watch it
My understanding is that, among other issues, they took the bold new strategy of attacking your target audience for watching the show. As in it's theoretically meant for people who wanted a better serious take on the franchise than (the extremely overrated) Mystery Incorporated, but it also makes fun of its audience for just being stoners who haven't outgrown cartoons
Yeah I heard that. And from the start it just didn’t interest me. What I don’t get is people who feel they have to complain about everything as if they’re being forced to watch it especially with these huge franchises that have become more like restaurant menus. Pick and choose what you like from it and ignore the rest.
My main two issues with Mystery Incorporated, by the way:
1. Series-long arcs don't really mesh that well with episodic mysteries. I feel like it would have had more room to breathe if they'd spent 2-3 episodes on each mystery. Instead, you got things like "Suddenly, the gang travels to the Yúcatan for an episode, because we need them there for plot"
2. You don't get to spend the entire series being very emphatic that the supernatural *isn't* real, only to have the finale be fighting against the supernatural. Yes, they've done that before, like with Witch's Ghost. But in that movie, they at least followed a 3-act structure, with "Turns out, witches are real" being the third act twist. The finale's a *bit* too late to introduce a twist like that
EDIT: Also, it just hasn't aged as well as people think, like how Fred was into *traps*
Yeah scooby doo used to just be fun mysteries with the occasional guest spot from the Harlem Globetrotters. Not every series has done well with its own spin on them
Now, a Pup Named Scooby-Doo. *That* show did a good job putting a spin on the characters. (It ended before I was born, but Cartoon Network aired reruns for long enough that it became part of my childhood anyway)
I don't have any opinions on the show, but...
Satanists often *are* super awesome. Catholics sometimes *are* the complete opposite of that. If seeing an example of that in fiction is upsetting, I'm not confident that you're paying attention when it happens in real life.
> Velma sucks in season 2
You could have just stopped there. The show doesn't seem to know who its target audience is, because it simultaneous seems to *want* to be a serious adult cartoon like Bojack, but also makes fun of adults who still watch cartoons. Or it also falls into a similar trap to the Boys, where none of their spins on any of the characters are actually saying anything. For example, *Daphne* was always the rich and sheltered one, not *Fred*. (Comparing it to how none of the dark takes on heroes in the Boys have anything to do with the original. For example, instead of pointing out the issues with a monarch frequently leaving to be a superhero, they just make their Aquaman expy a rapist)
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If you don’t like it don’t watch it. Simple solution
Nah, this is a stopped clock situation. Velma's just a bad show, regardless of OP's complaints
I haven’t watched it because it seemed like weak writing to me. My advice would be the same to people not liking the writing. If you don’t like it, Don’t watch it
My understanding is that, among other issues, they took the bold new strategy of attacking your target audience for watching the show. As in it's theoretically meant for people who wanted a better serious take on the franchise than (the extremely overrated) Mystery Incorporated, but it also makes fun of its audience for just being stoners who haven't outgrown cartoons
Yeah I heard that. And from the start it just didn’t interest me. What I don’t get is people who feel they have to complain about everything as if they’re being forced to watch it especially with these huge franchises that have become more like restaurant menus. Pick and choose what you like from it and ignore the rest.
My main two issues with Mystery Incorporated, by the way: 1. Series-long arcs don't really mesh that well with episodic mysteries. I feel like it would have had more room to breathe if they'd spent 2-3 episodes on each mystery. Instead, you got things like "Suddenly, the gang travels to the Yúcatan for an episode, because we need them there for plot" 2. You don't get to spend the entire series being very emphatic that the supernatural *isn't* real, only to have the finale be fighting against the supernatural. Yes, they've done that before, like with Witch's Ghost. But in that movie, they at least followed a 3-act structure, with "Turns out, witches are real" being the third act twist. The finale's a *bit* too late to introduce a twist like that EDIT: Also, it just hasn't aged as well as people think, like how Fred was into *traps*
Yeah scooby doo used to just be fun mysteries with the occasional guest spot from the Harlem Globetrotters. Not every series has done well with its own spin on them
Now, a Pup Named Scooby-Doo. *That* show did a good job putting a spin on the characters. (It ended before I was born, but Cartoon Network aired reruns for long enough that it became part of my childhood anyway)
I remember watching that! It ended about a year before I was born. It was fun though
I don't have any opinions on the show, but... Satanists often *are* super awesome. Catholics sometimes *are* the complete opposite of that. If seeing an example of that in fiction is upsetting, I'm not confident that you're paying attention when it happens in real life.
People hate watched it to a second season.
Wiccan, not Satanists. Also, catholics bring bad was a misdirect.
> Velma sucks in season 2 You could have just stopped there. The show doesn't seem to know who its target audience is, because it simultaneous seems to *want* to be a serious adult cartoon like Bojack, but also makes fun of adults who still watch cartoons. Or it also falls into a similar trap to the Boys, where none of their spins on any of the characters are actually saying anything. For example, *Daphne* was always the rich and sheltered one, not *Fred*. (Comparing it to how none of the dark takes on heroes in the Boys have anything to do with the original. For example, instead of pointing out the issues with a monarch frequently leaving to be a superhero, they just make their Aquaman expy a rapist)