VELMA - An Impossibly Bad Scooby-Doo Reboot

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[@bomberbg1249]

Hello king

[@RafaelHernandez-vx9ug]

Yes it is horrible

[@Luc1d._L.]

hello

[@wassimdarwich5918]

No cake shot this time too

[@Holy-Rowlo88]

Gotta love how caling Velma V-Dawg is the whitest thing they could do, because you know, Eminem stole black culture but never called it gentrification and black folks say Dawg and we co-opted that to show ourselves as the non oppressors even though black people took over $3,000 from me in San Francisco (I forgive them) but we have to pay attention to stuff like that... V-Dawg Don't take the Mark of the Beast! (666)

[@somethingsock6707]

it's funny how they make jokes about toxic masculinity, but make fun of fred for not being manly enough, literally pushing said toxic masculinity.

[@starkillersneed]

Good old "make fun of/criticize trope while committing it yourself so you can pretend to be self-aware" Velma is full of this shit, and most of the latest "Meta" shows too

[@thesilverblueman]

because certain people like to complain about masculinity but hate immasculine men even more

[@deezboyeed6764]

I find that a certain subsect of women that dont want guys to ever be vulnerable.

[@nicwelch]

@@deezboyeed6764 A good lesson for a man to learn is when to be vulnerable, which is almost never. It really should be used as a punctuation.

[@FirstnameLastname-zq8oy]

@@thesilverblueman people criticising toxic masculinity is not the same as complaining about or hating masculinity, there is a big difference between masculinity in general and toxic masculinity. However I agree that the people making this show are hypocrites since they go out of their way to mock the idea of a man being not very masculine.

[@mohamednail1707]

I love how the internet came together and agreed to hate the Velma show

[@justsomeguywholovesberserk6375]

The only time where the left and the right wing collectively agree on something

[@Artofficial1986]

you tell anyone and youre fired

[@ZinoAmare]

the F did they do xD

[@brianmiller4207]

No, you should love how a bunch of overpaid pampered Hollywood assholes got together to make a shitty show. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

[@pyschobandit4478]

nah they didn't there was drama about if the show was good (i don't really remember if its true or not because i have shit memory)

[@x_mako_x3149]

Not a single “My glasses, I can’t find my glasses” line in this entire show and that alone is a federal offense

[@grace.stewartt4224]

Im not surprised they didn’t use it tbh

[@AwkwardHillbilly]

Towards the end she loses them and says something like "Oh no, my glasses, I hope that doesn't become a recurring gag"

[@billythepurpleguy6390]

I guess they were trying to avoid offending visually impaired people in their failed attempt to be 'woke'.

[@sg9099]

They did..at the end

[@ZekeorSomething]

​@@AwkwardHillbillyThey just had to ruin it with a self aware joke

[@CoolPaDuke]

Mr. Bean is also funny because you can see the thought processes that bring him into such absurd situations. It's not just ransom silliness; it's well thought out silliness.

[@MutedAndReported3032]

ransom silliness

[@Bugga451]

"Give us the silliness if you want to see your little dog again"

[@JelloFluoride]

Roan Atkinson is god tier

[@style_hedgehog]

@@JelloFluoride ong

[@Double-R-Nothing]

Damn right

[@panjamysy]

Remember when a new Scooby show made Fred's quirk just having an unhealthy love for traps? Those were good days.

[@thisgoddamusernamestoodamnlong]

it was funny because it came out of nowhere and yet made perfect sense for his character. this was not funny because it was painfully obvious and made no fucking sense at any point. clearly Velma knows how to do it better

[@zina2435]

mmmm look at the springs on that baby 😍 thank you for reminding me of that lolol. i love mystery incorporated sm

[@xxMiraclesMay]

And splitting the gang up. lmao

[@nicholasreyling1278]

Lmao yah

[@PK.NOiR.7]

And TRAYsures

[@manuel1846inla1]

This entire show can be summed up with one sentence: “The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.”

[@robert.7230]

This works shockingly well for this show.

[@SunBunz]

Along with "The ability to animate does not make you successful."

[@reubenmanzo2054]

One of the few lines that shall forever be immortalised.

[@daveyjones7391]

"Now get out of here."

[@torrashinjiro4196]

"no no mesa stay! Mesa got season 2 green lit!"

[@sirbooch5179]

It’s actually crazy how Mindy still thinks this is her masterpiece and the audience is to blame for this shows failure AND she even said she loves Velma as a character so why make a Velma that doesn’t act like…. Velma?

[@MajorOctofuss]

How is it the audience's fault???

[@tolikkazan9889]

Basically the whole show can be characterized by one of the scenes from the finale. Mother of fred just died in fron of him, he saw the whole process his mother was turned into bloody pancake, and other teenagers also witnessed bloody scene, there s blood and part of inner organs everywhere, and velma covered in blood and intestines of other human starts happily twerking like she is completely crazy. She is the worst person i ever seen in cartoon industry.

[@wasdwasd609]

She self inserted herself as Velma. Of course she'd like herself. She's unironically worse than all the shit she preaches about its hilarious that she still can't see it.

[@dr.bright6272]

​@MajorOctofuss it's not it's just an excuse used by film makers who can't take any form of criticism

[@ComradeCage]

Because Mindy is an idiot. Theres no two ways about that based on this, she literally lacks intellect.

[@tsifirakiehl4250]

I’m honestly impressed. I didn’t think it was possible to make a show that would offend absolutely everyone.

[@SteampunkHorse]

Yep. It’s the worst thing since Q-Force. And even then the outrage about Velma dwarfs the outrage about Q-Force.

[@moonknight6738]

@@SteampunkHorseatleast Q-force turned out to be a good show

[@SteampunkHorse]

@@moonknight6738 fair. Even if the plot/premise totally defeats the idea/fact we’re fighting for (that LGBT+ people are no different to anyone else 😭🏌️)

[@dr.bright6272]

She brought the internet together

[@alexramos7708]

They REALLY fucked over Fred. Throughout every iteration of the show he was the sweetest, most caring, loveable idiot who genuinely just cared about people and ended up not seeing himself as the leader but the teams cheerleader.

[@omermammadli985]

He wasn't even an idiot. He could make complicated contraptions to catch the monsters

[@mattymox86]

Fred unfortunately suffers from Hollywood's Woke obsession. He's a good looking white guy. That means he should be made the ass of the joke.

[@ragercarnage8609]

@@omermammadli985 no he is dumb, but it was done in a lovable way. Like when he couldn’t recognize Velma without her glasses or daphne when she changed her look a little.

[@shiichan32]

himbo

[@MageMinionsOP]

Some recent iterations he's just a simp for Daphne and having relationship issues.

[@sushiroll3795]

Thank you so much for bringing up the clip of Mindy Kaling admitting to sexually assaulting one of her employees on set. That should NEVER be forgotten.

[@thatdude3977]

Time stamp yo

[@lordtalonmarsden826]

@@thatdude3977 1:17

[@slovnicurling9808]

@@thatdude3977 It's not spelled "yo" but "please"

[@deadbunnys]

she should face legal consequences for that ASAP, I get what you mean but just remembering it isn’t enough. most predators will do it again, she needs to be stopped now.

[@scheezy]

@@slovnicurling9808 Get off the internet if you can't handle it, yo.

[@SavouryGalette]

I hate the fact that when Mindy Kaling was bragging about sexually assaulting a co-star, _everyone started laughing._ That is how normalized sexual assault against men is.

[@dr.bright6272]

She also threatened to fire the guy

[@biggeek2256]

How Mindy was even ALLOWED TO WRITE is BEYOND me

[@locomotivetrainstation6053]

This is why she won't be part of Inside Out 2

[@DebbieDickens]

Knowing what kind of person Mindy is, her being casted as DISGUST from Inside Out is now the funniest thing that's ever happened to her career.

[@malayaanderson8222]

It really is, she’s lucky she’s still getting work. I think there definitely would’ve been more of a uproar if a man made that joke.

[@aliezahjuarez1212]

I didn't even know this

[@DeathnoteBB]

@@malayaanderson8222 Yeah I’m upset there wasn’t more uproar about that?? Like wtf. She admitted to sexual assault AND blackmailing witnesses about it. The FUCK?

[@Vulgarth1]

@@malayaanderson8222 Not a joke, it actually happened. And since it's a crime, this is what's called a "confession". Not a joke.

[@dylangaletti395]

​@@rachellydiabSounds like sexual harassment/assault to me. 🤷‍♂️ Any man says something like that and they get crucified, stop playing.

[@misswonnykins9841]

I have no idea who this show is for, because it clearly isn't for: - fans of any of the previous Scooby-Doo shows - fans of adult animation - fans of animated comedy - fans of off-color humor - fans of woke humor - fans of dark humor - anyone with more than two functioning brain cells

[@justinguyos5476]

It is made for Mindy Khaling’s fantasies.

[@GLITCH_-.-]

It has to be a republican psy-op

[@lizdevilz7271]

Maybe not any of this but only made because they want our money?

[@justinguyos5476]

@@lizdevilz7271 if that is what they are looking for, they are failing miserably. Who wants to buy this garbage?

[@scottmurphy6159]

Wtf is woke humour? Sounds like an oxymoron to me

[@mikef55]

I think the thing that jumps out at me the most is just how different the main characters are to their Scooby-Doo counterparts.. like none of them are even remotely the same. It's almost as if they chose to loosely base them off Scooby-Doo characters as a way to get people to watch the show because they know that if they made their own characters, no one would watch it & it would be completely forgettable.

[@buchstaben-suppe]

i think you hit the nail on the head with that one. i firmly believe the writer of the show wanted their own thing but couldn’t make it cause nobody wanted it. so they pitched it as a scooby doo remake and it got approved cause remakes are incredibly popular with producers and streaming sites (even though 90% of the time the audience doesn’t even want them cause they’re almost always bad)

[@buchstaben-suppe]

coming back to this with more intel, the writer DID plan on doing their own show at first but then changed it to the scooby doo remake. the show is pretty much a self insert fanfiction, the main character is voiced by the writer, her ethnicity was changed to the writers ethnicity and she said in an interview she could always identify with velma cause she was the smart one and the most valuable member in the group 🫠 also literally every single group member falls in love with velma at one point in the show and she’s always the hero that saves the day and the one that solves all the mysteries.. i said it’s a fanfiction but honestly there’s better fanfiction out there than this show

[@RegularFlyGuy]

@@buchstaben-suppebrotha thats wild

[@MyDancingShoes]

Mindy Kaling delivers all of her lines the same way, with the same emotion, and it makes me feel like I'm going insane

[@ottobaron6392]

Velma is a creation of someone who hates herself, but not as much as she hates everyone else. Since she feels she's less loathsome then everyone around her, she enjoys making judgments about how more pathetic those around her are, then she is.

[@tomkruze1304]

I feel this is the most accurate thing I've ever read

[@sarahbarabe4990]

It does make me kind of sad actually, the vibes I'm getting is that this is written by someone who was probably bullied and just assumes that everyone else has a problem with her and acts mean and judgy because she already assumes everyone else is constantly doing that to her, so she's not seeing that she's mean or judgy but simply just being the same as everyone else and I do have sympathy for that. That being said, you don't do yourself any favors being a victim forever and a mindset change couldn't hurt.

[@ottobaron6392]

@@sarahbarabe4990 I spent my school years being bullied, to the point where I would hide in the boiler room at my school, during breaks to avoid being beaten by some students. Whatever this person went through, does not justify the "Hero" of this series, acting like a complete sociopath. Her laughing at Norville, declaring his feelings for her, shows exactly how toxic she is.

[@rasalasblack]

And, to masturbate her ego. 🙄

[@janetwallace9264]

Velma is like Mark Renton from Trainspotting but without the charisma

[@fatemakhan3843]

Mindy is the sole definition of the word "Privilege" itself. She grew up in a upper class, went to an ivy league college & never had to struggle in her life to get where she is. She made Velma herself insert but this version of Fred is actually HER.

[@thesilverblueman]

i hate to get psychoanalytical but it seems her self insert are the parts of her she accepts as who she is (she thinks these negative traits are ok) while fred are the parts of her she denies having (her upbringing, privilege, and feelings of entitlement) and shaggy is what she thinks shes entitled to (undeserved admiration)

[@yesman3208]

Yup she needs to deflect it. And she knows the best group to do that with us white people. Fucking pathetic

[@McTrollenstein]

@@thesilverblueman No, that's pretty spot on. Fred as is depicted here is both her ire and her desire. The hot white male that passed her over in her own life through highschool and college cause she's frumpy and ugh. So she wants to scorn him because he ignored her for other sexier white women. And shaggy is 'entitlement' itself. That despite 'I'm a loser' and cant get what I want, I still deserve to be worshipped, hence why shaggy exists. This woman is pathetic.

[@HebrewHammer1337]

Idk about the Ivy League part, but yeah once you get in that pipeline you good to go. Far from easy to get into Ivy League though

[@RusticRonnie]

@@HebrewHammer1337 most Ivy League schools have legacy acceptance. Basically, if someone else in your family went, you’re guaranteed to be able to go. Grades literally don’t matter. Also they accept anyone if you have enough money

[@klentir4620]

"If your friend is having a panic attack, just make a sexual advance on them. It will always work" - Elvis The Alien 2023 😂

[@Cobblestonener]

"Like why do girls have to be so confusing" - Shaggy those 9 words are more funny then this entire show

[@bluetiger2468]

1:25 Mindy kissing a guy without his consent and making a 20:42 "Me too" joke in this show weirdly makes a lot of sense now. Of course she doesn't take that movement seriously when she is part of the problem.

[@hblaub]

BUT... it is totally okay and super for her. Because she is a woman. She can't do anything wrong (according to her ideology)

[@advictoriams]

@@hblaub which isn't even really an ideology anyway. She doesn't speak for actual survivors my guy. But agreed she is absolutely part of the problem

[@allisoncastle]

@@hblaub Shes literally a conservative. Look it up. She has tons of public political views and they’re ALL conservatives. Nice try attempting to smear the left with this accusation though sweetie. And nice strawman that LITERALLY NO ONE believes. Find me a SINGLE person who says it’s ok to sexually assault men. Pretty sure it’s conservatives who consistently excuse sexual assault. God you’re annoying 😂

[@ns0n]

And the guy she force kiss , Lee Pace, is gay. Just hoping she is not that kind of girl that think it is ok to grope gay guy

[@ferdinand12390]

@@ns0n oh i´m sure she is that kind of person, also to have the kind of friend that is a bit odd and call it gay even if it isn´t

[@awesomeking6]

Velma is the type of woman who would raise a serial killer if she ever found herself with custody of a young boy.

[@andreasevt1]

Underrated comment.

[@awesomeking6]

It says 2 comments, but I only see one

[@undeadarmy19]

This is a lot of the reason why we've seen an uptick in young, white, males turning into school shooters and killers. Society demonizes them for being them, and they have no healthy outlet for their emotions, which is needed for young males especially due to higher levels of aggression. A lot of woke morons will scoff at this, but its true. History is irrelevant to how people are today. When a generation of people are attacked and demonized for actions they never committed, it turns them ugly. I saw someone bring this up on one of those Vox panels where they're talking about masculinity and they had this "non-binary" dude scoff and make excuses about it. Meanwhile I'm thinking to myself "I bet you've dealt with a lot of BS and if someone scoffed at YOU and made excuses about YOU, you'd have a big problem with it". Shows like this are toxic af and will just cause more issues.

[@alaptopuser]

@@awesomeking6 it says 4 comments but I only see 2

[@josepreciadocortes8224]

@@alaptopuser it says 4 replies but i only see 3

[@elfinflame6244]

Velma is just mindy kaling as herself

[@Spancer-hy8hj]

Lmao

[@frisbyart]

Which proves that she's not only unfunny, but she can't tell the difference between voice acting and regular acting without some sort of guidance.

[@Spancer-hy8hj]

@@frisbyart that's very wise

[@BigJackHorner1]

the fact that he's laughing at his own jokes and not the jokes in this show shouts volumes

[@alex9033]

Norville declaring he hates drugs unprompted might've been a funny joke if the character acted anything at all like the character he's supposedly based on.

[@Olimar92]

I think the joke was supposed to be "Shaggy is seen by the community as a stoner, so Norville saying he hates drugs is a joke!" I refuse to call that person Shaggy. Sadly I can't do it so easily with the other characters.

[@jacktrades5403]

@@Olimar92 That's literally what he said.

[@Olimar92]

@@jacktrades5403 No, he said it would be a funny joke if Norville acted like Shaggy. The Joke in the Show is a very Meta Joke that plays off of this character not being Shaggy.

[@trinodot8112]

It'd be so funny if he gave high key stoner vibes but was heavily against drugs. And the show constantly put him in situations where you think he is doing drugs, but then it's revealed he is just doing something mundane. For ex: hearing bubbling and laughing in his room. Then it's revealed he is just setting up a bubble machine for his twitch stream

[@megamatt614]

@@trinodot8112 Yeah ahaha like imagine he's in the bathroom and a bunch of smoke is coming out of his stall and he's just screwing around with a smoke machine or something stupid

[@trinaq]

In the original shows, despite the gang running in different social circles, they clearly cared for each other. That's not apparent here, unless you count Norville and Velma.

[@Void_Out]

@@somerandolad “Likable” He’s just the least unlikeable

[@justsomeguywholovesberserk6375]

Norville is the only character that's not an actual douchbag and he is a decent human being unlike Velma who is the worst human being ever

[@maxbracegirdle9990]

Yeah, the show was supposed to be about how people don't all need to be the same type of people to get along and work together. Also, Shaggys name in the original show is actually Norville which is where they got that name. It was supposed to be a joke/commentary about how a name doesn't define a person.

[@falconizer642]

I mean just Norville honestly, Velma literally laughs in his face when he confesses her feelings towards her so......

[@MokoiAruka]

@@Void_Out man I would say the wooden doors are the best characters, the carpeted floors have more like-able features then new age-Velma. I’m a fan of dark humor, when pulled off correctly it makes you laugh but also shocks you! You have to have the ability to laugh at yourself though. In Velma, it’s non-stop violence, crude jokes, out of pocket insults with no timing toward the viewer, and the blandest form of sexism and racism jokes. It’s like they were trying to make the most horrible show so they get more clicks, and the worst part about it is that the original gang WERE diverse in terms in social circles. A nerd, popular girl, a kinda dumb but cool jock, a stoner/tax evader, and a dog. Despite being the most opposite in terms of social concepts, they got along and would never stab each others backs. In Velma, all the characters hate each other, (Exept Velma and Norville who get somewhat along.) , ALL of them are total jerks, then suddenly all the characters LOVE Velma and wanna date her, they changed the characters races for no reason other then to make more jokes, (I’m a person of color being Latin and Native American so I’m fairly tan, and all I have to say is that inclusiveness isn’t skin deep, it REALLY ISN’T. It’s super annoying when a character’s entire personality is their race. And the thing is that it’s not cool or normal to be jackasses to white people but yet again apparently it’s okay because they’re white??) The show is god awful ,I haven’t even watched a single episode of Scooby yet I already know the show is garbage. I’m sorry for the rant BUT MAN this show is garbage and I need to get this outta my system.

[@crealkillr]

Correction: @23:55 he is calling a fork a dinglehopper. You cut the food (which is already on the plate) and put it on the fork to eat it. He is calling a fork a dinglehopper because thats what it was called in "the little mermaid"

[@JeanMarceaux]

I wonder if that would make the piece of food on the fork a dingleberry

[@Nukacola_addict]

I feel bad for the actors that agreed to play this

[@kurobancho3508]

I like how the audience in the talk showed laughed about her SAing someone and laughed harder when she threatened witnesses

[@theguyspodcast5782]

Well she’s a women so most people think it’s okay

[@neltins5308]

Apparently its fine for women to sexually assault, harass men in our society, especially if its the race of men they heavily fetishize & obsess over in all their *"self insert"* characters on the television shows they produce, and can even threaten the employees with losing employment or other immoral threats, blackmailing or blacklisting like Harvey Weinstein did

[@UnwantedGhost1]

Imagine if the genders were switched? I bet the reaction definitely wouldn't be the same.

[@deadbunnys]

"haha guys I SA‘d someone isn’t that so funny and relatable" 😐

[@Name_has_been_stolen]

I've never seen that emoji before where did you find that?

[@zephyr8072]

I have a theory that the only reason Scooby Doo isn’t in this show is because the writers were told they couldn’t make constant implied bestiality jokes.

[@breadconeseur]

Why does that make sense tho?

[@ourgoldenspires]

it is almost certainly for that reason

[@littleladybrooks6635]

If that's the reason then honestly it's for the best. Scooby Doo was Scooby Dooby Saved.

[@UnwantedGhost1]

@@breadconeseur Because it probably does. 😂

[@SaphemanPlus]

They did the cockroach humping so…just one step there.

[@The_Kentuckian]

I expected the Velma show to be bad, but I never guessed it'd be this rough.

[@nessisvanillabean2570]

What I've heard from other reviewers is that Velma staff couldn't get the rights for Scooby himself because the company didn't want him to be tied to a raunchy adult cartoon. Either way even a Scooby snack couldn't fix the absolute train wreck that is this show.

[@oliverthedum2129]

It’s actually amazing how this was made and everyone on the team was like “yep this is great let’s release this”

[@justsomeguywholovesberserk6375]

Fans: *This is dumb* Mindy Kailing: *This is so dumb it's Brilliant* Fans: *NO!!!!! it's just dumb*

[@pheunithpsychic-watertype9881]

It's work. Your either a yes man in that industry or you're out. Especially in today's anti criticism society

[@johan13135]

Well, the whole team, and Hollywood for that matter, is just a vile pile of rapists, sex offenders, and most likely pedophiles. So no wonder that trash like this gets released

[@Grim_Sister]

And they removed almost all of their cartoons and children shows online. Check Mothers Basement. He did a bit on it a while back

[@jotunnfarewell4750]

@@pheunithpsychic-watertype9881 this is a society moment

[@kitty0chan444]

Scooby being spared from this dumpster fire is the only good thing to come from this show

[@luizeduardogomesribeiropen324]

Scooby became a woman

[@myahmyah2287]

Scooby became a military brain swapping project

[@sylverscale]

@@luizeduardogomesribeiropen324 Not really. Fortunately. 😅 They swapped Shaggy having a dog best friend to Norville having a girlfriend.

[@sylverscale]

The other good thing (for me) is that there's a channel, I think it's called Brittney reacts or something like that, which I found because of Velma. Her commentary is pretty good. A bit more on the serious side than on the funny side but I like her.

[@moooooofy]

@@sylverscale "they swapped shaggy having a dog with shaggy having a girlfriend" WHATS THE DIFFERENCE AM I RIGHT FOLKS?

[@ricochet1351]

This show is just barely restraining itself from literally screaming "MISANDRY! GET IT AUDIENCE?!?! BECAUSE WE'RE MISANDRISTS!!!" Toxic masculinity is not a thing, it's called being a toxic person, and this show is ironically a phenomenal display of how toxic women can be.

[@Bonkpunktexe]

the worst part is that the characters are pretty well designed! like you can tell who they are supposed to be (at least mostly) and they are very distinct and unique from each other, but said designs went to a terrible show like this. wasted potential is an understatement

[@Fermifire]

I completely agree with you about the character designs. It's such a shame that they went to waste on this show. You can really see the effort that went into making each character distinct and unique, and they definitely succeeded in that aspect. But, when it comes to the overall show, it just falls flat. I mean, the potential was there, but it just didn't deliver. I feel like the designs could have been put to better use in a better-written show. It's really disappointing to see all that effort go to waste like that.

[@americantoastman7296]

Yeah the art is bomb, especially the hallucination sequences. Poor artists.

[@RighteousRage]

I really honestly dont see the appeal, the characters in particular are hideous

[@hecklejack7726]

Compared to other adult cartoons? This animation AT LEAST has style.

[@eli2210]

This is literally terrible art what

[@aliG2500]

The only good thing about this show is that it gives me confidence as a writer, because no matter how bad what I end up writing is, it’s at least virtually impossible for it to be as bad as Velma’s writing is.

[@-desertpackrat]

That's how I feel about some things too lol like I can't make music but I wish I could, I make a few crappy songs and feel bad. But then I hear some of the things people shamelessly put out there and wonder wtf am I worried about? I can't be as bad as they are.

[@TrueStoreyPB]

But if you’re white you will have to do much better than that to get a job. The bar is only this low for forcing diversity. Meritocracy only applies to white men, so maybe you could take the LGBT angle and get in that way, idk.

[@aliG2500]

@@-desertpackrat I think being so self critical is actually a good sign that you’ll at least create something decent if you put the effort in. I find it’s folks who have little to no internal critic who tend to often put out the most mediocre to downright awful stuff. I think it’s why one-time great creators of works often become less good over time when they surround themselves with ego boosting yes men.

[@bluevanga30]

No only that but even if u write something as horrendous as this show you'll still land a gig

[@Abegilr_Dragonrider]

As an author battling with my own critic, I agree with these comments.

[@Conflict-ff5pi]

I think one of the most unintentionally funny parts of the show, is that of the original main cast, Shaggy is the richet and most privileged member of the cast, as its a joke that somebody like him is from such a well off family. It's why his legal name "Norville" cause he's technically upper class. But cause they made him black in this show, they had to like, make him poorer and make Fred richer just so all the white privilege jokes would even make sense.

[@pintolerance785]

Talk about stereotyping. God I hate this show with a passion. He's black so he has to be poor right. It would've worked so much better if it was the other way around and slightly subversive but nah.

[@kaam..]

The whole show is ironically racist towards everyone

[@Dave102693]

Isn’t Daphne also rich?

[@blueismylove3128]

@@Dave102693 All of them are wealthy.

[@Alonepistachio]

Yeah this show is like, see how awful men are? Let’s feel morally superior by shitting on them and calling all women queens. Let’s fight sexism with more sexism who cares about equality 😅 its really bad

[@MISTERKIC]

EVERYONE who was a part of this should NEVER work in media again. Fast Food? Yes. Media? NO!

[@toulousesho]

remember when fred was the dumb lovable leader that had an obsession with making traps and being oblivious to daphne? when velma was the smart girl that figured everything out while still being likable and didn’t act like she was better than everyone else? when daphne was the underestimated girl of the group that actually had substance underneath the whole “pretty dumb girl” facade and she was helpful? when shaggy was just the oblivious goofy stoner that ate scooby snacks and had a fascination with food and his talking dog? when there was a talking dog that made us laugh? remeber when they were a team that were close friends trying to solve mysteries and they all had a part? cause this show ruined that whole point.

[@HiHi-lt1cb]

I just feel so bad for Frank Welker, who played Fred since the original (he's the only OG cast member still active), and now he's playing Fred's dad in this dumbster fire and forced to see how they ruined his original character :(

[@heymistercarter.]

I just imagine him either eye-rolling or straight-up having an aneurysm at one moment at the start of episode 2 that later becomes a running joke in the episode.

[@2bdaqueen268]

I imagine he’s pretty annoyed about it considering he’s been Fred in basically everything since the beginning of this franchise, that takes some pretty big dedication, but I’ll imagine he’ll be over it when another scooby doo cartoon comes out. I at least hope he got a good paycheck out of it.

[@cokesquirrel]

I don't know if you meant dumpster fire, but dumBster fire is now my new favorite insult. Thank you. My day is now perfection😎

[@mnmsaregood1]

Wow I didn’t know that. That’s sad

[@heymistercarter.]

Also, as a heads-up: Velma's original voice actress, Nicole Jaffe (who voiced her from 1969-1973), is still alive. I wonder what SHE thinks of this show. That said, Casey Kasem (Shaggy's original VA) and Heather North (Daphne's predominant VA) have both passed away.

[@Mrgiggles9007]

My wife was watching this with me. At roughly the 5 minute mark she said she wanted to watch it so we could properly mock how bad the show was in full context. At the 11 minute mark she retracted that statement and refuses to subject herself to this level of torment. This show isn't just a travesty, it's a fucking war crime.

[@adrianrandom3448]

Hate watching is dumb anyway, all it does is give them more engagements which is what they want in the first place, unless you pirated it.

[@deaddan2148]

Smart woman. She's a keeper for sure! 👌

[@evolicious]

Stop giving attention/views/engagement to shitty people and they will go away. Don't watch shows and content that are shit and we won't get shit shows.

[@redpanda6497]

Hate watching is what made this show popular. If anyone wants to suffer while watching Velma they should pirate it.

[@Mrgiggles9007]

@@redpanda6497 It didn’t do anything for it. They just cancelled almost all their animated shows and Parrot whatever it’s called was counting social media posts that included the name Velma in it as equivalent to viewership. Plus we watched it through reactions anyways.

[@currybread5298]

I'm disgusted about the amount of body shaming, I'm glad you brought it up. Somehow it's okay to bodyshame when the target is a man and ecpesially his 🍆

[@SpinoKing2001]

Ok the King Kong one out of context gets a chuckle out of me

[@lukassjogren7910]

The biggest compliment I can give to the show is that at least the art style isnt just another rick and morty clone

[@jessicayoung3656]

The animation is the only thing I've heard is good about this show

[@TerrenceNowicki]

Instead it's a poor Venture Brothers clone, almost as if they deliberately tried to copy the Groovy Gang.

[@bioticjedi3864]

Yea it looks like they actually tried

[@Dantee985]

@@TerrenceNowicki yeah but they forgot the funny part of the groovy gang

[@conndor2753]

@@TerrenceNowicki I never saw it as Venture Bros at first. I thought it was a take at the DuckTales reboot.

[@Legacy0901]

What surprised me most about this show was how CRUEL so many of the 'jokes' are. There is also an alarming amount of time spent on self loathing and vicious personal attacks against others. Velma comes across as so hateful and bitter

[@mcstabbins4501]

The other jokes are just really crappy throw away references and both are atrocious to say the least, actually atrocious doesn't seem like enough, maybe actual dog shit

[@aaaaaa-gt6ib]

i agree! it was so mean sometimes i was like wtf like they came for everyone and even made fun of the audeince (and it was in a rly mean way, not even banter)

[@bodkimalone]

currently at 1:14 and her playing disgust makes so much sense

[@striderzer0]

22:29 The signs in the back say "Lock Her up, but by 'Her' We mean Him"

[@Luk4zguy97]

It's interesting that the only thing that keeps Velma's demons away is someone putting themselves below her. The show clearly is telling us she is a narcissist.

[@XperimentorEES]

Well mindy is an obsessive racist sexist privileged brat, narcissism should've been expected in hindsight lol.

[@spatchmo6938]

Velma complaining about how female origin stories are treated as just women insane is strange, because most of the female origin stories lately have been let down because they refuse to give a female character an internal conflict. The character has nowhere to develop if she starts off with no problems, is already perfect, everyone loves her, and she just has to deal with external forces keeping her down

[@pintolerance785]

Exactly this think about the new Star Wars or the Mulan remake, there is 0 internal conflict which is one of the best conflicts in anything.

[@airget]

The funny thing is, t hat's almost what makes this show amusing, because she's clearly a flawed character and they don't even play it up like she's in the right. She outright says some rather selfish and negative things that are personality traits one shoudl not look to mimic. It will be interesting if they can actual evolve her into a character people can root for, since if we wanna play devil's advocate, when you consider your high school years I"m sure there are some things you regret, or even ways you may of acted, immature, rude and outright nasty, and as you got older you grew out of it. So if the writers actually have the skills to make their gang frienship make sense as they look past their negative selves from high school and develop into mature adults, it wouldn't be the worse writing. unfiltered With that said, this show is far from perfect, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't intrigued to see how they plan to wrap up the season, morbid curiosity, but it's also fascinating to consider what was going on through their heads when they produced this.

[@pintolerance785]

@@airget being intrigued to watch this show is like being intrigued to watch kittens get locked inside of a freezer.

[@pgbrown12084]

Lol I feel like this is what people were saying about Captain Marvel when it came out. But I guess we weren't ready back then. All the people that said this were called oppressive fascists 🤣

[@blueismylove3128]

If you like horror comedy and want a female lead cast full of characters who are morally questionable yet still likeable and sympathetic (and written by a woman) I recommend 12 Hour Shift.

[@dragonmaster613]

Using Clockwork Orange as an insult is pure 25 carat Meme Gold!

[@josephjohnson5766]

This show did one thing right. It made me appreciate the other shows on such a deeper level. The classic shows and the bad movies with the WWE. Right now I am binge watch the crystal cove show and I am finding so much more enjoyment of the show now then I ever did before.

[@Blackhawks19_xx]

Nothing warms my heart more than humanity coming together to dog pile on a complete dumpster fire.

[@uso6070]

This video made me realize why I like watching people react to Velma more than actually watching Velma. Because it's the normal peoples' reactions to the ridiculousness that's funny

[@madisonthomas8625]

Same I think I’ve watched like 50 review videos LOL

[@zina2435]

yeah i hadn’t heard anyone else mention that! pretty insightful really

[@janetwallace9264]

And that's how you do a meta joke, Velma

[@DundG]

True! The People watching the show, are part of the Joke! They enable us to make fun of the producer. She is the punchline! 😂

[@JamesP7]

My favorite is the Spilling the Milk channel

[@SteampunkHorse]

Hello sir, I have only just discovered your channel from this video because I randomly decided to watch a bunch of reviews on the tv show Velma and your editing and humour are both absolutely hilarious!

[@chandllerburse737]

Elvis in the thumbnail looked like he aged 20 years because of this show.

[@cjthebusta3721]

You know what made Scooby Doo a fun and nostalgic show? The fact that the characters, though very different in many ways were friends who had a common goal. They all brought something to the table whether you liked Shaggy and Scooby's wackiness or Fred's leadership, they all were likeable. This crappy show went above and beyond to tear that down completely. Bravo... 👏

[@enzoarayamorales7220]

Especially Fred, he’s usually such a kind and goofy soul and an actually good role model for positive masculinity when it comes to following the things you like no matter what anyone else thinks, tf did they do to him.

[@adrianrandom3448]

@@enzoarayamorales7220 what's worse is that Fred isn't even the rich one, that's either Daphne or Shaggy depending on the series, it's both in mystery Inc. I think

[@Redmeer411]

@@adrianrandom3448 Yeah Shaggy or Norville, yes they used Shaggy's real name in this piece of trash for the Simp, Rodgers has always been stupid rich, he's from like a Billionaire Old Money-family in pretty much any rendition of Scooby Doo, That's always kind of been apart of his shtick he is an easily scared, borderline cowardly, hippie/stoner from a highly conservative uber wealthy family and in most renditions of Scooby Doo, his parents don't believe he is responsible enough to have full to his inheritance so they don't give him full access and set him up with a monitored trust fund that he gets a stipend from. And in Mystery Inc. Daphne is also from a very influential and wealthy family, as is Scooby Doo lol.

[@xsanguine8]

Besides, we all know the only reason they could pursue all their different interests and still solve mysteries, was that Shaggy came from money.

[@undeadarmy19]

You cant have a straight, white, male be a kind person and good leader nowadays though. Didnt you know? Straight, white, males are the demons of society!!

[@wither5673]

meat canyon's Velma animation was not only more entertaining but 100% matched Mindy's creep personality.

[@boomerangmonkey8263]

Both of these things may or may not have been intentional.

[@ahmadmalaki8364]

Even tho i hate the guys animations i agree

[@erdrickthedouchebaghero5399]

@@ahmadmalaki8364 why do you hate it?

[@ahmadmalaki8364]

@@erdrickthedouchebaghero5399 to much unfunny jokes and awful acting Plus this whole Ahhh scary cartoon is old to me Be actually entertaining

[@whenallelsfails21]

@@erdrickthedouchebaghero5399 because he's a coward lol

[@LegendaryDorkKnight]

20:41 The worst part about this line is that she insinuates that the MeToo movement silences the truth.

[@karman9518]

The Rick and morty voice clip at 24:40 is funnier the the entire show

[@jaybb74]

and Rick and morty isn't even funny that's saying a lot

[@IDoubleJ]

Velma did one great thing. It united everyone in hating it It created unity from all kinds of people that's impressive

[@mediumvillain]

Because it does absolutely nothing right, which is sort of astonishing.

[@fordshojoe8080]

Wonder what season 2 will be like if there us one. If they double down on this then it will just go to show that hollyweird is getting out of touch with everyone in all directions.

[@shinybreloom4027]

ok I've said this before I am slightly annoyed by the race swaps but it doesn't tangibly bother me What does bother me Is that There is no Scooby Doo The Mystery Incorporated Gang are not friends, they are a bunch of assholes who hang out and harm each other This is out of touch. Make a traditional show? Launch Scooby-Doo again Make a show with representation? Don't make the characters so hatable Like dude Scrappy Doo saved Shaggy and Scooby even though he was annoying.

[@kellmedd4925]

@@cactusmalone How about on the same side with a friend?

[@rochetstrider8725]

​@@cactusmalone Indians?

[@Otto_Von_Itter9000]

Another thing about how Velma originally was, in the original 1969 tv show she also wasn't afraid to straight up deck the monsters. Like in the episode Jeepers, It's The Creeper! she takes a wrong corner and faces the Creeper, she says “You wouldn't hit a girl with glasses, would you?” the Creeper then steals her glasses and she kicks him right in the knee

[@starkillersneed]

Yea, Velma has always been a badass and the way Mindy treats her makes me doubt it really is her favorite character as she claims

[@cckiller4378]

Yeah, I remember that scene, I loved Scooby-Doo when I was a kid, I hate what it has become

[@mcstabbins4501]

Even Mystery Inc. Velma was basically am improvement from classic Velma. Mindy's Velma is just a straight up bitch, nothing redeeming or even funny

[@winlover37]

It feels great remembering Mindy Kaling's character on It's Always Sunny getting kicked out of Paddy's Pub.

[@Mr.Speebus]

24:09 I believe the dingle hopper comment is a little mermaid reference. the seagull called forks that.

[@todd3143]

if fred is a late bloomer and still looks that muscular imagine it hes gonna look so much better than everyone else

[@danilutka]

Thank you! How can he both be a "late bloomer" and that athletic looking at the same time.

[@thisgoddamusernamestoodamnlong]

Jotaro type puberty

[@BaggedBread]

@@axeSyntax bro 💀

[@thunderspark1536]

@@thisgoddamusernamestoodamnlong Until part 6

[@tychopanda]

@@thunderspark1536 nerfed in part 4, absolutely destroyed in parts 5 & 6.

[@yurisei6732]

What I love most about this show is that they tried to make Fred an asshole you're supposed to hate, but because every other character is a bigger asshole, Fred comes out of it looking good because he's delivering the audience the catharsis of the other asshole characters being knocked down a peg.

[@slonismo]

Great comment but why oh why are there like double spaces between some of your words it's driving me absolutely nuts lmfao

[@vaguedreams]

No they didn't, but that's a take, completely understandable if you only watched the first episode. Fred is very pitiable and the whole sitch is very goofy, but in a ecentric rich family on tv way.

[@n8than26]

It's only a few months, and i already forgot this show exist lol

[@darkcrydotmrihavetoomanyst1440]

I'm confused about the shower sence mostly cause at my highschool NO ONE would use the shower. We didn't even know if the showers worked. The place always smelled funny and was almost always extremely dark. A shower place is the worst place to start a show. Edit: I know all school showers are not like that but I still think it's weird

[@GrosvnerMcaffrey]

I never had to shower in school either and I've heard stories about kids at others schools who did but refused to. This show everyone's butt naked casually cleaning their privates you can't tell me that's an everyday thing made creepier by their ages. I don't know what the hell Mindy was trying to say with it

[@soltandvinegar]

Jesus Christ, I'd heard Mindy had been accused of assault but I'd no idea she'd admitted it live on TV. HOW HAVE I NOT HEARD THIS UNTIL NOW????

[@mikehunt6160]

Nobody cares if it is a women doing the assaulting.

[@Killer_KT]

Whenever I'm in danger of laughing at an inappropriate time, I just recall this show and I'm good 🗿

[@negligible_reality]

that's a great tip, i'll be sure to use this technique from now on 👍

[@freshlymemed5680]

Great, whenever I try to do that I remember this and laugh anyways.

[@furrygaesex]

Cute pfp

[@100gecsrbetterthangod5]

Hilarious. I love this. Stealing it.

[@matthewmelendez1442]

“It’s a baby dressed up as a fuckin corn” My new favorite line😊

[@toulousesho]

this video just made me realize how much i love it’s always sunny and now i want to rewatch it

[@purple_lt658]

Puss and boots came out around the same time as Velma. Take a wild guess which one portrayed anxiety and panic attacks better.

[@hopelix]

@@zogwort1522 what are you even talking about 🌚🌚🌚

[@negligible_reality]

@@zogwort1522 what the hell??? what kinda god awful take is that? 🤡🤡🤡

[@rowangothic]

@@zogwort1522 Tell me you've never had a panic attack without telling me you've never had a panic attack.

[@necro4258]

Man I saw puss in boots a few days ago in theatre and it featuring a panic attack and how it handled it really endeared the movie to me. Didn’t expect to cry at a movie my gf dragged me to 10/10 movie imo.

[@oddeyes9413]

@@zogwort1522 Wow, what an abelist take. That's atrocious.

[@Evanz111]

I’m so glad you included that Conan clip at 1:32. I was disgusted when I heard about it but haven’t heard it come up in anyone else’s reviews. The fact she unashamedly joked about it on live TV with no self awareness, and people laughed along? What the actual hell?

[@L16htW4rr10r]

It has came up somewhere else, just can't remember which videos...

[@lawrencetalbot8346]

I’ve seen it on several other channels where she bragged about sexually assaulting a man then threaten to fire someone if they ratted. If this was a man who did this they’d be Harvey Wiensteined ASAP

[@bushdenae]

Honestly I think a lot of people just don’t know so glad he spread the word. I feel like the laughter seemed awkward like she was smiling and laughing while saying it so they laugh too and sometimes they tell the audience when and how to react to things. I would hope no one actually found that funny I was found it gross 🤢

[@todd1928]

I mean you probably didn't hear it because it has nothing to do with the show? I'm not sure why you'd expect it in a review of the show.

[@user-lg5xu6id5j]

@@todd1928 he also shared a Ren and Stimpy meme and the creator go into a ton of trouble in the past. Overall I like the video but it can can be hard to separate the art from the artist when Mindy produced the show and is voicing the titular character

[@kelseyndayizeye]

9:40 you can’t tell me he didn’t say corn like shaggy

[@elbibu4298]

2:06 I would watch anything with this banjo kazooie track ! Except Velma.

[@Steven-T]

That "mindless violence" sign was funnier than any joke said in the actual show

[@NUCLEARDASH]

Maybe the animation team came up with it, trying to save this

[@ZekeorSomething]

The “What did Scoobi Do?”joke was pretty good too

[@Nixahma]

​@@ZekeorSomething Not really. The question makes no context within the scene, it feels awkward.

[@ZekeorSomething]

@@Nixahma That's arguable it does feel kinda random too

[@ruskenskey4674]

Worst part about norville is that shaggy was the easiest to emulate adult humor into. Man is a stereotypical stoner in almost every way. He rides around in a van with flowers painted on it every day, talks funny, is constantly fiending (for scooby snacks), always has munchies, dresses in baggy clothes with long hair, and talks to a dog. They only needed to change scooby snacks into edibles and the character would have been written. I don't know how funny it would end up being but it can't be worse than what we got.

[@backbeathighway]

It was so obvious that that's almost exactly what they did with him and Scooby twenty years ago on Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law, a show that coincidentally was one of the prime examples of taking old properties and repackaging them for a modern audience.

[@bluecayser1498]

The thing this norville guy isn’t supposed to be shaggy, rather he’s probably one of mindys shitty friends as an insert.

[@pintolerance785]

They had that joke in the live action Scooby-Doo movie and it's the funniest joke in the movie.

[@CallanElliott]

Funny, but Scooby Snacks became a slang term for valium at one point.

[@Dave102693]

That’s the Shaggy I wanted.

[@lovebirdwillingten]

honestly a five year old can make a better show than full grown men

[@OwO377]

"Full grown" is underrate cuz nothing change.

[@eli2210]

Show was made by a woman you sexist assuming this was made by a dude

[@SteampunkHorse]

5:12 THANK YOU. Holy hell I’m lesbian and I had a VISCERAL reaction to that one girl saying “now if you two were to kiss, that would be hot” to Daphne and Velma. It’s still fucking fetishisation!! Even if a woman said it!! Just stop!

[@skyhunter2816]

Honestly we need shows like this to bring people together in mutual hate.

[@chanty2192]

And? The next one will be even worse. No one here is even criticizing how the show depicted nude high schoolers, let alone pointing out how hateful and racist Mindy Kaling is. Also no one is pointing out how Mindy grew up as a 0.000001%er in NYC and got everything she has through nepotism and affirmative action yet her self inserted character does nothing except call everyone else rich and complain about "unearned power".

[@BaggedBread]

@@chanty2192 that’s exactly what they’re complaining about

[@thunderspark1536]

Russia: Hold my nuke

[@tychopanda]

@@chanty2192 there are multiple videos on velma (plus the comments) that address exactly what you're talking about.

[@snowpoler]

Naah. Well... it depends? I mean, I get it, it's entertaining for a moment. But then it gets very tiresome. You can only follow something you hate for so long. Personally I don't really understand the "passionate haters" of something anymore. I had gone through that phase too but like... when I was a teen. Why don't they spare themselves the stress and spend their free time on things they actually enjoy? Whatever. I understand poking fun and watching things for the heck of it, but not the "one of my personality traits is fiercely hating TLOU2" kinda thing, if it makes any sense.

[@Polyfusia]

There was literally just an adult cartoon version of Scooby Doo. Mike Tyson Mysteries. That alone shows how much creativity the people who put this show together have.

[@deezknotsonyourchin]

Mike Tyson Mysteries is hilarious tho

[@thatdude123]

@@deezknotsonyourchin Big facts

[@Polyfusia]

@@deezknotsonyourchin I loved it too. I guess they can't make more without Norm.

[@deezknotsonyourchin]

@@Polyfusia he was the funniest

[@defrozendonut8715]

@@Polyfusia that was one of the reasons why they decided to cancel it

[@SpellboundWolf]

A Dinglehopper is a fork. These fools didn't even try.

[@shady4life..]

Thanks for putting A Clockwork Orange in the beginning of the video man. Love you. Its my new trend since November

[@DIEGOLOKO82]

Velma really is just the Harley Quinn show without the charm, humor, love for the source material, and everything else that made HQ good

[@protosopic6398]

In conclusion: Velma is like show X but without Y, Z, A or B and everything good about it.

[@davicarvalho124]

Harley Quinn is complete shit as well. And it's as far from the dource material as it gets.

[@chanty2192]

Harley Quinn is NPC material for idiots and absolutely paved the way for Velma.

[@Ch0riZoh]

@@chanty2192 but I like the Harley Quinn show :(

[@scarababbeo9733]

@@chanty2192 damn, what did this show do to you

[@FurryStockings]

As a brown person, I'm amazed at Mindy Kaling for making a brown Velma that got universally hated in a short span of time lmao

[@magne7771]

"Stupid dog! You made us look bad!"

[@TwitchyTopHat1]

It could have been great... the character designs are actually pretty good

[@freshlymemed5680]

@@TwitchyTopHat1 All but Norville imo. He's fine as his own character but he's no Shaggy.

[@boomerangmonkey8263]

Fellow chocolate person? Yeah, I'd say she's embarrassing us, but it's not like everyone doesn't know this show shouldn't be taken seriously anyways!

[@Rambrus0]

The only reason they can race swap people like that, is to hide behind "racist" if the show gets bad reviews.

[@maninanikittycat4238]

Thanks to Velma I’m starting to think if having a diverse cast is detrimental to a story

[@nickhewes6860]

It is, when diversity takes precedent over great writing and talent based casting.

[@sophiastargazer]

How did the writers of this show, a cartoon that's clearly meant for a mature audience, not notice that they're belittling the very people who watch their content with that 420 "joke"? The lack of self-awareness is astounding.

[@SlootyBooty]

I find it funny that you literally cannot tell Daphne is Asian. She has to tell the audience she is.... /Facepalm

[@ivymausi3633]

Yeah, I didn't know either. I thought she was rocking heavy eyeliner like Amy Winehouse.

[@ge2719]

i'd bet money they probably thought they couldn't give her "asian eyes" because that would be racist. so now theres no way to tell.

[@TagetesAlkesta]

I mean I’m pretty sure the joke is that she isn’t Asian and that she’s just a white girl trying to fit in, but God knows I’m not going to watch the show to verify my theory.

[@TheWolfeDen]

@ColorAfterBlue The character is definitely Asian as is the actress portraying her. Her skin tone is slightly yellowed compared to the white characters and the non-asian characters are drawn with rounder eyes. They show her birth parents at one point who look undeniably Asian. But you really gotta study the show to see it which I would not recommend unless you've got a masochism kink

[@maca76]

@Ahmed Parlance why so aggresive? The original comment says you cant tell she is asian, he is explaining the signs that she is asian. Probably the original cares as he made the comment in the first place

[@Loxu69]

I've heard this said about the show a lot and I'm gonna say it again here: It's very apparent the people who wrote Velma, do not like Scooby Doo. Why they made an entire show about not liking Scooby Doo I have no idea

[@slinkbradshaw8674]

Seems like the people who made it don't like anything, what a cynical, nasty show.

[@justsomeguywholovesberserk6375]

It's like they wrote a different show and then they slapped Velma on the title because they knew it wouldn't sell

[@voidbreather7405]

@@justsomeguywholovesberserk6375 I've heard that this may be the case, that Mindy wanted to make an animated show that focused on her/her self-insert, but WB would only allow her to work with an existing IP.

[@weirdyoutubechannels]

see my banner for a cookie !

[@loli-knightxardej2252]

This is the objective truth of practically every show remake or "woke" reimagining. Time after time the team working on these things will tout before the product is released that they're huge fans of the original material, then a while after the product comes out and bombs they show their true colors by either admitting that they hate the material or never even looked at it.

[@SteampunkHorse]

16:52 thank you for bringing this reaction clip to my attention, it is hilarious

[@maddieb2286]

Lol at 23:40 when he says "dinglehopper" he's talking about the fork bc that's what Ariel calls it in The Little Mermaid. Which I guess is to further the joke he's like a little kid but it still isn't funny.

[@syntax.error-Pheonyx]

I’m convinced that an ai went through the web, found “funny” words, and then wrote this entire show.

[@shradibop]

makes sense, considering that AI will write unfunny things about jokes instead of jokes, which is essentially this show

[@ninjaturtlefan2003]

This is the most plausible explanation for this show. They were so lazy that they got a barely functioning AI to write it.

[@Mediados]

Absolutely not. An AI would have no social opinion and would approach the task with logic alone. I am convinced an AI would be unintentionally funnier than this.

[@navaryn2938]

it does look like it was written by someone or something that knows what comedy technically is but has never actually experienced it

[@jonathanathor117]

Don't insult AI like that. Even they wouldn't do something this bad.

[@piratorium]

Velma honestly feels like a self-insert fanfiction that Mindy Kaling was given waaaay too much creative freedom on. To be perfectly honest I don't even think she made the cast diverse for "woke points" or whatever, I think she just hired her friends and made their characters self-inserts, too.

[@nzingahendricks4128]

I agree, the show gives Mary sue ‘I’m not like the other girls’ energy. Which to be fair, she’s not wrong, she’s just way worse

[@Princeomishore]

eh idk. the velma character IS awful but shes not the writer shes only an exec producer.

[@piratorium]

@@Princeomishore Looking it up, the showrunner and pilot writer is a guy named Charles Grandy who not only worked on The Office, but like half of the first paragraph on him on wikipedia is how often he collaborates with Mindy Kaling. Even without a writer credit, being the lead voice, executive producer, AND a frequent collaborator with the showrunner to begin with, I'm sure Mindy was more than encouraged to do some executive meddling.

[@ancientsociety79]

That's all of Mindy Kaling's work

[@Princeomishore]

@@piratorium lol then he shouldn't of let her no. she is an actor not a writer.

[@storywala88]

It's like a rant, the show, and I haven't even watched it. Well put 😂❤

[@cecilkeith1951]

Thanks, Elvis. Now we have to suffer through ANOTHER season because YOU watched it!

[@CameronPlus]

We all need to give Mindy huge credit. She somehow managed to unite the right and the left by making something both sides despise. Kinda beautiful seeing everyone come together to rip on this pile of crap.

[@Susssyduck-wo9pw]

I know right

[@sealover7134]

Well when you put it like that...XD

[@beautifulmidnight]

I think I laughed more at Frank Reynolds saying “Magnum dong” than I did at any scenes from Velma in this video.

[@fajararsy_saiga9567]

More likely Deadpool saying that makes quips better than Velma.

[@mcstabbins4501]

I watched Phineas and Ferb yesterday and that had better jokes by a long shot

[@dannooooooo]

i laughed harder just at your comment talking about magnum dog than I did to anything in Velma

[@mic4ever727]

I can’t believe it took this piece of trash to show people how annoying woke culture has become.

[@SteampunkHorse]

Same

[@jakechapman3161]

Thank you for your service sir. You saved me and many others from letting our curiosity win. Your a legend.