Velma | who was this show for?

The Velma show is everything wrong with Hollywood. Who was this for? The show is a dumpster fire of terrible writing and harmful racial stereotypes made by people who resent the IP their writing for
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[@unixyss2499]

Remember everybody, Warner/Discovery cancelled Infinity Train and Young Justice, but let THIS be released!

[@ZacharyShadowkillThe1st]

This only proves just how hypocritical and also delusional the people in charge of these companies really are nowadays. "Adult animation is generally more accepted, even if it's all the fucking same!" -TheMysteriousMrEnter, in his "Top 11 Worst Animation Clichés (Part 1)" video.

[@PunkMetalero9666]

they cancelled an animated movie in favor of this, let that sink in

[@TempoLOOKING]

@@ZacharyShadowkillThe1st just watch anime instead.

[@smurfie8412]

Nobody forcing you idiots to watch 🤬

[@orestisveseli1603]

Bro I swear and people wandering why we prefer anime 💀💀💀

[@DoctorNuriel]

another prime example of the difference between "adult" and "mature" writing

[@kirkdarling4120]

Good point. I'm stealing that.

[@zabianreubens4989]

Adult doesnt exactly mean Blood, gore all that jazz Adult can just mean it tackles topics children wouldnt understand There are alot of good shows that tackle adult topics without explicitly having Blood, Gore Swearing every sentance None of that Mature on the other hand Can be for teens aswell But the thing is Both dont need to be extremely gorey or swear like a god damn sailor In my opinion a good show would need to balance points and not just go all out on stuff like that When in reality the target audience doesnt want a bunch of gore and swearingIf they did they would just go watch fuckin family guy or a horror movie A good show is as good as the person believes it to be now on the other hand THIS SHOW IS FUCKING HORRIBLE NOONE LIKES THIS

[@kinggalactix]

The show's audience is the writers and no one else.

[@smurfie8412]

No it's everyone except man baby losers!!

[@JohnkyTonkbadonkadonk]

And those proudly screaming "I'm THAT bitch" as their main personality trait and see Velma as who they want to be. At least that the vibes I got from the single episode I could hardly stomach.

[@kinggalactix]

@@JohnkyTonkbadonkadonk haven't seen it, and never will. The show is on copium

[@monkey6207]

It feels like it came straight from the depths of webtoons lol

[@sunny37436]

Are these even writers? Should we even call them that? Obviously they are but why call them that.

[@hatuletoh]

I think even the porn parodies had a better understanding and were more respectful of the original IP. "Scooby-Do Me, Stud!" and "The Mystery Mobile Gangbang" showed real affection for the original show.

[@doodledevore7745]

Ahhh, the classics.

[@zabianreubens4989]

FR THO HOW DO THE FAN PORN PARODIES CAPTURE BETTER PERSONALITY THAN THIS SHIT

[@figo3554]

Lmao

[@Sabrinaaa36]

link, for research?

[@channelhasbeensuspended3986]

@@Sabrinaaa36 my guy just search those terms up

[@Fan26_]

I think that audio clip from the trailers where Velma is saying "this is MY story told MY way" sum it up best-since Velma's VA is Mindy, she's telling it outright: it's her show and she's doing what she wants with it with no respect to the original IP

[@smurfie8412]

Stop hating 🤬

[@_meriessa]

@@smurfie8412 Nah, I think we should keep hating.

[@adudeontheinternet5739]

@@smurfie8412 give me 1 reason why

[@Funnyanimalperson]

It's not bad but its not good, my only problem is that the creators compared it to Harley Quinn and said it's superior to the Mystery Incorporated show, which is absolutely incorrect.

[@minakiel2930]

@@smurfie8412 it’s genuinely a poorly done show. if they didn’t want so much hate they should have given it some redeeming qualities lmao

[@paulseifert6598]

To everyone asking that question, the answer is simple, it's BY Mindy FOR Mindy, which is why nobody seems to like it - it was made for literally ONE PERSON.

[@spleens7831]

This is so depressing

[@curosaber]

That's what I was thinking.

[@Radio-97]

It‘s sad and hilarious at the same time to make a show only YOU like😂 Mindy, if you are reading this… Remember that a TV show doesn’t cater to ONE person, but to an actual crowd

[@ginichilders9619]

Yeah, if it was an original work and not tied to a preexisting IP, it would be a lot less bad.

[@LoneWolf-rc4go]

The really depressing thing is that the management team watched her sh*t the turd that is Velma out and nobody said anything. I'm convinced that large parts of the entertainment industry are going to go the way of the dodo because people are deliberately avoiding calling out awful work for what it is.

[@waltertomaszewski1083]

Mindy wrote this for herself.

[@smurfie8412]

Jealous

[@chillduderr]

@@smurfie8412jealous of what, the worst self insert

[@zoppie]

Why pay for therapy when you can DIY and make money off your issues?

[@xxreyoxx]

@@smurfie8412 replying to every comment as a White Knight isnt gonna change the reality of this show.

[@kyerannisbet8895]

@@smurfie8412 Nobody's jealous of this show. And defending the mediocrity of it doesn't mean Mindy is going to sleep with you

[@kingwolf9447]

It's a show that lacks a target audience which is unbelievable. Your target audience basically controls what the product will be.

[@baydiac]

Yup! Diversifying the characters and making Velma & Daphne a couple outraged the right wing crowd... and then the show's writing panders almost exclusively* to the right wing crowd, pissing off literally everyone else. *Except what happened with Fred. Haha funny joke rich white boys suck, but it's just not his character! Fred is very innocently sweet, the edgiest Fred I tolerate is the youtube Mystery Incorporated one.

[@entity5279]

@@baydiac i can confirm i've seen even left wing people mad about this as well (if there is no left wing people mad about it then there must not be a lot of left wing people because like 95% of the people i've seen hate this show), typically the ones who actually watched any form of the original scooby doo. from an independent perspective, its cool if you make a character gay just make them characters, adventure time does a spot on perfect portrayal of a gay/lesbian character because they make the two that actually happen to be gay actual characters, and even with race you can make diverse groups of people without making it blatant and annoying, all you need to do is make them actual characters, take miles morales as spiderman in comparison to the shaggy you see here, miles was supposed to be a diversity character but the thing of it is they made him an actual character, and personally he's got the best spiderman movie i've ever seen. shaggy is just, shaggy but he's black and getting cucked by velma and acts nothing like shaggy to begin with. its actually pretty easy to be at least slightly irritated by the absolute disgrace they've done to these characters but they may as well have made their own seperate title with entirely seperate characters at this point i mean its pretty

[@johnwong5317]

@@baydiac Ahh yes, so now it's "right wings" for people who complaint about the shows which basically majority of fans. Just like Witcher, somehow if you don't support "diversity" and butcher the source materials and cultures which the stories are based on, it's "right wings". Diversity is about cultures, not race.

[@falconeshield]

@@johnwong5317 Witcher is just bad without Cavill directing the script. I don't mind black elves, elves are fictional. But the disrespect to the source material since Cavill left has skyrocketed. I'm gonna pretend the first two seasons exist.

[@10thletter40]

@@baydiac Okay, I'm going to stop you there. Nothing about this show indicates it panders to the right-wing crowd. It makes fun of older people, the main characters are young, snarky, and rude. They explain every joke as it happens. I mean, right-wingers despise this. It is everything they hate with modern media. It isn't just "right-wingers hate this for diversity swaps" it is so much more. You act like they can't recognize bad writing.

[@kapitankapital6580]

I heard that this was originally supposed to be a unique IP but Mindy Kaling could only get it greenlit on the condition that it was attached to an existing IP. I will say that while I think promotional diversity hiring (race or gender swapping a character purely to create marketing buzz, or marketing your non-White cast in a way that their race is used to create controversy as a marketing strategy) is a problem in modern Hollywood, I think the bigger problem is that the characters in this just look really bad. Like why does Shaggy look like a bored ape NFT?

[@smurfie8412]

Nobody cares hater🤬

[@derekpayneszubliminals7723]

He looks more like LowTierGod.

[@Andyatl2002]

I’ve seen actual fan artists create black shaggy and they did it way better because for starters his hair isn’t shaggy at all

[@OmegaCoolsterDX]

@@derekpayneszubliminals7723 thanks cannot unsee it now, if he suddenly talks about Strings and doing some GTAB i will start laughing like a mad man

[@LancesArmorStriking]

It's because of cheap Flash animation. You can make it look good, but you need to put in the effort and not reuse models or rely on simple shapes. Before, when you had to hand-draw, that was just part of the job. But tech has allowed the animation to be made without the individual quirks, so it looks bland

[@davidraper5798]

That is the real mystery of this series... who was it made for? It certainly was not made for fans of the original series.

[@curosaber]

Not for the fans, not the children. Who indead?

[@monkey6207]

It's so arrogant when writers rule out kids because they can't write anything universally appealing.

[@curosaber]

@@monkey6207 Don't forget relying on toilet humor and sex jokes just because. Every time I saw a show rely specifically on both it's because the writers don't have any creativity.

[@falconeshield]

@@curosaber It's for the Prince George parody, Q-Force, Rick and Morty Rule 34 fans. Lowest of low.

[@aliciamoon9816]

@@monkey6207 Right? Back when everyone only had one TV in the house, most kids shows and movies also appealed to adults at the same time. It's entirely possible to appeal to both. But a lot of shows don't bother anymore.

[@kalzium8857]

It seems like that multiple studios came to the conclusion that it is not worth competing with each other. Instead they try to make each show as mediocre as possible. For the studios view it has many advantages. 1. They save money, because they dont need good writing. 2. There is no competition, when every studio produces garbage 3. The next shows of these studios dont have to be better than the last. 4. The show is forgotten in the right time, when the next project gets released. 5. Streaming services seem to prefer quantity The only competition are from foreign countries especially asian countries

[@DJKrol-pv8ft]

Long held as rumor, it's now well known that in the 1950s and '60s, the CIA helped fund and promote the work of unwitting American Abstract Expressionists - like Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning - around the world.

[@DJKrol-pv8ft]

Why is modern art so bad? Why is this show and so many other shows, movies, music made today so bad? They are so bad if one didn't know any better one would think it was made bad on purpose. Keep paying those taxes!

[@nilsmadej9091]

That's capitalism for ya baby!

[@Ilovegrunge123]

Also even if you find a decent show it gets cancelled mainly Netflix so it’s a why even start watching if it isn’t going to get a conclusion. I remember when shoes used to have 22 episodes and up to 14 seasons.

[@SatClub403]

I work with people in showbusiness and it's spooky how right you are.

[@krankarvolund7771]

"Velma is the new adult animation comedy from HBO max" Here's the problem. HBO max seems to fuck all of their adult animation comedy XD

[@falconeshield]

Netflix too. Inside Job deserves S3

[@JupiterSolo]

I love the irony that Mindy Kaling calls "The Office" problematic, yet she is the leading voice actress in a show that sexualized teenagers, which you know... is problematic.

[@Gr3nadgr3gory]

I feel the overtly racist overtones are a bit more problematic than sexualizing fictional characters who are likely 17-18. 16 at youngest.

[@JupiterSolo]

@Gr3nadgr3gory To be fair I was just providing an example, and I used the sexualization because that's what the show has arguably gotten the most heat for

[@justinmaze6219]

@@Gr3nadgr3gory sexualizing minors is definitely more problematic it’s not even close

[@Gr3nadgr3gory]

@Justin Maze they're fictional characters that done act or look like teenagers, you gonna be mad at that 70s show for sexualizing the women in it?

[@justinmaze6219]

@@Gr3nadgr3gory I’ll make my original comment more clear so there’s no room to twist it, pedophilia is way worse than racism. Sexualizing minors is disgusting even if they’re 17 or “16 at youngest”, which is super creepy you slid in there as if it justifies it

[@ironpulcinella3586]

The corpse falling out of the locker depicts EXACTLY what everything about that show is.

[@garethspotfur1]

i think the writers were selected for never having seen ANY scooby-doo show ever. then filled it with hate, and bile, and every cliche they could cram in. it's not just bad, its a insult to humanity in general.

[@MothsAudioandVideos]

Also, the racebending is not going to be the main reason this show gets hate. Or at least, it shouldn’t. We’ve had a Puerto Rican Fred, a Puerto Rican Velma, and a part Black and Indigenous Daphne before, and I don’t recall them getting any unusual amounts of hate. Heck, the original Shaggy was voiced by a Lebanese man. There is a ton to criticize about the show, and there will likely be a lot of people taking the opportunity to try to make this about race, but it shouldn’t be. This show seems ill advised on every level, and it feels like the racebending was just an added attempt to deflect legitimate criticism.

[@borklazer5907]

Wait, what series did they do that? I'm drawing a blank??

[@MothsAudioandVideos]

@@borklazer5907 Different iterations. Fred was Freddy Prinze Jr in the two live action films, Velma was Gina Rodriguez in Scoob!, and Daphne was Sarah Jeffery in Daphne and Velma.

[@mrholeio3060]

But that's the problem. It wasn't added out of actual care for representation or diversity, it was just done because they wanted to deflect criticism.

[@MothsAudioandVideos]

@@mrholeio3060 It doesn’t seem like anything in the show was done out of care, period.

[@mrholeio3060]

@@MothsAudioandVideos Very true

[@Navy-Glen]

It’s a good thing that scooby wasn’t in this show just imagine how badly it could’ve of went for the show

[@thecorrurtion215]

For some reason I think they might have shipped scooby with “shaggy”, if he was on the show

[@lesigh1749]

If Scooby was in this show, SHE would have been a Cat.

[@FortunAdlaich]

Would probably make him like Brian Griffin but somehow even more insufferable

[@Jackrabbit7]

Scooby was spared thankfully

[@zabianreubens4989]

Honestly The best thing they did was keep scooby out Thats it

[@xero1134]

Man. I was hoping it'd at least be passable, but that's way more gore than I'd ever want to see with these characters, not to mention how hateful they all seem to everyone around them

[@prowlandsasuke]

Fred was a good person who loved his friends and treated women with respect. I feel like fred has been mistreated not just in velma, he went from this cool guy that could be funny to this dumbass especially in mystery inc where all he cared about was traps and not caring about daphne 😒.

[@zabianreubens4989]

i mean there was that one movie where fred objectively was disrespectful to women

[@scorpion6328]

@@zabianreubens4989 True, but in general Fred was never depicted as this malicious person. He was a bit dim witted at times, but he mainly cares for his friends and always kept the group together when things hit the fan.

[@zabianreubens4989]

@@scorpion6328 Exactly The last few depictions of fred infact proved quite the opposite I mean sure there was mystery inc where he just cared about traps But he also wasnt to the point of being an outright douche

[@paracuna]

He's the only white man in the gang so that means he's stupid and a jerk, that's how these shows work apparently.

[@byrondejong9872]

That was before the negative male stereotypes though male stereotypes have existed since we were apes fighting each other. Fred was a pretty wholesome guy who was kinda the leader cause he kept everyone on track but never actually seemed to have any authority or interest in it. In the 90's if you see a guy who looks like Fred you kinda assume he's Prepy Chad who gets all the women. The sterotype has now evolved into a sexist womanizer who is rich and entitled while being a cis white male. The original Fred character is only really seen now in kids shows because nice guys stop existing when they hit puberty I guess.

[@LocalMemeFarmer]

I am so extremely done with cynical nihilism as a personality/theme/art-style because it's so often presented as *Bold* ™ and *Real* ™ when it's really just mean-spirited and edgy for the sake of it.

[@MothsAudioandVideos]

The commercial I saw was so filled with the objectification and exploitation of its characters I just assumed they were supposed to be college students. Does HBO Max know they can make shows about schools without objectifying minors? This, Euphoria, just set them in college.

[@craigbutler3282]

Because how else will we appease the the creepy Hollywood execs? Epstein was actually murdered, and there’s a reason why.

[@durururururururu]

wait Euphoria is set in highschool? haven't watched the show but from what i have seen, i thought it was college

[@mullethater4223]

@@durururururururu yes,they are still in high school in the show

[@mullethater4223]

@@iimJay yes,what you're saying makes total sense

[@Gr3nadgr3gory]

@Jay God I fucking hate Hollywood.

[@Lucky_9705]

It’s ironic that this show’s writers intended to reduce stereotypes with a “diversity checklist” while inherently creating new, even worse stereotypes

[@D1570R73D]

It was probably not the writers, generally producers these days force writers to be "inclusive", and this is what happens when the writers say fuck that and crash the show.

[@Critter97]

If this is what diversity is becoming we deserve to go extinct.

[@fate3071]

"It sexualizes minors" Anime writers: "first time?" Edit: This blew up a bit more than I thought, but I think it is important to note 2 things: 1) Yes I enjoy watching anime, so don't take this as me hating on it just to hate 2) it's okay and necessary to call out the negatives of anime, just like you would for the Velma show or any other show animated or not.

[@heronekkotheanimer7386]

well they have a whole diferent culture from us in the west, besides not every anime does that. (but not gonna lie, it gets real weird some times)

[@ianmills6260]

@@heronekkotheanimer7386 different culture doesn't excuse pedophilia

[@f3bq163]

anime is a garbage genre with some hidden golden under all the pile of crap it is

[@JohnkyTonkbadonkadonk]

@@ianmills6260 It does for that other culture because its not seen as pedophilia. Our country cannot force our culture and morals on everyone outside of the country.

[@simone5760]

@@JohnkyTonkbadonkadonk True. I understand that

[@Emerald-Fluffie]

How do you fail so bad at the hairstyle of a character literally named after their shaggy hair

[@falconeshield]

And he's the rich one, not Fred!

[@rikusauske]

@@falconeshield actually if I remember correctly shaggys family is old money with connections to the confederacy. Norville Rogers got silk stockings.

[@jrt2792]

This show is the EMBODIMENT of how NOT to be meta nor self aware....💯💯💯

[@alexgremlin3680]

I think the mystery of the show is just... why do we live in a world where this kind of crap exists and when is it ending?

[@falconeshield]

When people stop taking 800 dollar profit Ben Shap seriously and realise it's not 2016 anymore.

[@fallingrock7225]

@@falconeshield how did Ben Shapiro make $800 and how did he affect this show

[@AndyRobertooie]

"why do we live in a world where this kind of crap exists and when is it ending?" is that code language for you are tired of race swapping and everything having to do with lgbt? because if so you aren't alone.

[@yert5035]

this exist because right wingers keep popularizing it. as long as people are watching ...even hate watching they will make money. the right doesn't realize their hate is being grifted on.

[@lungilungo9734]

It doesn’t even feel like Scooby Doo it just feels like a whole other show with different characters.

[@alecaquino4306]

I would kill for another season of Mystery Incorporated.

[@zabianreubens4989]

SAME BRO Like who cares if something is directed towards children or not? Like why are adults objectively supposed to watch stuff that they themselves dont even enjoy oh look swearing gore death and other stuff everywhere! guess lets target it to adults But sometimes you just wanna chill out and watch a good ol episode o something like scooby doo Not every adult show should be this Terrible!

[@falconeshield]

We need a movie

[@zabianreubens4989]

@@falconeshield agreed

[@sirGuy1995]

My favourite part is when Mindy Kaling said "It's Velmaing time!" and then proceeded to velm all over the place. That was truly the moment of all time.

[@mborok]

Just from the first episode, Velma's South Asian ethnicity has no effect on her personality, her family, or anything else. She may as well be white for all the difference it makes. Meanwhile, Kaling's series "Never Have I Ever", about a high school girl from an Indian family, is pretty good as these things go, and actually deals with the experience of immigrants, their culture, generational conflicts, etc. Not in a way that's original, but to be fair, there really isn't anything new to say on that topic.

[@tomsenior7405]

An excellent episode. Thank you. I haven't seen 'Velma' and was not planning to watch it, even before the reviews dropped. The concept is just not aimed at my demograph. From your comments Velma is badly executed and poorly written to boot. This Mindy monster has not found an audience and without one, will surely die. Thanks again, I hope your channel grows.

[@unbindingfloyd]

They made the main character an unlikable racist race obsessed person who uses dated jokes. I dont know what was worse. Constantly pointing out a person she doesn't like as white or using the word "hashtag" as a like of dialogue constantly.

[@FortunAdlaich]

Velma is just Kaling's massive ego in full view.

[@Critter97]

I got a Velma ad before this video started

[@stingerjohnny9951]

The Gods have a sense of humor, more so than this show at least 🤣

[@Critter97]

Indeed

[@popstarprincess123]

I don’t think there’s a neckbeard who could hate this show for the wrong reason because there’s no wrong reason to hate this show

[@OhOh996]

We can all agree that Solid JJ's Scoopy Doo videos could've been a better to make it a series than whatever of a mess this was from the beginning.

[@FortunAdlaich]

Yeah, at least he's a good writer and actually does self-aware humor well.

[@ronniepartridge6694]

I was honestly surprised this came out, and I watched the 2 episodes that were out... I just can't believe this happened.

[@Radio-97]

God bless you that you watched two episodes for us to spare us

[@ArkhamKnight-2007]

@@Radio-97 the episode are horrible, but short, even shorter if you watch in X2 speed just to insult it and dabble with hated television

[@Hitstream305]

Holy shit, I pieced it together, this show is a crazy fanfic and where the creator self-inserted her herself into her own narcissistic echo-chamber. It all makes sense now.

[@ApexGale]

The show legitimately feels like Mindy Kaling wanted to create her own animated series featuring herself as the main character, got turned down by several studios, and then tried to spin it as a Scooby Doo reboot with Warner Bros. Being corporate garbage, they thought "Well, reboots are easy ways to grab viewers who are nostalgic for shows they watched as kids. Let's give her the IP, we'll surely make some money this way!" Only for Mindy to then take the IP and just spin it to just be her own TV show. As far as I'm concerned, none of this is indicative of anything Scooby Doo related besides names and basic likenesses. And you can do progressive reboots. There's a *reason* people actually like Harley Quinn (the series)! It tackles the source media with the understanding of who these characters are, and how they've been portrayed over these last decades- they don't act out of character. The writers instead tackled the characters from different angles, leading to a fresh but believable new take on them. You know, the basic premise for rebooting or writing a new spinoff of existing characters. Even in newer stuff: while Velma is usually depicted as a little sarcastic and cynical, she is still good friends with the cast. She isn't downright rude to them. Daphne isn't just the stereotypical queen bee, Fred is not the overly masculine jock, Shaggy isn't just a haha funny stoner. And why in the hell would you leave Scooby out? Oh right, because he can't be twisted into a joke of himself, since the whole joke with Scooby is that he's just a talking dog.

[@stingerjohnny9951]

They made Norville vocally anti drugs… that alone should tell you how much they cared about the characters.

[@ethanpitts1184]

The CW did a better job of adapting Scooby Doo to a darker tone in a Supernatural episode. You can't even pretend that making an adult version of Scooby Doo is hard if Supernatural can fucking do it.

[@nervousbreakdown711]

I don’t think it’s an accident that the more mature storylines with the characters over the years have the characters as actual adults

[@rocoe9019]

An adult show, written by adults for adults and one of the first things they show are teenagers in high school showering !!!

[@falconeshield]

Some adults never grow up

[@rocoe9019]

@@falconeshield making excuses for predators are you !

[@jazzyg6059]

I'm sick of it

[@storyseeker6028]

The writing is always the issue, sure bad CGI is annoying but it can be ignored, bad costumes, same, bad animation same, bad music same. But bad writing? Writing that insults storytelling on the whole? That’s unforgivable.

[@crashban4t.f.s.b783]

It’s trash that can only happen in the 2010/2020 era.

[@TheOddityFair]

This is the adult version of Raye Rodriguez’s ‘High Guardian Spice.’ I HATE ALL creators who do this: not caring & using the bigotry-defense as a shield from the backlash. Cowards, the lot of them! Using the excuse that everyone except them is “against inclusivity” to try & escape the fact that NO ONE WANTED THIS!

[@falconeshield]

Very American production lol

[@cassandrabelyeu2419]

It’s like that remake of “Heathers” that changed all of the bullies into minorities. I have experienced people hiding behind marginalized identities to bully people, when I was in high school and still easily given good or bad impressions of entire groups of people based on how people I met treated each other, and I still saw the problem with rewriting the bullies, and only the bullies, as transgender, obese, racially mixed, and everything but heterosexual.

[@wisemankugelmemicus1701]

I feel like the reason for all the changes,the race swaps, no scooby doo, Velma being the main protagonist I genuinely think they were told by WarnerBros to "keep this shit as far away from our IP as possible"

[@mrholeio3060]

Sounds reasonable

[@zabianreubens4989]

HONESTLY MAKES SENSE

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

It's the exact opposite. The creator wanted to make their own thing, but couldn't get it greenlit without stapling Scooby Doo to it.

[@zabianreubens4989]

@@aprinnyonbreak1290 y'see either way The creator of the series knew what they were doing and knew it would offend MANY fans of the show

[@seraphlazuli6251]

I think some market research revealed to them that many people are into hate-watching even if they won’t admit it, and hate toward the show is basically free advertising. So it’s cheaper and more viral to do anything and everything that people could complain not to do in a show.

[@seanmillette4323]

I couldn't imagine being so vapid and self-centered as to change a 50+ year old character so I could personally live vicariously through that character.

[@annabanana7659]

All in all, I think the show is just Mindy Kaling's self-insert Mary Sue fanfic set in the Scooby-Doo verse. I'd love to imagine that in the final episode of this trainwreck, Mindy-Velma would strut down to the school basement and we see the real (and good) Mystery Inc. gang all chained up while Mindy-Velma cackles with Scrappy Doo on her side, smirking on his highchair.

[@falconeshield]

That would be amazing

[@stingerjohnny9951]

That would make watching the show ALMOST worth it

[@italianlovecake]

Even literal porn parodies appreciate and respect the IP, though!

[@StarCat76]

This feels like how Halloween Ends was handled. The creator said “I wanted to put my own spin on this series and make it unique” 1. This is not your property to tamper with. 2. Characters have already been written so changing them would be weird. 3. The weird self insert character(s)

[@ImThePerson0]

It was for Mindy Kelluga or whatever the heck her name is. It’s an obvious self insert

[@aidangiffin575]

Right after the video ended I got an ad for this god awful dumpster fire

[@Drixenol86]

People who never seen a single episode of Scooby Doo in their whole life.

[@matane2465]

The characters are all self inserts. Velma looks like Mindy Kaling. Daphne looks like Constance Wu with red hair. Norville looks like Sam Richardson. Fred looks like Glenn Howerton. This is the opposite of the live action movies where they cast actors to look like the characters. This is just the voice actors cosplaying as the characters in Animated form.

[@robonthecob6920]

Nailed it. Your takedown of this show was to the point, precise, and of course, accurate. Keep up the good work.

[@liluziintrovert]

I think the only joke I've laughed at during the show so far was the Fred looking like Hitler by accident

[@Johns115]

Kanye moment

[@TheFirstOkiro]

The Velma show was a hate crime to my soul Consider joining my Discord for therapy: discord.gg/the-first-tavern

[@lewispooper3138]

Cowardly to say it’s wrong to hate it because of the race swaps. That is indeed one of the reasons I hate it, neckbeard. I’m not afraid to say it

[@rapidlyvids]

It was a hate crime to everyone’s soul.

[@blackgriffinxx]

It was so bad it made Dragonball evolution watchable.

[@chocomin5059]

“Just look at all the diversity, now everyone can be ashamed” -RebelTaxi in his Super Duper Sumos review

[@Drunken_Monke]

It's just a shitty self insert fanfic with a good budget. "This is MY story told MY way." They flat out say so.

[@maplelad2625]

Those executives done the Scooby gang so dirty that not even IGN can’t give this show a good review

[@uberd3323]

I knew this show was going to be awful when I saw the character redesigns. I really wish Diversity in films/shows wasnt almost always a sign that the people in charge didnt really give a shit about anything. At this point Boardroom executives and Creators only really do it as a way to create a safety net against criticism by just completely undermining anyone that dislikes the product as being a bigot. I want to live in a world where diversity in cast can be an organic thing that can elevate characters because the actor has passion for the project, not a world where it’s used as a weapon against intellectual discussion to the point where it’s immediately a red flag for most modern adaptations of classic series.

[@dougcope66]

Scooby-Doo will be a cat that identifies as a dog.

[@spleens7831]

I kinda wanna see cat version of scooby doo. Anyways sad and really weird that they chose to not even put him on the show

[@tiamystic]

Nah it’s gonna be Scrappy-Doo to add more damage

[@mikkelnpetersen]

And the WORST part of it all, you KNOW that the ones who made it is going to be given even bigger popular franchises to ruin.

[@gabemyself7522]

I've seen a few Velma reviews and yours had me laugh the most I think haha

[@lesigh1749]

It seems that these people make shows like this just to give form to their own spite.

[@colemanbrenner6555]

darn, how the hell do you not have more followers? I've been watching your stuff for like a year and it is phenomenal and nuanced stuff. happy you're getting a darn ton of views right now, you deserve it!

[@TheFirstOkiro]

Thanks I really appreciate your kind words! I feel like I’m still trying to find my footing. It’s only now that I know what I want to do with the channel. Really appreciate your continued support. If you know my Discord, there is a link in the description of the video. Feel free to hang out there.

[@colemanbrenner6555]

@@TheFirstOkiro good to know :D

[@LordSerion]

This is what we get when there are quotas instead of talent...

[@PieterVandersmissenGuitar]

i had to use all my brainpower to figure out IP means intelectual property here

[@kirkdarling4120]

The animation style seems the same as Venture Brothers. I didn't check, but it may even be the same animators as for Venture Brothers. And while Venture Brothers is a very loose parody of Johnny Quest (which I loved as a kid), it stands far enough away from Johnny Quest as to be recognizable as a parody without being directly comparable. You don't get the feeling watching Venture Brothers that the creators despised the original IP or the people who enjoyed it, as appears to be the case with Velma. Also, the writing of Venture Brothers is vastly superior.

[@falconeshield]

Not everything is Venture Bros dude

[@draigvindictusvt6451]

This is the video to watch if you are considering hate-watching Velma. It gives you everything you were hoping to find in the dumpster fire of an HBO show without giving em or Mindy money

[@scruffynerfherder4666]

Hate watching does nothing but give the show you "hate" ratings which in turn could greenlight another season. That makes absolutely no sense.

[@draigvindictusvt6451]

@@scruffynerfherder4666 preach

[@ramblinnernd5905]

Morbtrillion? That’s like a whole new tier of morbing!

[@zacharyortopan5645]

It was made by mindy for herself it’s basically her own fanfic where she is the star because of her huge ego complex

[@ZacharyShadowkillThe1st]

Did they take writing lessons from Jimmy Screamerclaws? You know, the guy who made "Where the Dead Go to Die."

[@thehappydragon9491]

I hate to admit it, but at least "Where the Dead Go to Die" had unique characters. It was weird and gross, but original.

[@rocoe9019]

More like written by Jimmy Savile seeing as adults wrote the show and one of the first things they show are teenagers in high school showering

[@ZacharyShadowkillThe1st]

@@thehappydragon9491 Good point.

[@ZacharyShadowkillThe1st]

@@rocoe9019 And that's why they think it's more adult. 🤣

[@rocoe9019]

@@ZacharyShadowkillThe1st ah yes, very adult to show kids showering !

[@jhiatt1516]

That was a great breakdown, I’m surprised I haven’t heard of your channel before! Subbed ⭐️

[@vidmastereon]

Entertainment has regressed to the point where showrunners are nothing more than your little sister who wants to annoy you by having a tea party with your GI Joes

[@entity5279]

its like they're writing it purposefully so bad that we're actually tempted to watch it because of how bad it is

[@Mario-SunshineGalaxy64]

People complain too much that there’s no Scooby in the show when instead we should be rejoicing that Scoob is very far away from the train wreck that is this series.

[@fab208athome]

I've seen a lot of content on this show over the last few days, but this is the most intelligent and considered so far. Nice job.

[@capsfederation3154]

Holy sheit dude. I did not notice that before. I honestly did not knew the problem with modern media nowadays was 'the perception of a past wronging must continue but in reverse roles so it cancels itself out'

[@cybersoldierforever]

Ain’t watching it. I’m perfectly fine.

[@Spacemanfilms2002]

Correct me if im wrong, but I can’t help but feel those who like it, never cared for Scooby-Doo before hand / wanna be in the minority

[@crashban4t.f.s.b783]

Especially to her father and her stepmother. That’s not how you write a character.

[@mrawesome5495]

"Disgraceful" is the perfect word for this mess. 50yrs of Scooby Doo and this jerk does this to it.

[@heronekkotheanimer7386]

Meanwhile from japan we got Chainsaw man, mob psycho 3 and Nier automata (just some examples) animations that blows away any animation (besides movies like pussy in bots that was s tier) released from the west in the entire 2022 out of the water, animation and story wise. Why cant we make good stuff like they do in the ocident?

[@mikethompson1653]

1:23, Mind you, they came at the original Daphne for being "A sex object" and said they'd give her more personality in this show 🙄

[@zabianreubens4989]

Mind you the original scooby doo had more personality than this garbage!

[@ChaldeaWarmaster]

Reminds me of those folks who "fixed" Uzaki chan.

[@falconeshield]

But...Daphne wasn't....the frack...

[@yumi396]

it feels like Fred got the scrappy doo treatment.

[@moxxiedemongamer3019]

This is a Disgrace to Scooby-Doo

[@geraldwhite2676]

The Karate Kid remake wasn't a bad film though.... Just saying 😅

[@TsutomuGindi]

I just don't get how they can always be offended but when they make stuff it's always some of the most twisted and sick shit you'll see but aren't aloud to complain about and they all seem fine with it. What I need explained to me though is how a group of people who get offended at every stereotype and racial joke out there didn't get mad over making shaggy black, I mean, we all know why the writers did it, but all I hear are crickets.

[@NickPoulimenakos]

Yet another W of a video, my friend. No notes, you hit everything on the marker.

[@TheFirstOkiro]

Love you bro

[@peterd788]

Aside from the absolutely appalling nature of the show the thing that is most disturbing thing about the show is the hate behind it. A healthy mind could not have come up with this.

[@froggysin]

I'm down with race-swapping. However, race-swapping and then making those characters hateful shitty people sends the wrong message, and makes it harder to create inclusive content without people assuming it's going to be bad because of that.

[@marcusrimson6330]

I'm pretty sure they just race swapped everyone so they could make "White People Bad" jokes for no reason

[@superpig2067]

I never understood why they changed shaggy’s name

[@falconeshield]

Norman is his real name, Shaggy is the nickname.

[@stingerjohnny9951]

@@falconeshield Norville, but you are correct, he got the nickname from his shacks hair…which this poser doesn’t have.

[@kiarahopeflyte1606]

Glad to know I wasn't the only one who felt like this was taking a page from the writer of "Am not StarFire" super heavly self insert them selfs into a show that everyone loved but the written who has dumb or personal reasons to hate the show and characters in it just to only make them selfs the only "good prsone" or the "victim" in the story when they them selfs are making it way to obvious that they are actually a shitty prsone too and they are manly the problem.

[@deathrockfairy1290]

Every OC fanfic writer ever...

[@kiarahopeflyte1606]

@@deathrockfairy1290 for real though lol

[@aaronlaughter6471]

The only good thing this show did was unite everyone in pure hatred of this show, which is something.

[@moxxiedemongamer3019]

this Velma Series SUCKS

[@rosalinamacarita01]

Can we agree that velma and daphne's relationship is the most random tumblr bs ever

[@falconeshield]

Tumblr? It's appealing to the Fox News viewer who ain't watching the show.

[@DivebombDemon]

Whoever let Mindy Kaling have her own show did all the leftover crack from the Wire sets.

[@TheFirstOkiro]

Lmaoooo

[@UnholyWrath3277]

Saw the trailer laughed that someone ever convinced someone else to fund this and will never watch it

[@TempoLOOKING]

The porn is more accurate. At least shady power has him being managed by a demon succubus