Velma, of Scooby Doo, alternative animation, HBO max, Jan 12

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Plenty of bad series come out all the time. Some of them remakes of other properties. The only reason this is getting special attention is because a non-white person is the driving force behind it and some races were modified on the show.

Is that especially egregious? We all know if all these characters were white and the show was still bad it would have had a moment and people would have already moved on. Literally the only reason people care so deeply is because these characters races were changed. Is their races being changed what makes this show so bad? No.
This argument disregards how beloved Scooby Doo is as a franchise
 

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As you certainly surmised from clips and trailers…The Mick was a generic fox sitcom, and AP Bio was a generic NBC sitcom. They’re exactly what you think they were. I thought The Mick had more potential because the cast was better, though the premise of AP Bio was better.
Seems like Kaitlin Olsen's typecast ever since she started playing Dee. Even when she reprised her role as Cheryl's sister on Curb they just sent her character's life in a tailspin so they could rewrite her to act like Dee :russ:

The Mick was pretty good but Fox has never seen a promising show that they didn't want to cancel. She got an Emmy nom for Hacks though.
 
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:jbhmm:What they should have done. Was to make a rated R animated special. Where the Scooby gang, meets the Scream cast. And make it take place during Scream 1. Let the Scooby gang stay in character. And try to solve the mystery of. Who’s the Ghostface killer. And have everybody return to voice their characters. So Matthew Lillard can voice both Shaggy, and Stu. Call it “Scream!!! Scooby Doo”.
 
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:jbhmm:What they should have done. Was to make a rated R animated special. Where the Scooby gang, meets the Scream cast. And make it take place during Scream 1. Let the Scooby gang stay in character. And try to solve the mystery of. Who’s the Ghostface killer. And have everybody return to voice their characters. So Matthew Lillard can voice both Shaggy, and Stu. Call it “Scream!!! Scooby Doo”.
That'd actually kinda be dope :ohhh:
 

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I aint even make it through the 1st scene.
What tf was that shower bullshyt. I smelled the tryhard from there and cut it off :beli:
 

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I came to read this thread because I heard this is getting shyt on from every angle, by every subculture, from fanboys to the stereotypical people who would usually defend it.

I'm here for it

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I hate terms like "diversity hire" or shyt cacs say, but Mindy Kaling been skating on being the only brown girl in the room for over a decade.

She's not funny. Never has been. Never will be.
 

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This argument disregards how beloved Scooby Doo is as a franchise
So you honestly believe that if this was just another traditional Scooby Doo remake it would be among the highest viewed HBO Max series and would have the same level of discourse?

Scoob came out. It was poorly received and people moved on fairly quickly. Hell I didn't even hear that much about it. I wonder why this could be getting such a reaction in comparison if Scooby Doo is a franchise that can't be allowed to have poor releases. There is something different about this show but it's hard to place a finger on what that is...
 

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So you honestly believe that if this was just another traditional Scooby Doo remake it would be among the highest viewed HBO Max series and would have the same level of discourse?

Scoob came out. It was poorly received and people moved on fairly quickly. Hell I didn't even hear that much about it. I wonder why this could be getting such a reaction in comparison if Scooby Doo is a franchise that can't be allowed to have poor releases. There is something different about this show but it's hard to place a finger on what that is...
Scoob was boycotted by fans. Because they replaced the original voice actors, with celebrities. Also people were mad because they made Velma Mexican.
 

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Just weird as fukk that this type of content finds its way into literally everything she writes. Even in Velma with the Fred stuff you can tell that stems from bitter experience being rejected by the white men she's attracted to.

Everyone's acting like it was obvious now, but looking back people just presumed she was doing this kinda cynical, snarky expose on the white washing of Asian-American youth. It didn't seem aspirational. It seemed more like: "Isn't it kinda weird how these people act!? I know you know people like this!"
 

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Episode 3 was pretty funny. This isn’t a show I’d hold up to high quality standards but when the credits roll I was entertained and that’s what really matters.
 

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Everyone's acting like it was obvious now, but looking back people just presumed she was doing this kinda cynical, snarky expose on the white washing of Asian-American youth. It didn't seem aspirational. It seemed more like: "Isn't it kinda weird how these people act!? I know you know people like this!"

Yeah, folks are reaching a bit with trying to say this has been obvious all along, but that's how it is these days. Someone does some dumb shyt, and there's gotta be someone rushing to say "I knew this years ago!"
 
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