Steve Reviews: Velma (Season 2)

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  • Опубліковано 10 тра 2024
  • It seems the greatest Television show of all time has returned with a brand new season! But how does it hold up? And can you really improve upon perfection?
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  • @DjDeadpig
    @DjDeadpig 26 днів тому +2046

    This series single-handedly made Scrappy go from loved, to hated to now the most loved character in the series now.

    • @matthewbuckley7757
      @matthewbuckley7757 26 днів тому +160

      Talk about one hell of a redemption arc

    • @hannahmartin9705
      @hannahmartin9705 26 днів тому +96

      I never hated Scrappy

    • @DjDeadpig
      @DjDeadpig 26 днів тому +83

      @@hannahmartin9705I always felt kind’ve bad for him.

    • @BriceGum138
      @BriceGum138 26 днів тому +34

      I thought he was hated from the start before this piece of self-indulgent tripe came to existence.

    • @TZAR_POTATO
      @TZAR_POTATO 26 днів тому +13

      @@hannahmartin9705 scrappy is the puppy dog relation of scooby

  • @aarondaguio7179
    @aarondaguio7179 26 днів тому +947

    9:20 She just admitted to committing sexual harassment, especially the part where she told coworkers, “Tell anyone and you’re fired!”

    • @Sandux930
      @Sandux930 26 днів тому

      Very ellen degeneres of her

    • @kadenkingery
      @kadenkingery 26 днів тому

      she should have been the one getting investigated into because, like you said, SHE HAS JUST AMITTED TO COMMITTING TO SEXUAL HARRASSMENT!!!! AND HAS ALSO THREATEND TO FIRE THE PEOPLE WHO WITNESSED THE CRIME!!!!!

    • @cttommy73
      @cttommy73 25 днів тому

      Oh, but nothing did nor will anything happen. She's part of the protected class in Hollywood. She is untouchable.

    • @Sai-gp3pq
      @Sai-gp3pq 25 днів тому

      Ok I might get hate it’s because she’s a woman and there double standards

    • @raemmelparker9012
      @raemmelparker9012 25 днів тому +38

      That's crazy

  • @dynostretch9215
    @dynostretch9215 26 днів тому +939

    Ironic how Fred is the character the writers want us all to hate, yet ends up becoming the most likeable person in this whole damn show.

    • @bluetiger2468
      @bluetiger2468 26 днів тому +155

      He became the most likeable and got the most character growth. He genuinely became a better person by the end of the show while everyone else didn't really change.

    • @keondramcintyre3444
      @keondramcintyre3444 26 днів тому +74

      Rich White Men FTW!!!

    • @jordanpatton3622
      @jordanpatton3622 26 днів тому +15

      @@keondramcintyre3444I came from Nuxanor’s reactions 😅

    • @bearerofbadnews1375
      @bearerofbadnews1375 25 днів тому +48

      It’s Amaryllis from high guardian spice all over again. A character who your supposed to hate ends up being more likable than the main cast.

    • @lookingforlove839
      @lookingforlove839 25 днів тому

      Its the antiwoke agenda. Suddenly, the white guy is the likeable one, while the poc are pos

  • @spilleraaron4748
    @spilleraaron4748 26 днів тому +1161

    My favorite part was the part where Velma FUCKING DIES!! The only issue is even satan didn’t want her and her consciousness still exists on the mortal plane!

    • @estebangutierrez160
      @estebangutierrez160 26 днів тому +93

      It's because Hell doesn't want a new ruler.

    • @Adamguy2003
      @Adamguy2003 26 днів тому +31

      I'm imagining a headcanon multiverse scenario in which someone contacts Satan and makes a deal with him, a simple trade of souls (SPOILERS FOR 'EXORCIST: BELIEVER,' IF ANYONE ACTUALLY WANTS TO WATCH THAT CRAPPY FILM!):
      In exchange for Satan releasing the soul of Katherine West (the nice enough churchgoing 12- year- old girl from 'Exorcist: Believer' who gets possessed and ultimately is dragged to Hell because her idiot dad got tricked by the demon) so that she can leave Hell and ascend to Heaven, Satan can take Velma's FAR more deserving- of- eternal- damnation soul to Hell to torment to his dark heart's content forever.
      Everybody wins except for Velma, who doesn't deserve to win at anything.

    • @TheShadow1347
      @TheShadow1347 26 днів тому +27

      My favorite parts of the show are when Velma got hit by a car in season 1 and when Scrappy killed Velma in season 2

    • @Sandux930
      @Sandux930 26 днів тому

      the lothesome dung eater is still searching for her, she is the new heir

    • @fromthecheapseats7126
      @fromthecheapseats7126 25 днів тому +10

      @@Adamguy2003My headcanon is that, being too insufferable for hell, Velma instead went to the Labyrinth from “Hellraiser.” Remember how Sheriff Stone summoned the Cenobites in “Mystery Incorporated.”

  • @Rembreiker_lychec9257
    @Rembreiker_lychec9257 26 днів тому +1322

    At this point I’m convinced this entire show was one giant scheme to no longer make Scrappy Doo the most hated character in the Scooby Doo franchise.

    • @liamphibia
      @liamphibia 26 днів тому +73

      And they unintentionally succeeded.

    • @jskywalker58
      @jskywalker58 25 днів тому +7

      that or it was just rage bait cause any views are good views

    • @GlobalBricks1
      @GlobalBricks1 24 дні тому +5

      Its what evil does. It doesn't create anything new but destroys it. 😢

    • @susrock1152
      @susrock1152 24 дні тому +4

      truly Mindy is the Anti-James Gunn

    • @MoostachedSaiyanPrince
      @MoostachedSaiyanPrince 23 дні тому +9

      No, I think it's the exact opposite. They introduced Scrappy Doo at the very end of this series and turned him into a literal dick eating serial killer to try and ensure that Velma Kaling wasn't the most hated character on this show. And they failed miserably.

  • @skysiren4113
    @skysiren4113 26 днів тому +631

    I find the constant jabs towards rich people to be incredibly ironic because not only is Mindy Kailing herself incredibly rich, but her parents were apparently rich themselves to the point she attended a private school
    Edit: I've seen a few people say how we should separate the actor from the character and how there are plenty of characters who are voiced by the creators of their respective shows or movies (for example both Matt and Trey have played multiple characters in their projects) and while I get where people are coming from, I do personally see Velma in this show as a self insert of Mindy Kailing. Not only cause of the choice to change Velma's ethnicity to match Kailing's, but Kailing has had the habit of self inserting herself into projects she's worked on

    • @bluetiger2468
      @bluetiger2468 26 днів тому +83

      It's not ironic, Mindy isn't rich, she's just a "millionaire", not a "billionaire".
      You're supposed to separate the voice actor from the character they portray but this show makes it really hard to do that because Velma has no character. You hear Velma insulting rich people but all you hear is Mindy basically saying, "I hate the rich, I'm so relatable, right guys?" while she's relaxing in her 15-million-dollar house.

    • @Strengthnerd5
      @Strengthnerd5 25 днів тому +57

      @@bluetiger2468 it's also hard because Mindy is (presumably) in the writers room and is therefore pushing for or approving all of these jokes

    • @aokhoinguyenang3992
      @aokhoinguyenang3992 25 днів тому +24

      I also heard a lot of reviews going easy on the whole r@ce blind casting saying it doesn't matter so we should ignore it. But r@ce jokes are 1/3 of the jokes(& they also repeatedly show more accurate designs of these characters as background gag), it is foundational to the show, so it is impossible to ignore the r@ce of the characters

    • @schwarzerritter5724
      @schwarzerritter5724 25 днів тому +59

      Millionaires lecturing the working class about the immorality of billionaires.

    • @triggerfairy4070
      @triggerfairy4070 25 днів тому +35

      ​​@@bluetiger2468you cant separate Mindy from Velma, cause Mindy is Velma and Velma is written to be Mindy

  • @ROBDEWAND
    @ROBDEWAND 26 днів тому +718

    F for our boy Scrappy, he was a true war hero killing that Velma

    • @wooden_raven
      @wooden_raven 26 днів тому +12

      F

    • @danicafugit2697
      @danicafugit2697 26 днів тому +3

      F

    • @randothecrambo7842
      @randothecrambo7842 26 днів тому +2

      F

    • @AliceBlack73
      @AliceBlack73 26 днів тому +2

      F

    • @LikaLaruku
      @LikaLaruku 25 днів тому +20

      He was always a hero. The franchise would have been cancelked ages ago without him. It was budget cuts, executive meddling, & incredibly shit writing that happened right after his introduction that made him the fall guy.

  • @NakedOwl501
    @NakedOwl501 26 днів тому +450

    This woman should never be allowed to touch media ever again.

    • @Sandux930
      @Sandux930 26 днів тому +46

      I still cant belive she thinks of herself as a comedian, what a waste of time.

    • @infinitydragonoid2655
      @infinitydragonoid2655 26 днів тому +5

      Why not? She made a show that tons of people tuned in to and wouldn't stop talking about for weeks after it first aired just because of vitriolic hatred alone.

    • @NakedOwl501
      @NakedOwl501 26 днів тому +38

      @@infinitydragonoid2655 Yeah, imagine paying to produce a show everyone hates lol

    • @infinitydragonoid2655
      @infinitydragonoid2655 26 днів тому +4

      ​@@NakedOwl501 Negative publicity is still publicity. Someone hate watching the show and someone unironically watching the show are treated the same when it comes to these subscription service shows. Bad PR be damned.

    • @MultiKbarry
      @MultiKbarry 25 днів тому +23

      @@infinitydragonoid2655 Negativity leads to apathy. You can’t make money off of apathy of a piece of media.

  • @orkutfinance
    @orkutfinance 26 днів тому +205

    Says a lot about the quality of the show when the best moments are the main character getting hit by a car and dying.

    • @santiagomenchaca4248
      @santiagomenchaca4248 18 днів тому +1

      dont you mean gets kill by a dog?

    • @terte9790
      @terte9790 14 днів тому

      ​@@santiagomenchaca4248no she got hit by a car AND died as well

  • @Ryder-a-Blaze
    @Ryder-a-Blaze 26 днів тому +434

    It really says something when Scrappy-Doo is the most likeable character in the show

    • @FrenchPaul1988
      @FrenchPaul1988 26 днів тому +3

      That this is a Bizarro World or mirror universe version of the original ?

    • @MRNentertainment7122
      @MRNentertainment7122 25 днів тому +3

      ​@@FrenchPaul1988 Maybe it's not an origin story anymore, but it's just another version now

    • @ines0499
      @ines0499 25 днів тому +8

      And the reason is that he killed the main character 🤣

    • @pyroonbusinesschannel118
      @pyroonbusinesschannel118 13 днів тому

      bruh i actually loved scrappy

    • @MRNentertainment7122
      @MRNentertainment7122 13 днів тому +1

      @@pyroonbusinesschannel118 That's okay

  • @GamesForStuff
    @GamesForStuff 26 днів тому +764

    Anything deserved a second season except Velma

    • @collinkeyser6827
      @collinkeyser6827 26 днів тому +13

      Even MILFord Manor?

    • @ares395
      @ares395 26 днів тому +14

      @@collinkeyser6827 Yes.

    • @Iceblade269
      @Iceblade269 26 днів тому +31

      Close Enough, Inside Job, even Paradise PD…

    • @sewwfffyhjijui
      @sewwfffyhjijui 26 днів тому +5

      It's actually season 1 in two parts

    • @YSL8704
      @YSL8704 26 днів тому +2

      Even Nevermind Rules?

  • @sheolcodemonkey4027
    @sheolcodemonkey4027 26 днів тому +158

    "And then it becomes meta, which is our generation's thing" is one of the most "How do you do, fellow kids?" things I have ever heard in my life. It's like the writers were saying "You have to like being told what to like, because that's what your generation likes"

    • @boop004
      @boop004 25 днів тому +14

      tasteless metacommentary seems to be what they think "our generation's thing" is. Meanwhile metacommentary has existed for the better half of a century in media, and typically it was done better. 🤷‍♀

    • @lalehiandeity1649
      @lalehiandeity1649 24 дні тому +2

      The youngest generation’s thing is existential black comedy ala The Amazing Digital Circus. Go give that show ten views before giving Velma even 0.000001 of one.

    • @TheRezro
      @TheRezro 24 дні тому +4

      What I like is Mystery Incorporated and I ignore that this series ever existed.

    • @ryuunosuk3
      @ryuunosuk3 16 днів тому

      @@lalehiandeity1649 man, I read your comment and went to watch this show, it's hella fun. I don't usually watch cartoons, I like what I saw there. It's a shame the episodes are "on-demand" once every 7 months or so. I hope the creators don't get overly pretensious with the setting nor let the "fanbase" dictate the show's story on the long run, letting the spectator shape your creation most often ruins it.

  • @omarmatouq3855
    @omarmatouq3855 26 днів тому +185

    Velma season 2's existance is akin to the last remaining hornet that survived the demolition of its nest. An annoyance, but one that is reduced from its original state.

    • @cradiculous
      @cradiculous 25 днів тому +2

      Why'd you have to do hornets dirty like that

    • @fightthepowerman
      @fightthepowerman 25 днів тому +5

      ​@@cradiculousThey know what they did

    • @mitchfletcher2386
      @mitchfletcher2386 24 дні тому +3

      ​@@cradiculous Hornets and wasps are the insect world's serial killers

    • @forsociopoliticalstuff2629
      @forsociopoliticalstuff2629 21 день тому +3

      @@mitchfletcher2386they even get natures equivalent of the electric chair when they get caught (cooked to death by the rest of a bee hive)

  • @dr.bright6272
    @dr.bright6272 26 днів тому +115

    There was a parody of these series where Scooby showed up and started killing the cast explaining that he was a godlike being who'd been trying to recreate the original gang in every one of their new series but was failing and the reveal that it's Scrappy killing here feels like an homage to that video

    • @izzieb.2926
      @izzieb.2926 25 днів тому +7

      Avocado animations!

    • @dr.bright6272
      @dr.bright6272 25 днів тому +5

      @@izzieb.2926 yeah those guys. I couldn't remember the name

    • @boop004
      @boop004 25 днів тому +15

      A homage, or a steal? Kaling's and her show don't know what respect is.

    • @quentincoetzee4313
      @quentincoetzee4313 25 днів тому +6

      @@boop004 Agreed. It kinda feels like she plagiarized that plot point

    • @billiamdianthus680
      @billiamdianthus680 24 дні тому

      tbh had that same exact thought

  • @TheGuardianssorrow
    @TheGuardianssorrow 26 днів тому +93

    Im glad you mentioned the hate watching not being a factor. I feel like many people didnt hatewatch. They let content creators watch it, then they watch content creators. Indirect views didnt cause a second season. Greed caused it.

    • @jskywalker58
      @jskywalker58 25 днів тому +16

      i'm convinced the whole hate watching thing was created to turn viewers against each other and focus less on criticizing the people behind the show

    • @lalehiandeity1649
      @lalehiandeity1649 24 дні тому +4

      @@jskywalker58It’s been a genuine conversation for some time. Executives don’t care why you’re watching a thing, only that you do. So the idea of hatewatching sustaining a show is a valid worry.

    • @Dennis-nc3vw
      @Dennis-nc3vw 21 день тому

      How does greed cause you to air something people don't like?

    • @lalehiandeity1649
      @lalehiandeity1649 21 день тому

      @@Dennis-nc3vw What few people will hate watch it is better than none at all.

  • @craigthebrute8932
    @craigthebrute8932 26 днів тому +180

    0:13 don't forget the Batman Beyond animated movie who it was going to be made by the people who MADE Spiderverse. WTF WARNER?!!

    • @jamesallison2753
      @jamesallison2753 26 днів тому +11

      I hate Warner god dame just is for terry

    • @jor1469
      @jor1469 25 днів тому +8

      I don't understand why Warner Bros reject the idea. Doesn't make sense.

    • @Sai-gp3pq
      @Sai-gp3pq 25 днів тому +2

      And the batgirl

    • @craigthebrute8932
      @craigthebrute8932 25 днів тому

      @@jor1469 because of the dumbass of David Zaslav. That's why.

    • @craigthebrute8932
      @craigthebrute8932 25 днів тому +2

      @@jor1469 because of David Zaslav. That's why.

  • @TAGanimation
    @TAGanimation 26 днів тому +74

    Scrappy doo: the hero we needed, wanted, AND deserved.

    • @izzieb.2926
      @izzieb.2926 25 днів тому +2

      A sentence nobody ever would've predicted existing 😂

    • @TAGanimation
      @TAGanimation 25 днів тому +1

      @izzieb.2926 I've been seeing variations of this line for a while now (e.g. "Not the hero we deserve but the one we need.") And I've always wanted to do one where it checks ALL 3, ( just for the amusement of it).
      PS I posted that comment before I reached the end of the video.

  • @ashuraomega1000
    @ashuraomega1000 26 днів тому +51

    If you wanna hate watch this series do it through piracy, don't give the corporate hacks behind the show any of your money

  • @mexicanboi2005
    @mexicanboi2005 26 днів тому +163

    Hey, at least Scrappy Doo kills Velma

    • @Sandux930
      @Sandux930 26 днів тому +11

      be thankful for the little things

    • @LegitMan335
      @LegitMan335 19 днів тому +1

      A blessing in the sky

  • @aokhoinguyenang3992
    @aokhoinguyenang3992 26 днів тому +191

    this show has the worst advice for panic attacks: kissing(SS1) & eating(SS2) both would cause you to choke to death

    • @Adamguy2003
      @Adamguy2003 25 днів тому +24

      Don't forget, via the whole subplot with Norville and marijuana, it also teaches that the way to deal with guilt and other emotional or psychological trauma is not through seeking professional help such as talking to a licensed therapist, but just by getting high on a daily basis. Great moral.

    • @aokhoinguyenang3992
      @aokhoinguyenang3992 23 дні тому +5

      @@Adamguy2003 Why do I get the feeling SS3(if it is green lit) will have drinking bleach as a cure for panic attack?

    • @kaykutcher2103
      @kaykutcher2103 22 дні тому +3

      ​@@aokhoinguyenang3992 If Velma will be the one chugging I'll be all for it.

    • @backwoodsjunkie08
      @backwoodsjunkie08 13 днів тому +4

      It's like the show is saying, "here.. if your having trouble with anxiety choose a much worse vice like a sex addiction or eating disorder"! I'm surprised Velma didn't tell the audience to try fentanyl if you stubb your toe

  • @sammyt7981
    @sammyt7981 26 днів тому +52

    Personally if I’m gonna be honest, I think the idea of a Scooby-Doo adult show isn’t a horrible idea. In fact it has all the right materials to be centered into the horror genre. It’s just that the execution was just so terribly done in Velma.

    • @williampulfer-melville8536
      @williampulfer-melville8536 25 днів тому +8

      I came up with a concept for an adult Scooby Doo series and I think it's definitely better as I have this part of a Hanna Barbera extended universe and pays homage to previous Scooby Doo cartoons

    • @pgbrown12084
      @pgbrown12084 24 дні тому +5

      Well said! Also, I think this whole mess is doubly insulting BECAUSE it's shoe-horned into the Scooby-Doo universe. If it was a stand-alone show, we would have long stopped talking about this disaster, and it would have faded into history with every other poorly written original series.

    • @matthewwriter9539
      @matthewwriter9539 23 дні тому +3

      Wait...this show is baised on Scooby-Doo?!?
      No way! I don't believe you.
      Where is your evidence to support your claim???
      (Joking, or at least I think I'm joking. Am I joking? I can't even tell anymore.)

  • @tydyman2003
    @tydyman2003 25 днів тому +32

    Poetic actually Scrappy saved Scooby from cancellation, and Scrappy saves Scooby from being tainted

    • @lalehiandeity1649
      @lalehiandeity1649 11 днів тому

      Saved from cancellation, then saved from continuation.

  • @ProperlyParanoid
    @ProperlyParanoid 26 днів тому +88

    I have a gnawing suspicion that this is one of those cases where the only way to defeat the bad thing is to ignore the bad thing and focus on some thing that is good.

    • @thardump859
      @thardump859 26 днів тому +10

      I've been trying to tell you guys that. But every single fucking time I say it, I get silenced.

    • @elk5774
      @elk5774 25 днів тому +5

      "Just don't look, just don't look"

    • @Logitah
      @Logitah 25 днів тому +3

      ​@@elk5774I want that song to go viral.

    • @elk5774
      @elk5774 24 дні тому

      @Logitah We could be so lucky 😓

    • @lalehiandeity1649
      @lalehiandeity1649 24 дні тому

      Glitch Productions is making good things.

  • @GreenestLegion
    @GreenestLegion 25 днів тому +15

    Something I feel needs to be mentioned, is that Scrappy Doo being the villain isn't even an original twist. The first live action Scooby Doo Movie already did that as a joke.

    • @chadharger9323
      @chadharger9323 24 дні тому +1

      Velma ripped off better ideas and series and did them worse. What passes for intense drama - Scooby Doo Mystery Inc. Straight up parody of the series itself - Be Cool Scooby-Doo. Shaggy/Norville getting high or implied getting high - first live action movie.

  • @eeveestar6826
    @eeveestar6826 26 днів тому +72

    The thing is, it's not even a second season, it's just Season 1 cut into two, but they're advertising it as Season 2 because they'd have to pay the animators more if they ordered two seasons

    • @riley-dv8eu
      @riley-dv8eu 26 днів тому +6

      So Season 1 was gonna have 20 episodes, why not just get it over then and just release it in one sitting instead of wasting our time

    • @osets2117
      @osets2117 25 днів тому

      ​@@riley-dv8eumoney

    • @toddm9910
      @toddm9910 25 днів тому +5

      Which is why this is the most hated series. Even your most lefty left friend who likes the show to "own the right" or whatever has to hate the show because it tried screw over workers.

    • @chadharger9323
      @chadharger9323 24 дні тому

      @@toddm9910 And on that note this show really does expose the Leftist agenda in the most blatant way possible. Talk about unintended consequences.

    • @nightmarefanatic1819
      @nightmarefanatic1819 24 дні тому +5

      But also it wants to virtue signal about how horrible rich people are.

  • @tyrannozilla
    @tyrannozilla 26 днів тому +125

    It saddens me that a show like "Raised by Wolves" (a show that was quite unique and entertaining) gets cancelled on a massive cliffhanger, while garbage like "Velma" (and also Teen Titans Go) get a second chance. Have I stepped into the Twilight Zone or what?

    • @fauzul4004
      @fauzul4004 25 днів тому +4

      Like steve says this isnt season 2 its season 1 part 2

    • @tyrannozilla
      @tyrannozilla 25 днів тому +10

      @@fauzul4004 Regardless, it's sickening that this show continued.

    • @fauzul4004
      @fauzul4004 25 днів тому +2

      @@tyrannozilla you missing the point. this show wasn't continued WB just releasing the rest of the episode of season 1

    • @sirnetflix7162
      @sirnetflix7162 25 днів тому +8

      Teen Titans Go is award worthy compared to Velma

    • @tyrannozilla
      @tyrannozilla 25 днів тому +1

      @@fauzul4004 Okay, I understand now. Still, though, this show shouldn't have been green lit in the first place.

  • @ryanizcool3370
    @ryanizcool3370 26 днів тому +33

    When the White, anime-ish style Velma and Daphne walk by, it's a cruel reminder of what could have been.
    What did Scooby-Doo do to the powers that be to piss them off so much?

  • @samuelazzaro
    @samuelazzaro 26 днів тому +28

    I think the funniest joke about velma 2 is that its brought Scrappy back into the conv more than "man he sucked" or "maybe this character is kind of overhated" (personally I fall in the later camp cause.......honestly I never got the extreme hate)

    • @chadharger9323
      @chadharger9323 24 дні тому +1

      Watch original Scrappy stuff. He never shut up in whatever scene he was in and was a huge distraction for whatever antics the rest of the gang(mainly Shaggy and Scooby) were getting into.

  • @isartistaa
    @isartistaa 26 днів тому +32

    inside job fans watching this atrocity happen:

    • @darkmya19
      @darkmya19 26 днів тому +4

      Yeah why was inside job cancelled

    • @collinkeyser6827
      @collinkeyser6827 26 днів тому +5

      ​@@darkmya19Probably Because Netflix Wanted To Keep Big Mouth Afloat.

    • @osets2117
      @osets2117 25 днів тому

      ​@@collinkeyser6827the guy who is responsible for big mouth comes from a very rich family, billionaires, I wouldn't be surprised if he was bankrolling that show himself

  • @zacharymccoy7091
    @zacharymccoy7091 26 днів тому +15

    This Velma was so toxic her spirit literally killed Scrappy. I know he can be annoying, but he doesn't deserve this.

  • @gamemaker1802
    @gamemaker1802 26 днів тому +27

    I love the fact that WB and Max didn't even bother with it this time around. They fucking knew that the bad retention rate from Season 1 would only be worse for this Season, so just drop it all on the same day with minimal advertising. That and the fact that they immediately started talking about the live action series means that they're done with this shitshow once the Halloween Special is thrown out to die.

  • @TheChildofAuraReborn
    @TheChildofAuraReborn 26 днів тому +32

    I love that Fred is the only one who's worth giving a damn over. It reminds me of how the higher-ups for the 2021 Mortal Kombat movie made the studio create Cole Young because they didn't wanna use Johnny Cage, because "having another white male lead feels too Hollywood-ish". But then the only character that people ACTUALLY liked the most in the movie was Kano... a white male. Kind of goes to show when all you focus on is trying to give your non-white characters special attention and writing them to be absolutely perfect and able to do no wrong, somehow the white characters are the only ones who are treated normally and without special treatment, so it feels like they're written more naturally and then people are more drawn to them.

    • @chadharger9323
      @chadharger9323 24 дні тому

      Didn't watch MK '21. . .but Kano was the character everyone liked? He's a villain and really nasty one at that. He went from regular villain to pure hate sink throughout the games.

    • @TheChildofAuraReborn
      @TheChildofAuraReborn 24 дні тому +5

      @@chadharger9323 For some background context, in MK2021, Kano was captured by Sonya to help locate Raiden’s temple, so for a good chunk of the movie he was technically a good guy. Plus he was just funny and had a lot of personality, people largely said that Kano was a vehicle for the audience’s reactions/emotions to what was happening in the movie (at least until he dies, lol).
      People can like villains, especially ones that are funny/charismatic/compelling. Especially in a movie/game/show where the main characters are severely under-developed or just outright detestable (like most of the Velma cast). If you’re given a bunch of protagonists who are supposed to be seen as likable in multiple aspects but they really aren’t, then sometimes the villain ends up being better because they actually fill their role.

    • @NeoGeo2006
      @NeoGeo2006 22 дні тому

      I was wondering where that guy went

    • @forsociopoliticalstuff2629
      @forsociopoliticalstuff2629 21 день тому +1

      @@TheChildofAuraRebornit’s kind of like how in movies like the little mermaid, people often like Ursula, in spite of the fast that she’s, quite literally as per the movie, an evil sea-witch because she has charismatic qualities and is funny.

    • @TheChildofAuraReborn
      @TheChildofAuraReborn 21 день тому +2

      @@forsociopoliticalstuff2629 I mean, it definitely applies to almost ANYTHING. People like a good villain, people like seeing a total piece of shit because they're supposed to be playing a role in a story, they're supposed to be an antagonist. Maybe they're a tragic, sympathetic villain. Maybe they're a monstrous bastard with no redeemable qualities. Hell, maybe they're somewhere in-between (like Kung Fu Panda villains). People just like characters.

  • @naturallyartificial4090
    @naturallyartificial4090 26 днів тому +24

    Why does Velma season 2 happen but Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, Coyote vs Acme, and Inside Job get canned?

  • @elizabethmartin6707
    @elizabethmartin6707 26 днів тому +17

    I always did love Scrappy-Doo for a reason! Such a good doggy 🥰

  • @KZoopam
    @KZoopam 26 днів тому +74

    Velma season 2? More like The Scrappy redemption arc season 1.

    • @LordCrate-du8zm
      @LordCrate-du8zm 25 днів тому +4

      I’d unironically be hyped for a Scrappy Doo spinoff.

  • @WigglePup
    @WigglePup 26 днів тому +15

    What if Velma was a giant stunt to make Scrappy beloved? It's unlikely, but I can kind of see it.

  • @Rockstar-bq5fm
    @Rockstar-bq5fm 26 днів тому +14

    I always liked Scrappy so it was quite funny finding out he was hated in the live action Scooby Doo movie lol looks like he’s had a redemptive arc

  • @mechajay3358
    @mechajay3358 26 днів тому +16

    The only positive thing to come out of this show is that it helped relieve the hate that Scrappy has gotten over the years by offing off Velma.

    • @forsociopoliticalstuff2629
      @forsociopoliticalstuff2629 21 день тому +1

      Kind of ironic that when scrappy was originally added, he was well liked. Similar situation happened with scrappy that happened with new coke.

  • @chrimsonphantom
    @chrimsonphantom 26 днів тому +14

    Keep in mind when Norville shocked his brain the only people he insulted in that 24 hour span was his dad and the mailman. Who for Norville's dad they keep referencing him as the originally shaggy and they only do this when his dad gets high.

  • @harryfleutv666
    @harryfleutv666 26 днів тому +70

    How are we getting a second and potentially third season of this tumour of a show but cartoons like The Ghost and Molly McGee, Owl House, and Amphibia will never see the light of day?? 😭🤦🏼‍♂️

    • @stormmakesrobinson2191
      @stormmakesrobinson2191 26 днів тому +4

      disappointment

    • @riley-dv8eu
      @riley-dv8eu 26 днів тому +16

      Be glad those shows atleast were released, Whilst Coyote vs Acme and the Scoob Halloween holiday prequel are unreleased

    • @harryfleutv666
      @harryfleutv666 26 днів тому +2

      @@riley-dv8eu true

    • @gojirafan0577
      @gojirafan0577 26 днів тому +2

      Not to mention infinity train!

    • @ZekeorSomething
      @ZekeorSomething 26 днів тому

      There's a good chance there won't

  • @Ryder-a-Blaze
    @Ryder-a-Blaze 26 днів тому +51

    The best scenes in the entirety of Velma was when she got hit by a car and when she died

    • @supersasukemaniac
      @supersasukemaniac 26 днів тому +4

      Something tells me WB had that planned from the start, considering how much hate both the show and the lead actress got from the start.

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 26 днів тому +24

    Thanks Steve! For suffering through this so we don't have to

  • @Roge9
    @Roge9 26 днів тому +14

    Can't believe Scrappy Doo went through a redemption arc

  • @LordMegatron84
    @LordMegatron84 26 днів тому +13

    On the bright side, Steve’s returned. On the bad side, it’s with Velma

  • @cuellar4500
    @cuellar4500 26 днів тому +13

    It's like a horror movie, it doesn't die

  • @shaftrun5919
    @shaftrun5919 26 днів тому +18

    Its admirable you endured all of this

  • @omegamaximus1727
    @omegamaximus1727 26 днів тому +17

    I avoided watching Velma so I can watch this Video.

  • @lesterwilliamsjr649
    @lesterwilliamsjr649 26 днів тому +12

    So let me get this straight Norville comes back at the end of S1 because Velma said she loved him and now in S2 he barley thinks about her. What a consistent character.

    • @skyguyflyinghigh
      @skyguyflyinghigh 26 днів тому +3

      nobody is consistent in this garbo, norville falls in love with the brain, she is happy because he sees her for her and not just her body... he sees her body again and gets it wrong... so you fell in love with him because he appreciated you for more than your body... then got mad at him because he didn't know you well enough to know what you looked like ? supposedly a smart kid... decides to electrocute his own brain, his only scientific source being testing it on a potato.
      i think he must've been taking his dads advice on what to smoke and just forgot with how much sense he makes.

  • @hybrid_hawkins7206
    @hybrid_hawkins7206 26 днів тому +10

    What I don't understand was how come the series brought Scrappy, but completely leaves out Scooby. That's a total disservice for me. Then again, this whole series is a disservice to the Scooby-Doo Franchise. Just like you said, it's like WB is giving us a big shitty middle finger.

  • @sagebaca2013
    @sagebaca2013 26 днів тому +5

    This is the only way I can watch the show. Steve's commentary makes everything hilarious.

  • @Milky_Way5559
    @Milky_Way5559 26 днів тому +72

    As if 2024 couldn’t get worse, we get Velma S2

    • @cadendicky1855
      @cadendicky1855 26 днів тому +12

      Worse? It's been pretty tame for me.

    • @7Spengler
      @7Spengler 26 днів тому +4

      ​@@cadendicky1855 Lucky...

    • @mechapope9168
      @mechapope9168 25 днів тому

      2024 hasent been bad

    • @HydragonofDeath
      @HydragonofDeath 25 днів тому

      @@mechapope9168 Pretty bad for films recently outside of Godzilla.

  • @dhnation4975
    @dhnation4975 26 днів тому +5

    Imagine if Dennis Reynolds wanted to play Fred so much, he got in contact with Mindy Kaling and Max to make a horrible Scooby-Doo show to taunt Mac and Charlie.

  • @Ignoreduser
    @Ignoreduser 25 днів тому +6

    I never had a problem with Scrappy Doo growing up it’s the weird Gen X writers that do. I’m glad he’s doing the lord work and killed Mindy Velma.

  • @christansanchez8686
    @christansanchez8686 26 днів тому +9

    Please don’t cause anymore suffering to yourself… that’s what this show is all ABOUT. SUFFERING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @blobbertmcblob4888
    @blobbertmcblob4888 26 днів тому +23

    It says something when Scrappy Doo is the best thing in the series. At least his Voice actor sounds like he's actually TRYING and wants to be there.

    • @osets2117
      @osets2117 25 днів тому +4

      I don't remember the VAs name but he always gives it his best in the stuff he's in. It feels like he's doing it not just for a paycheck

    • @mitchfletcher2386
      @mitchfletcher2386 24 дні тому

      ​@@osets2117Jason Mantzoukas. He's also Alex in Close Enough, and Rex Plode in INVINCIBLE.

  • @Sandux930
    @Sandux930 26 днів тому +6

    9:17 OHHHHhh this is why theres all this dong plot, almost completely toxic lesbian stereotypes, and hate/love of fred. Mindy kaling is down bad and didnt want to pay a animator on deviantart T_T

  • @PeterSnores
    @PeterSnores 24 дні тому +3

    *Scrappy kills Velma*
    "Perhaps I treated you too harshly."

  • @bluetiger2468
    @bluetiger2468 26 днів тому +5

    The fact that there was basically no promotion for this second season, AND they released all the episodes at once, it really seems like they dumped this show on their streaming services and hoped everyone will just forget this show exist.

  • @justsomerandomdudeonyoutub6765
    @justsomerandomdudeonyoutub6765 26 днів тому +9

    I never watched the first season and i will never watch the second season ive done my country proud

  • @zaktilton1680
    @zaktilton1680 26 днів тому +7

    I am praying we don't get a season 3, but I also see Mindy Kaling throwing a huge temper tantrum about it and will be blaming everyone around the world for not stroking her ego. and if somehow it does get a season 3
    Then she almost has to have something on someone

    • @chadharger9323
      @chadharger9323 24 дні тому

      She once sexually harass a male coworker (who was openly gay to boot) and got away with it by threatening to fire people if they talked. She bragged about it on Conan O Brian's show. . .so blackmail/extortion might not be a stretch.

    • @joshuahallam4817
      @joshuahallam4817 16 днів тому

      Pray to God we will make it pass the B,L,M, GAY, WOKE agenda crisis

  • @thedecidueyeguy9146
    @thedecidueyeguy9146 26 днів тому +9

    Scrappy doo is the best redeem villain in media ever!

  • @Jonathan_Collins
    @Jonathan_Collins 26 днів тому +65

    If I had a nickel for every time Velma got a season I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's strange that it happened twice.
    P.S. I’m so glad Scrappy killed Velma, as a reward I tolerate him now.

  • @geardog24
    @geardog24 26 днів тому +8

    With all the hype Scrappy has been getting maybe it’s time to bring him back into the franchise for real.

  • @mediademon90
    @mediademon90 26 днів тому +5

    Lol first time in a long time scrappy Doo been done justice. Killing this Velma was a god send and am not even a believer but some times i wanna believe.

  • @tonberrysurvivor6423
    @tonberrysurvivor6423 26 днів тому +18

    The curse returns

  • @Rockstar-bq5fm
    @Rockstar-bq5fm 26 днів тому +4

    Just leaving my Obligatory “please review Sword of the Stranger” dude.
    Definitely worth a watch if you haven’t seen it.

  • @nines8449
    @nines8449 25 днів тому +1

    the only Velma content I've taken in has been your video essays and that's the only way I'm watching this load XD

  • @Tsunami_Symon
    @Tsunami_Symon 25 днів тому +5

    So they canceled Close Enough buuuut... Velma got a second season?!?!? Seriously!!! WTF HBO!

  • @mathieuleader8601
    @mathieuleader8601 26 днів тому +5

    I feel like Vincent Van Ghoul will be coming to rescue Velma's soul in the cliffhanger

  • @JoeFinsternis
    @JoeFinsternis 25 днів тому +3

    It's been years since I watched the og Scooby-Doo so I can't speak for myself now, but I thought Scrappy was hilarious back in the day. And small dogs really are that bold and stupid, so it wasn't a bad running gag.

    • @chadharger9323
      @chadharger9323 24 дні тому

      The problem was that Scrappy was a distraction from whatever antics the rest of the cast were up to. He was a 'scene stealer'. If Scrappy had been originally toned down A LOT he would've been better received by the fans.

  • @swollenheadofdragon832
    @swollenheadofdragon832 26 днів тому

    I didn't know you'd review this season too, yet it seemed obvious this review would happen (it made enough sense in my head).

  • @Evan8787
    @Evan8787 24 дні тому +5

    Velma got a 2nd season, but fantastic animated shows such Thundercats (2011), Symbiotic Titan, and Cybersix got canned after 1 season.

    • @chadharger9323
      @chadharger9323 24 дні тому

      Because the toys didn't sell. . .seriously that's the reason why Symbiotic Titan got cancelled. . .

  • @HighLanderPonyYT
    @HighLanderPonyYT 26 днів тому +4

    Man, working on this as an artist must've been hell.

  • @dr.bright6272
    @dr.bright6272 26 днів тому +13

    Everyone: this show sucks.
    Directors who can't take criticism: it's all the audiences fault!

  • @arturomillan
    @arturomillan 26 днів тому

    I was waiting for my boy Steve's review the moment I saw series 2 was out.

  • @neru4788
    @neru4788 26 днів тому

    I did even know this was out already, thanks, you save my time 🥰

  • @sammyt7981
    @sammyt7981 26 днів тому +4

    7:46 He’s the best character

  • @85inexact
    @85inexact 25 днів тому +4

    The sad part is the animation is genuinely not horrible. Shame about the script and character design.

  • @YinYangAngel55
    @YinYangAngel55 26 днів тому +2

    Supposedly there's a special that is supposed to come out around halloween that will wrap up the series. So the horror isnt over yet.

  • @JonasC22
    @JonasC22 24 дні тому +2

    I'd bet my bottom dollar that the season ending on a cliff hanger is just a tactic try try and FORCE a new season by having that as a reason to continue.

  • @Nataninko
    @Nataninko 25 днів тому +3

    The "oh white guy," jokes are still there, they're just more implied then out there in this season
    Anyway please let that be the end of velma! It's a happy one

  • @eg_manifest510
    @eg_manifest510 26 днів тому +5

    I still to this day do not understand the Scrappy Doo hate, like what has my boy ever done wrong??

    • @supersasukemaniac
      @supersasukemaniac 26 днів тому +2

      Apparently he was annoying, I liked him, up until the live action movies.

  • @SpecialKatherine10
    @SpecialKatherine10 26 днів тому +1

    Awesome review of Velma season two Steve your videos always make me happy.
    Hope you review Code Lyoko next that show was my childhood from the plot, the animation, the voice acting and the music
    Overall a great review Steve 🙂

  • @Chymai
    @Chymai 24 дні тому +2

    thank you for doing this so none of us had to watch this show. you are leading us to a better world of no Vemla season 3

  • @liamphibia
    @liamphibia 26 днів тому +4

    I'd rather go rewatch that Knuckles spin-off show than having to waste my precious hours on Velma S2. Which, fun fact, they premiered on the same week together.

  • @moffattman93
    @moffattman93 26 днів тому +4

    She's funny in the office when she plays an empty head. Using her brain isn't her friend...or ours

  • @wretneck
    @wretneck 26 днів тому +2

    I just think of that episode of Justice League where the alien courts determined that a Lawyer suffers the same fate as their clients, and I think there should be a punishment for those who take another's IP and makes something horrible and hateful with it

  • @BlankSpaceMonsterASMR
    @BlankSpaceMonsterASMR 26 днів тому +1

    If this abomination ends at season 2 I will build a shrine to Scrappy in my house.

  • @michaelbierema5642
    @michaelbierema5642 25 днів тому +4

    I think the reason why they dropped it all instead of doing it in pieces, is because there are probably not enough people that actually hate watch the show. Most are probably just doing as I do, watch others cringe or critique at the show, since it is not actually worth the time to watch it in full.

  • @DeonSmith-ek8ne
    @DeonSmith-ek8ne 24 дні тому +3

    This show makes shaggy and scooby doo get a clue look like a masterpiece.

  • @Phobiapanda
    @Phobiapanda 15 днів тому +1

    I keep forgetting this tumour of a show exists. I still have not seen season 1 and have zero plans to try.

  • @cheesemonger6378
    @cheesemonger6378 15 днів тому +1

    Part of me wonders if Norville's hallucinations were shoe-horned in after they saw it was pretty much the only thing people praised about season 1.

  • @lorins_stuff
    @lorins_stuff 26 днів тому +34

    WAKE UP BABE, STEVE UPLOADED

  • @MissoSweetlivey
    @MissoSweetlivey 26 днів тому +3

    Hey Steve!! Have you ever heard of once upon a forest? Loved it as a kid but after rewatching some scenes I realised how unsettling some scenes were 😅

  • @TheLegendaryBillCipher
    @TheLegendaryBillCipher 23 дні тому +1

    My sincerest condolences.
    Bonus trivia: WB cancelled a Scooby-Doo project with the Hex Girls and have been axing animation left and right for tax writeoffs, but let this through. (:

  • @dceasedbrickfan74
    @dceasedbrickfan74 25 днів тому +1

    I just watched the reviews for season 1 & 2 right here on UA-cam.

  • @Taeix
    @Taeix 26 днів тому +7

    To quote Thanos
    Thank you Scrappy,
    Perhaps I treated you to harshly…

  • @featherguardian6023
    @featherguardian6023 26 днів тому +4

    I like Scrappy and even I know Scrappy was the True Hero of the Story we Lost.

  • @melancholoid
    @melancholoid 25 днів тому +1

    Awesome Vid!
    Thank You very much for Your Work! Greetings from Germany

  • @Hamid-os3ud
    @Hamid-os3ud 26 днів тому

    I love your videos! Keep up the great work ❤