So I worked on Velma and let me answer your questions! You're right - the studio almost always orders 2 seasons of animated stuff at once since that's cheapest, so Velma was going to get a second season no matter what. Then, we had 3 (YES THREE) art directors, and a host of in-house animators, which is why it looks so good. Unfortunately, the writers and head creatives (MK and team) were still the same so despite the massive re-writes we went through to try and mitigate the backlash, we still got.....this. Soooo much time in animatic reviews was put into "pumping up" the jokes. Let me tell you, it was a STRUGGLE to get through for me. The amazing production crew was the only reason I was able to bear it.
@@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 Work is work for production teams, they got a gig, best to see it through so you get your paycheck. Now if someone on staff takes to social media and attacks those criticizing the finished product, well you made yourself open season to be criticized yourself. Back on topic, I often feel bad for many of the production staff on these projects, and try not to lump them in with the writers or head producers usually pushing the agenda-driven BS that makes shows like Velma so awful. Not everyone working on these shows has a say in things, and they're just there to animated a scene, make sure the script revisions are handed out, and whatever other behind-the-scenes task is on their job listing.
@@XenoJehuty84 exactly what I try to do. Separate the workers from the creatives. I base my understanding of the industry on the Behind the Scenes content from The Lord of the Rings extended edition DVD special features. It’s so in depth, it’s like 10 hours of behind the scenes content. I’ve watched that since I was a teen. That’s where I learned how creatives and workers can work together towards a common goal. It also taught me why some things are bad. Because the creatives and workers don’t have the same motivations towards the project.
@@stevenedwards8353Somebody better call the Ghostbusters. Or John Constantine. Or Shio Akai for all I care. We need the supernatural menace that is Velma contained.
Mindy Kaling showed with this show and her self insert that she hates religion, rich people, men, white people, conservatives, genuine friendships, true love, the police, anyone else being successful and happy.
So they cancelled animated shows Close Enough, Infinity Train, and the revival of The Boondocks that were achieving success, and we're served shit like Velma.
Woke edgy and safe edgy and great ways to put this stuff. I would add “approved edgy” to the mix. The funny part is that these folks have deluded themselves into thinking they actually ARE edgy and clever, instead of the NPCs they are
The only difference, this Scrappy had a tragic background with being tortured with vacuum cleaners all because he was chewing on Don Gigisfather’s shoes.
I could have written a better pitch Scooby doo gang in college for more adult setting the gang will invest a cult that's using college students as human sacrifices and seek to use them to stir up chaos Fred is a himbo who's lost his parents to said cult as they were mystery solvers, but his uncle wants Fred to not do that out of fear of losing his nephew like he did his brother (to keep the Jones name) Daphne is a rich, girly girl fashionista who dresses to kickass like early 2000s Kim Possible, Totally Spies girlboss characters. But make her mad and she'll kill you in 5 seconds Velma is an adorkable, always curious girl who wants to find proof in the mythical and unknown plus she's gay but done in a better way than Mindy Shaggy is the skillmonkey who got into a lot of clubs and activities and likes mystery solving because he wants a journalist degree, so he's the up to date, pop cultured one. A user of most but master of none Scooby... there's a mystery to him
@@ExiletheJedi this shows the wrong people are running Hollywood and it's up to us to fix it a lot of the good SD material turned out to be real instead of rubber masks, the monsters are real but they're either cult members or pawns they kidnapped and turned into REAL monsters for some plan to cover their tracks leaving to memory loss and reverting to normal )(it's a temp transformation)
I assumed Season 2 was already greenlit. I always assumed the entertainment industry is just really insular, and a lot of these progressive/woke/whatever you wanna call them shows are funded because the creators are just well connected and the studios want content.
I do think this might be a push over the edge for Mindy. She was a darling in Hollywood after the Office, but her other projects have been mid to poor.
Catholicism is the number approved punching bag. Funny that she was raised a Hindu and had the insider knowledge to poke at it expertly, but chose a different route.
@@gregowen2022 Nope, it is Hollywood Baby. Catholicism and Protestantism. I am even surprised in mean spiritedly going after Catholics. Since WASP is a thing.
Is it meta or postmodern that everyone in Hollywood seems to hate everything about Hollywood while working in Hollywood? Or more simple version: Why do people who clearly HATE everything Hollywood has ever made keep re-making old IP for fans (presumably to make money), only to then show contempt for that IP and its fans (costing them money)? MAKE THIS MAKE CENTS!
I will try my best to answer it. Ego and victimhood, they think they are the smartest most talented people out there, everything and everyone before is below them. Then there is the factor of crying that they are oppressed. These 2 things is to take old IPs and alter them to be better and inclusive yada yada. As for hoe they get away with this, the stufio executives dont even care of fathom with what is made, they only see numbers, and think that because what was made in the past was successful, they should remake them over and over because thats what numbers said worked. And think that because the loud “oppressed” like the twitter people make up the majority of people, they think putting them in charge will make them money, and cant fathom why its not working cus they dont have passion. I hope this helped summarize it
Because recognizable IPs are useful skin suits when you're trying to insert your political ideology into everything and have trouble gaining an audience on your own original merits. It's the spoonful of sugar to make the medicine go down.
Because they’re narcissistic and self-loathing at the same time. They worship themselves and detest you for not doing the same. It reminds them of the fact they’re not gods. They hate that they’re completely replaceable and it’s the IP’s that have loyal fans. They are so self-absorbed that they can’t see anything greater or worth more attention and admiration than themselves and so the fact we don’t mindlessly applaud every IP simply because they have inserted themselves in it fills them with rage. So out of spite they seek to destroy the IP’s we love while continuously deluding themselves THIS time they will receive the love they deserve for doing so.. rinse and repeat.
Really simple. They don't want to be there. These guys probably grew up watching the big screen with stars in their eyes about making their own mind-blowing and fantastic stories that audiences the world over would love them for and shower their creations with adulation from now until the end of time. One English degree later, they're stuck in a Hollywood writer room sweatshop working on Popular IP Sequel number 2300 because execs are terrified of anything original and their hopes and dreams of creating their own amazing work dies an inglorious death. So they take out that frustration on the show, either merely using the name to write the show they ACTUALLY wanted to write or shitting on the thing that supposedly stole their hopes and dreams from them.
Hey there you like the Scooby Doo? The children’s show where it was about a hippy and a talking dog running away from the monster, what if we made it about hating on religion instead?
@@theoneandonlyufomini-bot I know... the short they made with the shape-shifting demon girl is both hot and able to become a real show, which is beyond sad for a " real writer " to lose against some NSFW content 🤣🤣🤣
Mindy and people like her are just obsessed with showing everyone how great and special they are and they think stuff like this is them being able to put that on display.
At least the first two were tasteful with it. Deadpool has a point to the humor and the action is almost Jack Sparrow esque where theirs a method to the madness and a space available for the serious moments. Guardians of the Galaxy is basically a Buddy Cop movie in Space and does it well. Then theirs Velma where it’s “humor” is mean spirited and it’s 4th wall breaks only exist to be even more mean spirited, in short Velma is a show with hate flowing through its veins rather than blood
This is so real even in the comics deadpoop being a wacky guy making pop culture references was good in the begging but then they after did and lost its charm
Disparu has also been making a killing off Velma, even if I found him via Rings of Power. (I tried to watch his Willow reviews, but I have no investment in Willow.) I actually found Greg via the decline of the MCU. I do like how Mauler essentially created a new UA-cam genre, as he admitted to being unhappy with the current state of media discourse and set about changing it himself. He sure did... ...Oh, sorry, were we talking about Velma? I didn't care enough, so I commented on something I found more interesting.
You're absolutely right about context being the lynchpin for stupid jokes. I think if Velma's overall tone had been friendly, upbeat, and NOT actively crapping on anyone who isn't female, gay, or any race other than white, the stupid meta jokes might've come across as at least a little endearing, if not full-on funny. But yeah, you get what you give, and if the foundation of your show is anger and spite, that's exactly what the audience is going to give back. You'd think that would be fairly obvious, since the main function of humor is to make other people laugh and feel at ease, two things which really can't coincide with rage and frustration. Anyways, God bless you for suffering through this mess for our sakes. If nothing else, we're all learning a valuable lesson about what NOT to do when writing a comedy.
I don't remember who it was, but some standup comic was talking about how you can be an "angry comic" and still be funny, but the anger part can never hit 50% or more - at that point you're just a guy on stage ranting at an audience who occasionally says something amusing. IIRC the example of a guy who tipped too far into the anger was Lewis Black - his popularity started to peter out because he got way more angry than funny, and audiences don't respond to that.
Hard to be funny when the show is actively seething with hate. I saw the clips, they are actively mean-spirited. She took a children cartoon I watched as a small kid and transformed it into something violent and political. This is her fantasy? Make Scrappy tear people to shreds and make forced political commentary? She is sad and intellectually impotent.
"Why was this Greenlight when it Season 1 sucked." Simply, Contracts. Most Animation under WB get 2 seasons, look at most others and you'll see the same thing. So why wasn't it cancelled like, say Batgirl, well Batgirl got Tax Write Offs, which made it worth doing that, while I assume what ever Write of they could get for the show isn't worth what it would take to break the contract.
The show feels as if it was written by ultra-conservatives as a strawman of what they think "progressives" are like or speak... and then you look at who wrote the scripts and realize: 1. Mindy Kaling is just a uncreative hack with her head firmly up her own arrogant ass, who has never heard of the "Mary-Sue character checklist" and why you should avoid them (esp self-insert Mary-Sues) 2. it's just hypocrisy, utter lack of self-awareness and preachiness, all the worst attributes of the self-congratulatory postmodern "woke" crowd 3. she thinks "crass" equals "humour" or "witty" as if she's a 12 year old teen boy
Deadpool's whole thing is that he knows he's in a comic-book/movie/whatever. He knows about the metaverse. That's always been who he is. Everyone tries to do 4th wall shit, but it's part of Deadpool's DNA.
Yeah, it contributes to other characters thinking that Deadpool is nuts (to be fair, he is…) when he references them being in a comic. It works for him not only because it is a part of who he is, but also because it affects how other characters see him and react to him. Being meta like that is funny for him because it isn’t done just to seem oh-so clever, but to emphasize how randomly crazy he is to others around him. It’s the only way he can get away with doing it so much. Velma thinks it soooo clever, but doesn’t realize that meta humor has to be applied with precision in order to hit the mark and actually be funny. Otherwise, the jokes just take the reader or watcher out of the story for no reason other than to say “hey, see that? I’m clever-funny. Haha!” 🙄
Unfortunately it isn't all that funny most of the time. There's more to wit than just pointing out a cliche and expecting people to laugh at it as you unironically follow every cliche in the book
Nah. Before that, it was a blink and miss it joke. Most of Deadpool's humor was more dark and morbid and the whole point was the redemption of a horrible mercenary. Post 2008, Marvel passed Wade over to writers who know jack shit about it and we get memes rather than character. The movies disappointed me since for all the boasting about R rating, they are too pussified to adapt Wade's meaner and more unsettling aspects.... also he is supposed to sound like a gravelly Dennis Leary, make of that what you will.
Alright guys we need to stop with making scrappy doo as some boogy man or joke to make fun of lets bring him back like a actually character and part of the crew
Don't usually fan-boy, but here ya go... Dang. You're so good. Seriously. Really, really, really impressive. Smart, funny, written, shot and edited better than most pros, etc, etc. You deserve all the subs, a sitcom of your own, a mansion on a hill... Thanks.
Yes. RE: Deadpool concern, me too. Very much so. But this show is, in its awkward, stumbling, miserable way, mean to be a prequel to the Scooby Do show. So its showing how everything turned out that way: here's why he wears a crew neck! Here's why Velma wears glasses, on and on. But honestly... Family Guy seriously has a lot to answer for; this is what it leads to.
Forgetting how bad Velma is, did you just say that Bernie Sanders and Karl Marx are the same amount of left? I hope that's just a joke and not something anybody believes in...
@@hidebehind3565 I don’t actually have an opinion. I just pointed out that your opinion doesn’t resonate with most people to the point where people couldn’t even tell what opinion you had.
@@gonzotown9438 I'm just kidding with you by claiming you're a stalinist. I know that you have no idea who Marx is, you wouldn't say that stuff if you had. And if you don't even know who Marx is, you are not the target audience of my comment or even the joke in the video.
Considering how long it takes to make cartoons, and the way the left has leaned into socialism in the last 10 years, MK and friends thought praising communism would be in fashion right about now.
Mocking the Catholics is soo last century. No really, this was a talking point in the 1920s in urban places, try something new, like mocking Islam, or Buddhism.
Shows like this are why so many people were saying things like "bring on the AI overlords" and "they want to be paid more for THIS?!" when the Hollywood Writer's strike was going on. Which isn't entirely fair- there are still some good writers working for entertainment, and plenty of others in the salt mines trying to make scripts like "Velma" into something that doesn't make teeth grind and ears bleed. But unless someone stops lousy misanthropes like Kaling from getting these vanity projects greenlit in the first place...
If I could make a Scooby-Doo series it would be early in their travels; just out of high school, taking a break before college by buying an old van and going off to see America; small town America. The Mystery Machine logo would be slapped on in the last episode of the first season. Scooby-Doo: American Road Trip.
“Maybe solving mysteries with dogs is a mistake.” Yeah… the problem with that “joke” is that it doesn’t work well with with normal dogs. Scooby was basically a dog with a human brain. He had the capabilities of a dog with the intelligence of a human not to fuck things up badly like eating the evidence. He could probably sniff things out at least or dig things up.
I can honestly say I have never watched a single episode of this steaming pile of dung. But sadly, I did watch over a dozen UA-camrs reacting to it. Thank you for watching this garbage so I don't have to. (Also these videos are 10x funnier than anything Mindy ever wrote)
There's "Velma"'s religion commentary 🤢, and then there's "His dark materials"'s religion commentary 👍, I just finished watching the show, and even being a christian, I can understand the author's point, because it is not presented as a stupid rant, but rather a fairly respectful discussion on the wrong doings of faith, and how it can be used to manipulate people. One can agree with the show or not, but you'd be stupid if you felt offended. (Note: I haven't read the books yet).
On the off chance that you see this, I just want to say that I like your videos especially because you are careful and sincere. With a lot of the other people who cover the same topics, I get the impression that they are making videos are just trying to farm rage. I don't get that impression from you. Thanks!
It is so funny to me that the ones writing and directing these “down with the rich, capitalism sucks!” stories are usually part of the clique they claim to dislike. It has such a “How do you do, fellow poor/comrade?” vibe to it all. Why can’t creators just create something that’s fun and brings joy to people? On what plane of exist do they occupy that they think taking a beloved family franchise, turning it into a mean spirited convoluted mess with unnecessary blood and sex jokes, and then insulting the people who rightfully call out their incompetence will make their ‘creation’ a success? Forgot the straw-man religious cope, THEY’RE the ones on something much, much, much stronger. Regarding Fred ‘joining’ the Church, I’m already wondering about several things cause I can’t help it. For one, has he gone through the Sacraments of initiation yet? Or at least has Baptism as a baseline? If not, he would have to take classes or have a discussion with the parish priest to get that ball rolling on becoming a member. He also wouldn’t be required to tithe (giving % of income) with most parishes as they operate more on a charity basis. If he’s not wanting to fully commit just yet (which some people do), then why is he wearing a priest collar? One doesn’t get to wear that until they complete their seminarian studies, which takes years on its own and to begin one must usually go through a long discernment process. And there’s no guarantee one can even get into seminary. If he’s into being a Catholic for a bit, why not go for a monk or friar look with the full robes and cords? Way more distinct and could probably be more humorous. Such as claiming he’s a Jedi monk and pulls out random weapons from his robes, wearing a bald cap, or something more amusing. Also, does he start carrying around stacks of prayer cards, Rosaries, holy water, medals, scapulars, mini statues, etc? Cause that is an issue with some Catholics thinking that the sacramentals themselves are ‘good luck’ charms, and gang members are known to wear scapulars and rosaries thinking it will keep them out of hell (side note: it doesn’t). Could have added on to the monk/friar gag where he pulls random things out of his robe all the time, and even he is shocked at what he finds sometimes. Just saying, there’s way cooler Catholic drip they could have gone for that’s more interesting than a black shirt and collar. Yeah, yeah I know the whole gag is meant to be ‘funny’ and all that, but a joke should at least have a proper set up. Also, Thomas Aquinas, Fr. Georges Lemaître, Nicolaus Copernicus, Fr. Johann Mendel, John Henry Newman, and quite a many others would like to show how silly “the Church doesn’t require me to think” mindset actually is.
@@gamingforever9121 haha well I do know the subject decently well since I’m a practicing Catholic myself, and make jokes with my friends all the time about it. Part of a good joke set up is knowing the subject matter. I remember a speaker saying he hung out with some nuns one afternoon, and quite a few times they would talk with someone and all of a sudden they would be passing around prayer cards to them to help with an issue they were having. Guy said it was something like “ninjas pulling out shurikens from their robes. Where did those cards even come from? Are these nuns ninjas?!” So I always joke about all the items one can keep in their robes/habits 😂
@@gamingforever9121 well for one, I think decent uniforms are a must! Gotta have some style going into battle rather than looking like a bunch of spoiled rich kid LARPers like during the ‘Summer of Love’ and recent college brats on campus. Now I understand warfare has progressed a lot, but I do like the sword look. Just gives it a sense of timelessness that one can’t always get with drones, tanks, etc. But then again, tanks are also cool 😂 All this of course when I am not likely at all to be conscripted or required to fight, so I won’t say yeah or nay to a crusade. 😅
I appreciate the fact that not only do you have the stomach to watch a second season of this diarrhea, but that you can joke about it as you analyse what you watched. Some of your quips had me laughing. Great video, Greg.
As a woke person i apologize for this shows existence. I truly am sorry to every living being who sat during this crap. Its a hateful show made by someone with clear insecurities.
This is just a rumor but hbo ordered 20 episodes and broke it up into 2 seasons and Mindy and her writer Charles grandy were booted from WB’s writers pool during the Hollywood strikes. Also most creators on UA-cam saw through the hate watch bs and “engagement” approach (*see Parrot Analytics). I won’t put anything past WB these days, but I feel like unless Mindy finances this turd herself, the odds of a third season are slim to none.
for 6:33 I get being nervous about deadpool being meta, but there is a significant difference there, deadpool has *always* been that way even in his original comics, he was designed to be marvels edgy meta comedy anti hero, and velma is just mindy's self insert OC disguised as an already well established character.
I think it is easy to say MK hates Men, Whites, and Right Wingers, but to me the whole thing came off as bitter to everyone. She created an interracial homosexual couple that adopted a different race child and are terrible at their job. While the Men, Whites, and Right Wingers did get targeted more.. it really felt she hated everyone. Not in the South Park “We make fun of everyone” way, but in a “I hate everyone and life and I want to tell you how terrible the world is”
Wouldn't the target audience not have seen movies from the 80s, or at least less likely? Unless she is writing for 40 to 50 year olds. And being 51, I would say its not really what I want to watch.
When rich celebrities make fun of the super rich, and massive corporations denounce greedy capitalism. And when a raging sexist racist makes a show that pretends to be ultra diverse
NGL, I'm all for a man hating entertainment, it's just sad that this show is the kind of unwatchable trash nobody should be watching. Feminist ideas deserve better vessels.
Ahh, kicking into the catholics again. Really groundbreaking and edgy lol let’s see her take a poke at Hinduism or Islam. She’s ethnic Indian I’m sure she has the cultural acceptance to do so hehe
I have never understood how this woman has done so well when they are so not funny. I mean she is a terrible actress and not funny at all. Hell in the office her character was the one that was the most useless, pointless and jsut not funny. 90 percent of the time I wanted to see a episode where her char died. Hell ryan and stanley annoyed me half the time but other times made me chuckle while her character just was painful.
I feel like Mindy hates white men but has sexual frustration towards them at the same time and it makes me understand why so many women in film written by likely misogynistic straight men are written so terribly. But Mindy’s creation is worse because at least a lot of those men are still at least usually talented writers in other regards
Hazbin Hotel had the same pubert potty humor... But at least doesn't stop the plot to say random meta comentary or stupid political comment. And the animation has more merit than Velma.
There is an answer to one of your questions. How did this get a Season 2? It was already bought and paid for, not to mention they split Season 1 so they could call it 2 seasons. And people aren’t hate watching this garbage.
Based on my observation on my UA-cam frontpage and reviewing my Facebook, it seem that Velma S2 are dead on arrival. Yes, Season 1 getting a lot of hate watch and even some discussion whether on UA-camr commentary and media interview. However, S2 seem have ....none? Nobody bother or even noticed that Velma S2 is on air right now including me that only knew Velma S2 already shown from this video. The "magic" of "Hatewatch" and pro/anti debate seem lost and without any algorithm support from UA-cam. Maybe even UA-cam system itself think Velma S2 is not worth of any engagement. For better or the worse, Velma should dead now. It is nothing more than Mandy pet project that contribute nothing on legacy of iconic cartoon for her own ideal
This show likely had a longer season 1 and they divided into season 1 and 2 to make it seem more successful than it actually is. But yeah the Velma show is an abomination.
That clip of Nacho Libre reminded me of one of my favorite lines from it that sounds appropriate to this review: "Do you not realize I have had diarrhea since Easters?"
If anybody wants to see good meta, go read Hunters Guild: Red Hood (18 chapters) or Fire Force. If you want social commentary, watch the Boondocks, South Park or a crap ton of anime that deal with or even just have it in the background.
stop it. Velma is ragebait. it feeds of all the negative attention it gets. dont giving this show any attention just ignore it completely. Font hatewatch it, don't post about it, don't think about it. Hollywood doesn't care about their stuff being liked. They care about money and by interacting with this show you give em exactly that. If Hollywood believes they can make money by creating horrible shows snd movies that's exactly what they gonna do
I genuinly believe they were halfway into the production process when some higher up realized this would flop. Then they noticed some similarities with the scooby doo cast and maybe made some color changes to write it off as scooby doo
Scooby Doo had always been an important part of my life and i genuinely hate this abomination of a "show". Also Frrd was (and will always be) my favourite character and they decided to do THIS to him?! My poor boy will never get left alone. And also Velma was always my second favourite so I cry internally whenever i see this doppelganger online. Maybe we should call the D.D.D on it or something 🤔
The humor in Velma. You have to drink two bottles of vodka, smoke three whole blunts, and eat a small piece of a shroom just to laugh at one joke in the entire show.
So I worked on Velma and let me answer your questions! You're right - the studio almost always orders 2 seasons of animated stuff at once since that's cheapest, so Velma was going to get a second season no matter what. Then, we had 3 (YES THREE) art directors, and a host of in-house animators, which is why it looks so good. Unfortunately, the writers and head creatives (MK and team) were still the same so despite the massive re-writes we went through to try and mitigate the backlash, we still got.....this. Soooo much time in animatic reviews was put into "pumping up" the jokes. Let me tell you, it was a STRUGGLE to get through for me. The amazing production crew was the only reason I was able to bear it.
I hope people don’t criticize the production teams. It’s never their fault. Thanks for the insight.
@@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 Work is work for production teams, they got a gig, best to see it through so you get your paycheck. Now if someone on staff takes to social media and attacks those criticizing the finished product, well you made yourself open season to be criticized yourself.
Back on topic, I often feel bad for many of the production staff on these projects, and try not to lump them in with the writers or head producers usually pushing the agenda-driven BS that makes shows like Velma so awful. Not everyone working on these shows has a say in things, and they're just there to animated a scene, make sure the script revisions are handed out, and whatever other behind-the-scenes task is on their job listing.
I have to say, the animation, illumination, photography... looks good. If only the writing was that good...
@@XenoJehuty84 exactly what I try to do. Separate the workers from the creatives. I base my understanding of the industry on the Behind the Scenes content from The Lord of the Rings extended edition DVD special features.
It’s so in depth, it’s like 10 hours of behind the scenes content. I’ve watched that since I was a teen. That’s where I learned how creatives and workers can work together towards a common goal.
It also taught me why some things are bad. Because the creatives and workers don’t have the same motivations towards the project.
if you’re not under nda you should do a tell all or q&a
Mindy Kaling's idea of house renovation is removing all the 4th walls in the building......
Open (mind) concept
And using a jackhammer on the foundations.
Having every fourth wall in your house removed is crazy 😅
I really like what you said here.
Creatives remove fourth walls. Hacks liked her only think they did.
I still can't believe they wrote if someone is having a panic attack you should kiss them.
Well it doesnt fall far from Mindy mindset given her track record of kissing people without their consent
It’s not assault if it’s good politics! Lol
@@gregowen2022 It's not assault if a woman does it! sigh
I can't believe Puss in Boots wrote a better scene about what to do in a panic attack.
They're exactly the type of people good parents tell their kids to stay away from.
Scrappy-doo has slain the beast at the cost of his own life. EVERYONE needs to apologize to him.
F IN THE CHAT FOR SCRAPPY
Imagine creating a show so awful that it redeemed Scrappy-Doo.
Now we just need Velma to open the Lament Configuration...
@@stevenedwards8353Somebody better call the Ghostbusters. Or John Constantine. Or Shio Akai for all I care.
We need the supernatural menace that is Velma contained.
@@johannesseyfried7933The Belmonts could help
Mindy Kaling showed with this show and her self insert that she hates religion, rich people, men, white people, conservatives, genuine friendships, true love, the police, anyone else being successful and happy.
She’s like the Grinch without any redeeming qualities.
@@InvaderTool Quite.
And yet she’s rich herself.
@@brandonlyon730 It’s not unheard of for Hollywood celebrities to be massive hypocrites. In fact it’s the norm.
She doesn't hate rich people. It just happens to be "safe edgy" to go after rich people. She definitely loves money, and has every desire to be rich.
So they cancelled animated shows Close Enough, Infinity Train, and the revival of The Boondocks that were achieving success, and we're served shit like Velma.
They fired Henry Cavill. Disney seems set on immolation. They are doing a Superman and the actor looks bored.
Go figure.
Boondocks without Granddad would probably be depressing.
They got rid of Our Flag Means Death, too, which was one of the best shows in a generation, easy.
Velma is “safe edgy” with a Scooby Doo skin.
Oh my god, you've actually discribed what most shows are nowadays! "Safe Edgy" is what I would discribe the likes of the vast majority of mass media!
I wouldn't call it "safe" edgy. It's more like "woke" edgy.
Hazbin hotel is safe edgy
Velma is woke edgy
Woke edgy and safe edgy and great ways to put this stuff. I would add “approved edgy” to the mix. The funny part is that these folks have deluded themselves into thinking they actually ARE edgy and clever, instead of the NPCs they are
More like "Wedgie"
Avocado animations did more in 2 minutes with the scooby doo idea than the entire Velma team
Neytirix too!
They took the Scrappy being the villain thing straight out of the live action movie. That's cheap even for Mindy
The only difference, this Scrappy had a tragic background with being tortured with vacuum cleaners all because he was chewing on Don Gigisfather’s shoes.
I could have written a better pitch
Scooby doo gang in college for more adult setting
the gang will invest a cult that's using college students as human sacrifices and seek to use them to stir up chaos
Fred is a himbo who's lost his parents to said cult as they were mystery solvers, but his uncle wants Fred to not do that out of fear of losing his nephew like he did his brother (to keep the Jones name)
Daphne is a rich, girly girl fashionista who dresses to kickass like early 2000s Kim Possible, Totally Spies girlboss characters. But make her mad and she'll kill you in 5 seconds
Velma is an adorkable, always curious girl who wants to find proof in the mythical and unknown plus she's gay but done in a better way than Mindy
Shaggy is the skillmonkey who got into a lot of clubs and activities and likes mystery solving because he wants a journalist degree, so he's the up to date, pop cultured one. A user of most but master of none
Scooby... there's a mystery to him
See! Now this is a show I would want to watch.
@@ExiletheJedi this shows the wrong people are running Hollywood and it's up to us to fix it
a lot of the good SD material turned out to be real
instead of rubber masks, the monsters are real but they're either cult members or pawns they kidnapped and turned into REAL monsters for some plan to cover their tracks leaving to memory loss and reverting to normal )(it's a temp transformation)
Sounds like a great idea
that still sounds bad, just in a different way
@@nicorobin7762 better than Velma
I assumed Season 2 was already greenlit. I always assumed the entertainment industry is just really insular, and a lot of these progressive/woke/whatever you wanna call them shows are funded because the creators are just well connected and the studios want content.
Well we can hope this will put her so deep into the negative territory on ratings and profits she will be stuck doing a podcast.
I do think this might be a push over the edge for Mindy. She was a darling in Hollywood after the Office, but her other projects have been mid to poor.
She just seems like a bitter, spiteful angry person.
I often wonder why people like Mindy don't attempt to make fun of other religions.... oh nvm, I know why. 😉
You can pretty much only make fun of two religions these days.
Satanism, Gnostic wokeism, and Mystery Babylon don't make fun of themselves. They only attack Jesus Christ.
@@SamtheBravesFan what's the second? Scientology? If not I guess that makes 3 lol
Catholicism is the number approved punching bag. Funny that she was raised a Hindu and had the insider knowledge to poke at it expertly, but chose a different route.
@@gregowen2022 Nope, it is Hollywood Baby. Catholicism and Protestantism. I am even surprised in mean spiritedly going after Catholics. Since WASP is a thing.
Is it meta or postmodern that everyone in Hollywood seems to hate everything about Hollywood while working in Hollywood? Or more simple version: Why do people who clearly HATE everything Hollywood has ever made keep re-making old IP for fans (presumably to make money), only to then show contempt for that IP and its fans (costing them money)? MAKE THIS MAKE CENTS!
I will try my best to answer it. Ego and victimhood, they think they are the smartest most talented people out there, everything and everyone before is below them. Then there is the factor of crying that they are oppressed. These 2 things is to take old IPs and alter them to be better and inclusive yada yada. As for hoe they get away with this, the stufio executives dont even care of fathom with what is made, they only see numbers, and think that because what was made in the past was successful, they should remake them over and over because thats what numbers said worked. And think that because the loud “oppressed” like the twitter people make up the majority of people, they think putting them in charge will make them money, and cant fathom why its not working cus they dont have passion. I hope this helped summarize it
It's all about destroying culture and remaking it in their own image. It was never about profit, it's all purely political.
Because recognizable IPs are useful skin suits when you're trying to insert your political ideology into everything and have trouble gaining an audience on your own original merits. It's the spoonful of sugar to make the medicine go down.
Because they’re narcissistic and self-loathing at the same time. They worship themselves and detest you for not doing the same. It reminds them of the fact they’re not gods. They hate that they’re completely replaceable and it’s the IP’s that have loyal fans. They are so self-absorbed that they can’t see anything greater or worth more attention and admiration than themselves and so the fact we don’t mindlessly applaud every IP simply because they have inserted themselves in it fills them with rage. So out of spite they seek to destroy the IP’s we love while continuously deluding themselves THIS time they will receive the love they deserve for doing so.. rinse and repeat.
Really simple. They don't want to be there.
These guys probably grew up watching the big screen with stars in their eyes about making their own mind-blowing and fantastic stories that audiences the world over would love them for and shower their creations with adulation from now until the end of time. One English degree later, they're stuck in a Hollywood writer room sweatshop working on Popular IP Sequel number 2300 because execs are terrified of anything original and their hopes and dreams of creating their own amazing work dies an inglorious death.
So they take out that frustration on the show, either merely using the name to write the show they ACTUALLY wanted to write or shitting on the thing that supposedly stole their hopes and dreams from them.
It’s crazy to think that dragon ball z abridged, a parody show made by like 4 guys in the late 2000s is better written than this.
It helps that those 4 guys 1) *loved* the source material 2) understood the strengths of the original 3) are actually funny.
@@dancedancelaurenyeah pretty much
Hey there you like the Scooby Doo? The children’s show where it was about a hippy and a talking dog running away from the monster, what if we made it about hating on religion instead?
It's a sad day in history when a NSFW parody by derpixion has better writing than this self-insert women empowerment fantasy
... bruh 💀
@@lexnight8345 I'm dead serious
@@theoneandonlyufomini-bot I know... the short they made with the shape-shifting demon girl is both hot and able to become a real show, which is beyond sad for a " real writer " to lose against some NSFW content 🤣🤣🤣
Mindy and people like her are just obsessed with showing everyone how great and special they are and they think stuff like this is them being able to put that on display.
Also, I blame Guardians of the Galaxy and Deadpool for popularizing the metahumor BS.
When everyone is Deadpool, no one is.
At least the first two were tasteful with it. Deadpool has a point to the humor and the action is almost Jack Sparrow esque where theirs a method to the madness and a space available for the serious moments. Guardians of the Galaxy is basically a Buddy Cop movie in Space and does it well. Then theirs Velma where it’s “humor” is mean spirited and it’s 4th wall breaks only exist to be even more mean spirited, in short Velma is a show with hate flowing through its veins rather than blood
This is so real even in the comics deadpoop being a wacky guy making pop culture references was good in the begging but then they after did and lost its charm
I blame Family Guy more on that than Deadpool or Guardians.
And when everyone's super... no one will be.
Remember when DC tried to make Harley Quinn a Deadpool stand-in? Pepperidge Farms remembers.
Disparu has also been making a killing off Velma, even if I found him via Rings of Power. (I tried to watch his Willow reviews, but I have no investment in Willow.) I actually found Greg via the decline of the MCU. I do like how Mauler essentially created a new UA-cam genre, as he admitted to being unhappy with the current state of media discourse and set about changing it himself. He sure did...
...Oh, sorry, were we talking about Velma? I didn't care enough, so I commented on something I found more interesting.
I salute you for having to watch through that 2 seasons of abomination.
His next challenge is to watch that Good Times cartoon. Imma say RIP in advance
Think all the botox went to her brain.
facts
It definitely missed her face.
You're absolutely right about context being the lynchpin for stupid jokes. I think if Velma's overall tone had been friendly, upbeat, and NOT actively crapping on anyone who isn't female, gay, or any race other than white, the stupid meta jokes might've come across as at least a little endearing, if not full-on funny. But yeah, you get what you give, and if the foundation of your show is anger and spite, that's exactly what the audience is going to give back. You'd think that would be fairly obvious, since the main function of humor is to make other people laugh and feel at ease, two things which really can't coincide with rage and frustration. Anyways, God bless you for suffering through this mess for our sakes. If nothing else, we're all learning a valuable lesson about what NOT to do when writing a comedy.
I don't remember who it was, but some standup comic was talking about how you can be an "angry comic" and still be funny, but the anger part can never hit 50% or more - at that point you're just a guy on stage ranting at an audience who occasionally says something amusing. IIRC the example of a guy who tipped too far into the anger was Lewis Black - his popularity started to peter out because he got way more angry than funny, and audiences don't respond to that.
Hard to be funny when the show is actively seething with hate. I saw the clips, they are actively mean-spirited. She took a children cartoon I watched as a small kid and transformed it into something violent and political. This is her fantasy? Make Scrappy tear people to shreds and make forced political commentary? She is sad and intellectually impotent.
Guys, please stop hate-watching series you don't like & just let people like Greg to give you the lowdown instead
Just remember, evil cannot create only corrupt and distort what good people have created
I agree, but you could change the word “evil” to the words “modern Hollywood“ and it would still be accurate
"Why was this Greenlight when it Season 1 sucked."
Simply, Contracts. Most Animation under WB get 2 seasons, look at most others and you'll see the same thing.
So why wasn't it cancelled like, say Batgirl, well Batgirl got Tax Write Offs, which made it worth doing that, while I assume what ever Write of they could get for the show isn't worth what it would take to break the contract.
He says that in the video bro?
Velma is so 'woke' it does literally the opposite of what they are trying to do
The show feels as if it was written by ultra-conservatives as a strawman of what they think "progressives" are like or speak... and then you look at who wrote the scripts and realize:
1. Mindy Kaling is just a uncreative hack with her head firmly up her own arrogant ass, who has never heard of the "Mary-Sue character checklist" and why you should avoid them (esp self-insert Mary-Sues)
2. it's just hypocrisy, utter lack of self-awareness and preachiness, all the worst attributes of the self-congratulatory postmodern "woke" crowd
3. she thinks "crass" equals "humour" or "witty" as if she's a 12 year old teen boy
4:21
The acronym they have in the writers room is
Meta
Edgy
Subversive
Slop
I didn't even know it had a chance for a second season.
Tv show contracts, especially these animated shows, usually include 2-3 seasons guaranteed. Unfortunately.
chance? I (like most people) assumed it was certain to not get a 2nd season.
I was told it’s standard to make them, but I wonder if the bad PR from releasing it will do any damage
Deadpool's whole thing is that he knows he's in a comic-book/movie/whatever. He knows about the metaverse. That's always been who he is. Everyone tries to do 4th wall shit, but it's part of Deadpool's DNA.
Yeah, it contributes to other characters thinking that Deadpool is nuts (to be fair, he is…) when he references them being in a comic. It works for him not only because it is a part of who he is, but also because it affects how other characters see him and react to him. Being meta like that is funny for him because it isn’t done just to seem oh-so clever, but to emphasize how randomly crazy he is to others around him. It’s the only way he can get away with doing it so much.
Velma thinks it soooo clever, but doesn’t realize that meta humor has to be applied with precision in order to hit the mark and actually be funny. Otherwise, the jokes just take the reader or watcher out of the story for no reason other than to say “hey, see that? I’m clever-funny. Haha!” 🙄
@@tahlia__nerds_out Velma doesn't understand how to be funny at all.
Unfortunately it isn't all that funny most of the time.
There's more to wit than just pointing out a cliche and expecting people to laugh at it as you unironically follow every cliche in the book
@@jeremyallen5974 I mean, he has been doing it for over 30 years, so it's bound to be stale at some point.
Nah. Before that, it was a blink and miss it joke. Most of Deadpool's humor was more dark and morbid and the whole point was the redemption of a horrible mercenary. Post 2008, Marvel passed Wade over to writers who know jack shit about it and we get memes rather than character. The movies disappointed me since for all the boasting about R rating, they are too pussified to adapt Wade's meaner and more unsettling aspects.... also he is supposed to sound like a gravelly Dennis Leary, make of that what you will.
This show makes me want to watch the ACTUAL Scooby-Doo again. Enjoy the near-immortality of content from the 2010s and before.
I’m still under the Hex Girls spell. Aside from the drummer, she was kinda fugly
The live action movie was a gem 💎
@@NetBattlerin what world is that true? The live action was terrible. You want a good Scooby-Doo movie, then you've gotta watch Zombie Island
@@msjkramey opinion doesn't exist anymore huh..
@@NetBattler and I was giving you mine?
My theory is this is an exercise in banking a turd 💩 to later delete it for a depreciation tax write off down the line, when needed.
They made Thorn from the Hex Girls look like a meth addict fresh out of rehab. WHY!
Because she was a hot woman... and we all know ugly women can't stand that
Alright guys we need to stop with making scrappy doo as some boogy man or joke to make fun of lets bring him back like a actually character and part of the crew
Scrappy doo did nothing wrong
Don't usually fan-boy, but here ya go...
Dang. You're so good. Seriously. Really, really, really impressive. Smart, funny, written, shot and edited better than most pros, etc, etc.
You deserve all the subs, a sitcom of your own, a mansion on a hill...
Thanks.
The Protestant joke about everything being about 'LIFE' nowadays punctuated with TobyMac had me howling!
I didn't even know Velma Season 2 came out 💀They REALLY did not want to bring back any attention to this trainwreck of a show
Yes. RE: Deadpool concern, me too. Very much so. But this show is, in its awkward, stumbling, miserable way, mean to be a prequel to the Scooby Do show. So its showing how everything turned out that way: here's why he wears a crew neck! Here's why Velma wears glasses, on and on.
But honestly... Family Guy seriously has a lot to answer for; this is what it leads to.
Forgetting how bad Velma is, did you just say that Bernie Sanders and Karl Marx are the same amount of left? I hope that's just a joke and not something anybody believes in...
I’m honestly not sure which one you think is more left though.
@@gonzotown9438 You must be a radical stalinist or sth who thinks that Karl Marx was a rightist then.
@@hidebehind3565 I don’t actually have an opinion. I just pointed out that your opinion doesn’t resonate with most people to the point where people couldn’t even tell what opinion you had.
@@gonzotown9438 I'm just kidding with you by claiming you're a stalinist. I know that you have no idea who Marx is, you wouldn't say that stuff if you had. And if you don't even know who Marx is, you are not the target audience of my comment or even the joke in the video.
@@hidebehind3565 sure I know who Marx is. Groucho was hilarious.
Considering how long it takes to make cartoons, and the way the left has leaned into socialism in the last 10 years, MK and friends thought praising communism would be in fashion right about now.
Honestly, I love the "Pro UA-camr Move" bit! It's not a Greg Owen video without it. It always makes me laugh.
I appreciate that!
Mocking the Catholics is soo last century. No really, this was a talking point in the 1920s in urban places, try something new, like mocking Islam, or Buddhism.
Shows like this are why so many people were saying things like "bring on the AI overlords" and "they want to be paid more for THIS?!" when the Hollywood Writer's strike was going on. Which isn't entirely fair- there are still some good writers working for entertainment, and plenty of others in the salt mines trying to make scripts like "Velma" into something that doesn't make teeth grind and ears bleed. But unless someone stops lousy misanthropes like Kaling from getting these vanity projects greenlit in the first place...
One of the few times meta jokes work at all for me is Community, Abed rules.
They definitely can work, and Community is extremely clever. It’s just a difference of skill, and Mindy has none
The show that made your channel famous decided to make a sequel, yeah Hollywood is screwed.
If I could make a Scooby-Doo series it would be early in their travels; just out of high school, taking a break before college by buying an old van and going off to see America; small town America. The Mystery Machine logo would be slapped on in the last episode of the first season.
Scooby-Doo: American Road Trip.
why are we hate watching it again
I dont hate watch. Anyone who does clearly has nothing better to do. These shows are made for them lol. They are the target audience
Just watching the reviews
I couldn’t even make it through the first episode. It’s so painfully bad.
“Maybe solving mysteries with dogs is a mistake.”
Yeah… the problem with that “joke” is that it doesn’t work well with with normal dogs. Scooby was basically a dog with a human brain. He had the capabilities of a dog with the intelligence of a human not to fuck things up badly like eating the evidence. He could probably sniff things out at least or dig things up.
I can honestly say I have never watched a single episode of this steaming pile of dung. But sadly, I did watch over a dozen UA-camrs reacting to it. Thank you for watching this garbage so I don't have to. (Also these videos are 10x funnier than anything Mindy ever wrote)
Sentient tire sploding peoples' heads.
You sold me on checking the film out with that.
There's "Velma"'s religion commentary 🤢, and then there's "His dark materials"'s religion commentary 👍, I just finished watching the show, and even being a christian, I can understand the author's point, because it is not presented as a stupid rant, but rather a fairly respectful discussion on the wrong doings of faith, and how it can be used to manipulate people. One can agree with the show or not, but you'd be stupid if you felt offended. (Note: I haven't read the books yet).
There's always points to improve upon.
HERE WE GO!!!!!!!!!!
On the off chance that you see this, I just want to say that I like your videos especially because you are careful and sincere. With a lot of the other people who cover the same topics, I get the impression that they are making videos are just trying to farm rage. I don't get that impression from you. Thanks!
I appreciate that. That’s my intention and I’m glad it’s coming through!
hi Greg. First time viewer. Love the video. Thanks for complementing my interior design. I’ve actually worked really hard at it.
Wow, I'm only half a million dollars below the average worth of someone my age. Yay being 36 and poor...
im a regular tumblr user and i promisee you. every tumblr rant is 100 times better than this show.
It is so funny to me that the ones writing and directing these “down with the rich, capitalism sucks!” stories are usually part of the clique they claim to dislike. It has such a “How do you do, fellow poor/comrade?” vibe to it all.
Why can’t creators just create something that’s fun and brings joy to people? On what plane of exist do they occupy that they think taking a beloved family franchise, turning it into a mean spirited convoluted mess with unnecessary blood and sex jokes, and then insulting the people who rightfully call out their incompetence will make their ‘creation’ a success? Forgot the straw-man religious cope, THEY’RE the ones on something much, much, much stronger.
Regarding Fred ‘joining’ the Church, I’m already wondering about several things cause I can’t help it. For one, has he gone through the Sacraments of initiation yet? Or at least has Baptism as a baseline? If not, he would have to take classes or have a discussion with the parish priest to get that ball rolling on becoming a member. He also wouldn’t be required to tithe (giving % of income) with most parishes as they operate more on a charity basis.
If he’s not wanting to fully commit just yet (which some people do), then why is he wearing a priest collar? One doesn’t get to wear that until they complete their seminarian studies, which takes years on its own and to begin one must usually go through a long discernment process. And there’s no guarantee one can even get into seminary. If he’s into being a Catholic for a bit, why not go for a monk or friar look with the full robes and cords? Way more distinct and could probably be more humorous. Such as claiming he’s a Jedi monk and pulls out random weapons from his robes, wearing a bald cap, or something more amusing.
Also, does he start carrying around stacks of prayer cards, Rosaries, holy water, medals, scapulars, mini statues, etc? Cause that is an issue with some Catholics thinking that the sacramentals themselves are ‘good luck’ charms, and gang members are known to wear scapulars and rosaries thinking it will keep them out of hell (side note: it doesn’t). Could have added on to the monk/friar gag where he pulls random things out of his robe all the time, and even he is shocked at what he finds sometimes. Just saying, there’s way cooler Catholic drip they could have gone for that’s more interesting than a black shirt and collar.
Yeah, yeah I know the whole gag is meant to be ‘funny’ and all that, but a joke should at least have a proper set up. Also, Thomas Aquinas, Fr. Georges Lemaître, Nicolaus Copernicus, Fr. Johann Mendel, John Henry Newman, and quite a many others would like to show how silly “the Church doesn’t require me to think” mindset actually is.
You put more thought into this than the writing team 😂.
@@gamingforever9121 haha well I do know the subject decently well since I’m a practicing Catholic myself, and make jokes with my friends all the time about it. Part of a good joke set up is knowing the subject matter.
I remember a speaker saying he hung out with some nuns one afternoon, and quite a few times they would talk with someone and all of a sudden they would be passing around prayer cards to them to help with an issue they were having. Guy said it was something like “ninjas pulling out shurikens from their robes. Where did those cards even come from? Are these nuns ninjas?!” So I always joke about all the items one can keep in their robes/habits 😂
Don't forget St Augustine, St Jerome, Boethius, John Paul II, and JFK to the people who "don't think"
@@jendoe9436 lol what are your thoughts on say a tenth crusade 😂.
@@gamingforever9121 well for one, I think decent uniforms are a must! Gotta have some style going into battle rather than looking like a bunch of spoiled rich kid LARPers like during the ‘Summer of Love’ and recent college brats on campus.
Now I understand warfare has progressed a lot, but I do like the sword look. Just gives it a sense of timelessness that one can’t always get with drones, tanks, etc. But then again, tanks are also cool 😂
All this of course when I am not likely at all to be conscripted or required to fight, so I won’t say yeah or nay to a crusade. 😅
I appreciate the fact that not only do you have the stomach to watch a second season of this diarrhea, but that you can joke about it as you analyse what you watched. Some of your quips had me laughing. Great video, Greg.
As a woke person i apologize for this shows existence. I truly am sorry to every living being who sat during this crap. Its a hateful show made by someone with clear insecurities.
This is just a rumor but hbo ordered 20 episodes and broke it up into 2 seasons and Mindy and her writer Charles grandy were booted from WB’s writers pool during the Hollywood strikes. Also most creators on UA-cam saw through the hate watch bs and “engagement” approach (*see Parrot Analytics). I won’t put anything past WB these days, but I feel like unless Mindy finances this turd herself, the odds of a third season are slim to none.
To be fair, Shakespeare had characters talking about how the things going on around them were like "an old tale" or something "played upon a stage."
There will be 4th wall jokes in Deadpool, because that's literally a part of his character and always have been, rather than just poor writing.
I don't love Scrappy, but I don't hate him. The hate for him is unreal makes me feel bad for a fictional character.
for 6:33 I get being nervous about deadpool being meta, but there is a significant difference there, deadpool has *always* been that way even in his original comics, he was designed to be marvels edgy meta comedy anti hero, and velma is just mindy's self insert OC disguised as an already well established character.
Dropping a like and comment for Nacho Libre holding it down
I think it is easy to say MK hates Men, Whites, and Right Wingers, but to me the whole thing came off as bitter to everyone. She created an interracial homosexual couple that adopted a different race child and are terrible at their job. While the Men, Whites, and Right Wingers did get targeted more.. it really felt she hated everyone. Not in the South Park “We make fun of everyone” way, but in a “I hate everyone and life and I want to tell you how terrible the world is”
Wouldn't the target audience not have seen movies from the 80s, or at least less likely? Unless she is writing for 40 to 50 year olds. And being 51, I would say its not really what I want to watch.
Well we have to hand it to Mindy, making the worse show in living memory is quite an achievement. But just bad. Not "So bad its Good" like The Room.
I'd rather binge watch 5 seasons of Arcane, Blue eye samurai, and Constantine.
When rich celebrities make fun of the super rich, and massive corporations denounce greedy capitalism. And when a raging sexist racist makes a show that pretends to be ultra diverse
NGL, I'm all for a man hating entertainment, it's just sad that this show is the kind of unwatchable trash nobody should be watching.
Feminist ideas deserve better vessels.
Ahh, kicking into the catholics again. Really groundbreaking and edgy lol let’s see her take a poke at Hinduism or Islam. She’s ethnic Indian I’m sure she has the cultural acceptance to do so hehe
“Meta humor is our generation’s thing!”
No, no it’s not. Not for me at least. It’s some of my least favorite jokes.
I think The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy did it best.
With garbage like "Velma" produced in America, it's no wonder that Anime is kicking our creative asses...
I have never understood how this woman has done so well when they are so not funny. I mean she is a terrible actress and not funny at all. Hell in the office her character was the one that was the most useless, pointless and jsut not funny. 90 percent of the time I wanted to see a episode where her char died. Hell ryan and stanley annoyed me half the time but other times made me chuckle while her character just was painful.
I feel like Mindy hates white men but has sexual frustration towards them at the same time and it makes me understand why so many women in film written by likely misogynistic straight men are written so terribly.
But Mindy’s creation is worse because at least a lot of those men are still at least usually talented writers in other regards
Hazbin Hotel had the same pubert potty humor...
But at least doesn't stop the plot to say random meta comentary or stupid political comment. And the animation has more merit than Velma.
There is an answer to one of your questions.
How did this get a Season 2? It was already bought and paid for, not to mention they split Season 1 so they could call it 2 seasons.
And people aren’t hate watching this garbage.
Not enough credit goes to showrunner and professional Mindy Kaling coattail rider Charlie Grandy for this amazing program.
Based on my observation on my UA-cam frontpage and reviewing my Facebook, it seem that Velma S2 are dead on arrival. Yes, Season 1 getting a lot of hate watch and even some discussion whether on UA-camr commentary and media interview. However, S2 seem have ....none?
Nobody bother or even noticed that Velma S2 is on air right now including me that only knew Velma S2 already shown from this video. The "magic" of "Hatewatch" and pro/anti debate seem lost and without any algorithm support from UA-cam. Maybe even UA-cam system itself think Velma S2 is not worth of any engagement.
For better or the worse, Velma should dead now. It is nothing more than Mandy pet project that contribute nothing on legacy of iconic cartoon for her own ideal
Can we get a show that’s just the equivalent of rich people hunger games? Cuz we know they would fight each other for the billions of others.
This show likely had a longer season 1 and they divided into season 1 and 2 to make it seem more successful than it actually is. But yeah the Velma show is an abomination.
You know they ordered the 2 seasons right of the bat. Except it is just 1 season split into 2 seasons. This isn't new.
OMG! I died at Jenna Marbles! 😆
SAME. I need to go watch that video now😂
Who the hell is into Meta humor anymore like it hasnt been funny in almost a decade
Champagne Socialists like MK need to be forced to put up all the funding for shows like this. Then they might care about the quality.
That clip of Nacho Libre reminded me of one of my favorite lines from it that sounds appropriate to this review: "Do you not realize I have had diarrhea since Easters?"
10:50 I think the problem with the Catholic church was it poked at too many things?
I cannot understand why Velma is doing black face while entire show!!
I'll say this much for this show, it's finally redeemed Scrappy.
If anybody wants to see good meta, go read Hunters Guild: Red Hood (18 chapters) or Fire Force. If you want social commentary, watch the Boondocks, South Park or a crap ton of anime that deal with or even just have it in the background.
stop it. Velma is ragebait. it feeds of all the negative attention it gets.
dont giving this show any attention just ignore it completely. Font hatewatch it, don't post about it, don't think about it.
Hollywood doesn't care about their stuff being liked. They care about money and by interacting with this show you give em exactly that.
If Hollywood believes they can make money by creating horrible shows snd movies that's exactly what they gonna do
This is a review you regard.
I genuinly believe they were halfway into the production process when some higher up realized this would flop. Then they noticed some similarities with the scooby doo cast and maybe made some color changes to write it off as scooby doo
Scooby Doo had always been an important part of my life and i genuinely hate this abomination of a "show". Also Frrd was (and will always be) my favourite character and they decided to do THIS to him?! My poor boy will never get left alone. And also Velma was always my second favourite so I cry internally whenever i see this doppelganger online. Maybe we should call the D.D.D on it or something 🤔
I would rather watch old school Scrappy Doo lol.
Thanks bro your deco is pretty lit also
I am so here for the Jenna Marbles reference!!! Well played sir!!! 😂😂
The humor in Velma. You have to drink two bottles of vodka, smoke three whole blunts, and eat a small piece of a shroom just to laugh at one joke in the entire show.
This show does a great job showing us the perspective of narcissistic worldview.
7:24 Glenn Howerton deserved better