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9:26a, 1/14/23
Anyone tried to watch it yet?

It's getting savaged online. 9% audience score on RT.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2023/01/13/hbo-maxs-velma-is-getting-absolutely-savaged-in-reviews-and-online/
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9:55a, 1/14/23
I haven't watched it yet nor will I, but it sounds like it could have worked……..if it wasn't for those meddling kids.
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10:23a, 1/14/23
AG
Now if they had a show called Daphne, that might have worked.
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11:12a, 1/14/23
AG
They've already done the best Velma, anything else doesn't compare

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11:31a, 1/14/23
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Seems to be hated by conservatives and liberals alike.

There's been so many variations of this crew of sleuth solvers, that I have to admit that while I loved Scooby Doo as a kid, adding Scrappy was enough for me to not watch, so this version is hopefully unsuccessful enough to stop this IP.

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In reply to Iowaggie • 11:38a, 1/14/23
AG
Wow... that was extremely bad and cringy.
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11:43a, 1/14/23
AG
So they made Velma black and made Fred an entitled moronic white guy in order to trash him?

Shocked.
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In reply to YouBet • 1:46p, 1/14/23
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YouBet said:
So they made Velma black and made Fred an entitled moronic white guy in order to trash him?

Shocked.
Wow, watched the clip. It's obvious why both political sides hate this. It feeds into everything that the right thinks the left thinks about them while also making it so transparent and stupid that it completely embarrasses the left.

Mindy has DERAILED. Whoever green lit this should be out of a job.
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3:10p, 1/14/23
AG
Lol yeah everyone hates this show it seems
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3:36p, 1/14/23
AG
Ignoring the general unfunniness of it all, this falls in the "why is this a thing?" level of spinoffs for me. It falls in the same category as Gotham for me, like why make a show that doesn't have the key component that holds it all together?

Anyone trying to do an adult spinoff for a classic IP should be looking at Harley Quinn as far as how to do it right. There's a show that understands its source material and found creative ways to turn it on its head.
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In reply to superunknown • 5:16p, 1/14/23
AG
No, that's just a reflection of the people making "diverse" shows. People making shows with diverse casts don't have this problem.
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5:30p, 1/14/23
If you want a good adult version of Scooby Doo, watch Mike Tyson Mysteries.
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In reply to Sapper Redux • 5:42p, 1/14/23
Sapper Redux said:
If you want a good adult version of Scooby Doo, watch Mike Tyson Mysteries.
Also, aim higher in your wants.
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In reply to Claude! • 6:47p, 1/14/23
Claude! said:
Sapper Redux said:
If you want a good adult version of Scooby Doo, watch Mike Tyson Mysteries.
Also, aim higher in your wants.


Fair
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6:49p, 1/14/23
but yeah, we should expect the moon for the next indiana jones movie. What new content using old IP was good? Outside of Top Gun of course. This is more racist than Blazing Saddles could have ever dreamed.
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7:24p, 1/14/23
Beloved IP, what if we make the character black...and gay....and intolerable.
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In reply to Sapper Redux • 11:40p, 1/14/23
AG
Sapper Redux said:
If you want a good adult version of Scooby Doo, watch Mike Tyson Mysteries.

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In reply to Iowaggie • 11:55p, 1/14/23
AG
Norm as a horned up pigeon gets me everytime.
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In reply to Iowaggie • 12:22a, 1/15/23
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RIP Norm.
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In reply to Lathspell • 8:22a, 1/15/23
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RIP Norm.
I didn't even know he was sick.
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In reply to Iowaggie • 9:49a, 1/15/23
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Hahahahahahahahahahahah get it. Cuz white man stupid....get it?
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10:04a, 1/15/23
AG
You know it's bad when people from both sides of the political aisle are questioning whether or not the show is some kind of psyop conspiracy.
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In reply to YouBet • 11:25a, 1/15/23
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YouBet said:
So they made Velma black and made Fred an entitled moronic white guy in order to trash him?

Shocked.

This Velma is Indian American, like Kaling. Not Black.
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In reply to Aggie87 • 11:41a, 1/15/23
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Aggie87 said:
YouBet said:
So they made Velma black and made Fred an entitled moronic white guy in order to trash him?

Shocked.

This Velma is Indian American, like Kaling. Not Black.


Ok. I got the racist c word part correct though.
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1:03p, 1/15/23
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In reply to The Debt • 2:07p, 1/15/23
The Debt said:
Beloved IP, what if we make the character black...and gay....and intolerable.


Pretty sure Velma was always gay.
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3:35p, 1/15/23
AG
I think she was asexual in the original.
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4:12p, 1/15/23
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5:46p, 1/15/23
AG
Expect more like this from Hollywood.
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In reply to Teacher_Ag • 6:10p, 1/15/23
More like what? This show has no apparent audience.
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8:30p, 1/15/23
AG
Velma?!

More like Varma, amirite?!
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1:58a, 1/17/23
Norm Macdonald was right. You can't make jokes about things you hate. It always comes off as mean spirited. This is why this type of comedy always fails.
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2:55a, 1/17/23
AG
Didn't even know about this show until I found out two days ago that one of my leaders, Glenn Howerton, is a main voice over character. Watched the trailer and thought it looked terrible. Glad to see based on the comments I don't need to waste any time with it.

ETA: Lest we not forget that Mindy Kaling just told us all the Office couldn't be made today and that she's offended by it. She sucks.
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In reply to johnnyblaze36 • 7:15a, 1/17/23
AG
johnnyblaze36 said:
Didn't even know about this show until I found out two days ago that one of my leaders, Glenn Howerton, is a main voice over character. Watched the trailer and thought it looked terrible. Glad to see based on the comments I don't need to waste any time with it.

ETA: Lest we not forget that Mindy Kaling just told us all the Office couldn't be made today and that she's offended by it. She sucks.


She really said that? The Office is the only reason she isn't waiting tables right now. I'll bet she isn't so offended she gives back all the money she made off of it.
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In reply to TXAG 05 • 7:27a, 1/17/23
TXAG 05 said:
johnnyblaze36 said:
ETA: Lest we not forget that Mindy Kaling just told us all the Office couldn't be made today and that she's offended by it. She sucks.


She really said that? The Office is the only reason she isn't waiting tables right now. I'll bet she isn't so offended she gives back all the money she made off of it.

That's not what she said.
Quote:
"The writers who I'm still in touch with now, we always talk about how so much of that show we probably couldn't make now," Kaling added. "Tastes have changed, and honestly what offends people has changed so much now. I think that actually is one of the reasons the show is popular, because people feel like there's something kind of fearless about it or taboo that it talks about on the show."

https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/mindy-kalingthe-office-inappropriate-characters-canceled-1235451403/
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