Velma: 'Adult' Scooby Doo Prequel Series On HBO Max

[ZariusTwo]

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"Velma": Velma is an adult animated comedy series telling the origin story of Velma Dinkley, the unsung and underappreciated brains of the Scooby-Doo Mystery Inc. gang. An original and humorous spin that unmasks the complex and colorful past of one of America's most beloved mystery solvers, executive producer Mindy Kaling will voice the titular character. Charlie Grandy, Howard Klein, and Sam Register also serve as executive producers. Velma is produced by Warner Bros. Animation.

https://bleedingcool.com/tv/clone-high-bendis-mack-cover-velma-more-hbo-max-animation-order/

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

I think I speak for everyone when I say:

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[LeotheLateBloomer]

Man, they really insist on reinventing Scooby Doo so much. Like I enjoy a new version of SD but they really love to come out with some weird and unnecessary iterations. And an adult themed Scooby Doo spin off? That's just...taking liberties a bit too far. Weirder that they're choosing Velma as opposed to Daphne since she was always "the attractive one" and the most obvious choice.

Thinking about it now, I wonder if the Harley Quinn TV show's success has led to this ludicrous thought process.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Weirder that they're choosing Velma as opposed to Daphne since she was always "the attractive one" and the most obvious choice.

I think Velma lends herself more to the "independent woman lead" stereotype, trope, and narrative that a lot of entertainment is leaning into these days.

Also, apparently a lot of people find Velma more attractive?

[ZariusTwo]

Man, they really insist on reinventing Scooby Doo so much. Like I enjoy a new version of SD but they really love to come out with some weird and unnecessary iterations. And an adult themed Scooby Doo spin off? That's just...taking liberties a bit too far. Weirder that they're choosing Velma as opposed to Daphne since she was always "the attractive one" and the most obvious choice.

Velma's seen as the gay one, and several writers, from James Gunn to those behind the Mystery Inc series, intended for her to come out. So that fits current year

[oldmanwinters]

I was intrigued enough to watch the Daphne & Velma live-action movie that came out a few years ago, and while I thought it had some charm, I am not interested in a "Scooby Universe" that doesn't feature Scooby-Doo prominently.

[Leo656]

If you had a time machine and went back in time to the 80s or before, and you told everyone "Hey, in 30 years we're gonna bring back a bunch of popular kids' characters for the primary intent of making them all gay"... I am reasonably certain that they'd lock you up for a very long time.

[ZariusTwo]

Fred's the gayest one out of the bunch, but they won't pull the trigger on him so long as the branding insists he and Daphne are a thing, even if it's patently obvious Daphne has a better chemistry with Shaggy and the last few 80s series established that they were pretty much endgame.

[Leo656]

Guys like Shaggy don't get chicks like Daphne, man. C'mon. :lol: Chicks like that buy weed from guys like that, and maybe throw them a drunken pity-f*ck exactly once after they've known each other a while. But they never, ever, actually date or settle down with those guys. What idiot wrote that nonsense?

[ZariusTwo]

What idiot wrote that nonsense?

The writers from the 80s era. The chemistry and build-up was right there over the course of three seasons. Those last few Scrappy era shows were legit some of the best Scooby-Doo I've ever watched, only surpassed two decades later by Mystery Inc.

The 'Shaphne' fanbase has been steadily building for a while, and WB have noticed. There's even nods to this pairing in Mystery Inc and Be Cool Scooby-Doo.

Too bad there's no real hints to it in the finale movie for 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, which was the last show to really push it forward. Shaggy and Daph basically end the original franchise with a full family...they live and travel together, have two dogs, an adopted kid. The whole works. It was legit game over by that point.

[snake]

I’m surprised they haven’t given Scooby Doo the Riverdale treatment yet. It’s practically made for it. Just crank up Mystery Inc by 100.

[ABrown]

Also, apparently a lot of people find Velma more attractive?

I do when she's played by Linda Carellini

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pD5pK-g-Amg/Th2sch4P4qI/AAAAAAAAAjk/7gAs3XBPfXM/s1600/Linda-Cardellini-as-Velma-velma-dinkley-13790273-782-422.jpg

[Shark_Blade]

Why I’m thinking of Velma doing hardcore pr0n. The “adult” part is so unnecessary considering it’s an origin story so she’s gonna be younger/youngest anyway.

I’m surprised they haven’t given Scooby Doo the Riverdale treatment yet. It’s practically made for it. Just crank up Mystery Inc by 100.

There’s fanmade but yeah

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[IMJ]

An "Adult Velma" series? Like... porn?

:o

Nevermind, forget I said it....

But........

:D

[Coola Yagami]

I guess it'll be a teen Velma with a fresh mouth before she met the crew? Cause how 'adult' can it be if you're gonna make her a kid? Unless it's one of those where she's oblivious to all the sick adult stuff happening around her. Like keep Kid Velma wholesome, but have her walk past some hookers and crack dealers on the way to the library. *shrugs*

I'm surprised they haven't done an Adult Shaggy one where Scooby is a normal dog, he barely knows the gang and lusts for either Velma or Daphne and then when he gets high as a kite, all the Mystery Inc adventures happen in his mind.

[Leo656]

The writers from the 80s era. The chemistry and build-up was right there over the course of three seasons. Those last few Scrappy era shows were legit some of the best Scooby-Doo I've ever watched, only surpassed two decades later by Mystery Inc.

The 'Shaphne' fanbase has been steadily building for a while, and WB have noticed. There's even nods to this pairing in Mystery Inc and Be Cool Scooby-Doo.

Too bad there's no real hints to it in the finale movie for 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, which was the last show to really push it forward. Shaggy and Daph basically end the original franchise with a full family...they live and travel together, have two dogs, an adopted kid. The whole works. It was legit game over by that point.

Ah. So, it's an idea put forth by people who have no idea how relationship dynamics work in Real Life. Gotcha.

Seriously. Girls Like That don't f*ck Guys Like That. Unless it's for coke. And I can kinda see that. But even then it's not a "long-term relationship" type of thing, it's a "quid pro quo".

Like, I know Britney Spears married Kevin Federline. But again, that was what you call a "Cocaine Situation". And it didn't last. It was never gonna. Because she's Britney Spears and he's a guy who looks like he cuts grass for a living. Once a girl like that sobers up and realizes that she can f*ck anybody she wants, she sure as sh*t ain't f*cking THAT guy anymore, on account'a he's a f*cking bum.

Shaggy probably gets Daphne good weed, or whatever else she's into. And sure, maybe once in a while she throws him a little something on the sly to say "thanks", because chicks are like that. They're perfectly fine with performing sexual favors for anyone who'll get them drugs, that's all part of being a woman. But trust me, she ain't into him.

I know it's just a cartoon. But I prefer that things have SOME tether to reality or I simply can't take it seriously.

[Andrew NDB]

Yeah, I was gonna say... very high likelihood this is going to be "Lesbian Velma."

[Leo656]

It's literally the only reason to even do the project.

[ZariusTwo]

Kaling, who will also serve as executive producer on the show, simply called Velma, is thrilled to be involved. "I'm so excited to be voicing this iconic character!" she says. "Velma will struggle to navigate the pitfalls of high school, her budding sexuality and a serial killer intent on murdering every popular kid in town. Sounds epic, I can't wait!"

https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/mindy-kaling-scooby-doo-prequel/amp/

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Shaggy probably gets Daphne good weed, or whatever else she's into. And sure, maybe once in a while she throws him a little something on the sly to say "thanks", because chicks are like that. They're perfectly fine with performing sexual favors for anyone who'll get them drugs, that's all part of being a woman

With a mindset like that, why aren't HBO Max calling you?:) That's a good pitch.

[Leo656]

Probably because they checked my post history and saw how often I've referred to the entire WB staff as a bunch of crack-smoking chucklef*cks. :lol:

[CyberCubed]

Velma's original classic design in 1969 was awful with that short rounded hair, but modern takes on the character modernized her design a bit where she looks better. Velma being a lesbian is actually fine because she always looked like one.

[Leo656]

Julianne Hough eats beaver. What're you trying to say? That a chick can't go down unless she's a mutt? That's harsh.

Unless you're dismissing bisexual chicks and only referring to straight-up "Lesbians". In which case yeah, some of them are pretty rough. You still get a Jodie Foster once in a while, though. "Ellen Page" was a hot lesbian, too.

I think I use stereotypes for dramatic effect a lot better than you do. :trazz:
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This conversation reminds me of a time I was working heel and trying to rile up the crowd, which was full of some rough-looking broads. I decided to get some cheap heat, so I got on the mic and said "Y'know, I'm out here lookin' for some Daphne's. I'd even settle for a Velma. But lookin' at you chicks, all I see is Scooby-Doo." :lol:

Kind of an asshole when I wanna be.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

This conversation reminds me of a time I was working heel and trying to rile up the crowd, which was full of some rough-looking broads. I decided to get some cheap heat, so I got on the mic and said "Y'know, I'm out here lookin' for some Daphne's. I'd even settle for a Velma. But lookin' at you chicks, all I see is Scooby-Doo." :lol:

Kind of an asshole when I wanna be.

OMFG, that's glorious. :tlol:

[Leo656]

((Small Bow)) Thank ye.

I specifically got that gig, complete with my own interview segment on every show, because the promoter told me "You're the best guy I know at being a real piece of sh*t, and I mean that in the most loving way possible." :lol: Fun times.

[ZariusTwo]

Was he drivin' in the dark?

[Leo656]

I'm not sure I get the reference.

[ZariusTwo]

I'm not sure I get the reference.

I had two web windows open and I posted in the wrong thread:lol:

[Leo656]

That's okay. It's easy to get distracted.

For example, ever since I made that comment about Julianne Hough eating beaver, that's ALL my brain can think about. :lol:

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

That's okay. It's easy to get distracted.

For example, ever since I made that comment about Julianne Hough

I don't even know who that is.

[Leo656]

https://hollywoodlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/julianne-hough-ab-bearing-looks-embed.jpg

She's a dancer/actress/singer. I think people mostly know her from commercials for skin care products, though.

She was married, but she also occasionally eats beaver. And she waited until after she was married to tell her husband that she's gay. Classy! You may be surprised to find out that shortly after this revelation, she ended up recently getting a divorce. Shocking!

But anyways, yeah she's allegedly an actress but I mostly know her as "The hot blonde chick from the skincare commercials." :lol: They're on, like, all the time.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

https://hollywoodlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/julianne-hough-ab-bearing-looks-embed.jpg

But anyways, yeah she's allegedly an actress but I mostly know her as "The hot blonde chick from the skincare commercials." :lol: They're on, like, all the time.

Bless you for educating me. :tlol:

[Leo656]

I please to aim.

I also wanna see her "educate" some other bimbo with a strap-on. That'd be frickin' sweet. :lol:

Thank God all chicks are (at least a little) gay. :trazz:

[GoldMutant]

This conversation reminds me of a time I was working heel and trying to rile up the crowd, which was full of some rough-looking broads. I decided to get some cheap heat, so I got on the mic and said "Y'know, I'm out here lookin' for some Daphne's. I'd even settle for a Velma. But lookin' at you chicks, all I see is Scooby-Doo." :lol:

This made my day. :lol:

I can only imagine this isn't going to work out, much like the recent movie Scoob.

[ABrown]

Hough is EXTREMELY pretty. But she's a little lacking in the areas that I look for in a woman.

[ZariusTwo]

The HBO Velma series is discussed at the 22 minute mark of this keynote presentation. Velma will be Asian, the rest of the gang appear, but not Scooby

https://worldscreenevents.com/festivals/keynote-warnermedias-tom-ascheim/

[CyberCubed]

An Asian Velma?

I'm out.

[Sumac]

At this point could have make her a male.
Would have been very progressive...and equally retarded.

[Autbot_Benz]

Velma is Indian
Shaggy is Black and will be called Norville in this series
Fred is still white
Daphne is Asian

https://twitter.com/FilmUpdates/status/1578101458762928130/photo/1

[CyberCubed]

Velma is Indian

I'm out.

Shaggy is Black and will be called Norville in this series

Fred is still white

Daphne is Asian

https://media.tenor.com/LD4Nz98In0IAAAAC/gag-jim-carrey.gif

[LeotheLateBloomer]

Velma is Indian
Shaggy is Black and will be called Norville in this series
Fred is still white
Daphne is Asian

https://twitter.com/FilmUpdates/status/1578101458762928130/photo/1

Uhhh... what?!

[Autbot_Benz]

Uhhh... what?!

blame this on Mindy Khaling this is her show

[ZariusTwo]

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[Andrew NDB]

Too bad this was too far along for Zaslov to kibosh.

[CyberCubed]

Indian Velma. :(

Thank god this is just for this one failed show and she will be white forever in all other upcoming Scooby movies and shows.

[Sumac]

Velma is Indian
Shaggy is Black and will be called Norville in this series
Fred is still white
Daphne is Asian

https://twitter.com/FilmUpdates/status/1578101458762928130/photo/1
And what stopped them from creating a new series, without ties to pre-existing property?
Oh, wait, I know, laziness and cheapness.

[oldmanwinters]

Seems like that trailer is trying hard to be self-aware but also simultaneously trying to lampoon the obvious criticisms the show's conceptual angle was sure to receive. Ehhhh... IF it shows up on a platform I use, maybe I'll give it a watch.

[Andrew NDB]

Seems like that trailer is trying hard to be self-aware but also simultaneously trying to lampoon the obvious criticisms the show's conceptual angle was sure to receive.

Yeah, to get ahead of them. So clever. :roll:

[LeotheLateBloomer]

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Yeah...I'll pass. They really lost me on this one.

[IMJ]

When this fails and costs HBO however much money, the virtue-signalers and office mouth breathers who got this made will sit back and congratulate each other. They'll jerk each other off about how they "got it done and overcame the odds" and then pat each other on the back how they "ushered the good fight forward just a little bit with our show".

And even after that they will still be tone-deaf @$$wipes who appropriated another pop culture I.P. for their own salvation as opposed to their proclamation that this was done for anyone other than themselves.

Stunning. Stunning annnnd braaaaave. And on that note, don't pay for woke $#!(.

[ZariusTwo]

More VAs confirmed for Velma

Constance Wu as Daphne, Sam Richardson as Norville, and Glenn Howerton as Fred

https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a41558144/constance-wu-sam-richardson-velma/

[ChosenOne]

What the f*ck even is this? Why is it on HBO? Will there be nudity and sex? Are Fred and Daphne gonna f*ck? 'Cause that's the only thing that might get me to tune in for a few minutes. Otherwise... Hard pass.

[CyberCubed]

So the mainline Scooby Doo cartoon movies confirmed Velma is lesbian, and now whatever the hell this is, made her Indian. yeah.

[LeotheLateBloomer]

blame this on Mindy Khaling this is her show

More VAs confirmed for Velma

Constance Wu as Daphne, Sam Richardson as Norville, and Glenn Howerton as Fred

https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a41558144/constance-wu-sam-richardson-velma/

You weren't kidding, she is the lead on this. Yeesh! This is not gonna end well.

[ZariusTwo]

Velma premieres January 12th

https://bleedingcool.com/tv/velma-hbo-max-sets-january-premiere-for-scooby-doo-prequel-spinoff/

[Coola Yagami]

Every time I see these shows, I always forget they take a while to actually release the show after the trailer announcement. It always makes me think 'oh, this **** is still a thing?' cause the idea looks so horrible I swear it got cancelled.

[Andrew NDB]

Bombs out of the gate:

https://movieweb.com/velma-audience-score/

10% audience score on RT and 50% critics score.

[member_removed]

I thought that this might have some success, piggy backing off the acclaim of Wednesday for Netflix.

[Andrew NDB]

I thought that this might have some success, piggy backing off the acclaim of Wednesday for Netflix.

I'm sure that's exactly what WB was hoping for, given their sudden plastering of it all over the internet with a very Wednesday-like gothic flair and even HBO Max itself.

[Coola Yagami]

Bombs out of the gate:

https://movieweb.com/velma-audience-score/

10% audience score on RT and 50% critics score.

To the surprise of no one except Twitter weirdos.

Isn't Velma a self insert of the showrunner? ****ing clowns man. It would be as if I were directing a Josie and the Pussycats reboot but the show was more about Josie's guy and just cause I'm the showrunner he's now Hispanic and drinks root beer.

[oldmanwinters]

I thought that this might have some success, piggy backing off the acclaim of Wednesday for Netflix.

“Wednesday Kills the DC Multiverse”

There, I just gave Warners an IP idea to run with.

[Shark_Blade]

Are Fred and Daphne gonna f*ck?No. Fred has a small penis and it’s a running gag in the series where people keep make fun of his small weiner.

Daphne & Velma are now lesbians, having several blushing, touchy, feely moments and they shared a kiss.

[Coola Yagami]

No. Fred has a small penis and it’s a running gag in the series where people keep make fun of his small weiner.

Daphne & Velma are now lesbians, having several blushing, touchy, feely moments and they shared a kiss.

The white guy in the show gets emasculated? Shocker.

[Andrew NDB]

The white guy in the show gets emasculated? Shocker.

While they make the other white guy a black guy? Yeesh.

[Shark_Blade]

Someone shared this.

https://i.imgur.com/Npm4mcv.jpg

[Coola Yagami]

Apparently nobody like this show. The anti-woke hate it cause woke, the woke hate it cause Mindy is a transphobe. Only stubborn shills or people that want to act overly excited about it just to piss off the anti-woke crowd seem to 'like' it?

[Cowabung-Gal]

Even this is a better dark version of Scooby-Doo:

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[Sumac]

Apparently nobody like this show. The anti-woke hate it cause woke, the woke hate it cause Mindy is a transphobe.
LOL, amazing.
Imagine being so fragile, that every character should fall in line with your psychotic ideology, whether they are meant to be good or bad.

[oldmanwinters]

Man, it’s a tough time to be a longtime fan of traditional all-ages franchises. Like, is there anything left that doesn’t have an officially sanctioned “mature audience only” variant that is creatively run by deconstructionist ideologues?

Peanuts maybe?
Paw Patrol?

[Coola Yagami]

Man, it’s a tough time to be a longtime fan of traditional all-ages franchises. Like, is there anything left that doesn’t have an officially sanctioned “mature audience only” variant that is creatively run by deconstructionist ideologues?

Peanuts maybe?
Paw Patrol?

Don't give em ideas amigo.

The problem is it probably wouldn't have been as bad if this was just an all original show without the Scooby label. But nobody would be talking about this **** if it weren't for the Scooby label. This is pretty much Mindy cosplaying as Velma hanging out with her ****ed up versions of the SD crew.

Whenever they try to make original ****, you get absolutely trash like Magical Girl Friendship Squad or High Guardian Spice. That's why they hijack **** like She Ra or Velma. Their **** sucks so bad it can't stand on its own two feet without slapping some sort of brand name on it.

[IMJ]

Don't give em ideas amigo.

The problem is it probably wouldn't have been as bad if this was just an all original show without the Scooby label. But nobody would be talking about this **** if it weren't for the Scooby label. This is pretty much Mindy cosplaying as Velma hanging out with her ****ed up versions of the SD crew.

Whenever they try to make original ****, you get absolutely trash like Magical Girl Friendship Squad or High Guardian Spice. That's why they hijack **** like She Ra or Velma. Their **** sucks so bad it can't stand on its own two feet without slapping some sort of brand name on it.

Do you think these woke people actually exist in any real numbers in the world? I think the truth is that it's a lot like the Technodrome if you use it as a sample size for insanity - there are a few woke fools still here amidst a sea of people who don't want woke $#!(.

Basically I think that's greater society - there are a few woke $#!( people pushing their own agendas and most people don't want it but just let them run at the mouth with it because they don't want to be witch-hunted.

It's like that @$$hole at your office job that has truly terrible ideas but nobody wants to shut him down because that's the first trigger in an office witch-hunt - the guy who "isn't accepting of others ideas." But eventually, all that kind of culture accomplishes is to empower the office fool because nobody wants to shoot down his nonsense before it infects things for fear of being made a greater villain than the actual office fool.

[Coola Yagami]

Do you think these woke people actually exist in any real numbers in the world? I think the truth is that it's a lot like the Technodrome if you use it as a sample size for insanity - there are a few woke fools still here amidst a sea of people who don't want woke $#!(.

Basically I think that's greater society - there are a few woke $#!( people pushing their own agendas and most people don't want it but just let them run at the mouth with it because they don't want to be witch-hunted.

It's like that @$$hole at your office job that has truly terrible ideas but nobody wants to shut him down because that's the first trigger in an office witch-hunt - the guy who "isn't accepting of others ideas." But eventually, all that kind of culture accomplishes is to empower the office fool because nobody wants to shoot down his nonsense before it infects things for fear of being made a greater villain than the actual office fool.

It doesn't matter if they're in the minority, they're the ones that scream the loudest and they're the ones running media nowadays with the power to keep cranking out woke failure after woke failure.

[Sumac]

Like, is there anything left that doesn’t have an officially sanctioned “mature audience only” variant that is creatively run by deconstructionist ideologues?
They've heard that making kid's property dark and gritty automatically makes it smart (and its creators smart), so they do exactly that.

They are basically apes aping successful deconstructors, without a talent or understanding what makes a successful deconstruction and analyses of the work.

Its all an attempt of failed nobodies to elevate themselves by copying successes of others. Nothing else.
And given how often they fail, it is only highlights their impotency and inability to create.

[Cowabung-Gal]

The 80s:
“Hey, kids! Doing drugs is not cool!”

The 90s:
“Hey, kids! Backwards caps and fanny packs are cool!”

The 2000s:
“Hey, kids! The Internet and iPhones are cool!”

The 2010s:
“Hey, kids! Being racist is not cool!”

The 2020s:
“Hey, kids! Profanity and butt plugs are cool!”

[Andrew NDB]

Someone shared this.

https://i.imgur.com/Npm4mcv.jpg

Jesus. Radically diversifying the characters wasn't enough? They had to bring in this garbage think, too?

[Coola Yagami]

They've heard that making kid's property dark and gritty automatically makes it smart (and its creators smart), so they do exactly that.

They are basically apes aping successful deconstructors, without a talent or understanding what makes a successful deconstruction and analyses of the work.

Its all an attempt of failed nobodies to elevate themselves by copying successes of others. Nothing else.
And given how often they fail, it is only highlights their impotency and inability to create.

I kinda feel a lot of these weirdos never had a good childhood full of whimsy and imagination. Nothing can be fun anymore. Nothing can be 'who cares if it doesn't make sense, just ****in go with it' anymore. Everything has to be overly explained and deconstructed, or somehow altered to somehow 'fit' and 'make sense' in a more realistic world. It's another reason anime rocks. Even when they take place in a 'realistic world', they're like 'the hell with that, imma make a guy with stretchy arms, or a dude that has chainsaws rip its way out of his head and arms cause I wanna'.

Pretty much why Scooby was removed from his own show. Even Mindy, woke nutjob that she is, couldn't figure out some logical way to make a talking dog work, without going the dark path that he doesn't talk but the Scooby gang are all insane or high and 'think' he can talk. Kinda like those Garfield comic strips where they edit out his thought balloons so Jon just looks crazy, acting as if Garfield is 'talking/thinking' when he's an ordinary cat in that take.

[Bahamut810]

The 90s:
“Hey, kids! Backwards caps and fanny packs are cool!”


Are you dissing fanny packs?:x

I thought we could be friends...

[Cowabung-Gal]

Are you dissing fanny packs?:x

I thought we could be friends...

Oh, no. In fact I wear a fanny pack if I can’t bring my backpack with me. It’s just that they were huge during the 90s, and every “cool” kid had one.

[Andrew NDB]

Over the last year or so I've seen a lot of ladies wearing fanny packs around. Dudes, no.

[Dpooly84]

Over the last year or so I've seen a lot of ladies wearing fanny packs around. Dudes, no.

Dudes wearing fanny packs is like 5 years ago style wise, there was a resurgence lol

[Dpooly84]

I kinda feel a lot of these weirdos never had a good childhood full of whimsy and imagination. Nothing can be fun anymore. Nothing can be 'who cares if it doesn't make sense, just ****in go with it' anymore. Everything has to be overly explained and deconstructed, or somehow altered to somehow 'fit' and 'make sense' in a more realistic world. It's another reason anime rocks. Even when they take place in a 'realistic world', they're like 'the hell with that, imma make a guy with stretchy arms, or a dude that has chainsaws rip its way out of his head and arms cause I wanna'.

Pretty much why Scooby was removed from his own show. Even Mindy, woke nutjob that she is, couldn't figure out some logical way to make a talking dog work, without going the dark path that he doesn't talk but the Scooby gang are all insane or high and 'think' he can talk. Kinda like those Garfield comic strips where they edit out his thought balloons so Jon just looks crazy, acting as if Garfield is 'talking/thinking' when he's an ordinary cat in that take.

You're totally right on about anime, I love how everything is just accepted and pushed away in anime. He's a alien but he helps us, he has the spirit of killer demon inside him but he helps us, he ate a devil fruit but he helps us. As long as you help people in anime they don't care what personal **** you got going on lol

[FrederikWolferson]

Once again...CalArts is a blight on humanity.

[Bahamut810]

Dudes wearing fanny packs is like 5 years ago style wise, there was a resurgence lol

Since "nerd" is in style now, does fanny pack take away from being cool...or add to it?

Once again...CalArts is a blight on humanity.

to be fair, there has been some really awesome CalArts stuff, story wise. Its just people who make shows in that style tend to start getting preachy like the moral busybodies they are which is eye-rollingly cringe. Now that certain ideas are supposed to be jackhammered forth, they don't need to have a story so the 'good' time of a CalArts show is smaller or non-existent.

[Cowabung-Gal]

to be fair, there has been some really awesome CalArts stuff, story wise.

Yeah, like Gravity Falls. That was a true exception.

But geez, even Toucan Sam got bit by the CalArts bug. It’s an ugly form of art that I’m sick of seeing everywhere I go.

[Bahamut810]

Yeah, like Gravity Falls. That was a true exception.

But geez, even Toucan Sam got bit by the CalArts bug. It’s an ugly form of art that I’m sick of seeing everywhere I go.

Yep. I liked Gravity Falls, Steven Universe (more or less) and even Star Vs the Forces of evil (till the last season and a half). Each of them were built on great stories and backgrounds...then ideology or incompetence stepped in to fk everything up.

[Sumac]

I kinda feel a lot of these weirdos never had a good childhood full of whimsy and imagination. Nothing can be fun anymore. Nothing can be 'who cares if it doesn't make sense, just ****in go with it' anymore. Everything has to be overly explained and deconstructed, or somehow altered to somehow 'fit' and 'make sense' in a more realistic world. It's another reason anime rocks. Even when they take place in a 'realistic world', they're like 'the hell with that, imma make a guy with stretchy arms, or a dude that has chainsaws rip its way out of his head and arms cause I wanna'.
I feel the reason for this is that those people never had any serious problems in their lives. Imagination quite often is a form of escapism from ****** life. Some people can develop it and hone into a talent, but most need some form of stress to make them to create.

Since those people never had any problems and were coddled and pandered all the way through, not only they don't have imagination, but they have grown up into annoying self-important assholes, who think that they are always in the right. You know the type that's gonna preach to random people on the street how to live and what choices one need to do in their life.

And thus their "fiction" is like their lives - preachy on a surface and empty on the inside, because, they are themselves, have no substance, except for external posturing. They never "suffered" for their art, so to speak, never took stance on anything. The like sardines in a group - follow what is popular here and now, without thought of their own.

[Dpooly84]

Since "nerd" is in style now, does fanny pack take away from being cool...or add to it?



to be fair, there has been some really awesome CalArts stuff, story wise. Its just people who make shows in that style tend to start getting preachy like the moral busybodies they are which is eye-rollingly cringe. Now that certain ideas are supposed to be jackhammered forth, they don't need to have a story so the 'good' time of a CalArts show is smaller or non-existent.

Nerds are kinda always in style, but to answer your question I say add to it. You have to either have self confidence or complete indifference to the opinions of others to rock a fanny pack properly; either way boss move.

[Andrew NDB]

https://i.ibb.co/7S7mYjD/326839610-1243071192949784-7637378724433263874-n.jpg

[Coola Yagami]

https://i.ibb.co/7S7mYjD/326839610-1243071192949784-7637378724433263874-n.jpg

Good, now power bomb the bitch through a table!

[DarkFell]

https://i.ibb.co/7S7mYjD/326839610-1243071192949784-7637378724433263874-n.jpg
I don't know who made that image, but I do like them for that smile that I just made. :tthumbsu:

[Autbot_Benz]

Dungey’s team is working on a second season of Scooby-Doo spinoff Velma, an adult animated comedy that comes from Kaling and Charlie Grandy that was the streamer’s most-watched animated series debut ever,

https://deadline.com/2023/02/channing-dungeys-warner-bros-tv-comedy-business-mindy-kaling-hacks-1235256372/

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[oldmanwinters]

Folks who hate watch stuff like this just end up giving the corporate types reason enough to greenlight more of it.

[Cowabung-Gal]

Folks who hate watch stuff like this just end up giving the corporate types reason enough to greenlight more of it.

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People who watch this show are either masochists or critics who have no choice but to endure the torture if they wanna get paid.

[ZariusTwo]

HBO Max in the meantime cancel another Scooby-Doo cartoon for kids that was due out in 2024

https://thegamespoof.com/entertainment/hbo-max-has-canceled-the-2024-animated-series-scooby-doo/

[Cowabung-Gal]

Biden just awarded Mindy Kaling the National Medal of Arts.

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/20/1164828331/springsteen-kaling-biden-arts-medals

Okay…is he trying to get everyone to vote for Trump instead? :roll:

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[Coola Yagami]

They're just trying to hard to make this show look like this amazing thing. You just know they did this so it can be mentioned a few years down the line as some sort of proof it was an amazing show and only a very small group of those gosh darned MAGA racists that hated the show for some unknown reason.

[AquaParade]

Biden admin is radical left and dead set on pushing their agenda. Look at the people he's appointed, from the luggage-thief to the racist "head of diversity", Kelisa Wing.

I don't even identify as Republican at all but this admin is insane imo.

[ChosenOne]

I'd never seen Kaling before but she looks exactly like the sort of person who'd come up with such a show. I won't elaborate, if you know, you know.

[Sumac]

luggage-thief
Who is also a transfreak.

[Allio]

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[Autbot_Benz]

Officially renewed for Season 2

It’s official. Velma will be back. Max confirmed the renewal of Mindy Kaling’s adult animated series for a second season. Suzanna Makkos, EVP, Original Comedy and Adult Animation, Max and Adult Swim, revealed the renewal during a panel at Annecy International Animated Film Festival Thursday, where she also talked about upcoming projects and previewed Max’s upcoming adult animation slate.

https://deadline.com/2023/06/velma-renewed-season-2-max-adult-animated-slate-annecy-1235418557/

https://i.imgur.com/X8qMXs9.gif

[IMJ]

Of course it is. It was an epic flop, but they have to renew woke $#( at all expense in order to save face.

[Cowabung-Gal]

No…NO…NNNNOOOOOOO!!

https://media.tenor.com/zFoWiggeekoAAAAd/jump-out-window-neilsmiles.gif

Anyway, that’s too bad. Should’ve ended at the first season

[ChosenOne]

Wouldn't buying Mindy Kaling a vibrator be cheaper than producing another season?

[DarkFell]

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The show seems very tacky. If the director wants to waste her time and money, then that's on her.

[Coola Yagami]

These people just don't learn. Views are views, even if you're hate-watching. I see all these YouTubers say the show is gonna be awful, yet they watch every episode just so they can rush to make their own 'omg it's do terrible!!' videos. This in turn, unintentionally gets people to watch the show so they can see 'how bad' it is for themselves.

So congrats. They literally hate-watched a show into giving a second season, and they'll hate-watch that too and give it a third.

[Mayhem]

So congrats. They literally hate-watched a show into giving a second season, and they'll hate-watch that too and give it a third.
That does weirdly sound plausible here... I'd say there could be a silent majority who loved the show, but I heard nothing but negative comments from all sections regarding it so...

[Sumac]

I think it is more than that: for example BVS made quite a profit (i.e. was watched quite a lot), yet, audience and critics had ripped it apart and DC was forced to start from scratch.
So it is not always about how many people had watched it.

[Coola Yagami]

I think it is more than that: for example BVS made quite a profit (i.e. was watched quite a lot), yet, audience and critics had ripped it apart and DC was forced to start from scratch.
So it is not always about how many people had watched it.

Yeah but enough people watched it. C'mon, regardless what people thought of the DCU, it's Batman vs Superman. People were gonna see it. And the audience that ripped it apart? They already paid their ticket to see it. Once you bought a ticket, it doesn't matter how loud you bitch afterwards. It's not like NotAriel where enough people refused to see it to the point they barely broke even. More than enough people flocked to see Batman vs Superman .

[Sumac]

Once you bought a ticket, it doesn't matter how loud you bitch afterwards.
The point is, even though movie was quite profitable, DC still was forced to make adjustments based on a critical response. If they used logic "we got money - nothing else matters" Snyder would have continue to make movies and Supergrim and Murderbats.

[Andrew NDB]

Well here's one good thing to come out of the strike.

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/warner-bros-suspends-deals-mindy-kaling-jj-abrams-top-creators-rcna103883

[ZariusTwo]

Season two

The big bad is a psychotic serial killer Scrappy Doo, he kills Velma at the end of the season but is in turn killed by her ghost.

The Hex Girls appear, but look far less glamorous, more on part with withered and aged crack addicts

Velma's mother and Fred's dad get married

There is a cameo from versions of Daphne and Velma that look like the originals, hinting a little that the ones we're following aren't meant to be the accurate versions even in the show

[ZariusTwo]

Halloween special is coming this year

https://scoobysnax1.weebly.com/blog/a-velma-halloween-special-is-coming-in-2024

[Autbot_Benz]

Halloween special is coming this year

https://scoobysnax1.weebly.com/blog/a-velma-halloween-special-is-coming-in-2024

Why won't this show die

[Autbot_Benz]

Cancelled according to background artist

https://x.com/ToonHive/status/1843675892935208984

[Cowabung-Gal]

Cancelled according to background artist

https://x.com/ToonHive/status/1843675892935208984

https://media1.tenor.com/m/x8hxJQORFQgAAAAC/ding-dong-the-witch-is-dead-wizard-of-oz.gif

[ZariusTwo]

Cancelled according to background artist

https://x.com/ToonHive/status/1843675892935208984

He's walked back a bit on that now, just says as far as he knows there's no renewal yet.

[ZariusTwo]

Official

"Over the past two seasons, Mindy [Kaling] and Charlie [Grandy] have created an incredibly fun and fresh world within the iconic whodunit franchise," a Max spokesperson said in a statement. "While we won’t be moving forward with another season of the series, we thank them for their compelling coming-of-age storytelling, unrivaled clues, and hilarious hijinks."

https://www.ign.com/articles/velma-canceled-after-two-seasons-max-confirms

[Autbot_Benz]

Official



https://www.ign.com/articles/velma-canceled-after-two-seasons-max-confirms

good Velma was a skidmark on the Scooby franchise