I just saw a trailer for Velma and I gotta say, capitalism is truly the end of innovation. The ONLY reason that show has the Scooby gang is because they're recognizable. Every character is completely different than their original. If they made the exact same show without changing anything except the characters it wouldn't change a single thing about it. The connection to Scooby Doo starts and ends with the characters and even then they changed everything about them but their name and basic designs. They're using popular characters to gain viewers while shitting all over the characters themselves. I'm just so tired of every popular piece of media being perverted and twisted just because of brand recognition. MAKE NEW CHARACTERS!!! YOU ALREADY BASICALLY DID JUST CHANGE THEIR NAME AND CLOTHES AND NO ONE WOULD EVEN KNOW THEYRE FROM SCOOBY DOO BECAUSE THEIR NAME AND CLOTHES ARE THE ONLY THING THEY KEPT!
So can we talk about Mystery Inc's ending? Cause this has bugged me for years.
Velma and Marcie are dating and set to participate in a competition. Fred and Daph are set to be married. Fred calls Mr Jones dad, prompting him to admit he thinks of Fred as his own son. Shaggy is an award winning chef. They all have friends and families with plans for the future.
And then they just up and leave without telling anyone. Can you imagine? You and your girlfriend are going to participate in a beloved past time and then she just disappears? Your son is set to marry, he has a promising sports career ahead of him and bam, he's gone. Hell, Daph was set to babysit literally the next day! When she didn't show up, they probably contacted the families and then realized they were all missing!
The gang wanted a mystery and instead left one to be solved. They probably got a manhunt for them, seeing as how they're friends with the town sheriff and mayor and three of them are kids of rich families. And seeing as how they didn't know any of that and were all confused, they probably seemed suspicious as fuck.
Hey! Where my Scooby-Doo followers and mutuals at!???? I have an important question for you all!
What iterations are the best and worst versions for each individual member of the gang!? I NEED to know! Please tell me your favorite and least favorite versions of each individual version and why! If you have a particular love for like... Be Cool Scooby-Doo Daphne, tell me! If you particularly hate 13 Ghosts Shaggy I want to hear that too! I gotta hear and know!
I'm glad all of the Scrappy people are finding my post about him. He IS just a lil guy (a lil fella) who will kick a ghost's ass to protect his uncle and his friends and We Support Him