Several months ago, I shared my thoughts on that Velma series coming to HBO max. My expectations, much like everyone else's, were very, very low. Despite all of that, I wanted to give it the benefit of the doubt.
I can't begin to think of any other show that garnered as much disdain as Velma did in such a short span of time. As of right now, it's the lowest rated animated series on IMDB.
It's as if nobody on that production team questioned the repercussions of destroying the fundamental rules of a well-loved media franchise.
I could have a field day tearing this fallacy of a spin-off apart, but I honestly don't care. What I've seen of it through youtube is enough to convince me this show is not worth defending.
Anyone remember MAD TV? The sketch 'comedy' show that, despite carrying the name of a long-running magazine primarily marketed at teenagers, was rated 18+ and had content raunchier than South Park?
Velma is basically what would happen if MAD got ahold of the SD franchise.
MAD did a parody of Hannah Montana where Miley's character was a foul-mouth, drug-addicted bully.
In Velma, Daphne sells drugs and hangs out with a clique of mean girls.
And it's not like they had no other option! We've had officially-sanctioned Scooby Doo parodies/series on CN/Adult Swim, ones that stayed faithful to the characters' personalities despite having some edge (i.e. Fred swearing, or just, having the characters parody Blair Witch).
Anyway that's all I'm saying on the matter.
Snowball's chance in hell, but they might get their shit together with the next season. Who's to say?
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