So let’s say in another universe the show has good writing, would any of these still bother you?
Cmon man, this is a crappy spin off, not scooby doo. In my opinion, if you think of it that way, there should be no reason to be offended by the show. The purpose of the show is to be different, but it failed at that
I’m assuming you watched the show. Was it good?
I ain’t watching that garbage, I’ve seen enough clips on TikTok, absolute cringe.
So why does it feel like you’re defending/justifying it?
I don’t get why @unreal24278 is bothered by race swapping when the show is meant to be different. He argues nostalgia and scooby doo, but the show is called Velma, it’s not scooby doo.
Personally, I love diversity in modern shows.
Can we make Gerard Butler the next Black Panther?
I’m cool with diversity, but unlike the woke mobsters, I believe diversity occurs naturally - not based on “best fit for the job”. Making it near mandatory to select based on gender, sexuality and race is the antithesis of Affirmative Action.
So to clarify: I approve of diversity, so long as it occurs naturally. To say that it wouldn’t is pretty racist IMO.
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I agree with you Andrew. Also if someone ever made a movie where they made “race swapped” characters, I would watch it, especially if it the movie was meant to be satire. That could be funny as hell
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I think we need exactly this to mend race relations. I truly believe the woke nonsense has set us backward as far as this metric goes… a good indicator of that would be Tropic Thunder.
Tropic Thunder came out in 2008, and everyone loved the satirical nature of Robert Downey Jr’s black character… it was genuinely funny. Could we make that movie today? Not a chance in hell; I blame wokeness for this.
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We have kang though.
Meant to be an origin story
Not a spin off
It’s hard to believe you’re not joking
And who finds Downey’s character offensive? White woke women. I know plenty of black people who thought that movie was funny as hell.
Bring back Fat Albert!
That show was funny. No if ands or buts.
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Velma plot description from imdb
“The origin of the sleuth and member of the Mystery Inc. gang, Velma.”
So in the future, Velma is white and she isn’t a lesbian… she pulled a Micheal Jackson
I don’t know about that last part.
Micheal Jackson was black, later on he was white
I have no idea what Micheal Jackson’s sexual orientation was.
But now we have an explanation as to how Velma and Shaggy went from being Indian (Velma), or black (Shaggy) as adolescents to white as adults
Wokeness is actually starting to die out
I’ll explain.
Numerous companies have been firing direcotrs and producers en masse. Big name shows like batgirl have been outright cancelled or release dates have been delayed in order to cater for reshoots.
Wokeness isn’t making money (look up santa inc, and now velma)
HBO is in a bit of a tight spot. These shows aren’t making money and they alienate audiences. At this point, companies like HBO ask “what is going wrong? How can we turn a profit”. I think velma is going to be the killing blow for HBO.
I believe over the next 20 years we will see the state of our media revert back to what it was around 20 years ago
And funny movies like superbad and American pie can be made again…
Some of the commens
“The scooby doo porn parody did a better job with Velma/Daphne relationship”
Lol
“This feels like bad fanfiction”
I might actually check out this show, along with santa inc. They both look like mean spirited, cynical and obnoxiously unfunny shows.
But could they fit into “so bad it’s amusing” territory along the likes of the room, or thankskilling.