Noting all the avatar feedback. There’s a lot of scope to play around with it, change settings, generally make it less uncanny - it’s brand new and this is the first time I’ve played around with it, so it should improve over time. In no particular order: - The cigarette will return - The mouth will be fixed - Clearer lines - I will learn how my face works - the lil sweat drop will be fixed The general aim is to recapture the feel of the older design but with added expressive range. And in the long run, if it just doesn’t work, I’ll revert.
“Because guys don’t like intelligent girls…” My wife has a masters degree. I barely managed to scrape by high school. Has Mindy ever… met a human before? These things sound like they’re AI generated
Guys love intelligent women. Just not the r/nicegirls that the women who complain about it tend to be. It’s the same issue the “incels” have. Both people are cut from the same cloth. Annoyingly self centered people with nothing on offer. “But she’s so dumb and I’m so smart! Guys only like dumb bimbos!” No, you’re missing that she is kind, cares about his needs, expresses passion in her hobbies, probably gets along with most people, isn’t adversarial in general or in the relationship, has a willingness to learn, and validates her man whenever she can. “Dumb” is something he is overlooking because she brings a lot of good traits to the relationship. Especially since she is willing to learn new things.
@@XxTaiMTxX Guys have a type of women they’ve liked. Intelligent, nor a strong Tomboy, nor a sweet chubby loving gal, nor a tough independent, etc. if there’s a lot of woman who are half and half. Mindy K just shows how much of a “unfunny and disrespectful” woman who doesn’t care for men’s self care and makes fun of white man jokes of hers. I’m pretty sure that this show will fall down to become the biggest, horrendous, most terrible show in all of Scooby-Doo series/movies in history of the whole globe.
I know a couple like that. He hated school and was happy to get out with his high school diploma, she has a master's degree. They're both deeply intelligent in their own ways, but he's not threatened at all by her education level.
I don't know. Some people just detached from the real world. I'm not that smart or anything but no matter how attractive woman may be, if there is nothing to talk with her about i am not interested in her. So it's like opposite of what people think
I’m legitimately annoyed my that sentiment and especially how Velma expresses it… you are ultimately responsible for your own safety and no one else. Laws are put in place to punish and deter criminals, but that’s ALL they can do. We’re never going to stop crime altogether without establishing a horrific totalitarian state like in “Brave New World,” and the fact that radfems get offended at the notion of protecting themselves and having to be accountable for their own safety (something men have known and accepted for millennia) shows how spoiled we really are in this day and age…
It fits with Velma perfectly tho' (THIS Velma) as well as being Perry, judgemental, self centred and possessive she is a hypocrite and manipulative. When the "hot Girls" call her out for basically Slut Shaming them, it's a bullseye. Then Velma, taking this on board (for 5mins anyway) asks the girls to use their sexuality to help her out... (see also, Self centred, manipulative)
@@sariellakingdom1878 that while these selected pictures attempt to take an intersectional approach to the content women view on social media, they may still have an effect on how women view their bodies.[70] Social media such as Snapchat, Instagram, and TikTok may promote unrealistic beauty standards for women and teenage girls for various reasons. A large part of this may be due to the use of photoshop and heavy filters that change one's facial structure and features. When there is such a large influx of content catered to achieving a certain beauty standard it can leave many feel dissatisfied with their own. Taking selfies is something that's pretty standard among social media platforms, but even that can negatively effect someone's self esteem. A study published by Jennifer Mills-
"Wait, so a couple of middle-aged white dudes are gonna decide which of us are hottest?" The biggest issue with this part, in my opinion, is the fact that the entire scenario was created by the writers, then attacked by the writers. It's like watching someone purposely set themselves up to victimize themselves, much like a child would set up a Lego fort, then purposely knock it down and cry about the fact that it's now destroyed. You watch them build this entire scenario and then watch them challenge and topple it, almost like they're having an argument with themselves and no one else is involved.
Spot on! I mean, everybody indulges in their own brand of 'masturbatory fantasy' about something or other. Indulging in their own personal brand of schadenfreude to cope with the stresses of life and what not. Fair play, I do it. I assume others do it to. But at least most of the time we have the decency to keep our inner ego to ourselves. And not vomit all of our neurosis and insecurities out in public, for everyone else to slip and slide and get themselves filthy in. Bad form and all that. Again it comes down to: How the hell could any executive or senior editor or higher up at HBO have possibly green-lit this turgid monstrosity. They must be completely clueless about race relations, sexuality, gender politics and the current 'meta' of pop culture to think this show would land with anything but a horrific thud.
@@mkaleborn Absolutely. The sheer lack of subtlety in the series is insulting to say the least. I, like yourself, appreciate the fact that others have their own inclinations as to what is "Fair" and what may or may not be an important topic to dwell on. But it's my opinion that, as a so-called Entertainment Industry, these people have a sovereign responsibility to remain unbiased towards any political or ideological group; Especially since they know very well that what they're preaching will reach a very large audience. The power of entertainment is a beast best kept on a leash that retains the ability to poke fun at ourselves, while keeping a mutual respect for all potential audiences. This is where so many industries of the same sort fail miserably nowadays, unfortunately.
@@alecshockley536 "But it's my opinion that, as a so-called Entertainment Industry, these people have a sovereign responsibility to remain unbiased towards any political or ideological group" Couldn't be more wrong. From the Simpsons to The Boys, from Avatar to Fallout, Entertainment CAN and often IS very political and ideological. Being "unbiased towards any group" imply that all political or ideological groups are equal / equally respectable and that is utterly false, think the Wolfenstein game series or some if not most Call of Duty games where the bad guys are either nazis or terrorists. Even freaking Naruto is really about nuclear weaponry.
@@CulturexHardcore You are absolutely correct. Since the very invention of Entertainment, it's been used to spread political messages - propaganda from biased parties, leaning more towards one side than the other. And while they absolutely have the right to use their platform to say what they would like about whoever they like, there's also the remaining issue that not all people who patron their 'institution,' I suppose you could call it, share the same beliefs that they're spreading. Imagine a shoe shop that sells Elf shoes and Dwarf shoes; both Elves and Dwarves shop at this store to buy their shoes, in which case both have contributed to the success of the store. The store becomes wildly successful, opening several locations and accumulating plenty of wealth because of its customers. Then one day, the store owner decides that he/she doesn't agree with what Dwarves believe within their culture, and begins posting up anti-Dwarf propaganda within the store. Dwarves are still allowed to buy their shoes there, but they're forced to endure the posters, the dirty looks from the staff, and to top it all off, the store has now limited its supply of Dwarf shoes. The shoes that they do have left for Dwarves are in the same style as the Elf shoes, no longer in the Dwarvish brand name. This same scenario continues to repeat itself throughout history and it's what is known as "Bad Business." Many types of people from all walks of life contribute to one entity's overall success, yet that entity suddenly becomes publicly biased to a part of that group, therefore metaphorically biting the hand that feeds them. In conclusion, it's my opinion that most businesses, especially entertainment industries, are responsible for keeping away from politics at all costs because of what they owe to their consumers. Unless, of course, they became famous or renowned for that exact type of bias, in which case they usually don't last long because of how ever-changing the political world is. Hopefully you know I'm not attacking you or your opinion on the matter, I just wanted to explain my own in order to clarify. You bring up a good point and I think this kind of thing would make a fascinating topic to delve deeper into. Maybe they should make a documentary on it - I know I'd watch that.
@@alecshockley536 Bruv, since the dawn of humanity stories have been used to convey some sort of message, not only on how the world function but also on moral, ethics and society, that's the big difference between Myths and Legends. If the shopkeeper want to be an ass towards dwarves because they're dwarves, he is just being racist, it's a defect, a flaw, not an opinion. People aren't being dwarves, black, gay, white or one-legged for political reasons. Wolfenstein isn't about the systemic oppression of the political minority that are the nazis, and only nazis would call, wrongly, that game propaganda for it. The most long-running shows like South Park or the Simpsons are perfect example of how not only you can make fun and talk about politics and be successful at it. The producer of a show owes you absolutely nothing. Art owes you nothing. It's either take it or leave it. Nobody can forces you to like Velma (which looks like absolute shit btw, I have to point it out at least once just for the record) as much as nobody can force you to enjoy Cardi B's music or Bosch's paintings. Velma's producers did what they wanted to do, it's up to any of us now to see how it makes us react. Arts is (partly and not always):a representation of its era, in this sense, of course it can and should, sometimes, be political. The worst thing is that Velma is literally just that one author's selfinserting powertrip. There's not even the need to watch it about a political lense too much. The show is a hot turd, presenting it in a cute little box of "anti-racism" doesn't make it a chocolate cake.
@@P.Whitestrake 1) Not ever episode is about that 2) Breaking the glass ceiling and dealing with sexism is a very real thing. Some people like to pretend it doesn't exist.
Mindy Kaling should receive a Nobel Peace Prize nomination for Velma. This show has united many warring parties, from a plethora of diverse backgrounds, in their hatred of it. 🙃
Yep, even those of us that became part of the " dreaded" Brony Fandom. i grew up with reruns of Scooby Doo when i was a kid. it was part of my childhood. THIS show makes my blood boil.
I'm roughly 40% convinced that if Velma were to air on TV in the Middle East, Pakistan and Israel would stop fighting just to hate the show together for at least a brief moment because it's seriously that awful.
“Please don’t throw me on my butt. Throw me on my face!” Velma: “I would throw you on your butt, but I can’t tell which is which!” This is an adult comedy, written by “professional” adult writers…and they told a “you are a butt face.” Joke.
@@dawnilotteofficial My guess is that Grown Shaggy is a rejected concept piece for how shaggy might have looked, repurposed when they decided to race swap Norville
I like how the second Velma realises that Fred has actually took on the ideals of the book (and has mentally grown in her eyes) she gave him she is instantly repulsed by him. When faced with someone that incapsulates everything feminists claim they want men to be, the male-gaze fighting, beauty standards smashing, feminist velma, is disgusted by it. Pretty telling that in an earlier episode she said something like "his teen heart-throb good looks stem from the fact that he hasn't gone through puberty yet" and then is his episode when he mentally matures shes turned off. thats a _hmmm_ from me dawg
It's funny how Fred, a supposedly unlikable character and a walking strawman, is more open-minded and capable of changing and growing as a person than the main character.
Wow, the way you explained the plot there sounds like this was LITERALLY written by an amalgamation of every r/niceguy out there, melded into one, disgusting, living fedora. "What do women not find attractive?" "Guys who treat them respectuflly. They HATE that sh*t!" etc. All the ALPHA MALE "women actually _love_ sexists" stuff. God damn.
I find it fascinating that out of all the characters, the one who has it the worst is Fred. Think about it. Familial trauma? Velma ain't got nothing on Fred. He gets stood up by his father on his birthdays on the regular and gets belittled all the time by him. Mental Issue? Fred doesn't know how to cut his own food. I think he qualifies as legally mentally handicapped. Unrequited Love? He isn't even capable of forming close emotional bonds, let alone form unrequited loves. And despite all of that, the show feels the need to meanspiritedly put down someone who has nothing except money and calls them privileged. A realistic or at least not meanspirited "Velma" wouldn't mock Fred as he is. They would pity him and portray him as the kind of monster only abuse can create. Because make no mistake. Fred is an abuse victim. We are just not supposed to sympathize with him. On the contrary. We are supposed to laugh at his trauma... Gee, I wonder if the writers have any preconceived biases against some characteristics Fred embodies.
This. We see why Fred is like that: his parents are absolute pieces of shit. Anyone who had a parent constantly doubting them or bringing them down can relate to Fred and him being so damn insecure about himself. Who would feel secure, surrounded by family that doesn't care and classmates that would body-shame them and mock them? Also, for now, it seems that Fred didn't really harm anyone. Yeah, he cut off the guy's leg with a chair when he threw it back at him, but since Velma assaulted Daphne with a crowbar and doesn't feel bad about gouging her mom's eye out and Daphne herself a) kept slamming a girl's head against the wall and choking her with a sadistic grin, b) stabbed a girl with a pen multiple time just to win in the competition...So, Fred still doesn't look worse than Daphne and Velma. His only true crime is that he is mean to Velma and doesn't consider her hot -- I can't even agree with him being racist because nearly everybody in the show is racist. It's amazing how the show swoops in to humiliate him or hurt him before he even has the chance to do something truly bad.
Fred of course is a self centred twat, stuck in his own privilege, and limited enough to not exactly NOTICE how abused he is, and so spoilt with stuff that he screams for the Help to cut up his food, and screams to get pizza his way. He also knows (so this is the life lesson his dad taught him) he is a failure. (see again - the pizza debacle) But what does he do when Velma brushes him off with a copy of the Feminine Mystique. He reads it, and earnestly tries to improve himself based on what hel learned What doe Velma do with this newly educated Fred? Well, she only gave him the book as a bit of snark that went over Fred's head, so now he has read the book SHE GAVE HIM Fred becomes an irritant to her and she is annoyed when he earnestly approaches her. Did I mention Velma is insanely self centred and probably bar the serial killer the worst person on the show?
@@sariellakingdom1878 It's wild how the cop ladies don't put handcuffs back on Velma when it became clear that Fred had nothing to do with the murders. Velma fits the killer's profile to a tee. She was evaluated to be most vengeful at school. She openly assaulted a classmate with a crowbar over some weird argument, is extremely prone to violence, and constantly rants about beautiful girls being valued more than smart girls. She also publicly expresses her envy towards white dudes, claiming that if she were a white man, she would commit murders because she would get away with it. Also, after the cops let her go, the murders continue. It's not hard to imagine her killing all those girls and scooping their brains out.
Not going through puberty properly or at all DOES happen, and it's always a medically serious and emotionally/socially devastating thing to happen. I mean god. Can you imagine dealing with school, friends, bullies, possibly hateful parents, not growing properly, not *growing gender-wise properly*? I can think of few things less classy to mock than children with sexual development problems. Mindy's low, man. That shit's gross, full stop.
@@Gamerkat10 Not sure Mindy actually wrote that joke. In fairness late puberty is not the same as a medical condition and if Fred is 15 (as they all are apparently) that's late but not problem late. Although Fred would doubtless have his concerns. That said the fact his is considered a hottie and is popular suggests that he does not have to deal with the problems it might cause, and at worst a kind of Imposter syndrome would be his problem. His parents are certainly abusive but they would be anyway to judge by what we learn of them.
I used to be shy and a little embarrassed about my creative skills in writing but after seeing whatever TF is this I'm inspired to write my fiction. I can't do worse than this.
Ditto. I've been coming up with lore and history for my own fantasy world for years. But then I get so anxious about putting anything into a story that I just don't bother. Shows like this are making rethink that decision.
Is Rings of Powers and She-Hulk all over again, what a great time for media when destructive criticism of a show is more enjoyable than the show itself. And they just keep going without learning.
@@liamphibia I dont hate doug, but trying to insist its not the worst show ever and that we are simply tired of a played out formula is the definition of making excuses
When Fake Velma said "that feels smart but is coming from you..." Made me angry, I have no doubt this is how Mindy Kaling treats people irl, how can you simply say that to another person wtf
There ABSOLUTELY NEEDS to be a 3-5 strike rule for frivolous copyright strikes against creators from companies. This is turning into a HORRENDOUS issue. Also just wanted to say congratulations on the sharp increase in subscribers over the last month. Im very happy you’re getting traction so (relatively) quickly
It’s definitely an issue, especially with manual claims. There’s no disincentive to file them on absolutely nonsensical grounds. The worst that happens to the claimant is that they lose the appeal and the video goes back up - with its momentum likely killed. The algorithmic check pre-publication is understandable but at least the creator can work with that. Random manual claims post-upload are a nightmare.
@@TheLittlePlatoon yeah, agreed. I’m just so sorry that all that hard work is done and they come in just to be a nuisance and cause issues for no real belief in their claims. Anyway, thanks for the reply, always like when creators actually engage on any level they can. Love the content. Again, very happy your channel is picking up speed
There absolutely needs to be another platform that isn´t run by billion dollar companies intrests in advertisements. TH-cam is trash, the way they treat you as content creator is straight up abusiv and most of the things they do is obviously illegal, but since its their platform and they are a billion dollar companie, courts don´t care. I mean, think about it. TH-cam has the audicity to DEMONETIZE content, but they still play advertisements on it that only profit themselves since the guy that made the video the ads are running on has been cut out due to saying "shit" once in the first 20 seconds. Looks to me a lit like straight up theft
Unfortunately the copyright system isn't there as an act of kindness to copyright holders; it's there because the DMCA (as in the law, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act) mandates that companies must offer an avenue for copyright holders to have infringing material taken down in order to avoid legal liability for hosting that infringing content. If TH-cam were to ever prevent copyright holders from using the system, they could be be held liable for hosting the infringing material because they're refusing to take it down. As much as I'd love for abusive companies to be banned from using the system, it just can't happen because of this law.
@@Sethycakes And yet place a copyright claim on any Fox News, CNN, Disney video and see if it gets pulled down or stays up till a legal challenge is made. Corporations' videos almost never get taken down; the issue just gets resolved before they are impacted negatively. The system is not set up to protect copyright it is set up to protect large corporations' (read deep pockets for lawyers) copyright. I assure you, if your copyright is violated by them, you will have to jump through hoops and might even have to go into legal action 'before' they will remove their content. I suspect TH-cam could implement a penalty system with a path to redemption for false flagging, they just do not want to have to back it up in court if (when) they get push back from the big companies. The process is the punishment more and more these days as regulations require thousands to hundreds of thousands of man-hours/dollars to fight against or instigate enforcement thereof.
I think it's funny that Velma wants a boys don't kill girls class, yet the killer has yet to be actually gendered, meaning it could easily be a girl killing other girls. Not like women are notoriously violent towards other women, especially shown through Super Saiyan Daphne kicking others into walls and Velma actively looking down on women who embrace their femininity. Then again this show clearly would never actively show women to be as terrible as men like that, but only as haha so funny she sent another minor to the hospital or haha she stabbed another minor.
uhhh you sure? I'd argue the show paints women worse than men since they tend to be malicious, vapid, stupid or both (Velma) and still be socially accepted, if not praised for it. I get what you mean tho, ain't gonna find a 'girls dont kills boys' class or nothin
I've been thinking that since the first episode. A female is certainly capable of these murders. Heck, I wouldn't be shocked if the hallucinating Velma was the actual killer.
@@unlikelyspecimen244 while true, it also seems to be done with zero self awareness, as though Mindy Kaling thinks of it as a good thing to be and to have all of those vices so long as it's women doing it
"their attempt to supress criticism, has only invited more of it" this needs to be more prevalent. they cant just pretend the show is good and loved because "well noone is saying otherwise" (after silencing said criticism)
I still can’t get over the fact that despite being considered overweight, unpopular, and unattractive by practically her entire school, when Norville tells her how he really feels, she laughs at him as though he’s not good enough for her
@@huntertaylor367 try talking and actually listening to what women have to say instead of constructing your own idea of what feminism is, otherwise you're just spreading your own bias and misinformation
How many testimonies you need to revive to be convinced that this is exactly how feminists behave the moment they "tamed" guys into feminism? Is commonplace, just do your research outside of Twitter/tiktok/reddit
“We don’t attack capitalism because it creates inequality, but because it promotes the ascension of lesser beings” A certain traditionalist. Most of the people who attack western identity and culture in their media are spoiled minorities in the west, the greatest proof that multiculturalism it’s just allowing a wolf into a sheep farm. And now we have Indians and africans claiming that the British countryside its a colonial racist space because most of it’s population (unlike Londonistan) it’s white. This people are parasites.
I think the main thing that bothers me about Velma is that she shows blatant signs of being a narcissist; she keeps people close so long as she can use them/has a need for them, when she doesn't she ignores them, she thinks everyone is stupid compared to her and that her mean comments towards people are just her dropping "knowledge" on people she sees as lesser, so anyone with differenting opinions are labeled as stupid by her, and she only likes someone until they begin liking her back. Then she acts as if she's too good for them or that they're annoying until they show a lack of interest in her, and then suddenly she's fighting for their attention. It feels like we're watching the POV of a narcissist and how they view the world around them. And whenever she is clearly in the wrong in situations, she's either not at fault (somehow) or is quickly forgiven without consequences.
I just realised that Velma’s joke style is almost exactly like Family Guy’s. Like how they’ll reference something by saying “hey this is like that popular thing” as the punch line. Even the random violence and how some lines are delivered is eerily similar. Also I love how your bgm is just old scooby doo music
Velma tries to rip off a lot of black comedy shows like Rick and Morty without understanding a key part of those kinds of shows. Being willing to admit that your character is a total asshole and that nobody should want to be like such a garbage fire of a human being. Nobody sane who watches Rick and Morty wants to be Rick Sanchez, even Rick Sanchez doesn't want to be Rick Sanchez. But Mindy Kaling wants to be like her version of Velma and wrote the show assuming the audience would want to be like her to.
@@mizu7662 maybe I'm not sane but Ricks life would be awesome to live through. Except for losing the wife, abandoning the daughter, and Kronenberging a whole reality.
Scooby Doo used to be about a group of friends going around the world solving all kinds of mysteries and they've met people with several ethnic backgrounds and they weren't stereotypes they were actual characters! It really shows how much the writers of this show misunderstand Scooby Doo in general
They never wanted to do a scooby doo show. They wanted to do their own thing but were forced to do scooby doo so they just used it as a vehicle to do what they wanted to anyway - which as anyone can see has literally nothing to do with scooby doo.
TH-cam used to be about independent content creators with something to say... which is why there was a "response video" feature... Now you hate watch reviews in muted tabs just to inflate views....
Pretty sure those makers do understand what Scooby Doo was about, but destroyed it on purpose as a way to bully the fans and getting a laugh out off it.
In drinker's video on Velma, he compared it to the original Scooby Doo show and highlighted how in the original show, the characters were this rag-tag, assorted group of kids solving local mysteries. He also noted that everyone in the gang had different strengths and weaknesses and were equally useful. Having not seen the Velma show, it offered great insight on what it lacked.
@@Clearlyclynn Yeah. Inclusion and equality is largely missing from modern media. When you put the Velma show in that perspective, the failure becomes more grand. They could've done something special with that idea... and they wasted it.
such is the case with almost every show he covers. normally getting sick of culture war channels for being astroturfed, controlled opposition. this guy actually rocks it with real thought
Mystery inc. used to be a group with various different skill sets that all worked together. Fred planned out traps (which suggests he’s actually quite smart), Daphne had excellent people skills, Velma was the logic of the group, Shaggy and Scooby were the guinea pigs. This was what we call character dynamics, everyone has a purpose within the group. Velma ditches this dynamic in favour of making Velma the only person who contributes (to prove she’s the bestest ever) and the rest of the cast is there to validate and praise her. I despise the state of modern writing, these writers are so inept they can’t even copy what others have done before them
I always see Fred as the one who does the mechanics. Like he had always drove the Mystery Machine and in at least one version has him trick out the van.
This is a great point, and we see it across pop culture. For instance, _Hamilton_ the musical makes Alexander Hamilton into an idealized superhero of a man. All the other Founding Fathers either adore or envy Hamilton. Contrast that with the old musical _1776_ , which shows John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Ben Franklin as three brilliant but flawed men who needed each other's different skills and strengths to reach their goals. Worth noting that Lin-Manuel Miranda turned Hamilton into Lin-Manuel Miranda, in much the same way that Mindy Kaling has turned Velma into Mindy Kaling.
I’d honestly argue that Shaggy and Scooby would technically be the athletes of the group, especially given how they’re always the bait, and pretty much always able to outrun the monster while simultaneously leading it into Fred’s traps
You've missed the point. this is not copying what went on before. Not even as a take the piss good naturedly and wink at the camera kind of way... That was the Scooby Do movies (for instance) This is someone who thinks Scooby Doo was lame, but thinks everyone who laughs at those good natured ribbings finds Scooby Doo so asinine that this wholesale evisceration of the characters is the central premise. Probably the jokes that lands best are "its an old Wild West Show likes disguise ourselves as exhibits" "it'd take 5 mins to get changed, no serial killer is goint ot wait" or "Fred Doors don't work like this, we can't chase each other like this" IE GOOD NATURED ribbing of the daftness of the original premise. Not, you kno' Daphne brutally stabbing someone with a pen...
An American sophomore here. Yeah. It’s 14-18. Occasionally 19. It’s creepy. I also don’t think I need to say American high school doesn’t look like this. No one looks like this. No girl looks like this. But I hope everyone here already knew that. Edit. Also the training for EMT work! I can confirm ambulances have a healing buff with a small radius in America. It’s like Lucio from Overwatch.
Im sure Mindy Khaling had a school counselor tell her she was a narcissist, entitled and annoying person and that she had to do an effort on herself. As a priviliged indian princess, she took that (like everything else ) personal.
So I understand this, not only does Daphne do nothing to stop Velma from reading her diary in front of everyone but Daphne’s mothers just sit there and PROVIDE THE MICROPHONE to Velma while she attempts to humiliate their daughter? Makes total sense. Also, as a side note, I love the use of the original Scooby Doo music in the background of this video. 😊
Satirically self-aware characters are generally surrounded by stimuli that reminds the viewers that the in-universe is the norm, and the potshots/4th wall breaks are meant to serve as a means to exacerbate the campiness/comedy of the show or as a means to deviate from an established in-universe norm (which is the essence of comedy). This is why Deadpool works because he's surrounded by characters who think his bouts of self-awareness is some form of insanity hence his 4th wall breaks having some spark because it contrasts to the in-universe that is established. Even Anime like Gintama and Disastrous Life of Saiki K. utilize this similar premise which is why for all the 4th wall breaking/meta humor their characters engage in, they still operate within their world's rules and have an established norm in place (not to mention they don't rely on those jokes most of the time; since shit like using your own wanted sign poster when asked for an ID or near-constantly correcting people how to address oneself properly or an overpowered individual borderline obsessed with an average individual within his sights, among many hilarious others, is a thing) Velma fails to establish anything, even in-universe norms, because everything goes with what Mindy wants in a bad way (random 4th wall breaking without any feeling of norm-defiance, explanation of what they're gonna do that almost looks like they're parodying anime, random sex jokes and euphemisms that's so disgusting it makes anything Yabuki Kentaro created a Greek-level artwork, etc.). Not to mention the blatant racism, lack of proper admonition, sexism, etc Mindy's self-insert does screams Mary Sue worse than Rey Palpatine.
"i'm not mad they struck my best performing video." I absolutely love that line. Get'em bro. It is absolutely not ok that this show heavily sexualize and denigrate every pre 18 girl in the show.
I know right, it's so uncomfortable! They outright say, hey, these are fifteen year olds, then get them naked every five seconds and constantly talk about how fuckable they all are. Including specifically saying that Fred is very attractive and the Most Sexy Guy specifically because he is pre-pubescent. And the way literally everyone is CONSTANTLY discussing his dick is just... eugh. That combined with that 'joke' about how the #Me-Too movement is about 'silencing' comedians makes me think at least one person on the writing staff has done some pretty fucking horrifying things, and they're already feeling bitter about the prison sentence they'll be getting once their victims come forwards. That or Mindy Kaling is still REALLY bitter that a guy broke up with her in high school for being an unbearable asshole, and she can finally share the revenge fantasy fanfic she wrote immediately aftewards.
Have to like the fact that Fred is terrified when he notices that his personality is being forcefully overwritten. And he should be. Having one's personality and will erased and replaced, while consciously noticing it would be horrifying. Yet that's what those people like Mindy want, forcibly change all people into behaving and thinking the way THEY want. Wonder if this is an admission that they realize how absolutely horrible that is? Probably not, maybe some kind of Freudian slip..
If ugly women don't have to conform to male beauty standards, then men don't have to conform to new age wrongthink standards. If I can't exercise more I have no right to tell people to improve themselves either.
I feel like this show takes what Family Guy does (stereotypes, meta-humor, randomness, and people being jerks for the hell of it), cranks it all up to the max, and throws it in our faces every. Two. Seconds.
American female here, grew up in the same state around the same time as Kaling. That's where the similarities end. It's painfully obvious she was never within a stone's throw of an actual public (state-sponsored) school. First of all, everyone has to TRY because no one is sitting on a fat trust fund. There are no Freds. People have to reach some level of basic civility or else get a thrashing from irate older brothers/cousins/friends. This doesn't mean universal love by any means, but most communities can't contain a huge number of teenage sociopaths without coming unglued. So there go Velma and several others. Pretty girls can be friends with ugly girls because personalities are a real thing in the real world. In public school, even if you're tops at something, you can't be so terminally up yourself. You're checked constantly by family, classmates and the complex web of relationships within the larger community. Sure, you can try, but somebody's mother's friend will get wind of it and accidentally splash mud on you with her car the next time you're out for a walk. That's how most American public schools work, though you'd never know it watching Velma. In order to successfully lampoon something, you need at least a passing familiarity with it, right? It just rings false at every level, which makes it unfunny at every level. (FWIW though, guidance counselors really don't get much respect. Mine was stuffed into a windowless basement office right next to Freddie's boiler room.)
My sister was guidance counselor at a Catholic college run by nuns. The students would come in "My parents said you'd find me a job". Sis would organize job fairs with local businesses and few student would show up. She'd end up apologizing to the businesses. In reality if any of the students applied to these businesses, most likely the business thought "Loser, no f'ing way". The place was circling the drain, still falters along though, and she couldn't take it anymore and quit. Tried to do the right thing for morons.
Of course all of these points have nuance. But Mindy hasn't heard of nuance before. Diary of a wimpy kid also does a better job of setting up a bleak image of modern life for kids that promotes sociopathy rather than community.
@@ursidae97 diary of a wimpy kid is at least quite entertaining, and a story told from a narcissist’s pov. Velma is supposed to be the person who represents a gifted, relatable character. You can’t have a flawed character w/o the writers ever acknowledging or even realizing what their flaws are and the story still be interesting.
That's thing about these writer tropes, I never saw them. The closest fictional depiction of my own public HS experience was Dazed and Confused, and I didn't grow up in the 70s. Popular kids weren't inherently mean self-absorbed jackarses just by being popular, nerds weren't socially awkward by default. We had a lot of cross-cliquing. An AV Geek could pal around the the ladies man Catcher of the baseball team playing nickel poker games in Homeroom, a stoner skater punk could date (and eventually marry) a girl who was in the Top Ten of our Class and an All-State athlete. We were mature enough to see we were in the same boat, High School. And we tried to make the most of it together. Edit: Yes, we had our hazing rituals and pranks, but they were just that, rituals. It was all about tradition and making memories.
The best interpretation I saw of an “adult scooby doo” was the crossover with supernatural. I legit would watch that scooby series even without ties to supernatural.
@@MJ-mu3kb Honestly, it's also where Velma's slow downward spiral as a character in recent years began. Her arbitrary skepticism was fairly funny until they've milked it dryer than a Scrappy joke in all of the shows/movies following the crossover. And don't get me started on the indecisive sexuality (not counting this show).
They're silencing criticism. You owe it to yourself to tear into this show as much as physically possible. Also, this is great and I want to watch more.
this show really feels like what a 43-year old career upperclass career screenwriter believes modern teenage life is like thanks to what she'd been told by 35-year old twitter activists.... because that's exactly what it is....
Peppermint Patty is a character from the US newspaper comic strip "Peanuts." Patty was always followed by her friend Marcie, whom would nearly always end her responses to Patty with "..., sir." Patty was also considered a bit of a tomboy, so there has seemed to have been a running joke that Patty and Marcie are or will become more than "friends." The last show I remember making a joke of this was Robot Chicken like 10 years ago, so it has been around in the range of jokes for a while at least. I'm guessing the attempted Velma joke may be in reference to how old (1950's) the Peanuts franchise is, deeming it a free target? Just grasping at straws for the last part, not sure anyone but Mindy knows what was meant to be the funny part.
True it wasn’t funny and it’s tiresome how much it’s shown in media and such when a tom boy is confused as a lesbian and it is a popular joke (or really it’s just a stereotype.) Oh also she’s a child… like a little kid. And if that’s not enough, it was shown in the show that she had some sort of liking towards Charlie Brown. But still… she’s a child? Like huh…
Peppermint Patty was based on Charles Schulz' second wife, a happy marriage that lasted until his death. Charlie Brown, of course, is Schulz as a kid. Marcie was based on their friend Billie Jean King. So if anything, the Marcie character may have been gay as an adult, but Peppermint Patty wasn't and was probably meant to end up with Charlie Brown in the future. Of course, within the comic strip, both Peppermint Patty *and* Marcie have crushes on Charlie Brown.
Last time I heard it used as a joke was in a family guy episode from the earlier seasons. Honestly that makes sense because this show just took family guys general style of humor (random gore, excessive pop culture references, ect.) and did it in the WORST WAY POSSIBLE.
Velma declares she values inner-beauty. Ignoring the total blackhole of inner-beauty that is Velma, what inner-beauty does she see in Daphne? Daphne's bitter, mean, spiteful, aggressive, and takes advantage of other kids to get them hopelessly hooked on drugs to milk them of their money with the purpose of slightly improving her own life by finding her parents (which she could do with a legit job that hurts no one) all to figure out why she's addicted to danger. Not that she wants a relationship with her biological parents or learn why she was given up to help resolve her abandonment issues (granted, she could want to know these truths, whether foremost or secondarily, but it's still a minor reason that harms others in the process). And it's not all that odd for teenagers to do crazy things, since they are still developing and tend to be very short-sighted with her actions, to the point they are regularly endangering themselves, not thinking it could harm them. Adrenaline junkies exist, too. So, again, what is appealing about Daphne on the inside, because she treats pretty much everyone like trash, with rare moments of when the romance or the show's plot needs to happen and being her usual bitchy self would interfere with the direction the writers want to go. She even refused to help Velma when she needed it and instead forced her to sell drugs for her. Hell, Fred has been nicer and done more to be there for Velma than Daphne. Without asking for anything in return, Fred helped her with making the list that Velma approached him for. And he even asks if there is anything else he can do. Which leads Velma to bash him verbally again and then he . Of course, he's dumb and clueless, but he's not being deliberately mean, either. Unlike Daphne. Fred also came to her defense when everyone at school was throwing garbage and accusing her of being a murderer. He's still willing to help and talk to her, even after Velma shits on him constantly, embarrasses him in front of the community, and gets him thrown in jail. She didn't even attempt to get him out of jail and just lets him stay there (even saying she'd be amused by a white guy being wrongfully imprisoned if she had been in the mood for it) until he gets released only because the murders start up again. She doesn't even apologize and just uses and then craps on him again. And there really isn't any explanation on what make Velma appealing to Daphne besides their previous friendship that really should have soured after Daphne kicked Velma to the curb and then started bullying her for who knows how long after. They even get into a bloody fight with one another in Ep1 and Velma tries to embarrass her with the diary thing a couple episodes later. Do they only like each other because Velma hate-loves her, like those sort of couples that engage in regular and nasty fights, but get sexually turned on by the antagonism in the process? And does Daphne like her because of her addiction to danger and the fear of others catching her being with someone ugly like Velma? Sounds like a real healthy relationship. Of course, no one has any redeeming qualities and all the relationships (both romantic and platonic) are horribly broken and toxic. But I guess because Fred is a stupid white man and likes her now for her brains he's no good. Velma apparently only liked him for his looks, to view him as a piece of meat, to be taken advantage of when she needs something, but wants nothing to do with him when he wants to have more of a relationship with her. Very feminist.
I think Velma is trying to be an anime character when she is 'being herself' beauty wise. Blue hair, elf ears, bizarre lipstick color, and a super girly dress are pretty normal anime cliché's, but they just don't seem to work, and are done with a level of garishness and color mismatch that makes them seem like a fashion trend for one, but since the show uses a LOT of dated humor, anime cosplay could totally have been their intent, even though its so badly done that no one seems to be even picking up on it.
My friends and I played a drinking game with Velma. Take a drink when you visibly cringe, when you audibly cringe, when a joke makes no sense, and two shots if you tap out. The reward was 2 episodes of mystery Inc per every one episode of Velma we made it through. I don't... Remember much of that night, neither do the others
Can we also talk about the awful pacing of supposedly important plot points? The reveal of Fred's "dark secret" as described by the show, and the complete shift between Daphne and Velma from hateful enemies, to kind of friends, to making out. All of this over the corse of like 3 episodes.
Not even that, because from what I've heard so far, it's just spiteful and cruel in every direction that is not considered "woke". So it's hard to believe that. The show making fun of "woke stuff" feels almost unintentional. (Like how it's said in the video.) Or like a bad attempt to seem impartial. It's like watching a narcissist trying to be self-critical. It's very very confusing and disturbing. It almost feels like a social experiment. But it certainly does a good job at making fun of "woke stuff". 😆
"Guys tell girls the right way to be hot" Mindy really salty she didn't get to date the hot white guys in her school years. This entire show is one expensive therapy session.
"Peppermint Patty" I believe was a rather tomboyish character in Charles M Schulz's comic: "Peanuts". She likes sports and does very bad academically; in part because she sleeps through classes (there was a running joke in which she would get a Z- in her exams because of this). The idea that her sexuality is the most assumable holds no water; they just pointed at a comic character and said "now laugh".
You forget her best friend is Marcy. The bespectacled smart girl. Their friendship is where people have made this assumption. You know, on characters who are at best 8 years old.
Assuming everyone who was supposed to watch this show would know they were. I was born in the 80’s and the peanuts wasn’t my number one show growing up. In my opinion it had already passed it’s prime. I think most teens wouldn’t even know who that was.
It occured to me today that this show really cannot be in the same universe as Scooby Doo. Not because of all the race swapping, or character assassinations, but because they depict Daphne as a poor asian. Anyone who watched the old films knows that Daphne is actually Scottish, and related to a noble line that owns a grand castle on the shore of Loch Ness. She would never have a reason to sell drugs, nor would she be adopted.
I always love hearing that concept, Hanlon's razor. Personally, I question why we can't see both malice AND stupidity have equal part in most horrible things. They so often go hand in hand.
I think the "I love danger" thing was a reference to how Daphne in actual Scooby Doo was often called "danger prone." It's a poorly done reference, because they're two different concepts, and if they were trying to make it something different they didn't need to reference what they're ignoring at all.
Reactions to Velma: People on the right: It's hypocritical and in bad taste People on the left: It's pandering and condescending People in the center: It is the opposite of funny Finally we can come together as a nation.
the thing that got to me most about the tournament diary reading bit is that twist would have worked better with the roles reversed. With all we know, Velma wouldn't be able to stop Daphne and it would be an added bonus since she spent the episode pointedly mocking school counselors.
I see a few possible outcomes for the plot. No1 : Is that Velma's mother is the killer. No2 : Velma's mother was the first victim and the killer dragged her off somewhere. No3 : She was attacked but escaped but got a memory problem and can't remember who she is. All of these options are somewhat logical but Velma's writers are likely going to throw a random twist in with no set up as xD that's how you do a good mystery -_- . So a common rule of thumb for mysteries is that the killer is usually shown and given screen time so thinking of small characters that have done nothing. We have some of Daphne's friends as a likely suspect as the first body was found in a girl's locker room and so it's more likely to be a girl to avoid suspicion. Velma's Dad or likely for shock value it might be the waitress aka dad's gf as the second body was put close to her house so the killer knows where Velma lives so the dad or gf are suspects. Of course if they haven't introduced the killer yet than they're breaking that rule of mystery shows which wouldn't surprise me and as such solving the mystery is impossible till the killer is revealed. aka the hack mystery writer approach.
Well I'm pretty sure (I haven't watched the actual episodes, I'm not stupid) only PRETTY girls have been killed so far, so it's most likely a girl that ISN'T considered conventionally attractive, and she's killing pretty girls to send a message and they're going to very poorly try to spin everything in such a way that it's white men's fault for making her feel unattractive and that she was justified in her anger, you know like Wanda murdering hundreds of people in Dr Strange cause she never had children. Also the trigger for this murderous rampage was probably her asking Fred out and him rejecting her by saying she's fat and gross or some shit, JUST so they can say even though she did it it was still Fred's fault really. That or it'll be some white guy, like a school janitor or something.
Daphne's friends are to diverse following the woke rule of only white males are evil it's not shaggy's dad or at least the reason why Velma's mom is killing hot girls for her dumpy daughter
I love that "Norville"'s new name is now Not Shaggy, fits perfectly, I gonna go watch Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? Now cause it'll get this show out of my head
Velma can’t even get the things it makes fun of right. Therapist and counselors ARE different. Therapists are there to help you with your mental health and help you create a way to solve your issues. Counselors are there to help you with decision making. Here’s an example. You’re having a very hard time choosing an elective and you’re very stressed out about it. You see a Counselor for that. You’re having a panic attack because of your paranoia. You see a therapist. There’s a massive difference between the two. But yea, thanks Velma for not even understanding the mental health services you’re trying to make fun of.
Not to the end yet… but w/ not-shaggy’s dad looking just like normal shaggy, shaggy’s mom missing, Daphne’s parents missing and them giving her a “danger-attracting” gene, im assuming that the twist is going to be that their parents are the og mystery gang… so the exact same twist as Mystery Incorporated. We’ll wait and see
What gets me is how some of the jokes _could_ have worked, but the writers have no grasp of timing or when to stop the joke so it doesn't lose its humor.
@@TheLittlePlatoon It needs work, but I can see what you are aiming for. Bring back this iteration for Halloween specials and the like, because it sits pretty solidly in the uncanny valley for me and likely plenty of other folks. That's worth something.
Though the Daphne and Velma relationship approaches something of a character moment, I still can't get past how Velma is insufferable and selfish. For being styled as the "mean girl", Daphne seems more compassionate.
That's Mindy Kaling hating on white chicks just because, but trying to appease them at the same time because she clearly has some issues with white people in general and she clearly feels inferior due to her own self-inflicted inferiority complex.
Feel like nobody mentions the insane point that the audience is supposed to expect Fred to fall in love with Velma's inner beauty, this girl is nothing but spiteful and shitty to everyone, there's not one character who shouldn't rightfully detest her.
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Noting all the avatar feedback. There’s a lot of scope to play around with it, change settings, generally make it less uncanny - it’s brand new and this is the first time I’ve played around with it, so it should improve over time.
In no particular order:
- The cigarette will return
- The mouth will be fixed
- Clearer lines
- I will learn how my face works
- the lil sweat drop will be fixed
The general aim is to recapture the feel of the older design but with added expressive range.
And in the long run, if it just doesn’t work, I’ll revert.
Let the hate flow through you, Lord Chord!
I put your whole episode on again, and left it running in the back ground, turned the browser sound off (firefox).
I'm sure you'll sound charming as ever 😉
Mo cap?
Vengeance is a dish best served cold
She literally had the entire scooby gang in love with her.
Self insert.
Oh my god you’re right 😂 wow
Self- insert who happens to be a misogynistic bigot Mary-Sue. The series has been renewed for a second season I’ve heard. 🤦🏻♀️
@@KitsuneAdorable it’s not “renewed” the second season is just the other half of episodes they are contracted to do
Except for Scooby.
Oh, sorry, it's Scoobi now, because copyright.
So is Scooby not in the show because they couldn’t think of a way to have him in love with her and it not be weird?
I feel sorry for the trees that spend hundreds of years growing, just to have Mindy Kaling’s script printed on their paper.
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“Because guys don’t like intelligent girls…”
My wife has a masters degree. I barely managed to scrape by high school. Has Mindy ever… met a human before? These things sound like they’re AI generated
Guys love intelligent women. Just not the r/nicegirls that the women who complain about it tend to be. It’s the same issue the “incels” have. Both people are cut from the same cloth. Annoyingly self centered people with nothing on offer. “But she’s so dumb and I’m so smart! Guys only like dumb bimbos!” No, you’re missing that she is kind, cares about his needs, expresses passion in her hobbies, probably gets along with most people, isn’t adversarial in general or in the relationship, has a willingness to learn, and validates her man whenever she can. “Dumb” is something he is overlooking because she brings a lot of good traits to the relationship. Especially since she is willing to learn new things.
@@XxTaiMTxX Guys have a type of women they’ve liked. Intelligent, nor a strong Tomboy, nor a sweet chubby loving gal, nor a tough independent, etc. if there’s a lot of woman who are half and half. Mindy K just shows how much of a “unfunny and disrespectful” woman who doesn’t care for men’s self care and makes fun of white man jokes of hers. I’m pretty sure that this show will fall down to become the biggest, horrendous, most terrible show in all of Scooby-Doo series/movies in history of the whole globe.
Mindy Kaling is SURE that she's a genius and that men are idiots so that's the reason they don't date her.
I know a couple like that. He hated school and was happy to get out with his high school diploma, she has a master's degree. They're both deeply intelligent in their own ways, but he's not threatened at all by her education level.
I don't know. Some people just detached from the real world. I'm not that smart or anything but no matter how attractive woman may be, if there is nothing to talk with her about i am not interested in her. So it's like opposite of what people think
This show: "why don't we teach boys to not murder girls"
Also this show: *the murderer of young girls is a grown woman*
I’m legitimately annoyed my that sentiment and especially how Velma expresses it… you are ultimately responsible for your own safety and no one else.
Laws are put in place to punish and deter criminals, but that’s ALL they can do. We’re never going to stop crime altogether without establishing a horrific totalitarian state like in “Brave New World,” and the fact that radfems get offended at the notion of protecting themselves and having to be accountable for their own safety (something men have known and accepted for millennia) shows how spoiled we really are in this day and age…
She complains about man made beauty standards, her not meeting those standards and body shaming to the guy who actually has a crush on her. Priceless.
It fits with Velma perfectly tho' (THIS Velma) as well as being Perry, judgemental, self centred and possessive she is a hypocrite and manipulative.
When the "hot Girls" call her out for basically Slut Shaming them, it's a bullseye. Then Velma, taking this on board (for 5mins anyway) asks the girls to use their sexuality to help her out...
(see also, Self centred, manipulative)
most "man made " standards are usually made by women and or pushed by them. fat shaming and skinny shaming is statistically more women then men
@@callmesenpaidesu1506 Er... no.
@@callmesenpaidesu1506 right tho lol hey don't want to hear the truth
@@sariellakingdom1878 that while these selected pictures attempt to take an intersectional approach to the content women view on social media, they may still have an effect on how women view their bodies.[70]
Social media such as Snapchat, Instagram, and TikTok may promote unrealistic beauty standards for women and teenage girls for various reasons. A large part of this may be due to the use of photoshop and heavy filters that change one's facial structure and features. When there is such a large influx of content catered to achieving a certain beauty standard it can leave many feel dissatisfied with their own.
Taking selfies is something that's pretty standard among social media platforms, but even that can negatively effect someone's self esteem. A study published by Jennifer Mills-
Mindy Kaling was so preoccupied with whether she could, she didn't stop to think if she should.
Mindy Kaling was born out of the result of a nuclear meltdown next to a sewage plant
like most people today.
In all honesty, Mindy Kaling can't.
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"Wait, so a couple of middle-aged white dudes are gonna decide which of us are hottest?" The biggest issue with this part, in my opinion, is the fact that the entire scenario was created by the writers, then attacked by the writers. It's like watching someone purposely set themselves up to victimize themselves, much like a child would set up a Lego fort, then purposely knock it down and cry about the fact that it's now destroyed. You watch them build this entire scenario and then watch them challenge and topple it, almost like they're having an argument with themselves and no one else is involved.
Spot on! I mean, everybody indulges in their own brand of 'masturbatory fantasy' about something or other. Indulging in their own personal brand of schadenfreude to cope with the stresses of life and what not. Fair play, I do it. I assume others do it to.
But at least most of the time we have the decency to keep our inner ego to ourselves. And not vomit all of our neurosis and insecurities out in public, for everyone else to slip and slide and get themselves filthy in. Bad form and all that.
Again it comes down to: How the hell could any executive or senior editor or higher up at HBO have possibly green-lit this turgid monstrosity. They must be completely clueless about race relations, sexuality, gender politics and the current 'meta' of pop culture to think this show would land with anything but a horrific thud.
@@mkaleborn Absolutely. The sheer lack of subtlety in the series is insulting to say the least. I, like yourself, appreciate the fact that others have their own inclinations as to what is "Fair" and what may or may not be an important topic to dwell on. But it's my opinion that, as a so-called Entertainment Industry, these people have a sovereign responsibility to remain unbiased towards any political or ideological group; Especially since they know very well that what they're preaching will reach a very large audience. The power of entertainment is a beast best kept on a leash that retains the ability to poke fun at ourselves, while keeping a mutual respect for all potential audiences. This is where so many industries of the same sort fail miserably nowadays, unfortunately.
@@alecshockley536 "But it's my opinion that, as a so-called Entertainment Industry, these people have a sovereign responsibility to remain unbiased towards any political or ideological group"
Couldn't be more wrong. From the Simpsons to The Boys, from Avatar to Fallout, Entertainment CAN and often IS very political and ideological. Being "unbiased towards any group" imply that all political or ideological groups are equal / equally respectable and that is utterly false, think the Wolfenstein game series or some if not most Call of Duty games where the bad guys are either nazis or terrorists.
Even freaking Naruto is really about nuclear weaponry.
@@CulturexHardcore You are absolutely correct. Since the very invention of Entertainment, it's been used to spread political messages - propaganda from biased parties, leaning more towards one side than the other.
And while they absolutely have the right to use their platform to say what they would like about whoever they like, there's also the remaining issue that not all people who patron their 'institution,' I suppose you could call it, share the same beliefs that they're spreading.
Imagine a shoe shop that sells Elf shoes and Dwarf shoes; both Elves and Dwarves shop at this store to buy their shoes, in which case both have contributed to the success of the store. The store becomes wildly successful, opening several locations and accumulating plenty of wealth because of its customers. Then one day, the store owner decides that he/she doesn't agree with what Dwarves believe within their culture, and begins posting up anti-Dwarf propaganda within the store. Dwarves are still allowed to buy their shoes there, but they're forced to endure the posters, the dirty looks from the staff, and to top it all off, the store has now limited its supply of Dwarf shoes. The shoes that they do have left for Dwarves are in the same style as the Elf shoes, no longer in the Dwarvish brand name.
This same scenario continues to repeat itself throughout history and it's what is known as "Bad Business." Many types of people from all walks of life contribute to one entity's overall success, yet that entity suddenly becomes publicly biased to a part of that group, therefore metaphorically biting the hand that feeds them.
In conclusion, it's my opinion that most businesses, especially entertainment industries, are responsible for keeping away from politics at all costs because of what they owe to their consumers. Unless, of course, they became famous or renowned for that exact type of bias, in which case they usually don't last long because of how ever-changing the political world is.
Hopefully you know I'm not attacking you or your opinion on the matter, I just wanted to explain my own in order to clarify. You bring up a good point and I think this kind of thing would make a fascinating topic to delve deeper into. Maybe they should make a documentary on it - I know I'd watch that.
@@alecshockley536 Bruv, since the dawn of humanity stories have been used to convey some sort of message, not only on how the world function but also on moral, ethics and society, that's the big difference between Myths and Legends.
If the shopkeeper want to be an ass towards dwarves because they're dwarves, he is just being racist, it's a defect, a flaw, not an opinion. People aren't being dwarves, black, gay, white or one-legged for political reasons.
Wolfenstein isn't about the systemic oppression of the political minority that are the nazis, and only nazis would call, wrongly, that game propaganda for it.
The most long-running shows like South Park or the Simpsons are perfect example of how not only you can make fun and talk about politics and be successful at it.
The producer of a show owes you absolutely nothing. Art owes you nothing. It's either take it or leave it. Nobody can forces you to like Velma (which looks like absolute shit btw, I have to point it out at least once just for the record) as much as nobody can force you to enjoy Cardi B's music or Bosch's paintings. Velma's producers did what they wanted to do, it's up to any of us now to see how it makes us react.
Arts is (partly and not always):a representation of its era, in this sense, of course it can and should, sometimes, be political.
The worst thing is that Velma is literally just that one author's selfinserting powertrip. There's not even the need to watch it about a political lense too much. The show is a hot turd, presenting it in a cute little box of "anti-racism" doesn't make it a chocolate cake.
That "why don't boys need to take a don't murder girls class?" joke ages like fine milk. When it turned out the murderer was a woman.
Aged like a damn fruit fly
If She-Hulk is an insult to the art of writing, Velma is an insult to the basic human need of positive entertainment.
Well said
No She-Hulk is funny this isn't.
@@icecreamhero2375 Nah. She-Hulk is cringe & mostly filled with She-Hulk complaining about men.
I think it's way lower than "human need". It's insult to human morals.
@@P.Whitestrake 1) Not ever episode is about that 2) Breaking the glass ceiling and dealing with sexism is a very real thing. Some people like to pretend it doesn't exist.
Mindy Kaling should receive a Nobel Peace Prize nomination for Velma.
This show has united many warring parties, from a plethora of diverse backgrounds, in their hatred of it. 🙃
It's up there with daylight savings time in uniting everyone
Yep, even those of us that became part of the " dreaded" Brony Fandom. i grew up with reruns of Scooby Doo when i was a kid. it was part of my childhood. THIS show makes my blood boil.
Seeing the wokerati lose their minds at having their stupid ideology exposed is fantastic.
I'm roughly 40% convinced that if Velma were to air on TV in the Middle East, Pakistan and Israel would stop fighting just to hate the show together for at least a brief moment because it's seriously that awful.
Nobel Peace Prize?
More like 'No-Brain Piss Prize,' amirite? 😏
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“Please don’t throw me on my butt. Throw me on my face!”
Velma: “I would throw you on your butt, but I can’t tell which is which!”
This is an adult comedy, written by “professional” adult writers…and they told a “you are a butt face.” Joke.
… I still don’t get it why it’s funny. But again, I would say to the writers. I didn’t laugh. It’s unfunny. 😐
to be fair, Beavis and Butthead was a successful show FULL of buttface jokes
@@Zeecarver THERE! Right there! That show! 💯👌 GOLDEN BUTTFACE JOKES, BETTER THAN MINDY K’S FEMINIST JOKES!
Because comedy. 🫠
It’s been said multiple times, but instead of paying for Mindy Kaling to go to therapy, HBO decided to pay for this.
Therapy wouldn't be effective on her. She is beyond help. In fact the entire woke subculture is beyond help.
@@qq5847Nothing is too much for reeducation camps.
The fact that Norville's dad looks like a grown Shaggy physically hurts.
Yeah and a school guidance counselor of all things. Why not a Cooking Votec or a teacher for woodworking.
I'm pretty sure he's voiced by the same actor who played Fred's dad in Mystery Inc.
This could be that the GROWN SHAGGY is Norvilles dad...
Im joking btw
@@dawnilotteofficial My guess is that Grown Shaggy is a rejected concept piece for how shaggy might have looked, repurposed when they decided to race swap Norville
"If there's one thing these writers hold less of than competence, it's kindness," has to be the best line I've heard in a long while
It's sadly very true.
I like how the second Velma realises that Fred has actually took on the ideals of the book (and has mentally grown in her eyes) she gave him she is instantly repulsed by him. When faced with someone that incapsulates everything feminists claim they want men to be, the male-gaze fighting, beauty standards smashing, feminist velma, is disgusted by it.
Pretty telling that in an earlier episode she said something like "his teen heart-throb good looks stem from the fact that he hasn't gone through puberty yet" and then is his episode when he mentally matures shes turned off. thats a _hmmm_ from me dawg
Women don't know what they want
Oh no.
It's funny how Fred, a supposedly unlikable character and a walking strawman, is more open-minded and capable of changing and growing as a person than the main character.
Sounds like she wants legal shota.
Wow, the way you explained the plot there sounds like this was LITERALLY written by an amalgamation of every r/niceguy out there, melded into one, disgusting, living fedora. "What do women not find attractive?" "Guys who treat them respectuflly. They HATE that sh*t!" etc. All the ALPHA MALE "women actually _love_ sexists" stuff. God damn.
I find it fascinating that out of all the characters, the one who has it the worst is Fred. Think about it.
Familial trauma? Velma ain't got nothing on Fred. He gets stood up by his father on his birthdays on the regular and gets belittled all the time by him.
Mental Issue? Fred doesn't know how to cut his own food. I think he qualifies as legally mentally handicapped.
Unrequited Love? He isn't even capable of forming close emotional bonds, let alone form unrequited loves.
And despite all of that, the show feels the need to meanspiritedly put down someone who has nothing except money and calls them privileged.
A realistic or at least not meanspirited "Velma" wouldn't mock Fred as he is. They would pity him and portray him as the kind of monster only abuse can create. Because make no mistake. Fred is an abuse victim. We are just not supposed to sympathize with him. On the contrary. We are supposed to laugh at his trauma...
Gee, I wonder if the writers have any preconceived biases against some characteristics Fred embodies.
This. We see why Fred is like that: his parents are absolute pieces of shit. Anyone who had a parent constantly doubting them or bringing them down can relate to Fred and him being so damn insecure about himself. Who would feel secure, surrounded by family that doesn't care and classmates that would body-shame them and mock them?
Also, for now, it seems that Fred didn't really harm anyone. Yeah, he cut off the guy's leg with a chair when he threw it back at him, but since Velma assaulted Daphne with a crowbar and doesn't feel bad about gouging her mom's eye out and Daphne herself a) kept slamming a girl's head against the wall and choking her with a sadistic grin, b) stabbed a girl with a pen multiple time just to win in the competition...So, Fred still doesn't look worse than Daphne and Velma. His only true crime is that he is mean to Velma and doesn't consider her hot -- I can't even agree with him being racist because nearly everybody in the show is racist. It's amazing how the show swoops in to humiliate him or hurt him before he even has the chance to do something truly bad.
Fred of course is a self centred twat, stuck in his own privilege, and limited enough to not exactly NOTICE how abused he is, and so spoilt with stuff that he screams for the Help to cut up his food, and screams to get pizza his way. He also knows (so this is the life lesson his dad taught him) he is a failure. (see again - the pizza debacle)
But what does he do when Velma brushes him off with a copy of the Feminine Mystique. He reads it, and earnestly tries to improve himself based on what hel learned
What doe Velma do with this newly educated Fred? Well, she only gave him the book as a bit of snark that went over Fred's head, so now he has read the book SHE GAVE HIM Fred becomes an irritant to her and she is annoyed when he earnestly approaches her.
Did I mention Velma is insanely self centred and probably bar the serial killer the worst person on the show?
@@sariellakingdom1878 It's wild how the cop ladies don't put handcuffs back on Velma when it became clear that Fred had nothing to do with the murders. Velma fits the killer's profile to a tee. She was evaluated to be most vengeful at school. She openly assaulted a classmate with a crowbar over some weird argument, is extremely prone to violence, and constantly rants about beautiful girls being valued more than smart girls. She also publicly expresses her envy towards white dudes, claiming that if she were a white man, she would commit murders because she would get away with it. Also, after the cops let her go, the murders continue. It's not hard to imagine her killing all those girls and scooping their brains out.
Not going through puberty properly or at all DOES happen, and it's always a medically serious and emotionally/socially devastating thing to happen. I mean god. Can you imagine dealing with school, friends, bullies, possibly hateful parents, not growing properly, not *growing gender-wise properly*? I can think of few things less classy to mock than children with sexual development problems. Mindy's low, man. That shit's gross, full stop.
@@Gamerkat10 Not sure Mindy actually wrote that joke. In fairness late puberty is not the same as a medical condition and if Fred is 15 (as they all are apparently) that's late but not problem late.
Although Fred would doubtless have his concerns. That said the fact his is considered a hottie and is popular suggests that he does not have to deal with the problems it might cause, and at worst a kind of Imposter syndrome would be his problem. His parents are certainly abusive but they would be anyway to judge by what we learn of them.
I used to be shy and a little embarrassed about my creative skills in writing but after seeing whatever TF is this I'm inspired to write my fiction. I can't do worse than this.
Ditto. I've been coming up with lore and history for my own fantasy world for years. But then I get so anxious about putting anything into a story that I just don't bother.
Shows like this are making rethink that decision.
I wish you both the best of luck!
It'll actually be a challenge to write worse than this lol.
@@nekonomicon2983 used toilet paper has better writing on it than this… lol
passion itself is a admirable quality, take a look at the legendary 'tails gets trolled' for an example
Watching multiple TH-cam videos bashing Velma is more entertaining than watching the actual show.
Is Rings of Powers and She-Hulk all over again, what a great time for media when destructive criticism of a show is more enjoyable than the show itself. And they just keep going without learning.
That’s not a high bar. Going to the dentist is more entertaining than watching this show.
But then there's also Doug Walker's video. His thoughts being the "One man in the crowd."
@@liamphibia I dont hate doug, but trying to insist its not the worst show ever and that we are simply tired of a played out formula is the definition of making excuses
@@darthgamer9861
And he *grew up* with the Scooby-Doo show. Geez Doug has gotten too soft.
When Fake Velma said "that feels smart but is coming from you..." Made me angry, I have no doubt this is how Mindy Kaling treats people irl, how can you simply say that to another person wtf
There ABSOLUTELY NEEDS to be a 3-5 strike rule for frivolous copyright strikes against creators from companies. This is turning into a HORRENDOUS issue.
Also just wanted to say congratulations on the sharp increase in subscribers over the last month. Im very happy you’re getting traction so (relatively) quickly
It’s definitely an issue, especially with manual claims. There’s no disincentive to file them on absolutely nonsensical grounds. The worst that happens to the claimant is that they lose the appeal and the video goes back up - with its momentum likely killed. The algorithmic check pre-publication is understandable but at least the creator can work with that. Random manual claims post-upload are a nightmare.
@@TheLittlePlatoon yeah, agreed. I’m just so sorry that all that hard work is done and they come in just to be a nuisance and cause issues for no real belief in their claims. Anyway, thanks for the reply, always like when creators actually engage on any level they can. Love the content. Again, very happy your channel is picking up speed
There absolutely needs to be another platform that isn´t run by billion dollar companies intrests in advertisements. TH-cam is trash, the way they treat you as content creator is straight up abusiv and most of the things they do is obviously illegal, but since its their platform and they are a billion dollar companie, courts don´t care. I mean, think about it. TH-cam has the audicity to DEMONETIZE content, but they still play advertisements on it that only profit themselves since the guy that made the video the ads are running on has been cut out due to saying "shit" once in the first 20 seconds. Looks to me a lit like straight up theft
Unfortunately the copyright system isn't there as an act of kindness to copyright holders; it's there because the DMCA (as in the law, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act) mandates that companies must offer an avenue for copyright holders to have infringing material taken down in order to avoid legal liability for hosting that infringing content. If TH-cam were to ever prevent copyright holders from using the system, they could be be held liable for hosting the infringing material because they're refusing to take it down. As much as I'd love for abusive companies to be banned from using the system, it just can't happen because of this law.
@@Sethycakes And yet place a copyright claim on any Fox News, CNN, Disney video and see if it gets pulled down or stays up till a legal challenge is made. Corporations' videos almost never get taken down; the issue just gets resolved before they are impacted negatively. The system is not set up to protect copyright it is set up to protect large corporations' (read deep pockets for lawyers) copyright. I assure you, if your copyright is violated by them, you will have to jump through hoops and might even have to go into legal action 'before' they will remove their content. I suspect TH-cam could implement a penalty system with a path to redemption for false flagging, they just do not want to have to back it up in court if (when) they get push back from the big companies. The process is the punishment more and more these days as regulations require thousands to hundreds of thousands of man-hours/dollars to fight against or instigate enforcement thereof.
I think it's funny that Velma wants a boys don't kill girls class, yet the killer has yet to be actually gendered, meaning it could easily be a girl killing other girls. Not like women are notoriously violent towards other women, especially shown through Super Saiyan Daphne kicking others into walls and Velma actively looking down on women who embrace their femininity. Then again this show clearly would never actively show women to be as terrible as men like that, but only as haha so funny she sent another minor to the hospital or haha she stabbed another minor.
If it is a psy op, it will be a woman who identifies as a man.
Because if she says she is a man, then she IS a man, and it will be Ok.
From the clips I've seen, it seems to be they're pretty unsubtly setting it up to be Velma's mother, so if I'm reading right...yeah it is a girl
uhhh you sure? I'd argue the show paints women worse than men since they tend to be malicious, vapid, stupid or both (Velma) and still be socially accepted, if not praised for it. I get what you mean tho, ain't gonna find a 'girls dont kills boys' class or nothin
I've been thinking that since the first episode. A female is certainly capable of these murders. Heck, I wouldn't be shocked if the hallucinating Velma was the actual killer.
@@unlikelyspecimen244 while true, it also seems to be done with zero self awareness, as though Mindy Kaling thinks of it as a good thing to be and to have all of those vices so long as it's women doing it
"their attempt to supress criticism, has only invited more of it"
this needs to be more prevalent. they cant just pretend the show is good and loved because "well noone is saying otherwise" (after silencing said criticism)
Streisand effect and we need more of it.
Agreed. People need to stop giving in. That's how this nonsense has been able to run rampant.
I am glad he makes another when they try to suppress it ha ha
Yes!!! YES !!!
Just like Halo, give em hell I say!
I still can’t get over the fact that despite being considered overweight, unpopular, and unattractive by practically her entire school, when Norville tells her how he really feels, she laughs at him as though he’s not good enough for her
As expected of a modern feminist. They all generally act like that.
@@huntertaylor367 try talking and actually listening to what women have to say instead of constructing your own idea of what feminism is, otherwise you're just spreading your own bias and misinformation
@@spetkadis Bruh
How many testimonies you need to revive to be convinced that this is exactly how feminists behave the moment they "tamed" guys into feminism? Is commonplace, just do your research outside of Twitter/tiktok/reddit
Sounds like the contemporary western woman.
Didn't Mindy 'joke' about nonconsentually kissing a male co-worker and threatening his job if he told people?
They really turned velma into a harem where everyone is in love with velma who should be unbearable to be around
No no no, the self-insert *has* to have a harem, because otherwise this show might have to focus on the actual overarching plot.
See, it's funny because in a typical harem, the protagonist has no personality. Here, in a brilliant subversion of the trope, she has a bad one.
Black Hole Sue and Jerkass Sue.
Note: Mindy Kaling also went to a very elite Private High School with tuition $50k a year. She was raised QUITE RICH.
Wonder what the hell she learned there, lol.
@@Goodbutevilgenius to be a dickhead no doubt
lobotomy
“We don’t attack capitalism because it creates inequality, but because it promotes the ascension of lesser beings”
A certain traditionalist.
Most of the people who attack western identity and culture in their media are spoiled minorities in the west, the greatest proof that multiculturalism it’s just allowing a wolf into a sheep farm.
And now we have Indians and africans claiming that the British countryside its a colonial racist space because most of it’s population (unlike Londonistan) it’s white.
This people are parasites.
I think the main thing that bothers me about Velma is that she shows blatant signs of being a narcissist; she keeps people close so long as she can use them/has a need for them, when she doesn't she ignores them, she thinks everyone is stupid compared to her and that her mean comments towards people are just her dropping "knowledge" on people she sees as lesser, so anyone with differenting opinions are labeled as stupid by her, and she only likes someone until they begin liking her back. Then she acts as if she's too good for them or that they're annoying until they show a lack of interest in her, and then suddenly she's fighting for their attention.
It feels like we're watching the POV of a narcissist and how they view the world around them. And whenever she is clearly in the wrong in situations, she's either not at fault (somehow) or is quickly forgiven without consequences.
In a way, we can look at this show as a psychological study of the mind of a self-absorbed sociopath.
@@issabeganovic8822 kinda like Pensuke in my videos
Sounds like every Mindy Kaling self insert character she ever wrote.
@@chazzitz-wh4ly I think a conclusion could be drawn from that.
This show is so inspiring to up and coming writers, it teaches them that no matter how bad their show is, there’s always Velma that’s worse.
I just realised that Velma’s joke style is almost exactly like Family Guy’s. Like how they’ll reference something by saying “hey this is like that popular thing” as the punch line. Even the random violence and how some lines are delivered is eerily similar.
Also I love how your bgm is just old scooby doo music
the only difference is, at least family guy was good at a point 💀
Velma tries to rip off a lot of black comedy shows like Rick and Morty without understanding a key part of those kinds of shows. Being willing to admit that your character is a total asshole and that nobody should want to be like such a garbage fire of a human being. Nobody sane who watches Rick and Morty wants to be Rick Sanchez, even Rick Sanchez doesn't want to be Rick Sanchez. But Mindy Kaling wants to be like her version of Velma and wrote the show assuming the audience would want to be like her to.
Jeez Lois this is worse than that time I installed the free therapy app.
Hell at least Family Guy references ACTUAL pop culture and not the made up nonsense Velma does
@@mizu7662 maybe I'm not sane but Ricks life would be awesome to live through. Except for losing the wife, abandoning the daughter, and Kronenberging a whole reality.
Scooby Doo used to be about a group of friends going around the world solving all kinds of mysteries and they've met people with several ethnic backgrounds and they weren't stereotypes they were actual characters!
It really shows how much the writers of this show misunderstand Scooby Doo in general
Make a new Scooby doo series that give those characters more screen time or active role, done.
They never wanted to do a scooby doo show. They wanted to do their own thing but were forced to do scooby doo so they just used it as a vehicle to do what they wanted to anyway - which as anyone can see has literally nothing to do with scooby doo.
More like did not care of the premise of the original. They want to push agendas using characters people know.
TH-cam used to be about independent content creators with something to say... which is why there was a "response video" feature...
Now you hate watch reviews in muted tabs just to inflate views....
Pretty sure those makers do understand what Scooby Doo was about, but destroyed it on purpose as a way to bully the fans and getting a laugh out off it.
This show is literally "Twitter is a person" the series
In drinker's video on Velma, he compared it to the original Scooby Doo show and highlighted how in the original show, the characters were this rag-tag, assorted group of kids solving local mysteries. He also noted that everyone in the gang had different strengths and weaknesses and were equally useful. Having not seen the Velma show, it offered great insight on what it lacked.
I think that is what made it good.
@@Clearlyclynn Yeah. Inclusion and equality is largely missing from modern media. When you put the Velma show in that perspective, the failure becomes more grand. They could've done something special with that idea... and they wasted it.
You put way more thought into your analysis of “Velma” than the writers put into their scripts
such is the case with almost every show he covers. normally getting sick of culture war channels for being astroturfed, controlled opposition. this guy actually rocks it with real thought
Mystery inc. used to be a group with various different skill sets that all worked together. Fred planned out traps (which suggests he’s actually quite smart), Daphne had excellent people skills, Velma was the logic of the group, Shaggy and Scooby were the guinea pigs. This was what we call character dynamics, everyone has a purpose within the group. Velma ditches this dynamic in favour of making Velma the only person who contributes (to prove she’s the bestest ever) and the rest of the cast is there to validate and praise her. I despise the state of modern writing, these writers are so inept they can’t even copy what others have done before them
I always see Fred as the one who does the mechanics. Like he had always drove the Mystery Machine and in at least one version has him trick out the van.
This is a great point, and we see it across pop culture. For instance, _Hamilton_ the musical makes Alexander Hamilton into an idealized superhero of a man. All the other Founding Fathers either adore or envy Hamilton. Contrast that with the old musical _1776_ , which shows John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Ben Franklin as three brilliant but flawed men who needed each other's different skills and strengths to reach their goals. Worth noting that Lin-Manuel Miranda turned Hamilton into Lin-Manuel Miranda, in much the same way that Mindy Kaling has turned Velma into Mindy Kaling.
"modern writing"
only reads from writers that have a style he doesn't like
what you want my dude ?
I’d honestly argue that Shaggy and Scooby would technically be the athletes of the group, especially given how they’re always the bait, and pretty much always able to outrun the monster while simultaneously leading it into Fred’s traps
You've missed the point. this is not copying what went on before. Not even as a take the piss good naturedly and wink at the camera kind of way...
That was the Scooby Do movies (for instance)
This is someone who thinks Scooby Doo was lame, but thinks everyone who laughs at those good natured ribbings finds Scooby Doo so asinine that this wholesale evisceration of the characters is the central premise.
Probably the jokes that lands best are "its an old Wild West Show likes disguise ourselves as exhibits" "it'd take 5 mins to get changed, no serial killer is goint ot wait"
or "Fred Doors don't work like this, we can't chase each other like this"
IE GOOD NATURED ribbing of the daftness of the original premise. Not, you kno' Daphne brutally stabbing someone with a pen...
An American sophomore here. Yeah. It’s 14-18. Occasionally 19. It’s creepy. I also don’t think I need to say American high school doesn’t look like this. No one looks like this. No girl looks like this. But I hope everyone here already knew that.
Edit. Also the training for EMT work! I can confirm ambulances have a healing buff with a small radius in America. It’s like Lucio from Overwatch.
"Their attempt to surprese criticism has only invited more of it."
Love that line.
Im sure Mindy Khaling had a school counselor tell her she was a narcissist, entitled and annoying person and that she had to do an effort on herself. As a priviliged indian princess, she took that (like everything else ) personal.
So I understand this, not only does Daphne do nothing to stop Velma from reading her diary in front of everyone but Daphne’s mothers just sit there and PROVIDE THE MICROPHONE to Velma while she attempts to humiliate their daughter? Makes total sense.
Also, as a side note, I love the use of the original Scooby Doo music in the background of this video. 😊
Satirically self-aware characters are generally surrounded by stimuli that reminds the viewers that the in-universe is the norm, and the potshots/4th wall breaks are meant to serve as a means to exacerbate the campiness/comedy of the show or as a means to deviate from an established in-universe norm (which is the essence of comedy). This is why Deadpool works because he's surrounded by characters who think his bouts of self-awareness is some form of insanity hence his 4th wall breaks having some spark because it contrasts to the in-universe that is established. Even Anime like Gintama and Disastrous Life of Saiki K. utilize this similar premise which is why for all the 4th wall breaking/meta humor their characters engage in, they still operate within their world's rules and have an established norm in place (not to mention they don't rely on those jokes most of the time; since shit like using your own wanted sign poster when asked for an ID or near-constantly correcting people how to address oneself properly or an overpowered individual borderline obsessed with an average individual within his sights, among many hilarious others, is a thing)
Velma fails to establish anything, even in-universe norms, because everything goes with what Mindy wants in a bad way (random 4th wall breaking without any feeling of norm-defiance, explanation of what they're gonna do that almost looks like they're parodying anime, random sex jokes and euphemisms that's so disgusting it makes anything Yabuki Kentaro created a Greek-level artwork, etc.). Not to mention the blatant racism, lack of proper admonition, sexism, etc Mindy's self-insert does screams Mary Sue worse than Rey Palpatine.
HBO: Tries to attack reviewers
Reviews: Strike back
HBO: surprised pikachu face
I cannot believe HBO green lighted this series. How the mighty have fallen.
let's be mad at critics because they critique.
As the old saying goes, don't pick a fight with someone who buys their ink by the gallon.
As a Canadian, I'm still trying to figure out if Velma is an insert for Mindy Kaling, or Justin Trudeau in his Aladdin costume.
Why not both?
@@BillPeschel
True. Now that I think about it, neither have been seen in the same place, at the same time. 🙃
🎶Dayo! Daaayo!🎶
😂😂😂😂
In the last episode they will reveal that Velma is the villain… they will take off her mask and… it’s Trump.😱
It's funny how Mindy Kaling played the exact emotion in Inside Out that I feel watching scenes in this show.
I have never heard more polite backhanded insults, good show mate.
"i'm not mad they struck my best performing video." I absolutely love that line. Get'em bro. It is absolutely not ok that this show heavily sexualize and denigrate every pre 18 girl in the show.
I know right, it's so uncomfortable! They outright say, hey, these are fifteen year olds, then get them naked every five seconds and constantly talk about how fuckable they all are. Including specifically saying that Fred is very attractive and the Most Sexy Guy specifically because he is pre-pubescent. And the way literally everyone is CONSTANTLY discussing his dick is just... eugh.
That combined with that 'joke' about how the #Me-Too movement is about 'silencing' comedians makes me think at least one person on the writing staff has done some pretty fucking horrifying things, and they're already feeling bitter about the prison sentence they'll be getting once their victims come forwards.
That or Mindy Kaling is still REALLY bitter that a guy broke up with her in high school for being an unbearable asshole, and she can finally share the revenge fantasy fanfic she wrote immediately aftewards.
Have to like the fact that Fred is terrified when he notices that his personality is being forcefully overwritten. And he should be. Having one's personality and will erased and replaced, while consciously noticing it would be horrifying. Yet that's what those people like Mindy want, forcibly change all people into behaving and thinking the way THEY want.
Wonder if this is an admission that they realize how absolutely horrible that is?
Probably not, maybe some kind of Freudian slip..
"When we win: don't forget they wanted you broke, dead, your kids raped and brainwashed -- and they think it's funny."
~Sam Hyde
Very well worded, should get a heart
The fact that his dad’s played by Frank Welker, aka the og voice of Fred for pretty much his entire existence on screen, makes this even worse
@@eugeneoliveros5814 "Look how they massacred my boy"
If ugly women don't have to conform to male beauty standards, then men don't have to conform to new age wrongthink standards. If I can't exercise more I have no right to tell people to improve themselves either.
I feel like this show takes what Family Guy does (stereotypes, meta-humor, randomness, and people being jerks for the hell of it), cranks it all up to the max, and throws it in our faces every. Two. Seconds.
Considering the animation is so good, I am looking forward to a Velma abridged series with new voice overs
American female here, grew up in the same state around the same time as Kaling. That's where the similarities end. It's painfully obvious she was never within a stone's throw of an actual public (state-sponsored) school. First of all, everyone has to TRY because no one is sitting on a fat trust fund. There are no Freds. People have to reach some level of basic civility or else get a thrashing from irate older brothers/cousins/friends. This doesn't mean universal love by any means, but most communities can't contain a huge number of teenage sociopaths without coming unglued. So there go Velma and several others. Pretty girls can be friends with ugly girls because personalities are a real thing in the real world. In public school, even if you're tops at something, you can't be so terminally up yourself. You're checked constantly by family, classmates and the complex web of relationships within the larger community. Sure, you can try, but somebody's mother's friend will get wind of it and accidentally splash mud on you with her car the next time you're out for a walk. That's how most American public schools work, though you'd never know it watching Velma. In order to successfully lampoon something, you need at least a passing familiarity with it, right? It just rings false at every level, which makes it unfunny at every level. (FWIW though, guidance counselors really don't get much respect. Mine was stuffed into a windowless basement office right next to Freddie's boiler room.)
My sister was guidance counselor at a Catholic college run by nuns. The students would come in "My parents said you'd find me a job". Sis would organize job fairs with local businesses and few student would show up. She'd end up apologizing to the businesses. In reality if any of the students applied to these businesses, most likely the business thought "Loser, no f'ing way". The place was circling the drain, still falters along though, and she couldn't take it anymore and quit. Tried to do the right thing for morons.
Of course all of these points have nuance. But Mindy hasn't heard of nuance before. Diary of a wimpy kid also does a better job of setting up a bleak image of modern life for kids that promotes sociopathy rather than community.
@@ursidae97 diary of a wimpy kid is at least quite entertaining, and a story told from a narcissist’s pov. Velma is supposed to be the person who represents a gifted, relatable character. You can’t have a flawed character w/o the writers ever acknowledging or even realizing what their flaws are and the story still be interesting.
That's thing about these writer tropes, I never saw them. The closest fictional depiction of my own public HS experience was Dazed and Confused, and I didn't grow up in the 70s.
Popular kids weren't inherently mean self-absorbed jackarses just by being popular, nerds weren't socially awkward by default. We had a lot of cross-cliquing. An AV Geek could pal around the the ladies man Catcher of the baseball team playing nickel poker games in Homeroom, a stoner skater punk could date (and eventually marry) a girl who was in the Top Ten of our Class and an All-State athlete. We were mature enough to see we were in the same boat, High School. And we tried to make the most of it together.
Edit: Yes, we had our hazing rituals and pranks, but they were just that, rituals. It was all about tradition and making memories.
Also why is Fred not going to a private school? Why is he in public school? That's never addressed in the show.
an actual scooby doo adult comedy would have been hilarious if it was the original gang in real crime scenes
I think if they wanted a adult Scooby Doo show they should’ve just made Mystery Incorporated season 3 & make it PG 13
The best interpretation I saw of an “adult scooby doo” was the crossover with supernatural. I legit would watch that scooby series even without ties to supernatural.
Bro shaggy and scoobs in an adult comedy format would be peak comedy.
@@XxTaiMTxX Was gonna comment this yeah. The Supernatural/Scooby Doo crossover is actually really well done.
@@MJ-mu3kb
Honestly, it's also where Velma's slow downward spiral as a character in recent years began.
Her arbitrary skepticism was fairly funny until they've milked it dryer than a Scrappy joke in all of the shows/movies following the crossover.
And don't get me started on the indecisive sexuality (not counting this show).
remember:
this was greenlit for another season.
The Owl House was cancelled.
what a society we live in.
They're silencing criticism. You owe it to yourself to tear into this show as much as physically possible. Also, this is great and I want to watch more.
this show really feels like what a 43-year old career upperclass career screenwriter believes modern teenage life is like thanks to what she'd been told by 35-year old twitter activists.... because that's exactly what it is....
Feed an AI all the tweets from woke Twitter and a description of Scooby-Doo from someone who's never seen it and you get the script for this show.
Hey now....that's being very rude to the AI.
Have you heard the phrase "Mistakes are what makes us human"?
The writers of Velma took that as a challenge to prove themselves.
As a toxic male I am offended by the bad "jokes" in this show
I've been watching reviews of Velma since the first episode aired. This is one of the best. I don't think I've seen your channel before.
Then welcome aboard!
Peppermint Patty is a character from the US newspaper comic strip "Peanuts." Patty was always followed by her friend Marcie, whom would nearly always end her responses to Patty with "..., sir." Patty was also considered a bit of a tomboy, so there has seemed to have been a running joke that Patty and Marcie are or will become more than "friends." The last show I remember making a joke of this was Robot Chicken like 10 years ago, so it has been around in the range of jokes for a while at least. I'm guessing the attempted Velma joke may be in reference to how old (1950's) the Peanuts franchise is, deeming it a free target? Just grasping at straws for the last part, not sure anyone but Mindy knows what was meant to be the funny part.
True it wasn’t funny and it’s tiresome how much it’s shown in media and such when a tom boy is confused as a lesbian and it is a popular joke (or really it’s just a stereotype.)
Oh also she’s a child… like a little kid. And if that’s not enough, it was shown in the show that she had some sort of liking towards Charlie Brown. But still… she’s a child? Like huh…
Peppermint Patty was based on Charles Schulz' second wife, a happy marriage that lasted until his death. Charlie Brown, of course, is Schulz as a kid. Marcie was based on their friend Billie Jean King. So if anything, the Marcie character may have been gay as an adult, but Peppermint Patty wasn't and was probably meant to end up with Charlie Brown in the future. Of course, within the comic strip, both Peppermint Patty *and* Marcie have crushes on Charlie Brown.
Last time I heard it used as a joke was in a family guy episode from the earlier seasons. Honestly that makes sense because this show just took family guys general style of humor (random gore, excessive pop culture references, ect.) and did it in the WORST WAY POSSIBLE.
I appreciate the fact that you sacrificed so many brain cells to watching this show all on the altar of spite.
You have earned my respect, sir.
If I took a shot for every time I cringed while watching Velma, I would probably die of alcohol poisoning
Within 5 minutes
Velma declares she values inner-beauty. Ignoring the total blackhole of inner-beauty that is Velma, what inner-beauty does she see in Daphne? Daphne's bitter, mean, spiteful, aggressive, and takes advantage of other kids to get them hopelessly hooked on drugs to milk them of their money with the purpose of slightly improving her own life by finding her parents (which she could do with a legit job that hurts no one) all to figure out why she's addicted to danger. Not that she wants a relationship with her biological parents or learn why she was given up to help resolve her abandonment issues (granted, she could want to know these truths, whether foremost or secondarily, but it's still a minor reason that harms others in the process). And it's not all that odd for teenagers to do crazy things, since they are still developing and tend to be very short-sighted with her actions, to the point they are regularly endangering themselves, not thinking it could harm them. Adrenaline junkies exist, too. So, again, what is appealing about Daphne on the inside, because she treats pretty much everyone like trash, with rare moments of when the romance or the show's plot needs to happen and being her usual bitchy self would interfere with the direction the writers want to go. She even refused to help Velma when she needed it and instead forced her to sell drugs for her.
Hell, Fred has been nicer and done more to be there for Velma than Daphne. Without asking for anything in return, Fred helped her with making the list that Velma approached him for. And he even asks if there is anything else he can do. Which leads Velma to bash him verbally again and then he . Of course, he's dumb and clueless, but he's not being deliberately mean, either. Unlike Daphne. Fred also came to her defense when everyone at school was throwing garbage and accusing her of being a murderer. He's still willing to help and talk to her, even after Velma shits on him constantly, embarrasses him in front of the community, and gets him thrown in jail. She didn't even attempt to get him out of jail and just lets him stay there (even saying she'd be amused by a white guy being wrongfully imprisoned if she had been in the mood for it) until he gets released only because the murders start up again. She doesn't even apologize and just uses and then craps on him again.
And there really isn't any explanation on what make Velma appealing to Daphne besides their previous friendship that really should have soured after Daphne kicked Velma to the curb and then started bullying her for who knows how long after. They even get into a bloody fight with one another in Ep1 and Velma tries to embarrass her with the diary thing a couple episodes later. Do they only like each other because Velma hate-loves her, like those sort of couples that engage in regular and nasty fights, but get sexually turned on by the antagonism in the process? And does Daphne like her because of her addiction to danger and the fear of others catching her being with someone ugly like Velma?
Sounds like a real healthy relationship.
Of course, no one has any redeeming qualities and all the relationships (both romantic and platonic) are horribly broken and toxic.
But I guess because Fred is a stupid white man and likes her now for her brains he's no good. Velma apparently only liked him for his looks, to view him as a piece of meat, to be taken advantage of when she needs something, but wants nothing to do with him when he wants to have more of a relationship with her.
Very feminist.
The writters watched Harley Quinn and wanted to ripoff Harley and Ivy relation.
Calling Velma a comedy is like calling Twilight a romance.
Like calling 50 shades of Grey a perfect example on consent and respecting boundaries and someone's body.
Like calling Rings of Power a respectful adaptation
It's like calling Eternals a movie that fulfilled its ambitious ideas
It's like calling the star wars sequel story original.
It's like calling Who Killed Captain Alex is a high budget movie.
I think Velma is trying to be an anime character when she is 'being herself' beauty wise. Blue hair, elf ears, bizarre lipstick color, and a super girly dress are pretty normal anime cliché's, but they just don't seem to work, and are done with a level of garishness and color mismatch that makes them seem like a fashion trend for one, but since the show uses a LOT of dated humor, anime cosplay could totally have been their intent, even though its so badly done that no one seems to be even picking up on it.
the fucking Geodude had me crying laughing gasping for air, great video
My friends and I played a drinking game with Velma. Take a drink when you visibly cringe, when you audibly cringe, when a joke makes no sense, and two shots if you tap out. The reward was 2 episodes of mystery Inc per every one episode of Velma we made it through. I don't... Remember much of that night, neither do the others
I'm surprised you're still alive.
How to end up in the hospital 101
I'm amazed your still alive...
@@judaihyuga
We vastly underestimated the rate of cringe per minute, thankfully we were going easy on what counts as a "drink"
Don't even watch the show. You're just giving them money
Can we also talk about the awful pacing of supposedly important plot points? The reveal of Fred's "dark secret" as described by the show, and the complete shift between Daphne and Velma from hateful enemies, to kind of friends, to making out. All of this over the corse of like 3 episodes.
the thing about velma is that it feels like someone who hates "woke" stuff was forced to make a "woke" show.
Not even that, because from what I've heard so far, it's just spiteful and cruel in every direction that is not considered "woke". So it's hard to believe that. The show making fun of "woke stuff" feels almost unintentional. (Like how it's said in the video.) Or like a bad attempt to seem impartial. It's like watching a narcissist trying to be self-critical. It's very very confusing and disturbing. It almost feels like a social experiment. But it certainly does a good job at making fun of "woke stuff". 😆
"Guys tell girls the right way to be hot"
Mindy really salty she didn't get to date the hot white guys in her school years. This entire show is one expensive therapy session.
Mindy in that weird zoom call literally looked like she had a filter on the cam… like she’s 43 years old…
Didn't look like her "Normal" self.
Just realized that the entire team is basically fallen in love with Velma. God what is this show.
"Peppermint Patty" I believe was a rather tomboyish character in Charles M Schulz's comic: "Peanuts". She likes sports and does very bad academically; in part because she sleeps through classes (there was a running joke in which she would get a Z- in her exams because of this). The idea that her sexuality is the most assumable holds no water; they just pointed at a comic character and said "now laugh".
You forget her best friend is Marcy. The bespectacled smart girl. Their friendship is where people have made this assumption. You know, on characters who are at best 8 years old.
Assuming everyone who was supposed to watch this show would know they were. I was born in the 80’s and the peanuts wasn’t my number one show growing up. In my opinion it had already passed it’s prime. I think most teens wouldn’t even know who that was.
It occured to me today that this show really cannot be in the same universe as Scooby Doo. Not because of all the race swapping, or character assassinations, but because they depict Daphne as a poor asian. Anyone who watched the old films knows that Daphne is actually Scottish, and related to a noble line that owns a grand castle on the shore of Loch Ness. She would never have a reason to sell drugs, nor would she be adopted.
It's weird how norville's dad looks more like shaggy then the actual shaggy in Velma
So, uh...given what a recent episode has shown, there might actually be a reason for this. Maybe.
shaggy? All I see is nappy
I always love hearing that concept, Hanlon's razor. Personally, I question why we can't see both malice AND stupidity have equal part in most horrible things. They so often go hand in hand.
Everyone's going to lie and say their intentions are "good". That's what people with malice do.
She Hulk: I'm the worst written piece of media to date.
Velma: hold my beer
I think the "I love danger" thing was a reference to how Daphne in actual Scooby Doo was often called "danger prone." It's a poorly done reference, because they're two different concepts, and if they were trying to make it something different they didn't need to reference what they're ignoring at all.
"Regular sessions with the school guidance consular"
*GASP* ...wait, you mean like, in the normal sense?
At this point we should used to when the little platoon claims hes done with a series, we should prepare for a part two
Like the basic bitch he is.
Saf really.
Reactions to Velma:
People on the right: It's hypocritical and in bad taste
People on the left: It's pandering and condescending
People in the center: It is the opposite of funny
Finally we can come together as a nation.
...Even a *roast* of this show is costing me brain cells at this point.
the thing that got to me most about the tournament diary reading bit is that twist would have worked better with the roles reversed. With all we know, Velma wouldn't be able to stop Daphne and it would be an added bonus since she spent the episode pointedly mocking school counselors.
This show isn't even good enough to make it's garbage work later on. It's just always going to make the wrong decision
I see a few possible outcomes for the plot. No1 : Is that Velma's mother is the killer. No2 : Velma's mother was the first victim and the killer dragged her off somewhere. No3 : She was attacked but escaped but got a memory problem and can't remember who she is. All of these options are somewhat logical but Velma's writers are likely going to throw a random twist in with no set up as xD that's how you do a good mystery -_- . So a common rule of thumb for mysteries is that the killer is usually shown and given screen time so thinking of small characters that have done nothing. We have some of Daphne's friends as a likely suspect as the first body was found in a girl's locker room and so it's more likely to be a girl to avoid suspicion. Velma's Dad or likely for shock value it might be the waitress aka dad's gf as the second body was put close to her house so the killer knows where Velma lives so the dad or gf are suspects. Of course if they haven't introduced the killer yet than they're breaking that rule of mystery shows which wouldn't surprise me and as such solving the mystery is impossible till the killer is revealed. aka the hack mystery writer approach.
I believe that her mom is the killer.
Well I'm pretty sure (I haven't watched the actual episodes, I'm not stupid) only PRETTY girls have been killed so far, so it's most likely a girl that ISN'T considered conventionally attractive, and she's killing pretty girls to send a message and they're going to very poorly try to spin everything in such a way that it's white men's fault for making her feel unattractive and that she was justified in her anger, you know like Wanda murdering hundreds of people in Dr Strange cause she never had children.
Also the trigger for this murderous rampage was probably her asking Fred out and him rejecting her by saying she's fat and gross or some shit, JUST so they can say even though she did it it was still Fred's fault really.
That or it'll be some white guy, like a school janitor or something.
Daphne's friends are to diverse following the woke rule of only white males are evil it's not shaggy's dad or at least the reason why Velma's mom is killing hot girls for her dumpy daughter
Aside from your insistence of pushing the idea that toxic masculinity flat out doesn’t exist you’ve got a good set of points
I love that "Norville"'s new name is now Not Shaggy, fits perfectly, I gonna go watch Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? Now cause it'll get this show out of my head
HBO fired a shot over your bow because of your take regarding Velma, and you're returning with a full broadside.
Bloody good, old boy.
Velma can’t even get the things it makes fun of right. Therapist and counselors ARE different. Therapists are there to help you with your mental health and help you create a way to solve your issues. Counselors are there to help you with decision making. Here’s an example. You’re having a very hard time choosing an elective and you’re very stressed out about it. You see a Counselor for that. You’re having a panic attack because of your paranoia. You see a therapist. There’s a massive difference between the two. But yea, thanks Velma for not even understanding the mental health services you’re trying to make fun of.
Not to the end yet… but w/ not-shaggy’s dad looking just like normal shaggy, shaggy’s mom missing, Daphne’s parents missing and them giving her a “danger-attracting” gene, im assuming that the twist is going to be that their parents are the og mystery gang… so the exact same twist as Mystery Incorporated. We’ll wait and see
What gets me is how some of the jokes _could_ have worked, but the writers have no grasp of timing or when to stop the joke so it doesn't lose its humor.
Friendly feedback: I prefer the still images to the animated Little Platoon Avatar.
Well taken! The ideal is to try and move it closer to that style but with the added expressive range. It’s still very early days.
@@TheLittlePlatoon It needs work, but I can see what you are aiming for. Bring back this iteration for Halloween specials and the like, because it sits pretty solidly in the uncanny valley for me and likely plenty of other folks. That's worth something.
With "Velma", Mindy has stated to the world that she got the coffees for The Office writing team.
I respect this show for uniting everyone against it
Most People: She-Hulk was the most incompetent show ever made.
Mindy: Hold my Chai.
That alive and moving Avatar is gonna give me nightmares. 5/5 video.
mindy will probably pull a "tommy wiseau" and say it was meant to be bad
Velma isn’t a crime against comedy it’s a crime against humanity.
Mindy really wrote it so that the entire gang is in love with her, guys I think this show is actually some desperate cry for help.
Though the Daphne and Velma relationship approaches something of a character moment, I still can't get past how Velma is insufferable and selfish. For being styled as the "mean girl", Daphne seems more compassionate.
"Compassionate"
She literally tried to kill two girls, sells drugs, and sexually harassed Fred.
That's Mindy Kaling hating on white chicks just because, but trying to appease them at the same time because she clearly has some issues with white people in general and she clearly feels inferior due to her own self-inflicted inferiority complex.
Feel like nobody mentions the insane point that the audience is supposed to expect Fred to fall in love with Velma's inner beauty, this girl is nothing but spiteful and shitty to everyone, there's not one character who shouldn't rightfully detest her.
🤣😂🤣😂🤣 the clip of Data trying to laugh and sound human.
Perfect.
Not Shaggy's dad looks more like Shaggy than Not Shaggy does. Not Shaggy looks like a Coca Cola glass.
Never pick a fight with a man who buys ink by the barrel.