It was bad, but not much worse than a bunch of other shows where they "force" a point across for the sake of politics. Saw some of this in Rick and Morty too

The wackiness/cringe levels were honestly comparable to Gravity Falls.

I think people just hate it because 1) race swapped in a way that erases whites instead of POC and 2) they heard other people hate it so they just bandwagon

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[–] Bloobish@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

For me it was mid (also tbh I'd say Gravity Falls is better than Velma by a mile). If it was a show without being attatched to Scooby Doo it'd likely have been forgotten or emulsified into the vast sea of Brickleberry clones. Also I loved the cope seething on the initial race swap from chuds, but I gotta say I'm really fuckin' sick of shows that are nothing but bathos and malice (like fuckin' endless Rick and Morty clones forever).

[–] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Also I loved the cope seething on the initial race swap from chuds

I hate it when chuds do this shit because it poisons the discourse so much that you can't say you like or dislike the property in question without being conscripted into a culture war

[–] Bloobish@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

That's understandable, at this point I just troll those I can and ignore those I can't as debating fash without proper equipment :xi-gun: is folly

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

but I gotta say I’m really fuckin’ sick of shows that are nothing but bathos and malice

I could accept everything about that Velma show except that. The show seemed to have outright contempt for its own foundational material. I don't mean skin colors. I mean "people in a van solving mysteries."

[–] Bloobish@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

I just wanted them to uncover how rich white guys were behind 99% of financial fraud (and that one time George Takei was behind it in a Kabuki theater in a bayou...) and also to help out the ghosts of Native Americans by burning down some plantations or something (you know how every major movie had the "guess what this cryptid/monster is real!").