6/23/2010

Scooby Doo

Cheap animation and a cheap story, I'm really wondering why it became so popular. Even in the time it was made there already were better cartoons out there.
The problem with this series is that every story is the same. Even so, the characters always act surprised and scared in every episode; they're trying to inject this false hope into the watchers, making them believe that maybe this time it is an actual monster they're dealing with. Shouldn't the gang know by now that every monster they encounter, and will encounter, is just some man or woman in a suit who's frustrated at life?

Now let's look at our heroes:
The first thought I got is "Go to school, you hippies", but I especially failed to see how any of these bland characters would be interested in something like "solving mysteries". Except maybe for Velma.

Fred is a straight homosexual sailor, probably with hobbies like "looking at himself in the mirror", just like the school cheerleader Daphne, who dresses herself way too fancy to enter old, dusty houses. And then we have these two worthless pieces of lowlife; Shaggy and Scooby. Shaggy is a hippy with tapeworm and dogfood is the only reason he joins this sad Halloween search with his friends. His best friend, Scooby, has the exact same issues, but is a dog, therefore making it less bothersome he needs to be bribed with animal snacks.


While the others actually make themselves useful, Shaggy and Scooby do nothing but stand in the way, eat anything they can find, and randomly run and scream around whenever they get the opportunity. Also, the way this gang "splits up" really sets everything; Fred always runs off with the short-skirted Daphne, the two most useless beings, Shaggy and Scooby are put together "because they are such a great team", and the intelligent, but very unattractive wallflower Velma runs through the dark hallways alone. But that's okey, I wouldn't expect anyone to jump from behind the trashcans wanting to rape her; she wears glasses, after all. Fred has a higher chance of getting raped.

None of the episodes have any value, therefore aren't worth it watching back. Neither is the animation quality something to stay awake for.


No comments:

Post a Comment