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Post by taylorfirst1 on May 16, 2018 15:11:04 GMT
The original cartoon "Scooby-Doo Where are You" first aired in 1969 not the late 70's.
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Post by politicidal on May 16, 2018 16:16:46 GMT
Something else I remember bothering me was the misdirection suggesting that the Luna Ghost was the villain. It was a cool design in the spirit of the cartoon. That it would wound up as some convoluted plot twist involving demons and friggin Scrappy was just stupid.
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Post by petrolino on May 18, 2018 19:18:02 GMT
The original cartoon "Scooby-Doo Where are You" first aired in 1969 not the late 70's. Maybe this movie is based on that late '60s show. I read it was based on a show called 'The Scooby-Doo Show' that aired 1976 - 1978. Thanks for the information.
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Post by HorrorMetal on May 18, 2018 20:29:58 GMT
As a huge fan of the original cartoons, I really disliked this movie. Matthew Lillard and Linda Cardellini were great, but it was basically like a teen comedy loaded with way too much unwelcome and unnecessary bathroom humor.
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Post by Vits on Aug 1, 2020 18:00:39 GMT
SCOOBY-DOO PART 1 3/10 SCOOBY-DOO PART 2: MONSTERS UNLEASHED 1/10 SCOOBY-DOO PART 3: THE MYSTERY BEGINS 1/10 SCOOBY-DOO PART 4: CURSE OF THE LAKE MONSTER 2/10 It would be unfair to dismiss DAPHNE & VELMA just for not having all 5 members of the Mystery Inc. gang (that has happened before). The problem is not having Scooby-Doo. Why do you think his name is always on the title even if he technically isn't the protagonist? Because he's what helps each movie/TV show stand out. Without him, what separates the story from any other family-friendly mystery? In fact, nothing about the plot of this movie (which by the way is boring despite only being 72 minutes long) made me think "Yes, this needed to have Daphne Blake and Velma Dinkley. It couldn't be anyone else." Scooby's owners began as stock characters, so an adaptation with only 2 of them should show how their different personalities complement each other. A prequel is a good opportunity since we can see them meeting and maybe even struggling to become friends. Here, they're already friends at the beginning and they don't really have a comedy duo dynamic. Come on! Even SCOOBY-DOO PART 3: THE MYSTERY BEGINS explored all that and it had all 4 of them! Sarah Gilman is a better choice than Linda Cardellini and Hayley Kiyoko. Not that they're bad actresses, but a lot of effort was put into transforming them into Velma (and their installments still had scenes where Velma changed into a sexy outfit and/or a male character stared at her with his tongue about to fall out), while Sarah already looks and sounds a lot like the character's original design. No, I'm not calling her ugly. In fact, she played a similar character in I DIDN'T DO IT and there was an episode where she had a makeover. The change wasn't even that radical, because it didn't need to be. While she's not a sex symbol, she has that "girl next door" beauty. I just wish she had been given more material to work with. None of the jokes are funny (the cartoon trope about the eyes being the only visible thing in a dark place looks creepy in live action!) and the culprit's identity is so obvious based on casting. That being said, the aesthetics during the climax is eye-pleasing. There's a scene where Daphne's dad says "It was real...", he pauses, and then he says "... ly me." This joke would've worked if the characters were British. However, the words "Real" and "Really" don't have the same phonetic sounds in the U.S. (riəl / ˈrɪli). 1/10 SCOOB! 5/10 ------------------------------------- You can read comments of other movies in my blog.
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Post by gljbradley on Aug 10, 2020 9:38:08 GMT
I love this film!
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Post by gljbradley on Aug 10, 2020 9:40:21 GMT
Oh man, the audience went insane for that. Anyway, outside of Matthew Lillard who is perfectly cast as Shaggy, I detest this movie. I remember the animated straight-to-video movies around that time (Zombie Island, Witches Ghost, etc) being clever and funny, whereas this was just fart jokes and stale gags that are as old as the show itself. 'Scooby-Doo On Zombie Island' (1998) is one of the greatest animated features I've seen. I totally agree. I love that film as well.
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Post by moviemouth on Aug 10, 2020 18:01:20 GMT
Scooby-Doo doesn't transfer well to live-action and of the thousands of possible stories they could have thought of, this was the best they could come up with? This movie is lazy, moronic, unfunny and cringe-inducing.
The cast do their best to make it watchable, especially Matthew Lillard and Linda Cardellini.
3.5/10
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Post by janntosh on Aug 10, 2020 20:18:41 GMT
Missed opportunity. Well cast (especially Lillard and Cardellini) and strong production values yet they decided to target it solely to the under ten crowd. Should have done a Zombie Island /Mystery Incorporated type movie but in live action
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Post by thisguy4000 on Aug 10, 2020 20:22:22 GMT
Missed opportunity. Well cast (especially Lillard and Cardellini) and strong production values yet they decided to target it solely to the under ten crowd.Did they? As toned down as the movie is from what James Gunn intended, it’s still not without some dirty jokes and questionable wardrobe choices.
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Post by Zos on Aug 11, 2020 15:54:41 GMT
There's a good porn parody of Scooby Do, definitely better than All the official ones.
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