I'm creating a new thread for this show so it doesn't get lumped in with the Wabbit discussion (which is where it started).
Warner Bros. released this teaser image months ago:
(https://animationrevelation.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FEV9g0ky.jpg&hash=db6c725917046b073f64fc5d090bcbb7e7538e6f)
Now the designs for the rest of the Scooby gang have been revealed.
(https://animationrevelation.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fscoobyfan.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F07%2FBeCoolScoobyDoo_Gang.jpg&hash=6a89a5e87e07b30e619d1d805957faa52accb99d)
There's also more info on the show here. (http://scoobyfan.net/new-details-on-be-cool-scooby-doo-plus-a-first-look-at-the-gang)
They're bringing the tone back to its 1960s roots. It's not going to be a darker interpretation like Mystery, Inc.
So who let Seth MacFarlane make a Scooby-Doo cartoon?
I am not a fan of those designs. I can't really see this turning out very good.
Quote from: Cartoon X on July 28, 2014, 07:38:33 PMI am not a fan of those designs. I can't really see this turning out very good.
In the
Wabbit thread, I joke-observed that it looked like they lobotomized Scooby when that poster was released.
And now that this new picture is out, it really does seem like the case. He looks even DUMBER now.
It makes me feel sorry for Scoob, looking at that. :shit:
Quote from: Dr. Insomniac on July 28, 2014, 07:30:02 PM
So who let Seth MacFarlane make a Scooby-Doo cartoon?
That was my first exact thought.
Ugly designs.
I don't mind the designs, I just hope the writing is actually funny if they're supposed to be playing up the comedy this time around.
As much as I liked Mystery Incorporated, a return to the franchise's comedic roots sounds like a logical conclusion for this series.
But these designs, yee-ikes. How can anyone like them?
Quote from: Avaitor on July 29, 2014, 12:46:51 PM
As much as I liked Mystery Incorporated, a return to the franchise's comedic roots sounds like a logical conclusion for this series.
But these designs, yee-ikes. How can anyone like them?
Because to others like myself, they really don't look that bad? I've seen some people on other boards say they don't mind the designs, a few even said they liked them. At any rate, I don't think the designs matter as much as how the writing is. If it's snappy and well done like Gravity Fall it'll be good, if it's lame like Teen Titans Go! became after the first few episodes, not so much.
"We're going for a simplistic, edgy design to match the comedy styling" is not really a confidence builder for me, personally. Scooby Doo has always been scatter-shot when it comes to quality, but this really isn't the direction I prefer.
This just looks like it's going to be obnoxious and the characters are going to be stupid for the sake of being stupid.
The more I look at them, the more the designs remind me a bit of Rick and Morty, in a way. It feels, like with TTG!, they've simplified the designs to make the cost of making the show cheaper, and obviously, it's easier to get away with being cheap if you're playing up the comedy aspect of the series and downplaying the mysteries and such. In any case, I'll give it a fair shot when it airs and all, but I just don't think "edgy" modern cartoon comedy and Scooby Doo is going to make for a particularly good mix.
Quote from: Comeau on July 29, 2014, 02:42:12 PM
This just looks like it's going to be obnoxious and the characters are going to be stupid for the sake of being stupid.
Comeau, I think you just hit the nail on the head. This was ordered, methinks, before Stupid Snyder left CN, so this is his way of saying thanks.
Daphne baring her legs and she's not on the beach? The designs play her as being at least 13, not 18. Her biggest asset is her legs, usually wrapped in purple (or pink) nylons/tights. This is a fail.
i thought mystery inc. was comedic. i guess it went dark when i stopped watching.
Mystery Inc. was hardly a Bruce Timm show, but you really did stop before it picked up.
i doubt i would like it.
Quote from: gunswordfist on August 04, 2014, 09:55:01 PMi thought mystery inc. was comedic. i guess it went dark when i stopped watching.
It plays more like a deconstruction of Scooby-Doo.
Quote from: Daikun on July 28, 2014, 07:27:26 PMNow the designs for the rest of the Scooby gang have been revealed.
(https://animationrevelation.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fscoobyfan.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F07%2FBeCoolScoobyDoo_Gang.jpg&hash=6a89a5e87e07b30e619d1d805957faa52accb99d)
???
I'm now even further from liking the character design work.
Phucking hell... ! Nooooo!
So wrong I can't even.... pfffffttt........!!!!!
....
Sorry, my rage meter has gone through the roof on this. I'm gonna try pacifying myself with an ice cream sandwich or two. Ice cream sandwiches fix everything, right? :e_tongue:
Yeah, letting those designs sit a while...
Still think they're awful.
Quote from: gunswordfist on August 04, 2014, 09:55:01 PM
i thought mystery inc. was comedic. i guess it went dark when i stopped watching.
The show underwent some massive Cerebus Syndrome after the season one finale.
Be Cool, Be Wild, and Be Groovy, Scooby-Doo! would have been a better title.
Especially if Jun Senoue was doing the music.
Be cool, Honey Bunny.
Not sure if this is the right place to mention this (we don't have a general Scooby thread, and I don't really feel the need to make one, tbh), but I actually picked up that recent puppet special because it was $2 at WalMart this weekend.
It was okay, I guess. I was marginally interested in it since the puppet designs look cute, and the effects were done well enough. The jokes were more or less what you'd expect, but like most pieces of work, at least a couple end up working. But the pacing was crap. This is basically a two-part episode with a dance number ala A Pup Named added in, but both parts dragged enough that I couldn't help but wonder if it would have worked better as a half hour special, since Warner's actually doing that now alongside their traditional movies. The other main problem I had was Velma's voice. The rest of the cast was traditionally solid, but Velma had this weird, cutesy lisp added which was annoying as hell to deal with.
Still, with some fine tuning, I think that more puppet Scooby stories would be a welcome change of pace from the bland movies and whatever this show is going to become. I probably wouldn't spend more than $2 on another release, but if Warner tries another special, I'd give it a shot at some point.
Also, it came with a couple of older Scooby episodes. One of which was a classic Where Are You?, and I have the same opinion on it the show that I've always had- it's an okay distraction, but I'd much rather watch Mystery Incorporated, the late 90's/early 00's movies, or, y'no, one of the HB shows that's actually better. Then there was an episode of Pup, which still has some of that Ruegger charm, but yikes, the animation doesn't hold up. Some of it is pretty embarrassing, in fact.
I watched a clip of Pup on YouTube not long ago. The animation did seem kind of shoddy to me. H-B's production qualities seemed to be deteriorating even further in the last few years that Taft/Great American owned the studio - I watched an episode of the ill-fated Yo Yogi! that was riddled with mistakes.
Yeah, I actually watched some of Yo Yogi! for a project on the blog that never came into fruition. It wasn't very sharp on any level.
Pup is another show from that era which has the distinction of having its opening credits contain tighter animation than the show itself. In fact, I'd go as far to say that the sequence of Daphne powdering her face while leaping in the air gives her more character than the whole of the show does.
Test footage of the show has been posted. (http://vimeo.com/113678388)
Considering the negative reception this show's designs initially got, this bit of footage has a surprisingly decent reception from what I've seen. Although personally, I wasn't impressed. Maybe if I hear Frank and Grey like I'm supposed to, I'll warm up to the show.
It looks okay. Average stuff. Most likely will turn out around as decent as Teen Titans Go! is.
I wasn't expecting that kind of humor. It's surprisingly better than I thought it would be.
if it is as good as teen titans go, then i will like it.
I didn't think the designs were that bad in the first place, but I'll admit Scooby's eyes will take some getting used to. As long as the writing if funny, I'll tune in. I still wish Mystery Inc. could have gotten another season. Aside from Zombie Island and Witch's Ghost, that was the best incarnation of the Scooby Doo mythos.
hmmm, i wonder if witch's ghost or the aliens movie would still hold up for me. i was high on scooby at the time due to zombie's island up until that stupid vr movie killed my renewed interest in the franchise.
Confirmed for Boomerang.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CE5FRyaVIAAebfu.jpg:large)
Also, according to Phineas & Ferb writer Jon Colton Barry (who is also doing this series), there will be one original song (http://scoobyaddicts.proboards.com/thread/2908/new-series-cool-scooby-doo?page=26&scrollTo=35302) per episode.
Scooby Doo looks pretty horrible. sheesh. :whuh:
Quote from: Lord Il on August 05, 2014, 05:42:20 PM
Quote from: Daikun on July 28, 2014, 07:27:26 PMNow the designs for the rest of the Scooby gang have been revealed.
(https://animationrevelation.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fscoobyfan.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F07%2FBeCoolScoobyDoo_Gang.jpg&hash=6a89a5e87e07b30e619d1d805957faa52accb99d)
???
I'm now even further from liking the character design work.
Phucking hell... ! Nooooo!
So wrong I can't even.... pfffffttt........!!!!!
....
Sorry, my rage meter has gone through the roof on this. I'm gonna try pacifying myself with an ice cream sandwich or two. Ice cream sandwiches fix everything, right? :e_tongue:
Hand me an ice cream sandwich. this is pretty bad.
Quote from: gunswordfist on May 14, 2015, 09:22:36 AM
Quote from: Lord Il on August 05, 2014, 05:42:20 PM
Sorry, my rage meter has gone through the roof on this. I'm gonna try pacifying myself with an ice cream sandwich or two. Ice cream sandwiches fix everything, right? :e_tongue:
Hand me an ice cream sandwich. this is pretty bad.
Save one for me. :whuh:
Quote from: Foggle on May 14, 2015, 12:17:09 PM
Quote from: gunswordfist on May 14, 2015, 09:22:36 AM
Quote from: Lord Il on August 05, 2014, 05:42:20 PM
Sorry, my rage meter has gone through the roof on this. I'm gonna try pacifying myself with an ice cream sandwich or two. Ice cream sandwiches fix everything, right? :e_tongue:
Hand me an ice cream sandwich. this is pretty bad.
Save one for me. :whuh:
I got you.
Quote from: Foggle on May 14, 2015, 12:17:09 PMQuote from: gunswordfist on May 14, 2015, 09:22:36 AMHand me an ice cream sandwich. this is pretty bad.
Save one for me. :whuh:
(https://animationrevelation.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journaldugeek.com%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2011%2F08%2Fice-cream-sandwich.jpg&hash=0cf02230475e38bdecd2c687eb57ace2a6e6a452)
Scooby is the only one who should have been redone. The rest of the cast look fine. That preview was actually funny, so regardless of the designs if it has good humor I hope it does well.
No, the only passable one is Daphne.
They all look like Heartland Hubby characters.
The show premieres on October 8.
In Canada. (http://www.teletoon.com/en/tv/be-cool-scooby-doo)
"This content is not available in your area"
Yay!.. :srs:
Weird seeing other people having that problem.
Lucky to be a Canadian. :kabapu:
According to TV Guide (print version, so there's no link right now), both this show and Wabbit premiere on Boomerang on October 5, back to back at 8PM.
I just got done watching the premiere. If you can get past the MacFarlane designs, the show is pretty good.
Then Peanut-Butter has found his COTY :kabapu:
You know what? While I didn't hate the designs, I was caught by surprise with this. It wasn't just good, it was GREAT. I had numerous chuckles and some good laughs at this. I loved Daphne's puppetry. Too bad it most likely just for this episode, but I'm sure there will be other good gimmicks like that. Regardless what people still think about the style of the show, the monsters as shown in the intro looked well done. A couple like the ghost in today's episode even strongly resemble the original bad guys. They also seem genuinely creepy and menacing which really impressed me. In other words, yeah one episode and I'm sold. This is the
good Lighter and Softer counterpart to Mystery Inc.'s Darker and Edgier narrative.
Quote from: gunswordfist on October 05, 2015, 06:56:44 PM
Then Peanut-Butter has found his COTY :kabapu:
Nope, that's Steven Universe. :thumbup:
Sound like Nick TMNT in comparison to 2K3 TMNT.
I saw some of this, too.
It's basically family friendly Family Guy. Didn't like it at all.
I wanted to watch a little Scooby-Doo to get me pumped for Halloween, so I decided to watch the first episode of this. But yeah, I don't think Spark is too far-off by calling it Family Guy for kids.
I respect that they wanted to take the show in a different direction following Mystery Incorporated, but I guess that is more to my taste for the franchise, since that, Zombie Island and Witch's Ghost are my favorite Scooby things, along with Ghoul School and a little of WAY/Scooby-Doo Show for nostalgia's sake. That, or the style of humor isn't for me. Maybe I'll give it more of a shot soon, but I think I'll watch some of what I listed above for now instead.
It's been cancelled. (https://twitter.com/joncoltonbarry/status/875931566991581184)
Also, Boomerang will be airing the rest of season 1 on Tuesday from 2-5AM, although they're already available on the Boomerang app. I wouldn't be surprised if season 2 becomes app-exclusive.
I'm not too too sad, but I do think it's a bit of a shame. I think the show was becoming more entertaining than we gave it credit for, and I'm curious to see if season 2 expands on that.
But the reason that I'm not heartbroken is because I feel like the next Scooby series could really knock it out of the park beyond this one. Let's hope that Warner continues to find interesting ways to evolve the franchise.
Looks like the show had some major behind-the-scenes problems. (http://scoobyaddicts.proboards.com/thread/4595/official-return-boomerang-streaming-service?page=4)
Goddamn, WB... :wth:
The show was getting better, and it actually was a lot more like P&F as it went along, but I never really cared all that much for it. Still, I thought it was doing decently. CN (and WB) just don't treat their legacy properties all that well. I don't think Wabbit got near the respect it deserved for being so well done, and I know they futzed around a lot with Tom & Jerry. They just can't allow these properties to reach the audiences they should be able to reach. It's bizarre.
QuoteAnimation (especially kids animation) is made up of a bunch of artists who went to art school and they're brilliant, trained artists, not writers - which takes JUST as much training and practice. It's the old cliche - EVERYBODY thinks they're a writer because words on a page look like words on a page - unlike ART, which you can tell when someone has gone to school and is trained and learned the craft of drawing and animating. They all think, "I'm funny! I can write this!" without having any idea what there-act structure is, what character arcs are, how to create character driven comedy, how to structure and build a story and keep your character's voices and action unique and individual to that character.
Case in point: John K. and his acolytes. Animation needs strong writing to go along with the pretty pictures, guys.
WB is working on the next Scooby-Doo series. (https://www.instagram.com/p/BWvgDwpj5DY)
We're finally getting the finale to 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo. (https://youtu.be/jTKbXWGjSe0)
Wish this had been done a while ago like when they had the first four DTV movies, but this looks like a lot of fun! Glad 13 Ghosts is finally getting the series finale it was robbed of.
Now if aside Vincent Van Ghoul and Flim Flam we could see the hot minx from Boo Brothers I'll be a happy camper.
Interesting. I've actually watched a little of the original on Boomerang recently, and it's not that bad. The stories are a little more clever than they had been with previous Scooby series, Van Ghoul is fun, and even Scrappy is a little subdued.
This is obviously a bit overdue, but I'm curious.
Yeah, it really wasn't a bad show. Scrappy in particular is at his best in it. He's not annoying whatsoever like he could get at times in his first series and his specials. Flim Flam took that role, but he doesn't bring the whole show down at all.
This is a great idea for a film, and I'm looking forward to it! Though I hope they don't short-change Scrappy. He was a part of the original show, so he should be included in the film too. The vendetta against him is getting in the way of telling good stories with him and redeeming the character's reputation, which I think is a real shame, because there was a lot to like about him that gets overshadowed by the meme of him always being annoying.
Not only would I bring Scrappy back, but I'd honestly make it closer to the original and just write out Fred and Velma for this one. They don't really have any reason to be here, but I can understand why they're here anyway, since Warner probably wants to get as much out of Frank Welker as they can before he passes.
I didn't realize the last time Scrappy was used for a genuine appearance and not for a cameo such as in Scoobynatural, an ironic joke like in the CN City bumps, or a target of mockery like in the live-action film was way back in 1988. Maybe it's about time they finally use the character for something without treating him like the franchise's black sheep. Or maybe not. I have no fondness for Scrappy either way.
(https://toybook.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/WB_Scooby_50years.jpg)
Today marks Scooby's 50th birthday.
This is our general Scooby thread?
Happy anniversary! If you're interested, you can watch pretty much all things Scooby on the Boomerang app this weekend, even if you don't have an account.