Oh no...there's a season 2 of Velma :/
Summary
TLDRThe video script offers a candid critique of the so-called 'Velma Season 2', expressing dissatisfaction with the show's writing, character development, and pacing. The reviewer compares the experience of watching the series to witnessing a train wreck, feeling compelled to see it through despite its lack of appeal. They criticize the contrived nature of the storyline and the obnoxious portrayal of Velma, who is depicted as a self-insert character for the show's creator, Mindy Kaling. The pacing is described as too fast, making it difficult to connect with the characters or their evolution. The reviewer also addresses the issue of Warner Brothers advertising the show as having two seasons while only compensating the artists for one, highlighting the exploitation of creative talent. Amidst the critique, there is a brief endorsement for MeUndies, praising the comfort and quality of their products. The script concludes with a plea for more sincerity and creativity in future adaptations of beloved franchises, rather than the obnoxious and insincere approach taken with Velma.
Takeaways
- 💥 The speaker describes their experience with 'Velma Season 2' as akin to watching a car wreck, feeling compelled to see it through despite the negative experience.
- 📺 The show was originally intended as one season but was marketed as two, which the speaker criticizes as a way to take advantage of the artists involved.
- 🔥 A spoiler alert is given, revealing that Velma dies in the finale, killed by Scrappy Doo, a character who appears unexpectedly in the show.
- 📉 The speaker expresses strong dissatisfaction with the show's writing, character development, and pacing, feeling that it is contrived and lacks sincerity.
- 🎭 The character of Velma is described as obnoxious and self-inserted, with the speaker preferring the creator's earlier work on 'The Office'.
- 👙 The speaker transitions to a sponsored segment about MeUndies, praising the brand for its comfort, style, and sustainable practices.
- 👕 MeUndies offers a variety of styles and sizes, aiming to provide a comfortable fit for everyone, which the speaker appreciates.
- 👻 Returning to the topic of 'Velma', the speaker discusses the chaotic introduction of new characters and the lack of depth in their development.
- 📉 The show's animation is noted to have its moments of quality, but the visual appeal does not compensate for the lack of engaging storytelling.
- 🤷♀️ The speaker argues that race swapping in the show is not the issue; it's the poor character writing and lack of likability that detracts from the series.
- 👻 The finale reveals the existence of ghosts and an afterlife, with Velma becoming a ghost, which could potentially set up a second season.
Q & A
What is the reviewer's main issue with the show 'Velma'?
-The reviewer's main issue with 'Velma' is the writing, particularly the contrived and obnoxious nature of the characters, dialogue, and story.
How does the reviewer describe the character development in the show?
-The reviewer feels that the character development is rushed and insincere, with the show telling rather than showing the characters' evolution.
What is the controversy surrounding the number of seasons produced for 'Velma'?
-The controversy is that Warner executives called one season of the show 'Season Two,' which is seen as misleading and unfair to the artists who were paid for only one season.
What is the reviewer's opinion on the inclusion of Scrappy Doo in the show?
-The reviewer finds the inclusion of Scrappy Doo as a meta-commentary on the show's attempt to improve ratings, and finds it amusing that Velma is killed by Scrappy.
How does the reviewer perceive the pacing of the show?
-The pacing of the show is described as being at 'neck break speeds,' making it difficult for the reviewer to absorb the characters, their stakes, motives, or growth.
What is the reviewer's stance on the visual aspects of the show?
-The reviewer acknowledges that the show has visually appealing moments, with some fluid and good animation, but feels that the visual aspects are not the main issue with the show.
Why does the reviewer believe that the show 'Velma' is not a good representation of the Scooby-Doo franchise?
-The reviewer feels that 'Velma' lacks the fun and sincerity that characterizes the Scooby-Doo franchise, instead being full of itself and obnoxious.
What is the reviewer's opinion on the character Velma in the show?
-The reviewer finds the character Velma to be obnoxious, unlikable, and lacking any significant character growth throughout the season.
How does the reviewer feel about the handling of the character Fred in the show?
-The reviewer notes that Fred's character shows some improvement and growth, making him more empathetic and sweet towards his friends compared to the first season.
What does the reviewer suggest as an alternative show to 'Velma'?
-The reviewer suggests watching 'Mr. Incorporated' as a more nuanced take on the Scooby-Doo franchise that feels both different and familiar.
What is the reviewer's final verdict on 'Velma Season 2'?
-The reviewer concludes that 'Velma Season 2' is not worth checking out, describing it as a car crash in slow motion with a high body count.
Outlines
📺 'Velma' Season 2 Critique: A Train Wreck of a Show
The speaker begins by comparing watching 'Velma' Season 2 to witnessing a car crash or building demolition, an event that is shocking yet hard to ignore. They express their dissatisfaction with the show's second season, which they argue was mislabeled as a second season by Warner executives, when in fact it was a single season. The speaker criticizes this as a corrupt practice that shortchanges the artists involved. They were initially indifferent to the show's conclusion but became compelled to watch after seeing a spoiler revealing Velma's death. The summary goes on to detail the speaker's issues with the show's writing, pacing, character development, and contrived plot. They also discuss their feelings about the inclusion of Scrappy Doo and the implications for the show's future.
🩲 MeUndies Endorsement: Comfort and Style for Everyone
The speaker transitions from discussing 'Velma' to promoting MeUndies, a brand of comfortable and stylish underwear. They share their personal experience with the brand, emphasizing the quality and comfort of the products, and how they have replaced their old, worn-out underwear with MeUndies. The speaker highlights the brand's variety of styles, sizes, and commitment to sustainability and fair labor practices. They also mention MeUndies' loungewear collection and the soft, breathable fabric that feels like a warm hug. The promotion includes a discount offer for the audience and a humorous acknowledgment of the speaker's focus on comfort.
🎭 Character Critique and Animation Praise in 'Velma'
The speaker returns to the topic of 'Velma,' discussing the show's character development and the animation quality. They express a dislike for most of the characters, finding them unlikable and their arcs underwhelming, with the exception of Fred, who shows some growth. The speaker appreciates the art direction and some moments of fluid animation, despite other parts appearing wonky. They also touch on the issue of race swapping in the show, stating it's not a problem, and emphasize that the real issue lies with the character writing. The speaker concludes their thoughts on the show's first season, suggesting that it does not feel like a tribute to the Scooby-Doo franchise but rather a threat, and they hope for a more sincere and immersive experience in future adaptations.
🚫 The Disappointment of 'Velma' Season 2 and Hopes for the Future
In the final paragraph, the speaker reiterates their disappointment with 'Velma' Season 2, describing it as not worth watching and lacking the charm and sincerity of the original Scooby-Doo franchise. They argue that the show feels obnoxious and self-important, with a lack of immersive and sincere moments that would allow viewers to connect with the story or characters. The speaker also addresses the potential for a second season, suggesting that it might happen due to the involvement of high-profile names like Mindy Kaling. They end with a call for Hollywood to take more risks and support creative artists in order to create a renaissance in entertainment, expressing hope that the future does not include another season of 'Velma' and instead sees a return to form with proper investment in artists.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Velma
💡Mindy Kaling
💡Scooby-Doo
💡Scrappy Doo
💡Character Arc
💡Animation Quality
💡Pacing
💡Race Swapping
💡Sustainability
💡meundies
💡Artist Exploitation
Highlights
The speaker compares watching the Velma series to witnessing a car wreck that is hard to look away from.
Warner executives are criticized for labeling one season of the show as two, which is seen as financially unfair to the artists.
The speaker was initially uninterested in the show's finale but became curious after seeing a spoiler on Twitter.
The character Velma is killed off by Scrappy Doo in a twist that compelled the speaker to watch the entire season.
The speaker expresses dissatisfaction with the writing, character development, and pacing of the show.
The character Velma is described as a self-insert character for the show's creator, Mindy Kaling.
The speaker feels that the relationship between Daphne and Velma lacks sincerity and depth.
The show's animation is praised for its fluidity, despite some static moments.
The speaker discusses the inclusion of Scrappy Doo as a meta-commentary on the need for ratings, which they find amusing.
The speaker argues that the show does not feel like a love letter to the Scooby-Doo franchise but rather a threat.
The possibility of a second season is mentioned, despite the speaker's belief that the show should not continue.
The speaker calls out the Hollywood tendency to greenlight projects based on attached names rather than creative merit.
The speaker ends with a hope for a return to form in entertainment, with proper investment and support for creative artists.
The speaker humorously transitions from discussing their underwear preference to talking about the show's content.
The speaker provides a sponsored message for MeUndies, praising their comfort and style variety.
The speaker criticizes the show's handling of character backstories and the introduction of too many characters.
The speaker discusses the show's visual appeal but emphasizes that it's not the main issue, which lies in the character writing.
Transcripts
have you ever like watched a car wreck
before or or see like a a building
implode with like a demolition and
you're like oh my God this is so crazy
such such destruction but you can't like
look away you have to see it fall apart
you have to see it implode blow up see
the fireworks you know you have to see
it from start to end no matter how
Grizzly and awful and terrible set
explosion
might be yeah that was my uh experience
with Velma season
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2 hold on a minute saberspark did did
you just say Velma season 2 they made a
second season of the show well
technically no they did not they made
one season of this show and then the
executives at Warner called it a season
two which by the way is kind of kind of
messed up that's corrupt instead of
Warner paying for two seasons which uh
would give more benefits and money to
the artists who worked on the show they
paid them for one season but are now
advertising it as two seasons that's
messed up that happened to cuphead as
well with Netflix no matter how bad a
show might be artist being taken
advantage of is never a cool thing so
hey another arrow in the quiver of
Warner Brothers I suppose I
digress let's talk about Velma season 2
quote unquote now initially I did not
care that the finale for the first
season the closure came out I mean in
the back of my head I was curious like
oh I wonder how the end it's but not to
the point where I'm like I have to do a
video I have to watch this I have to
talk about it I only cared uh when I saw
on Twitter by happen stance a spoiler
for the finale which by the way spoiler
warning right now giving you heads up
for the three people who care Velma
dies she gets killed by you ready
Scrappy dooo yes Scrappy Doo shows up in
part two and kills Velma at that moment
I'm like okay I got to watch this to my
example at the start of this video I had
to see the end of this train wreck so I
did I watched all 10 episodes and I
started having those feelings again of
like wow there's a lot about this show I
do not like that I mentioned in my first
video number one being the writing I
don't like the characters I don't like
their dialogue I don't like the story it
all feels very contrived feels very
obnoxious feels very like just this
superiority complex especially for Velma
she is such a self-insert character for
Mindy Kaling the creator of the show oh
Mindy you were a better writer in the
office or maybe other writers were
better writers on the office but here
for Velma the show I just I just don't
feel any Joy I don't feel any anything
that makes me happy or invested in your
characters Velma is such a know-it-all
hoyy toyy brat her jokes obnoxious her
relationships surface level this entire
time you got this back and forth with
Daphne and Velma as girlfriends and I
just feel like there's never a moment
that feels sincere between the two it
also does not help that the pacing of
this show is at like neck break speeds
boom there's so much happening cut after
cut after cut scene to scene I can't
slow down to like marinate in a scene at
all or in in the characters to actually
absorb them and their Stakes or their
motives or their growth it it just keeps
moving too quickly and we are told not
really shown how these characters evolve
or grow just multiple scenes of dapne
and Velma being like you're my
girlfriend but I'm angry at you but I
shouldn't be angry at you but I'm angry
at you this show is definitely a teenage
romantic drama with the love triangle or
Circle or pentagram but to
me just told we're just told about it
and we're not really shown and that just
makes it again very insincere and also
like a lot to keep up with because the
story itself the mystery being like
unraveled it's it's I can't keep up with
it I don't know what's happening there's
too much and there's moments where I'm
like I'm watching the show sincerely
trying to pay attention trying to follow
along and I'm like What's Happening
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I'm going to stop talking about my junk
and instead talk about this junk what is
happening oh here's another relative of
a character showing up that happens all
the time in the show Velma goes my dad
oh my mom Fred it's your dad Norville
it's your grandma nor it's your dad who
who are these characters there's too
many characters in the show which is
funny cuz they're missing Scooby Uncle
Scooby is in the show but he's like this
mysterious Mass character it's not
actually Scooby you know thank God
Scooby was able to escape this uh but
instead we get Scrappy which I'll
explain here in a bit but yeah
ultimately the story being unraveled the
back and forth of the dialogue trying to
grow these characters just excruciating
I don't like it the only character who I
felt like was any good compared to the
first quote unquote season an
improvement if you will is Fred again
Velma is obnoxious Norville is kind of
uptight
uh Daphne just superficial and and vapid
but Fred here who's struggling with like
this mommy complex he has actually grows
to be his own man and becomes less of an
and a bit more like empathetic
and sweet to his friends I'm like wow
this is not bad it's not good but it's
better compared to Velma who's like um
there is no God and uh the rich are
ruining everything wait I'm rich now I'm
going to ruin everything oh also so blah
blah blah blah blah religion's bad and
it's the opio of the masses okay I I
don't disagree with some of these points
but like I don't want to hear it from
you cuz you're an obnoxious teenager and
no matter what you say Pro or con or
whatever I don't I don't want to hear it
cuz it's obnoxious velma's just that
unlikable of a character and she does
not improve at all throughout the entire
uh duration of season 2 oh my God so
Twitter like its pants with this uh
a hex girl shows up and she's like older
in this show and Twitter's like oh my
God they ruined the hex girl I'm like no
she got older that's like what's what's
what's the big deal here you got folks
on Twitter like almost implying like for
the public execution of the folks who
worked on this show or at least their
you know jobs being like this is the
worst I don't care if these folks lose
their jobs they deserve it it's like
it's just it's just an older woman Hex
Girl calm down there's moments where
it's like I'm not happy with this show
it's not good but my God calm down like
the artists who work on this show are
doing jobs same thing with a lot of the
other folks involved if you want to take
issue take issue with Mindy the show
creators the the head Executives the the
head writers do talk to them you know
focus on them you know they're the ones
who have the mantle of responsibility
but as far as like people who are just
like hey I do in-betweens I do cleanups
I'm doing some of the character designs
artists are just doing their jobs cool
off I think the art direction for the
show is pretty damn good the animation
can be kind of you know wonky here in
there and and static though also at
times surprisingly fluid there was a
scene where Norville got like his eye
like penetrated by some like ghost
finger and it was very visceral I look
away I was like ah and I watched it
again I'm like wow this looks very good
this is fluid good animation so the show
has its moments visually the visual
aren't the main issue of the show I said
this in my first review for Velma I have
no problem with the race swapping who
cares that's not the problem it is the
writing of the characters what they're
about the journey they go on are they
likable are they fun things you you can
write fun unlikable characters always
study in Philadelphia is like a
quintessential example even characters
from The Office like Michael Scott can
be an absolute ass at times but still
you can feel athetic enough to him or
have fun with him being obnoxious and
seeing come upends but for Velma it's
like no it's just nothing but obnoxious
behavior and I don't feel invested in
your character Arc which by the way is
like H I guess ghosts do exist okay
let's talk about that then so Scrappy
shows up the end of the show this entire
time Scrappy was the one behind the
murders uh Scrappy was part of some
military project to like spy on kids
uh he started killing these men who are
involved in the project itself um
there's also like this mom character of
of Velma like her stepmother who was
also involved on the murders as well I
had a hunch it was her but she was also
involved in the military and I guess she
was caught up in these Affairs but like
ultimately Scrappy is this experiment
gone wild who starts biting off the
dicks of people who starts going on a
manslaughter ulating Velma and
ultimately killed Velma and Scrappy
though he was like possessed by Velma at
the end and that like plated him or
pacified him I guess I don't know he was
he was defeated but velma's dead so
here's the thing is like at the end of
the show velma's like I'm sorry Daphne
uh even though You' become a bit more of
an astrologist and more involved with
the occult um maybe the supernatural
does exist cuz I'm a ghost and also Fred
wasn't wrong about his mom being a ghost
and there is an afterlife and at the end
of the show it's like okay are we
wrapping this up is there oh there's a
loc end so currently as it stands there
could be a season two of Velma
officially not one season cut in half
but an actual season 2 and I'm sure some
folks right now are like saber spark
you're talking about it you're giving it
attention it's going to create a season
2 Guys you give me far too much credit
for my reach all right whether it be
folks on Twitter
or or folks here on YouTube there is a
massive demographic of folks who
actually watch this outside of the
social media who are the ones who mostly
decide if there's going to be a second
season and they're not watching this
video I mean if anything this video
should convince folks to not watch it um
because I don't think it's worth
checking out uh go watch Mr Incorporated
that was much more Nuance that actually
took the characters of the scooo
franchise and did something very
different with them that felt rewarding
but familiar
cuz like currently with the Velma show
it's like you ruined Velma you ruined
dhne Fred felt obnoxious as well but at
least he had a little bit more of a
character Arc at the end norville's here
too okay there's Easter eggs for other
Scooby-Doo characters okay fine it was
not a fun show that's the thing it's
hard to have fun with this series it's
so full of itself and sounds like holier
than thou or or smarter than you or
trying to be smarter oh keep up with our
W witty dialogue and our observation
humor and we're always breaking the
fourth wall as far as our meta
commentary and writing goes okay fine
but can we have an immersive sincere
moment please please so I can feel
invested in the story or the characters
whatsoever just once we got it once kind
of with like Fred again rising up to his
mother that's about it I guess we
Scrappy do which on a meta way there is
some humor to that where it's like okay
what do we do bringing Scrappy okay that
kind of hearkens back to the old school
days where they're like how do we
improve ratings bringing Scrappy D so I
do find that amusing I do find it funny
that Velma was killed by Scrappy But
ultimately this does not feel like a
love letter to the Scooby-Doo franchise
it feels more like a threatening letter
instead from some ex who's still
stalking you and creeping on you so
ultimately those are my thoughts on
Velma Court unquote season 2 it's not
worth checking out it's not the war
crime we think it is either but it's not
good it should serve as a reminder that
when you're trying to do your own take
on a franchise that's an evergreen
franchise uh you got to bring something
sincere to the table VMA there is no fun
there is no sincerity it's just way too
obnoxious for its own good so will they
make a season 2 maybe probably when it
comes to Hollywood when the right names
are attached to a project that's usually
enough to push the needle for Executives
to go oh Mindy's a part of it okay sure
we'll do it you know versus taking a uh
a risk or a Leap of Faith with something
that might be much more substantial and
and worthy of that you know potential
like coyote versus Acme but then they go
no it's more of a liability we we don't
want to take a risk we want some
reassurance we don't want to waste money
uh get rid of it so in that vein you
know it sucks sucks to suck and maybe
eventually Warner will wake up to to the
fact that they need creative people and
artist and to take risk in order to
create a new Renaissance of
entertainment for their streaming
service and and shows and movies for
audiences to watch so I don't know what
the future holds but hopefully it's not
Velma season 2 and hopefully we see a
return to form where they actually do uh
properly invest and support artists who
are willing to bring their creativity
and their fun to the table and let them
do what they do best make art
cuz Velma 2 is not art it is a car crash
in slow motion with a high body count
that somehow includes Scrappy dooo who's
really the villain here them or
me you are
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