Board Thread:Movie discussions/@comment-252417-20190205141753/@comment-32694909-20190206141335

SimonTheThespian wrote: Okay here are all my thoughts:

No character has ever died in a DTV! There's no way anybody is going to believe that his assistant was killed so it's made obvious from the start that he'll be the bad guy!

The opening credits were awesome and I loved all the references.

They agree to give up mystery's so quickly... It doesn't feel realistic for the Gang to do...

I loved the quick reference to Daphne's "13 Ghosts" hairstyle.

I really liked how Daphne was a stronger character in this. I like how they didn't make a big deal about her usually being a "damsel in distress" and just made her strong w/out question.

Shaggy calling Velma "sister?!" Um...

Ok, I love how they animated the characters mouths in this. It was kinda like anime characters when they freak out and it worked!

Vincent's castle is awesome!

The short scene with the mice talking was hysterical!

The zoom in to the painting after Shaggy points out that it doesn't look like Vincent is painfully obvious foreshadowing to his ancestor. Also, why do they need to foreshadow this?! Everyone has ancestors so it doesn't really seem necessary...

Velma being super skeptical gets kinda repetitive.

I loved Scooby as the female flight attendant and "Mr. Rogers" the captain! XD

The line about the courtyard being open was also unnecessary foreshadowing to them needing it to get inside when they're snowed out! Why did they even need to point that out?! No one's gonna hate on the film b/c a single location is a tad bit different!

Scooby & Shaggy doing meditation almost killed me with laughter.

I loved the reference to the rolling demon from the theme song.

Flim Flams song is gold.

Fred being a cheerleader actually amused me. Fred's gone through so much in the last few DTVs so it's not shocking that he reached his breaking point. Also, this gives us an excuse to add Fred to the cheerleader's category, LOL!

I loved Shaggy's winter hat b/c it looks like a hat I wear all the time. Not something that most people will appreciate, but it made me smile.

The Scrappy reference was sweet, but if they're gonna acknowledge him- JUST MAKE HIM A CHARACTER!!! ARGH!!!

The avalanche scene was cool but it went on for too long.

The guy who ended up being a spy/figure skater was just so... random.

Okay... The last nine minutes ruined EVERYTHING! They threw in way too much stuff! I'm not even going to waste my time typing out everything wrong with the last nine minutes b/c it was TERRIBLE! The one thing that bothered me the most is that Velma basically said that nothing in "The 13 Ghosts" happened and that they all hallucinated! You can't hype up a long-awaited sequel to a TV show and then say that everything in the TV show didn't actually happen. This bothers me SO MUCH!

Overall I thought it was good but not great. If they had not introduced the character who ended up being the villain or had any of the backstories and cut out the spies (so essentially just the last 9 mins) and ended it w/ the 13'th ghost being trapped it could have been perfect.

On a last note- I agree with everything that's been said about Scrappy but I also understand why he's not in it. Most of the people who like Scrappy (me included) are die-hard fans who understand him. Other people who aren't huge Scooby-Doo fans find him annoying. If you think about who's mostly buying the film- it's the parents of kids who love Scooby-Doo. Those parents aren't huge fans and most likely don't like Scrappy. I'm guessing WB knows the big fans want Scrappy back but also realize, even though it's please us, they'd end up making less money. Just thought I'd share my two cents on that since there's so much discussion. They can either make him a good guy or no longer mention him as long as they stop making him look bad. And besides, the old problems back then are history now.