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Post by Doo on Sept 29, 2016 17:28:05 GMT -5
It's pretty common knowledge among Scooby fans that Arabian is hated due to the lack of Scooby in it. I was wondering, if it had been promoted as a Hanna-Barbera crossover movie, do you think the movie would be better received/liked due to people's expectations for the movie not being as high?
I personally think it would, but I'm interested in hearing others' opinions on the matter.
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Post by scoobnick on Sept 29, 2016 19:20:53 GMT -5
It might have, if scooby had interacted with Yogi and the others.As it was Scooby hardly appeared at all in it..
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Post by SpiderScooby on Sept 29, 2016 22:04:38 GMT -5
Even it was sold as a HB project, I don't think I would've liked it any more. Everything to the script to the animation is terrible. All and all it was a lazy production. The movie almost feels like a quick cash grab after the success of Disney's Aladdin. I think Hanna-Barbera being on their last legs didn't help matters.
I do like the idea of taking classic stories and retelling them with HB characters. There are some good ideas in theee. I just wish more effort had been put into it.
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Post by Soupperson on Sept 30, 2016 13:37:09 GMT -5
I agree with SpiderScooby, it's still a bad cartoon whatever it's called. I think consumers would've been more happy with your title though Doo!
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Post by scoobnick on Oct 6, 2016 0:49:46 GMT -5
i agree with soup. in the end it ewasnt good, no matter what you called it. it was basically HB'sbas answer to the 70s era merry melodies which frankly stunk.
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Post by wileyk209 on Oct 7, 2016 8:14:44 GMT -5
And it didn't even feel like a Hanna-Barbera cartoon very much, despite featuring their characters. It felt more like Warner Bros. Animation produced it (ironic, huh?), and it had the same kind of music as "Animaniacs," and didn't use the H-B sound effects very much. And the animation was pretty sloppy too. Maybe the "Aliyah-Din" segment would've worked better if it were a stand-alone TV special and had better animation. If they really wanted to be like Disney or WB, then they should've hired TMS Entertainment to do the overseas animation instead of Wang Film Productions, even though Wang has done a lot of work for Disney and WB (ESPECIALLY Disney) and it's looked much better there.
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Post by barneynedward on Mar 25, 2017 20:30:10 GMT -5
This is just like HB's answer to that absolute dumpster fire that was recently passed off as a Fantastic Four movie.
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Post by jonathanmuddlemore on Nov 10, 2018 17:09:35 GMT -5
It's pretty common knowledge among Scooby fans that Arabian is hated due to the lack of Scooby in it. I was wondering, if it had been promoted as a Hanna-Barbera crossover movie, do you think the movie would be better received/liked due to people's expectations for the movie not being as high? I personally think it would, but I'm interested in hearing others' opinions on the matter. It actually was promoted this way. The titlecard very clearly just says Arabian Nights and early promos barely mentioned Scooby at all. It wasn't until it was released on home video that it became Scooby-Doo in Arabian Nights. I do have evidence to back this up but it's been awhile and I might have to do some digging.
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Post by ShaphneLegacy27 on Nov 10, 2018 17:40:06 GMT -5
I think this movie would have worked if it had Yogi and Boo Boo telling the story instead of Scooby and Shaggy.
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Post by Doo on Nov 11, 2018 11:12:42 GMT -5
It's pretty common knowledge among Scooby fans that Arabian is hated due to the lack of Scooby in it. I was wondering, if it had been promoted as a Hanna-Barbera crossover movie, do you think the movie would be better received/liked due to people's expectations for the movie not being as high? I personally think it would, but I'm interested in hearing others' opinions on the matter. It actually was promoted this way. The titlecard very clearly just says Arabian Nights and early promos barely mentioned Scooby at all. It wasn't until it was released on home video that it became Scooby-Doo in Arabian Nights. I do have evidence to back this up but it's been awhile and I might have to do some digging. No worries, I believe you. That's good to know, and I wonder why they changed the title then for home video only. It's a bit deceiving in a way tbh.
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Post by Doo on Nov 11, 2018 11:13:57 GMT -5
I think this movie would have worked if it had Yogi and Boo Boo telling the story instead of Scooby and Shaggy. And have Shaggy and Scooby be in the Aliyah-Din story you mean? That would be interesting.
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Post by jonathanmuddlemore on Nov 11, 2018 11:36:22 GMT -5
It actually was promoted this way. The titlecard very clearly just says Arabian Nights and early promos barely mentioned Scooby at all. It wasn't until it was released on home video that it became Scooby-Doo in Arabian Nights. I do have evidence to back this up but it's been awhile and I might have to do some digging. No worries, I believe you. That's good to know, and I wonder why they changed the title then for home video only. It's a bit deceiving in a way tbh. They didn't just change the title. The back of my DVD outright says Shaggy and Scooby are the ones who find the lamp.
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Post by Doo on Nov 11, 2018 14:03:25 GMT -5
No worries, I believe you. That's good to know, and I wonder why they changed the title then for home video only. It's a bit deceiving in a way tbh. They didn't just change the title. The back of my DVD outright says Shaggy and Scooby are the ones who find the lamp. I just looked at the back of mine, and it just says Shaggy and Scooby and their genie...I mean it's definitely deceptive but not wrong, it is their genie from the perspective that they created it by making it up.
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Post by futurerocker on Nov 12, 2018 0:44:34 GMT -5
It actually was promoted this way. The titlecard very clearly just says Arabian Nights and early promos barely mentioned Scooby at all. It wasn't until it was released on home video that it became Scooby-Doo in Arabian Nights. I do have evidence to back this up but it's been awhile and I might have to do some digging. No worries, I believe you. That's good to know, and I wonder why they changed the title then for home video only. It's a bit deceiving in a way tbh. They probably added Scooby Doo to it because Scooby was their biggest property at the time and there wasn't any new Scooby Doo media release at the time, so it was a quick cash grab.
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Post by manbearpig on Nov 12, 2018 17:06:01 GMT -5
No worries, I believe you. That's good to know, and I wonder why they changed the title then for home video only. It's a bit deceiving in a way tbh. They probably added Scooby Doo to it because Scooby was their biggest property at the time and there wasn't any new Scooby Doo media release at the time, so it was a quick cash grab. It's just a marketing. Someone's (correctly) thought that "Scooby Doo in Arabian Nights" would sell better than a generic "Arabian Nights".
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