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Post by barneynedward on May 31, 2018 18:19:34 GMT -5
I said it was PRIMARILY intended for Americans. They may sell the show other countries but Americans are the true target audience. That's why most of the guest stars for the new show are Americans or Fictional Americans like Steve Urkel. It's all about money. American celebrities are just cheaper for a kids show's budget than worldwide-known celebrities. I accept Scooby Doo and Guess Who as a show intended for Americans. It's being made for the 50th Anniversary of the american premiere, it continues the tradition of crossovers which made big impact on american pop culture. That's fine. But when talking about the rest (including Gourmet Ghost) it's a shame, because Scooby's history didn't stop in 1973 with The New SD Movies for Americans. Since then, SD conquered hearts of fans in the Americas, Europe, Australia and many other places, becoming worldwide known franchise. WB should take into account also our wishes about Scooby's new releases and future. And Scooby's future shouldn't be advertising cheap celebrities for masses, brainwashing young american audience and confusing the rest of the world just for money (highly doubtful). Scooby should aim higher. As to Gourmet Ghost, I hope the Celebrity Chefs won't be too exposed, overshadowing the story. When from the point of a casual observer they'll be like fictional secondary characters, I'll be fine with it. Are you from Russia?
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Post by manbearpig on May 31, 2018 18:23:07 GMT -5
It's all about money. American celebrities are just cheaper for a kids show's budget than worldwide-known celebrities. I accept Scooby Doo and Guess Who as a show intended for Americans. It's being made for the 50th Anniversary of the american premiere, it continues the tradition of crossovers which made big impact on american pop culture. That's fine. But when talking about the rest (including Gourmet Ghost) it's a shame, because Scooby's history didn't stop in 1973 with The New SD Movies for Americans. Since then, SD conquered hearts of fans in the Americas, Europe, Australia and many other places, becoming worldwide known franchise. WB should take into account also our wishes about Scooby's new releases and future. And Scooby's future shouldn't be advertising cheap celebrities for masses, brainwashing young american audience and confusing the rest of the world just for money (highly doubtful). Scooby should aim higher. As to Gourmet Ghost, I hope the Celebrity Chefs won't be too exposed, overshadowing the story. When from the point of a casual observer they'll be like fictional secondary characters, I'll be fine with it. Are you from Russia? Nope. From Poland
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2018 6:31:47 GMT -5
[/quote] I mean Winx is also Italian but I'm prettt sure it's as popular in the States.[/quote]
Finally someonelse besides me who mentions this one! Winx Club is popular stateside but not as popular as it used to be (blame it on the writers of season 5 & 6 not really knowing how to characterize the Winx from Sirenix to mythix,and nick's a marketing neglect because after season 4..well yeah it declined but s7 is rebuilding). It's more European popular...but at least it shows Stateside that "Hello other countries can animate" the loudest. BTW- did you know that Monster Allergy comes from Rainbow SRL/SpA just like Winx? In fact Monster Allergy was the first thing from Rainbow actually aired in the US (on kid's WB)
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Post by russm on Jun 1, 2018 7:29:00 GMT -5
Essentially it's not so much cultural imperalism as lazyness. Why spend the effort in producing a story that is accessable to a wide audience when you can just slap in a few guest stars and have the sales ride on their coattails. As I said earlier, it would point to a lack of confidence in their material.
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Post by shaggyfan86 on Jun 1, 2018 11:57:06 GMT -5
Awe Shaggy and Scooby look so happy I can't wait for the for film. Wonder how long till we get a trailer?
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Post by vakanai on Jun 24, 2018 21:57:05 GMT -5
Eh, I don't mind the guest stars. Sure I don't watch much Food Network stuff and won't recognize most of them, but it will be fun seeing how big a fan of their cooking you know Scooby and Shaggy are. And even if the celebrity crossover is an old gimmick, at least it is different celebrities.
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Post by barneynedward on Jun 24, 2018 22:11:00 GMT -5
Eh, I don't mind the guest stars. Sure I don't watch much Food Network stuff and won't recognize most of them, but it will be fun seeing how big a fan of their cooking you know Scooby and Shaggy are. And even if the celebrity crossover is an old gimmick, at least it is different celebrities. I'd like to see them meet the main characters from Gilligan's Island someday. They'd have to recast all the roles but it would still be funny to see. Imagine Shaggy and Scooby goofing off with Gilligan while the rest of the gang and the other six castaways are searching for clues.
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Post by vakanai on Jun 24, 2018 22:15:43 GMT -5
Eh, I don't mind the guest stars. Sure I don't watch much Food Network stuff and won't recognize most of them, but it will be fun seeing how big a fan of their cooking you know Scooby and Shaggy are. And even if the celebrity crossover is an old gimmick, at least it is different celebrities. I'd like to see them meet the main characters from Gilligan's Island someday. They'd have to recast all the roles but it would still be funny to see. Imagine Shaggy and Scooby goofing off with Gilligan while the rest of the gang and the other six castaways are searching for clues. On the one hand the childhood Gilligan's Island fan in me would adore this, on the other hand you would really have to get the voices just right. Who owns the rights to Gilligan's Island?
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Post by barneynedward on Jun 24, 2018 22:18:33 GMT -5
I'd like to see them meet the main characters from Gilligan's Island someday. They'd have to recast all the roles but it would still be funny to see. Imagine Shaggy and Scooby goofing off with Gilligan while the rest of the gang and the other six castaways are searching for clues. On the one hand the childhood Gilligan's Island fan in me would adore this, on the other hand you would really have to get the voices just right. Who owns the rights to Gilligan's Island? Warner Brothers owns the rights to Gilligan's Island too.
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Post by barneynedward on Jun 24, 2018 22:19:04 GMT -5
On the one hand the childhood Gilligan's Island fan in me would adore this, on the other hand you would really have to get the voices just right. Who owns the rights to Gilligan's Island? Warner Brothers owns the rights to Gilligan's Island too.
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Post by vakanai on Jun 24, 2018 22:26:29 GMT -5
Warner Brothers owns the rights to Gilligan's Island too. It's certainly doable then. Of course I doubt that the studio has ever thought about Gilligan's Island since the eighties or whenever it ended sadly. But I would love an animated film continuation of the series, Scooby crossover or not. Maybe both a Scooby crossover movie and a Tom and Jerry crossover movie (speaking of, why isn't there a Scooby Doo and Tom and Jerry crossover?).
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Post by barneynedward on Jun 24, 2018 23:34:50 GMT -5
It's certainly doable then. Of course I doubt that the studio has ever thought about Gilligan's Island since the eighties or whenever it ended sadly. But I would love an animated film continuation of the series, Scooby crossover or not. Maybe both a Scooby crossover movie and a Tom and Jerry crossover movie (speaking of, why isn't there a Scooby Doo and Tom and Jerry crossover?). There was some talk about a reboot movie about 15 years ago but that fell through and I haven't heard anything since. Although just 5 years ago there were rumors that Gosh Gad would be writing and starring in a movie version. He's short enough but he's not young enough or skinny enough. Gilligan weighed at most, 140 pounds and Bob Denver was young enough (early thirties) at the time that Gilligan was able to be portrayed as being in his early twenties.
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