DirectTV gives out opinion about SDMI

[Doo]

I found an article on the DirectTV website where DirectTV explains their opinion about SDMI and if it's appropriate for young children:

"The teens use good critical-thinking skills to follow clues to their eventual conclusion. Overcoming fears is the message of the show, as Shaggy and Scooby learn to face down monsters rather than running from them. The friends demonstrate good problem-solving skills, and they're as devoted to solving their own problems (family struggles, for instance) as they are to solving mysteries. Still, despite their good intentions, the teens do engage in some very bad behavior in the name of sleuthing. They often skip school, steal evidence, and mislead their parents in order to solve a mystery. The teens' parents make appearances in some stories and often encourage their kids to find more worthwhile hobbies than solving mysteries. The teen gumshoes now have parents, they go to school although they do skip out when a mystery is looming, and they wrestle with normal troubles like disagreements among friends. Parents should watch out for violence in the show. The Scooby Gang's sleuthing is still fun for kids, but the show's modern feel makes it more targeted at tweens.


This show is OK for kids 7 and up. Kids 6 and under may be scared by the creepier monsters and darker tone of the new series, so they should not be able to watch the show. Before parents let their kids watch this show, Families should talk about solving problems. Here are questions you can ask your children: Who do you turn to when you need help? How do you face your problems? Did the gang's actions give you any ideas you can use in your own life? What fears do you have a hard time facing? Have you ever overcome an intense fear? How does it feel? How do our fears change as we get older like the gang is? How does this series compare to the original show? What changes did you notice in the characters? Why do you think those changes were made?"



Do you think this review of the show is a good one? Or do you think DirectTV is completely wrong?

[russm]

Makes sense, my son (9) doesn't have a problem with it, a colleague at work had a 6 year old daughter who also loves the show but finds some of it quite scary. Compared to some of the behaviour I've seen on the Disney live action shows* the gang are quite responsible and level-headed.

*I try to avoid these like the bubonic plague but have caught the odd tail-=end and trailer.

[ahkyahnan]

I think it's ok. Pretty accurate and fair.

Mark

[CaptainBuck]

At least it addresses that this isn't your universally available Scooby Doo of old.

[Doo]

I liked some of it, but some parts I didn't really like:

"Overcoming fears is the message of the show and Shaggy and Scooby learn to face down monsters"
I don't really think that's the message of the show, and I don't think Shaggy and Scooby face down monsters at all. Even in the most recent ep (Aliens Among Us), Shaggy and Scooby were running from

SPOILER: Click to show

the nordic alien when she spilled the slime all over the Spook Museum

SPOILER: Click to show

"Before parents let their kids watch this show, Families should talk about solving problems. Here are questions you can ask your children: Who do you turn to when you need help? How do you face your problems?"
I don't really think the show is about problem-solving or critical thinking as much as DirectTV makes it seem.

"How do our fears change as we get older like the gang is?"
The gang isn't older, they're still teenagers in High School.

Other than that, I think the article was pretty accurate.

[groovyscooby]

I think a lot of it depends on your child. If they spook easily, then it's probably not for them. Even I spook sometimes when watching it. I think the description is pretty accurate apart from that though.