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Post by jcb on Apr 24, 2015 12:18:45 GMT -5
If the new show is still going wouldn't we be getting news about it and it didn't appear in CN's 2015-16 line up. The theory about the shows since APNSD being parodies is the weird animation and the characters acting way different then the HB shows. I could tell What's New Scooby-Doo and Mystery Incorporated for example were parodies just they way they treated the characters. Hi Sponge, how's it going? I'm not quite sure where you're getting your info, but allow me to clear up a few things for you: Literally everything you've said on this thread is wrong - every piece of information, every guess - all absolutely incorrect. You are, of course, entitled and even welcomed, to dislike the show on which we're working so hard when it airs, but it seems like you're wasting an awful lot of cyberspace premature-trolling a series from you've only seen a couple drawings and an unfinished animation test. The show is NOT a parody, but, like "Phineas" and much of the comedy I write, it does contain elements of self-reflexive awareness. This is simply a common post-modern comedic device, not to be confused with "parody." It's a new show with new rules and structures, revamped characters with altered personalities, which are extensions, organic outgrowths, of their 1969 selves and we occasionally make comment on the show, itself, which, by definition, includes the entire history of Scooby Doo as luggage, but it's not a parody. The comedy comes from our new situations and characters, not from making reference to Scooby Doo, in general. I understand that we, as humans, fear change, but it's just a Scooby Doo show. There have been a million different versions of SD before "Be Cool" and there will be a million after. Relax and enjoy the ride - or don't. |
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Post by ShaphneLegacy27 on Apr 24, 2015 19:34:02 GMT -5
I guess a better way of saying it is the modern shows feel like parodies. I think it's best not for me to watch it since I'm not really into the newer animation and personas.
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Post by beanosponge on Apr 25, 2015 6:46:13 GMT -5
Hey jcb how long does it take to make an episode of Be Cool Scooby Doo Hello Rugrats1, stop pretending to be famous cartoon creators. |
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Post by beanosponge on Apr 25, 2015 6:47:44 GMT -5
Will there be any breaking the 4th wall in this series? I really liked the 4th wall breaks in P&F.
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Post by jcb on Apr 25, 2015 15:04:02 GMT -5
Hey jcb how long does it take to make an episode of Be Cool Scooby Doo A normal episode of an animated series takes about nine months total from the writing to getting it back animated from overseas. The "joke" is it's like a pregnancy. |
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Post by jcb on Apr 25, 2015 15:05:51 GMT -5
Will there be any breaking the 4th wall in this series? I really liked the 4th wall breaks in P&F. Actually, I'm not too sure how much 4th wall breaking we'll be doing. I tend do write a lot of humor that "includes" the audience in on the joke, which is a variation of that type of thing, but I don't think we'll be doing TOO much of characters actually looking out at the audience and talking to them, but you never know. We go where the comedy leads us. |
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Post by alfonso on Apr 28, 2015 14:26:52 GMT -5
So... Does someone know when does the Boomerang upfront air??
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Post by beanosponge on Apr 29, 2015 10:41:28 GMT -5
So... Does someone know when does the Boomerang upfront air?? May 13, but it won't air on TV. News will just come from news sites. Also, it won't just be Boomerang, it will also be the rest of Turner. |
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Post by CaptainBuck on Apr 30, 2015 0:52:59 GMT -5
I can agree with what is below quoted here. The flip side is that lifelong fans have always bought and watched and supported Scooby and lately have had to put up with various redesign attempts and we've flat out said NO a couple of times... Get A Clue being the latest. What's New Scooby Doo was pretty successful, we embraced that, we could have used 2 more seasons of that. Then, we got SDMI, and, it was... eeeeh... it was something. You already got Edge there.... and we actually mostly loved the new updated designs there. We are glad the movies seem to follow a high polish traditional look, so we are happy there. But, we kind of have rebootitis, or reboot apathy, or just plain reboot rebellion on our minds. They keep asking us to get used to something new even though we keep paying them money... At the end of SDMI, we were like 'okay, it's kind of all worth it, that ending leads into a new series, that's kind of cool'. Then, the IP holders yank our chain hard and instead of going forward with Scooby Doo in Mystery U (what ever you cold have called the Harlan Ellison thing) we got... silence... Then, we are told Scooby now look like Phineas and Ferb or Courage The Cowardly Dog... it's like 'really... they are gonna toss another at us? '. So, make it, put it on the air, we'll give it a shot. Just let the DTV releases keep churning out in the high polish style of Cyber Chase or Camp Scare or FrankenCreep and were fine, i guess. If it's good TV i'll watch it, but, understand some of our consternation, we're kind of 'New Design' worn out. Like I've said on the forums, heck, lets extend the Zombie Island plot into a whole series and merge it with The New Scooby Doo Movies and have Scooby and the gang have day jobs occasionally but have outtings visiting sites and celebrities to solve paranormal mysteries 'or' uncover criminals pretending, but they ofcourse lose the best footage and evidence of the parnanormal stuff so it doesn't make it all to air on their Coast to Coast with Daphne Blake show, or whatever subs for it. Elvira, Bruce Campbell, Alice Cooper, Kiss (yay for the new movie, that made me feel good when i saw that) , Lady GaGa , Katy Perry (just trying to involve the younger crowd) and other cross overs, they can also not spend licencing money and investigate haunted sites across america, animated style. I can't speak for everyone, but I'd watch that one, with excitement! And i'm a 'senior' member around here at 40 years old. The goal was not, obviously, to create a unappealing look. The main character designs were already in that vicinity when Zac and I came on board. WB decided, after MI, that they wanted to make a fresh, funnier Scooby show. The first thing they did was begin with the look of the characters - and "funny" to them, I suppose, meant to push the animation in a more cartoony way, in keeping with other successful animated comedy shows (Simpsons, Family Guy, Phineas, South Park, etc.). I guess the idea is if you have slightly less realistic and more pushed character designs, you can get away with more pushed, surreal and absurd humor. You're telling the audience that anything can happen - we are in a different world than any other Scooby, with different rules. These characters allow us new facial expressions, different kinds of physicality you've never seen before from a Scooby show, etc. Once the show is airing and I have permission, I will tell you guys the whole, long odd story of how and why the show was developed the way it was. It's pretty interesting - if you're into that kinda thing. Either way, the whole project was started (3 months before Zac and I arrived) with ONLY these three elements in place: 1. WB wanted to make a smart and funny Scooby show like Phineas and Ferb. 2. WB hired character designer FIRST to start exploring what a "funnier" Scooby show would look like. 3. They decided to call it "Be Cool Scooby Doo" as the original inspiration for the new designs were based on 1960's underground comic illustrations (although Zac pulled them back away from that once he came on board). When Zac and I were hired that was what we were handed to work with (apart from some character ideas that we discarded because they didn't fit into what we wanted to do). We then basically rebuilt the entire series from scratch, starting with the pushed character designs and the idea that it should be "smart and funny" like Phineas. Once we did the "math' of the characters, building up each one in relation to each other (as one does with any good comedic, sit-com, multi-character series), we decided that the stories would work best if the characters had more personal stakes in the outcomes of the mysteries. We build mysteries around characters, some more than others - or, at least, put our characters into situations or environments that we know will bring out the funnier aspects of their personalities or create conflict - CONFLICT BEING THE KEY TO WRITING STORIES. In terms of of "lazy," well, I think following the same old designs and not trying something new would be lazy. These designs really add to the characters' revamped personalities and allows them a much larger range of acting and expressions to play the comedy and horror. Trust me, we KNEW we would be criticized for the new look, but we feel it's the right way to go to tell the kind of stories we're telling and allow for the kind of humor we're attempting. It's really pretty out-there at times. In the end, I'd rather have our show have a unique look all its own, rather than look like the DVD movies or specials or what's been done before. The characters' look has changed constantly since 1969 and we are aware that some people will have a hard time adjusting to any change (as they always have with every new Scooby show). Hopefully, the stories, characters, tone, comedy and approach will blend with he look to make a coherent show that everyone loves as much as we do. Really true, and its really interesting to know the production/creation process from the show. Would be great if there is some kind of mini documental/videos where it shows the process of the development and the making of the show  About the designs, People may not love it, but I like it really much, and I support you guys because I know that you're working hard to make the show perfect Apart from that, the show seems really good, can't wait to see it |
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Post by jcb on Apr 30, 2015 2:22:49 GMT -5
I can agree with what is below quoted here. The flip side is that lifelong fans have always bought and watched and supported Scooby and lately have had to put up with various redesign attempts and we've flat out said NO a couple of times... Get A Clue being the latest. What's New Scooby Doo was pretty successful, we embraced that, we could have used 2 more seasons of that. Then, we got SDMI, and, it was... eeeeh... it was something. You already got Edge there.... and we actually mostly loved the new updated designs there. We are glad the movies seem to follow a high polish traditional look, so we are happy there. But, we kind of have rebootitis, or reboot apathy, or just plain reboot rebellion on our minds. They keep asking us to get used to something new even though we keep paying them money... At the end of SDMI, we were like 'okay, it's kind of all worth it, that ending leads into a new series, that's kind of cool'. Then, the IP holders yank our chain hard and instead of going forward with Scooby Doo in Mystery U (what ever you cold have called the Harlan Ellison thing) we got... silence... Then, we are told Scooby now look like Phineas and Ferb or Courage The Cowardly Dog... it's like 'really... they are gonna toss another at us? '. So, make it, put it on the air, we'll give it a shot. Just let the DTV releases keep churning out in the high polish style of Cyber Chase or Camp Scare or FrankenCreep and were fine, i guess. If it's good TV i'll watch it, but, understand some of our consternation, we're kind of 'New Design' worn out. Like I've said on the forums, heck, lets extend the Zombie Island plot into a whole series and merge it with The New Scooby Doo Movies and have Scooby and the gang have day jobs occasionally but have outtings visiting sites and celebrities to solve paranormal mysteries 'or' uncover criminals pretending, but they ofcourse lose the best footage and evidence of the parnanormal stuff so it doesn't make it all to air on their Coast to Coast with Daphne Blake show, or whatever subs for it. Elvira, Bruce Campbell, Alice Cooper, Kiss (yay for the new movie, that made me feel good when i saw that) , Lady GaGa , Katy Perry (just trying to involve the younger crowd) and other cross overs, they can also not spend licencing money and investigate haunted sites across america, animated style. I can't speak for everyone, but I'd watch that one, with excitement! And i'm a 'senior' member around here at 40 years old. Really true, and its really interesting to know the production/creation process from the show. Would be great if there is some kind of mini documental/videos where it shows the process of the development and the making of the show About the designs, People may not love it, but I like it really much, and I support you guys because I know that you're working hard to make the show perfect Apart from that, the show seems really good, can't wait to see it But hasn't Scooby Doo been constantly changing over the past 45 years? From the classic original, to suddenly Batman and Don Knotts show up, to Scooby Dum, to Laugh Olympics, to Scrappy, to 13 Ghosts, to it's just Scooby and Shaggy, to add Daphne the journalist, to they're little children now, to "wink wink, nudge nudge" feature films, to puppets, to it's Buffy the Vampire Slayer with Scooby Characters? What's more normal than radical reboot in the Scooby world? Everyone knows what the more classic look and feel is - and, from what I understand, they have no intention of stopping the DVD's and movies, which usually keep that approach, but there's always a new twist in the series of the moment. That's been the history of Scooby Doo, the tradition. It just shows how durable the Scooby Doo concept is. Honestly, the new "look" of the show is tiny compared to the new tone. We're making a character-driven comedy that gets very absurd at times. But, as I've said on many occasions, it's also the most dimensional the characters have ever been. If you look at HOW people describe the characters personalities, they'd say Velma is "the smart one" or Fred is "the leader" as if "the leader" was a personality trait or Daphne is rich - or "danger prone" (clumsy is not a personality trait). Or Fred likes traps. Daphne likes Fred. Who you have a crush on is not a personality trait. Okay, I guess Fred, Velma and Daphne are "brave" and "heroic" but they never really had points of views as characters. This is essential for comedy. The changes we've made are not just random to provoke outrage or upset anyone. They were important changes in order to make the show we want to make. We have to trust our guts and make a show we like because, in the end, you cannot please everyone and pandering gets you nowhere. All Scooby fans do not agree on what the best series is, who the best characters are or why they're the best characters, or really on anything. Scooby fans are not one voice with one taste. They deserve better than to be coddled, patronized and pandered to. I'd rather challenge and create something new and fail horribly then play it safe and stale. For a creative person, that's already failure before you've even begun. Some kids have never seen Scooby Doo before and our show will be what they consider "their" Scooby Doo - just like people who love "Pup" because that was on when they were kids. This show is for them, too - a new audience who doesn't know Scooby Doo. We're trying to make a show that will appeal to a wide audience - like we did with Phineas - that isn't made for children, but doesn't EXCLUDE them. We had four year-olds who loved the show as much as we had single, 40 year-olds who loved the show - and everything in between. Parents loved to watch Phineas with their kids. That's a great thing. All we did on THAT show was try and make a good show WE liked and WE thought was funny. We're taking the exact same approach here. We ARE going a different way with Scooby and, while we certainly hope EVERYBODY loves it, we're well aware that there are Scooby fans out there who feel VERY strongly about the property and simply won't care for our it. What are we supposed to do? How can you expect quality creative work from a creative team who doesn't want to do something fresh and from the heart? Who paint by numbers? The ironic thing is that our show is probably the closest to the classic 1969 Scooby series since 1969 and at the same time, a radical departure. The good news is that if the history of Scooby Doo has taught us anything, it's that there WILL be another, NEWER Scooby Doo after ours, on and on, forever. If you don't like "Be Cool," you may like the next one, or not. Viva la reboot rebellion! Either way, I hear you and understand where you're coming from. I love the passion in Scooby fans. I feel the same way about certain properties, myself. I don't like when they mess with them - unless I like HOW they've messed with them. Unfortunately, that's all subjective. If it was science, every show would be a number one hit and beloved by the world. |
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Post by pegasuscoconut on Apr 30, 2015 15:07:18 GMT -5
I hate to say this to fellow scooby addicts members, but I've noticed that while most members have been supportive and asking substantial, insightful questions, others have been putting too much pressure on jcb by asking questions he can't answer and critisizing aspects of the show before you've even seen it yet. I shouldn't need to remind people that jcb came to this site to do us scooby fans a service by helping us get into the series and answering reasonable questions we might have about the tone of the series. But for someone who's been on this site for over 3 years, constant bickering over what the show will be like and some (not many, thankfully) rude comments toward something jcb has put a lot of heart and soul into. As someone who's done fan work for scooby doo mystery inc ,creating miniature movie sets and putting them on youtube, I know how it feels to give life to something incredible and worry about what the reception will be. Jcb has been working with a large team of people on something, like any other cartoon, I could never imagine making myself. It takes years of work to get to the stage when you are working on a cartoon, and to be honest, it's not easy, especially to please everyone. In fact, it's impossible to please everyone. The point is to please SOME people and give them to joy and thrill of watching because that's all any cartoon team can do. Jcb shouldn't have to work this hard on this site just to make sure people don't start hating, because in all honesty, he has other stuff to do, working on his show and all. So I say, don't judge a show by one promo art picture, and don't try to get jcb to change all the great work he's already done. A show should be what the practiced creators feel will make a good story, not conforming to people on a site that feel they can say whatever they want about something they haven't even seen. Jcb, I commend you for sticking it out here and for taking the time and effort to get to know the fans and for at least getting an idea of what we like. Don't worry about the people that ask you repetitive questions every 5 minutes like "are you going to change the art, it looks terrible". You do you, becuase my highest respect goes to entertainers and artists who work harder than they need to so they can delight an audience with show that inspire them. Now that my rant is over, I want to say that I love this site, and think it's one of the most respectful fan sites I've ever seen, that's why my standards for it have become so high. I think most people have been great on this thread, this just goes to those that I think don't realize how they may be coming across with sometimes hurtful comments. I appreciate all the insightful questions made by all the people who aren't bugging or harassing jcb, and I only made this post to make more people aware of how important it is to treat a guest on a site, let alone a writer, with the utmost courtesy and respect. Let's keep this forum completely friendly and hate-free. And again, this is only what I've noticed while looking through the entire 25 page thread, and most people, again, have been great. Thank you
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Post by beanosponge on Apr 30, 2015 15:35:34 GMT -5
I can agree with what is below quoted here. The flip side is that lifelong fans have always bought and watched and supported Scooby and lately have had to put up with various redesign attempts and we've flat out said NO a couple of times... Get A Clue being the latest. What's New Scooby Doo was pretty successful, we embraced that, we could have used 2 more seasons of that. Then, we got SDMI, and, it was... eeeeh... it was something. You already got Edge there.... and we actually mostly loved the new updated designs there. We are glad the movies seem to follow a high polish traditional look, so we are happy there. But, we kind of have rebootitis, or reboot apathy, or just plain reboot rebellion on our minds. They keep asking us to get used to something new even though we keep paying them money... At the end of SDMI, we were like 'okay, it's kind of all worth it, that ending leads into a new series, that's kind of cool'. Then, the IP holders yank our chain hard and instead of going forward with Scooby Doo in Mystery U (what ever you cold have called the Harlan Ellison thing) we got... silence... Then, we are told Scooby now look like Phineas and Ferb or Courage The Cowardly Dog... it's like 'really... they are gonna toss another at us? '. So, make it, put it on the air, we'll give it a shot. Just let the DTV releases keep churning out in the high polish style of Cyber Chase or Camp Scare or FrankenCreep and were fine, i guess. If it's good TV i'll watch it, but, understand some of our consternation, we're kind of 'New Design' worn out. Like I've said on the forums, heck, lets extend the Zombie Island plot into a whole series and merge it with The New Scooby Doo Movies and have Scooby and the gang have day jobs occasionally but have outtings visiting sites and celebrities to solve paranormal mysteries 'or' uncover criminals pretending, but they ofcourse lose the best footage and evidence of the parnanormal stuff so it doesn't make it all to air on their Coast to Coast with Daphne Blake show, or whatever subs for it. Elvira, Bruce Campbell, Alice Cooper, Kiss (yay for the new movie, that made me feel good when i saw that) , Lady GaGa , Katy Perry (just trying to involve the younger crowd) and other cross overs, they can also not spend licencing money and investigate haunted sites across america, animated style. I can't speak for everyone, but I'd watch that one, with excitement! And i'm a 'senior' member around here at 40 years old. But hasn't Scooby Doo been constantly changing over the past 45 years? From the classic original, to suddenly Batman and Don Knotts show up, to Scooby Dum, to Laugh Olympics, to Scrappy, to 13 Ghosts, to it's just Scooby and Shaggy, to add Daphne the journalist, to they're little children now, to "wink wink, nudge nudge" feature films, to puppets, to it's Buffy the Vampire Slayer with Scooby Characters? What's more normal than radical reboot in the Scooby world? Everyone knows what the more classic look and feel is - and, from what I understand, they have no intention of stopping the DVD's and movies, which usually keep that approach, but there's always a new twist in the series of the moment. That's been the history of Scooby Doo, the tradition. It just shows how durable the Scooby Doo concept is. Honestly, the new "look" of the show is tiny compared to the new tone. We're making a character-driven comedy that gets very absurd at times. But, as I've said on many occasions, it's also the most dimensional the characters have ever been. If you look at HOW people describe the characters personalities, they'd say Velma is "the smart one" or Fred is "the leader" as if "the leader" was a personality trait or Daphne is rich - or "danger prone" (clumsy is not a personality trait). Or Fred likes traps. Daphne likes Fred. Who you have a crush on is not a personality trait. Okay, I guess Fred, Velma and Daphne are "brave" and "heroic" but they never really had points of views as characters. This is essential for comedy. The changes we've made are not just random to provoke outrage or upset anyone. They were important changes in order to make the show we want to make. We have to trust our guts and make a show we like because, in the end, you cannot please everyone and pandering gets you nowhere. All Scooby fans do not agree on what the best series is, who the best characters are or why they're the best characters, or really on anything. Scooby fans are not one voice with one taste. They deserve better than to be coddled, patronized and pandered to. I'd rather challenge and create something new and fail horribly then play it safe and stale. For a creative person, that's already failure before you've even begun. Some kids have never seen Scooby Doo before and our show will be what they consider "their" Scooby Doo - just like people who love "Pup" because that was on when they were kids. This show is for them, too - a new audience who doesn't know Scooby Doo. We're trying to make a show that will appeal to a wide audience - like we did with Phineas - that isn't made for children, but doesn't EXCLUDE them. We had four year-olds who loved the show as much as we had single, 40 year-olds who loved the show - and everything in between. Parents loved to watch Phineas with their kids. That's a great thing. All we did on THAT show was try and make a good show WE liked and WE thought was funny. We're taking the exact same approach here. We ARE going a different way with Scooby and, while we certainly hope EVERYBODY loves it, we're well aware that there are Scooby fans out there who feel VERY strongly about the property and simply won't care for our it. What are we supposed to do? How can you expect quality creative work from a creative team who doesn't want to do something fresh and from the heart? Who paint by numbers? The ironic thing is that our show is probably the closest to the classic 1969 Scooby series since 1969 and at the same time, a radical departure. The good news is that if the history of Scooby Doo has taught us anything, it's that there WILL be another, NEWER Scooby Doo after ours, on and on, forever. If you don't like "Be Cool," you may like the next one, or not. Viva la reboot rebellion! Either way, I hear you and understand where you're coming from. I love the passion in Scooby fans. I feel the same way about certain properties, myself. I don't like when they mess with them - unless I like HOW they've messed with them. Unfortunately, that's all subjective. If it was science, every show would be a number one hit and beloved by the world. Hmm, are you working on that Scooby feature film? Also, as a big Scooby fan, I like seeing all the different incarnations. Sometimes I wish people would just stop complaining if they don't like it. |
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Post by alfonso on Apr 30, 2015 16:10:05 GMT -5
So... Does someone know when does the Boomerang upfront air?? May 13, but it won't air on TV. News will just come from news sites. Also, it won't just be Boomerang, it will also be the rest of Turner. Thanks |
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Post by russm on Apr 30, 2015 16:53:06 GMT -5
So, jcb, to summarize things, full speed ahead and damn the torpedoes.
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Post by jcb on Apr 30, 2015 17:08:13 GMT -5
I hate to say this to fellow scooby addicts members, but I've noticed that while most members have been supportive and asking substantial, insightful questions, others have been putting too much pressure on jcb by asking questions he can't answer and critisizing aspects of the show before you've even seen it yet. I shouldn't need to remind people that jcb came to this site to do us scooby fans a service by helping us get into the series and answering reasonable questions we might have about the tone of the series. But for someone who's been on this site for over 3 years, constant bickering over what the show will be like and some (not many, thankfully) rude comments toward something jcb has put a lot of heart and soul into. As someone who's done fan work for scooby doo mystery inc ,creating miniature movie sets and putting them on youtube, I know how it feels to give life to something incredible and worry about what the reception will be. Jcb has been working with a large team of people on something, like any other cartoon, I could never imagine making myself. It takes years of work to get to the stage when you are working on a cartoon, and to be honest, it's not easy, especially to please everyone. In fact, it's impossible to please everyone. The point is to please SOME people and give them to joy and thrill of watching because that's all any cartoon team can do. Jcb shouldn't have to work this hard on this site just to make sure people don't start hating, because in all honesty, he has other stuff to do, working on his show and all. So I say, don't judge a show by one promo art picture, and don't try to get jcb to change all the great work he's already done. A show should be what the practiced creators feel will make a good story, not conforming to people on a site that feel they can say whatever they want about something they haven't even seen. Jcb, I commend you for sticking it out here and for taking the time and effort to get to know the fans and for at least getting an idea of what we like. Don't worry about the people that ask you repetitive questions every 5 minutes like "are you going to change the art, it looks terrible". You do you, becuase my highest respect goes to entertainers and artists who work harder than they need to so they can delight an audience with show that inspire them. Now that my rant is over, I want to say that I love this site, and think it's one of the most respectful fan sites I've ever seen, that's why my standards for it have become so high. I think most people have been great on this thread, this just goes to those that I think don't realize how they may be coming across with sometimes hurtful comments. I appreciate all the insightful questions made by all the people who aren't bugging or harassing jcb, and I only made this post to make more people aware of how important it is to treat a guest on a site, let alone a writer, with the utmost courtesy and respect. Let's keep this forum completely friendly and hate-free. And again, this is only what I've noticed while looking through the entire 25 page thread, and most people, again, have been great. Thank you Thank you for your kind words, pegasus. I sincerely appreciate it. Honestly, I don't mind "getting into it" with passionate fans, although I'm sure some people would think I'm crazy for getting involved at all. That people care enough about Scooby to worry what will become of it is cool to me. I get it. I don't have to respond to anyone's comments and I do ignore some or feel I've already answered certain things either as best I can already - or as much as I'm allowed to at the moment. I've engaged with many Phineas fans and have made some good friends in the process, as well. This forum IS great and I think, for the most part, the comments and concerns have been reasonable and polite. Believe me, I do not suffer fools easily and I will not waste time with trolls and overtly negative people spoiling for a fight. I also don't mean to come off defensive about our show. I think it's great and does not need defending, so don't worry about me changing anything we're doing in response to anything anyone writes. At the same time, I find the passion and ideas here inspiring. Trying to write a fresh, new Scooby Doo after 45 years IS extremely difficult. Believe me, virtually any idea you have that seems "good" has been done already in some form or another - every monster and ghost, every location or setting, every type of mystery. The best approach for us was to breathe new life into the characters, themselves, so audiences will fall in love with each of them, personally, and look forward to seeing how THEY'LL respond and react to the situations, which, in turn, breathes new life into the monsters, ghosts and mysteries. Either way, thank you again for your kindness and understanding and, yeah, let's keep it civil. It's all good. JCB |
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