Be Cool - Judgement Time!

[russm]

We're at the end/near the end/more than half way through or whatever passes for the scatter-gun approach to scheduling that is happening in your region so that can only mean it's...

Judgement time!

What do we think of Be Cool, the character, the stories, its place in the Scoobyverse, the whole bang shooting match?

[rightinthetockles]

Look, I know scooby doo isn't exactly the end all be all of cartoons but this could have been done way better than it was. it sounded ok on paper but the execution was hardly as good. 3/5 you tried. favorite episode was the baseball one because I didnt actually know they used an organ to do that previously. It's place in the scoobyverse is near Pup Named and Alien Invaders; somewhere in the middle of the list between good and get a clue.

[russm]

On the whole I liked the series, there were some really stand-out episodes, now I didn't enjoy all of them but that's just how these things go. There were some clever and subtle references to earlier shows and tropes within the gang as well as some novel stories that will stand the test of time. We won't know what would have happened had WB and CN had the courage to trust the people they hired but we have what we have. For me there were some issues which marred my enjoyment of the show, namely the characters of Daphne, Velma and the general lack of 'gang'.

Velma, so often butt of the joke in the episodes, was for me the lest likeable of all of the characters. There was just no warmth or empathy in the character. Was it Micucci's dryer and less 'warm' delivery of the lines that over egged this aspect? I don't know. It seemed that she was barely tolerated by the rest and was only there to solve mysteries for them and that is at times reflected in the interaction between them.

Daphne, her 'obsession of the week' with what at times appeared to be borderline ADD. Whilst her obsession was occasionally a novel deus ex machina it was more often that not simply annoying and distracted from the episodes. In many ways she is the 'loose cannon' of the show, easily derailing and distracting the writing as her proclivities of the moment are serviced and justified.

The gang. At times it was just like 4 random individuals and a dog in a van going someplace with no connection between them, no reason for them to be together, no chemistry between them.

Now this isn't the bulk of the show, but to me these weren't just one-offs in a episode but kept popping up in episode after episode to a greater or lesser degree, your mileage may vary. One of the aims of Be Cool was to try something different, and it was successful, but at times I think they tried too hard.

[jcb]

Nov 11, 2017 7:00:26 GMT -5 russm said:

On the whole I liked the series, there were some really stand-out episodes, now I didn't enjoy all of them but that's just how these things go. There were some clever and subtle references to earlier shows and tropes within the gang as well as some novel stories that will stand the test of time. We won't know what would have happened had WB and CN had the courage to trust the people they hired but we have what we have. For me there were some issues which marred my enjoyment of the show, namely the characters of Daphne, Velma and the general lack of 'gang'.

Velma, so often butt of the joke in the episodes, was for me the lest likeable of all of the characters. There was just no warmth or empathy in the character. Was it Micucci's dryer and less 'warm' delivery of the lines that over egged this aspect? I don't know. It seemed that she was barely tolerated by the rest and was only there to solve mysteries for them and that is at times reflected in the interaction between them.

Daphne, her 'obsession of the week' with what at times appeared to be borderline ADD. Whilst her obsession was occasionally a novel deus ex machina it was more often that not simply annoying and distracted from the episodes. In many ways she is the 'loose cannon' of the show, easily derailing and distracting the writing as her proclivities of the moment are serviced and justified.

The gang. At times it was just like 4 random individuals and a dog in a van going someplace with no connection between them, no reason for them to be together, no chemistry between them.

Now this isn't the bulk of the show, but to me these weren't just one-offs in a episode but kept popping up in episode after episode to a greater or lesser degree, your mileage may vary. One of the aims of Be Cool was to try something different, and it was successful, but at times I think they tried too hard.

This is a very fair and reasonable criticism. Always appreciate your honestly and integrity, russm.