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Toxicity246 t1_jabnw4r wrote

Reply to comment by droonick in What did Harvey Birdman get right that Velma got wrong? by Happy123boy

Great point. Sealab 2021, Harvey Birdman, and Space Ghost coast to coast all took Hanna Barbara characters which nobody was doing anything with and elevated them.

My only bone of contention is that canon can be altered, but generally you have to have material good enough to justify the audience overlooking the change. A good artist learns the rules so they can bend or break them and create great art. It's the difference between Kubrick's The Shining and Terminator: Dark Fate. Velma isn't good enough to justify the change to canon.

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droonick t1_jabpfjw wrote

Yes, at the end of the day the material just has to be good. I've no doubt that a talented writer can turn Flintstones, Jetsons, Scooby or whatever into something completely different but if it still hits the right notes it can be good.

Velma's just poor execution plain and simple.

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