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I love how mindy said she identified so much with Velma as a child and then completely changed her entire character
She identified with herself as a child is what she meant.
I love how this show is blatantly anti-white, yet the thing people are most upset about is that the show isn't 'staying true to the lore' of a 70s cartoon.
@@uberneanderthal trust me dude no one missed that
@@Beowulf0510 No one missed it, but a lot of people refuse to actually talk about it.
@@bluecannibaleyes bro what? Like every video I see on this show is saying it's blatant antiwhite rhetoric.
The only good thing about this show is it made me appreciate Mystery Incorporated even more
That show was so addictive and mature, I feel like rewatching it now
even where are you? Scooby Doo is better, i've watched more of that iteration of Scooby doo than MI,but i can assure both MI and Where are you? Scooby Doo are WAY leagues ahead of that garbage of mystery gang ripoff that they made
Mystery Inc is so good
@@zeallust8542 indeed,i watched the 2 first seasons,but i was able to finish it,but yeah they are leagues better than that ripoff of mystery gang they did with the velma show
I was obsessed with that show but I think they removed it from Netflix or something because I can’t find it anymore.
“Evil cannot create anything new, they can only corrupt and ruin what good forces have invented or made.” -JRR Tolkien
LOVE THIS!!!!
💯
Tolkien didn’t say this. His version was phrased differently
@@zzodysseuszz But was the sense behind any different?
Rick and Morty.
At this point the only way they can "subvert my expectations" is to make something I actually want to watch.
That'd take some actual effort
@@aligmal5031
That's gonna be a solid "no" to all of those, weeb-chan
Who is they
They're already making thing people wanna watch while injecting their agenda with small messages and gestures. Creates a small problem that people will forget about the next day. Think about it.
Velma was #1 top trending animated show in HBO Max because it was the only animated show, they had already cancelled or removed everything else. Easy to be number 1 out of 1 lol
I was confused cus the Harley Quinn show was actually pretty good. Muuuuch better than what I’ve seen of Velma.
@@garrettvenn9022 I’ve only seen like half of it and loved it. Don’t have HBO but I totally agree. Also glad I don’t have hbo cus of voldemor-I mean velma
@@garrettvenn9022 lol simp show
It still didn't deserve to be 1st in a 1 horse race.
They removed fucking full metal alchemist.
I never got to finish brotherhood and now i have to turn to crunchyroll-
"Those pesky patriartical standards-"
Nevermind
If she had written her own original characters and stuff we wouldn't know it existed.
Considering there hasn't been a new HBO animated show since 2021, there's a good possibility that an unknown IP written by a decently famous actor from the office would have taken off. It's just that hollywood is cripplingly afraid of even the smallest risks.
Exactly. They can't create anything for themselves, they have to steal from white people & leech off their success. It's why multiculturalism is only a thing in white countries, they flood here to leech off of our success. Otherwise, why wouldn't they be successful in their own countries? Multiculturalism proves the point.
@@LiarraSniffles_X3 This wasn't a risk?
@@rosettenrudi91 "I _don't understand what the big deal_ is"
Maybe youa re new to Television or politics in general... the big deal is the increasing desire to take old IPs and re-writte them as lazy and boring retells just to spite people that the author hates on Twitter.
It's unnecesary, is childish, and is consuming money for nothing
@@zhenyucai8688 it was simplistic because it was for children, mr. passive-agressive "lmao" . But it was never this brain-rot and spiteful for no reason... You could be high on cocaine and still couldn't never deny how worse this show is in comparison
Velma being the #1 animated show on HBO Max is like being the best athlete in an Olympic event where you're the only one competing. Winning by default isn't actually winning.
They remobed full metal alchenist before it released. Coincidence? I think NOT!
"Setting yourself on fire will solve the problem of being cold faster than buying a heater"
-Asmongold, 2023
Regarding Velma being top animated show on HBO Max, MoistCritical had a great point, HBO/WB has cancelled and removed most of their animated shows. Velma is the only actively produced animated show on HBO Max right now and there's only 1 other non-cancelled show that's currently not airing episodes. Even if you include kids shows, that's 3 more non-cancelled shows that aren't currently airing new episodes.
Also they control their site. They can say whatever show they want is top animated show....
They're also US only
@@alexwardlow178 No, they can't say whatever they want. For example, there are regulations in European Union that require you to provide data on which you base your statements. Don't know how it works in USA, but if HBO is saying that "Velma is a top animated show on HBO MAX" without any explanation then it's misleading consumers and for sure they're going to be sued for that.
@@sovren in America they don't have to post any statistics or evidence, they just say what they want.
So HBO could just say that and not be telling the truth.
Another good example is a video game. Elder scrolls online, about 2 or 3 years ago said they had 18 million players actively playing. But they showed no graphs, no server numbers. So everyone was like "that's what they say but there's no real way to tell"
I too am often the first place in all the races I make up myself.
Their plan wasn't to make something that is garbage...they truly believe they are breaking barriers and making good content.
With all the shit i have seen over the years, im sure they do.
Yeah I think people are going the conspiracy route cuz in their heads, people can’t be this dumb
Sadly, people are -_-
@@SquaulDuNeant So you truly believe that they are purposefully making a bad show, a satire of modern "woke" shows?
@@LilShepherdBoy Even if by accident, they are making a satire.
Well then they are mentally disabled
His brainstorming session for new episode ideas was unironically brilliant. Someone hire this man.
Sharknado is bad on purpose, yes but that doesn't mean you hate watch it. You watch it for how bad it is. Velma exists solely to piss and shit on its fans. Not the same
Yeah, he's really out of touch and/or virtue signalling sometimes, just like when he says nobody cares if Velma is race swapped.
The fucking timing on "I'm actually fine with this" into "She's 15", "Nevermind" was fucking HILARIOUS
(Edit) Holy shit thanks for the likes and comments. First time for me :D
Exactly. 🤣🤣🤣
Oh absolutely, I lost my s### when I heard that.
omg that was so hilarious i laugh at that a bit, the timing is spot on.
That was amazing
read this comment just the moment this part played xDD
That dude's "bad on purpose" theory is giving way too much credit. I saw the Mindy Project back when it was airing, so I already knew Mindy Kaling was perfectly capable of writing, producing, directing, and starring in complete unwatchable trash.
you had me in the first 9/10 not gonna lie
My hatred for that show is unparalleled.
It would've been great, without her character in it, to be honest.
IF A SHOW IS ONLY GOOD WITHOUT THE MAIN CHARACTER (you) IN IT, WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU.
My mother was obsessed with the show. So, unfortunately, I've seen a lot more of it than I wanted to.
I think the problems with this and the Ghostbusters example are more about tearing down something people like (and being a core part of the starting audience for the new show) instead of adding to setting. It would make more sense to set their stories in those settings without replacing existing characters as that would give them much more leeway for developing the characters and deviating from the original.
I agree. the "who cares" argument when it comes to changing color of characters skin or even whole characters is such a copout. If it doesn't matter then why did they do it in the firstplace hmmmmm? Your argument (not yours literally) invalidates the other half of the argument lmfao.
I think another problem, if im just taking all this on face value, is that these things are product of "ghettoization" by social media algorithms
and how they explode fringe views into a way it looks as if its mainstream (when it clearly isnt).
And then, again taking it on face value, shit like this gets released with the idea this is what people want.
When in reality, its just a very loud fringe minorty calling for it.
And in addition you also have the self segregation in real life, i.e. what people in L.A. belief is vastly different from the rest in california.
Ive said this in other videos of asmongold regarding this topic:
The idea that people dont like women leads or black people leads, or whatever... is bulshit.
What people dont like, is watching a movie or series, regardless if its an existing franchise or a new one...
Where the entire script, setting, etc... serves as merely a vessel for an ideological message.
Ghostbusters was precisely like this.
The movie existed to serve the characters, rather then the characters serving the movie.
@@Tritriumchannelexactly. I think it's a distinct result of LA culture bleed and reading too hard into social media. The majority of people don't care about inclusion (meaning poor inclusion to pander) and outright dislike it, it's why 2023 was the worst year for Hollywood ever or in a long time, can't remember. They use the small loud minority to try and do damage control anytime there's backlash against it which results in critics being dismissed as racist misogynist etc or haters and will usually spin things no matter how big or small to make it look like those critics are bad people. It happens way too frequently. Ahmed Best and the Asian actress from the sequel trilogy of Star Wars are big examples of the narrative twisting, both commented on Hollywood being shit and how bad it's effected them on social media and news articles about both twisted it to be about fan harassment when neither had ever mentioned it and both made it clear it was about the industry and the people within it with the actress outright saying she felt that they used her to pander. It's sad, but hopefully the big money loss going on cleans up this mess
Like Imaro, he is set in Conan's Hyborian Age, but in the heart of Africa rather than rewriting Howard's world, it expands it.
I would love a Imaro movie, but we will probably get black Conan instead.
I don't even think the 2016 ghostbusters was about tearing anything down. It was just made by incompetent people. Almost all of the dialog in that film was improvised bs because the director didnt have a clear vision. The editors slapped together the best takes (which were still bad) and called it a day. They wanted to reboot ghostbusters but they too lazy to actually make it a real ghostbusters film.
Thank god ghostbusters the video game is the real ghostbusters 3.
9:33 I think the problem with an African American Shaggy is that he got his name from his hair, which won’t work the same way unless he has the droopy European American hair.
Guess he's bout to be nicknamed nappy 😂
They don't even call him Shaggy they call him by his real name Norville. They did that because they did not get the rights to use the name Shaggy just like they could not get the rights to use Scooby-Doo as a character.
This show is embarrassing to even know the existence of
I feel so embarrassed for self inserts. It feels like I'm them watching myself being cringe
Imagine creating something worse than Ghostbusters 2016
We reached an age in which *'white people & western culture hating losers'* are allowed to make their own shows.
That shows that we are actually one, if the *'the'* most tolerant and anti-racist thing on Earth.
Lets pad ourselfs on the shoulders quickly. We are the chads. 💪😎
@@gamingmoyai3950 imagine making something on par with the recent shehulk series...(look into the behind the scenes details to know just how bad it is)
not defending the show but you saying this is accomplishing what the show creator wants lmao
"Setting yourself on fire will warm you faster than sitting next to a heater"😂
I'll never get tired of witnessing Asmon's reaction when a Keeps commercial shows up in the videos 😂
I just happened upon this video again after this long and spent 5 minutes just rewinding those 10 seconds over and over again absolutely crying laughing on the floor. 😂😭
We live in a world where Puss in Boots 2 depicts a panic attack accurately and better than Velma where she laughs at Shaggys (I’m sorry Norville) feelings during a panic attack
That movie was surprisingly good
PnB2 was quite the surprise, actually. Great wholesome movie
@@weirdyoutubechannels I'm doxing you
@Imbalanxd well cartoons have always been like that. To push it further stories/cartoons always have themes and a moral value depicted in them to help further drive a resolve for their characters to push forward with their respective stories.
@@Imbalanxd I've learned some things from cartoons and anime. What's your point? Only a true fool would dismiss something that can have the potential to teach things.
"I have not heard a single good thing about this"
I would sincerely hope so
Fact: Humans are capable of lying.
let me give it something that's a little possitive...ish.
it dethroned dragonball evolution as the worst rated show. see, it has at least one achievement.
@@severedproxy I mean, devils advocate here but I thought the animation was good. Likely the only redeeming quality this show will have.
@@LolSpecLol if that’s the case I feel bad for the animators.
last year I repented to God then begged for help with all my heart, "I was an Atheist."
I then had a dream of Jesus coming before God and he spoke of the Tabernacle in perfect context, "A word I didn't know existed because I never read the bible", and the love I felt from Jesus when I held him in my arms was unlike anything I've ever felt before - A lifetime of joy every second - It brought me to sobbing and it changed my life, forever.
I've had other miracles since, a Few being a light turning on in answer to deeply needful prayer over a Dozen times, seeing a orb of light pass across my face hours before a major surgery, seeing an Angel in a dream the night my mother prayed for me to see one, "Without telling me", and So much more.
Know that God and Jesus ARE real and that they love us deeply. Let go of your hatred and Imagine yourself holding the people who've hurt you. Tell them you love and forgive them and I believe we should do our best to follow the 10 commandments.
I don't speak for God, but I believe Love Is The Answer.
Nick Fury is a bad example. It isnt thr Race swap itself that pisses people off. It is the *INTENTION* of the race swap. If they made Nick fury black because "representation" people would still be angry, however, Nick Fury is black because Sam L Jackson is a bad ass actor and can play nick fury amazingly
Thing to note: This was likely supposed to be an original animated show, but WB (and the animation industry as a whole right now) didn't want to greenlight a new ip, so the creators changed it to be a scooby-doo show and filled it with hateful spite.
Did not expect Asmongold to cover this show but he subverted my expectations.
Ah damn that was a good subvert line. Fine, take my like.
bet the actual shaggy appears on the show behind faker. a 4th wall break insult to white men will then ensue, mark my words season 2
@@aSSGoblin1488 I'd like to say you're a prophet, but I think they've really just become too predictable. I can't find a modern show that doesn't have at least one instance of "white man bad" per episode.
Asmon will cover anything that creates content
This show HAS to be ending in a fashion akin to "The Aristocrats" joke. THAT would be subverting expectations.
I think the worst part about this show is you can guarentee that HBO wouldn't have given the show a chance until they slapped the name Scooby-Doo on the script
I like how Asmon went from being disappointed with the direction of the show to actively endorsing it's direction and giving the writers more ideas. A bigger and more meaningful character arc was shown in this youtube video than in Velma
Creator: Here's my new show! You'll love it!
Audience: It sucks. We hate it.
Creator: Oh, you hate it? Well, ummm, yeah you were SUPPOSED to hate it! Yeah.
This is getting really old.
Video: "They also made Velma and Daphne lesbians, not that's bad in it of itself.."
Asmongold: "Yeah I don't see a problem with that, that's fine."
Video: "Until you realize they're both fifteen."
Asmongold: "Nevermind."
I still dont see a problem with that person teen lesbians exist
@spyfire242 yeah except the difference is that Avatar wasn't overtly sexual about it. You can show underage characters being romantic but this show crosses the line by being EXTREMELY sexual in regards to underage characters.
@@jackmakila3776Ok, but this show is for 18 years and older. Why is an adult interested in preteen romance?
@@spyfire242yeah except avatar was aimed for kids. This show is an 18+ show.
sailor moon be like : first time?
4kids sailor moon : actually we are family
yes. no joke 4kids made a gay couple. cousins. ofcourse an american company would. alexa play it
SWEET HOME ALABAMA
I'm personally someone who finds the people that say that race swapping characters doesn't matter as a bunch of hypocrites. I say this mainly because I know for a FACT that if the race being swapped wasn't the socially acceptable one like white people then the people who say it's not a problem would be singing an entirely different tune. For example what if Nick Fury was a black character to begin with? Would people have been okay with it if they had race swapped him for a white character? Of course they wouldn't be okay with it right?
Thing is, some people seemed to have learned from “hate watching”. Just look at Disney, people aren’t hate watching their content, the viewers still remaining just aren’t watching. In fact, at this point, Disney has probably lost a good amount of their once loyal fans.
i haven’t heard anyone talk about this show in about a year.
The people who wrote this show literally added Velma’s statement of Fred’s good looks stemming from not going into puberty yet and having a dude talk about riding that “baby carrot” to victory into the script, reviewed it, and concluded it wasn’t sus 💀 They really tried to do “diversity” then made the hot Asian chick and Smart Indian stereotypes unironically at the same time. 🤦🏽♀️
@bong she said she's conservative??? I want to smoke what she does
I dont find her smart at all tho😂
Let's not forget how they ruined Shaggy in the name of diversity. It's pretty clear that they wanted to make one of the original characters black and chose Shaggy because he is a popular character. BUT they couldn't make their one black character a burnout/stoner, so they changed the character entirely, gave him a new name, and left only the color of his T-shirt.
They could have easily just made Fred black with minor adjustments to the character. Then they wouldn't have had a target for all the jokes about white people though..
@@soup5220 Yeah, Mindy seems to be having a weird "mask off" moment where her pretty hardcore racist and sexist sentiments are coming through in her "jokes." She has nothing but contempt for men in general and white men in particular. And... heterosexuality too?
@@bobongo That is all EXTREME Copium. Almost No one is on TEAM that i know of, but i do see acouple on one team crying foul that this isnt them an could only be some weird reverse attack. Ok. I guess the gun loving racist won the day with there sleeper agent. Man all of this is getting old. Or maybe its just me.. . . . . . . .
I swear, half the fun of watching these things is seeing Asmon's reactions to sponsors like Keeps. 🤣
Targetted ad
@@Lelmao33Props to him, for not skipping the ad😅
@@odiedodieuk he never does, good on him
People say that race swapping doesn't bother them until it affects something they like in a way that they don't like.
If were put in charge of making a TV adaptation of, say, Spawn, where I decided to make myself the actor for Spawn despite the fact I'm a white dude, people would rip into and insult me absolutely relentlessly over it until the day I died. I'd be labeled a racist a billion times over before the pilot episode was even finished.
A: ".. this is actually fine. not a problem at all." narrator: "until you realise she is 15." A: "ok never mind." that cracked me up hard, good way to start the day 😂
I don’t get this, it’s not okay for 15 year olds to be lesbian? Why?
@@AvantTom You know you can ask someone to clarify their statement without phrasing it as a gotcha question, right?
@@Jax_Destro same shit as twitter too, someone says i like pancakes then another responds so you hate waffles?
@@AvantTom before you ask a question answer it at first in your mind
@@antinotice I think you meant to say that their sexuality doesn't matter
They race swapped Isaac in Castlevania and both iterations of him are awesome. Pedro Pascal makes an awesome Joel as well.
Indeed they did but the difference is the show is fucking good! Isaac has the best character development of the lot as far as I'm concerned. Noone would have cared for the race swaps etc in Velma if it was good most likely. Though I could be wrong cause not as ma y ppl know who Isaac I'd from castlevania as ppl know who scooby and the gang are. So there likely would have been some backlash over race swapping but less so than with velma
I don't support racism, sorry.
I don't think enough people remember Curse of Darkness to even realize Isaac was race swapped. He was definitely one of the best characters in the show, up there with Trevor imo.
The most sus part is how Mindy was in the Conan talkshow making some "jokes" about teens and sexual awakening then her self insert is all about making sexual innuendos with other teens.
So just your average Hollywood moment
Not to mention how she bragged about sexually assaulting a dude and then told everyone they'd be fired if they talked about
Parents don't want their children to be sexualised at a young age, so what do producers do; they freaking get a children's character and make a perverted version of a beloved show. So now when a preteen or a teen searches the character guess what they will be exposed to. This was not an accident and if it wasn't a woman who streamlined this but a man everyone will be calling him a PDFfile or a gr00mer and he'd be cancelled in nanoseconds.
i dont agree with the shows existence but trying to imply that they are trying to get teens to act sexually is dumb whenever you consider its a show made for adults without scooby doo, the title character of the kids show on top of the fact its called velma and shes indian so it doesnt even look like velma dinkly from the og. a child might not even recognize her, just a dumb take imo but i guess you can make leaps out of steps when your looking for it.
“This video brought to you by keeps.” “Aw fuck!” lol it gets me every time.
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This show managed to unite people from all walks of life, from each political party, from every race, religion, and creed even if it was only a brief moment... Everyone hates this sht.
"I'm actually fine with this"
... 15
"Nevermind"
i'd argue that a race swap with an animated character is alot more important. as what makes an animated character that character is mostly there looks, she doesnt look like velma act like velma talk like velma but she's velma, just purely to run the name through the mud
TLDR the way the characters looks matter
Not to mention the years and years of back story being shredded. No, I say we shred this instead and appreciate the orginals even more.
@@DeputyFish so how does velma being indian change her as a character other than race? just say you prefer her white and be done with it.
@@pseudosanct5253 ok i prefer velma white, now what?
I prefer Velma being white
She couldnt get her show approved without making it based on Scooby-Doo.
@@CrazyLife2112 All the main characters are self inserts of Mindy and strawmen based on the types of people she hates the most and all of them work at Hollywood.
The reason critical scores for bad shows tend to be higher (55%) than viewer scores (7%) is because critics tend to be familiar with shows that are of far lower quality than audiences. That's at least assuming the show wasn't also review bombed in addition to that.
For some of the other examples, there may be other reasons.
Sadly, I genuinely think this is pretty much the logical conclusion of woke writing.
Sexualization of minors, race swapping, overt racism toward white people, etc.
I think they think it’s actually good.
Asmond, even the head writer said she wanted to troll the haters in She-Hulk. I think what’s happening is threat these creators think they are only pissing off a small percentage of viewers, and not the majority of them.
im not pissed, most of you dont give a fuck about scooby doo anymore. the internet will "care" and be "outraged" for a week and move on to something else like a bunch of bees in a hive mind. i think its meant to be something different but also a variation so idrc for it like why be outraged??? dont like it? dont engage then but see you always do bc people cant help themselves its fun to watch
@@EGsth7 u do seem upset tho
@@gnostic-wolf not sure how you got that but eh. Believe what you want
@@EGsth7 prolly all the cussing, accusations, dehumanization, and then orders telling others what to do.
@@gnostic-wolf I cursed a grand total of once lol, bro said “all the cussing” I’m sorry the word fuck triggered u. My bad 😞, dehumanization…..bc I speak about the internet switching from one outrage to another……or bc I used bee’s as an example? Either way your kind being dramatic so, feel how you want to snowflake
The biggest cope I've seen about this show is some people actually think it's a psyope by the far right to make fun of the left that's gotta be the biggest cope I've ever seen lmao.
Its the funniest shit. Its so bad they won't even take credit for it.
How do you even pretzel your mind to believe this
@@thebrsrkr6428 IMO ever since the Donald man won, honestly their minds were broken by it. Since then, anything that comes up that might make the left look bad, I have a few left wing friends who's go to response is this, "ahh but have you considered it's a right wing psyop". It's pretty gross, completely unable to take responsibility. Total monke thinking, "My side couldn't be bad, no never".
The left doesnt like this crap. Its just garbage that nobody likes.
@@haz3471 Nope it's 100% a cope the show's creator is Mindy Kaling and she's as far left as you can get lmao.
It has never mattered whether or not they change the race of a particular character. it only matters WHY they change the race of a particular character.
Honestly... call me weird, but I found Asmon just going off on a complete tangent to think of various ways to make the show even worse to be oddly wholesome xD
Fun fact: the reason Samuel L. Jackson is nick fury in the movies is due to an incident where marvel made nick fury look like him in a comic book and since SJ was looking around he saw his face on the cover and called them and made a deal that led to him playing nick fury in the MCU.
I was okay with it, in fact, i liked how SJ nailed Nick Fury
Nick fury wasn’t black though, that’s the problem
In 2001 they released a comic where Nick Fury was black, the look of the charachter was literally just SJ
@@darthbrooks4933 but it's not a problem? because SLJ is a good actor...
@@jurb417 good actor? Lol, no he isn’t, he plays the exact same role in every single movie. Angry black man
Next season is gonna be something like : “Scooby is not a dog but a furry and falls in love with shaggy”
gives a new meaning to the words scooby snack.
if the leaks are true then scooby is a black woman named scoobi yeah the dog is a black woman now lol
Instead, scrappy doo shows up and kills velma. A true hero.
its like the tv shows in gta 5 they making it in real life
"Velma was the most number #1 too trending animated series on HBO max"
I'mma need whoever made that tweet to calm down. They don't need to take *ALL* the cocaine at once before tweeting out nonsense. Moderation people, moderation.
*top. Not too
What this shows says to fans is, that we need to forgive Scrappy.
The whole segment of asmongold watching the entire ad of KEEPS with his eyebrow wiggling had me fucking ROLLING for a full minute in teary-eyed laughter. I haven't laughted this good in a month. It was a better joke than all of Ep1+2 Velma. Thank you Asmon for being awesome.
It’s so funny because 75% of the videos he covers just so happen to run a keeps ad, like it talking to him 😂😂
100% of media is better than episode 1+2 so that doesn’t say much
@@dah_goofster that doesn't make any sense
The reason Pedro works as Joel despite the race difference is because it's subtle enough that he still physically looks but more importantly ACTS enough like Joel for it to pass. You can't get away with extremes especially with beloved characters like that. Taking a white stoner and turning him into an insufferable black guy that "hates drugs" is going to draw ire from fans. Same with Velma. It also depends on WHY the casting choice was made. Starfire being black in the teen titans show for an example... it was clearly because of social and political motivation and people could tell and hated it. I mean could you imagine Blade being a white guy? Fuck no. Don't race swap characters unless it's for a good reason or subtle enough that it still passes as the original character.
I don't give a shit about the race of any person, most of us are blended with different origins and if you look backwards enough through your ancestors you'll find for sure a lot of race mixes. But, I don't get why people are still saying that Pedro Pascal is not white, when he is. He is from Chile where almost 90% of people are white, his father's family comes from the Basque Country in Spain, a country in Europe where almost all the people are white, his mother's family comes from France. And more important, Pascal himself has said several times that he is white. He is as Caucasian as white Americans. Really, I don't understand this confusion.
Another thing would be if his physique is similar enough with the video game character, but it's not because there is a race difference.
@Gerclun Pedro isn't Caucasian he is of hispanic ethnicity. You can look at someone's skin and say they're white all day but that doesn't mean it's their true ethnicity. I look white in most places but I'm 94% Cherokee. I am not white even if I appear so. Just like someone who is Jamaican might not just identify as solely "black." Lots of people in spain look white but they're not. Either way it doesn't matter. As I said if someone looks and acts enough like a character then they can pull it off no problem regardless of their ethnic background.. but when you take a character white as snow and cast a dark skinned actor for the role, most people aren't going to identify the new version with the character they're familiar with.
@@USDS_TikTok_MikeAn ethnicity is not a race
"An ethnicity or ethnic group is a grouping of people who identify with each other on the basis of perceived shared attributes that distinguish them from other groups. Those attributes can include a common nation of origin, or common sets of ancestry, traditions, language, history, society, religion, or social treatment."
The term "hispanic", refers to cultures, people or countries related to Spain, a great amount of hispanics are caucasian. And no, Spain does not have "people who look white but are not", Spanish people *are* white.
There is a scene in episode 2 where "Fred" is being accused of killing two girls and as a to defend his image dressing as a little boy then some rain comes and gets his hair wer and some make up fall in a tiny squareish shape on his upper lip and background people started panicking and taking pictures while some random says " He looks like Hitler, and not because we call anyone Hitler all the time."
This show was basically what would happen if a high schooler dropped out, snorted a dose of choke every day, dipped into alcohol early, then while high miraculously got the delusion their story writing was top-tier impressive because they had gotten a D in English once in their entire academic career, looked at the first thing to pop up in a “mystery story” search and decided to write this show
Reminds me of a joke from ASDF Movie. “Here are the results of your spelling test.” It’s an F. “Wow! An A!”
You're given them *FAR* too much credit 🤣😂
Hey that's not all true. Mindy didn't drop out of highschool >:(
No this show is like if some militant anti-White maniac called up Karl Marx and Hegel to see what their thoughts were.
Then send it to a brain dead people who funds it.
Something to keep in mind with the #1 animated show on HBO Max, it is January. Pretty sure January is where you put shows and movies that you expect to die. People don't go to see movies in January. You see this in other areas, too. I was talking to the employees at a restaurant this week and they told me that their hours are cut back this month because it's the slowest month of the year. I doubt this was released at this time because they had actual confidence in it.
Yeah but this isn't a cinema movie. TV ratings go down in the summer as people go out to restaurants as the sun is out.
In winter when it's dark in the evenings people watch more TV.
@@danesesse This is an interesting point. I'm not sure how streaming services perform in January. However, I know that RUclips sees a drop in January. I can't imagine that streaming services do much better. Especially as streaming services seem to be unprofitable in general.
January is the start of a new cycle of airing there are four cycles of 13 episodes per year for traditional media
January (Winter season) - April (Spring season) - July (Summer season) - October (Fall Season)
Lol yes, if this was a feature film, and it was 1998.
@@saltyk9869 youtube revenue does as advertisers do not have christmas sales in mind. Views remain similar to none hoilday months.
3:55 Well, you don't know that. The spanish and portugese are white. They are caucasian.
The spanish and portugese invaded and took over South America. Now, the natives there weren't white, obviously. But, they mixed with plenty of spaniards and portugese these last 500 years. Meaning, if there aren't completely caucasian they are mixed with more caucasians than native americans.
Mean, they're probably, at least HALF white.
There's a reason it's called LATIN America. Because they were taken over by LATIN countries, Spain and Portugal.
Same with Latino, is directly referring to this. Same with Hispanic. Hispanic are Spaniards...
So, even if all of Central and South America are mixed race, they're probably at least HALF white.
Now, don't get me wrong, they're not white like Scandinavians, or Brits or Slavs, but there are many... let's call its sub-races, of caucasian. Just as there are sub-races of native american, african and asian, middle-eastern and pacific (can't remember what they're called).
the biggest thing i learned from this was that nick fury was white in the comics, Samuel L Jackson just does so good of a job that it feels like the role was made specifically for him from the start
Mindy is the rare person who has made people on the left and right hate her for different reasons lol. Velma has really brought people together.
@@BigWheel. She certainly keeps getting work so sure lol.
😂😭
@@BigWheel.that’s putting it lightly
10:30 - 10:39 “people would forgive that if the adaptation was good enough.”
Agreed. Totally agreed. Well, its one big IF after all. X’D
my favorite part in Velma is where Daphne shoots up a food drive for the homeless because she saw a ghost
Right, because homeless people being senselessly murdered is absolutely hilarious. F poor people trying to stay alive, amiright?
@@bluecannibaleyes haha yeah! now you're getting it!
Lol that 7% is probably people who didn't realise "popular" doesn't mean good.
12:29 his comedic timing is just impeccable and he does it effortlessly 😂
LMAO IM WHEEZING 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@RedLightz_TV you might want to get that checked out...
"I'm fine with this"
"... nevermind"
Lol! He almost got caught in 4K! 📸
Because he watched the video before. Asmongold is 100% pre-scripted. One of the most scripted people alive.
I agree with your point on hate-watching. People might watch the first couple of shows but they aren’t gonna sit through more than that.
As soon as the discussion about the show slows (which it will as it continues to be predictably bad), it’ll die off.
Most people who hated the show just watched reviews of it, where a few reviewers watch the show and tear it apart.
Network (1976) in a nutshell.
Just like everyone is saying, if you give these people one inch they are going to take a mile. It doesn't end with just 1 thing, they are going to keep going and want to "fix" more things. It wasn't enough that Velma was indian.
This guys sponsor just called all of us balding, what an absolute chad move, but Zack was not impressed
14:45 "Subverted Expectations" is what DESTROYED the entire Star Wars Saga.
1977-2017. You can thank Ruin Johnson and TLJ.
the analogy of lighting yourself on fire because you were cold, Asmon is giving a LOT of credit to our quarterly profits short term soulless business suit executives
Very true
But the mental image though...still kinda chuckling.
The arguments I have heard for why it exists were as a tax write off and as a means to retain the Scooby Doo license for low cost. However both of those goals couldve been accomplished by giving the show to someone with an actual idea on how to make a good spin off with some amount of value.
As it stands Velma doesn't even have a story, just events strung together by stuff happening on screen while every character is a direct mouthpiece for the showrunner to rant infront of or at the viewer.
In that case, it would have made sense to just keep the characters as they were to avoid having ti spend time on re-creating them
A popular theory was that it was a unique show that had the scooby doo label slapped on by WB because Hollywood and the writers integrated it and shat on it because they didn't want it to be Scooby doo lmao
In the Castlevania series they made Isaac a gay, black, Muslim man. And guess what? He's pretty much everyone's favorite character. You can change characters to an insane degree as long as they're GOOD.
4:00 Yeah, that rly depends on what character is being race swapped or just being added
Race swapping is frustrating AF. Especially in the modern era, 99.9% of the time, it's done purely with intentions of race baiting to divide the fanbase and ostracizing one side-often being the vast majority of the fanbase
Witcher, for example, had mixed human breeds living with each other. In lore and historically speaking, 99.9999% of ppl living in 1200 AD Europe, I'm sure, were white.
So when Netflix decides to mix in other breeds of humans, that's where it gets problematic.
It's clear they value pushing their virtue signalling notions and agendas for the sake of sending " THE MESSAGE ", over giving all of us what we actually want: Absolute accuracy, a straight forward adaptation, no changes or alterations, etc
Just Copy and paste the MF into film format! FFS it's not that hard! Stop changing others' stories to fit your own ideals! Y'know? Stuff like that
There are some I personally don't mind. Like Jim Gordon being black in the Batman. Felt natural. Means Barbara Gordon, aka Batgirl, will be black. The West family from the Flash hmis black, while original in comics and animations
But for me, I'll ALWAYS prefer the original over the race swapped versions any day. Accuracy is all we want 99% of the time. ESPECIALLY in adaptations like the Witcher!!
7:35 the look on his face is just comedy gold :D he knows exactly whats coming
I haven't been watching Asmon for a long time at all, but damn how I respect how he is one of the really few content creators who actually sits through the ad-read. "If I'm generating content of your video, you should gain money from the sponsor in return".
Dude he basically is stealing content and views. How many people won't watch the original video because they saw him watch it?
@@bmbmw69 Not his fault if people rather watch him reacting than the original. Links to the original video are always shared in description aswell.
@@bmbmw69 yea i wouldn't have seen it and his ads otherwise
@@bmbmw69 while that is the diwnside of it the good side is letting people that isnt actively looking for these type of content to watch it.
@@bmbmw69 He is. People are ok with it because its simply entertaining. In an ideal world yt would clamp down on this full react stuff but at this rate I don't think it'll happen since it does have sizeable audience.
_"...Velma's a lesbian. Which, in of itself, is fine-"_
Asmon: *_"I'm okay with this."_*
_"...Until you realize that she's 15."_
Asmon: *_"Nevermind."_*
That timing couldn't have been more perfect xD
shaggy as a black dude actually COULD work lol he would need dreads and be a hippy of course, it wouldnt work if he was like a hipster or something cuz its literally CHANGING the characters personality, behavior, and mannerisms.
Velma is the definition of pulling ideas out of a hat and winging it.
- and you only choose the bad ones
@@lomborg4876 There are actually ones that aren't bad, believe it or not.
But, if you wing 200+ jokes by the numbers alone, some HAVE to hit, I guess.
@@LivingPeople12 I haven’t seen it. Don’t believe in hate watching. I have seen clips here and there. Apparently it’s really racist towards white people and sexist towards men
@@lomborg4876 This video made me curious enough to download it and watch the first episode. While a pretty bad show, it wasn't nearly as offensive as the guy makes it out to be. They tried to make it edgy and to joke about race, gender and social media, but it's just bland. I'm not going to watch the second episode, but neither did I get upset - not even a little.
@@lomborg4876 so what are the chances 7% are hateful against white men?
I kinda feel like it’s a little late for this show to succeed as rage porn. Most of us are exhausted by now
12:32 to 12:47. 12:45 NEVERMIND (1991). It's nice of Asmon to mention Nirvana's album.
What is crazy is season 2 launches in 4 days, we're doomed.
Everything that actress does rubs me the wrong way so a show that you're supposed to hate seems like a perfect vehicle for her.
She's an over 40 years old useless and spoiled rich brat who got handed jobs that don't deserve the moment she got out of college.
The big problem alot of people have with race swapped characters is the creators and press shoving the swap in everyone's faces and saying "SEE, SEEEEE, AREN'T WE SO STUNNING AND BRAVE!" If they didnt make a big deal about the swap and just focused on good character/story writing, no-one would care or make a fuss.
And then they use "the fans are racist" as a defense to every criticism of their show/movie
Yeah I really couldn’t care less if they actually had good writing. It’s all about “the first____, such a momentous day in history” lol. It’s just frustrating because now it’s standard operating procedure with these streaming services, with the sole purpose of overhauling existing IP, because they don’t have any new ideas of their own. From a business perspective it makes sense for investing in a project, but man when will they start feeling their pockets get lighter and decide to change ?
It's a shame cause I would love to see some original characters being created that may include some of the mythos of their cultural heritage and some of their cultural history as a way to find unique solutions to otherwise baffling circumstances for a western audience. Breaks my heart to see outrage culture being used as a means to generate revenue than creating new IPs and stories with different characters to watch.
Just watched the first episode, but I didn't have any problem with the race swaps - at all. (And I didn't find it to be very offensive to be honest.) The actual show and story was neither funny or interesting though, so I won't be watching more.
Still i wouldn't watch it, I can understand race swapping when you are making it in live action (for example Nick fury) since you need the actor to match the vibe of the character, the race is secondary, but in an animated show? What is the need to make a race swap other than political reasons? That's why I don't really like it
8:00
That look while the sponsored ad played X'D
The chat's friggin' merciless too!
It's funny cuz Velma looks black, and Daphne looks white. Yes, some of the animation is actually good. But if you can't even race-swap in a way that the audience can't immediately tell if Velma is black or indian....is the animation really THAT good?
And to think that Mindy Kaling is attempting to push for a second season despite only 2 episodes in, AND the global hate she's generating. Absolutely fucking wild.
This is just crazy. Idk where we headed... The backlash it is getting is only thing giving me hope.
Don't get your hopes up just yet, they've been cleared for a season 2 already.
i mean... i feel like it's kinda obvious where we're going, no? People don't like this woke content or "subverting" content as some call it because it's opposite their values, but the people who made the show have said show's values so they'll keep making stuff like this until they're forced to stop, so either people stop watching this crap all together and Hollywood as a whole capsizes or their (hollywood's) "values" start to consume more and more of American culture until they have everyone under their control. OR, third option, there's a full-on civil war. I see no other choices, unfortunate time for America lol.
us os doomed with all the woke bs
@@Evadann it's even worse outside.
Look at Pascal's skin. He is white. Almost half of the people clasified as latin are actually really white, because of their european heritage. Latin is not a race, is a culture
18:48 this show did a 3600, it spun past good 10 times like if an elephant stepped on a scale meant for humans, and what finally landed on was 🤯😡😡🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮😵
I love how Asmongold is literally always being trolled by hair loss adds XD.
Race swapping is usually generally finicky as there can be reasons for and against it. Like how dare people want visual consistency with the character as well. Consistency is a key factor in keeping people into them. You can't turn characters like Sonic into a green giraffe and keep the same name and expect people to be on board with it. You wouldn't race change real people so fans will get annoyed if you drastically change them even visually. If they're a different race but still look like the character then usually it can be ignored and forgiven. If race swapping is done, the best you can hope for is forgiveness. Like with Samuel L Jackson as Nick Fury, if a character isn't as well known or they do a good job of it, it can be forgiven (although that's usually not the case now). And considering that it's animation, race swapping doesn't really need to happen as much since black voice actors can play white characters and reverse is true (although some people won't be happy with that).
Another problem with this whole "representation" thing is it's clear that it's just for virtue signaling and just happens because they need it. Look at comics with randomly making characters gay for no reason like Tim Drake. If you have them go from dating women for most of their lives then randomly have them ditch their partner to go dating guys, of course people will go "what the hell?". If representation matters as much as they say it does then make new characters. Harley Quinn was a new character for the animated series that she ended up being a mainstay. But they can't make good characters or stories. That's why they tag them into existing brands.
There is never a valid reason for it, it’s anyways unnecessary and bad. Just make a new character instead of hijacking an established one.
Race swapping implies the race the character is swapped to isn't worth the effort of creating new characters for.
The BBC and some others have started race swapping HISTORICAL FIGUREs. How the fuck haven't they gotten the message 🫠
Harley Quinn is on HBO max and it’s a damn good show because they don’t attack the fan base
For next episodes, add in MAP teachers at school in relationship with the students. Darn not even Drawn Together was as horrible as Velma.
Asmons vision of what Velma should be is what Family Guy and South Park have been for the entirety of their runtime.
Thought more of boondocks
I was thinking the same thing.
They missed a huge oppertunity to use the scooby doo trademark to make a boondocks like show which deconstructs the modern zeitgeist.
Not possible with a producer who is pushing 40.
The real mystery is just what the Hell was going on through the creators heads, when making this show.
The chemical cocktail of Cocaine and Alcohol.
I mean you have to be drunk and on coke to think this is a good idea even on paper.
Creators head: God I hate white straight conservative males.
How did that get the green light from the producers also? LUL
Because its smart. It got greenlit foor a second season. Wouldn't have happened without the views. Hollywood has been doing it since 2010. Why do you think the Star Wars sequels are so bad?
@@carlosdanger8043unfortunately you are right, there is a market for it and these people have no morals. Whatever makes the money rain
it reminded me of how Venture Bros acted like a sequel to Johnny Quest, which is why i loved it
The nick fury comparison is waaaaay off as it's set in an alternative earth meaning there is an explanation behind the race swap, and since the early 2000's Samuel Jackson's likeness was being used in the Marvel comics to set up him being the actor it was basically drilled into us that Samuel L Jackson was nick fury, keep in mind Samuel himself didn't know they were doing that and was about to sue
Considering how many animated shows got cancelled (like there is a new one every week) I seriously think she funded this herself. This whole show screams of "I've been upper elite my entire life feel sorry for me".
I kinda think a lot of people would feel sorry for her if we knew more but not for the reasons she'd think
@@mandowarrior123 other stuff has been on the cusp of being released and then canceled.
My hope is that this show ends in the same fashion as "The Aristocrats" joke. This is the only way I would comprehend why this cesspool was ever vomited into being.
We already had a show that was superior to this in the 90s, it was called Daria.
EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING 👍😎👍
That's disrespectful to Daria
I suspect Daria is the inspiration for most of these badly written shows that have a "witty female protagonist" who's actually an asshole.
Nick fury was black in the ULTIMATE marvel universe so that example doesn't quite work
originally white though... and he gave you another example.............
“This is actually not a problem”
Two seconds later
“Nevermind”
According to a quick google search, there are/have been 18 animated series on HBO Max. Only 5 of them are marked as 'Adult Animation.'
8 have 1 season. 4 have 2 seasons. 6 have 3 or more seasons. 11 are currently ended.
6 are slated for another season at an unannounced date or are running in miniseries fashion.
Velma is the *_only_* currently ongoing animated HBO series.
Other than Velma, the most recent HBO animated shows were Batwheels, Santa Inc and Ten year old Tom, which all released in 2021 with less than 40 episodes combined.
Velma being the top animated show on HBO is not only unsurprising, it's pretty much inevitable considering it's been almost 3 years since the last one aired.
In other news, I am officially the top commenter of this comment section that is also living in my house and wearing a yellow shirt at the time of this post. I accept my medals in chocolate gold coins.
Edit: The ghost busters 2016 movie lost about 70 million. They aren't going to make another.