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Just saw Velma show up as a new show and I went into watching the first episode with no spoilers or expectations. It was both disappointing and a huge waste of time. I get that they're going for raunchy comedy, a spin on the original series isn't a bad idea but this was so poorly executed. The writing was absolutely effortless and unfunny.

The idea of a show with Velma as the focal point is great, the idea of recreating scooby-doo to be for a more mature audience is great, and this is wasted potential. I just don't understand who could both write and then "ok" this and believe it was good content.

Just really disappointing and shouldn't be associated with the scooby-doo franchise whatsoever.

There's certainly fun and interesting characters but the writing is awfully stale. Ed Helms doesn't carry the lead role energy, and Jana Schmieding's acting is pretty rough. I had to stop at episode four, aside from the boring/predictable dialogue, the unrealistic love interest between Reagan and Josh was just too much. Really fun idea and premise, would love to see it done with different writers and re-casted (definitely keeping Michael Greyeyes and Jesse Leigh, I thought they were great).