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- HBO Max
- Jan 5, 2023
- HBO Max
- Jan 5, 2023
- HBO Max
- Jan 5, 2023
- HBO Max
- Jan 5, 2023
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
54
35% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
41% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
24% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
54
35% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
41% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
24% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Velma’s suspense isn’t gripping on its own, but it doesn’t matter. The voice performances make the brief lulls worth it. The actors are clearly having a ball, with the warm chemistry between Kaling, Wu, Richardson, and Howerton shining through even though they don’t appear on screen. The supporting cast is equally charming.
Velma is a supernatural spoof at its most beautifully chaotic.
User Score
Overwhelming Dislike
Based on 179 User Ratings
0.7
4% Positive
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
3% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
93% Negative
166 Ratings
166 Ratings
User Score
Overwhelming Dislike
Based on 179 User Ratings
0.7
4% Positive
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
3% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
93% Negative
166 Ratings
166 Ratings
The plot looks very interesting and I like the art style. Don't listen to the racists, sexists, misogynists and trolls that are bombing the show. I'm glad they green-lit a second season because it is really a pretty fun show. I don't get the massive amount of hate it is receiving.
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SEASON 1
“Velma” is doing a lot — possibly too much — but there are emotional beats and comedic gags that do land amid a saturated creative canvas, including arcs for the future Mysteries, Inc gang that combine existing backstory with eclectic “Velma” flourishes (a big Fred twist leads to some truly outrageous scenes in later episodes).
The animation is bright, poppy, and fun, the cast is game, and some solid gags do emerge from what’s been seen so far. But even if it could get over its tonal issues in a second season, it’s hard to hope that it’ll have a chance to do so.
For every solid crack (“Ranking hot girls is exactly how the Trojan War and Facebook started!”), there’s an observation that feels like a repurposed Twitter draft from some harried screenwriter’s folder.
“Velma” consists of too much “Why not?” and too little “Why?” ... More than that, these characters are just really unpleasant to spend time with, and it starts at the top with Velma, whose selfish and misanthropic tendencies aren’t diluted by her moments of vulnerability. Daphne isn’t much better. ... Absent even a wisp of genuine reverence for the source material. ... The biggest mystery of “Velma” is why it needs to exist.
The show actually is misogynist, and totally devoid of nuance. ... Velma’s mistakes might be forgivable if it was at least funny. But it’s not. And so, we’re left with a show that makes no one laugh and makes everyone mad, and doesn’t even have a great theme song.
Honestly I don’t understand the intense backlash to this how. It’s not as good as Harley Quinn and has a few less than rad jokes, but it’s overall very enjoyable and pretty funny. My guess is people feel the need to be extremely critical of women of color and that’s why white men can play the same character over and over, but Mindy Khaling gets insane hate for it. Crits of her potential transphobia and problematic takes in the real world, valid, but this show is at least fine.
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SEASON 1
Velma es una serie que me deja con sentimientos encontrados. Parto de la base que de que la calificación que le fue brindada no es demasiado justa. La mayoría de la gente vio el tráiler de la serie y ya sabia de los cambios que se hacían. Tiene de todo, un popurri de elementos que representan a la saciedad de hoy en día y que a la vez se burla de ellos.
No obstante, es una serie que recibió muchísimo pero muchísimo review bombing. Yo soy partidario de que si vas a ver una película o serie con mala gana y con el pensamiento de que no te va a gustar, no te va a gustar.
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SEASON 1
If you go into this show with the mentality that it's a troll made by family guy wannabes, it's actually half funny to laugh off the pure incompetence of it. The jokes and the "comedic" nature of the show is just stupid and uninspired. So many meta and allegory type jokes, I really expected some literal cutaway gags.
Personally, I recomand this show because people should see how fun is to see comedy show fail at every aspect. Make your own opinion and maybe learn how to NOT do comedy and "storytelling" if you can even call it that...
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SEASON 1
I wrote a review after viewing the first episode, but Metacritic deleted it. So I'll try again... What would the creators of Scooby-Doo think about what they've done to the franchise with this show? It's just full of lazy woke 'jokes' with no subtlety at all as the writers probably don't have the talent to write in such a way. My fav woke line was something about how people think if a scantily clad women gets murdered people think she deserves it... Okay... I'm also waiting for a historically famous black character to have their colour changed as well.... I may be waiting a while for these double standards not to exist. And Glenn Howerton, you are too good to be in this.
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