khanfusion t1_j4ep8q9 wrote on January 15, 2023 at 4:26 AM

Reply to comment by Lidjungle in Mindy Kaling did not create or write Velma. Why is she taking so much heat? by [deleted]

I saw a huge mix of good and bad writing throughout. When it hit for me they were very good jokes, but there were times when the jokes were just stale or fell flat, and shouldn't have been in there. The first four or so minutes of the first episode were hard to watch, honestly. But it got better and I laughed out loud like 3 or 4 times in there.

Lidjungle t1_j4eqqip wrote on January 15, 2023 at 4:37 AM

I was kinda starting to relax into the dad banter when they did the thing about her mom leaving because she hated them? So… I was pretty turned off by that point. Like… maybe retconning Shaggy into a straight edge was cute, but they went a lame direction with it. Her showing up in thot wear because she didn’t kill her mom and the ensuing scene? Cringe. So, if it had some redeeming bits, it may have been after it had exhausted its goodwill for me.

On a positive note, I learned about Harley Quinn from the discussion around Velma, and I’m really enjoying it.