Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? is the thirteenth incarnation of the Scooby-Doo franchise, and at best, it is to be considered a soft reboot of the 1972 series titled The New Scooby-Doo Movies, where each episode would feature a new guest star — whether they be real-life celebrities like Cher and Don Knotts or fictional ones…
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Avalon High (2010) – Review
With the release of Disney Channel’s Avalon High back in 2010, it’s clear that the studio was looking to strike gold again with another Meg Cabot-based property — having made a killing with their adaptation of her book The Princess Diaries — unfortunately, with a made-for-television budget and some massive creative liberties to the source…
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988-1991) – Review
In an ultimate prequel to the original Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! the network took the eighth incarnation of the long-running Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon back in time to when the Scooby gang were pre-teens. A Pup Named Scooby-Doo was the final television series in the franchise in which Don Messick would portray Scooby-Doo before his…
Daylight (1996) – Review
The 1970s saw Hollywood’s first disaster boom with such classics as The Towering Inferno and The Poseidon Adventure filling the theatres, but in the 90s, with the advent of computer effects, a second and bigger disaster boom was in the offing. In the 90s, films like Twister, Dante’s Peak, and Armageddon made some serious box…
The New Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo Show (1983-1984) – Review
In this sixth incarnation of the Scooby-Doo franchise, the creators once again altered the format. Now, it would no longer be a half-hour show consisting of three seven-minute shorts, but, instead, a half-hour show consisting of two eleven-minute shorts. This kind of decision-making is what truly sets some television executives above the rest. On the…