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…
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The Haunted Mansion (2003) – Review
Basing a movie on a novel or stage play would be considered to be a rather common origin for many productions while basing a movie on a theme park ride is anything but normal. Enter Disney Studios who just so happened to own the most famous theme parks in the world. With corporate synergy being…
Daphne & Velma (2018) – Review
In the fifth instalment of the Scooby-Doo live-action film series, we get another “reboot” that has its own take on how the Scooby gang first met, or to be more accurate, how two of the Scooby gang first met because you won’t find Fred, Shaggy over even Scooby-Doo in this particular mystery. The big question…
Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster (2010) – Review
With Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster we get Cartoon Network’s sequel to the 2009 prequel Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins, making this the fourth installment in the live-action Scooby-Doo series, but it’s also another made-for-television production.
Scooby-Doo: The Movie (2002) – Review
With over three decades of various incarnations of Scooby-Doo, it’s actually quite surprising that it took Hollywood this long to try for a live-action version of Mystery Incorporated — one could assume that they were waiting for computer graphics to reach a certain point where an animated Scooby-Doo would work in live-action, but they could…