Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?

National Review Online ^ | 6/17/02 | Betsy Hart

[bigeasy_70118]

Daphne is a lipstick lesbian, if I ever saw one.

[HHFi]

Good point, but I would quibble with the current definition of the word "adult." I have videos of the old "Rocky & Bullwinkle" shows, and they are filled with things I didn't get as a kid, but do get as an adult. However, these are things like references to political figures and old movies, things you would have to be an intelligent and well-educated adult to understand. They don't detract from the film for kids, they just add an extra layer of enjoyment for adults.

Today, when you say a film contains "adult references," that means sniggering innuendoes about drugs and homosexuality and seemingly endless "jokes" about urination, defecation and passing gas. These things are not adult references, they are adolescent references. So the problem with this film is that it is being presented as a children's film when it was obviously made for real adolescents by arrested adolescents.

Therefore, I would propose a new ratings code: "AA," meaning "Warning! This film was made by Arrested Adolescents! Do not pay to see it unless you dissolve into helpless tears of laughter at the sight of vomit, snot or other bodily fluids!"

[Types_with_Fist]

I'm so sick of the left taking things that are fun and wholesome and turning them into indoctrination.

I've been reading the horror stories too. I also was never a big Scooby-Doo fan as a kid. But, took my kids to see it Sunday and enjoyed it immensely. It's actually very funny and, aside from - perhaps - a bit too much obvious cleavage, it was very well done. There is a questionable fart-burp contest scene in the film, but that's about it. The guy who plays 'Shaggy' should be nominated for something. He was excellent. There was never anything obvious to the kids about any of the play on words. Those were tasteful and funny as well. I read all the hype too but I highly recommend you take the kids to see this one.

[yankeedame]

What is interesting is that Hollywood thinks that brainy, plain-janes have to be lesbians.

Or that gals who are (even half way) good looking are basically bimbos who have trouble walking and chewing gum at the same time.

[yankeedame]

Today, when you say a film contains "adult references," that means sniggering innuendoes about drugs and homosexuality and seemingly endless "jokes" about urination, defecation and passing gas...

LOL! Many,many moons ago my daughter was reading the movie ads in the newspaper. She looked up and aked me:

"What's 'adult situtations' mean?"

"Oh", I replied, "you know-- paying taxes, going to meetings ,writing letters to the editor, cleaning oil spots off the carport, putting up strom windows. You know,stuff like that..."

[weikel]

Getting stoned in the van LOL.

[Drew68]

They also had a bit of lesbianism that has been cut out of the film but, no doubt, will end up on the dvd version.

FWIW, the lesbian and drug references that were filmed but deleted from the picture will not appear on the DVD release. The producers felt sales would be adversely impacted if they included PG-13 outtakes on a PG rated film.

[ThinkingMan]

I have 4 young boys who will NOT be seeing this movie.

[BlueLancer]

There must be something wrong with me but, when I was younger and watching the Scooby-Doo cartoons, I always thought that I would very much prefer being locked in the Mystery Machine with Velma than with Daphne ...

... maybe it was the sweater.

[AppyPappy]

My kids will skip it as well.

[BlueLancer]

BTTT

[Miss Marple]

My son said from the very beginning that he would NOT take my grandkids to see this. His evidence for why this would be a bad movie:

Popeye
The Flintstones
Dick Tracy

His basic rule of movie-going: NEVER pay money to watch a real-life movie based on cartoon characters!

[goldstategop]

Thank heaven Buffy was never a cartoon show.

[steve-b]

These things are not adult references, they are adolescent references. So the problem with this film is that it is being presented as a children's film when it was obviously made for real adolescents by arrested adolescents.

That's the best summation I've seen of a large part of what passes for contemporary popular culture.

[Aggie Mama]

That's funny, I had the same thoughts as you. I never would have thought of them as gay/lesbian/stoners. Everyone has an agenda it seems.

[bonesmccoy]

Now why is it that Bones never made a move on Chapel? Could it be that Gene was protective of his wife? Hmmm...???

[Austin Willard Wright]

Gene was too busy doing it with Uhura (I'm not kidding!)...but gee whiz it is hard to blame him.

[bonesmccoy]

Where do you get that story?

[aomagrat]

I think Chapel was hopelessly infatuated with Spock.

[bonesmccoy]

I'm not dead yet!