# Scooby Doo (otherwise known as WORST MOVIE EVER!!) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 9, 2002, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scooby-doo-otherwise-known-as-worst-movie-ever/113045 "2002-06-09T02:02:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![trixiebix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@trixiebix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trixiebix)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scooby-doo-otherwise-known-as-worst-movie-ever/113045/41 "2002-06-10T14:13:31Z")
I happen to love Mr. Bean!!! 🙂 Matthew Lillard was great in ‘Hackers’ I had no desire to see Scooby doo… the CGI looked horrible. I can’t stand Freddie Prinze jr… especially with blonde hair. Looks so fake. And other than Buffy, I don’t really care for Sarah Michelle Gellar. Looks like a wait for cable movie. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scooby-doo-otherwise-known-as-worst-movie-ever/113045/42 "2002-06-10T15:02:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wisp00 \* > \*\*What? I watched this show every morning before school. > > The monster was ALWAYS a guy in a mask. > > In fact every show was the same. The Scooby Gang show up at some spooky place, a monster appears, tells them they’re not wanted here and scares the living daylights out of them, Shaggy and Scooby eventually stubble upon the answer, but don’t realize it until Velma explains it and Fred pulls off the mask. \*\* I wouldn’t say that the monster was _always_ a guy in a mask. Sometimes it was a remote-conrolled robot, or it was an image (usually ghosts) that was generated by an ordinary projector. I have to agree that the basic premise of each episode was about the same. One would think that after awhile it would have occurred to them to corner the bad guy and pull off his mask first thing before getting scared out of their wits, falling into trap doors, disappearing into secret passageways, etc. for the next half hour. OTOH, watching SD after school was a good excuse to put off starting my homework. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scooby-doo-otherwise-known-as-worst-movie-ever/113045/43 "2002-06-10T15:27:42Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Green Fool_ > \*\*Actually untrue. > > MOST of the time on the show it WAS a real monster/ghost/alien. But the pop culture joke was for it to be a guy in a mask. So that’s why people think that.\*\* No way; that’s just plain wrong; until the episodes with Scrappy, there was _always_ (at least in every episode I can find a summary of) a rational explanation. -Check out the episode synopses [here](http://www.execulink.com/~joelb/scooby/episodes/picswher/swhere.htm) ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scooby-doo-otherwise-known-as-worst-movie-ever/113045/44 "2002-06-10T17:40:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by PublicBlast \* > [hijack]All these poor renditions of fun things from my youth are making me depressed. What’s next? An insulting live-action _Transformers_? Oh wait, they already gave that the CGI treatment. [sigh] Nothing is sacred…[/hijack] \ Which CGI _Transformers_ are you referring to? The _Transformers: Generation 2_ had a (pathetic) CGI title page, but the episodes were reruns. The _Beast Wars_ CGI cartoon was actually rather well-written, overall. Definitely catch the second and third seasons for some seriously adult “how did they put _that_ on TV?” storylines. The _Beast Machines_ CGI cartoon was utter dreck, especially if you enjoyed the _Beast Wars_ stuff. And yes, the idea to do a live-action _Transformers_ movie has been floating around Hasbro for the last few years. I know because I was contacted by a production studio to pitch a treatment for such a film. It’s available on my web site if you’re bored enough to go read it. \ ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scooby-doo-otherwise-known-as-worst-movie-ever/113045/45 "2002-06-10T19:35:54Z")
The movie does look horrible, but isn’t anyone else going to point out the one compelling reason to go see it, namely the fabulous, talented and gorgeous LINDA CARDELLINI??? (two words: freaks and geeks) ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scooby-doo-otherwise-known-as-worst-movie-ever/113045/46 "2002-06-10T20:20:38Z")
I’m gonna defend _BeastWars_ as well, from the Starscream episode on. And i like some of the earlier _Beast Machines_, like the pilot when no one knew what the heck was going on and they were being chased by automatons to techno music. But that Anime Crap-fest they have on Fox blows. I hear the new one is supposed to be cool. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scooby-doo-otherwise-known-as-worst-movie-ever/113045/47 "2002-06-10T23:15:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rjung \* > \*\* > \ > The _Beast Wars_ CGI cartoon was actually rather well-written, overall. Definitely catch the second and third seasons for some seriously adult “how did they put _that_ on TV?” storylines. > \ \*\* \ [D.C. Fontana](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Fontana,+D.C.) even wrote an episode, “Crossing the Rubicon.” \ Ranchoth ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scooby-doo-otherwise-known-as-worst-movie-ever/113045/48 "2002-06-10T23:46:59Z")
Okay, I have to go see this one (the five-year-old who lives here has been begging to see it since the previews have been airing for six freaking months…but that’s a Pit rant). Just how bad is it? Should I take a book and my Itty-Bitty book light? Or will I find it mildy amusing? ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scooby-doo-otherwise-known-as-worst-movie-ever/113045/49 "2002-06-10T23:51:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tars Tarkas \* > I’m gonna defend _BeastWars_ as well, from the Starscream episode on. “Possession,” definitely a must-see. But nothing beats “The Agenda” three-parter – talk about cliffhangers! :eek: > [@](#): > > And i like some of the earlier _Beast Machines_, like the pilot when no one knew what the heck was going on and they were being chased by automatons to techno music. The pilot was cool, but it really went downhill from there. After three episodes you started to realize that the head writer was making it up as he went along. > [@](#): > > But that Anime Crap-fest they have on Fox blows. That’s because the original Japanese series it was from (_Transformers: Car Robots_) also blew. Nice toys, though. > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Ranchoth_ > D.C. Fontana even wrote an episode, “Crossing the Rubicon.” Further _Beast Wars_-sci-fi tie-in: series writer Bob Forward is the son of noted sci-fi author Robert “Camelot 40,000” Forward. (Yeah, this message is one big hijack, but do you _really_ want to talk about the **Scooby-Doo** movie further? 😉 ) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scooby-doo-otherwise-known-as-worst-movie-ever/113045.md?page=2)