Finally had time to watch the new Scooby Doo movie called SCOOB! last weekend. I enjoyed it and laughed a lot. It was a nice update of the characters and setting while honoring the past. At times, it almost felt like a Hanna Barbara smorgasbord to be honest. It was actually kind of amazing how many HB characters they managed to fit into the movie, either as full roles, cameos or just Easter egg “blink & you miss them” mentions. And yet that aspect never felt forced to me. It was just fun and a little nostalgic. But not in an intrusive way at all.
Okay, yeah, the plot is kind of wacky but, again, not unusual for Scooby Doo movies.
There is one thing bugging the heck out of me, however. The Rotten Robots bad guy minions remind me of something. I’ve looked online and I can’t find anything but I just can’t get away from the idea that I’ve seen something like them before. In something. What that is, I have no idea. Maybe they’re just generic cute robots?
I did notice the vast majority of reviews online aren’t all that great. Thing is, that’s not unusual for the Scooby movies. The series tend to rate a lot higher. Not sure why.
It will be interesting to see if it holds up over time, though. I will say this, I thought the most jarring aspect wasn’t the Mystery Inc gang but the way they did The Blue Falcon. That was just weird.