September 23, 2006
[scooby-redoo] 9:50 AM
Don't worry, this isn't going to be one of those "why are they raping my childhood?" things.
This morning at the gym I was on Mr. Treadmill watching KidsWB (not KidsCW oddly enough) and saw the premiere of Shaggy & Scooby Doo: Get a Clue, with character redesigns and a premise that goes as such: Shaggy inherits a fortune from his eccentric inventor uncle and Scooby Doo ingests nanobots with his Scooby Snacks. In the case of premiere, he's able to turn invisible.
None of this really bothers me, what bothers me is the eyes. The all have button eyes.
Every frickin' time I go into Nick, or Cartoon Network, or Disney to pitch its always, "Eh, I don't know about button eyes" or "I like it, but we'll have to fix the eyes. Can you give them pupils?"
So I have to tweak my drawing style to possibly get in the door, but the biggest animated workhorse this side of Winnie the Pooh (also with button eyes, I might add) can be all button-buttony?
Sure its not about torture, Iraq, or FEMA, but I can still cry "Injustice!" right?
Oh the Humanity!!! 'Button Eyes' should be a crime, right up there with 'Huge Biceps in Weho, and not much else worked out', or 'Fake Tans in January', or 'Blindingly Whitened Teeth on real human beings'. I think we need a telethon to end these crimes to humanity, and 'cartoonity'.
Posted by: Fred at September 23, 2006 10:14 AMSo Scooby is now Goober? What's happening to the world?
Posted by: Greg at September 23, 2006 6:10 PMAt least they kept Velma's oversized turtleneck sweater, and Daphne still looks like she should be dancing in a cage.
They got rid of Freddie's ascot/bandana thingy, though... shame.
Posted by: Jason at September 25, 2006 1:50 PM
