Scooby Doo for the Younger Generation
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I will say right off the bat that I am not a huge fan of the Cartoon Network movies, The Mystery Begins and Curse of the Lake Monster, only b/c I have been a die hard SD fan since childhood. My favs growing up were SD meets Sonny and Cher, Adams Fam, Sandy Duncan, etc...the New Scooby Doo Movies. I also loved the 13 Ghosts, the original mysteries, etc. Even as a teenager I still loved Scoob and had Scooby blankets, pillows, pjs, keychains, etc. I've loved SD since I can remember and have always watched any Scoob shows/movies I could get my hands on!
  The couple of reasons I don't care for these newer characters is basically...well just that...the characters themselves...I just can't get over the fact that Fred has brown hair, lol. Even my 3 and 6 yr olds ask about that! Shaggy's voice is also super annoying (sorry folks but it's true...wish he would clear his throat already) The animation is pretty cool, but I just feel no connection what so ever to this cast of characters. I had no problem connecting with the Scooby Doo Movies 1 and 2 (Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prince), so I know it's not a predujice against non cartoon characters, lol.
  That being said, I am so happy that Cartoon Network is still making new Scooby movies! This is a great set for the younger ones with no SD experience. It's certainly more modern and hip for the new SD generation. I do show my kids the older episodes I knew/know and love, and luckily, they love those just as much!
  Again, I know I had some complaints yet still rated a 5....my reasoning is that we'll take Scooby any way we can get him and I'm just happy that SD is still being made, especially "cooler" versions for the new Scooby fans!!!!
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My boys love Scooby Doo and they have been watching this nonstop since they got it for Christmas!  One disc with a movie on each side of the disc.  No mechanical problems at all!!  Two great SD movies for a very low price.  Glad I found it.
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I am a mother of two little boys ages 5 and 2.  They have recently discovered the Scooby-Doo series and absolutely love it.  I asked them what they would like to say about this DVD set and they said "tell everybody to buy it, it's the best."  They are aloud one movie a day and they always ask for Scooby-Doo.  I like watching it too, it brings back memories from my childhood and watching Saturday morning cartoons with my dad.  The only thing they could to help out is tell you what stories are on the discs.  It does contain the original five and we already had that.  We also have season three and it too contains some of the stories featured in this set.
1961411
Scooby and the Scooby characters keep the reader guessing til the very end. Great pictures! High interest for Scooby fans! Reader friendly, but also great to read aloud to youngsters! Price was good, too.
1928199
I was born in the late 70s and have fond memories of watching various Hanna-Barbera TV shows. Scooby-Doo has been a long time favorite of mine that I'm happy to share with my own kids now that I'm a dad. I was excited to see that Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. team have a new adventure with the Blue Falcon and (more or less) Dynomutt.

I was really surprised when I noticed all the cameo appearances in this movie from other Hanna-Barbera cartoons. Space Ghost, the Herculoids, Captain Caveman, Speed Buggy, even Elektra from Teen Force (although she is humorously misidentified in the movie). I felt like a little kid again while watching this movie and the fact that my 3-year-old son and my 6-year-old daughter loved it too was just icing on the cake.

If you grew up during the 80s (or just love watching old 80s cartoons) then I highly recommend watching this feature-length Scooby-Doo adventure.
640464
Our grandchildren play Scooby- Doo over and over again at their home. It's a family classic and a tradition in our house!. Their parents watched the same cartoon characters as children and its family rated as wonderful.
2104474
Typical scooby doo. the kids loved it. They are in tune with all scooby doo movies. This one was in spanish which is one reason i bought it
3318428
My son is a Scooby Doo fan.  This is a great movie for kids to watch especially if you want to introduce classic rock to them.  Because of this movie we are now taking a 6yr old to KISS for his very first concert.
242325
Hello amazon :) well, I am an old friend of Scooby's, since my little brother has been obsessed with it since he was about two years old. I've told myself that I don't like it, basically because it's about 75% of what I've been hearing from my little bro for the past seven years. But actually, I've grown rather fond of Scooby and the gang.

The original cartoons were a classic. Really. They illustrated exactly what scooby doo was about: fun, lighthearted mysteries that encouraged you to think about who had done it, and attached you to a lovable cast of brilliant and headstrong characters. The characters were the first thing that this show messed up. I'm honestly not sure what they were thinking when they turned a strong leader into a stupid jock, a smart respectable young lady into a guy-obsessed stalker, a resourceful and endearingly stubborn girl into the Scooby equivalent of Bella from twilight, and Scooby Doo into a jealous disheartened dog that you don't really feel acquainted to. This is what they did when they decided to put mystery solving next to dramatic, romantic soap opera-ish scenes that shouldn't be in scooby doo.

See, like I said before: Scooby Doo is supposed to be fun and lighthearted, because kis are mostly going to warch this. But this show just hangs in some limbo between the age ratings. The poor younger kids are going to be turned off by all the romance, drama, and DEATH! People aren't supposed to die in Scooby Doo. But, yes, Warner Brothers went there. And the teens, like myself, are going to fondly remember the old Scooby Doo, then look at this, and say "What the **** is this ****!?!?!?"

In summary, Warner Brothers took a classic cartoon filled with headstrong, respectable, lovable characters, lighthearted mysteries, and good mysteries, and turned it into a weird soap opera drama filled with real monsters, too much romance, and stupid teenagers that will do anything to get a boyfriend. And that was just what I got from a few episodes. I couldn't watch the whole thing, and neither could my little brother.
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bought these dvds for my grandson 5, who loves scooby doo!!! he really enjoys all the ones I got for him
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I grew up with Scooby-Doo and his pals. These cartoons are something that will never get old or outdated. I plan on passing them on the next generation to enjoy. This Hanna- Barbera series features Scooby Doo, a dog who joins Velma, Daphne, Freddie, and Shaggy on many quests to solve mysteries. Each mystery is new and unusual and involves the group stopping bad guys. Scooby-Doo is a large, loveable but cowardly Great Dane who hangs around four high school students (Fred, Velma, Daphne and Shaggy). The four teen-agers were in constant search of mysteries and adventures, driving around in a bright green van known as the Mystery Machine. Many of the group's adventures involved villians who took on supernatural disguises (ghosts and monsters); the villians' activities usually involved blackmail, theft, fraud and other forms of corruption. At the first hint of trouble, Scooby-Doo (and usually, Shaggy as well) went running for cover; they usually found themselves in even deeper trouble. It usually took the promise of a Scooby snack to get Scooby (and Shaggy) to come out of hiding. The mysteries were always solved by the end of each show.
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*I received this book as an eARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*

This is a completely new take on the classic Scooby-Doo characters. In this telling, the gang has yet to meet and live in a world that is on the brink of an Apocalypse full of rampaging monsters. Daphne is a journalist with Fred as her lackey cameraman. Velma is a member of a secret lab. Shaggy and Scooby are connected to the lab, but are still that comic duo everyone loves.

I really like how these classic characters were re-imagined. Aspects of them are modernized. Shaggy's hipster look alone is very now.

The concept is cool, but the execution isn't quite there. The story is slow and the exposition is prevalent. The art style is excellent and the designs of the characters and the monsters are really cool. The allude to classic monsters from the original series. The references to cliches from the show are done well. There's always a twist to them.

I give this graphic novel a 3.5/5. Although I did enjoy it, I never was truly pulled into the world. The storytelling is slow and there were many dragging parts. I recommend this to Scooby-Doo fanatics, but if you're unfamiliar with the classic characters there isn't much for you in this comic.
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Okay I just  got this  a few days ago ,and I am slowly working my way through the episodes. Now of  course like many people I have seen these episodes time and time again on tv through the  years. But there is something about  finally  owning it for yourself that makes it extra  special.

As for the shipping I  chose the  super savings shipping option and it only took about  roughly about 5 days including the weekend to receive. So i really  can't  complain on that! :-]

I think what I like most is the ability to watch them whenever I want without having to wait  till they come on boomerang to  view. I am almost  done with the first disc and am not  disappointed in the  least.

Yes these episodes have a little wear and tear to them, as any  older cartoon show would that  was produced in the  late  1960s, but to me that  makes them even more  vintage looking.

Besides this show was  never meant to  be viewed in high definition anyways. There are tons of extras that I am as of yet to get into. I will wait till I have watched all of the actual episodes to  delve more into those.

Just being able to see this  show on dvd and owning these first 2 seasons  puts a smile on my face. I honestly  think this was scooby doo at it's best. The stories were well formatted aind  interesting. The  show also knew how to tidy up towards the  end  quite well.

These are definitely  epsiodes that can be repeated. Even the ones i thought originally  I wasn't a big fan of ( such as the  dognapper episode.)

I remember watching these as a kid and really getting  into them and  I enjoy them even more now as an adult.

 Shaggy and Scooby are  as funny as  ever. They  play off  really well with  the rest of the gang's straight  forward approach.

I also own  the  "third season" ,but to be honest it is really  the scooby doo show  with  third season labeled on it. It is enjoyable as  well and  pretty much picks up  where the original series left off.

Though  you really can't beat these original episodes. I think i will have even more  enjoyable times with  these in the future.

This is a MUST HAVE for  serious scooby fans that is  for  sure.
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Four or five years ago I stumbled across some VHS classic Jonny Quest episodes released by Turner Home Entertainment. My kids loved them, and I loved them too. I will now be able to expand that small collection with all 26 episodes. I can't watch most modern day cartoons with my kids without being thoroughly disgusted with the values and content. These classic episodes portray good vs evil kind of values. Interestingly enough these cartoons have many interesting similarities with the Scooby Doo cartoons. In one episode the bad guys dress up in frog-man costumes to scare the too curious. The inclusion of bandit into the plot is another similarity. One can see where ideas from this series influenced the original Scooby Doo cartoons. Unfortunately these Jonny Quest episodes are one of a kind, and nothing with similar content is likely to come along. The things that make them great like real bad guys and real explosions and real bullets just won't happen in the politically correct world we now live in. If you are a liberal and trying to raise complete passifist kids, run like hell and turn on the latest episode of Dragon Tales. If you want to influence your kids values without them knowing it (which is the best way, since they never question it) then sit down and watch some of these cartoons with them.
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I love how so many reviewers are trying to compare this to the 1960's Scooby Doo, or analyzing it like its Shakesperean theater. Get this gang, the sixties are OVER man! And plus, get this; it's a talking cartoon dog! Get a grip. I like a lot of Scooby Doo and I thought this was right up there with the best of 'em. There have been dozens of interpretations of the Scooby Doo formula over the past 45 years and if I have to say that this is just a new vision of said formula then have it that way. But as I just said... it's a cartoon. It's a silly cartoon gone live action... I see one reviewer say that kids' made for TV movies ain't what they used to be. What are we comparing to? H.R. Puffnstuff and the Magic Flute? A Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen film?

I thought that the first theatrical Scooby Doo was money well spent. The second theatrical release was just so so, as was the first TV joint with these kids. This follow up bit gave the new kids a chance to shine,,, with a plot that was actually somewhat engrossing for a Scooby Doo mystery. It has to do with a mysterious blue rock that holds the power of the moon, an old lake town, a witch from colonial times, and Velma getting possessed. It all rolls together into the story of the said title lake monster,,, and has some wild moments.

For those who like the sixties style, especially when the crew used to bust into musical numbers, well that happens twice. Twice! The sign of a great Scooby Doo mystery is when the band starts jamming on guitars out of nowhere and wearing tie-dyes. This is everything Scooby Doo should be... don't miss!
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As kids we were glued to the TV to watch SCOOBY-DOO. I bought this for our grand-kids but I think my husband & I enjoyed it more.... REMEMBER WHEN????
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I grew up loving Scooby and now my daughter does too! I couldn't be happier!