Velma Season 2 Is A Crime Against Television (Review)
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Velma Season 2 just released to terrible reviews from both critics and fans, and after watching Velma myself it's easy to see why. In this Velma season 2 review I go over all the reasons why Velma is easily the worst show ever made, and why it deserves all the criticism it gets. I also go over the ridiculous amount HBO reportedly paid Mindy Kaling to make a second season of Velma. All in all this was a terrible experience but I hope i made my Velma Season two review entertaining enough for you all to find some joy in this disaster.
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The fact that MAX and mindy didn't promote this new season says something
@thejessegrant
Ай бұрын
Ahahahaha
@mestre12
Ай бұрын
The fact it dint had almost no promotion, plus, Max dumped the entire seasson at once, they usally do week realeses, show it dint got a third seasson.
@estebangutierrez160
Ай бұрын
Hell, the trailer came out almost a week before the show's release.
@mestre12
Ай бұрын
@@estebangutierrez160 Yeah, that was the only promotion it had.
@tomboyraider1015
Ай бұрын
@pecto True rofl
Thanks for taking one for the team, homie.
@thejessegrant
Ай бұрын
Ahahaha thank you!
@hylianbatman3153
Ай бұрын
Some heroes don't wear capes
@mrrunodan8119
Ай бұрын
@@thejessegrantplease delete the video, we are giving this show too much exposure
@tylzzr
Ай бұрын
@@mrrunodan8119yeah it’s not even worth reviewing just pretend it doesn’t exist
@SubZero-hs9xc
Ай бұрын
Maybe dont give them hate views woulf help
This show getting a second season is a mystery that the actual Scooby Doo gang should solve
@hatchedsoiree
Ай бұрын
I can solve it: Two seasons were greenlit, meaning we were ALWAYS going to get two seasons.
@lukezuccaro5441
Ай бұрын
@@hatchedsoiree it was a joke…
@hatchedsoiree
Ай бұрын
@@lukezuccaro5441 Obviously but I didn't know if you were genuinely curious or not so
@themrnoob0
Ай бұрын
@@hatchedsoireeIt was clearly a joke
@hatchedsoiree
Ай бұрын
@@themrnoob0 As I said OBVIOUSLY I was just saying that in case they were actually curious.
"If we don't give Velma a second season, Twitter will call us racists!" -- HBO Executives
@justinguyos5476
Ай бұрын
"If we do give Velma a second season, the normal people will call us Racists!" - HBO Executives
@mysteryhatter
Ай бұрын
That is the shittiest excuse I’ve ever seen
@SubZero-hs9xc
Ай бұрын
-i dont know how tv series are made --you
@alexjensen9490
Ай бұрын
Not how that works, Velma had a contract for 2 seasons in the beginning. They cancel it before the second season is released, and that’s the easiest lawsuit of Mindy’s life
@Jonathan_Robison_21
28 күн бұрын
By making a second season of this terrible excuse of “entertainment” they actually made it Racist!
William Hanna and Joseph Barbera are spinning in their graves.
@gagnose26
Ай бұрын
If we could hook up their corpses to our power grids they could power Texas for 50 years. That's how much they're spinning
@nemesisprime1758
Ай бұрын
they are spinning so fast you can hook them to the grid and turn off all power plants and they would still power the entire world
@GrosvnerMcaffrey
Ай бұрын
"Who's that?" Johnny Bravo
@Mr.Unfantastic
Ай бұрын
unfortunatly gravity wouldnt allowed it. even tho it wants to
@bimmyfrizzo3988
Ай бұрын
You can tell that mindy kailing is not a fan of the original show. No fan would ever desecrate the hanna barbera legacy like that.
more terrible rich people looking down on normal working people . BOOOO MINDY!!!!
@Slitheringpeanut
Ай бұрын
Welcome to Hollywood.
@AmericanFreeman2024
Ай бұрын
Let's boycott Mindy and her team!
@alexramos7708
Ай бұрын
@@AmericanFreeman2024 The first season is universally hated and yet they made a second season. Boycotting will do absolutely nothing.
@AmericanFreeman2024
Ай бұрын
@@alexramos7708 yeah, you're right. They use Hate watching as motivation, That's Joe Biden's America. 😔
@MrNickPresley
Ай бұрын
@@alexramos7708 They greenlit the second season long before season one even came out. That's usually what they do. But given that this season got almost zero promotion should tell you that they very likely aren't planning on making a season 3.
It's an even bigger crime that this show got green lit in the first place. I still can't believe that they were able to get a contract that allowed 2 seasons of this travesty.
You're telling me the worst character from the office who's only personality traits was being self absorbed, is continuing down the same path? Truly we are in the worst timeline
@Aaron-zt5ee
Ай бұрын
It still baffles me that she regrets writing and acting in the Office and doesn’t let her kids watch it.
@ArbiterofMankind
Ай бұрын
And she wrote that character lmao. I guess she wrote from personal experience lol
@cataclysm7256
29 күн бұрын
lmao she always has been self inserting it seems, crazy. What a hack.
@navanater123
26 күн бұрын
Ok FIRST OFF I hate mindy khaling But kelly kapoor is literally the second funniest character 😂 she says the most fucked up shit😂 and her relationship with ryan is GOLD 1. Michael 2. Kelly 3. Dwite 4. Creed 5. Stanley or Kevin U can go either way for 5
Mindy Kaling and her untreated high school traumas: Season 2 😆
@Dragblacker
Ай бұрын
Is that why high school-oriented movies/shows saturate everything? Because fools can't get over high school?
@Falconer22
Ай бұрын
Pretty much. Most of her characters are just her form of victim therapy
@robbycooper6787
Ай бұрын
Yes I think she was neglected as a child and thought that everyone hated her and would turn on her
@doug1066
Ай бұрын
@@robbycooper6787 So she developed a personality and lack of talent that led to a self-fulfilling situation.
@robbycooper6787
Ай бұрын
@@doug1066 I thought you were talking about Velma so I got extremely confused
Jesus wept 🥺. This show is agony.
@thejessegrant
Ай бұрын
Ahahahah it’s worse than against man ahaha
@BlueSoulGamer
Ай бұрын
Jesus isn’t enough to save this show 😂
@mattharrison2330
16 күн бұрын
Jesus watched Velma?
Asking for good writing and a 3 dimensional character is like asking a blind person to see
HOW did they create another season?! I'm dead...
@thejessegrant
Ай бұрын
Bloody crazy ahaha
@jjb58
Ай бұрын
because profits dont matter, and popular opinion doesnt matter, its all about vandalizing culture.
@aniruddhbhatkal1834
Ай бұрын
I think it got a lot of hate watch
@saintdel895
Ай бұрын
@@aniruddhbhatkal1834 a bit but not the full reason
@saintdel895
Ай бұрын
it was already set to happen before season 1 ended unfortunately
I’d say a crime against all entertainment.
@thejessegrant
Ай бұрын
Ahahah very true
Another reminder, don't even hate watch this show. The more people hate watch this the more it'll be seen as successful, and it might get a third season. It didn't even deserve a first season, but too many people hate watched it and it made money. So don't hate watch this from the official source, sail the seven seas instead
@catgaeming2025
29 күн бұрын
didnt even bothered to watch it... just few clips ive seen and their decision to not include one of the important characters of the show make me totally skip it and the fact it got second season just makes me wondering for who is this series made ? i mean let be honest these people arent real mystery gang thats for sure...
I see Mindy's ego won't let her throw the towel in.
We lost Coyote vs ACME... Yet HBO allowed us to have this, think about that for a moment.
Mindy on her personal war against beauty
This entire series is an insult to the original Scooby Doo franchise
Mindy Failing has learned nothing
Season two is probably a way to conclude a regretted contract with Mindy, and an animated stinker is cheaper than live action.
It’s like Netflix, they order a set number of episodes and split them into two separate seasons
@thejessegrant
Ай бұрын
Crazy
The only mystery is how many times Kaling bumped her head under the boardroom table while getting this greenlit.
@indescribablycoolikeafurniture
Ай бұрын
no doubt that ITS OVER 9000
@Squiggles01
Ай бұрын
@@indescribablycoolikeafurniture XD That good!
@nemanjajovanov
Ай бұрын
A BJ from her sounds like a chore.
Mindy got paid $8 million? What does she need that much money for anyway? Buying glue to sniff?
@christianedwards9025
Ай бұрын
No, not for sniffing, she likes glue enemas.
Mindy Kaling should be blacklisted from acting
@Amayziiin
Ай бұрын
She should be blacklisted from having any kind of platform to influence any kind of human beings.
@HavianEla
Ай бұрын
And writing
@chrisford7909
Ай бұрын
Honestly when was the last time she acted in anything??.. I can't remember anything since the office...
I suspect the only reason this exists is because they had a deal for several seasons, not because it was predicated on the first season doing well.
What’s still crazy that max decided to greenlit season 2 of this garbage but not COYOTE VS ACME😂? Mindy Kaling probably knew that the ratings got so bad that she wouldn’t be bother posting anything about the series.
I know Velma was technically signed on and was green-lit for 2 seasons from the get-go, but if Netflix can greenlight 2 seasons of a good show, Inside Job, and get rid of the second season for tax purposes when it was almost completed, I'm sure HBO could've done the same thing with velma.
@ChelseaChfy-ex1po
Ай бұрын
But the agenda tho….. you can’t cancel such “gold”.
This is why My Youngest Brother is making his Kid watch The Cartoons he grew up watching like 80s TMNT
@nemanjajovanov
Ай бұрын
That's way better than both this AND Scooby-Doo.
I still hate that of all the people to give scooby doo they gave it to my least favorite character from the office
@catgaeming2025
29 күн бұрын
lmfao true
There reasson to why it got a second seasson is because it was pre aprooved when it was greenligthed. That is standard for animated shows, to make the wait bettew the first 2 seassons be not to long. Very rarely they only do 1 seasson when a show is greenligthed, Invicible and Arcane did that.
@Otokichi786
Ай бұрын
That explains why Fox's "Krapopolis" and "Grimsburg" were guaranteed a second/third series before the audience sees a frame/scene from the "edgy/controversial/aimed at the 12-25 age group" TV show. (I don't watch either; I have better things to do with free time, like washing clothes or searching for "Futurama" on the comedy channel.)
The more we tear apart this show The more it continues to produce Mindy gayling sure enjoys being the WORST INDIVIDUAL ALL OF HOLLYWOOD After all being a awful person is a norm for the industry
@ajmcomixonline8824
Ай бұрын
She is not the worse come on remember the me to movement, all those predators were and are a 1000 times worse then a woman who changed a couple of old characters
@gustavofoxy1
Ай бұрын
@@ajmcomixonline8824not the worst, but a radioactive waste doesn't make a fungus infestation any better.
@ajmcomixonline8824
Ай бұрын
@@gustavofoxy1 ok that's to much the show isn't that bad it was dumb in season 1 but season 2 showed massive improvement s
@vanillabean9753
Ай бұрын
@@ajmcomixonline8824I agree… but take away the massive and replace it with minor
@ajmcomixonline8824
Ай бұрын
@@vanillabean9753 ok if that's how you see thats fine but still you admit it's better then season 1 so it should be given some credit for doing so alot of shows usually just double down on there crap at least Velma tried and succeeded at doing better
A company is only good depending of its leadership. If Disney or HBO for example would have compenent and brave people, who are ready to take risks, than we would have got several new unique stories and worlds to enjoy.
Thank you. For watching this, for us. No one deserves to do this to themselves, watching this show. I'm not going to be cliché and say that I would not wish this for the people I hate. In fact, if I see them watch Velma, I would be envious of the strength they possess to be able to just stomach this, and be concerned for them afterwards. I genuinely pray for your health. And again, thank you, Jesse.
It's out!? I'm smiling in anticipation of the reviews
@thejessegrant
Ай бұрын
Yes it’s out and yes it’s terrible ahaha
@efraimgarcia7876
Ай бұрын
I'm sure reviews will be infinitely more entertaining than the show itself. I'll go get some popcorn.
Run away Scooby, don't look back! How can anyone refer to condoms and wine bottles in a kid's cartoon?
@section7173
Ай бұрын
You know the type of people who imagine these things and think it's funny. Hollywood is a vile beyond words.
@wandereringshadow8658
Ай бұрын
To be fair, Velma was advertised as "AdUlt AnIMaTION", but we all know theres one Ipad kid that got shown this by their parents thinking "Oh, Scobby Doo!"
@chrisford7909
Ай бұрын
The same show that started its first episode with high school girls in the shower....😂😂😂
As a movie critic, thank you for the service of watching this so we don’t have to. We honor your name forever Jesse Grant. I give you a salute.
i find it hilarious that mindy is criticizing rich people, while she herself is rich. that’s some serious lack of self awareness right there lol
*WB canned the OG teen titans cartoon but let Velma get a season 2… almost as bad as keeping Ezra Miller after the choke slammed a woman on camera*
Norville: my grandma is alive, we need to find her! Walks into building* oh there she is.
Reason for season 2, according to a video on Ryan Kinel's channel, was contractual obligation. So basically, it needed to be made. Also, RIP Jesse's brain cells that died watching the sludge, your sacrifice will be remembered.
@thejessegrant
Ай бұрын
Really? And ahahaha thanks for your sympathy ahaha
@yurichtube1162
Ай бұрын
Why tho?
@CastlesKingSide
Ай бұрын
@@yurichtube1162 because someone at max was probably a DEI fanatic who couldn't recognize how shite it was when it was pitched, and got bs'ed into a bad contract. And since breaching contracts means lawsuits and bad pr... here we are
@yurichtube1162
Ай бұрын
@@CastlesKingSide They just threw away money, for a show no one asked for or has an interest in. This show is NOT Velma or Scooby doo, it's literally the Mindy show. She made her money, good for her. But WB and Max just threw away money, while they are already deep in debt. They are basically showing the world that they are suckers.
@CastlesKingSide
Ай бұрын
@@yurichtube1162 which just further proves how stupid they are. And stupid should hurt
I could laugh at how bad it was, but what they did to thorn from the hex girls crossed a line. That was low even for them.
KZreadrs: hate review this Kaling/Grandy: HELL YEAH! MORE ATTENTION! GET READY FOR SEASON 3 FOLKS🤡 (please stop reviewing this show....they are gonna end up giving a season three due to the attention 😭😭)
How the f*ck did this actually get a second season?! Everybody hates this show! It was so god-awful that it was panned from every part of the political spectrum.
Renewing this show But not Close Enough? Streaming: Favoritism and 'Tardation
The second season was already made when the first was announced. For most series like this both series 1 and 2 are made in order to make time for a possible 3 season which in this case looks like it won't happen. Animation takes a lot longer than what people are giving it credit for and there is no way a series that looks like this this only took as long as it did from season 1 to push out this many episode, unless they were putting their crew under heavy crunch, WHICH is possible but also doubtful. It's why telling people not to hatewatch wasn't doing anything and with how little people actually watched the first season (regardless of what headlines said) the show was a dud from day one and with how Neteflix dumped the entire second season? Yeah, they knew it was pointless.
we all know the show was supposed to be a completely original story with original characters but warner bros said they would only greenlight it if they used already established characters so mindy used scooby-doo characters, i wouldn't be surprised if warner bros wanted her to use scooby-doo characters so it can ruin the franchise so warner bros can make the IP a tax write-off, also, it was greenlit for 2 seasons to begin with
The fact that Fred is constantly being used as a straw man and yet is still the fan favorite character says a lot about how badly it’s written. He’s the only 3 dimensional character, and that certainly isn’t by design
It's possible that someone at HBO was dumb enough or blinded by ESG scores that they bought two season at once.
I only today learned Mindy had kids. God help us.
Simple- stop hate watching.
Part of me thinks her hatred against rich people is that she’s surrounded by people more rich and successful than her and she hates that she doesn’t have a mansion with double digit bedrooms in LA.
Oh f__k I forgot it wasn’t canceled
@thejessegrant
Ай бұрын
Ahaha
This series was slated for a 2 season before season 1 aired.. They assumed by adding in the Scooby-Doo IP that they'd have a built in audience. This is VERY common in the TV business actually. Companies take risks and this one happened to not pay off.
@rdkirk3834
Ай бұрын
Does this mean we're going to get two seasons of the Good Times animated "sequel?"
Honest title, honest review, can't ask more from our boi. I am impressed, how S2 exist first and foremost... second is for the dedication on ruin iconic characters, which are good childhood memories for millions of people worldwide. Guess "HBO HQ" is the Villain's Lair after all.
The hilarious part in all of this is Velma would be better for everyone without Velma. Without Velma, her mother wouldn't have lost an eye, would have a writing career, and wouldn't turn to alcoholism. This would have prevented the killing spree using SCOOB technology, as it wouldn't have ended up in the mines. Fred would go on to being a nepotism baby given his parents' company. Norville would go on to having a relationshop with Gigi, and not developing PTSD, stress eating, and drug abuse after shooting someone. Daphne would have continued her life as the popular girl in school with enough education and know-how to keep from peaking in her 20s. Sure, she would still have to deal with finding her bio parents and getting used as their pawn, but she would also be able to have her adoptive parents help her deal with the trauma afterwards since there wouldn't have been a mass murderer case keeping her adoptive parents away. Also, without the SCOOB project, there would be no watch lying in the mines for Daphne's bio mom to find as part of the plot for season 2. tl;dr Even in Mindy's self insert power hour all about her making herself the hero, the world would have been better without her.
Some one on the internet explained that an animated show takes a long time to produce. In order for there not to be a 2 year gap between seasons, they had to green light and start producing it almost at the same time that season one was. This isn't so much a second series as a second part of the first one. They probably expected this to be great so thought there it would be a no-brainer to commission it before the first had aired.
William Hanna and Joseph Barbera are truly turning in their graves. Our deepest condolences gentlemen, you didn’t deserve this.
Seriously, people just need to do like the rest of us and just ignore this garbage, don't give it any attention at all. We all knew this was going to be horrible the second it was announced.
Isn't it fairly well-known that most animated shows get given two seasons, so Velma getting a second season just means that HBO already spent the money before the first series's reviews came in and so doesn't want to leave it on the shelf. Put simply: a second season was never 'greenlit', but rather a first *and* second season were originally commissioned. If it gets a *third* season *then* we need to start asking questions.
That image of original shaggy design on the drug test patch submerged in piss of some old hippie woman REALLY sums up how Mindy handled the ip doesn’t it?
Thank you for subjecting yourself to this torture for the sake of millions. You’re an absolute warrior, Jesse.
This show is still killing the legacy of Scooby-Doo universe itself by using the names and titles of the characters. This series is not worthy of existing and ruining what the original shows, cartoons and movies were given to people. Definitely not worth watching even for fun.
2:09 Sh@t was so roasted that I had to cool off myself with the ac 😂
Wait ! Velma and Shaggy are not white anymore ? Man .. I was about to say I wasn't up to date but... do I really want to ? I mean ...
I heard that Max greenlit two seasons out of the gate. That would be the only reason I'd accept, but I don't know if it's true. Even if they were committed to two season they should have batgirled it from the start. Just pay them off and move one...do better!
@thejessegrant
Ай бұрын
Ahhh right that makes sense. Cause it’s so bad I was shocked it got another season 😂
How did this get a season 2 ? The ratings and reviews were terrible ? Goes to show you how involved the government is with the media and entertainment.
The only shining light is that she died at the end and it's unlikely they'll get a season 3, I hope to god.
i feel so sorry that you had to go through this😭😭
The reason they didn't write real mysteries is because no one in the writers room is smart enough to know how to write one.
One thing I hate is there are moments of good art and animation, namely when characters are enduring hallucinations. It's like hiring a master sculptor and then handing him a bucket of shit to make something. There is talent and it's being wasted.
Velma is not a Scooby Doo spinoff, it's Mindy Kaling's autobiography & views of the the world we live in
The fact that this season was barely promoted compared to the 1st and was released all at once *says a lot*
She was my least favorite character on the office. We got the picture of who she was right off the bat and every story revolving around her from then on was dumb and unneeded.
I actually found out that due to the speed of making animation (long), when they initially green lit the show, it was batched, which is an industry standard for animation. So, while the first one was starting to air, the second one was already in production and by then, it was already too late - contracts were signed, work was being completed and then it comes out and the first season flops. I guess the execs were just like, it's done - the money is spent, just air it.
the best part of the season is the fact velma dies at the end and this show is so hated they won't have another season to bring her back.
I always found that they are really good at ignoring what their audience wants, and instead does the opposite. And they still scratch their head asking, "Why all the hate?! :o "
The reason it got a second season is because two seasons were greenlit from the start. That's become a common thing these days in both animated and live action shows. The initial contract will be for two seasons. The second season will be announced usually before the first is out or at the premiere of the first. If season 2 shows higher ratings over season 1 they'll usually go on to greenlight a third season. Now if you see a third season of the show then you know they're nuts.
@thejessegrant
Ай бұрын
Ahhhh I see, makes sense! However it’s still horrendous 😂
@Draknfyre
Ай бұрын
@@thejessegrant Oh definitely.
One upside is that Velma actually received well deserved character development by literally dying.
I saw just some clips and damn it's painful to watch. Talk about the PTSD from season 1.
They got a SECOND one?!?!?
this is god damn medieval torture. even if I can make better stories than this. I think about a mercenary group that risk their status as criminals.
Reaper: "It's a piece of sh*t!"
They MUST’VE banked on hate watchers giving this “entertainment” views
Scream 1 2 3 and 4 are the best R rated “Scooby-Doo” type films. They are really good whodunnits and are meta in a good way.
I had guessed that Velma season 2 would either be marginally better than season 1 because of the backlash, or that the studio would order the showrunners to make season 2 intentionally even worse than season 1 to increase hate watching.
Maybe if we wouldn't hate watch with the intent to review in any way shape or form and just ignore the show it would go away
Sooooo... Shaggy is now a clean cut black dude but he ISN'T a dope burnout?!? ... and there is no Scooby? Ruh-Roh!
What’s crazy is the official Velma account for all social medias has been mysteriously taken down… almost like it was a steaming pile of donkey 💩
Most shows are green lit for 2 seasons when they are first green lit. The only exception is if there is some controversy around it that warrants it.
Aside the backlash this show got they still went for a season 2? They really be shoving this in our face
just to clarrify, they didn't choose to do a season two, they were locked in via contract and had too do it.
One theory that i Readed was that since animation takes a long time they probably already did some animation for season 2 (This Is also why the cuphead show got 3 seasons in 1 year, the animators were already working on It)
Can anyone explain to me why it’s always rich people saying they hate rich people??
@chrisford7909
Ай бұрын
To sound like they support the little guy......that's it. Just p.r
@Umbra1219
26 күн бұрын
Yeah it’s just to seem more relatable and to appeal to more ppl.. but clearly it blew up in Mindy’s face
No way they actually made a second season of this 😂
Because of season one and season two was originally season one they filmed the thing back to back. It’s a cheap way animator save money the film to seasons at once they’ll give season one ridiculously a number of episodes in those split into and that’s exactly what they did the fact that they showed it is the question not to mention the factthat they left open a door for season three is what makes it even funnier
Once again...gold, sir. Thank you for suffering through this drivel so we don't have to.
@thejessegrant
Ай бұрын
😂😂 no problem! Glad to be of service ahaha
I’m going to coin a phrase of shows like Velma To sum up not only why I think they exist but why they’re allowed to have so much more longevity when good cartoons are immediately shot down first chance available. Indulgentia Regum: a Latin phrase that means Indulgement of kings Means it was made with an executive’s taste in mind
PLEASE can people recognise this blindingly obvious and confirmed fact: THIS WAS A TWO SEASON GREENLIT DEAL SO THERE WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE AN S02.
You and Disparu are really putting yourselves through the wringer. Thank you.
don’t know how but this so called “show” named Velma has gotten so much worse, not to mention how they keep spitting upon the beloved legacy that Scooby Doo has made, Just to satisfy the egos of the most despised actors and actresses!