Tired of superheroes? Fair. But who can ever say they're tired of Scooby-Doo?
Here, he teams up with Krypto, the canine companion of Superman, and while the movie isn't anything that special, the fact that it's the first piece of Scoob media since HBO's Velma (a bitter and ugly edgelady affair that shat on characters it didn't care to understand) makes seeing the Mystery Inc. Kids go at it again feel like a palette cleanser from Heaven. I suppose I also laughed more at this parody of Lex Luthor than I did at the new Harley Quinn season's Lex during the totality of its latest season.
You might feel that the inclusion of superhero characters is an attempt to cash in the popularity of something that frankly isn't as popular anymore, but this sort of crossover is hardly out of the ordinary for this gang. (Scoob and Batman have fought together as far back as the 1970s; if you want something truly desperate, look no further than 2020's Scoob!) Also, the most prominent of the appearing villains is Solomon Grundy, which is a very "Scooby-Doo" choice indeed. (Slightly less pleasant: Tara Strong once again plays Harley Quinn and there's a sort of sad poetry to the fact that a now-hated actress would get to do the role again, the same year the original Harley, Arleen Sorkin, left this world.)
Even if you didn't watch Velma and don't realize what a reassurance this is for many, the flick might still please you. Again, not one of the best, but watching one of these movies -- pointing out all the red herrings, guessing who the real villain is, anticipating the chase montage, etc. -- is a quintessential part of the season.
The only people who still seem upset are the Snyder hashtag spammers who think this inoffensive, formulaic-but-charmingly-so DVD movie is another example of David Zaslav's effort to disrespect DC's superheroes. Can't you manchildren just be happy that Season 4 of Harley Quinn is as bad as it gets for you guys and that there's no Batman equivalent of Velma... yet?
