TOTAL DISASTER! WOKE VELMA Gets DESTROYED On Rotten Tomatoes With A 12% Audience Score!?!?

'Velma' is an adult animated comedy series telling the origin story of Velma Dinkley, the unsung and underappreciated brains of the Scooby-Doo Mystery Inc. gang.

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Mindy Kaling’s ‘Velma’ Vaporized On Rotten Tomatoes By Fans and Critics
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The new take on Scooby-Doo and Velma starring Mindy Kaling as the titular character is now out on HBO Max, and as expected (saying that a lot lately), it’s getting vaporized by fans on Rotten Tomatoes.

And not only are the fans really not liking what they are seeing but the critics are also not too favorable of the show that reimagines Velma as an East Asian character.

Presently, Velma has a 50% Rotten Tomatoes Score from the critics and a 12% Audience Score. Check out the reactions below.

The show also hasn’t come without controversy as previously Mindy Kaling blasted fans for their response to changing the character.

“Hopefully, you noticed my Velma is South Asian,” she told the crowd in New York City when the first look was unveiled. “If people freak out about that, I don’t care.”

Mindy Kaling also appeared on Late Night With Seth Meyers in July.

“When it was announced that I was going to do the voice of Velma, people were very supportive and happy on Twitter. And so I felt great,” she explained. “Then it was announced a month ago that the Velma character would be reimagined as South Asian. And people were not happy. There was a lot of, like, ‘So not Velma!’ Those kind of tweets. ‘Not the classic Velma that I’m always thinking about.’”

Kaling continued, “First of all, I didn’t know that she elicited such strong reactions in either direction. I just couldn’t understand how people couldn’t imagine a really smart, nerdy girl with terrible eyesight who loved to solve mysteries could not be Indian. There are Indian nerds. It shouldn’t be a surprise to people, but people are like, ‘No, no, no.’ But it made me think, ‘OK, we’ve got to be really careful with this character,’ which we will be because we love her.”

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What do the Velma reviews on Rotten Tomatoes say?
What do the critics think?
Regarding Rotten Tomatoes, check out what the negative reviews from the critics:

“Sporadically witty but ultimately rather tedious, the HBO Max comedy leverages more than a half-century of name equity to yield an animated prequel that’s definitely not for kids, meddling or otherwise.” – CNN

“It’s been done before, and much better, using unique takes on the gang that maintained their essence, so Velma is never as groundbreaking as it seems to think it is. More than that, these characters are just really unpleasant to spend time with.” -Variety

“All the pieces of a great Scooby spin-off are here, so why does this not come together? The answer: a combination of uneven humor, too little mystery, and a core misunderstanding of Velma herself.” – Mashable

“A hodgepodge of ideas that never connect, especially in its humor. The comedy lands when it veers into absurdism with visual gags and everything Howerton’s Fred says. What falls flat is the frustrating meta approach it takes.” – Paste Magazine

“Too much meta humor, not enough heart.” – THR

“While Velma certainly suffers in comparison to HBO Max’s Harley Quinn, the series’ problems are entirely its own, perhaps the biggest one being a failure of tone and balance, as there’s too much jammed into this series and no clear focus.” – Consequence

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What do the fans think of Velma?
Here are some reactions from fans who aren’t too happy with the series:

– This show is an absolutely terrible idea. Instead of creating OC, the writers decided that they would remove the main character from a universe and then re-skin all of the remaining characters. They even changed the personalities. It’s a sad attempt at appealing to wider demographics while not actually putting in the effort or being creative. The humor is meta and annoying; nothing about it is actually funny. Overall, this show is a disgrace to a franchise that is attempting to ride to coattails of in a strangely insulting way.

– I just watched the first two episodes and unfortunately that is time all never get back. I don’t even really want to recount what I’ve watched as that would take more effort than what was clearly put into the show by the writers. Save yourself the morbid curiosity and skip this one.