Hey, everyone. "Moriarty" here with some Rumblings From The Lab.
I'm tired of talking about this film in the hypothetical. I wish it would just get here so we can see it and be done with it, or not see it and be done with it, whatever the case may be. Seeing our Talk Backs erupt into epic flame wars over a movie based on a Ruby-Spears/HB cartoon from the '70s (and not a great one, if we're being honest) is getting silly. So instead of railing on the film, let me say something positive based on the new trailer:
Matthew Lillard looks like he comes to play. His Shaggy voice is perfect, as is his body language. Warner Bros. marketing put him front and center for this ad, making him the clear star of the thing. And, hell... if he's that entertaining in the whole film, it might be worth a matinee and a bag of mushrooms.
You can see the trailer right here. And actually, looking at it again, cancel that bag of mushrooms. That dog's eyes freak me out. There's something deeply unsettling about a nearly photorealistic dog with human eyes. Scooby looks like he escaped from the labs of Dr. Moreau.
The design of the film is violently ugly, even in these brief glimpes, and the "jokes" in the trailer aren't. I'm a notoriously forgiving BUFFY fan, but I think Sarah Michelle Gellar looks horrifically miscast here. Freddie Prinze Jr. is miserably unfunny, a blank. Linda Cardellini looks like she's playing a character that isn't going to give her a single bit of fun. That line of dialogue I used in the article title is a stunner.
Oh... forget it. It's not worth getting worked up over. By the time you've seen the end of this trailer, you know whether or not you're going to see the movie. I can guarantee I won't be. It just doesn't interest me. Hats off to Lillard, but a pox on the houses of everyone else involved.
"Moriarty" out.
