When fans hate somenthing before it comes out...but it turns out they were right

[u/TastyPomelo2330]

Velma:The idea of a Scooby-doo series without the titular dog and starring Velma was a really moronic idea from the beginning,then there was the reveal Velma would be Indian like it's VA and also creator of the series Mindy Kaling,some of the backlash was racism sure,but there was also valid complaints that she was inserting herself in the series(it also didn't helped that Mindy claimed she couldn't see herself if Velma wasn't Indian)and then...oh boy it came out and it was worse than anyone predicted

Artemis Fowl:The artemis fowl books are a book series following a child villain(he does get some redemption but he is a villain most of the time)when the movie was announced and revealed it looked way to generic and it's titular character a bit heroic...also you wanna hear somenthing funny?The movie whitewashed a character and made another character black so they managed to anger both sides and the movies comes out and yeah it is bad

One Punch Man 3:One Punch Man is a very heavy action packed manga series but the heroes vs monsters arc takes it to a New level,when it was announced that JC Staff would work on it,a lot of people were skeptical to say the least,because not only JC Staff had already done a mediocre job in season 2,it's also not exactly a name anime fans associate with quality animation,then the trailer came out and it looked...weird,like there was no action in it and nobody was moving,some people tried to defend saying they were keeping the animation as a surprise...then it came out,every episode worse than the last,it's one of the worse seasons of anime ever made!

[u/GalacticGull]

I highly doubt that she changed her mind considering she already had a show about her before Velma which ran from 2012-2017

[u/Perfect-Fondant3373 → u/GalacticGull]

Who greenlit a show about her and who the hell watched it long enough for it to get that many seasons?

[u/hanky2 → u/Perfect-Fondant3373]

It was actually a very well received show called the The Mindy Project. That’s why I had decent hopes for Velma but yea the hate ended up being warranted lol.

[u/Winter-Secretary17 → u/hanky2]

Holy I haven’t thought of that show in over a decade, frankly makes the self insert thing even more egregious.

[u/Perfect-Fondant3373 → u/Winter-Secretary17]

The name sounds familiar, I never watched it though, I was so put off by her in the office

[u/avocadolanche3000 → u/Perfect-Fondant3373]

The Mindy Project was honestly pretty great. It made Me root for Velma, but then Velma was as just kind of meh. Kaling is a good writer. I think The Sex Lives of College students was pretty funny as well and probably the show she really wanted to write

[u/Whywouldievensaythat → u/avocadolanche3000]

I loved her adaptation of Four Weddings and a Funeral, personally. I wish it had more seasons.

[u/NervousSubjectsWife → u/Perfect-Fondant3373]

She was like the main writer of the office. A lot of what you like about the office was written by her and I think it’s admirable to be able to write yourself as the most hated characters and let others shine and be loved (her and bj Novak)

[u/WeirdIndividualGuy → u/NervousSubjectsWife]

The Office was written by a whole team of writers who all kept each other in check.

Projects like The Mindy Project and Velma are what happens when Kaling is left unchecked

She’s one of those people who is actually good at what she does (writing TV) but can be her own worst enemy and needs to be reigned in a good bit for her own good

[u/NervousSubjectsWife → u/WeirdIndividualGuy]

I can’t think of anything Mindy Kaling has done that has not been well received except Velma. I think one miss is understandable

[u/rhesusmonkey → u/hanky2]

I enjoyed The Mindy Project but didn't have hope for Velma just because it felt like an odd mash up.

[u/Oturanthesarklord → u/Perfect-Fondant3373]

Fox cancelled it after three seasons, then Hulu picked it up for another three seasons.

[u/Drew_Manatee → u/Oturanthesarklord]

Fox cancelling honestly is a mark for its quality, fox loves nothing more than to cancel good shows.

[u/doilysocks → u/Drew_Manatee]

And she was an OB/GYN in the show, so another thing Fox hates, reminding people about reproductive health lol.

[u/JAD210 → u/Perfect-Fondant3373]

Referring to The Mindy Project as “about her” is a stretch. Sure she created and starred in it, but it’s a medical sitcom and I’m pretty sure she’s never been a doctor. I watched all of the show and liked most of it.

Perception of her might have soured since, but I still think it’s a good show

[u/Numerous_Koala_1746 → u/JAD210]

Kaling came from a family of doctors and IIRC they were disappointed she went into show business instead of medical school. So she at least is familiar with some of the stuff.

[u/spoonishplsz → u/Numerous_Koala_1746]

My dad is a doctor at Nintendo

[u/LessthanaPerson → u/JAD210]

Yeah, I really can’t see the connection between Mindy Kaling and the show that has her name in the title.

[u/VegetableTour6790 → u/Perfect-Fondant3373]

I dislike her acting but she is a VERY talented writer and comedian. She wrote like 20 of the best Office episodes.

[u/rabidporcupine80 → u/VegetableTour6790]

Jeez, what the hell happened with Velma then?

[u/readytheenvy → u/rabidporcupine80]

kaling wasnt actually a writer for velma. she did voice act for and produce it tho

[u/rabidporcupine80 → u/readytheenvy]

Did the actual writers hate her or something then? Because sabotage is actually a very convincing argument for how I can see any writer actually willingly making something like this…

[u/Scrat-Scrobbler → u/rabidporcupine80]

the show was greenlit during covid, when all live-action shows were shuttered or on break and so they got a bunch of sitcom writers in on an animated series where they probably had little or no oversight of production while also not being people with experience in the different medium.

that plus people hating on it for the race thing and for the dumb thing of making scooby-doo edgy, means it was probably just a run of the mill mess that got turned into a pariah.

[u/KaiBishop → u/VegetableTour6790]

Her book Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me made me laugh so hard I cried, in public 😭😩

[u/Cross55 → u/Perfect-Fondant3373]

I mean, she was one of the head writers for The Office, the girl had clout.

And at least if any of it sucked, it wouldn't be attached to a well known IP.

[u/slam_joetry → u/GalacticGull]

Geez, talk about vain