Iaculus
Since: May, 2010
04/06/2013 00:00:00
Torporific? Not... quite sure that was the word you were going for there.
What's precedent ever done for us?
Wackd
Since: May, 2009
04/06/2013 00:00:00
The show was always intended to tell this story for 52 episodes and then end. We've had confirmation from the creators on this front, and they're all moving on to different CN shows now.
That doesn't justify the way they mucked with the schedule, but a season three was never in the cards.
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Seriously Too Good To Last
Blatant ending Spoilers! Ye have been warned!
What makes this show work and incredibly torporific is how the series is self critical of the franchise while supercharging the elements loved from the past. For once, there is an overarching mystery plot and character growth. For once the Villains of the Week are actually terrifying. Though still TV-7 there is so much appeal for older audiences, both for longtime fans and adult viewers. Who could have imagined Scooby Doo could have gotten away with homages to Terminator, SAW, Twin Peaks and more? Complete with beautiful animation and music.
What makes the show so awesome…is also what's made it too good to last in the eyes of the executives. This can be seen for how meagerly the show was given attention and the lengthy gaps in a relatively short series. It speaks that there were people at Cartoon Network who weren't sure what to do with this show. It's a cartoon for kids that has immense appeal for older audiences, that takes risks, that is not like any past version of Scooby Doo. Be it early romantic plot tumors or cases of Continuity Lockout, this is a Scooby Doo show that can't be viewed the same way as ones before (mainly out of order). I haven't noticed any outcry from the target demographic, the parents or the media watchdogs, but this is enough for the executives to cancel the third season from lower views and ratings.
Although if Cartoon Network knew what they had, there's more incentive to make more seasons. The big Reset Button of the finale paves the way to what most people know Scooby Doo to be: a bunch of teenagers solving mysteries. What with the gang on a road trip to college and with a new Mr. E mentor, this series ending high note begs for new episodes. They don't have to be as plot heavy as the originally pitched two seasons. We've had that story and it was good. Perhaps Season three could have a smaller arc but the show could go back to episodic mystery solving as the gang has new adventures. Keep the characterization, keep the humor and horror and it would work. While I like the show's plot, the breather episodes where the bigger plot did not progress were equally enjoyable and better fit the familiar Scooby Doo standard.
Still, if the series is never revived there is still a well done, high quality show masterfully done for its genre of animation.