Thread by @bf_crane

Alright let's do this

The movie immediately jumps to the classic door gag, only this time Shaggy adheres to the laws of physics. This isn't your father's Scooby-Doo, this is more mature. Post watergate.

The animation is incredible in this. You have to understand the context of where we were at before this, the last time we saw Scooby and the gang they were teaming up with the Harlem Globetrotters to fight Dracula. They could only afford to animate the starting 5

Anyways I chose to do an animated film this time because my Rachel Weisz thirst was grossing even me out. Time for some wholesome family entertainment.

“Coast to Coast with Daphne Blake” sounds like a terrible show. Probably runs in that 1 pm time slot, when the good will of The Price is Right runs out and you start feeling sick again.

The gang goes to New Orleans but this is the only black person in the whole movie. Probably for the best, she says "heebie jeebies" in her first sentence.

Rin Rue Rine hehehehehehehehe

Velma never struck me as a lesbian, lesbians are usually fun to be around

You may not like it, but this is what the ideal male body looks like

Fred, afraid of intimacy, invites his two nerdiest friends and their dog to sit between him and Daphne on their romantic getaway.

For the sake of ignoring the looming questions of the Scoobyverse economy, we'll just assume this is a Jones Soda situation.

I like Fred, I love Daphne, I tolerate Velma. Only Shaggy disgusts me.

The DSA's coalition

A small but sizable minority prefer "The Ghost is Here" to "It's Terror Time." They're called contrarians and genocide isn't enough for them.

This was the beauty of Clinton's America, Hillary showed women all across this nation that they could be monsters too.

"My show needs a real live ghost."

"That's an oxymoron, Daph."

Way to go, Velma, that sapphic wit is why we keep you around.

Meowwwwwwww (not just thirst, narrative foreshadowing)

Watched this with my siblings a few years back, for the rest of the week we'd say "I'M TRYIN' BUT SHE DON'T TURN ON NO DIME" in terrible cajun accents

And yes, this where the Wily Cajun ™️ character originated

We never really recovered from that stingray killing Crocodile Dundee, always looking for the next one

Animation was done by a Japanese studio, we get some of that knockoff Ghibli dignity as a result

Look, this movie isn’t about the lingering evil of slavery, but it’s not not about the lingering evil slavery

Look at that posture. The Acadians vowed they'd never get caught unawares again, that's why they're always on alert

The main takeaway is that the food in this movie is the most delicious looking in all of cinema. I don't want to try actual cajun food because it will never live up.

Jordan Peele you hack

Honestly was waiting for that line before I could go to bed. Spent 2.5 hrs on the first 28 minutes, haven’t even gotten to the titular zombies. BFC’s Season of Spooky Commentary will return tomorrow night.

Settle in, boys and ghouls, the Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island thread is back. Girls are specifically disinvited, you just won't get it.

Don't ghosts have better things to do with their time? Like anything else.

Scooby’s immense appetite can only be the result of an extensive case of worms. But what about Shaggy? What about Shaggy indeed.

Velma starts destroying this woman's kitchen with a spatula, doesn't even ask first. Ironic, metaphorical, recklessly destructive, that's 3rd wave feminism in a nutshell.

The late 90s was a great time to be a kid. Adults were too focused on Monica Lewinsky and Sarajevo to pay attention to what we were watching. Animators were giving us nightmares, and we loved them for it.

Also when we bought this vhs I thought it was a old classic, turns out it came out like a year before. Time moved different back then

The reason why there are so many zombies on this island is because they just terrible at warning potential victims.
1. Why are you grabbing your sword like that
2. Why is the sword out at all

I've deleted several Bob Barker jokes about spaying and neutering your pets.

All animators are fundamentally perverts, but there was a brief period of time when they were classy about it. Now your children's shows are drawn by cartoonists who cut their teeth on the Steven Universe tumblr sex page.

Later incarnations of the franchise would try self referential humor, but always from a place of superiority. Zombie Island was proud to be a Scooby-Doo movie, you don't cast Freddie Prinze Jr. unless you hate yourself.

tfw I'm admiring my snazzy new ascot, but then remember my failings and the pain I've caused others

If I was given the choice of trying the crawfish in this movie or ensuring world peace, I'd ask for seconds

Scooby ways eats Shaggy’s share of the meal, this isn’t a reciprocal friendship. How low have you fallen when your dog doesn’t even respect you

Lol so good, the franchise has spent years building to this moment.

We later find out the grouchy gardener is an undercover agent investigating the disappearances. It makes sense why he’s in a bad mood, he’s a professional and now he has to deal with Aryan Encyclopedia Brown and his van of misfits

You make think Aryan Encyclopedia Brown is a bit too far, but I almost referred to Velma as a Private Dyke. But I wouldn’t put you through that.

Game changer. Everyone can tell you where they were when this time the monsters were real. I was watching it in the basement with my friend Ryan H. We went to PM kindergarten that day a lot less naive, let me tell you.

In a just world, “It’s Terror Time Again” would be the Halloween song, not “Monster Mash.” But it isn’t a just world, we got a dang Cheeto in the White House folkx

NYT editorial board announces their endorsement

I didn't even know Terry Bradshaw was sick...

All time plot twist. This came out one year before The Sixth Sense, M. Night has spent his entire career trying to match the cat monsters

Something deeply chilling about the way she says “I’ve been getting away with it for 200 years.”

I wasn't allowed to go to the park by myself, but was able to pop this in the VCR whenever I wanted. Only 90s kids will get this.

So the backstory here is that this French pagan cult that worshipped a cat god immigrated to Louisiana. Choosing to believe this is a misinterpretation of Catharism

The pirates literally murdered an entire village, but the movie still thinks what happened to them is worse. The curse is essentially historical trauma, sin echoing down throughout the ages.

It’s southern gothic in how the land remembers this legacy of evil, the rapists & slavers & murderers. But the movie also shows everyone is a victim of this primal evil. I think the movie says we’ll never solve this mystery, but the only way out it is to end the cycle of violence

You know, still kind of hot. This isn't a furry thing, I'm just attracted to women I know will treat me poorly.

This is after she has kids

"And then it turns out the cajuns are cat monsters."

"Glenn, are you sure you quit acid?"

"Of course."

"Good.'

"...what if their faces just started melting off, I think the kids would love that."

The green light was separate from the pagan magic all along. Not even the cat monsters understand what's happening there, runs much deeper and older than even them. We never get an explanation, don't deserve one.

Super glad traditional animation has been abandoned to the Rick & Morty guys, I'm sure they'll be trustworthy custodians of that venerable tradition. But have you seen the recent Pixar animation? It looks just like real life, just worse.

Often overlooked, but this was the first installment to make the Fred-Daphne attraction canonical. Perhaps the real mystery all along was Love? Nah, it was the cat monsters. Like wtf was that?

They also try to suggest an attraction between Velma and the detective. Feels cruel to both parties.

The movie is not not about the legacy of slavery in the south

That's a wrap folks, congrats to those to stuck it to the end. Don't have much going for me at the moment, so the thread will return. Leaning towards Addams Family Values, but open to suggestions.

If you enjoyed the thread, you’ll like this in-depth video by our own @brebytheway