I think they are taking an existing IP for the same reason they are constantly doing remakes, they’re afraid of failure.
Look at comics. They haven’t been able to create a minority superhero with an interesting story, so they’ve resorted to race swapping the existing ones.
It’s the same here. I mean why have Velma without the van and the dog? It’s because she’s an example of a successful nerdy character, and they think they will bomb if they don’t follow the recipe.
I think they are taking an existing IP for the same reason they are constantly doing remakes, they’re afraid of failure.
Look at comics. They haven’t been able to create a minority superhero with an interesting story, so they’ve resorted to race swapping the existing ones.
It’s the same here. I mean why have Velma without the van and the dog? It’s because she’s an example of a successful nerdy character, and they think they will bomb if they don’t follow the recipe.
They’ll bomb either way but it makes sense.