I know, I already posted a video recently defending Scrappy, did an Art Soundoff this year defending Scrappy, and make a Jake & Leon comic where Scrappy gets payback on James Gunn for writing him as the villain in that terrible live-action movie. However, Scrappy is becoming Superman for me in that when I see a video defending him from the dark and gritty attackers I have to promote that sucker. Scrappy-Doo wasn’t the problem with the direction the franchise took, and in fact may have been the reason the franchise lived as long as it has.
This time the defense comes from YouTube channel Second Chance. In this episode from July he takes an analytical look at the history of Scrappy-Doo, the evolution of the franchise, and the rise of Scrappy hate that affected not only the internet but Cartoon Network itself. Also, I learned a few things that I hadn’t before.
The Tragedy Of Star Wars’s Droids
The droids, specifically R2D2 and C-3PO, are my favorite part of Star Wars. While Most people get into the ships and the Force powers, while I enjoy them as well, watching Artoo and Threepio are what I enjoy the most, which is why my favorite spinoffs were their cartoon and comic adventures. However, the treatment of droids in the Star Wars Universe is certainly questionable. They didn’t just make mindless robots with their own AI. Each droid has his or her own personality, hopes and fears, and a sense of religion apart from the Force. (Too bad Threepio didn’t realize every time he said “thank the Maker” he actually meant Vader.) And yet, like in a lot of productions, the droids are treated as servants, and even the heroes who befriend them rarely treat them like other sentient beings simply because they have an off switch. There’s a point where you make the robots so “human” that the question of whether or not they should be comes up. And yet this rarely happens for droids.
In this video by the Pop Culture Detective the treatment of droids within the world of Star Wars and whether Lucas realized the can of worms he was opening when he made the Droids comic relief the way he did.
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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on November 10, 2020 in Movie Spotlight and tagged C3PO, commentary, Droids, R2D2, Star Wars Droids.
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