Scooby-Doo: Spooky Island Special Edition

Altough the video and the audio didn't match, It look good with scenes added, I felt great after watching it, that make me forget about the time that I was still in Middle School and I had a DVD on it and I thought it was good but then I felt that It didn't work so well, now that I watched this version, I forget about that day, and yeah, thank you James Gunn for the bringing your favorite series to this, to anyone who are still Scooby-Doo fans, This edit is was made only for you, it looked great.

Like many I was a fan of the original cartoon through never ending syndicated repeats, but old enough to see various spin offs like 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo and a Pup Named Scooby Doo during their original airings. Add to that many straight to video movies featuring Mystery Inc.

That said I never initially warmed to Scooby Doo, I think at the time I wanted something a little closer to the cartoon. What I didn't appreciate was some of the jokes aimed at older people who grew up with the originals and preferred the sequel more for it's fan service. (A decade later Mystery inc would take the movie's template and manage to lampoon all the scooby tropes while having enough references to known horror movies that only older audiences would get.) It was Disney's recent revival of Chip & Dale that made me decide to buy the double pack dvd set - the blu ray isn't available in my country and I didn't want to buy the US version in case I ended up hating either or both films.

Sorry for waffling, onto the edit: What we have is a crisp presentation, the deleted/unused scenes are a little darker but they do the job, I was expecting them to be in a much worse condition, but I didn't find them particularly jarring. As the previous review said the animated intro is a superior replacement for the original opening. My overall favourite addition is later in the film where Velma takes to the stage to sing a musical number, Linda Cardellini manages to be hot wearing her regular frumpy clothing (moreso than her possessed glow up later in the film imho.) I didn't care too much about the added scooby scenes, but at the same time, I appreciate their inclusion and that someone much younger than me would probably enjoy them a great deal more. I didn't think notice any jarring cuts- and why would I? Bobson has been the go-to for extended cuts for quite some time.

Overall I think time has been kind to the first live action scooby doo, sure not all it's jokes fly but it does something a little different with the IP while remaining true to the cartoon origins and the additional scenes really helped to amplify my overall enjoyment.

This is great work and a thoroughly enjoyable edit. Thank you!

Scooby Doo was one of my favourite and most watched cartoons as a kid & the Scooby Doo live action movie at one time, was my absolute favourite film...
Easily 40+ viewings.

Now as an adult the tv cartoons I use to watch are a thing of the past, although I still thoroughly enjoy and love the nostalgia this movie provides me.

Upon watching the Extended Version for the first time I was gobsmacked that I had never seen the added deleted scenes before on tv, dvd or video. It was a pleasant surprise to see so much more material included this time around.

The quality of the editing is very high, almost every new scene transitions seamless with the rest of the movie both visually & with it's audio. However its clear the overall resolution/quality of the deleted scenes visuals aren't quite as good as the original movie with some scenes/shots being more noticeable than others.

Verdict:
I would definitely recommend this fan-edit to anyone who has already seen and greatly enjoyed the movie before?

The deleted scenes were a mixed bag in terms of comedy with a small few of the new scenes being very cringy and hurts the overall enjoyment of the movie... but most of them were still good.

So maybe this extended version of the movie may benefit from a slight trim here and there to refine the deleted scenes down to their best parts and also removing those couple of frames that are noticeably darker than the rest of the movie.


Thank you Bobson Dugnutt for a great fan-edit!

So Scooby doo is actually one of my guilty pleasures, I love this movie and always put it on when I want a laugh,,, and I have to say, this will be the edit that I watch from now on! I was engrossed from the alternate opening (which was SO much better than the original opening of the movie!) And the deleted scenes fit in really well too!

The video editing is superb and the only way I was able to tell the scenes has been added in was due to the quality of them (though I still give this a 10 because its amazing considering what Bobson had to work with!) Audio editing is incredible too!

From the flashback scenes in the airport, to the extended sequence of the gang exploring the island, to Velmas musical number, everything fit so perfectly! Watched this with a friend of mine and we were buckled laughing and really did enjoy this version of the film so much more!

Thanks Bobson! 10/10

We really enjoyed this extended edition of Scooby-Doo. It is great to also see lesser known titles get a fanedit.

One of the highlights is definitely the new animated opening credits sequence. A much better start of the movie.

If you have never seen this movie than this is the edit you'll need.

Cannot wait to view more of Bobson Dugnutt's edits.