Is nothing sacred anymore?

I pretty much grew up watching Scooby-Doo. I had all the films on video and most of the newer ones on DVDs. Of course the videos were better because there was something inexplicably satisfying about inserting a VHS into a video player. But now imagine my horror when, flicking through the channels to find something that isn't either a repeat or a cookery show, I come across Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated. They don't look the same any more! Fred has a jaw which would put David Coulthard to shame, Daphne is clearly suffering from anorexia and Velma looks like she is on the verge of becoming a sexual predator. Scooby and Shaggy look essentially the same, although the latter may have somehow actually lost weight. It doesn't just stop at how they look. The things they say simply don't feel right anymore. Instead of zoinks, yikes and jinkies there are serious undertones, far too serious undertones. There are story arcs and references to films. Fred and Daphne are engaged and Shaggy's voice has changed (which is actually fair enough; the original voice, the brilliant Casey Kasem, is now 80 and they have chosen Matthew Lillard, who was excellent playing Shaggy in the live action films, to replace him). The villains and plots are suddenly far more sinister and twisted, a bit like a modern Batman film. What happened to crooked real estate agents and prospectors who wanted to scare people away from their gold? One of the worst things is the distinct lack of a theme song! There is an opening theme but it takes itself far too seriously and doesn't have any catchy lyrics or even a half decent tune. The original theme song from Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! is brilliant and probably better than most songs in the Top 40. Even The Scooby Doo Show theme and the What's New, Scooby-Doo themes are at least catchy. I liked Scooby-Doo when I was young because it was essentially a harmless whodunnit with funny characters. I never once questioned their back stories, because they were too busy eating Scooby Snacks, splitting up and looking for clues, fooling and trapping the villain and finding out it was all just a man in a suit. It didn't take itself too seriously, it just entertained. After all, you can make Scooby-Doo as serious as you like, but its still a cartoon about a talking dog.

Scooby-Doo should not have changed. And it would've gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for you meddling Warner Brothers!