5.1 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
The female future members of Mystery Inc. investigate strange goings-on in their school.
Starring: Sarah Jeffery, Sarah Gilman, Vanessa Marano, Brian Stepanek, Nadine EllisComedy | 100% |
Crime | Insignificant |
Action | Insignificant |
Mystery | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.78:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1 (640 kbps)
English SDH, Spanish
Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (1 BD, 1 DVD)
Digital copy
DVD copy
Slipcover in original pressing
Region free
Movie | 3.0 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 2.0 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Daphne & Velma is a live-action, direct-to-video spinoff/reboot/origin story of two-fifths of the Scooby-Doo! franchise. It reimagines the female members of Mystery Incorporated as mismatched teenage BFFs in a hi-tech high school that's just slightly ahead of our time. D&V was produced by High School Musical veteran Ashley Tisdale and her older sister, Jennifer (Bring It On: In It to Win It)—which tells you a lot about the film's sensibility.
Daphne & Velma was shot digitally by Meena Singh (Netflix's The Confession Tapes). Warner's 1080p, AVC-encoded Blu-ray is sharp, detailed and gorgeously colorful, with a profusion of rich primaries contrasting with intense pastels. Earth tones are nowhere to be seen. The film is short enough that Warner has managed to attain an average bitrate of just over 23 Mbps on a BD-25, which is high for the TV/direct-to-video division.
The film's lossless DTS-HD MA 5.1 soundtrack has punch, good dynamic range, deliberately exaggerated effects and a few memorable surround moments of echoing voices. The only negative is that lines of dialogue are occasionally buried in the mix, usually Daphne's, because she chatters at superspeed. Sasha Gordon (Lovesick) provided the appropriately goofy score.
Die-hard Scooby-Doo! fans may or may not approve, but D&V should prove appealing to a
young audience, especially the female half. It's G-rated; so parents needn't worry. The disc is
technically proficient and, on that basis, recommended.
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