[Once
again I'm going to attempt to do a horror(ish) movie review a day for
the entire month of October. I've done this the last few years on The
Cleveland Movie Blog. Most of the time I succeeded. Other times I didn't. We'll see if I can
pull it off this year.]
Review by Bob Ignizio
I’m not sure if I should call it a reboot, an update, a
prequel, or a spin-off. Whatever you call it, DAPHNE & VELMA is another
installment of the Scooby Doo franchise, live action division. And since
continuity has never really been a major component of the adventures of Scooby
and his mystery solving pals whatever their format, it doesn’t make too much of
a difference.
Anyway, as the title implies, DAPHNE & VELMA focuses
on the ladies of the Scooby gang. The film begins with teenage Daphne (Sarah
Jeffery) posting videos about aliens and the paranormal. Velma (Sarah Gilman) has a more skeptical viewpoint,
and comments on Daphne’s vids that everything has a logical explanation.
Despite their different points of view, the two consider each other good friends,
even if they’ve never actually met.
