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Daria: The Complete Animated Series |
May 11, 2010 will go down in history for the Daria fan community, for it was on this date that MTV finally released Daria: The Complete Animated Series on DVD. After eight years of rumors, speculation, and countless bootlegs sold through eBay and shady online outfits, fans could now legally enjoy the adventures of Our Heroine as she navigated through the choppy waters of high school life. To celebrate, this page is devoted to providing not only complete information about the DVD set, it also provides links to reviews of the set from outside sources, as well as reviews and observations from the fan community. |
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- Is the first Daria TV movie. It was first aired on August 27, 2000. Was written by Glenn Eichler and Peggy Nicoll. It is often abbreviation on message boards as IIFY? The movie covers events during the summer between Daria Morgendorffer's junior and senior years of high school, after the episode 'Dye! My Darling' and before 'Fizz Ed'. At 59 minutes duration.
- Daria Is An American Animated Television Series That Aired From 1997 To 2002 And Was Created By Glenn Eichler And Susie Lewis Lynn For MTV. The Series Was A Spin-Off Of MTV's Animated Beavis And Butt-head (1993-1997).
- To all interested parties: I, too, add my voice to those concerned about the release of 'Daria: Is It College Yet?' Quite a few Daria fans were looking forward to the release, and were not only willing to spend money to have a DVD quality version of the episode, but were also hoping that either MTV or Paramount would be releasing Daria episodes on DVD.
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After an excruciatingly long wait, the Daria: The Complete Animated Series DVD box set is available to the public. As with most things, this set is a mixed bag: a lot of good, some bad, a few inexcusable choices, and a lot of things we fans will nit-pick until The End Of Time. Let's take an in-depth look at this, the Holy Grail of Daria fandom. Packaging The 8-disc set comes in a single Amray-style case that uses four hinged trays to hold the discs (one disc on each side of the trays). The trays are certainly more convenient in terms of removing discs than other designs (such as trays where one disc overlaps the other, making discs a nightmare to remove), while still being compact enough to not take up acres of space on your self. At least it's not one of those cardboard-and-plastic jobs, or a box that uses separate 'thinpak' DVD cases. (The latter is marginally better than the cardboard jobs, but I personally prefer the Amray-style case: it keeps all the discs together in one snap-closed box.)
The front and back artwork is functional, though not particularly inspired. On the front, Daria herself appears in the classic 'arms folded with deadpan expression' pose. The back contains the usual draw-you-in blurb, half-portraits of six of the main characters (Daria, Jane, Trent, Quinn, Kevin, and Brittany), and a description of the set's contents, all using the 'Daria's writing' font found in the two Daria books (The Daria Diaries and The Daria Database). Again, functional but not inspired; it's my opinion that this is the first indication of many that MTV wanted to get this set out cheaply by cutting as many corners as they could get away with without severly pissing off the fans. More on this later.
Unlike DVD releases in the past, the set does not come with a booklet, a trend that's the norm these days as a cost-cutting move by the studios to keep prices low and margins high. However, a sheet with a personal message from series creator Glenn Eichler is included, which is a nice touch. The main thrust of his message is in regards to the replacement music used throughout the set (more on this later), which basically amounts to 'we had to do this, otherwise you'd never have seen this set, so bugger off.' Like Kara Wild said in her review, though, it might have been nicer if the fans had gotten more of a 'thank you' instead of being treated like 'neurotic burdens to be kept at a distance of ten feet at all times,' particularly in light of the fact that it was the fans' constantly reminding MTV that there was a market for Daria that was instrumental in getting this set out in the first place. (Sigh...)
The eight discs themselves feature a combination of individual and paired characters. They are, in disc order: Daria, Jane, Quinn and Trent, Kevin and Brittany, Helen and Jake, Stacy and Upchuck, Jodie and Mack, and Mr. DeMartino and Ms. Li. Again, more logical choices could have been made (example: get rid of DeMartino and Li, pair up Daria and Jane, substitute Tom for Quinn, and pair up the four Fashion Clubbers on two discs, thus featuring the series' major players). Also, someone in production must not have been paying attention, otherwise they would have realized that the pictures of Jane and Mr. DeMartino were backwards! Disc Contents The episodes are presented in production order, spread out over each disc, with the eighth disc containing the movies and the bonus features. The layout is as follows:
(One significant note: this set does finally settle the long-standing question of where the episode 'Daria!' fits into the production schedule. Even though MTV used the much-hyped episode as the third season premiere, it is shown here that it was indeed supposed to be the seventh episode of season three, with 'Through A Lens Darkly' being the first episode.) With the exception of disc one, each disc goes straight to the root menu when loaded (the first disc contains pre-menu advertisements for other MTV DVD releases). The menus themselves are a pleasant surprise: instead of a static screen with choices, the disc shows a smiling Daria zooming into close-up and receding into the familiar logo (just like the episode opening credits) in the center of an animated menu. This is one of the set's bright spots, and was quite unexpected given MTV's stated desire to keep costs low. The Episodes Each disc allows you to select individual episodes for viewing, or you can use the 'play all' option to watch all of the episodes back-to-back. Unfortunately, the overall presentation of the episodes is marred by the fact that only the first episode on each disc has the opening credits intact; the remaining episodes begin at the logo zoom-in. They managed to keep the end credits intact on every episode; how hard would it have been to leave the opening ones alone (particularly in the case of the Broadway-themed 'Daria!', the only episode to feature a unique rendition of the theme song)? Did those extra 30 seconds per episode really make that much of a difference? For those of us who value an intact viewing experience, this particular act of corner-cutting is a big black mark. On several episodes, the option is presented to show a clip from 2001's 'Sarcastathon 3000,' a day-long marathon of episodes that preceded the season five premiere, 'Fizz Ed.' The clips have Daria and Jane making their usual snarky banter while dressed in bizarre outfits that are related to the theme of the episode. Unfortunately, they are not collected into one long feature—you have to view the episodes individually in order to see them—and there is no option to show them when using the 'play all' feature. The Movies 'Is It Fall Yet?' and 'Is It College Yet?' appear to have both been lifted whole from their individual DVD releases. This is good news and bad news, for while IIFY is the original, uncut version that MTV broadcast on its premiere night, IICY is the edited-for-time version. According to MTV, the individual elements for the uncut version were lost. Since separate audio tracks were necessary in order to replace the music (more on this later), they had no choice but to use the edited version. If true, then the inclusion of the edited version makes sense, but again, it's another big black mark against the set. Video, Audio, Subtitles and Captioning The video quality is amazingly good; the episodes never looked better. Colors are crisp, with little evidence of compression artifacting. They should scale well on high-definition televisions, though I can't verify this personally. (Wisely, MTV decided not to go the George Lucas route and tinker with the video. What you see is what was originally shown, the best example of this being Daria's miscolored green jacket in 'The Misery Chick.') The crisp video also means you can now very clearly see the difference between the animation in the first three seasons, which were exclusively hand-drawn, and seasons four and five, where the animations had computer assistance (character and object motion is visibly smoother in many places). Audio quality is also good, even if limited to Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 (though I can't imagine any benefit to Dolby Surround 5.1 here). The Region 1 release includes English audio tracks only; it remains to be seen if releases in other regions (if and when they arrive) include alternate audio tracks. Subtitles are not included, but every episode does contain Closed Captioning information (in English), as does 'Is It Fall Yet?'. None of the special features has CC, nor does 'Is It College Yet?' (the standalone DVD didn't include it, either, so again it's consistent with the movies being transplanted directly from their solo releases). Music Licensing This has probably been the most contentious part of the entire set: the substitution of nearly all of the original music cues with 'generic' replacements. Why? Back in the 1990s, when MTV was developing the show, it had access to a vast array of contemporary songs to use as background music, and since it had the rights to use this music in broadcasts, it was liberally scattered throughout Daria. Widespread distribution of television shows on home video was an idea that was still in its infancy, however, and MTV did not think to negotiate for the home video distribution rights. Since the cost of obtaining these rights today would be astronomical, MTV made the only decision it could: it replaced the music. To their credit, MTV did make a valiant attempt to use 'sound-alike' music in most places. Thanks to this effort, the result is that the substitutions do not (mostly) affect the overall tone of the episodes. (Contrast this with the release of the first season of WKRP in Cincinatti: whole episodes were butchered because of the removal of key pieces of music, much of which was essential to their plots. As a result, sales were a disaster, and no further releases have been announced.) That is not the case in some instances, however. The examples of missing music greatly affecting episodes that have been cited most often are:
A few songs were retained, more or less. 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun' remains in 'Legends of the Mall,' though it is a new recording with a Cyndi Lauper sound-alike. 'Whoomp! There It Is' by Tag Team remains in 'One J at a Time.' All of the music in 'Daria!' remains intact, as those were original tunes that were sung by the voice actors. And, of course, the main themes by Splendora ('You're Standing On My Neck,' 'Turn the Sun Down,' and 'College Try') are still here. Others have reported that a small number of other songs have also been retained, but are relatively minor compared to the missing major ones listed above. (Many have opined that MTV should've saved their money for those particular songs and replaced the rest with generic tunes.) Ultimately, and unfortunately, it's a situation that we're going to have to live with. It's highly doubtful that MTV is going to bother ponying up the cash for music rights to a series that—let's be honest—was an atypical niche program that, inexplicably, became popular in spite of their typical audience. (Sure, we know better, but the Bottom Line rules all.) Special Features MTV could have packaged just the episodes and movies and said, 'There, you've got your episodes, have fun.' Instead, they included a collection of special features on disc 8 to add a little 'oomph!' to the set. As you might have guessed by now, these features range from 'good' to 'why bother?' They are:
A few additional items would have been welcome (the Look Back in Annoyance special, the 'final farewell' montage from the premiere broadcast of 'Is It College Yet?', Jane Clayton's interview with Daria on the CBS Morning Show, the Daria and Jane segments from the 1998 and 1999 Daria Day marathons), but like I said, MTV really didn't have to include anything at all. Giving the fans these special features, warts and all, was a nice gesture on their part, I thought. Conclusion Daria: The Complete Animated Series is not the perfect DVD box set that we all dreamed about, but it's a good collection nonetheless. Having all of the episodes and movies at your fingertips (and not in bootleg form, where 'you get what you pay for' takes on a whole new meaning) is a definite plus, and gives Daria a chance to delight audiences, new and old, for a long time. |
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Is It College Yet? | |
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Directed by | Karen Disher |
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Theme music composer | Splendora |
Composer | Janet Wygal |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
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Production company | MTV Animation |
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Original network | MTV |
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Preceded by | Is It Fall Yet? |
Plot[edit]
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Cast[edit]
- Tracy Grandstaff as Daria Morgendorffer
- Wendy Hoopes as Jane Lane, Helen Morgendorffer and Quinn Morgendorffer
- Julián Rebolledo as Jake Morgendorffer
- Alvaro J. Gonzales as Trent Lane
- Russell Hankin as Tom Sloane
- Marc Thompson as Anthony DiMartino, Timothy O'Neill, Kevin Thompson and Jamie White
- Tim Novikoff as Jeffy
- Steven Huppert as Joey
- Jessica Cyndee Jackson as Jodie Landon
- Amir Williams as Michael Jordan 'Mack-Daddy' Mackenzie
- Janie Mertz as Sandi Griffin, Brittany Taylor and Andrea
- Sarah Drew as Stacy Rowe
- Ashley Albert as Tiffany Blum-Decker and Janet Barch
- Geoffrey Arend as Charles 'Upchuck' Ruttheimer III
- Nora Laudani as Angela Li
- Bart Fasbender as Andrew Landon
- Laurine Towler as Michele Landon
- Rand Bridges as Bill Woods
- Jessica Hardin as Lindy
- Daniel Milledge as Angier Sloane
- Amanda Fox as Katherine Sloane
- John W. Lynn, Jr. as Sick, Sad World Announcer
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References[edit]
- ^'Is It College Yet?'. DVD Talk. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
- ^Desowitz, Bill. 'Daria Ends Successful Run on MTV with Second TV Movie', Web.Archive.com of Animation Magazine, January 18, 2002. Reprinted at Outpost Daria: 'In the Media'.
- ^'Daria - Is It College Yet?'. Amazon.
- ^'Daria: The Complete Animated Series'. Amazon.
- ^Breaking Up the Girl (trade ad) in USA: Hits magazine. 2001-12-01.
- ^Quinn, Mike. 'Episode Guide: Is It College Yet? - Interesting Tidbits: Miscellaneous', Outpost Daria, 2002
- ^https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120217/16322717797/la-la-la-la-la-internet-routes-around-copyright-censorship-to-restore-daria.shtml
- ^Nussbaum, Emily. 'Requiem for Daria: Daria slips into the Ghost World of great high-school drama', Slate.com, January 21, 2002
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