Mean Girls So Fetch! limited-edition Blu-ray SteelBook review

Sep 05, 2022- Permalink

I can’t believe it’s been 18 years since Tina Fey’s Mean Girls introduced us to take no prisoners high school politics, burn books and Gretchen trying her darnedest to make “Fetch” happen. Paramount has just released a So Fetch! limited-edition Blu-ray SteelBook with a burn book cover. I had a chance to take a look.

The 1080p AVC encoded digital transfer is presented in a 1.78:1 aspect ratio. This release didn’t earn a new transfer, just a new case, so we’re looking at the same video presentation as the previous Blu-ray releases. It’s a pretty good transfer with good detail in textiles and faces. You know, all the stuff the girl clique known as The Plastics fixate over. The colours in the palette are bright with popping primaries in the fashions. The transfer does have some digital noise. Maybe for the 20th anniversary we can get a 4K scan and release?

On the audio side of things, you have the choice of an English Dolby TrueHD 5.1 soundtrack as well as French and Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 tracks. Subtitles are available for English, English SDH, French, Portuguese, and Spanish. It’s a very front-heavy mix (which seems to be standard for a lot of comedies) with your surrounds only getting some occasional use. The music is clear and it’s in those moments that your subwoofer gets some chance to workout. Dialogue is clear, centred and well prioritized.

The limited-edition SteelBook packaging is the only new thing here. The outside of the bright pink case features the cover of Regina’s burn book while the inside has photographs and quotes from the movie. Bonus materials are carried over from previous releases. They include audio commentary from director Mark Waters, screenwriter and actress Tina Fey and producer Lorne Michaels, some standard production featurettes and trailers.

The Mean Girls So Fetch! limited-edition Blu-ray SteelBook has a good video and audio presentation that’s at a level that’s pretty standard for most comedies. If you don’t already own a copy of Mean Girls, then you may want to pick this one up due to its So Fetch! limited-edition Blu-ray SteelBook packaging.