{"id":3901,"date":"2011-12-07T01:39:44","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T06:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mondomark.com\/wordpress\/?p=2679"},"modified":"2011-12-07T01:39:44","modified_gmt":"2011-12-07T06:39:44","slug":"more-batman-and-mortal-kombat-on-blu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=3901","title":{"rendered":"More Batman and Mortal Kombat on Blu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mondomark.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/BatmanYearOne_b.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2680\" title=\"BatmanYearOne_b\" src=\"http:\/\/mondomark.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/BatmanYearOne_b-120x150.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>New on Blu-ray via Warner Home Video is a pair of unlikely comic-toned productions: \u00a0another effort to bring Batman from the page to the HD  screen, and an earnest effort to get the ball rolling on a re-imagined <strong>Mortal Kombat<\/strong> (cue the screaming man  now!) franchise.<\/p>\n<p>Frank Miller\u2019s <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqek.com\/dvd_reviews\/b\/3783_BatmanYearOne.htm\">Batman: Year  One<\/a><\/strong> [<a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=3871\">M<\/a>] (2011) essentially  covers the early years where Bruce Wayne returns to Gotham and decides to fight  crime, encounters newly minted Catwoman, and \u201chonest cop\u201d  Lt. James Gordon, who loses some of his own blood as he attempts to route out  corruption in the police force. Included on the BR are many extras that delve  into the Batman mythos, teaser featurettes for upcoming DC animated  productions, and a bonus Catwoman short that includes pole-licking. Oh, I&#8217;m not joking.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mondomark.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/MortalKombatLegacy_b.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2681\" title=\"MortalKombatLegacy_b\" src=\"http:\/\/mondomark.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/MortalKombatLegacy_b-120x150.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The story of how <strong>Mortal  Kombat<\/strong> returned in web form is an odd one: Kevin Tancharoen made a short  film to entice Warner Bros. into funding a feature film, but the possibility of  restarting the franchise was re-directed into a series of glossy episodes  available on YouTube throughout 2011.<\/p>\n<p>All 9 episodes plus featurettes are included on the BR,  but the real star is the Red camera, which captures many fine details and rich  colours. I want a Red camera for Christmas. It would make my current project look oodles better.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the positive reception by fans, Tancharoen seems to  be getting his wish, and is working on a new feature film. Hopefully he\u2019ll keep  the same core stars and film the choreography in the same classic style as <strong>Legacy<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0In one of the BR&#8217;s featurettes, he  attributes his respect for choreography from directing dance films, like <strong>Fame<\/strong> and\u2026 <strong>Glee: The 3D Concert Movie<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Had he not made <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqek.com\/dvd_reviews\/m\/3784_MortalKombatLegacy.htm\">Mortal  Kombat: Legacy<\/a><\/strong> [<a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=3868\">M<\/a>],  Tancheroen may well have been doomed to an eternal \u2018glee\u2019 hell, surrounded by  insipid smiley faced moppets singing the show\u2019s entire songbook over and over  again, but his soul is safe again\u2026 unless he makes another <strong>Glee<\/strong> film&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark R. Hasan<\/strong>,  Editor<br \/>\n<strong>KQEK.com <\/strong>(  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqek.com\/Main_Index_Page.htm\">Main Site<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php\">Mobile Site<\/a> )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just uploaded, Blu-ray reviews of Batman: Year One and Mortal Kombat: Legacy from Warner Home Video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[913,4212],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8nuyW-10V","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3901"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3901\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}