{"id":5507,"date":"2012-09-10T13:50:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T17:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mondomark.com\/wordpress\/?p=3441"},"modified":"2012-09-10T13:50:00","modified_gmt":"2012-09-10T17:50:00","slug":"hatfields-mccoys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=5507","title":{"rendered":"Hatfields & McCoys"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Just uploaded is a review of Hatfields & McCoys<\/a><\/strong> [M<\/a>] , the 3-part mini-series which ran on the History Channel and is out on DVD & Blu. Point #1: this is not a western, so for foes of the genre, this production is Safe. Point #2: it’s also a classically structured TV mini-series, which means cliffhanger finales + a huge cast of characters.<\/p>\n

Point #3: buried inside the group of veteran (Kevin Costner, Bill Paxton) and new thespian faces is a virtually unrecognizble Tom Berenger, who’s frankly outstanding. When the end credits rolled after Part 2 was done, I noticed his name & thought ‘Tom Berenger? Who’d he play? Maybe it’s a leftover credit from a snipped role.’ Then I noticed he was listed as being present in all 3 parts, and realized the guy who looked slightly familiar yet was undiscernable due to make-up and a tight accent was in fact Berenger. Nicely played.<\/p>\n

Another great reason to watch this dramatic, action-heavy and very tragic saga of America’s best-known feud is the music, which is a great blend of acoutsic and slightly contemporary sounds. The podcast<\/a> with Emmy-Nominated Tony Morales (who co-composed the score with John Debney) is also up, and buyers ought to be aware \/ beware there are 2 albums in circulation: the score album<\/a> [M<\/a>] (available digitally via Silva Screen), and a music-from-and-inspired-by album featuring Kevin Costner and his band. Look for the above cover, and you’ll be safe.<\/p>\n

There have been a number of attempts to dramatize and satirize the feud, but perhaps it’s a generational thing, because my point of reference isn’t a TV movie nor feature film, but the 1950 Merry Melodies Warner Bros. short “Hillbilly Hare<\/a> .”<\/p>\n

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Mark R. Hasan<\/strong>, Editor
\nKQEK.com <\/strong>( Main Site<\/a> \/ Mobile Site<\/a> )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Blu-ray review of the History Channel’s epic mini-series Hatfields & McCoys (Sony) plus an interview with its Emmy-Nominated co-composer, Tony Morales, and soundtrack album review (Silva Screen).<\/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":[1526,1527,1528,1531,1532,4212],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8nuyW-1qP","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5507"}],"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=5507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5507\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}