@@@ AICN’s Wild World of Webseries! @@@
What the &^% is AICN’s Wild World of Webseries?Ambush Bug here. Our new Web Series Guru, Sjimbrowski has another review from the Wild World of Webseries, this time focusing on to too cool MORTAL KOMBAT webseries. Sjimbrowski will be joining myself, Sleazy G, superhero, and Lyzard representing the AICN @$$Holes at this year’s San Diego Comic Con. Take it away, Sj!
Web reporter SJimbrowski at your service. I’m working on getting ready for San Diego and I already have a few interviews lined up. Who knows who else I might get to chat with at the Con?
I’ll be catching up with Sandeep Parikh the creator of THE LEGEND OF NEIL I’ll get to ask him about the series and what might be coming up in future episodes. If I am lucky the co-writer and Neil himself will make an appearance Tony Janning.
I’ll also be talking with Christopher Preksta the creator of THE MERCURY MEN I’ve seen the first six episodes and I gotta say it is awesome! He has so wonderfully recreated the 50’s pop serial; it’s Flash Gordon retro goodness! I look forward to getting to see the last four episodes. It Premieres July 25th on Syfy.com and Preksta will be part of a panel Friday night at Comic- Con.I’ll be trying my best to cover as many webseries panels as I can at Comic-Con and hopefully even secure a seat for THE GUILD panel!
MORTAL KOMBAT Webseries
Directed by Kevin TancharoenReviewed by SJimbrowski
MORTAL KOMBAT is a web series where Kevin Tancharoen, a visual director and creator who cares about the development these classic characters. The entire series has, in a way, been a prequel to the actual tournament, as we learn the motivations of the fighters participating. The entire Web series is more interested in character/story development than just the fight scenes. Some stories also use animation very successfully to tell larger stories and those that contain a bit more gore. This was true of the Kitana and Mileena segments where animation was used effectively to tell that portion of the story. I appreciated the creator’s willingness to re-imagine certain parts of the series, especially the Raiden character.
Extremely well produced, Kevin is able to bring in talented actors to the series itself. In the first few episodes some of the combat sequences were perhaps not as elegant as some of the fans would have come to expect but in later episodes. Overall, I felt that the combat was more fluid and reflective of the Mortal Kombat world. The series focuses on specific characters in each of the episodes with arcs occasionally lasting more than one episode. This allows for a more intriguing character development the movies weren't able to deliver. If the series serves as a vehicle for Kevin to pursue a full scale motion picture, I think that this can serve as a wonderful character piece to explain how the combatants arrived at the tournament itself.I have to give a lot of credit to the creator, Kevin Tancharoen, for being able to produce such an excellent finished product with such limited resources. If the shoestring budget of the original Rebirth episode is any indication of the talent of the producers and director have, it’s a no wonder Warner Brothers digital decided to support this project.
I will get to see the final MORTAL KOMBAT episode at the panel at SDCC this year. I will also be interviewing Kevin at the con and look forward to asking him about the genesis of this project and its future.
Proofs, co-edits & common sense provided by Sleazy G
