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Green Lantern: Emerald Knights Home Video Release
Studio: Warner Home Video
Release Date: June 7th, 2011

Synopsis:
The origins of the ultimate intergalactic police force are revealed across six interlocking tales of the legendary Green Lantern Corps in the all-new Green Lantern: Emerald Knights, the next entry in the popular, ongoing series of DC Universe Animated Original Movies. Green Lantern: Emerald Knights weaves six legendary stories of the Green Lantern Corps’ rich mythology around preparations for an attack by an ancient enemy. Building up to the release of the highly anticipated live action film, Green Lantern, Green Lantern: Emerald Knights arrives on Blu-Ray, DVD, On Demand and for Download from Warner Premiere, DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation.

Blu-ray Bonus Features:
-Audio Commentary: Dan DiDio and Geoff Johns
-Featurette: “Only the Bravest: Tales of The Green Lantern Corps”
-Featurette: “Why Green Lantern Matters: The Talent of Geoff Johns”
-Pod: From Comic Book to Screen: Abin Sur
-Pod: Beautiful … But Deadly – From Comic Book to Screen: Laira Omoto
-Green Lantern Digital Comic Book
-Two bonus episodes from Batman: The Brave and The Bold handpicked by Bruce Timm.
-Sneak Peak at Batman: Year One, the next DC Universe Animated Original Movie
-Behind-the-Scenes look at All-Star Superman
-Standard and high definition versions of the feature film
-Digital copy on disc of the feature film

Two-Disc Special Edition Bonus Features:
-Featurette: “Only the Bravest: Tales of The Green Lantern Corps”
-Two bonus episodes from Batman: The Brave and The Bold handpicked by Bruce Timm.
-Sneak Peak at Batman: Year One, the next DC Universe Animated Original Movie
-Behind-the-Scenes look at All-Star Superman

Single-Disc Bonus Features:
-Sneak Peak at Batman: Year One, the next DC Universe Animated Original Movie
-Explore other DC Universe Animated Movies


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Green Lantern: Emerald Knights Blu-ray Review
by James Harvey

Digging into this Green Lantern: Emerald Knights Blu-ray Combo release, fans should be pretty happy about the spoils they find within. It's not a home-run across the board, but I'd say that Warner Home Video has brought their usual solid (if somewhat flawed) standard to the latest DC Universe Animated Original Movie title.

Looking first at the audio and video quality for Green Lantern, we get a fairly solid though somewhat flawed presentation. As with previous releases in the DC Universe Animated Original Movie line, this latest installment finds itself at the mercy of color banding. Some macroblocking and pixilation also seem present, but hardly noticeable. The color banding, however, I imagine will be noticed from time to time. It can get distracting, admittedly. Thankfully, the transfer still looks good all things considered. Colors are vibrant and lush, and blacks are very solid and deep. Everything looks relatively sharp and clear, with some pretty excellent detailing on display. Thankfully, the same can't be said about the audio track, which is pretty much flawless! The Dolby Digital 5.1 surround track is just stupendous on all counts. Sure, it's not lossless, but it's a solid track. The action scenes will rattle your speakers, and the dialogue-driven moments sound as clear as day. All the speakers get a hefty workout, bringing you right into the action (especially during the bombastic finale).

And now....the special features. Warner Home Video has provided a healthy selection of bonus content for Green Lantern: Emerald Knights which, as always, focuses more on the comics instead of the actual animated feature. First up is a pretty interesting audio commentary featuring Green Lantern writer Geoff Johns and DC Comics co-publisher Dan Didio. It's a pretty enjoyable track, the two creators talking about the Green Lantern mythos and comics as a large, though any real discussion on the movie itself is slight. It's a pretty lively discussion, all things considered, and worth a listen for comic fans.

Up next are two featurettes, both looking at different aspects of the Green Lantern mythos. The first one, "Only the Bravest: Tales of the Green Lantern Corps," is a 30-minute featurette that examines the nature of bravery and how it related to the Green Lantern comics. It's a pretty fascinating watch that brings some interesting ideas to the tables. A host of comic creators and professionals are interviewed. Up next is "Why Green Lantern Matters: The Talent of Geoff Johns," a roughly 20-minute featurette that looks at the John's work on the Green Lantern comics. Also pretty interesting stuff, though long-time readers won't really take away anything new. Rounding off the featurettes are two brief pods, looking at how the characters Abin Sur and Laira Omoto made the jump from the comic page to the small screen, both of which are fairly basic and brief.

Wrapping things up on this special Blu-ray release, Warner has also tossed in one full-length Batman: The Brave and The Bold episode, "Revenge of the Reach," and a 3-minute excerpt from the episode "The Siege of Starro, Part One" (which basically acts as a promo for the Batman: The Brave and The Bold DVD releases. The included episodes are in high-def and look stunning. Why isn't this show on Blu-ray yet? Also included are two sneak peeks, one for the upcoming (and amazing looking) Batman: Year One animated feature and the other for the divisive All-Star Superman animated flick. Trust me, you will want to watch the preview of Batman: Year One. Even if no completed shots or scenes are included, what's included is pretty fantastic. The disc is topped off with a hard to read Green Lantern Virtual Comic and a couple promos.

Additionally, a second disc includes a DVD and Digital Copy of Green Lantern: Emerald Knights.

It's a solid Blu-ray release for a solid movie, plain and simple. Green Lantern: Emerald Knights is just fun from start to finish, full of great stories and excellent animation. Yes, some stories are better than others and the animation does slide here and there, but the overall product is very strong. It'll really appeal to the long-time fans but is also completely accessible to newbies as well. It's just so honest about the Green Lantern lore, just embracing and going with it. While the Blu-ray video presentation does have a couple issues, as noted above, it's way beyond the DVD release (which is a merely average release - just slip it and get the Blu-ray, folks). Add on some healthy bonus features and it's a real no-brainer - the best way to experience Green Lantern: Emerald Knights is on Blu-ray. And, as this should come as no surprise, it comes Highly Recommended to check out.

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