{"id":12631,"date":"2008-03-08T09:33:17","date_gmt":"2008-03-08T16:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/03\/08\/watch-the-watchmen.html"},"modified":"2008-03-08T09:33:17","modified_gmt":"2008-03-08T16:33:17","slug":"watch_the_watchmen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/03\/08\/watch_the_watchmen.html","title":{"rendered":"Watch the Watchmen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some <a href=\"http:\/\/rss.warnerbros.com\/watchmen\/2008\/03\/one_year_to_go_1.html\" target=\"_blank\">photos of characters<\/a> from the &#8220;Coming Soon if Stupid Law Suits Don&#8217;t Scuttle It&#8221; <em>Watchmen<\/em> movie.<\/p>\n<p>Not too shabby.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><small><\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boulderdude.com\/2008\/03\/well_it_looks_pretty.html\" target=\"_blank\">BD<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some photos of characters from the &#8220;Coming Soon if Stupid Law Suits Don&#8217;t Scuttle It&#8221; Watchmen movie. 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