{"id":1882,"date":"2002-04-12T23:15:31","date_gmt":"2002-04-13T04:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=1882"},"modified":"2002-04-12T23:15:31","modified_gmt":"2002-04-13T04:15:31","slug":"a_man_walks_int","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/04\/12\/a_man_walks_int.html","title":{"rendered":"A man walks into a Barsoom &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/story.news.yahoo.com\/news?tmpl=story&#038;u=\/variety\/20020412\/film_variety\/film_mars_dc_1&#038;e=3&#038;ncid=600\">Paramount Options Burroughs&#8217; &#8216;John Carter of Mars&#8217;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If done well, this could be a serious money-maker and a helluva lot of fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paramount Options Burroughs&#8217; &#8216;John Carter of Mars&#8217;. 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