{"id":2253,"date":"2002-07-19T13:51:25","date_gmt":"2002-07-19T18:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=2253"},"modified":"2002-07-19T13:51:25","modified_gmt":"2002-07-19T18:51:25","slug":"thunderbirds_ar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/07\/19\/thunderbirds_ar.html","title":{"rendered":"Thunderbirds are Go, Number One!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2002\/SHOWBIZ\/Movies\/07\/19\/film.thunderbirds.reut\/index.html\">live action <i>Thunderbirds <\/i>movie<\/a> has been announced, with Jonathan Frakes to direct.<\/p>\n<p>I still haven&#8217;t decided whether to cheer or to weep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new live action Thunderbirds movie has been announced, with Jonathan Frakes to direct. 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