{"id":26494,"date":"2012-02-17T23:03:09","date_gmt":"2012-02-18T06:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/17\/no-object-your-honor-a-perry-mason-movie-sounds-like-a-great-idea.html"},"modified":"2012-02-21T20:39:52","modified_gmt":"2012-02-22T03:39:52","slug":"no-object-your-honor-a-perry-mason-movie-sounds-like-a-great-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/17\/no-object-your-honor-a-perry-mason-movie-sounds-like-a-great-idea.html","title":{"rendered":"No object, your honor: a Perry Mason movie sounds like a great idea"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am a great fan of the old Raymond Burr "Perry Mason" TV series — and even more of Earl Stanley Gardner's book series (where Mason played much faster and looser with the law, though all in the cause of justice). I think there is absolutely room for a movie "reboot" of the series, esp. set in the era when ESG was writing them.<\/p>\n

The Mason books are not action-packed — though there can be action — but are instead more cerebral, and I think Robert Downey, Jr., could quite seriously pull the role off. I look forward to this quite a bit. #ddtb<\/p>\n

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BEHOLD RDJ'S NEXT FRANCHISE! this is a great idea actually!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I am a great fan of the old Raymond Burr "Perry Mason" TV series — and even more of Earl Stanley Gardner's book series (where Mason played much faster and looser with the law, though all in the cause of justice). 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