{"id":30904,"date":"2012-10-26T14:41:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-26T20:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/26\/arrow.html"},"modified":"2012-11-01T09:18:39","modified_gmt":"2012-11-01T15:18:39","slug":"arrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/26\/arrow.html","title":{"rendered":"&quot;Arrow&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I finally (yeah, I know) got around to watching the pilot \/ first episode of &quot;Arrow&quot;, the TV take on Green Arrow. \u00a0And it was actually much better than I expected &#8212; nothing to blow the socks off, but some nice, grim-gritty, somewhat violent, mildly comic-booky entertainment. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I plan to watch more.<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images2-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?url=http:\/\/images.cwtv.com\/images\/mobile\/cw-network-app-scr2.jpg&#038;container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;rewriteMime=image\/*&#038;refresh=31536000&#038;resize_h=150&#038;resize_w=150&#038;no_expand=1' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/cw-video\/arrow\/pilot\/?play=757c9164-3c62-45b3-8c11-acb9659271a9'>Pilot<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAs Arrow, Oliver will atone for the past sins of his family while he searches for the personal redemption he needs. Watch free, streaming full episodes of Arrow on cwtv.com.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/dZdX4D5toub' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I finally (yeah, I know) got around to watching the pilot \/ first episode of &quot;Arrow&quot;, the TV take on Green Arrow. \u00a0And it was actually much better than I expected &#8212; nothing to blow the socks off, but some nice, grim-gritty, somewhat violent, mildly comic-booky entertainment. \u00a0 I plan to watch more. 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