{"id":49510,"date":"2015-02-06T19:42:09","date_gmt":"2015-02-07T02:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/06\/the-very-physical-world-of-thunderbirds.html"},"modified":"2015-02-06T19:42:09","modified_gmt":"2015-02-07T02:42:09","slug":"the-very-physical-world-of-thunderbirds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/06\/the-very-physical-world-of-thunderbirds.html","title":{"rendered":"The Very Physical World of &quot;Thunderbirds&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So the characters will be CGI (rather than marionettes), but the &quot;world&quot; will be actual practical miniatures, done by WETA?  These look very good <i>and<\/i> in keeping with those Old School &quot;Thunderbirds&quot; feel.  NIce.<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/geektyrant.com\/news\/the-practical-minature-sets-of-thunderbirds-are-go-shown-off-in-video\">http:\/\/geektyrant.com\/news\/the-practical-minature-sets-of-thunderbirds-are-go-shown-off-in-video<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div><iframe type='text\/html' width='100%' height='385' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gDKP_N37OAE' frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/TuSpg8ZQDGa'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So the characters will be CGI (rather than marionettes), but the &quot;world&quot; will be actual practical miniatures, done by WETA? These look very good and in keeping with those Old School &quot;Thunderbirds&quot; feel. NIce. 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