{"id":5753,"date":"2004-07-22T13:26:19","date_gmt":"2004-07-22T20:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2004\/07\/22\/the-long-way-from-krypton.html"},"modified":"2015-05-08T12:40:08","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T18:40:08","slug":"the_long_way_fr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/07\/22\/the_long_way_fr.html","title":{"rendered":"The long way from Krypton"},"content":{"rendered":"

A review of the long and tortuous path the production of a new Superman <\/em>movie<\/a> has taken.<\/p>\n

And, of course, it’s not there yet.<\/p>\n

“It’s hard to have the appearance that we don’t know what we are doing,” Mr. Robinov said. “But we are committed to `Superman’ and we will continue trying until we get it right.”<\/p>\n

As long as there are no giant spiders or fuzzy robot children sidekicks, I’ll be happy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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