{"id":6025,"date":"2004-06-04T09:48:07","date_gmt":"2004-06-04T16:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2004\/06\/04\/and-speaking-of-universal-movies.html"},"modified":"2004-06-04T09:48:07","modified_gmt":"2004-06-04T16:48:07","slug":"and_speaking_of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/06\/04\/and_speaking_of.html","title":{"rendered":"And speaking of Universal movies …"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thunderbirds<\/i><\/a> are go, at the end of July.<\/p>\n

It looks like just the right combo of cool fx, CG that looks like elaborate model work, and, yes, crowd-pleasing cheese. Now, if they just get the orignal music in there, I can be a happy camper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thunderbirds are go, at the end of July. It looks like just the right combo of cool fx, CG that looks like elaborate model work, and, yes, crowd-pleasing cheese. 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