{"id":1453,"date":"2003-07-29T12:53:00","date_gmt":"2003-07-29T16:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/?p=1453"},"modified":"2021-05-23T12:57:09","modified_gmt":"2021-05-23T16:57:09","slug":"the-spielberg-giveth-and-the-spielberg-taketh-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2003\/07\/29\/the-spielberg-giveth-and-the-spielberg-taketh-away\/","title":{"rendered":"The Spielberg Giveth and the Spielberg Taketh Away"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/images\/tvbug.gif?resize=65%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"65\" height=\"20\">&nbsp; &nbsp; I heard some bad news and some good news today. Both of it about Steven Spielberg TV projects, both of it old. It happened a few days ago, but I&#8217;m only reading about it today. <i>Duel<\/i>, Spielberg&#8217;s first standout movie (and a great double-bill with <i>Jaws<\/i>), was to be released on DVD in about two weeks, after over a year&#8217;s delay. Unfortunately, on July 24, Universal announced <i>another<\/i> indefinite delay. No one knows why, especially since the artwork and extra features had been announced.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; However, tempering that frustrating news is the heartening information, announced July 21, that Tom Hanks, Spielberg, and HBO are coming together to make a companion miniseries to <i>Band of Brothers<\/i> (according to <i>The Hollywood Reporter<\/i>, by way of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spielbergfilms.com\">Spielbergfilms.com<\/a>). This time the focus is on the fighting in the Pacific. I&#8217;m underwhelmed by the title, that being &#8220;Untitled World War II Pacific Theater Project&#8221;; but if the miniseries is done with the same care, quality, and attention to detail as <i>Band of Brothers<\/i> it should be most excellent.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; I heard some bad news and some good news today. Both of it about Steven Spielberg TV projects, both of it old. It happened a few days ago, but I&#8217;m only reading about it today. Duel, Spielberg&#8217;s first &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2003\/07\/29\/the-spielberg-giveth-and-the-spielberg-taketh-away\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movies","category-news","category-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1453"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1455,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453\/revisions\/1455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}