{"id":1526,"date":"2012-11-21T18:19:37","date_gmt":"2012-11-22T01:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mclasen.com\/wordpress\/?p=1526"},"modified":"2012-11-21T18:19:37","modified_gmt":"2012-11-22T01:19:37","slug":"if-it-hadnt-been-for-those-kids-red-dawn-rebooted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mclasen.com\/wordpress\/2012\/11\/if-it-hadnt-been-for-those-kids-red-dawn-rebooted\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;If It Hadn&#8217;t Been for Those Kids&#8221;: Red Dawn, Rebooted"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='posterous_autopost'>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h2><img height=\"22\" alt=\"read\" style=\"display: inline;\" width=\"22\" \/>&nbsp;&#8211;><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~r\/io9\/excerpts\/~3\/oXPIwI1YJXs\/and-we-would-have-conquered-the-whole-country-if-it-hadnt-been-for-those-kids-red-dawn-reviewed\">&#8220;If It Hadn&#8217;t Been for Those Kids&#8221;: Red Dawn, Rebooted<\/a><\/h2>\n<div>\n<div style=\"float: left; padding-right: 10px;\">\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5962546\/and-we-would-have-conquered-the-whole-country-if-it-hadnt-been-for-those-kids-red-dawn-reviewed\" title=\"Click here to read &quot;If It Hadn't Been for Those Kids&quot;: &lt;em&gt;Red Dawn&lt;\/em&gt;, Rebooted\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Click here to read &quot;If It Hadn't Been for Those Kids&quot;: &lt;em&gt;Red Dawn&lt;\/em&gt;, Rebooted\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.gawkerassets.com\/img\/1860m55nhqmskjpg\/original.jpg?resize=190%2C120\" height=\"120\" alt=\"Click here to read &quot;If It Hadn't Been for Those Kids&quot;: &lt;em&gt;Red Dawn&lt;\/em&gt;, Rebooted\" width=\"190\" style=\"border-color: #b3b3b3; border-width: 0 1px 1px; border-style: none solid solid;\" \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\tAll apocalyptic stories are about wish fulfillment to some extent. But <em>Red Dawn<\/em>, opening today, is the purest jolt of wish-fulfillment I&#8217;ve seen in ages, about the fall of America and the rise of some plucky kids who Suck It Up and Do What Must Be Done. This is an action movie so ridiculous, it barely qualifies as having a narrative, just a river of melted cheese. It&#8217;s like going rafting in the Nacho Kingdom. \t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5962546\/and-we-would-have-conquered-the-whole-country-if-it-hadnt-been-for-those-kids-red-dawn-reviewed\" title=\"Click here to read more about \">More&nbsp;\u00bb<\/a> \t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><\/p>\n<div> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/io9\/excerpts?a=oXPIwI1YJXs:Pgl3CYadz3M:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/io9\/excerpts?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/io9\/excerpts?a=oXPIwI1YJXs:Pgl3CYadz3M:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/io9\/excerpts?i=oXPIwI1YJXs:Pgl3CYadz3M:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/io9\/excerpts?a=oXPIwI1YJXs:Pgl3CYadz3M:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/io9\/excerpts?i=oXPIwI1YJXs:Pgl3CYadz3M:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/io9\/excerpts?a=oXPIwI1YJXs:Pgl3CYadz3M:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/io9\/excerpts?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/io9\/excerpts\/~4\/oXPIwI1YJXs\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> Guess I won&#8217;t be se<span style=\"\">eing this one either<\/span> <\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"95%\">\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" width=\"62%\">io9 <span>by Charlie Jane Anders<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"bottom\" width=\"38%\">November 21, 2012, 12:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<div>\n<p \/>Sent from my iPad<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size: 10px;\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/posterous.com\">Posted via email<\/a>   from <a href=\"http:\/\/mclasen.posterous.com\/if-it-hadnt-been-for-those-kids-red-dawn-rebo\">mclasen&#8217;s posterous<\/a>  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&#8211;>&#8220;If It Hadn&#8217;t Been for Those Kids&#8221;: Red Dawn, Rebooted All apocalyptic stories are about wish fulfillment to some extent. 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