{"id":26717,"date":"2020-04-10T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-10T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/?p=26717"},"modified":"2020-04-09T17:45:43","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T21:45:43","slug":"troop-zero-is-exactly-the-funny-and-sweet-film-we-need-right-about-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/?p=26717","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Troop Zero\u2019 is exactly the funny and sweet film we need right about now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By MARK VIOLA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020-04-10-Trrop-Zero-movie-poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020-04-10-Trrop-Zero-movie-poster.jpg 250w, https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020-04-10-Trrop-Zero-movie-poster-203x300.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When we&nbsp; think of opening lines, we typically think of books, such as \u201cA Tale of Two Cities,\u201d which begins \u201cIt was the best of times, it was the worst of times.\u201d My personal favorite will always be \u201cThe man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed,\u201d from \u201cThe Gunslinger,\u201d the first book in Stephen King\u2019s epic \u201cDark Tower\u201d series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But, movies can have great opening lines as well, including \u201cTroop Zero,\u201d a film that debuted on Amazon Prime just prior to the coronavirus shutting down movie theaters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The movie begins with the main character saying up to the stars (and any potential aliens they may hold), \u201cI am Christmas Flint. Human female. I think you\u2019d like me. I think you\u2019d want to be my friend.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those few words tell us so much about Christmas and her hopes and dreams, as well as her loneliness. What follows is a heartwarming story of lovable losers coming together for a common goal and fighting the odds stacked against them. Thanks to solid performances and a sweet and funny story, \u201cTroop Zero\u201d is exactly the sort of smile-inducing film we need right about now &#8212; at least I did.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By MARK VIOLA When we&nbsp; think of opening lines, we typically think of books, such as \u201cA Tale of Two Cities,\u201d which begins \u201cIt was the best of times, it was the worst of times.\u201d My personal favorite will always be \u201cThe man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed,\u201d from \u201cThe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26718,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-26717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-movie-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26717"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26719,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26717\/revisions\/26719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}