RocketGeekInFL
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According to that article it sounds like it is positioned as a proper sequel.
I never saw it when it came out, y'all are making me curious.
According to that article it sounds like it is positioned as a proper sequel.
I never saw it when it came out, y'all are making me curious.
Great movie. I just checked Amazon and the DVD is available for less tan $10. Used copies are going for from $2 to $4.
$3.99 HD rental (not on Prime Video, unfortunately). Maybe I'll check it out one of these days...
Agreed. Clearly not a reboot. I think that must be a current buzzword in the industry so every article calls every sequel a reboot. You'd think a writer with the Hollywood Reporter would know the difference.I read the article and it is not a reboot. AS with any movie if they cast it well and use a good script it has potential. From the article:
"The new take keeps the story in a period setting and offers a fresh view on the characters. Set six years after the original Rocketeer and after Secord has vanished while fighting the Nazis, an unlikely new hero emerges: a young African-American female pilot, who takes up the mantle of Rocketeer in an attempt to stop an ambitious and corrupt rocket scientist from stealing jet-pack technology in what could prove to be a turning point in the Cold War."
a young African-American female pilot, who takes up the mantle of Rocketeer in an attempt to stop an ambitious and corrupt rocket scientist from stealing jet-pack technology in what could prove to be a turning point in the Cold War."
At the risk of being frowned upon, I'll give the collective eye roll for pandering here. :eyeroll:
From a story telling point of of view, though, I think that changing the main character as such opens up a bunch of possibilities. If you consider the adversity and obstacles that such a person would've had to deal with in that era just to be a pilot, and then goes farther to become a hero, then it could make a great story if done right. That's the sort of thing that comic books have been doing forever. So, I have no objections - provided the story is one worth telling. Otherwise, I'm with Dave & Dave, and its a bunch a nonsense...
But if it is anything like its predecessor, they won't handle it in any way that is realistic or compelling. They will try to make it a "feel good" story that glosses over the realities of that situation.
The first question I would ask is: were there any female African-American pilots in the 1950s? No? Then how can you have a realistic portrayal of something that has no historical precedent?
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