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THE ROCKETEER Deserved So Much Better
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Batman days of the early ‘90s, it seemed like studios everywhere were searching for their own comic book heroes to send to the big screen. Most of those ended up being characters from or set in the 1930s for some reason.
Dick Tracy,
The Shadow,
The Phantom…old studio heads loved themselves some pulp comics, I guess. Those movies are fun enough. But in 1991, we got a movie that seemed tailor made for continued adventures. Full of heart, humor, and Nazi-punching action, we’re of course talking about
Despite some good reviews,
The Rocketeer was a box office bomb. But as the movie’s 30th anniversary approaches, now we must give it its heroic due. We’re here to explain why it holds up, and why it absolutely deserved better. ....

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