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The Shadow Strikes!

Those are neat, but what's up with Dick Tracy's head?!
 
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In a similar vein was this excellent fan made video tribute to The Rocketeer:

 
^ That is soooooo awesome! Seen it several times now, and I smile ear to ear every time. Great stuff! :)
 
I sometimes wish The Rocketeer had caught on much bigger than it did (not just the movie, but the character in general) You could do so much with him. I mean, come on, sci-fi and gangsters! What a combo! Could've been The Untouchables with jet packs! Haha.
 
Ripplin said:
I sometimes wish The Rocketeer had caught on much bigger than it did (not just the movie, but the character in general) You could do so much with him. I mean, come on, sci-fi and gangsters! What a combo! Could've been The Untouchables with jet packs! Haha.
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Don't forget about Nazis. Everybody loves watching Nazis bite it.

It really is puzzling how it didn't catch on, it has all the pieces: a strong villain with nefarious actions, a good looking leading man with cool gadgets, and a drop dead gorgeous leading lady. Makes you wonder sometimes.
 
Hymie said:
It really is puzzling how it didn't catch on, it has all the pieces: a strong villain with nefarious actions, a good looking leading man with cool gadgets, and a drop dead gorgeous leading lady. Makes you wonder sometimes.
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I agree. It is almost a near perfect adventure film. It also has an amazing inspirational hero score, something many of the recent super hero movies sorely lack. But the Rocketeer is not a brand name character either, so I am not sure Disney really marketed it properly.

Heck, their marketing ruined JOHN CARTER and their campaign for the upcoming LONE RANGER started out as quite a mess too... is it a comedy? An action movie? A parody? A disaster?
 
bionicbob said:
Heck, their marketing ruined JOHN CARTER and their campaign for the upcoming LONE RANGER started out as quite a mess too... is it a comedy? An action movie? A parody? A disaster?
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Probably all of the above.
 
Not being a movie-goer, I didn't even know there was a Lone Ranger movie coming. Saw a still of Johnny Depp and uh...is it Armie Hammer? in a magazine last night and realized. I would think it's hard to market a Lone Ranger movie to today's generation that has no clue who he is (same for a very, very old character like John Carter, who is from two or three generations ago!), but surely they could do a much better job than they've been doing! Would be hard with other older characters like Doc Savage, The Question, etc... as well, but I'd still like to see more pulp-era stuff anyway.

Hope you don't mind these non-Shadow posts continuing, but they're all sort of related anyway. Haha.
 
Ripplin said:
Hope you don't mind these non-Shadow posts continuing, but they're all sort of related anyway. Haha.
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Nope. Keep'em coming!

I agree, marketing these older characters to the current generation is difficult. I mean these characters were old when I was a kid! LOL! At least The Lone Ranger (unlike John Carter) is more of a recognizable Pop Culture character. Even if you never heard the old radio or watched tv shows, most people know the basic idea and the theme music....?
 
Yes, Lone Ranger has a huge advantage over John Carter in that people know the name, know Tonto, "Hi ho, Silver! Away!" and so on.

And of course, a lot of people know this...

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lol, well, that's what he gets for calling his sidekick "dumbass"
 
A THANK YOU to my mate LastSurvivor for taking the time to post a review. :)

For an edit I was very nervous about releasing, it is very uplifting to hear that so many people seem to be enjoying it.
 
Ripplin said:
Nervous? Why?
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I thought the picture quality was terrible and I would be ripped to shreds over it. :-o
 
bionicbob said:
I thought the picture quality was terrible and I would be ripped to shreds over it. :-o
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Wait...did I not mention that in my review?! ;-)
 
bionicbob said:
A THANK YOU to my mate LastSurvivor for taking the time to post a review. :)

For an edit I was very nervous about releasing, it is very uplifting to hear that so many people seem to be enjoying it.
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My pleasure Bob... had a blast watching it :)
 
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