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re: 'The Rocketeer' Reboot in the works, and it might upset some people
Posted on 7/28/16 at 12:18 pm to PatDyesPants
Posted on 7/28/16 at 12:18 pm to PatDyesPants
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How much will it take before some of you realize that pop culture is anti-straight white male?
This isn't some conspiracy. The studios are trying to make money. They are just doing it in the most artistically vapid way possible. By making a movie about a black female they are able to appeal to a wider more diverse audience. By using an established brand they are able to play off of name recognition and established credibility therefore reducing risk.
Imo it would be better and generally more honest if a new stand alone character were to be developed. That way it would be a character who happened to be a woman and be black, and the chracteristics could be presented more naturally. The way they are doing it, the character is seen as the black version of the old cha racer rather than being able to stand alone. It necessarily makes the chracter more one dimensional.
But whatever, studios aren't going for passable art with these ventures. It will make some money then be quickly forgotten.
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Posted on 7/28/16 at 12:26 pm to RLDSC FAN
Probably in the minority here but I didn't like the first one.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 12:31 pm to Rounder1
I didn't like the original either. It benefited from good marketing
Posted on 7/28/16 at 12:34 pm to TrebleHook
It was just ok. I don't know that it's worth a sequel, but it is what it is.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 12:37 pm to BluegrassBelle
I haven't seen it since I was really young. At that point my review of its merits stopped at, "wow, that rocket pack is really cool."
Posted on 7/28/16 at 12:46 pm to RLDSC FAN
Not bothered one bit.
This post was edited on 7/28/16 at 12:48 pm
Posted on 7/28/16 at 12:48 pm to RLDSC FAN
I hope they cast Leslie Jones.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 12:52 pm to RLDSC FAN
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The project, in the early development stages, is being looked at as a sequel-reboot and in a modern-day twist, will be headlined by a black female character.
Too obscure in the eyes of most for many to care...but the period of the story is 1931.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 12:53 pm to Scruffy
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I hope they cast Leslie Jones.
OHH LAWD JESUSS IM ON A JET PACK. WHAT WILL THESE HIJINKS LEAD ME TOO NEXT! wA ZIPPITY ZOO
Full disclosure ive never watched anything with leslie jones in it, that was a guess on how she acts
Posted on 7/28/16 at 12:53 pm to RLDSC FAN
Posted on 7/28/16 at 12:54 pm to Scruffy
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I hope they cast Leslie Jones.
they may need a bigger rocket
Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:04 pm to RLDSC FAN
We all know it and just don't want to admit it. Leslie Jones will be cast in the lead role. She's a shooting star.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:08 pm to Rounder1
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Probably in the minority here but I didn't like the first one.
Boo this man.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:10 pm to RLDSC FAN
So pretty much just like Ghostbusters. Bold move Cotton. Let's see if it pays off.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:11 pm to BluegrassBelle
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If it's fricking Leslie Jones as a high flying farm girl, it's no dice at all.
Really hope this is the case.
Or have it be like Rihanna
Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:11 pm to PatDyesPants
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anti-straight white male
Don't worry brother, one day we'll break these chains.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:14 pm to JombieZombie
More appropriation of the white man's culture
Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:15 pm to RLDSC FAN
Are they going to make the Rocketeer a tranny or some horseshite to push the PC nonsense?
A solid reboot would be if the Rocketeer is beating up ragheads in Syria or something.
A solid reboot would be if the Rocketeer is beating up ragheads in Syria or something.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:22 pm to RLDSC FAN
Hollywood screenwriters may be the most unimaginative people on the planet.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:33 pm to HailToTheChiz
I would be down if it is the chick that played Gamora from GotG AND the story made sense similar to stated above.
Also, how is it when comics make a Supergirl, Spider-Woman, She-Hulk, etc it is bashed for not creating unique and new female superheroes but Hollywood does the exact same stuff and its progressive? They aren't creating new characters for women, they are just gender swapping male characters to lazily make a female version.
Where are all the female writers pumping out unique and original female characters?
Also, how is it when comics make a Supergirl, Spider-Woman, She-Hulk, etc it is bashed for not creating unique and new female superheroes but Hollywood does the exact same stuff and its progressive? They aren't creating new characters for women, they are just gender swapping male characters to lazily make a female version.
Where are all the female writers pumping out unique and original female characters?
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