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27 June 2011

The Rocketeer short I fell in love with

Written by Katie Schenkel
Movie News 90s, Billy Campbell, cgi, Dave Stevens, The Rocketeer, videos 1 Comment

Yesterday, I discovered this short movie.


Some of you younger people might not know or remember this, but there was a movie in 1991 called The Rocketeer. Based on a 1982 comic series by Dave Stevens, the movie starred Billy Campbell as a stunt pilot in 1938 who finds a jetpack and fights Nazis. Commercially it bombed, but it was a fun WWII adventure movie that I really enjoyed as a kid and that was mostly praised by critics. This short is actually to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the film and to honor the passing of Stevens.

While I really did like the movie, The Rocketeer‘s special effects weren’t exactly extraordinary. Looking back, they’ve aged pretty badly and yes, the movie has a pretty high level of camp. But this short has made me convinced that they could do an amazing computer animated film. Maybe a little family friendly, but with a huge amount of gorgeous action and thrills. Congrats to Digital Banana Studios for making such a fun, enjoyable short.

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  1. Kano Reply to Kano to Kano" aria-label=' Reply to Kano to Kano'> Reply to Kano
    June 27, 2011 at 10:08 pm

    Amazing! I actually really like the movie, The Rocketeer. I find it very underrated.

    Would love for them to do something with it again – either a reboot, or something like this would even be great.

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