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From: swarren@convex.com (Steve Warren)
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Subject: Re: Rocket Ranger in the movies!?
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Date: 21 May 91 16:14:40 GMT
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In article <9105210951.aa12181@zds-oem.zds.COM> benjamin%zds-oem@CASPIAN.CS.ANDREWS.EDU (Adam Benjamin  Core Hardware Engineering) writes:
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>I spotted a new movie soon to be released that looks very much like
>a spin-off of our beloved Rocket Ranger.  Have any of you seen the 
>preview?  It's called Rocket Man, and if CinemaWare (may they rest in
>peace) isn't collecting some kind of royalty for the idea, they really
>deserve to.

No, both of these are take-offs from the cheap sci-fi thrillers of the 30s
and 40s.  You can still rent them from your local video store.  Don't you
wonder why both Rocket Ranger & Rocket Man are set in the WW II time-frame?
That is because the originals were actually produced in the 30s and 40s.  So
when people do a take-off on them they set it in the same era.

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