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From: v125lqbx@ubvmsa.cc.buffalo.edu (Brian T McColpin)
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Subject: Re: Rocket Ranger in the movies!?
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Date: 21 May 91 19:32:17 GMT
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In article <1991May21.184810.541@ms.uky.edu>, kherron@ms.uky.edu (Kenneth Herron) writes...
|>>
|>>I spotted a new movie soon to be released that looks very much like
|>>a spin-off of our beloved Rocket Ranger.  
| 
|>No, both of these are take-offs from the cheap sci-fi thrillers of the 30s
|>and 40s.
| 
|*Sigh*.  _Rocket Ranger_ is adapted from a comic book, which in turn
|was inspired by the serials.

The comic book is called The Rocketeer, which is what the movie called, as
well.  Like I'm sure you all wanted to know that.  :-)  Anyway, the point
is that the game and the movie are both spinoffs of the comic book.