When people ask me what my favorite comic book movie is, there’s only one answer, and I don’t even have to think about it.<\/p>\n
The Rocketeer<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Yes, Batman Begins<\/i> blew me away. V For Vendetta<\/i>, I’m sorry to say, Alan Moore, was well-nigh perfect. The Dark Knight<\/i>, I wept at the end. Even Spider-Man<\/i> was quite good.<\/p>\n
And I’m optimistic for Watchmen<\/i>.<\/p>\n
But The Rocketeer<\/i> is on an entirely different plane of existence.<\/p>\n
It’s just… brilliant<\/i>.<\/p>\n
There’s nothing I can fault. The script is fun. The acting is superb. The set pieces are impressively staged. It’s a throwback to classic movie serials, cliched storytelling, and impressive stagecraft. James Horner’s best score comes from this. It’s wonderful, evocative, funny, brilliant<\/i> stuff.<\/p>\n
And, of course, Disney didn’t have a fucking clue how to market the damn thing.<\/p>\n
Like most every fan of the film — and there are many, I assure you — I’ve never read Dave Stevens’ original comics.<\/p>\n
Fortunately, that’s going to change.<\/p>\n
This autumn, IDW Publishing is bringing out The Complete Rocketeer<\/i><\/a>, collecting Stevens’ original comics, newly recolored.<\/p>\n I can’t wait to see what this looks like. I’m curious about the “deluxe hardcover” as well, like price point and extras.<\/p>\n This one’s going to be a keeper. I just feel it.<\/p>\n Now, maybe I’ll dig out The Rocketeer<\/i> and watch it with all the joyful glee of a teenager. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When people ask me what my favorite comic book movie is, there’s only one answer, and I don’t even have to think about it. The Rocketeer. Yes, Batman Begins blew me away. V For Vendetta, I’m sorry to say, Alan Moore, was well-nigh perfect. The Dark Knight, I wept at the end. Even Spider-Man wasContinue reading “On The Complete Rocketeer”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comic-books","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2236\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}