Talk:RocketMan (1997 film)

2007

I would like to state that before MasterA113 edited the page from Rocket Man (film) to RocketMan, that I created the original article. on 17:54 (UTC), 3 June 2006. I also worked on most of the introduction and plot, as well.

Unfortunately, due the edit of the name change, all other revisions on the edit page of the previous Rocket Man (film) article are lost. -- Mr. Sinistar 01:05, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

I quote...

Mummy's coming, little Billy! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.100.248.63 (talk) 13:33, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

How can you proove it was a flop?

the article says that it was a flop only grossing above 15 million. yet it says nothing about its budget!75.67.128.65 16:32, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

I couldn't find anything about the movie's budget on the Internet, however I'm pretty sure it was a very low budget film, considering the "cheesey" special effects and content. --Mr. Sinistar 19:06, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:23, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Name

I reverted this move of the article, as most of the cited sources, IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes call it "RocketMan"; the New York Times doesn't use the Camel Case but does omit the space.[1] At any rate, the Camel Case version distinguishes the article from the other articles named Rocket Man with WP:NATURALDIS. It may be worth a discussion, especially considering the recent creation of the film The Rocket Man, though the latter is very obscure.--Cúchullain ^t/c 18:28, 6 November 2013 (UTC)

I thought IMDB was user-edited? ... as I said with print sources mixed between RocketMan Rocketman and Rocket Man WP:MOSTM would seem to indicate use normal caps and spacing. In ictu oculi (talk) 18:53, 6 November 2013 (UTC)

Well, CamelCase is specifically mentioned as an acceptable editors' choice by WP:MOSTM. In this case the article has been at this title for years, and using it serves as NATURALDIS as no other article uses this spelling. From what I can tell, more sources called this movie "RocketMan" than "Rocket Man". Taking the still-available professional reviews from Rotten Tomatoes (which like IMDB uses "RocketMan"), the following use "RocketMan",[2][3][4][5][6] while "Rocketman" is used by EW[7][8] and the New York Times,[9] and none use "Rocket Man".--Cúchullain ^t/c 19:26, 6 November 2013 (UTC)

Citation and Expansion

As a huge fan of this film and advocate for fully expanded articles, I'm kind of sad that this article is in the state that its in. It's underdeveloped/undersourced, and needs signification attention. I would do it myself but unfortunately I'm going to be way too busy working on non-Wikipiedia projects possibly extending into Summer. This article needs to be expanded, with ALL sections expended to their fullest extent and each piece of information given proper citations from reliable sources. Hopefully someone comes along and gives this article the attention it needs fulfill its full potential.--Paleface Jack 00:06, 22 April 2018 (UTC)