You're back! I've really missed this show. Been checking in every day for updates. Hope you're permanently back and doing ok. As for the Rocketeer I wish I liked it more!
They definitely should’ve made a second Rocketeer. I know it didn’t make what they wanted it to make in theatres, but I’ve got to imagine it did pretty well on VHS. Everyone I knew as a kid loved The Rocketeer. When I was little that was one of the movies we had at daycare, and every boy there loved that movie. Miramax was owned by Disney. Would’ve been interesting if sometime between the mid ‘90s and early 2000s they handled a sequel. Do an R rated sequel... or a PG-13 that at least got away with the kind of stuff Raiders of the Lost Ark and Temple of Doom did. Like I could see Robert Rodriguez doing a cool Rocketeer movie for them following Desperado and From Dusk till Dawn.
I felt the same way going to see this at the theater, at the time, Tom. I loved this adaptation and for years no one had seen it, now I believe it's reached 'cult classic' status. You guys should do the Wachowski Speed Racer film next. I thought it also was unfairly maligned in it's time.
If you can afford it get the Rocketeer Artist Edition. It is the entire story, I think. The reprinted compilation from IDW has digital color that is ok, If you can find the copies that were colored in the '80s that is the best.
I loved the film. I don't know if it was boomers disliking the film. I read the comics when they originally came out in the early Eighties. My grandparents were in their twenties during the time period the movie was set in. I spent a lot of time around them watching the movies from that era. I blame the studio for not marketing "The Rocketeer." correctly. It's difficult trying to promote a movie set in the past, it seems. Once some people see a movie from a time before they were borrn immediately look at it skeptically. I'm happy I'm not the only one who is fond of this film. Great cast. I watch the dvd from time to time.
I agree with the Tron comparison. Disney during this time period has had a problem with not really having any faith in its properties that where trying to be different. It's interesting because this film was green lit in response to the success of Batman 89, and in turn they greenlit the animated shows Gargoyles (a great show) in response to the success of Batman TAS. Gargoyles is another Disney property that was very original for them but once they didn't see the kind of numbers they wanted they pulled the plug and pretty much forgot about it.
Speaking of Boomers, the other side of it is that Stevens belonged to the generation of Boomers that got a lot of exposure to old movies through the Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine that covered the Universal monsters and old movie serials, like King of the Rocketmen and Zombies of the Stratosphere, which featured Rocketman, the Rocketeer prototype. A lot of this stuff was what filled early television during Stevens' childhood and Betty Page was appearing in concurrent magazines that young Dave would've sneaked a look at. Guys like Mike Kaluta saw Fritz Lang's Metropolis pictured in Famous Monsters and Wrightson stayed up late to see the Boris Karloff Frankenstein on television. These guys weren't going back to the 20's or 30's when they decided how to make comics; they were remembering their own childhoods.
The Rocketeer is a rare PERFECT film.
The best pop culture channel on TH-cam 👏. And when you mentioned an alternative Flash Gordon casting, Cary Elwes immediately popped into my head.
You're back! I've really missed this show. Been checking in every day for updates. Hope you're permanently back and doing ok. As for the Rocketeer I wish I liked it more!
He probably had to take some time off to mail out the Witchman comic. A beautiful print job and the comic itself is a blast!
Not all Boomers dismissed these films. I love the films you mentioned.
Tron has cult status, oddly enough Rocketeer does too.
The movie stands up, for me, despite what the box office was at the time.
The Artist Edition for the Rocketeer is beautiful if you ever get a chance.
Not alone, Tom. I also love the Seth Rogen Green Lantern. Waltz was a great villain!
They definitely should’ve made a second Rocketeer. I know it didn’t make what they wanted it to make in theatres, but I’ve got to imagine it did pretty well on VHS. Everyone I knew as a kid loved The Rocketeer. When I was little that was one of the movies we had at daycare, and every boy there loved that movie.
Miramax was owned by Disney. Would’ve been interesting if sometime between the mid ‘90s and early 2000s they handled a sequel. Do an R rated sequel... or a PG-13 that at least got away with the kind of stuff Raiders of the Lost Ark and Temple of Doom did. Like I could see Robert Rodriguez doing a cool Rocketeer movie for them following Desperado and From Dusk till Dawn.
I felt the same way going to see this at the theater, at the time, Tom. I loved this adaptation and for years no one had seen it, now I believe it's reached 'cult classic' status. You guys should do the Wachowski Speed Racer film next. I thought it also was unfairly maligned in it's time.
If you can afford it get the Rocketeer Artist Edition. It is the entire story, I think. The reprinted compilation from IDW has digital color that is ok, If you can find the copies that were colored in the '80s that is the best.
15:06 mind blown, didn’t know that Flash Gordon’s voice got dubbed!
I loved the film. I don't know if it was boomers disliking the film. I read the comics when they originally came out in the early Eighties. My grandparents were in their twenties during the time period the movie was set in. I spent a lot of time around them watching the movies from that era. I blame the studio for not marketing "The Rocketeer." correctly. It's difficult trying to promote a movie set in the past, it seems. Once some people see a movie from a time before they were borrn immediately look at it skeptically. I'm happy I'm not the only one who is fond of this film. Great cast. I watch the dvd from time to time.
I agree with the Tron comparison. Disney during this time period has had a problem with not really having any faith in its properties that where trying to be different.
It's interesting because this film was green lit in response to the success of Batman 89, and in turn they greenlit the animated shows Gargoyles (a great show) in response to the success of Batman TAS. Gargoyles is another Disney property that was very original for them but once they didn't see the kind of numbers they wanted they pulled the plug and pretty much forgot about it.
Speaking of Boomers, the other side of it is that Stevens belonged to the generation of Boomers that got a lot of exposure to old movies through the Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine that covered the Universal monsters and old movie serials, like King of the Rocketmen and Zombies of the Stratosphere, which featured Rocketman, the Rocketeer prototype.
A lot of this stuff was what filled early television during Stevens' childhood and Betty Page was appearing in concurrent magazines that young Dave would've sneaked a look at. Guys like Mike Kaluta saw Fritz Lang's Metropolis pictured in Famous Monsters and Wrightson stayed up late to see the Boris Karloff Frankenstein on television.
These guys weren't going back to the 20's or 30's when they decided how to make comics; they were remembering their own childhoods.