tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647587.post8351418087974370566..comments2023-10-31T05:13:39.415-04:00Comments on 2719 HYPERION: Retro Review: Flying High with The RocketeerJeffrey Pepperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00990997892044489714noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647587.post-53937327826489867092011-09-18T16:20:20.052-04:002011-09-18T16:20:20.052-04:00The Rocketeer will be released on Blu-Ray in a 20t...The Rocketeer will be released on Blu-Ray in a 20th anniversary adition on October 31, 2011.<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/Rocketeer-20th-Anniversary-Blu-ray/dp/B005JZBP4Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1316377114&sr=8-1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647587.post-34271021441035619272011-05-08T02:35:31.973-04:002011-05-08T02:35:31.973-04:00Loved "The Rocketeer" when I saw it in t...Loved "The Rocketeer" when I saw it in theatres that year. Sadly, it was the summer of "Terminator 2" and "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves," and the Rocketeer just didn't fly as high as he should have.<br /><br />The original film poster was a brilliant throwback to the Art Deco styles of the 1930's and so different from everything else that year.<br /><br />You mention the sadly-neglected score by James Horner. Yes, it is a beautiful score, especially the main theme which plays over the titles. Horner liked it so much that he adapted the theme and won an Oscar for it for "Titanic." Listen, and you'll hear it. Horner is notorious for stealing from himself<br /><br />The part of the female singer in the South Seas Club was played and sung by Melora Hardin, who has gone to more recent fame as the infamous Jan, girlfriend and boss of Steve Carrell's Michael Scott on "The Office." Her performances of "Begin the Beguine" and "When Your Lover Has Gone" are standouts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647587.post-85589703478562130722011-04-24T16:21:15.437-04:002011-04-24T16:21:15.437-04:00We saw a preview of The Rocketeer right before it ...We saw a preview of <i>The Rocketeer</i> right before it was released, in the company of at least two dozen of our friends: science fiction fans and also nostalgia fans (many of them participate in radio theatre). We laughed, cheered, hissed the villains, and had a heck of a time while around us the movie critics sat stoney-faced. When the newspapers came out, the reviews were pretty bad. We read the reviews and wondered "Did they see the same movie we did?" I still want them to release a proper DVD; the resolution on the original and only DVD release is dreadful. What I <b>really</b> want is a Blu-Ray, but I suppose that's hoping for the moon (or a working rocket pack).Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00684124498981972463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647587.post-26044476162787556862011-04-16T13:45:32.484-04:002011-04-16T13:45:32.484-04:00Oh, btw, love your 20th Anniversary logo!Oh, btw, love your 20th Anniversary logo!Allenhttp://allenpinney.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647587.post-2905224837515622062011-04-14T22:52:34.212-04:002011-04-14T22:52:34.212-04:00Great review of an unsung Disney film! I agree tha...Great review of an unsung Disney film! I agree that <i>The Rocketeer</i> deserves better than it got, but I think it is partly to blame. I can't put my finger on exactly what, but something about it didn't quite seem to reach everything that the movie could have been. The same was true, more dramatically, of <i>Island at the Top of the World</i>, but <i>Rocketeer</i> shared that with a lot of those comic book films coming out in the wake of <i>Batman</i>, like <i>Dick Tracy</i> and <i>The Shadow</i>. <br /><br />I also think that the general audience doesn't quite "get" retro-30's films that much. For me <i>Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow</i> really nailed the "it" that <i>The Rocketeer</i> doesn't quite get, and it also did poorly. I kind of suspect that <i>Captain America</i> won't be quite the success that Disney might hope for either.Cory Grosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12141983255020503557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647587.post-47854237299517794372011-04-14T20:51:44.960-04:002011-04-14T20:51:44.960-04:00I found the poster image via a Google search.I found the poster image via a Google search.Jeffrey Pepperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00990997892044489714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647587.post-22544468212283197452011-04-14T18:11:19.525-04:002011-04-14T18:11:19.525-04:00Do you have a high-resolution file of that movie p...Do you have a high-resolution file of that movie poster at the top of the post? I would love to have it, if so. Please let me know! Thanks so much!Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05555802552129643740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647587.post-58711287338330735522011-04-12T21:22:37.905-04:002011-04-12T21:22:37.905-04:00The poster for the Rocketeer is, imo, the best des...The poster for the Rocketeer is, imo, the best designed movie poster of all time. The movie isn't too shabby either. The comic book series is coming back, but alas, without creator Dave StevensJohn Rozumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03626209473214085436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647587.post-51048747203871394122011-04-12T19:53:04.332-04:002011-04-12T19:53:04.332-04:00I'm trying to remember if I saw this originall...I'm trying to remember if I saw this originally in the theater, and I'm thinking I did, because I went right out and bought the soundtrack! I enjoy The Rocketeer segment of music during the Fountain of Nations show at Epcot and know, unfortunately, that not too many others know where that music comes from or how good the movie is. It is a gem.Dan D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11306716489957475529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647587.post-60900289885372246682011-04-12T11:55:39.277-04:002011-04-12T11:55:39.277-04:00Thanks for this post. I truly enjoyed the movie an...Thanks for this post. I truly enjoyed the movie and think more people need to talk about it. I love seeing the miniature Rocketteer on one of the popcorn carts at Disneyland.Connie Morenohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14112860706520621190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647587.post-80998022998639793832011-04-12T11:37:58.980-04:002011-04-12T11:37:58.980-04:00One of my favorites as well. Excellent postOne of my favorites as well. Excellent postNate Parrishhttp://wedwayradio.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647587.post-8910674127798103572011-04-12T11:12:17.346-04:002011-04-12T11:12:17.346-04:00One of my favorite Disney films of all time. Very...One of my favorite Disney films of all time. Very few people that I mention it to have ever heard of it, but once they watch it, everyone loves it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com