Nov 28, 2014
There was so much to say about The Rocketeer that we
had to bring in a very special guest to help us revisit this one.
Dean from The Science Fiction Film Podcast
dropped by to share his memories of the movie and his thoughts on
it two decades later.
Donna and Carlos were pretty hazy on the details of this one, but
Chris remembered most of the plot and the one major
problem he had with it as a kid. It's still a sticking point for
him now, but quibbles aside - there is so much to love about this
movie.
Topics include: Disney's plan to reinvent the modern blockbuster
and how it sort of blew up in their face, the differences between
this and Dave Stevens' original graphic novel, James Horner's
amazing score, some pretty significant problems with Cliff's
character and his journey over the course of the story, Carlos'
disappointment that Peevey isn't Albert Einstein, what exactly
those Nazis were doing in that forest, who put a flare gun on that
zeppelin, and much much more!