I'd be more for a continuation. Same costume and setting, different cast, new adventure. For the uninitiated tack on a prologue ala spiderman 2 then get right into it.
I'd be more for a continuation. Same costume and setting, different cast, new adventure. For the uninitiated tack on a prologue ala spiderman 2 then get right into it.
It was originally going to be a Touchstone release, enabling that approach. Then they decided to slap the Disney label on it, resulting in...well, you know.CessnaDriver said:
Do it right and Mr. Mouse's ears will curl.
...but it is totally forgotten by pop culture today.
Actually, no, it isn't. At all.
Go to a local college and see if you can find 10 kids who know more about the 1991 "Rocketeer" movie than they could learn from seeing the video cover.
When you can't do that, settle for finding 5. You probably still can't.
Then remember that the target audience for a modern superhero movie is another 10 years younger than those college kids.
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Today's pop culture is made up of more than just college kids. Besides which, you could poll the same kids about something like "Blade Runner" and get the same result (okay, Blade Runner would be higher, but probably not by much). The Rocketeer's following has always been more of a "cult" film, but that doesn't mean it's forgotten.
gobler said:
Would be kind of hard to do that since the pack was blown up unless Peevy builds one.
Sorry, didn't mean to ruin the entertainment. But just skip reading if you don't like it.
I used to like rocketeer, but as I grow up, I questioning several basic thing:
1. What fuel does the pack used, and how come it didn't running out of it, or did it got refueled? Carrying that much liquid will probably not enough for the whole movie's flying, plus the leaking.
2. Why the rocket didn't burn the boots or pants? Yeah there were a plate near the exhaust, but with flame like that, it'll melt the leather soon.
3. With the fin on the helmet, if the rocketeer tries to change direction, at that speed, the neck with snap, and that would be the end of the movie.
4, Not to mention G-force and ability to breath, because the mouth is directly an "open" vent.
If it's going to be in continuation, I guess the key is within Howard/Howard Industries. Burning down the blueprint doesn't necessarily make the idea completely gone.
Perhaps his key designer went south and rebuild another set secretly and tried to sell it to the bad guys and accidently falls into a good guy (and there we go again).
Peewee's blueprint might be an alternative, but how good is a copy to the original? Unless we want to see Apple vs Samsung again. Or it'll be War Machine story again.
I would like to see Minka Kelly as Jennifer Connely replacement, in CessnaDriver scene.
I'm a fan of the original. But if the reboot is shot in a '40s style and in Frank Lloyd Wright homes... I'm in.
IMIM2 said:
Peevee states the rocket pack ran on alcohol. I read an explanation recently about the type of fuel it uses and how it burns at a much lower temperature. It sounded plausible.
I've never been too bothered with the "inaccuracies" in The Rocketeer namely because it's one of those movies where the adventure of the story was far more important. Its when the story is lacking that I start nitpicking.
Same here. Although I'm generally excited about the Rocketeer being in the news.Finhead said:
I'm on the fence, not sure on this.
So, if they DO reboot/continue/whatever The Rocketeer...
...who would you like to see cast as the main characters?
Cliff Secord?
Betty or Jenny? And who?
Peevey?
Howard Hughes or Doc Savage*? And who?
Lamont Cranston (The Shadow*)?
Luthor?
Anyone else?
*From the comics
I honestly don't know for any of them. Bill Campbell was so perfect as Cliff, and casting Betty, I can only think of Gretchen Mol since he played her in The Notorious Bettie Page and Alec Baldwin is too old for Lamont now.
I would like to see closer to the comics with Doc Savage creating the rocket pack and Cliff working for Lamont at times, and chasing Bettie from the air field to New York city...
Plus with adding Doc and Shadow, it's possible to try a Doc & Shadow cross-over movies sort of like they did with The Avengers. Maybe not a 'team-up' movie, but some cross-overs in each title.
Thoughts?
I don't really know what to think about this....
On one hand, there are movies that I would love to see their stories continued - The Rocketeer is a great example. I think new villans, rebuilding the rocket, betty page, all that good stuff is all fine and dandy...BUT...
There's a part of me that really doesn't like what's happening with Hollywood. GQ did an article on the stasis that Hollywood has been in for about 10 years, maybe more. The ideas are just being repeated - be it from a book, comic, or a complete remake of a movie. I was so shocked to see a new Spiderman come out when I thought they just finished the Toby Macguire series.
Then you have Star Wars (which, believe me, I've been a huge fan up until the prequels), is now being remade in 3D? Does Georgie need money that badly? The 4th Indiana Jones ...I don't even wanna talk about it.
The point I'm trying to make, is that some things are best left untouched. There's a certain connection that our generation has to the original films that were made and anything that changes what we know and love would be considered a bastardization.
Being a teacher seeing students who were our age when we first saw these films watch the remakes, reboots, abominations (whatever), and get engrossed in the story and fall in love with the characters is important....but it's key, I think, that they also know that it was a remake - I can't tell you how many times I had kids think remakes were the originals.
It's all really in the hands of the filmmakers and the studios that have the money. They want to make MORE money, so put out a product that sells. What us 'originalists' would prefer is if they stayed true to the comic, story, even the style of production - had the Star Wars prequels been done with less CGI and more muppets, I might have gotten passed the terrible dialogue and story.
Bottom line - if they make one, I'll see it. Keep the fingers crossed that they do it justice.
Shadow345 said:
HaHaHaHa! You used 'conscious' and 'Hollywood' in the same sentence!
I'm betting with Lucasfilms being acquired, this will get shelved and they refocus on the new Star Wars films and start recouping their costs.
They'll probably wind up casting Channing Tatum and Megan Fox in the main roles, just to drive that stake further into our collective hearts.
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