How have I never even HEARD of The Rocketeer?! First time watching reaction & review

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[@craiglortie8483]

hollywoodland was hollywood's original name until 1949 when it was changed

[@waterbeauty85]

Artist Dave Stevens took inspiration for the Rocketeer's helmet and flying suit from Republic Pictures' classic Rocketman adventure serials: "King of the Rocket Men" (1949), "Radar Men From The Moon" (1952), and "Zombies of the Stratosphere" (1952). The Rocketman in "Radar Men From The Moon" was named COMMANDO CODY - a name that 8 year old me thought was super awesome when I saw the condensed movie length version on TV. If the name sounds somewhat familiar, it's because George Lucas loved the old serials and gave the Star Wars clone COMMANDER CODY his name as a homage to the Rocketman. BTW One of the earliest film appearances of Leonard Nimoy (Mister Spock from the original Star Trek series) is in "Radar Men From The Moon."

[@waterbeauty85]

The character Lothar was designed to resemble the real life appearance of actor Rondo Hatton (1895-1946) whose signature face and size were due to acromegaly, a condition where the body produces too much growth hormone, causing body tissues and bones to grow more quickly. After skeletal maturity and maximum height are reached, bones of the hands feet and face as well as internal organs continue to be affected by growth hormone leading to disproportionately large hands and feet, enlargement and coarsening of the facial features and a wide range of other symptoms.

[@Dannydarko27]

Its Inigo Montoya not Montoña

[@petersvillage7447]

@@waterbeauty85 I've a feeling Lothar's method of killing people is also based on that of a Rondo Hatton character in a Sherlock Holmes film?

[@CrimsonRoseDancer]

I love how Neville says, ”I’ll miss Hollywood.” Then promptly flies into the Hollywoodland sign….effectively missing the word Hollywood. 🤣

[@snake85ok]

Ah yes, Jennifer Connelly, you can tell how old a man is by what movie he fell in love with her in.

[@steveross2649]

It was "The Hot Spot" for me.

[@LordVolkov]

Career Opportunities 😳

[@zel3888]

Definitely Career Opportunities for me. Specifically, the horse-ride scene....

[@JCG52577]

Been in love since Labyrinth

[@warre1]

Once Upon A Time In America. She was 12 years old.

[@JonPaulMaki]

In the comics, Jenny's name was Betty, and she was based on iconic pin-up queen Bettie Page. Disney changed her name and modified her character slightly to avoid any potential legal trouble. Late in her life, Dave Stevens, the creator of the Rocketeer, and a big fan of hers when he was a young man, befriended the real Bettie, and helped her get some compensation from many of the people who had profited off of her image throughout the years.

[@BillyButcher90]

Fun fact: Neville Sinclair is loosely based on famous swashbuckling actor Errol Flynn who was wrongly accused to be a Nazi spy. Also, the scene with Eddie Valentine turning on Neville when he finds he's a nazi spy is a reflection of gangsters during that era who weren't too thrilled with fascism. In fact, during that time, they were the police force's biggest allies when it came to rooting out Nazi supporters as Mussolini persecuted the Sicilian Families back in the old country.

[@ericjanssen394]

And there were more people with swords besides Inigo Montoya-As Mary will find out when she watches Flynn in the 1939 Adventures of Robin Hood. 🎯 Also, the big Nazi blimp catching fire was “supposed” to be the Hindenburg, as she’ll find out when she watches that 1975 movie.

[@arandomnamegoeshere]

@@ericjanssen394 of course... the whole Inigo Montoya bit was a bit of a homage to the old swashbuckler trope.

[@liljenborg2517]

And Errol Flynn was the #3 box office draw behind #2 Clark Gable and #1 Shirley Temple (who would have been 9 in 1937). Errol Flynn movies are some of the best movies. His Robin Hood is still the definitive Robin Hood.

[@gawainethefirst]

@@ericjanssen394 you mean the Hindenburg that blew up over New Jersey, and not Hollywood? Is that the Hindenburg you were talking about?

[@Wizardofgosz]

IIRC, the east coast mob was given weapons and authority to guard the ports on the east coast against possible invasion during WWII. I mean the mob ran them anyway, the feds just gave them guns in case any fuckin Nazis decided to come ashore.

[@christamu2]

I love the setups and payoffs in the script. When Dalton says "I'll miss Hollywood" he does exactly that when he crashes into the Land section of the Hollywood sign.

[@larryyeadeke2953]

Interesting fact. When they first put the sign up in 1923, it was Hollywoodland. It was an advertisement for a new housing development called , of course, Hollywoodland.

[@ronfehr7899]

Thanks for that information Larry. I knew about the sign, but but I didn't know it's history.

[@spikeysnack]

Holly wood is the whitest of all woods, and is heavy, hard and fine-grained. It can be stained and polished and is used to make furniture or in engraving work. It is commonly used to make walking sticks. Holly wood also makes good firewood and burns with a strong heat.

[@TheDetailsMatter]

But in this case, the woodland was named after the developer's daughter, Holly.

[@taoist32]

@@spikeysnack It’s also used by witches. Their wands are made out of Holly.

[@spikeysnack]

@@taoist32 Holly is one of the few trees that flowers and has red berries at Christmas in the Northern Hemisphere. That is why we "deck the halls with bows of Holly" because even though everything else is dead and brown the Holly is green with bright red berries.

[@toddsmitts]

Howard Hughes was a real-life inventor/pilot/businessman who dated a ton of movie stars, and was a huge inspiration for both Howard and Tony Stark.

[@flatebo1]

And in the comic his role was filled by Doc Savage. Except they didn't have the rights to Doc Savage in the comic, so neither he nor his aides were evr referred to by name. And in the movie they had to replace Doc with someone they could legally use, hence Hughes.

[@weldonwin]

Also, him going crazy is kind of famous

[@SirStarGazer00]

Sorry to burst your bubble, but I have 5 of the first original iron-man comics and Howard Hughes is not mentioned anywhere. In fact he does not exist in the Marvel Comics universe.

[@flatebo1]

@@SirStarGazer00 And? Stark’s appearance was based on Hughes. Stark’s history is based on Hughes. Some of Stark’s storylines are based on Hughes. Stark is a superhero version of Hughes. That Hughes does not appear in Marvel comics is unimportant.

[@jp3813]

@@flatebo1 He probably thought that the OP is saying that the characters themselves admired a fictional version of Howard Hughes (despite the words "real-life"). Hence, "inspiration". lol

[@TorgoLives]

The monster-looking character was inspired from a real Hollywood actor from the 30's & 40's named Rondo Hatton who suffered from acromegaly. His last film in 1946 was called "The Brute Man" in which he played the title role. There is a book about his life called, "Rondo Hatton: Beauty Within the Brute". If you haven't seen it, another great movie with Alan Arkin is "Little Miss Sunshine". He won an Oscar for his performance.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

I love Arkin. Something about him just always makes me smile.

[@ElliotNesterman]

I think my three favorite Alan Arkin films are, in no particular order, _The Russians are Coming! The Russians are Coming!,_ _The In-Laws,_ and _Wait Until Dark._

[@HobGungan]

I still think Alan Arkin should play Bernie Sanders in something.

[@TheJabbate1]

Rondo Hatton was perfectly normal until WW1 when he was handling a canister of mustard gas and a seal broke and got a face full of the deadly gas. He survived but the gas’s mutagenic properties created gigantism in his face.

[@ivane5110]

It's sort of ironic then when she asked if that was a real face; it was, just not his own.

[@donstruble7489]

Timothy Dalton played James Bond twice, before this movie was released.

[@leewinstead917]

And the line about Sinclair doing his own stunts is because Dalton did his own stunts as Bond

[@chefskiss6179]

Dude's a slasher. He should be locked up! ;)

[@dnf-dead]

Should have made a 3rd bond film

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

My favorite was his Prince Phillip, in "The Lion In Winter"

[@dnf-dead]

He was also Prince Baron in Flash Gordon

[@shainewhite2781]

Did you know? The guy whom directed this movie also directed Captain America The First Avenger.

[@jaeeproductions]

That's why they hired him. They wanted him to give them a "The Rocketeer" influenced version of "Captain America"

[@Drforrester31]

And Jurassic Park III

[@fan-i-am]

No way! I didn't know that! Well they're both period pieces then!

[@Xardion55]

Explains everything ☺️

[@donsample1002]

And as Disney now owns Marvel Studios, I figure that makes this the first MCU movie

[@maxnorton1209]

The tall, scary looking villain Lothar was based on the journalist and actor Rondo Hatton, who was cast as a heavy in classic movies because of his unique facial features (which were due to him having acromegaly). The actor in this movie, however, was in prosthetics.

[@adrianburchell8075]

He played the Lurker? in one of Basil Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes films and the character was resurrected for Benedict Cumberbatch's Sherlock series.

[@ZavaXavier]

Also he got a award named after him

[@Lannisen]

For another one where Jennifer Connolly looks iconic, check out Dark City from 98. Its a much darker theme, and so worth the watch.

[@chaost4544]

One of my favorite Scifi movies.

[@jimmorrish6771]

the directors cut is great.... she's in the netflix 'snowpiercer' too

[@abovewater6918]

Dark City is a super underrated sci fi. Came out not too long before the Matrix so totally got overshadowed by it.

[@lawrencegillies]

Thats one of her " red dress on a pier " films, isn't it?

[@ninjavigilante5311]

Career opportunities for her most sexiest.

[@stasiuwong]

My favorite part of James Horner's score is the agonizing anticipation of Cliff taking off in the Gee Bee plane. When the wheels finally leave the ground, Horner makes us feel the triumph and magic of flight.

[@ronwood1220]

Jennifer Connelly at her most lovely. Good movie. Underrated.

[@johnsensebe3153]

I liked her in Dark City, a film I'd love to see reactions to.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

Don't forget "Career Opportunities"...Lame flick, but she was certainly jaw-dropping in it.

[@rudewalrus5636]

@@johnsensebe3153 Agreed. She was stunning in Dark City. (and it's an interesting, mostly forgotten, movie)

[@johnsensebe3153]

@@rudewalrus5636 Especially the director's cut, where she does her own singing. Her singing isn't as good as the professional they dubbed her with in the theatrical version, but I think it suits the film better.

[@johnnyskinwalker4095]

watch Mulholland's Falls. Gangster movie she was in with Nick Nolte. you won't regret it. lol

[@Tennisman81]

I love how she laughs at her own jokes, fun fact the actor who played Neville Sinclair said that the Rocketeer was one of his favorite roles to play

[@TheJabbate1]

That’s saying a lot coming from a Bond actor

[@JedHead77]

Jenny (Jennifer Connelly) is married to Paul Bettany (Vision in the MCU), and she voices Spider-Man’s AI for his suit in the Tom Holland films.

[@chrisleebowers]

And she's Betty in Ang Lee's Hulk

[@MichaelBond]

She is also a great actress, classically beautiful and was my very first actress crush as a kid.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

@@MichaelBond Labyrinth? What am I askin', of COURSE it was Labyrinth.

[@ElliotNesterman]

iIRC, Connelly and Bettany met while filming _A Beautiful Mind._

[@luisf2793]

Very ironic they both played Stark AIs

[@reesebn38]

I love this movie!! I saw it 7 times in the theater. Joe Johnson directed this movie. Marvel loved it too and wanted Captain America The First Avenger to have the same flavor so they hired Joe Johnson to make it. It also has one of the best soundtracks of all time.

[@flatebo1]

Timothy Dalton's Neville Sinclair is based on Errol Flynn, who was once accused of being a Nazi sympathizer. The Neville Sinclair movies mentioned are based on Errol Flynn movies - Wings of Honor is Dawn Patrol, The Laughing Bandit is Robin Hood.

[@chrismais]

Wait until you see the Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai across the 8th Dimension!

[@chrismais]

Peter Weller(Robocop), Clancy Brown, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin and Jeff Goldblum.

[@rjdalchow]

I saw that movie when it first came out. Was a HUGE steaming pile of dogshit.

[@mycroft16]

Oh God this film is a HUGE yes.

[@isaackellogg3493]

Oh my God for once I’m not the one shilling this movie! BBI Marineris, at your service.

[@SolidSnake8295]

I saw this movie on TV when I was 10 and Jennifer Connelly single handedly (no pun intended) jump started my puberty.

[@trayolphia5756]

@@samuelwilliams1619 blind ones?

[@Joe-hh8gd]

@@samuelwilliams1619 Considering i first saw her in Argento's Phenomena ( aka Creepers), my crush on her would have been inappropriate at the time.

[@taoist32]

@@Joe-hh8gd She was just a kid in that one. Same with Labyrinth, she was 14-15 in that one. Still had the baby fat that made her totally attractive in Career Opportunities.

[@oscarstainton]

I’m so glad you’re watching this!! The Rocketeer, Jumanji, October Sky, Hidalgo with Viggo Mortensen, and CA: The First Avenger are all underrated films and proof that Joe Johnston should have had a more prolific career.

[@markadams3976]

Agreed Hidalgo deserves so much more recognition.

[@MatthewPettyST1300]

October Sky............ a fantastic film based on a true story of a coal miners son becoming a NASA Rocket Engineer. Staring Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper , and Laura Dern. Very under rated but a true feel good movie.

[@PixelatedH2O]

He directed Honey, I Shrunk The Kids, one of my childhood favorites also, though his Hollywood career goes back to being part of the art department for Star Wars and Indiana Jones. Unfortunately he also directed Jurassic Park 3, but I can forgive him for that.

[@w41duvernay]

MORE? He had a pretty great career. I would say NO one was better doing period peaces.

[@DylanMadd]

“Hollywoodland” was a real estate company or area back in the old days. The sign was falling apart when some history lovers decided to make it a tourist thing & preserved the “Hollywood” part that you still see today.

[@DylanMadd]

@@JeVoudrais12 There’s just the one. Now anyway.

[@jonasfermefors]

Great matiné movie. Dalton is a classically schooled Shakespeare actor. It's a pity this didn't do better at the box office because I would have loved to see a sequel.

[@bond1j89]

no, no sequels its perfect as is.

[@snarkus63]

Trivia: The Bulldog Cafe, Cliff's favorite hangout, was an actual place in 1930s-era Los Angeles. It was little more than a food stand, but Dave Stevens, creator of the Rocketeer, put it in the original graphic novel. It was bulldozed sometime in the 60s.

[@MovieVigilante]

Another underrated hero movie you should check out is _The Phantom_ starring Billy Zane.

[@Dularr]

I was going to mention this one on the video.

[@jaeeproductions]

"The Phantom" is okay, but it is missing something.

[@MovieVigilante]

@@jaeeproductions Yeah, it's missing Jennifer Connelly.

[@markadams3976]

@@MovieVigilante but it has Catherine Zeta Jones looking great in the 30s fashions

[@MovieVigilante]

@@markadams3976 That's true.

[@LordVolkov]

I love the pulp revival of the 80's and 90's from Indiana Jones all the way to The Mummy. So many gems. For more Timothy Dalton, I suggest Hot Fuzz, Flash Gordon and his two Bond films (Living Daylights and License to Kill). And of course, everyone loves how gorgeous Jennifer Connelly is in her old Hollywood glam 😍. Just watch all of her movies. She's fantastic.

[@dan2007kohn]

He was awesome in Hot Fuzz!!!

[@bennywark3103]

I also found out Dalton played Rasalon in Doctor Who. I was shocked.

[@raniii652]

Jennifer just knocking people out with objects is funny as fuck💀😂😂

[@scottalynch]

For a younger Jennifer Connelly (and David Bowie), check out Labyrinth.

[@TimDownsAnimation]

Alan Arkin, the actor who plays Peevy, is a comedy LEGEND. I don't think he has ever played a character that didn't make me laugh out loud lol. One of his earliest big roles is in Catch-22, based on the novel. It's a brilliant dark comedy (and so is the original novel, which I recommend if you're looking for a good book).

[@ninjavigilante5311]

His son Adam arkin is a awesome actor as well.. he was great as Adam in the show northern exposure.

[@laustcawz2089]

Alan (who died a few days ago) starred in a TV movie in the '70s that's a pretty searing & compelling drama--nothing funny about it: "The Other Side Of Hell". A few years later, he starred in another film that's equal parts satire & family drama & was co-written by his son, Adam: "Improper Channels", available right here on youtube, but still never released on DVD or Blu-Ray.

[@steveross2649]

Probably for the same reasons you may not have heard of "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" or "Iron Skies"

[@Avalon19511]

How funny I just suggested Sky Captain to her on her twitter

[@mycroft16]

Iron Skies is brilliant.

[@defunctus408]

Speaking of Billy Zane, consider watching another classic comic strip movie The Phantom which also stars a young Catherine Zeta-Jones.

[@spoon7126]

Add The Shadow (1984) and the Mask of Zorro (1998) and you have the set of characters that inspired Batman.

[@jeremyfrost2636]

5:28 That’s Timothy Dalton, also known as James Bond. If you want to see Jennifer Connelly even younger, she’s a teen girl in Labyrinth. A childhood classic for a lot of ‘80s kids. 31:20 Fun fact... Eddie, the heavyset guy that just switched sides, has an amazing singing voice. Do some searches for Paul Sorvino singing. 42:00 Mandy Patinkin played Inigo Montoya.

[@tfpp1]

I just love the fact that Howard Hughes was played by "John Locke".

[@martinbraun1211]

Please watch "Short Circuit" (1986)!

[@Tuikkal]

"Nothing to it, Howard. Just basic aviation." Daaaamn Howard got burned :D

[@Blynat]

This was one of my favorite movies as a kid, along with the Back to the Future Trilogy.

[@lanemyer774]

you, sir, have an excellent taste 👌

[@shainewhite2781]

The theme from The Rocketeer was used in the trailer for Last Action Hero.

[@adarael]

The best love letter to 50s pulp and aerospace ever. I love that Howard Hughes created the rocket pack. Crazy as he was, he was a great influence on flight in California.

[@bobbuethe1477]

In the comic book, Peevy guessed that Howard Hughes invented the rocket pack, but there were big hints dropped in the story that the real inventor was pulp hero Doc Savage.

[@pokes404]

This movie was on my childhood playlist. Brings back a lot of good memories and is definitely a mostly-forgotten gem.

[@leewinstead917]

Especially fun to see the brilliant Alan Arkin such a fun role

[@TheRealRedAce]

"Arkin"

[@leewinstead917]

@@TheRealRedAce what I get for not double checking before hitting enter

[@Richard_Ashton]

When I was a little lad, my local cinema (The Wycliffe - if there's anyone from Moss Side, Manchester) had the black & white serial 'King Of The Rocketmen' was on every Saturday before the main feature. Alternated with the B&W versions of Batman and Flash Gordon. This movie was almost as good as those 15 minute serialisations.

[@comicscultureandcosplay2144]

Josh from The CCC Podcast here! So super happy you watched 'The Rocketeer'! One of my favorite films and also, the comic book its based on (written and drawn by the late Dave Stevens) is amazing too! Up up and away into adventure!

[@MagsonDare]

I love the soundtrack for this film too.

[@kevincleary]

If you don't recognize Timothy Dalton then may I suggest you watch another movie series by the name of James Bond. That would give you a lot of content for your channel. Also, I wouldn't miss seeing him in the hilarious movie Hot Fuzz...

[@Sara_Feingold]

Dalton was my favorite Bond :)

[@Bfdidc]

He goes way back. Other films include Flash Gordon and The Lion in Winter.

[@jimmorrish6771]

great actor, he was my 2nd fave character (after pasquinnel) in 'Centennial' a fantastic western mini series in the 70s

[@CaptainFrost32]

@@Bfdidc Recommend Flash Gordon...

[@matthalaboo6694]

Mary should watch the whole Cornetto Trilogy of Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and World's End

[@mr_chill77]

Thank you so much for reacting to this movie! I saw this in theaters as a kid and it's one of my absolute favorites. It's the perfect blend of adventure, humor, and the stylish 1930's Hollywood glamour. I do have to fast forward the scene where Cliff is at Neville and Jenny's table serving them soup and playing with the flowers though. It just makes me too uncomfortable.

[@shainewhite2781]

This was James Horner's first superhero movie he has done. And his second was The Amazing SPIDER MAN. He sadly passed away in a plane crash in 2014 at 62. If he were alive right now, he would have composed music for all the Marvel movies.

[@-k7228]

I loved the amazing Spider-Man score

[@bjchit]

BTW, the big farmer standing next to the farmer that says "big gopher" is Lothar without the monster makeup. Lothar's face was based on a real person, an actor from the same time frame at the movie's setting named Rondo Hatton, who suffered from Acromegaly.

[@vcancer]

Dave Steven is the writer and artist of the comic book that this is based off. He died at the young age of 53, but he did have a cameo in the movie. He was the German pilot that was testing the Rocketeer Rocket in the film and died when it blew up and he went up in flames. Jeniffer Connelly and Billy Campbell were engaged a little after the film but broke it off after about 5 years.

[@ceebee2]

SO GLAD YOU WATCHED THIS!!! It was one my childhood favorites and I dream of making a fan film of it!

[@MrTaskmaster11]

Don't know how many times I saw this as a kid. So glad you got to watch it!

[@marcusthompson650]

I see this as the perfect popcorn Saturday Matinee. So glad to see you smiling and laughing Mary

[@JLOFlix]

I am SO GLAD that you enjoyed this film! It's one of my all-time favorites!!

[@ODUBlue]

OH MY GOD!! 🤣 I saw this in the theatre as a kid and it was my favorite for a long time. Still love it, glad you did too!

[@billbabcock1833]

Your "I'm no pilot but you shouldn't have your windows open when you're that high up" made me laugh. No need to worry. Zepplins usually flew at about 1000 feet. 😀

[@maxgremln]

I can see how this film was a wonderful warm up for director Joe Johnston's most famous credit, Captain America: The First Avenger.

[@bobogus7559]

36:11 Yes, that sign did orignally read "HOLLYWOODLAND" when it was originally constructed in 1923 to advertise a nearby housing development with the same name. During its first major restoration in 1949, the "LAND" part was removed so that the sign reflected the name of the entire area rather than just that housing development.

[@MsCathrynC]

One of my all time favorite movies. Thanks for sharing it with us!

[@bad-people6510]

Not only did fire extinguishers exist in 1938, they had a hand-grenade version.

[@REfan]

OMG, you watched the Rocketeer! This is one of my favorite go-to's as a child!

[@sandramiller1988]

The Hollywood sign used to say “Hollywoodland”. The “land” part was taken off I believe in the late 40s. Hollywoodland was a real estate venture that was for sale in the 20s/30s and the sign was for advertising it. It became a cultural part of the entertainment industry over the years.

[@suhey34]

I haven't watched this in 25 years, thanks for reacting and putting it back on my radar.

[@Odinist]

It was fun watching you enjoy this :)

[@charliepotatoes001]

Check out “The Shadow” with Alec Baldwin.

[@PrinceIMC]

This, the Shadow and the Phantom are the best pulp movies of this era.

[@davidjejna9700]

This was one of my favorite childhood movies. Your right Mary this movie is a hidden gem. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@bad-people6510]

Yeah the Hollywood sign used to say "Hollywoodland." In reality though it just wasn't maintained for several decades and much of it fell apart. They started restoring it in the late 70s and just never put back up the "land" part.

[@joshuasantana685]

The late great James Horner composed in my opinion, the best score on the joy of aviation ever. Which is sadly ironic as he died flying his plane as he was an avid pilot. Every time I hear his song “Rocketeer to the Rescue”, I think about the strapping on wings and flying.

[@theelvenwtich]

This movie was a big deal to me as it was the first movie that namedropped my hometown of Redlands. It was the closest thing to feeling Hollywood, even growing up in Southern California.

[@IronicTonic8]

What a classic, I still remember seeing this in theaters with my family.

[@Aggiebrettman]

One of my favorite movies ever. Total tragedy that it got buried when there was a major shakeup of upper management in Disney (the new regime totally buried it to keep the previous regime from getting credit for a hit). SO great, and the music... THE MUSIC. ❤❤❤

[@AkaNovaChan]

No way! I was just thinking about this movie a lot yesterday! And about how handsome Billy Campbell was along with those relationship goals between Cliff and Jenny.

[@jeremyortiz2927]

Adam Savage (from Mythbusters) posted a video about the jetpack from this film (the stunt prop) at the same time you posted your video. Hell of a coincidence.

[@garyballard179]

Timothy Dalton played James Bond in a couple of movies. And the actor that played Lothar is a former basketball player with a very distinctive chin. He didn't need too much prosthetics to make that face work. The Hollywood sign was an advertisement for HollywoodLand, a neighborhood proposed for the hilltop. "Land" was dropped, but the city kept the rest of the sign in place.

[@glennwelsh9784]

The Rocketeer director also directed Captain America: The First Avenger. And yes, the HOLLYWOOD sign originally read HOLLYWOODLAND. True story.

[@Gealaiche]

I was so excited to see this come up this morning it's one of my favorite movies from the time, so under rated. Shame it never got a sequel....

[@najhoant]

The guy who directed this went on to direct the first Captain America movie because both had a similar WWII retro aesthetic

[@biguy617]

The villain is played by Timothy Dalton. He played James Bond in License to Kill and Living Daylights.

[@lobokurg2786]

Speaking of Billy Zane, this was one several comic book films of the early 90's that was based around some pulp era heroes. Billy Zane is in one called The Phantom, and there's another good one called The Shadow. At the time Dark Horse comics was trying to put together an Avengers style team with those heroes, the Rocketeer, The Green Hornet, and Zorro before they tragically went bankrupt and sold off most of those assets. As a result, the Green Hornet 90's film never happened because of legal disputes, and the Zorro film wasn't made until years later as a separate project starring a younger Antonio Banderas. All of the above are fun adventure films though.

[@JedHead77]

Timothy Dalton (Neville) played a great James Bond, IMO.

[@TheRealRedAce]

The best bond IMO

[@JedHead77]

@@TheRealRedAce I’d have preferred he was the Bond of the 80s. Never liked Moore’s version. Lazenby should’ve been the Bond of the 70s.

[@TheRealRedAce]

@@JedHead77 I wasn't a fan of Lazenby's version either. Apparently, neither is Lazenby!

[@JedHead77]

@@TheRealRedAce Well, he was better in the action scenes (since he was a student of Bruce Lee), and he showed both Bond’s fierceness and vulnerability. Moore was unconvincing as a fighter, as he was an admitted pacifist.

[@prltqdf9]

One of the last great good-old-style adventure movies. I love this movie to death. Just watched The Rocketeer again two days ago.

[@jeremyadams1521]

First movie I saw in the theater without parents… holds a special place in my heart. And it’s wonderful 😃

[@richardzinns5314]

I absolutely love this movie! I see that a lot of commenters have mentioned Timothy Dalton's performance in Flash Gordon, which I highly recommend -- it's a supporting role, but a really fun movie, and I thought at the time (and still think) that Dalton's performance was patterned after Errol Flynn, just not as explicitly so as in The Rocketeer. If you're interested, you can also see him in a 1985 arthouse picture called The Doctor and the Devils, based on the Dylan Thomas play about the Burke and Hare case (with all of the names changed to protect the guilty) -- about two enterprising early Victorian grave robbers who realized that the most efficient way to procure really fresh cadavers to supply to the doctor (played by Dalton) is to make their own, and who murdered several people before they were caught. The case put an end to laws that radically restricted the sources from which doctors could obtain corpses for medical study, and thus also put an end to grave robbing. By the way, I didn't see any other comments mention it, but Bill Campbell also had a significant role, one year after The Rocketeer, in Francis Ford Coppola's movie entitled Bram Stoker's Dracula.

[@soloed28]

I watched the Rocketeer in the cinema when it was released, and it's wonderful film. :)

[@stefanlaskowski6660]

First film I ever saw Jennifer Connally in. Man, she was stunning! 😍

[@willisryan4576]

A mix of Billy Zane and Brendan Fraser - I've never heard a more apt comparison, that's exactly who he is hahaha . Director of Captain America: The First Avenger did this movie.

[@leewinstead917]

This has always been one of my comfort movies recalling a simpler time

[@Falconer1128]

Mary: who does he think he is, Inigo Mintoya? Me: spit take my Pepsi all over the wall. And then she does Elton John when Rocketman is mentioned! Epic Mary! That was awesome. That is the first thing that popped into my head too. Love your channel, Mary! So happy you did this movie. One of my all time favorites.

[@chrisstasuk9962]

Another cool choice in the 30's pulp style hero movie is The Shadow...one of my favs lol

[@JamesASharp]

Wow! Another classic from my childhood. 😎

[@Logan_Baron]

Jennifer Connely is obviously gorgeous, but her looks so perfectly fit this era.

[@dustyb58]

I saw this when it came out with my friend and my older brother... I took nothing from it other than how cool it'd be to fly around. My friend and I used to try to draw him

[@SirPaladin]

in the comic this was based on, Jenny was actually named "Betty" and she was a nude model (a reference to actual pinup girl Bettie Page). Obviously that wouldn't fly for a Disney movie though....

[@michaelcarey3953]

All-time underrated classic movie. Set the stage for so many future superhero characters and their movies

[@bidwell13]

I loved this movie growing up. Of course had a crush on Jennifer Connelly. Howard Hughes was famous in the aviation world. He made a big plane called the Spruce Goose. He built it out of wood and it was supposed to be used for the war to help transport stuff over seas but he didn’t get it completed in time. That is interesting to read about. The big guy that folded people in half was played by Tiny Ron Taylor and they used some prosthetics to accentuate his features. He was in Ace Ventura Pet Detective, some Star Trek tv shows, Roadhouse with Patrick Swayze and the first Naked Gun movie. The flying balloon at the park end was a Zeppelin similar to the Hindenburg air ship that used hydrogen fuel to fill the balloon.

[@Ghost8386]

30 years later I still love this movie.

[@suicunesolsan]

Didn't expect this one! I rented this on VHS from my local video store in the 90s. It's fun, but doesn't take enough risks IMO. The special effects are good for the time though.

[@nitrokid]

"How have I never heard of Rocketeer?" Well, I guess the same way you hadn't got the idea that Henry Cavill played Superman XD

[@Faroutamazingadventures]

Me and my brother and sister went to go see it when it first came out in theaters back in 1991. It was amazing. That Nazi actor was Timothy Dalton- he played a 007 several times as well as many other movies

[@mparantha]

one of my fave movies when I was a kid!

[@jem8472]

I remember going to see this at the cinema with my brother, cousin and grandma. I would have been 8 at the time. I really enjoyed it and to be honest I am surprised that it has not been remade yet.