‘The Rocketeer’ returns to El Capitan with cast and crew
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EvilRocketeer
Master Member
:lol nah, its barely a foot tall....It is a nice piece, however price is way too high.....
I am pretty sure it is about the same size as my production model
see pics here....I actually updated it a day or so ago with my new layout
http://www.therpf.com/f9/my-rocketeer-collection-aka-my-finhead-obsession-update-6-21-a-80659/
EvilRocketeer
Master Member
By my reckoning Evil Rocketeer, JayPHX, Utinni, and I are attending.
Guess I'll look for Utinni in his Rocketeer jacket so I can say "Hey!"
rocketbobs will be there as well.....
I should be easily noticeable as well. If not then ask utinni to point me out..
sesl
Active Member
That's could almost be considered a pilgrimage. :lol
I'm not familiar with the drive from Arizona but just letting you know that I drive that area just about every day for work and the north bound traffic on the 101 can get pretty knarly around that time.
...and yes I just used the word knarly.
JayPHX
Active Member
Yeah, it's a wee bit farther than my regular commute, but how could I possibly miss this? I'm showing up earlier in the day to check out a few things so hopefully traffic won't interfere until the end. Maybe I'll have time to swing by Staples and pick up some "Hi my name is" badges
EvilRocketeer
Master Member
i still have my prop party username badge
but i wouldnt wear it haha......
i was hoping to check out the griffith observatory before the screening but all depends on traffic
but i wouldnt wear it haha......
i was hoping to check out the griffith observatory before the screening but all depends on traffic
dualedge
Sr Member
:lol
If I happen to come across something with a cheap "buy it now" that goes up during that timeframe, I'll be sure to try to nab it. However, I'd be surprised if Mike isn't sitting in the theater during the movie bidding against me even then. He's evil that way
:lol It's all good though... I think of it as how he's saved me from getting in trouble with the wife. :lol Looking forward to hearing reports on Wednesday!
dualedge
Sr Member
Yeah, it'd be weird to have a sequel or a reboot. I'd have been all for a sequel 15 years ago with the original cast but not so much now and I dunno about a reboot... I guess when you're a pretty hardcore fan of a movie, any kind of reboot will never be able to compare to the original though it would have been pretty sweet to see the Rocketeer fighting some Nazi rocketmen... Knowing Disney now though, I'm sure they'd go the Marvel route and have him fight "Hydra" style rocketmen. I doubt they'd mention the word Nazi or use the swastika even on a bad guy these days.
Dave told me when I met him at DragonCon that he and Joe Johnston both lobbied to keep the film a bit darker... He said they weren't trying to make the movie "dark" per se, just keep in some slightly darker elements. I believe one of the things he was referring to was a scene that was cut in-between when Cliff leaves the Bulldog Cafe and lands at the South Seas Club where he saves a woman from getting mugged in an alley... or something to that effect. I think they both wanted to keep that scene in and Disney wouldn't let them.
I think the thing with the rocketpack that I think you (?) mentioned before must have something to do with the movie and comic rights. You never see the movie style rocketpack in the comics or the comic style rocketpack in movie merchandise so it's got to have something to do with the division of intellectual property...
Calufrax
Well-Known Member
I was at the El Capitan on the opening night 20 years ago, which if I remember correctly was the first night the theater was open after it's refurbishing by Disney.
I don't remember much of a line outside the box office for the film and I can't remember if the place was really packed or not. I do remember though it was a great theatrical experience because the screen at least that night had more than one set of curtains that went up and parted and some of it was all shimmering like out of the 1930's movie-house fantasy which the crowd went nuts for. My memory is that there was a fanfare like "Hooray for Hollywood" that played when the curtains did their magic but closing my eyes and trying to remember it all is a little dim two decades later. Seems like a set of curtains red opened horizontally, shimmering curtains behind that went up, and I think there was maybe one of those kind of curtains that rose with strings in it ever few feet that gives that big ruffled look, though I don't know what that's called. I think when they went up there was some previews and such and then one or some of the curtains closed again lights playing their surfaces very briefly and the whole thing went through the curtains rising with fanfare and then the film started to cheering.
I know that sounds perhaps rather dull to hear me recall it, but believe me I had never seen anything like that before and I thought it was awesome. I wonder if they still do that? I'm trying to think if I saw other movies there afterward, but I just can't remember and I moved away from California after the 94 quakes so this is a long ago memory for me.
Now this is the weird thing. I look in on RPF from time to time, but don't read every day, so I missed this thread until today. Last night I placed DVD roulette with myself reaching into my DVD collection to pick something out to watch; close eyes and grab. Yep, "The Rocketeer". Hadn't watched it in forever and when I was done, I thought I'd hit the special features which on my version is just the trailer. I goggled at the screen when it said "Opens June 21" and I turned the box over, yep 1991. Had to look at the calender, yep after midnight so it was the 21st of June when I was watching that. Not too often to have a weird coincidence like that.
I wish I could be there and do it all over again tonight, but I'm half a country away. I hope it's as good a time as the opening night was. I really loved this movie.
Whoop it up for all the fin-head fans like me who can't be there.
I don't remember much of a line outside the box office for the film and I can't remember if the place was really packed or not. I do remember though it was a great theatrical experience because the screen at least that night had more than one set of curtains that went up and parted and some of it was all shimmering like out of the 1930's movie-house fantasy which the crowd went nuts for. My memory is that there was a fanfare like "Hooray for Hollywood" that played when the curtains did their magic but closing my eyes and trying to remember it all is a little dim two decades later. Seems like a set of curtains red opened horizontally, shimmering curtains behind that went up, and I think there was maybe one of those kind of curtains that rose with strings in it ever few feet that gives that big ruffled look, though I don't know what that's called. I think when they went up there was some previews and such and then one or some of the curtains closed again lights playing their surfaces very briefly and the whole thing went through the curtains rising with fanfare and then the film started to cheering.
I know that sounds perhaps rather dull to hear me recall it, but believe me I had never seen anything like that before and I thought it was awesome. I wonder if they still do that? I'm trying to think if I saw other movies there afterward, but I just can't remember and I moved away from California after the 94 quakes so this is a long ago memory for me.
Now this is the weird thing. I look in on RPF from time to time, but don't read every day, so I missed this thread until today. Last night I placed DVD roulette with myself reaching into my DVD collection to pick something out to watch; close eyes and grab. Yep, "The Rocketeer". Hadn't watched it in forever and when I was done, I thought I'd hit the special features which on my version is just the trailer. I goggled at the screen when it said "Opens June 21" and I turned the box over, yep 1991. Had to look at the calender, yep after midnight so it was the 21st of June when I was watching that. Not too often to have a weird coincidence like that.
I wish I could be there and do it all over again tonight, but I'm half a country away. I hope it's as good a time as the opening night was. I really loved this movie.
Whoop it up for all the fin-head fans like me who can't be there.
Utinni
Sr Member
I'm in Irvine at the moment and will be heading up shortly just to get in the area early. I may or may not have my jacket on since it was pretty warm last night. If I don't have it on, I'll be wearing a brown bowling type shirt with a WWII style pin-up on the back.
I'm gonna bring my gauntlets and see if I can get Bill's autograph on one!
See ya guys there!
- Jeff
I'm gonna bring my gauntlets and see if I can get Bill's autograph on one!
See ya guys there!
- Jeff
thomdave
Well-Known Member
Jeff, et al.,
I'm wearing a red Nike LiveStrong shirt and white jeans.
See y'all in a bit!
Thom
People should have printed chest size copies of their avatars and worn them.
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