Disney owns Marvel now, right?

[trinityvixen]

It's the 20th anniversary of The Rocketeer movie? And some French animation studio made a short to celebrate it that is ding-dong-adorable, you say? D'awwww.

I remember really liking The Rocketeer as a kid. It's one of those movies that, though I don't love it so much now, I can pinpoint it as being part of a general geek awakening. I grew up watching Star Wars and it was so ubiquitous in our house that I just didn't realize that liking Star Wars made you a geek. But movies like The Rocketeer that arrive with almost no fanfare (that I was aware of) and don't seem especially mainstream (whatever its production pedigree) that entirely transported me as a kid? Those are the ones I can look back on and say, "Yep, I was always going to be a geek." Because I really liked The Rocketeer and thought it was just about the awesomest thing ever. Of course, I thought the Billy Zane Phantom movie was about the neatest thing ever, too, proving that a burgeoning geek can survive on bad comic book movies for just as long as it takes Hollywood to make better ones. (Adult me wishes she still liked the bad ones more. Then things like Catwoman would hurt me less.)

One thing I noticed, though, is how similar the helmet from The Rocketeer is to the one on the Iron Monger suit from Iron Man. I immediately began to wonder if the rocket pack was some half-forgotten Stark Industries product. And then I was thinking crossover. And then I wondered about the rights issues. And then I remembered that Disney and Marvel, like, merged, and this is a thing that could have happened. Wow.

Comments

[equustel.livejournal.com]

HA. When I first saw the Iron Monger helmet, I immediately thought "Rocketeer!" too. It's still one of my all-time favorite movies. I completely adore it. My brother and I probably watched it close to a hundred times when we first got the VHS. I don't know, it's just so classic Hollywood; I love The Mask of Zorro for the same reasons. They're both examples of the classy, non-CGI, slightly-tongue-in-cheek-but-still-dramatic ADVENTURE! filmmaking I sorely miss.

I'm surprised (and pleased) Disney is finally giving the film some love, what with the big 20th Anniversary celebration they recently had at the El Capitan, and rumors of a Blu-ray, FINALLY. (Look, I understand people not caring about Blu-ray as a format, but the DVD transfer is utter SHIT and I've long raged at Disney for ignoring it. Looks like they were just waiting to be able to say "20th Anniversary!" and plaster it all over the marketing. Heh.)

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

You know, The Mask of Zorro is an entirely serviceable movie. It's fun, light-hearted, and it doesn't ask to be taken more seriously than it deserves, and that is fine. I don't ask that every movie be tortured brilliance. In fact, the more fun something is--and knows it!--the better it is to me. It's like how X-Men: First Class is the better movie, but Thor is the one I'll probably rewatch more often because I cracked the fuck up when Natalie Portman hit him the second time with the car. I cannot ever stop laughing at that. We're allowed to have fun at the movies!

I would love to see The Rocketeer again. It's really been too long. I hope Disney is good to it.