TMR 021 – The Rocketeer
Episode description
The Rocketeer (1991)
d. Joe Johnston
Starring:
Billy Campbell
Jennifer Connelly
Timothy Dalton
Alan Arkin
Paul Sorvino
This week on TMR, we flash back to the Art Deco past and get into a big fight about... well, exactly what Art Deco is. A movie about a remarkably mentally healthy Howard Hughes; angelic, heavenly creature Jennifer Connelly; an underrated James Bond turns in an underrated villain performance; and huge Nazi blimps fly over Los Angeles and NO ONE EVEN NOTICES. We watched 1991's would-be franchise beginning "The Rocketeer."
Cliff Secord (Bill Campbell) is a cocky stunt pilot in love with a beautiful actress, Jenny Blake (Jennifer Connelly). When he discovers a jet pack hidden in a biplane, Cliff straps on the rocket, dons a flashy helmet and becomes the high-flying hero known as The Rocketeer. But when Nazis want to use the rocket as a weapon, Cliff must use his alter ego to both protect Jenny from an evil actor (Timothy Dalton) and save the day in this period adventure based on the comic books by Dave Stevens.
Things discussed in the show:
The Revenant - Leonard DiCaprio, Tom Hardy
Citizen Kane, The African Queen, Taxi Driver
David Lindelof - Lost, Prometheus
Deadwood - David Milch, Timothy Olyphant
The Rocketeer (comic) - Betty Paige
Rick and Morty - Back to the Future
Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula
Kevin Costner, Matthew Modine, Dennis Quaid, Kurt Russell, Bill Pullman, Bill Paxton, Johnny Depp, Emilio Estevez
Darren Aronofsky - Pi, Requiem for Dream
Margo Martindale, Clint Howard, Terry O'Quinn, Melora Hardin (The Office), Paul Sorvino, John Polito
Steampunk, Diesel-punk, Cyberpunk - Abraham Lincoln with a gatling gun arm
Fighter planes - the Allison engine, F-4 Corsair, P40 Tomahawk
Nazi rocketmen propaganda film
Iron Man, The Punisher, Captain America, Hawkeye, Batman, The Joker, Bane
Next week: The Goonies