![]() Jennifer Connelly as the Betty Page-ish love interest … again perfect casting here as Connelly could easily belong in this era with her raven hair and voluptuous figure. Just like Sorvino as the mob boss, O’Quinn looked like he literally stepped out of that era. In fact when I watched The Aviator, I often thought how good O’Quinn was in the role. Terry O’Quinn as Howard Hughes … Forget Leo DiCaprio in the Scorsese’s movie, I think O’Quinn makes for a much more believable and compelling aviation mogul. Perhaps that could be the reason his career did not um skyrocket, pardon the pun, after this movie’s release. Yet he just lacks the palpable charisma against someone like Dalton so he ends up being upstaged by him and the other supporting cast here. Now, Billy Campbell has the tall, dashing looks and certain likable quality to pull off the heroic protagonist, and he has a nice, sincere chemistry with Connelly. When I saw this film in high school, I didn’t come out of the theater having a crush on the hero, but it’s Dalton’s Errol Flynn-personified Sinclair that left an indelible mark in me. I’ve dedicated a whole post just on his character last year in his honor. Timothy Dalton as Neville Sinclair… Dalton steals every scene he’s in and as he’s one of the major reasons I LOVE this movie. Billy Campbell with Alan Arkin The awesome cast It’s a classic ‘regular-guy-turned-unlikely-hero’ story we all know and love. Our hero The Rocketeer is Cliff Secord, a young stunt pilot who stumbles upon a top secret prototype jetpack that allows him to fly. Here are some of the reasons why I LOVE this wildly underrated movie: The storylineīased on a comic book by Dave Stevens in the early 80s, the story is set in late 1930s L.A. In any case, now that it’s available on Blu-ray, I hope more people would see it. #Smashing four rocketeer movieI blame that on marketing campaign as the reviews were generally favorable, even Peter Travers Rolling Stone Magazine called it “ The Rocketeer is more than one of the best films of the summer it’s the kind of movie magic that we don’t see much anymore,” he continued, “the kind that charms us, rather than bullying us, into suspending disbelief. It’s mind-boggling to me why this movie failed to ignite at the box office, grossing only $46 million domestically. We both were fans of adventure movies like Indiana Jones and this was so much in the same vein. I can’t wait to re-watch it this weekend and re-live the excitement I had the first time I saw it on the big screen with my big brother. I’m dismayed that there are NO special features whatsoever which is just so lame, I mean to call it a ’20th Anniversary Special Edition’ with nothing but the trailer is just cruel!īut I suppose for die hard fans like me and Marc who are super excited for this release, I guess this will have to do. I’ve been waiting for this movie for so long and finally Disney released the BD on it’s 20th Anniversary. I find Smashing Four is much more enjoyable when I approach the game (and the community) from this angle.A few days ago, the Blu-ray version of The Rocketeer arrived in the mail. But now, I just do my best to ignore them and remain positive. I’ll admit, I’ve even been guilty of feeding into these people and arguing with them in the past. Of course, there’s always going to be players who will cry and complain no matter what a particular game company does. When you pair the Seasonal Rewards with the newly introduced Challenge Rewards and also add any regularly obtained orbs/ cards into the mix, I feel that progression should be pretty on-point. Of course, it would be awesome if the seasons were spaced closer together, but I honestly don’t feel that would be good for progression or work well with the new challenge mode that has been introduced in version 1.4. In comparison with some of the other ‘card-based’ games I’ve played recently (namely Flick Arena), the Seasonal Rewards in Smashing Four are actually quite generous. They seem to think that the rewards are too small, or the seasons are too far apart, or both. If you are always being letdown or being angered by a video game, wouldn’t you think they’d just eventually quit? It’s generally the same 5 or 7 players that constantly cry and complain and at some point you just have to wonder if it’s even worth it to keep playing. However, I have seen a few players in the community complaining about the Seasonal Rewards (mostly or Reddit). I was pretty pleased with this particular orb and actually and all-in-all, I’ve been pretty happy with all the seasonal rewards I’ve received to-date. ![]()
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