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Fun fact: this officially wins the silver medal in the "most-damned episode" category. (Titanic still has the gold.) A lot of things went wrong in the data portion of my job on this one, and only now, a day late and a buck short, do you finally get to enjoy it.
It's a fun episode, though, so we'll call it a win.
More "damned" than Prometheus, Teague?
I think the fact it was a Disney movie, back before Disney meant action film, had a lot to do with its failure. I know it kept me away. The trailer just looks... well, it screams TV movie 
I hadn't realized they changed the main female character. In the book, it's Betty Page, as the artist was one of those responsible for bringing her back into the spotlight in the early 80's. He was a pinup artist more than an illustrator, one reason there are so few Rocketeer comics by him. Jennifer Connelly is beautiful, but she's no Betty Page.
Bell in Buffalo developed early jetpacks. There was one at the Buffalo science museum awhile ago, which it seems is owned by the University of Buffalo. You can see it in action in the 70's kids TV series Ark II. Fun fact from the documentary on the Ark II DVDs: it only had around 30 seconds of fuel. When there was 10 seconds of flying time left, something started whacking you on the head telling you to get the fuck on the ground NOW. You didn't want to run out 100 feet up.
It may also come from the fact there aren't rescue helicopters at Everest. If it was possible, the thinking goes, there would be. Obviously there are a ton of other factors.
OK, about the Nazi compound. Why the hell did they think Hitler would need a HQ on the WEST coast? Can you imagine Germany trying to send a D-Day sized invasion force, plus all its supplies and re-enforcements, first TO the Pacific ocean, then across it? I think they just wanted a place to drink and bring their women.
It was a cunning plan, crazy like a fox!
It was just crazy enough to work... and they would have gotten away with it too if it weren't for them meddlin kids.
They've recently fenced in Murphy Ranch much more than it used to be. I went with a group in October and everything was fairly accessible, but a friend and I went there just a month or so ago and it was much more locked down. We still got into one building (the one before the water tank), but the rest of it was inaccessible.
Always been a fan of The Rocketeer, good to see it getting some love
lol, what are you doing, commentary?
I remember there was a big marketing push for this movie when it came out (at least geared towards 11-year-old me) - and I was stoked to see it. I even think I was the Rocketeer that year for Halloween (or was it Darkman?) Anyway, loved it at the time, but watched it recently and it bored me to tears. It's just not a fun movie to watch.
Yeah, I'm not really in the "Rocketeer is awesome," camp. Not that is not without its merits, but I wouldn't put it anywhere near Raiders. Harmless movie though.
I loved this episode. I got a big kick out of your off-topic, free-form blues-jazz (wait, no, jazz-blues) odyssey.
OK, IDK why anybody would even think this, but Jennifer Connelly DID NOT have a breast reduction! If yo look at her in this movie, even, she isn't that big. The only time she looks large, is when she is in a role where she has gained a little weight, because if you know anything about women, those things expand and contract as her dress size changes. If you are married, or just have a girlfriend that has been pregnant, you would she this dramatically. Sure they get bigger because of the milk thing, but allot of it is due to the extra fat that a woman gains.
My wife has a very large B-Size, but over the last 15 yrs I have known her, she has been on diets, and before that was pregnant with our daughter. They have been down to a 32D, up To a 36EE, now back down to a 38DDD.
The only actress that is confirmed for sure that had a breast reduction is the Punky Brewster girl.
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Yeah, was a real bummer that like, any time was spent talking about that.
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In the beginning god created Jennifer Connelly. Jennifer connelly was without form and void, and the Spirit of God was over the face of her. And God said, "Let there be boobs," and there were boobs. And God saw that the boobs were good; and God separated the boobs from one another..... On the final Day, God finished the Jennifer Connelly, and he spoke onto her. "Jennifer Connelly, thou shalt go forth and bring erections to all men, cause jealousy in most women, sharing thine divine beauty with the world. Thine skin shall radiate unknown powers amongst men, causing teeny spots upon thine pants, and they shall go away ashamed, but knowest thou that thine powers be used for good. Especially in "The Hot Spot". And Jennifer Connelly said, "Kay."
I think my interpretation of what you said and then your interpretation of what I said were both inaccurate.
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