Author Topic: "Rocketeer" in HD on Free OnDemand Movies on Comcast... (Read 3211 times)

Manedwolf · « **on:** January 19, 2008, 05:47:26 AM »

If anyone's got Comcast HD, they just added "The Rocketeer" to their free movies for a few months.

Still one of my favorite movies. Idealized 1938, a younger Jennifer Connely, screen-filling Zeppelins, dinner clubs with torch singers in long gloves, Nazi spies and a captured propaganda film, Howard Hughes and a secret invention, g-men and gangsters, and some truly beautiful flying sequences. And one of James Horner's best orchestral scores. What else could you want?

Brad Johnson · « **Reply #1 on:** January 19, 2008, 12:21:48 PM »

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What else could you want?

Uh oh. Questions like that to this bunch could be dangerous.

Brad

Mabs2 · « **Reply #2 on:** January 19, 2008, 12:48:49 PM »

Want me to come up with a list? I'll get back to you later...

Matthew Carberry · « **Reply #3 on:** January 19, 2008, 02:31:19 PM »

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Still one of my favorite movies. Idealized 1938, a younger Jennifer Connely, screen-filling Zeppelins,...

One of my favorites too.

Especially due to Jennifer Connely's screen-filling zeppelins.

grin

Tecumseh · « **Reply #4 on:** January 19, 2008, 03:15:13 PM »

Quote from: carebear on January 19, 2008, 01:31:19 PM

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Still one of my favorite movies. Idealized 1938, a younger Jennifer Connely, screen-filling Zeppelins,...

One of my favorites too.

Especially due to Jennifer Connely's screen-filling zeppelins.

grin

Maybe it was my Christian upbringing, but I was under the impression that you should not degrade women like this.

Tecumseh · « **Reply #5 on:** January 19, 2008, 03:15:59 PM »

Quote from: Manedwolf on January 19, 2008, 04:47:26 AM

If anyone's got Comcast HD, they just added "The Rocketeer" to their free movies for a few months.

Still one of my favorite movies. Idealized 1938, a younger Jennifer Connely, screen-filling Zeppelins, dinner clubs with torch singers in long gloves, Nazi spies and a captured propaganda film, Howard Hughes and a secret invention, g-men and gangsters, and some truly beautiful flying sequences. And one of James Horner's best orchestral scores. What else could you want?

It was an ok movie. I thought it could have been better. But I have to admit that it has been years since I last saw it.

Matthew Carberry · « **Reply #6 on:** January 19, 2008, 04:49:16 PM »

Quote from: Tecumseh on January 19, 2008, 02:15:13 PM

Quote from: carebear on January 19, 2008, 01:31:19 PM

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Still one of my favorite movies. Idealized 1938, a younger Jennifer Connely, screen-filling Zeppelins,...

One of my favorites too.

Especially due to Jennifer Connely's screen-filling zeppelins.

grin

Maybe it was my Christian upbringing, but I was under the impression that you should not degrade women like this.

First off, I thought you weren't a Christian and only referred to Christianity when you were trying (usually unsuccessfully) to throw out "winning" (in your own mind) zingers (based on strawmen positions of actual doctrine) at those who are.

Secondly, Jennifer Connelly has been blessed with a nice rack, the noticing of which does nothing to contradict appreciation of her skill as an actress nor worth as a person. It's called complexity of thought, you might try it sometime.

rolleyes

seeker_two · « **Reply #7 on:** January 20, 2008, 04:21:50 AM »

Quote from: Manedwolf on January 19, 2008, 04:47:26 AM

What else could you want?

Sharks with laser beams attached to their heads?..... cool

Brad Johnson · « **Reply #8 on:** January 21, 2008, 08:21:17 AM »

Quote from: seeker_two on January 20, 2008, 03:21:50 AM

Quote from: Manedwolf on January 19, 2008, 04:47:26 AM

What else could you want?

Sharks with laser beams attached to their heads?..... cool

Shouldn't that be frikkin' sharks with frikkin' laser beams attached to their heads?

Brad

seeker_two · « **Reply #9 on:** January 21, 2008, 11:48:00 AM »

Quote from: Brad Johnson on January 21, 2008, 07:21:17 AM

Quote from: seeker_two on January 20, 2008, 03:21:50 AM

Quote from: Manedwolf on January 19, 2008, 04:47:26 AM

What else could you want?

Sharks with laser beams attached to their heads?..... cool

Shouldn't that be frikkin' sharks with frikkin' laser beams attached to their heads?

Brad

Nope. It's Disney, after all.... grin

Brad Johnson · « **Reply #10 on:** January 21, 2008, 11:56:15 AM »

Oh. My bad.

Brad

MechAg94 · « **Reply #11 on:** January 22, 2008, 05:39:30 AM »

Quote from: Tecumseh on January 19, 2008, 02:15:13 PM

Quote from: carebear on January 19, 2008, 01:31:19 PM

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Still one of my favorite movies. Idealized 1938, a younger Jennifer Connely, screen-filling Zeppelins,...

One of my favorites too.

Especially due to Jennifer Connely's screen-filling zeppelins.

grin

Maybe it was my Christian upbringing, but I was under the impression that you should not degrade women like this.

Appreciation of her natural assets is not degrading IMO.
Anyway, she did more to accomplish that herself in some of the other movies she has done.

BrokenPaw · « **Reply #12 on:** January 22, 2008, 06:34:49 AM »

With respect to Comcast's HD service: I've tried it a number of times, and it's been a disappointment every single time; the audio and the video are always unsynced to a greater or lesser extent, and HD is meaningless when it looks like a badly-dubbed martial-arts movie.

I recently added a receiver to my home theatre that (incidental to the reasons I actually bought it) will insert a delay-loop into the audio to correct for this, but that's more or less beside the point; I shouldn't have to futz with the receiver to correct inadequacies in Comcast's delivery.

Has anyone else seen this issue?

-BP

Manedwolf · « **Reply #13 on:** January 22, 2008, 06:43:08 AM »

Quote from: BrokenPaw on January 22, 2008, 05:34:49 AM

With respect to Comcast's HD service: I've tried it a number of times, and it's been a disappointment every single time; the audio and the video are always unsynced to a greater or lesser extent, and HD is meaningless when it looks like a badly-dubbed martial-arts movie.

I recently added a receiver to my home theatre that (incidental to the reasons I actually bought it) will insert a delay-loop into the audio to correct for this, but that's more or less beside the point; I shouldn't have to futz with the receiver to correct inadequacies in Comcast's delivery.

Has anyone else seen this issue?

-BP

Nope. I have the latest model of Hitachi HD unit, and it's fine for me. I've heard of that issue with the older HD units, which were apparently crap. Maybe ask them for a new box?

BrokenPaw · « **Reply #14 on:** January 22, 2008, 07:06:36 AM »

I've got the Scientific Atlanta HD Explorer 8, and the rumors are true: It is a piece of crap. It's on its last legs, too. The only reason I haven't asked them for a new box yet is that BrokenMa has about 10 hours worth of pottery-class programs on the DVR that we haven't got 'round to copying to DVD yet.

-BP

Tecumseh · « **Reply #15 on:** January 22, 2008, 06:15:44 PM »

Quote from: MechAg94 on January 22, 2008, 04:39:30 AM

Quote from: Tecumseh on January 19, 2008, 02:15:13 PM

Quote from: carebear on January 19, 2008, 01:31:19 PM

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Still one of my favorite movies. Idealized 1938, a younger Jennifer Connely, screen-filling Zeppelins,...

One of my favorites too.

Especially due to Jennifer Connely's screen-filling zeppelins.

grin

Maybe it was my Christian upbringing, but I was under the impression that you should not degrade women like this.

Appreciation of her natural assets is not degrading IMO.
Anyway, she did more to accomplish that herself in some of the other movies she has done.

So if I started to appreciate your mother's assets that would be ok? Or I started talking about your daughter, that would be ok?

Tecumseh · « **Reply #16 on:** January 22, 2008, 06:18:14 PM »

Quote from: carebear on January 19, 2008, 03:49:16 PM

Quote from: Tecumseh on January 19, 2008, 02:15:13 PM

Quote from: carebear on January 19, 2008, 01:31:19 PM

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Still one of my favorite movies. Idealized 1938, a younger Jennifer Connely, screen-filling Zeppelins,...

One of my favorites too.

Especially due to Jennifer Connely's screen-filling zeppelins.

grin

Maybe it was my Christian upbringing, but I was under the impression that you should not degrade women like this.

First off, I thought you weren't a Christian and only referred to Christianity when you were trying (usually unsuccessfully) to throw out "winning" (in your own mind) zingers (based on strawmen positions of actual doctrine) at those who are.

Secondly, Jennifer Connelly has been blessed with a nice rack, the noticing of which does nothing to contradict appreciation of her skill as an actress nor worth as a person. It's called complexity of thought, you might try it sometime.

rolleyes

I am a Christian. I was raised a Christian. Me and 'Lil Baby Jesus is pals. I just dont think it is approrpriate to talk about women in a degrading manner. As I have asked others, would you be ok if we started talking about your wife or daughter? What about your mother?

I am sorry but chauvinism is pretty disgusting. I will pray to 'Lil Baby Jesus about this.

MechAg94 · « **Reply #17 on:** January 23, 2008, 06:07:00 AM »

No offense, but no one in my immediate family has done nudity in movies and done a number of grocery store mag pictorials showing off said assets. As a completely separate issue from that discussed above: It is generally considered inappropriate to discuss said assets with a spouse or family member beyond the most general terms. That is not at all the same as commenting on a 3rd party who has put themselves in the media.

MechAg94 · « **Reply #18 on:** January 23, 2008, 06:09:47 AM »

Back to the subject. I liked Rocketeer. I might have to get that DVD.

Manedwolf · « **Reply #19 on:** January 23, 2008, 06:43:26 AM »

Quote from: MechAg94 on January 23, 2008, 05:09:47 AM

Back to the subject. I liked Rocketeer. I might have to get that DVD.

I don't know if it's out in an HD format yet...which is why I was so pleased by this. It looked WAY better than the DVD I have.

Matthew Carberry · « **Reply #20 on:** January 23, 2008, 09:06:34 AM »

Quote from: Tecumseh on January 22, 2008, 05:15:44 PM

Quote from: MechAg94 on January 22, 2008, 04:39:30 AM

Quote from: Tecumseh on January 19, 2008, 02:15:13 PM

Quote from: carebear on January 19, 2008, 01:31:19 PM

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Still one of my favorite movies. Idealized 1938, a younger Jennifer Connely, screen-filling Zeppelins,...

One of my favorites too.

Especially due to Jennifer Connely's screen-filling zeppelins.

grin

Maybe it was my Christian upbringing, but I was under the impression that you should not degrade women like this.

Appreciation of her natural assets is not degrading IMO.
Anyway, she did more to accomplish that herself in some of the other movies she has done.

So if I started to appreciate your mother's assets that would be ok? Or I started talking about your daughter, that would be ok?

Depends on the context, situation and intent (humor being a factor) of your comments.

Context-wise, are my mom and daughter actresses, part of their qualification for such job being their physical appearance? Have they willingly done multiple nude scenes in movies?

That would kinda effect my response to a funny bit of word-play referencing an obvious physical trait, especially if it is one that has been noted, along with their talent, since early in their career.

I'm assuming your comment wouldn't directly refer to performing any kind of sexual act or include any profanity of course.

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