The Rocketeer - Vintage Trailer

[squishy64wii]

this is the 1991 movie. It's not from 1938

[selftrainedjedi]

I loved the roketeer but , king of the rocketmen was the best, to get me outta his hair my uncle put a rope around a piece of wood wrote up/down and fast/ slow in magic marker , gave me a squirtgun And for an entire day I was Jeff king. I ate all my grandmas rubarb though.

[Moviefan2k4]

Very nice work; I like it! :)

[bloodrunsclear]

Nice work indeed! :D

[rbrundrett]

This... is... awesome!

Great job!

[wordsmi999]

Great job! This is how the producers should have done it, B&W in retro style. Thanks for sharing!

[BigTex541]

Fantastic job, you did really hard work. Me like.

[MrGeokon]

poly gelio!!!



[MagnusPrime01]

Very nice! Thank you for your hard work!

[Navajosungod]

Dave Stevens, would be proud :-) ...fine job ! 

[2013venjix]

AWESOME Job! Very retro!!!

[ChristmasDave]

Well done!!

[carloko08]

HAHAHHAHAHAH, dude, hahahaha, amazing, dude, excelent!!!! looks like a really movie of that times, hehehe, I like it!!! all of that times, drawings, zeppelins, mauser C-96 broomhandle, ugly boys, beauty chicks, hehehe, very good job, scripts look old, WTH, news or old scripts look very good, heheh, finally, in that times the word "adventure" means ADVENTURE, and this movie is great for that, war times, mobsters, bullets, heroes.... well, that is all, folks, hehehe

[MarcellusTheGreen]

If that was made in 1938, I am the Prince of Denmark

[ManticoreEscapee]

@MarcellusTheGreen Your majesty!

[Stegs85]

@ManticoreEscapee I loled

[davidls11]

Fooled me for a second.

[mac0072dude]

this was in color yes?

[TheJediCharles]

Great job... only thing, they had no widescreen ratio back then.

And, isn't the typeface Broadway?

[ManticoreEscapee]

@TheJediCharles I wasn't trying to be super accurate with this but just for the record, widescreen goes back to the '20s. (Although it was basically abandoned throughout the '30s and '40s, when this would have been made.)

[TheJediCharles]

@ManticoreEscapee

You're right. I stand corrected.

I suppose it is an issue of what was more commonplace than what was developed and available. We're so conditioned to think of widescreen as a development ushered in with "cinemescope" in the 50's that what's earlier is forgotten about... at least by folks like me.

Anyway, to repeat, your pseudo trailer is good, like Rocketeer was.

[chillydog12345]

@TheJediCharles No widescreen ratio back then? LOL

[TheJediCharles]

@chillydog12345

That's funny?

[chillydog12345]

@TheJediCharles They did have wide screen.

[TheJediCharles]

@chillydog12345

We already had that discussion.

6 months ago.

[pemusikbooks]

Nice Trailer! (BTW: For the person who asked, the FONT looks like "ANGIE" to my eye.)

[Ravenflight104]

@pemusikbooks

This san-serif letter style was created in 1975 by Esselte Letraset, Ltd.

Its name is " Plaza "......as classic 1930's as you can get.

[flamingmarsupial]

Entertainingly and artfully done. Corny and endearing. Wonderful. :)

[ElSambrero]

although its fake.. its very well done

[skeistan]

FAKE FAKE

[huynherexpress]

As a kid, I always wanted to be a Rocketeer when I grew up.

Darn shame.... but one can dream....

[EtienneJolie]

i love thsi trailer, much better than the original!!! :) thank u

[andresrodrigoescobar]

Of course it isn't. But the work is quite interesting. Nice job, dude

[MarcellusTheGreen]

How does he not burn his butt off with that contraption? Asbestos pants?

[MikeAM78]

@MarcellusTheGreen Suspension of disbelief. :)

[hubbahwah]

Kool

[jarenwhitehouse]

surprisingly impressive.

[SwordsmanMercenary]

That's well done! Maybe you can do more like it from other films set in the 30s?

[kerbal666]

Hey that was pretty good!!

[Daniel4646]

I say, that's a great rendition! Thumbs up!

[watchers077]

If you like this kind of adventure, see "King of the Rocket Men".

[Apophisguard]

@watchers077 I remember that old serial. Great stuff!

[watchers077]

@Apophisguard

Thank you for your comment. I have some famous serial movies in my LD collection.

They still make me excited.

[rogermwilcox]

Hmmm ... something tells me this trailer isn't really from 1938....

[mauricioush]

@rogermwilcox Yeah ... the description.

[ladyamerias]

awesome job, did it justice.

[KingCharltonHeston]

Cool

[SchaefDizzle]

RIP Dave Stevens.

[EtienneJolie]

u rock!!!

[beneehall]

Asbestos pants, shorts and boots.

[weldonwin]

@beneehall And a complete lack of fear of being immolated should the rocket-pack explode when it overheats

[SUPERMEDIABROTHERS6]

sorry but a trailer from the 1930's would never be this subtle, you need more bombastic exciting music and immediate in your face action as soon as the trailer begins, other then that it looks great!

[RogerioMartins87]

Very nice man, well done.

[Chigawa]

Damn that's good stuff! You've done a great job with this, I'm thinking of doing a modern style trailer for this movie. But you've captured it's classic style with perfection, something I hope to do with mine, while still remaining modern and fresh.

Anyways great work, amazing trailer for what I think I can safely say is THE most underrated movie of all time.

[theboombody]

This is hilarious.  I was like, "This has even better special effects than Commando Cody!"

[diablecita]

It looks like the grandfather of Boba Fett

[germanicelt]

Just watched this movie the other night after about 15 years. Where did the time go?

[James00359]

FYI in the original script of the rocketeer it wasn't Howard Hughes that developed the rocket pack but another famous pulp hero named Doc Savage he made a appearance in the comic version and they make reference to the kid and the rocket pack in the millennium comic series put out after the rocketeer movie came out I think. Over all liked the trailer reminded me of the rocket man movies I saw as a kid.

[kainkusanagi]

You did a great job capturing the spirit of the movie.

[jayce79]

Hahaa! Great job buddy. This is exactly what this film represents.

[IamHLO]

this from the 90's not the 30's

[lestat34208]

its filmed in the style of 1930s... and a good fan made trailer at that.

[crossbone]

@IamHLO

They know that, they're making the trailer seem like it came from the time it was set in.

[rentatrip1]

Every Time Iwatch this "GREAT FILM"

I always have the same thought...

If you Flew this Thing ...You' d Pretty Much Burn Your Ass OFF

[MoonCrashed]

Excellent work.

[Chance8813]

Very imaginative use of the movie clips. I really liked it - and I half-expected to see Dave Stevens instead of Bill under the helmet in the first shot.

[KevJJ888]

Well done!

[schoeneberg]

radar men from the moon

[wujixiaoyiao]

hey whats the font that you use in this?

[ManticoreEscapee]

I'd love to tell you, but I'll be damned if I can remember. Sorry.

[ectoonea]

@ManticoreEscapee It looks very similar to a font called Asia. it's not exact but it's close

[renegadebutterknife]

@wujixiaoyiao It looks like Plaza. You can find a bunch more like this if you look for Art Deco style fonts.

[MrUniversus]

Eccelente!

[Setebos]

Definitely got that original Fred Bannon feel to it. Nice job.

[cuppajoesugar]

What the real official trailer shouldve looked like.

[Skull10]

Nice worked! You even filtered the music!

However, you do know there was "preview has been approved" notification prior to movie trailers in 1938? Every film made after 1934, until the modern rating system, had to adhere to a "Decency Code" that was considered suitable for all ages.

[eddie8866]

an all time great... i heard they are working on a sequel? does anyone know...i am hating all these remakes so far... but this might liven things up

[JustineLaLoba]

great job! Dave Stevens' would have been proud!

[ericriverman]

Is Dave Stevens dead?

[ManticoreEscapee]

Unfortunately, yes. He died in March 2008.

[Rosetheribtickler]

your right the exact date wasn't my or the point.

...and I think it's a great trailer. Well done. I loved (and read) the comics the rocketeer was based on, I love chapter plays, and most things done on film in the 1930's.

It's a great job.

[Rosetheribtickler]

well done....but if this had been done in 38, it wouldn't be of footage from a film shot in the 1980's.

...and yes, there would be a voice over, too.

[MrDefaulto]

Naw, if this was done in '38, there'd be a timely voice over, this has nothing.

[jpschubbs]

Excellent job!  Here's to hoping they make another one.

[EclectikEdit]

Wonderful job!

I absolutely love that movie too.

[ukentseeit]

..and his britches never caught fire!

[trinsarda]

SWEET! Awesome, it really looks realistically dated. Plus that last image, with the flag, was incredible!

[JapeUK]

Hah great stuff, like how the 'mystery' of enemy was swiftly removed by "NAZIS !", in classic pulp style, also that final frame is brilliant, I can imagine a painted 1940s movie poster with that image

[PeekaPeep]

Movie might as well have been shot in black and white. It would've added to the nostalgia of that era!!!

>;-D

[Stinpack]

love rocketeer but ins´t the rocket suppose to fry his ass when flying? anyway nice video man

[DevilMaster]

Heh. That's why in actual jetpacks (which, by the way, can only carry enough fuel for 30 seconds of flight) the exhausts are at a safe distance to the sides of the body, and not right next to the pilot's ass.

[prime1357]

Actually, those are just steam jets (hydrogen peroxide and silver catalyst) on modern jetpacks... the reason they are off of the shoulders is to keep the pilots center of gravity WELL below the applied lifting force of the jets (makes it stable).

Take a look at the WASP flying platform (youtube)... it's closer to a real jetpack. It was powered by a couple cruise missile jet engines.

[squidfartz]

That was beautiful.

Keep up the good work.

[martinb25]

Nice job. Enjoyed it. One of my favorite movies. I like your take on it.

[giddig]

Excellent work!

[DwightsConverse]

Wow! Did you make that yourself? That was fantastic!

I love that movie! Underrated classic!

[giddig]

Couldn't agree more!

[DarthVanDyke]

SUPERB

[bsus1412]

so this is what it would look like if the film was shown at the date it was based on. amazing job. it looks very professional.

[justin76pa]

Props to you! Very good!

[ECBBFan]

Excellent! May I ask how you did it?

[CaptainRetro]

I actually prefer to watch this movie in black & white! It's good to see someone else agrees!

Cheers!

[VAULTDISNEY]

I like the way you think.

[GreatRussianHellfire]

awesome!

[that0guy08]

This is great stuff!

[Chigawa]

That was actually really well made, Good Job.

[TacScoot2]

Well done!