In an interview a few years prior to his tragic death in 1990, American Adventure show producer and Disney Legend Randy Bright said this about one of the attraction’s abandoned concepts:

“We went through six abject failures before we got to an American Adventure that we all felt comfortable with, which ultimately became what we have today.

I've been told a few times that I should occasionally quit being so stuffy about Disney academia and examine some of the more lighthearted and less-than-serious Disney-related books and publications.

I had high hopes when I first heard that Disney Comics would be making a comeback via publisher Boom! Studios. I even wrote about it here at 2719 Hyperion back in July of 2008. It is two years later and I have to say that my disappointment in the endeavor is substantial.

Review of the new Winnie the Pooh, Disney's most recent return to hand-drawn feature animation, proves both traditional and fresh, charming in its simplicity and possessing a gentle humor that inspires smiles and quieter laughter.

First the good news: The Rocketeer has been released in a remastered high defintion Blu-Ray. It appears that Disney took note of the numerous pundits and bloggers who, earlier in the year, called for such an edition to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the film's original release.