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What do you call a bounty hunter that doesn't kill? A ruthless leader in a lawless territory with a reputation for mercy? A gang leader of teenagers on Skittles-colored scooters? How about "unemployed"? Or a boring Disney character created to sell merchandise.

Like someone else pointed out, it's very similar to 20,000 leagues under the sea. Unfortunately this movie came out 25 years later and two years after Star Wars. Special effects are horrible for the era, the acting is stiff--similar to the 1960s spaghetti westerns. Music is boring--no comparison to Williams score in Star Wars. It just felt like a cheap Disney attempt to capitalize on current space movie craze.

Narration and personal stories, such as from W. Cronkite, are great. The video also does a fair job of describing the result of each operational use, but otherwise is very vague on the glider program and equipment. But so much more could, and should have been discussed. How was the glider pilot training different from powered aircraft pilot, why two pilots, how did towing a glider affect the C-47 airspeed across the battlefield, what was the advantage of using a glider vs. straight airdrop from a C-47, how did they communicated between towed and towing aircraft? Rooney mentions "Saving Private Ryan," but there is no mention if the overloaded glider incident was a real problem in real life. Did anyone consider using Pathfinders to mark the LZ at night or why weren't the gliders dropped at much greater altitudes and range to take advantage of the silent approach? There is so much more that could have been discussed besides just personal accounts. Interesting but deserving of so much more.