thierry laurent Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 I'm also wondering if someone else considered the SuperHornet attack to be very similar to the Star Wars episode 4 final attack...? Brett M, LSP_Matt, discus and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark P Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 Actually...it reminded me of 633 Squadron. Mark Proulx thierry laurent, R Palimaka, Phartycr0c and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discus Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 4 hours ago, thierry laurent said: I'm also wondering if someone else considered the SuperHornet attack to be very similar to the Star Wars episode 4 final attack...? My toughts exactly during the briefing part Phartycr0c, Panzerwomble and Martinnfb 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 (edited) Unless the movie trailers completely misrepresent the movie, then I'd say it looks absolute garbage. But that wouldn't be a surprise since the original was too. But maybe that misses the point: if you want something creative and original, go see a Wes Anderson or Coen Brothers release. Top Gun will be chewing gum for the eyeballs, but people like chewing gum! Me? - it makes my jaw ache. Edited May 29, 2022 by Sabrejet Martinnfb, D.B. Andrus, daveculp and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldbaldguy Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 I always thought movies were intended to be escapist fun. Willing suspension of disbelief and all that. We pay our $$$ and go along for the ride, whether it is to fight Godzilla or save the world from a rogue asteroid or watch our own fantasies (and you know who you are) or do crazy crap in a Navy jet. Methinks the world is too much with us these days if we are insulted by inaccuracies from Hollywood - it’s what they do for a living. Anyway, I’ll definitely see the movie because it is about flying and definitely more fun than watching something about the Air Force. GreyGhost, jgrease, JeepsGunsTanks and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Driver Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 (edited) 7 hours ago, thierry laurent said: I'm also wondering if someone else considered the SuperHornet attack to be very similar to the Star Wars episode 4 final attack...? Absolutely. Stolen from Star Wars 100% In your face Disney! By the way Hollywood produced some realistic movies that actually worth watching. Even Jaws was better than this. But if I had to choose, my pick would be this for an aviation movie: Sky Fighters or Knights of the Sky depending on the translation The movie has relatively stupid script of course, as expected - but the scenes /most of them/ were realistic /only few were speeded up/ and most importantly made with real jets. A pleasure to watch! Especially the ending. Cruise tortured the cast members to show G forces, but the actual scenes from the outside were absurd. Wait till you see it. The macho competition dive with Rooster and Tomcat takeoff or dogfights. Many more too. Besides, it wasn't me who was seeking for realism. Tom Cruise put that in my face with 4 years of blabbering. Hard to miss the inferiority complex. He made a bunch of actors take a ride in a fighter jet to prove himself worthy. Compare with the real NAVY guys, tough guy! Edited May 29, 2022 by Eagle Driver Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aircommando130 Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 Did anybody else catch the musical throwback to "The Right Stuff" as he was taxing to the runway with the Lockheed hypersonic aircraft? And the reference to "the fastest man alive"? Cheers...Ron Scotsman, Martinnfb and Eagle Driver 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzerwomble Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 (edited) Been to see it , it's freakin' great; - cheesy , nostalgic, overblown . If you don't come out without a big grin you're dead inside IMHO . @Maru5137 - it's good as a standalone movie even if you've avoided TG1 for 40 years It's Hollywood peeps , entertainment , enjoy it for what it is ,or move on with your life. They even managed to get some shots of all the young bucks frolicking in the surf a la original . You get the original was very homo erotic yeah ? Edited May 29, 2022 by Panzerwomble JeepsGunsTanks, Uncarina, Scotsman and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Driver Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 (edited) There is more! Search in YouTube "Top Gun Instructors" and there is a video from Fighter Pilot Podcast where couple TG instructors discuss the movie, stating that flying is 90% realistic. Not only that, one of them says he pulled 11Gs in a Tomcat. This is like a kindergarten festival. By REALISTIC flying they include - M > 10 crash survived, 15 feet apart /canopy to canopy/ Super Hornets one of them inverted, F14 Taking off of a taxiway that is destroyed and so on and so forth. Most surprisingly - the Rooster-Maverick spiral is quoted as REAL and they claim they did it to the hard deck. Not only that wasn't real nor realistic, even the CGI of the plane dynamics was messed up beyond recognition in the movie. Oh yeah. I forgot Mav's favorite push the throttle pull the stick move from the 1st movie. That, according to those "Top Gun Instructors" probably is realistic too. By the way Vincent - the owner of Fighter Pilot Podcast had troubles recognizing F-14 being a CGI about which he got a lot of grief back in the day when the first trailer came out. Top Gun Instructor or not, if you cannot tell CGI plane from a real one, then why would you bother commenting on the rest?? It might be Hollywood, and it is a movie after all. With that I agree. What is absurdly annoying is the fact that people considered serious and experts in that specific area are caught spewing enormous bull$hi7 all over. That is called PROPAGANDA. No wonder they needed it to boost recruitment. Edited May 30, 2022 by Eagle Driver LSP_Matt and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyGhost Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Ya know, neither movie, the OG or this sequel are supposed to be documentaries or docudramas, they're just supposed to be fun, big, popcorn movies ... Ease up on reality for a couple of hours and have some fun ... -Gregg Thomas Lund, Michael931080, Uncarina and 6 others 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 I'd have to agree, with these types of movies you have to take these for what they are; some enjoying entertainment for a few hours. Panzerwomble, GreyGhost, Martinnfb and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 11 minutes ago, Out2gtcha said: I'd have to agree, with these types of movies you have to take these for what they are; some enjoying entertainment for a few hours. Right. I recall a WWI movie a couple of years back that depicted those old bi-wing aircraft maneuvering like A-4 Skyhawks, totally bogus, but a good opportunity to kick back and be brainless for a while. Out2gtcha and GreyGhost 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palm-tree Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 On 5/29/2022 at 5:29 AM, Dpgsbody55 said:The whole thing is amazingly far fetched. Which bit was far fetched? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgrease Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 On 5/27/2022 at 2:50 PM, LSP_K2 said: And no Kelly McGillis, thank goodness. Though I suppose she could have played some fighter pilots' grandmother. Cruise is 59 and is a product of (good) plastic surgery and keeps his appearance up to continue his film career. Kelly McGillis is 64 and doesn't do many movies anymore - I believe she lives privately and teaches acting. I'm no feminist but even I had to shake my head at your comment. To each their own. John Lee White and Panzerwomble 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discus Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 (edited) On 5/29/2022 at 4:46 PM, Eagle Driver said: But if I had to choose, my pick would be this for an aviation movie: Sky Fighters or Knights of the Sky depending on the translation hahahah really ? that load of crap ? a reference ? Ok I give you that : the images are trully awesome. The rest ? it's all crap (to say the least): poor scenario (typical of french cinema), very poor acting... Let's talk about realism : the guy seating in the rear cockpit of a M2000D without canopy nor ejection seat ? You may not like TOPGUN 2 it is your right, but man, please... Skyfighters as a reference... that's not credible. In the end, you rant a lot about it; but that's just a hollywood movie made for entertainment (and earning a lot of $$$). If you want realism, go watch a documentary. Edited May 31, 2022 by discus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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