Top Gun 2020

LUIS MARTINEZ · Jul 18, 2019

I sure missed the mark with my prediction. I expected Maverick as an admiral (he's old enough) trying to guide the new hot shot youngster to stay out of trouble.......but noooooo.
An old man still in the cockpit of a jet fighter trying to stay young, not very realistic.... But I'll still watch

Phaedrus · Jul 19, 2019

The first one was pretty silly, and I still think so after the 150 or so times I've watched it

R Martin · Jul 19, 2019

LUIS MARTINEZ said:
I sure missed the mark with my prediction. I expected Maverick as an admiral (he's old enough) trying to guide the new hot shot youngster to stay out of trouble.......but noooooo.
An old man still in the cockpit of a jet fighter trying to stay young, not very realistic.... But I'll still watch

meh...its already been done. Think I'll pass.

R.Perry · Jul 19, 2019

Most fighter pilots are washed up by 35, high G turns take a toll on the body. As for Top Gun, I thought it was a good unrealistic movie. First fly by the tower would have ended his career. For the average viewer it was an entertaining movie, and of course he got the hot chick.

LUIS MARTINEZ · Jul 19, 2019

R.Perry said:
Most fighter pilots are washed up by 35, high G turns take a toll on the body. As for Top Gun, I thought it was a good unrealistic movie. First fly by the tower would have ended his career. For the average viewer it was an entertaining movie, and of course he got the hot chick.

Oh see there you go. Next you are gonna tell me Star Trek is not real?

R.Perry · Jul 19, 2019

Of course Star Trek is real, isn't it.

LUIS MARTINEZ · Jul 19, 2019

R.Perry said:
Of course Star Trek is real, isn't it.

If you dare tell me he is not real I will hunt you down...

Phaedrus · Jul 19, 2019

R.Perry said:
Most fighter pilots are washed up by 35, high G turns take a toll on the body. As for Top Gun, I thought it was a good unrealistic movie. First fly by the tower would have ended his career. For the average viewer it was an entertaining movie, and of course he got the hot chick.

Sadly very few movies depict the military in anything close to accurate. For me one of the best is the first half of Full Metal Jacket. Dead. Nuts. On.

Crimson Tide holds a special place of disdain for me. People loved it. I sat there mumbling to myself "That's male bovine excrement, that's male bovine excrement, and that's male bovine excrement too.

I liked Top Gun, as silly as it was. But realistic? Not even close.

Edited to make less profane

R.Perry · Jul 19, 2019

Phaedrus said:
Sadly very few movies depict the military in anything close to accurate. For me one of the best is the first half of Full Metal Jacket. Dead. Nuts. On.

Crimson Tide holds a special place of disdain for me. People loved it. I sat there mumbling to myself "That's ********, that's ********, that's ******** too.

I liked Top Gun, as silly as it was. But realistic? Not even close.

So very true, when it comes to military movies I prefer the documentaries. I just watched one on the USS Franklin. It was one of the most disturbing documentaries of WWII aircraft carriers I have ever watched.

What many people don't understand about civilian and military aviation is it is many hours of boredom.

LUIS MARTINEZ · Jul 20, 2019

R.Perry said:
So very true, when it comes to military movies I prefer the documentaries. I just watched one on the USS Franklin. It was one of the most disturbing documentaries of WWII aircraft carriers I have ever watched.

What many people don't understand about civilian and military aviation is it is many hours of boredom.

There you go, when I want facts I watch documentaries; when I want entertainment I watch movies. Somehow, I always suspected that in all those police movies the six shooters weren't really shooting a dozen rounds...

AH-1G · Jul 20, 2019

LUIS MARTINEZ said:
....... in all those police movies the six shooters weren't really shooting a dozen rounds...

????

R.Perry · Jul 20, 2019

LUIS MARTINEZ said:
There you go, when I want facts I watch documentaries; when I want entertainment I watch movies. Somehow, I always suspected that in all those police movies the six shooters weren't really shooting a dozen rounds...

My grandfather gave me his dads old single action six shooter, build somewhere in the 1880-1890s, not sure when. I just couldn't fine where you put the extra bullets.

LUIS MARTINEZ · Jul 20, 2019

So thats why when i asked for a tenshot revolver at the police academy they laughed?

Phaedrus · Jul 20, 2019

LUIS MARTINEZ said:
So thats why when i asked for a tenshot revolver at the police academy they laughed?

I've got a 10-shot revolver. Ruger GP-100 in .22 LR .

And Ruger and S&W are both making 8-round .38/.357 now!!

Meta4 · Jul 21, 2019

LUIS MARTINEZ said:
An old man still in the cockpit of a jet fighter trying to stay young, not very realistic....

Tom Cruise movie plotlines becoming predictable?
Tell me it isn't so.

2edgesword · Jul 22, 2019

It's got motorcycles and fast flying machines which is about all I need.

LUIS MARTINEZ · Jul 22, 2019

Meta4 said:
Tom Cruise movie plotlines becoming predictable?
Tell me it isn't so.

Rich Hall still alive????

PatR · Aug 3, 2019

Haven’t seen the movie yet but do they say everything twice like they did in the first one? Second question; have they figured out which way the throttles move when you want to go faster yet?

R.Perry · Aug 5, 2019

PatR said:
Haven’t seen the movie yet but do they say everything twice like they did in the first one? Second question; have they figured out which way the throttles move when you want to go faster yet?

You are very observant. The movie isn't out yet.