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Re: New TopGun trailer
« Reply #25 on: July 19, 2019, 03:50:30 PM »
IIRC, the Army pushed out Firebirds as our version of Top Gun.  Just no....

We do not speak of Firebirds.

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Re: New TopGun trailer
« Reply #26 on: July 19, 2019, 04:03:42 PM »
While the original may have helped put me in the Navy, I'll pass on this one. Looks terribly unrealistic. Maybe watch it on DVD just to see my old ship. The old ship on which I hear cruise was a complete ass to the crew while filming.

Weren't the planes you were working on when you were Reserve the "enemy" planes in the first one?
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« Reply #27 on: July 19, 2019, 04:20:02 PM »
IIRC, the Army pushed out Firebirds as our version of Top Gun.  Just no....

Was.that that gawdawful helicopter movie with Tommy Lee Jones and Nicolaus Cage?
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« Reply #28 on: July 19, 2019, 04:49:00 PM »
Was.that that gawdawful helicopter movie with Tommy Lee Jones and Nicolaus Cage?
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Which is why we don't speak of it.  I regret bringing it up.  Gawd was it bad.....  Nicholas Cage was the cherry on that sundae of horribleness.  I actually spent money and wasted a Saturday night date on that turd...
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« Reply #29 on: July 19, 2019, 04:57:29 PM »
Weren't the planes you were working on when you were Reserve the "enemy" planes in the first one?

Other planes in my reserve wing yes. VFC-13 still flies F-5 tigers like in the original. Bought them back from the Norwegians just to have parts. I worked on the evil F-18 Sukhoi wannabe. And this is how I know any realistic top gun movie would be about as boring as NPR. Getting drunk at Jack's in Fallon and then processing endless Captain's mast on all your squadron kiddies that did all that and more.
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« Reply #30 on: July 19, 2019, 05:46:11 PM »
Other planes in my reserve wing yes. VFC-13 still flies F-5 tigers like in the original. Bought them back from the Norwegians just to have parts. I worked on the evil F-18 Sukhoi wannabe. And this is how I know any realistic top gun movie would be about as boring as NPR. Getting drunk at Jack's in Fallon and then processing endless Captain's mast on all your squadron kiddies that did all that and more.


Isn't this the truth of the vast majority of "realistic" movies?

If you're going to the movies and are expecting reality, you really need to rethink your entertainment choices.  :rofl:
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Re: New TopGun trailer
« Reply #31 on: July 19, 2019, 06:18:50 PM »
Realistic military entertainment:  (It's a video game, but still)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuTkgi7scKo

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Re: New TopGun trailer
« Reply #32 on: July 19, 2019, 06:45:18 PM »
Whatever. The Army had to put up with Hurt Locker, you squids can spot us some inaccurate popcorn fodder.

Generation Kill FTW.


Just watched the trailer,  might actually have to see that one.

Love the F14 part.
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Re: New TopGun trailer
« Reply #33 on: July 19, 2019, 08:09:35 PM »
^^^About that, I thought there were no longer any flyable F-14s in the world outside of Iran.  All of ours were chopped up to avoid being a parts source for Iran.
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Re: New TopGun trailer
« Reply #35 on: July 19, 2019, 11:10:46 PM »

Isn't this the truth of the vast majority of "realistic" movies?

If you're going to the movies and are expecting reality, you really need to rethink your entertainment choices.  :rofl:

Are you trying to tell me that not all Navy pilots do aileron rolls every time they take off from a carrier deck with a full load of armaments?

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« Reply #36 on: July 19, 2019, 11:37:02 PM »
^^^About that, I thought there were no longer any flyable F-14s in the world outside of Iran.  All of ours were chopped up to avoid being a parts source for Iran.

That are some correct thoughts. ;)

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Re: New TopGun trailer
« Reply #37 on: July 20, 2019, 02:09:09 AM »
Generation Kill FTW.


Just watched the trailer,  might actually have to see that one.

Love the F14 part.


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« Reply #38 on: July 20, 2019, 11:33:57 AM »

1000% agree on GK as far as accurately depicting military life. 

Who the crap cares about accuracy. It's got Alex Skarsgard in it.

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« Reply #39 on: July 20, 2019, 11:57:33 AM »
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« Reply #40 on: July 20, 2019, 12:08:09 PM »

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Re: New TopGun trailer
« Reply #41 on: July 23, 2019, 08:02:45 AM »
^ Heh! on the video link.  Damned if I didn't used to do that --race planes taking off on my bicycle -- at Boulder Municipal Airport. I did it a few times, but never won.

This was long before security got tightened everywhere after 9-11. Call it between 1987 and 1991 or so. :old:

I guess it was on a taxiway, now runway 08G/26G.

I lived in the trailer park just southwest of it.  Son2 and I used to prowl around the airport quite freely.

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Re: New TopGun trailer
« Reply #42 on: July 23, 2019, 09:04:12 AM »
https://youtu.be/s6oQF2L-yWQ
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Re: New TopGun trailer
« Reply #43 on: July 23, 2019, 11:54:39 AM »
https://youtu.be/s6oQF2L-yWQ
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Re: New TopGun trailer
« Reply #44 on: July 29, 2019, 12:40:25 AM »
Well they didn't even ask

Kelly McGillis says she wasn't asked to return for 'Top Gun: Maverick'
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/kelly-mcgillis-top-gun-maverick
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Re: New TopGun trailer
« Reply #45 on: July 29, 2019, 10:18:24 AM »
Well they didn't even ask

Kelly McGillis says she wasn't asked to return for 'Top Gun: Maverick'
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/kelly-mcgillis-top-gun-maverick


Uh .... you DID see the photo of her on p. 1?    The c.g.i. to make her attractive would cost more than a Jurassic Park movie... :lol:


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« Reply #46 on: July 29, 2019, 10:20:00 AM »
Uh .... you DID see the photo of her on p. 1?    The c.g.i. to make her attractive would cost more than a Jurassic Park movie... :lol:


Ok, that was cruel.   I'm sorry.    A little.  >:D

I posted that photo    :facepalm:
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« Reply #47 on: July 29, 2019, 10:21:04 AM »
Uh .... you DID see the photo of her on p. 1?    The c.g.i. to make her attractive would cost more than a Jurassic Park movie... :lol:


Ok, that was cruel.   I'm sorry.    A little.  >:D

Without trying to be mean, she really does look 20 years older than Cruise.
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« Reply #48 on: July 29, 2019, 10:22:25 AM »
I posted that photo    :facepalm:

A little muse told me to check out that ... possibility.  Shoulda listened.  Got hit by the karma klub.  :facepalm:



But I'm not taking back the c.g.i. quip. >:D
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Re: New TopGun trailer
« Reply #49 on: July 29, 2019, 10:29:56 AM »
From IMDB
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