Posted on 05/28/2022 9:09:54 AM PDT by fightin kentuckian
Went to see the new Top Gun last night with my hot girlfriend. The first time I saw the original I was in Air Force Tech School and went to see it with my wing man at the mall in Henderson KY. This was of course, smack dab in the middle of the 80s when the movie really meant something. I had expected this to flop like the remake of Red Dawn because in large part due to the context of the time, then and now. But I was disproved, thank goodness, read on.
I wanted to like this movie a whole lot because of my history with it and I'll try not to give too much away. I'll cut to the chase, overall the movie was fantastic. It was nail biter. It was not as sophisticated as the plot in the first movie but not bad. I would have executed it differently with my 30+ year military background to make it a little more believable but that's me.
There was NO overt political language and that was very nice given todays movies. However there small political realities of the woke era that you'll notice. For example they never used the term "cockpit". Instead they used a term, "pilot in the box". Oh well. And the pilots assembled for the dangerous mission were the utmost in diversity, with a tough talking hispanic female, a dorky white guy named Bob, and the rest black and hispanic millennials acting like the had watched the first Top Gun several times in order to learn how to act like an Alpha Male. They did an OK job.
They tried to mimic the testerone filled VollyBall scene with a very watered down beach football scene. There were a few shirtless beefcake shots but nothing close to the original. After all we couldn't overshadow the strong hispanic female pilot or offend any beta cucks in the audience. But one thing I did notice that was a pleasant surprise, there wasn't one tattoo or piercing shown in that scene.
The dogfighting scenes were a different story and the pilots behavior was very, very millennial. In the first movie all the pilots were angry with themselves for not being good enough to best their instructors. In this movie the pilots sound just like the whiny millennials that they are. I heard a lot of, "we can't keep up with him" and "we don't do it that way, he's an old guy". Very different mentalities from 37 years ago.
One odd thing, when the movie starts out Mav is living in a hanger at an old navy airfield working on his P-51 Mustang (Yep, Wow!) and in the background of the hanger you see vintage motorcycles and cars and Mav's living quarters. This was out of character for Mav but it seems to me the producers borrowed heavily from Clive Cussler's, Dirk Pit character for this aspect of Mav's life.
That's about it. Overall I really liked and enjoyed the movie Oh and btw, Jennifer Connoley is my new crush. She'll be yours too.
Have a great and safe Memorial Day Weekend Freepers.
Sounds like a woke movie to me.
Hopefully Tom Cruise rode a motorcycle at some point because ... Tom Cruise motorcycle
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Saw it last night as well. Not bad at all! There was one “F-bomb” that had zero reason to be in the movie and I think the writers missed a big opportunity to hit one of those lines that just sticks with you. Instead, they opted for vulgarity.
This thread is worthless without pictures of the hot girlfriend. /jk
The tough-girl thing really turns me off. Secondarily, the predictable minority superiority over the whites also turns me off.
Would like to hear others’ assessment of the movie.
Thanks but I’ll save my money.
Thanks. I’ll look for it when it shows up on fmovies.
LOL, all guys describe their girlfriends as being "hot".
I saw the Drinker’s video on this yesterday, and I might just eventually check this movie out.
“Secondarily, the predictable minority superiority over the whites also turns me off.”
How racist!!!!!
Welp... Unfortunately the black culture has turned me away from anything entertainment dominated by blacks. If the majority were blacks in this flick, I’ll give it the Mexican approval... I’ll Passo!!
Did the Paramount tour years ago and they gave some of the movie magic stuff done in the original. Like the scene where Cruise is hanging out with the girl on a little patio outside a trailer, that was actually filmed as a close in shot in the back alley between production buildings at a back door.
Any other cameo appearances from the first Top Gun?
Yeah, racist. Anything to blast the Left.
Any Drag Queen shows or other LGBT content reflective of our new and improved military?
I have good reason to believe that the above is NOT an accurate representation of an actual USAF, USN, or USMC fighter squadron.
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