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.
“If the majority were blacks in this flick”
They weren’t.
“Any Drag Queen shows or other LGBT content reflective of our new and improved military?”
Zero that I noticed.
“I would call this a very good sequel...not too many of those around.”
Interesting how they brought Goose’s character into the plot. I’ll say no more — don’t want to be a spoiler.
The flashback videos from the original were bittersweet. Back before Meg Ryan mutilated her face.
I know. Time has not been kind to her. To many of us, I guess.
The first time I saw her was on a Flock of Seagulls video for “Space Aged Love Song.” Great 80’s video shot in a Target.
the real film and not CGI/SFX that makes it spectacular
“Went to see the new Top Gun last night with my hot girlfriend. “
got any pictures? :)
Yep. She’s lost a little of the “baby” fat. She actually has gotten prettier.
It wasnt majority blacks, not sure what the other poster was talking about. In fact I was surprised how few minorities were in the film considering Hollywood agendas. It seemed like a realistic demographic. I didn’t event notice the one female pilot was supposedly hispanic, they certainly didnt make a big deal out of it or about anything “race” at all. We went with a large group of friends with 4 ex military pilots among us ( one Air Force, two Navy, one Marine who was in space program, all super conservative, all hate the woke garbage). Ages ranging from mid 50s to late 60s probably. They all loved it, thought was great and a lot of fun. Don’t understand the criticism here. Maybe watch the trailer to see what you think.
I agree. Not sure where some of the critiques on here are coming from. Very fun, patriotic and great movies. A rarity these days!
“Sounds like a woke movie to me”.
Not according to FReepers who have seen it.
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Okay!! since your assessment, its back on my list!! lol... Thanks!!
I never saw the movie that was made from but I heard the mechanical horse scene was tasteless.
Yikes. That looks like five miles of bad road.
My claim-to-fame is that the last movie I saw in a theatre was the original Top Gun, minus the Passion of the Christ.
Went to see the new Top Gun last night with my hot girlfriend.
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What a coincidence. I went to see the new top gun movie last night with my hot girlfriend also.
Just hoping my unhot wife does not find out.
Took my 7-year-old grandson. He wants to join the Navy now!
Seriously, that's what I'm afraid of. Husband and I saw the movie on opening day and loved it.
Our very athletic college senior grandson has been talking about being a navy pilot for a couple of years now. Everybody in the family has been discouraging it. He's going to see it this weekend and I know that'll only encourage him.
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