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‘Top Gun: Maverick’ – No Woke, Just Thrills and Nostalgia on Steroids
Hollywood in Toto ^
| 12 May 2022
| Christian Toto
Posted on 05/12/2022 1:50:20 PM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: atc23
It is Navy. NAS Fallon, NV. It’s simply awesome. I wasn’t crazy about the movie, but TOP GUN is an awesome place and a great command. I had the honor of working with them while managing the creation of some interactive computer training for them in the early to mid-2000s.
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posted on
05/12/2022 2:46:47 PM PDT
by
Afterguard
(Deplorable me! )
To: Rummyfan
Is this Chinese-apptoved version, no mention of Taiwan?
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posted on
05/12/2022 2:48:39 PM PDT
by
Reno89519
(FJB. Respect America, Embrace America, Buy American, Hire American.)
To: arthurus
That's right. Air Force has its own in California. The hard training that was being given to all our troops before the Biden Purge and WOKE infusion is fascinating. Top Gun preceded the AF version but it is all based on intense debriefing of pilots in Vietnam as to what they actually met as opposed to what they were trained to face. The basis is that these generals came to the conclusion that America's method of starting a war with scanty military and losing the first battles while relying on America's production engine to eventually overwhelm an enemy was not good enough any more because the first battle is likely to be the only battle. So he new training and building was to insure that we win the first battle. But that was, of course, before the Democrats took control again. We went through the Obama Purge and realignment to social goals followed by the Trump start at rebuilding followed by the Biden much more extensive purge and total redirection toward perverse social goals and toward destroying morale.
I read a LOT because of my job as night security at a shipbuilding yard. 12 hour shifts leave me a lot of time between rounds and I read. No cell phone. I don't read fiction because I figure I have to learn something from any book. I read a lifetime's SciFi when I was a teenager, anyway.
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posted on
05/12/2022 2:53:31 PM PDT
by
arthurus
(covfefe ]i])
To: E. Pluribus Unum
After the young’ns make fun of me, I ask them if they are going to make it to my age. Let them think about it.
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posted on
05/12/2022 2:54:04 PM PDT
by
Getready
(Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
To: Vermont Lt
>>Top Gun was the only movie I’ve ever walked out of in my life.
>>It was silly.
Movies weren’t serious in general jn the 80’s. Certainly “Top Gun” was less silly than the “Iron Eagle” series.
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posted on
05/12/2022 3:00:12 PM PDT
by
vikingd00d
(chown -R us ~you/base)
To: nwrep
Hey, that is what happened to my wife who was red hot when I married her. Fortunately, my wife is a staunch conservative.
To: Rummyfan
Sorry, nostalgia is for suckers.
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posted on
05/12/2022 3:04:54 PM PDT
by
Trailerpark Badass
(“There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach,” said one woman.)
To: nwrep
She looks like she’s 80. Old ain’t bad...it beats the other option,but looking so unhealthy at 65 is no good. We know what obesity does to risks of heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. She appears to have aged much faster since her “wedding”.
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posted on
05/12/2022 3:05:03 PM PDT
by
Getready
(Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
To: Magnatron
Me neither.....in his 50’s now he wants to still be in the movies even if it takes a re-run of the same years ago.
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posted on
05/12/2022 3:11:03 PM PDT
by
caww
( )
To: Getready
My son was asked “Is your mom still great looking’...at his class reunion. You know things have changed when he answered “ Yeah, for her age she is!’ HAHAHAHA!
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posted on
05/12/2022 3:14:51 PM PDT
by
caww
( )
To: nwrep
No return from that physical shape. CGI say “Now Way”, not enough processing power.
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
After you see “Top Gun” be sure to watch the parody called “Hot Shots.”
To: vikingd00d
To: Charles Martel
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posted on
05/12/2022 3:20:33 PM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: traderrob6
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posted on
05/12/2022 3:22:00 PM PDT
by
Fledermaus
(I'll wear a mask when Dr. Fraudchi shuts the hell up.)
To: Vermont Lt
How did you know/decide it was “silly”?
Anyhoo…idk if I will see this
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posted on
05/12/2022 3:22:53 PM PDT
by
ZinGirl
(Now a grandma ....can't afford a tagline :))
To: vikingd00d
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posted on
05/12/2022 3:26:45 PM PDT
by
mykroar
(There is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare. - Sun Tzu)
To: Rummyfan
One of the best things about the first Top Gun was the sound track. I read the article but it only mentions in the headline about the old music. How is the music in the new one?
To: Crusher138
Being raped at age 15 and years of alcohol and drug abuse will do that to you.
KM did have two kids with her first husband.
She and the kids left California years ago and now live in North Carolina.
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posted on
05/12/2022 3:38:47 PM PDT
by
oldvirginian
(The CCP is the world's largest and deadliest criminal organization.)
To: atc23
Air Force is “Red Flag” at Nellis AFB, not too far from Vegas.
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