Top Gun fires a warning at China by reinstating Taiwanese flag on Maverick's jacket after its removal for trailer provoked outcry

UK Daily Mail ^ | 05/30/2022 | Jack Newman

[max americana]

“I guess I’m in the minority....I hated that movie.”

Just asking..why?

[skeeter]

Agree. But I understand I was’t the target audience, even back then.

And it’s only gotten worse.

[V_TWIN]

See my post # 19

No offense to you personally my friend.

[max americana]

Ah Ok. No prob. I thought you were gonna whine why Kelly mCgillis wasn’t completely naked or something XD

[Ace's Dad]

one thing that movie did do is give the pilots massive egos...

Not quite timely... I was a "Green Striper;" enlisted PHAN to be exact, and even way before Top Gun, "massive ego" was universal.

[rlmorel]

I have heard it said more than once that while no pilots will admit to it, "Top Gun" is one of their hokey "secret pleasures"...:)

As former flight deck personnel, always thought the intro to the original Top Gun was very, VERY well done.

I just watched the original recently (I have the 3D version!) and I still enjoyed it, even more so after watching this video by Ward Carroll (former Tomcat driver). LINK TO VIDEO: 21 Cringeworthy Errors in the Movie TOP GUN

LINK TO MORE IN DEPTH ARTICLE: 79 cringeworthy errors in "Top Gun"

But here are my favorites with the time into the movie where it occurs:

1. (5:00) RIO’s radar presentation shows a 360-degree PPI presentation. Tomcat’s radar only sweeps 65 degrees either side of the nose. (Wouldn’t want a radar that pointed back at the crews. That would be a huge radiation hazard, to put it mildly.)
   
   
2. (10:12) Cougar has a photo of his wife and baby taped over the airspeed gauge to the left of the altimeter. Meanwhile the vertical speed indicator shows he’s descending at 6,000 feet per minute, which would be an aggressive dive. At the same time the altimeter, which shows he’s at 31, 500 feet, is set to standby with the barometric pressure dialed to 28.32 when it should be at 29.92.
   
   
3. (16:06) “Um, tower, there’s some dork riding a motorcycle down one of the taxiways shaking his fist at us.” (ME: LOL)
   
   
4. (55:31) Why is Hollywood eating an orange on the flight line? (ME: as a former AD, this one just made me laugh!)

Anyway, Ward Carroll gave it a positive review: LINK TO VIDEO: Mooch's Review of TOP GUN MAVERICK

I haven't decided yet if I will see it or not.

[V_TWIN]

HA!

Too much testosterone overload for me bro.

ALso at 5’ 7” it’s hard to take Tom cruise as a badass.....trust me....I KNOW. LOL!

He almost pulled it off in Jack Reacher......almost.

I considered the movie “Collateral” a comedy. Lol.

[isthisnickcool]

I watched the latest Top Gun on Imax this week. Worth the $$.

[V_TWIN]

“I have heard it said more than once that while no pilots will admit to it “Top Gun” is one of their hokey “secret pleasures”

I believe it.....never live that down and would hear about it forever.

Kinda like nobody admits they like ABBA but many do. LOL!

[bethelgrad]

That makes at least two of us

[rlmorel]

So true. When I was a teenager, as a guy, you couldn’t admit you liked the Carpenters...:)

Your Man-Card would be forcibly removed from your person.

[mad_as_he$$]

Great movie! Go see it! On imax if you can.

[V_TWIN]

When I was a kid the only time dudes were allowed to even suggest they liked the carpenters was during couples skate at the local roller rink.

[mad_as_he$$]

My Friend go see it; suspend your disbelief. It will probably by the last fighter movie.

[Secret Agent Man]

Theres no question it was a pro-armed forces propaganda piece for us. lets just be honest. 1986, and ussr and china and norks and iran...

but it was hokey and parts were unbelievable.

Basically how a pilot who left top gun after gettin his WO killed, gets to come back and finish, then gets an elite deployment on a carrier who just happens to be in a conflict zone, and the first thing they do is send the brand new guy up over all other pilots onboard, and he somehow kills a bunch of bogeys and saves the best guy in the top gun class who also happens to be flying the other plane they sent up...?

[puppypusher]

I’m sure that the Flag has been changed on the Movie version that will be viewed in China. Its not that difficult today to insert different graphics on film.

[V_TWIN]

Yep.

Reminds me of Days of Thunder.

Ironic cruise was in that one also.

As a Southerner that was an avid NASCAR fan at the time and I was actually in the infield the weekend they shot footage at Daytona and knowing what I did about the sport, that movie was a joke and an insult.

If it wasn’t for Robert Duval it woulda sucked entirely.

[Secret Agent Man]

I mean if you dont think hard about it, most people can enjoy it

Its a classic 80s movie that owes quite a bit to montages to build it up and skip over time

But to me its like how most people wound up viewing Independence Day

Enjoyed it first, then thought about it, and realized what they pulled

[WASCWatch]

First of all, in the Navy, they are Aviators. Pilots are people who guide ships into ports.

Naval fighter aviators and attack aviators always had really big egos. If you don’t, you are in the wrong business.

[rlmorel]

That is one of the reasons I found Chris Farley and David Spade singing “Superstar” in the movie “Tommy Boy” so hilarious...

When the song comes on as they drive down the road (after they had been fighting about what music to play “Superstar” comes on, and a both feign indifference, and then the scene immediate switches to both of them singing along lustily at the tops of of their voices as tears stream down their faces!

Captured it perfectly!