Farewell, Tomcat

"vincent p. norris" wrote:

There was naval aviation, keep in mind, long, long, long, before that
silly Top Gun movie.

Glad to see I'm not the only pilot who thinks Top Gun is silly.

--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

Dan Luke wrote:


Glad to see I'm not the only pilot who thinks Top Gun is silly.


Not the only one by a long shot. Silly from start to finish although it's
always nice to see the iron flying.


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There was naval aviation, keep in mind, long, long, long, before that
silly Top Gun movie.

Glad to see I'm not the only pilot who thinks Top Gun is silly.

It was aimed squarely at the angst-consumed teen market -- which it hit
squarely.

The movie has its flaws, but it still has the best (and most) modern
flying sequences I've ever seen in a movie.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Glad to see I'm not the only pilot who thinks Top Gun is silly.

I can't think of any of my aviator friends, Naval or otherwise, who
doesn't consider it a silly movie.

However, teen-age kids might have had a different opinion of it; what
the heck do they know? It might have increased enlistments, if that's
all Jay meant by "did more."

vince norris

However, teen-age kids might have had a different opinion of it; what
the heck do they know? It might have increased enlistments, if that's
all Jay meant by "did more."

Precisely!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

vincent p. norris wrote:

Glad to see I'm not the only pilot who thinks Top Gun is silly.


I can't think of any of my aviator friends, Naval or otherwise, who
doesn't consider it a silly movie.

All movies are silly to some extent, but did the movie do what it set
out to do. Yep, in spades. A 2 hour advertisement for the Navy.
Absolutely the best photography and sound up to that point, I would love
to see that movie done in Dolby.

In article , Newps
wrote:

All movies are silly to some extent, but did the movie do what it set
out to do. Yep, in spades. A 2 hour advertisement for the Navy.
Absolutely the best photography and sound up to that point, I would love
to see that movie done in Dolby.

The DVD is available in Dolby. Complete with commentary saying
everyone knows it was a silly movie.

--
Bob Noel
no one likes an educated mule

All movies are silly to some extent, but did the movie do what it set
out to do. Yep, in spades. A 2 hour advertisement for the Navy.

Are you saying the Navy paid to have that movie made?

IMHO, what "the movie set out to do" was to make a huge pile of money
for the producer, nothing else. It was purely a business enterprise.

I'm willing to learn otherwise.

vince norris.

Silly, yes, but the first aviation movie to get you from the opening scene
with great music and ultra-realistic simulated and real shots. I gotta
admit I've seen it about 50 times, and I could watch it again (as long as I
could fast forward through the dumb stuff). Everything before that movie
was in the "Revell model flying past the cotton balls on fishing line"
category, IMO.

Les

"Dan Luke" wrote in message
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"vincent p. norris" wrote:

There was naval aviation, keep in mind, long, long, long, before that
silly Top Gun movie.

Glad to see I'm not the only pilot who thinks Top Gun is silly.

--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

Dan Luke wrote:
"vincent p. norris" wrote:

There was naval aviation, keep in mind, long, long, long, before that
silly Top Gun movie.

Glad to see I'm not the only pilot who thinks Top Gun is silly.


Hey. You can be *my* wing man any time. :-)