Did they make a Top Gun 2?

[HokieESM]

Originally posted by: Salvador
They made it already, only it was called Days of Thunder and featured NASCAR racing instead of jets. And Tom Cruise wonders why the Acadamy doesn't take him seriously.

Sal

Days of Thunder = "Top Car"

 

[Aceshigh]

Originally posted by: Nemesis77
Top Gun = Cool when I first saw it. Crap these days

Iron Eagle? The movie where that kid singlehandedly destroys the entire airforce of a country with a single F-16? Crap. Complete, 100% pure crap.

I thought Iron Eagle was a great movie. The sequels on the other hand, were utter crap.

 

[Geekbabe]

Ah Top Gun, the movie was awesome and the game rocked even more.I can remember getting my P100 with 32 mb's of ram and my shiny new 17 inch NEC monitor back in the day just to play that game. I loved the opening,my windows rattled thanks to my $150 set of speakers, had all my neighbors over to check it out

 

[Nemesis77]

Originally posted by: Aceshigh

Originally posted by: Nemesis77
Top Gun = Cool when I first saw it. Crap these days

Iron Eagle? The movie where that kid singlehandedly destroys the entire airforce of a country with a single F-16? Crap. Complete, 100% pure crap.

I thought Iron Eagle was a great movie. The sequels on the other hand, were utter crap.

come on! kid might be a decent pilot, but to defeat lots and lots of enemy aircraft by using a fighter you have never even flown? Others train for a long time to become a fighter-pilot (yes, even the ones in "evil" countries), then some kid with zero experience just shows up and blows them off the sky? Hardly. And while he was destroying the planes in the air, he also blew up loads of ground-targets.

 

[tm37]

Originally posted by: Nemesis77

Originally posted by: Aceshigh

Originally posted by: Nemesis77
Top Gun = Cool when I first saw it. Crap these days

Iron Eagle? The movie where that kid singlehandedly destroys the entire airforce of a country with a single F-16? Crap. Complete, 100% pure crap.

I thought Iron Eagle was a great movie. The sequels on the other hand, were utter crap.

come on! kid might be a decent pilot, but to defeat lots and lots of enemy aircraft by using a fighter you have never even flown? Others train for a long time to become a fighter-pilot (yes, even the ones in "evil" countries), then some kid with zero experience just shows up and blows them off the sky? Hardly. And while he was destroying the planes in the air, he also blew up loads of ground-targets.

Actually he had more sim time then any pilot on the base and his dad used to take him up

 

[tm37]

Originally posted by: guyver01

Originally posted by: ffmcobalt

Originally posted by: CrazyDe1
that movie is one of the greatest movies ever....

Uh... until you listen to the technical data listed in the movie

or even some of the goofs..

Tom Cruise is an inch too short to be a Navy pilot (minimum height 5'8", based on minimum sitting height 32" and minimum leg length 36").

The aircraft used are not "MiG-28"s but disguised F-5 Tiger IIs. There is no Mig 28. Soviet fighter planes were designated by odd numbers. Even numbers were reserved for ground attack craft.

It is impossible to fly two aircraft inverted so closely together.

The main rear cockpit display in an F14 is a Tactical Information Display, not a PPI scope as indicated.

When Maverick is launched to help Iceman, he is more than 110 miles from him. Claiming he'll be there in 30 seconds, he would have to travel at 13,200mph (Mach 18). His F-14's top speed would be Mach 2.

The signal that Maverick is given before he takes off for the final fight scene is not the launch signal, but rather the "remove power" signal. This signal is given early in F-14 launch procedures, not right before launch.

When Hollywood's plane is hit in the final fight, he ejects. However, the person that ejected is clearly a skydiver, as there is no chair, and "Hollywood" throws open his parachute. His parachute would automatically open.

When Maverick is flying toward Iceman, he says he is flying at supersonic. However, later his plane is shown with the wings forward. At high speed, F-14 should have the wing toward the tail and usually additional small wings come out of the side of the mid-section.

U.S. Pilots never report an enemy plane as a MiG. They are required to say the NATO call sign for the appropriate aircraft, such as "Fishbed" for a MiG-21 or "Fulcrum" for a MiG-29

When Maverick returns to the carrier and misses the cable on his first approach, he pulls both the stick and throttles aft. The stick is correct, but the aft throttles would bring the engines to idle, not full power.

You forgot to mention the launching of BLUE TUBES

 

[guyver01]

Iron Eagle was really cool, but totally unrealistic... i mean... 3-4 kids hijack a Fully Loaded F-16, load it down with massive ordinance, schedule inflight refuling.... and NOONE notices the flightplan????

 

[Nemesis77]

Originally posted by: tm37
Actually he had more sim time then any pilot on the base and his dad used to take him up

But would that be enough to singlehandedly wipe out large part of the airforce of that wicked nation? Not to mention destroy alot of ground-targets as well? Nope.

 

[SlowSS]

Originally posted by: tm37<br
You forgot to mention the launching of BLUE TUBES

Haha......Very true

Blue Tube ---> Training round without explosives and rocket motor.

White color with yellow band ---> Live round (Air Intercept Missile).

 

[dolph]

and in star wars they have lightsabers. yes, the movie stretches the truth, but does that make it bad? it's still entertaining.

 

[Nemesis77]

Originally posted by: dolph
and in star wars they have lightsabers. yes, the movie stretches the truth, but does that make it bad? it's still entertaining.

Star Wars is fantasy. The good thing in fantasy (also includes Sci-Fi) is that you can do just about anything. Iron Eagle supposedly takes place in regural world with no supermen. Therefore it's just plain stupid. "stretching the truth" is an understatement. "Breaking all laws of realism" is more like it.

 

[Hoober]

Originally posted by: Nemesis77

Originally posted by: tm37
Actually he had more sim time then any pilot on the base and his dad used to take him up

But would that be enough to singlehandedly wipe out large part of the airforce of that wicked nation? Not to mention destroy alot of ground-targets as well? Nope.

I dunno... look how well Iraq did in the Gulf. Everybody knows that a single American pilot could decimate any third world nation.

 

[knivox]

Top Gun == Teh gay

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: guyver01
Iron Eagle was really cool, but totally unrealistic... i mean... 3-4 kids hijack a Fully Loaded F-16, load it down with massive ordinance, schedule inflight refuling.... and NOONE notices the flightplan????

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