06-01-2020, 11:43 AM
(05-29-2020, 09:59 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: Yep and there's a half a dozen more I can think of just off the top of my head.Spot on. Also, when this shitty movie was made, Tom Cruise would have been to short to be a fighter pilot.
Mig 28's = F5
Mig's are all odd numbered anyways
There isn't a top gun trophy
The bald headed guy that plays the CAG, in a couple scenes they show him with the command at sea pin on his uniform, it's missing in others. The only person that wears that pin is the Captain of the ship. They have the CAG being a commander = to a Lt. Colonel in Army which is possible. However the Captain of an aircraft carrier, at least to my knowledge is always a Navy rank Captain which = Full Colonel in Army rank.
It's confusing I know but the rank Captain and the title Captain are two different things in the navy. You can have the title Captain of a usually smaller ship and have the actual rank of Lt. Commander.
The battle scenes will show an F-14 loaded with missiles in one shot and none in another, then back to full load etc.
At the briefing at the beginning of fighter weapons training Jester makes the statement something like the planes you'll be flying against (F5, A4's) are "lighter, faster, and more maneuverable". Umm the F14 would due mach 2.3 The F5 about mach 1.6 and the A4 is subsonic except maybe in a dive.
A statement is said about Kelly McGillis "she's a civilian so you do not salute her" ummm they wouldn't need to be told not to salute a civilian.
You're never outside in uniform without a cover - hat
I mean you could go on and on and on. But the truth is like 98% of military movies and action movies this is true about.
Private Ryan which is a much more technically accurate movie can likewise be ripped to shreads. But where are you going to get a working Tiger tank at ?
