Review of the Chinese "Top Gun" movie

[crazy canuck]

Besides I think alot of the things in that movie would have gotten an actual pilot court martialled.

the general public does not know that...  and it probably boosted recruitment for the US Navy & Air Force.

Top Gun very noticeably did affect recruitment.

I wonder what impact Stripes had

[Siege]

Please. People don't make life changing decisions based on movies.

[Eddie Teach]

Please. People don't make life changing decisions based on movies.

They make them based on being heckled on the internet. 

[PRC]

Please. People don't make life changing decisions based on movies.

Movies have to use 555-5555 as a default phone number because idiots try to call it up and talk to the characters.

[lustindarkness]

Please. People don't make life changing decisions based on movies.

[Barrister]

Please. People don't make life changing decisions based on movies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_gun#Effect_on_military_recruiting

[crazy canuck]

Please. People don't make life changing decisions based on movies.

Movies have to use 555-5555 as a default phone number because idiots try to call it up and talk to the characters.

867-5309 

[Malthus]

Besides I think alot of the things in that movie would have gotten an actual pilot court martialled.

the general public does not know that...  and it probably boosted recruitment for the US Navy & Air Force.

Top Gun very noticeably did affect recruitment.

I wonder what impact Stripes had

I read somewhere that Apocalypse Now increased recruitment, which I found ... disturbing. 

[Valmy]

I read somewhere that Apocalypse Now increased recruitment, which I found ... disturbing. 

Any chance to get close to Playboy bunnies.

[Ed Anger]

Please. People don't make life changing decisions based on movies.

Movies have to use 555-5555 as a default phone number because idiots try to call it up and talk to the characters.

867-5309

Dammit. IN MY HEAD NOW.

[Ed Anger]

Stripes made me buy an RV.

[grumbler]

Please. People don't make life changing decisions based on movies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_gun#Effect_on_military_recruiting

Not very convincing. A producer who wasn't involved in the project, and a supposed memo quoted in a book that was trying to make the point that Hollywood kowtows to the military?  I don't see any real evidence here.

[Razgovory]

Was Top Gun made by the US military?

They helped.  Film makers used to go to the military to ask for help with films.  The military would look over the script and if they felt it was sufficently positive toward the military they may help out.  They gave quite a bit of help with Top Gun I believe.  Don't know know if they still do that, you can just conjure military equipment onto the screen with computer graphics these days.

[Ed Anger]

They still help with movies.

[Ideologue]

Yep.  Captain Phillips involved three USN warships.

It's not like tax dollars really pay for the movies, though.  The producers pay the Navy for the time and afaik the wear and tear on their machinery and stuff.

Even if they did, if the government's going to spend money to support the arts, Tony Scott would have been a great man to start with.  RIP.