VOSS Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 Quote Producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer got the idea for Top Gun from a 1983 magazine article about the culture of fighter pilots at the Navy’s Fighter Weapons School at Miramar, California. In making the film, they got the full cooperation of the U.S. Navy, who let the producers use their ships and aircraft for virtually nothing. In return, the Navy got full script approval. That’s why Goose dies in an ejector-seat accident rather than the planned mid-air collision. It’s why, in the opening sequence, Cougar doesn’t die by crashing into an aircraft carrier deck. And it’s why the picture’s geopolitics are so maddeningly vague. Are the pilots fighting the Russians at the end? Why is there a military crisis in the Indian Ocean? What are they protecting? Thanks to the Navy’s story input, we don’t know. And thanks to Tony Scott’s visual firepower, we don’t care. Top Gun makes the Navy look like the coolest possible place to work. Scott’s camera worships Tom Cruise, who wears the hell out of jeans and bomber jackets and aviator sunglasses, preening and posing and emitting intense sex-symbol vibes at all times. Most of the narrative energy goes toward establishing the culture of Maverick and the other young fighter pilots at Miramar. They’ve got rituals and hierarchies and cool call signs. The talent and craft that went into Top Gun is undeniable. It’s effective blockbuster filmmaking, and it was an effective propaganda tool, too. The Navy set up recruitment stations in some of the theaters that were playing the film, and it reported a 500% bump in enlistments in the years after Top Gun came out. Sometime in the near future, we will get to see Top Gun: Maverick, the long-delayed sequel that was still in pre-production when Tony Scott took his own life in 2012. The trailer, now nearly a year old, is a small masterpiece. Top Gun: Maverick was supposed to hit theaters this summer; it’s now scheduled for December. It seems to feature Tom Cruise flying fighter planes for real. The world of 2020 is very, very different from the world of 1986, and the climate right now is not exactly a great one for the project of American exceptionalism. And yet I would probably blow a car payment to watch Top Gun: Maverick in a theater right now. This particular form of absurdist propaganda has not lost its grip on my imagination. x Does she support the military-industrial complex? Does she simply not care as long as it's getting her the money/fame she's seeking? What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smarticle Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 She supports the gay propaganda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blade Runner Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 And we support her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almodusa Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 Someone who went to the screening said it was def not a military commercial like the first one was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SashaDevachelli Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 Make America Gaga Again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marry Illusion Glory Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 The faux outrage without even seeing the film Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
State of Grace. Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 Because she can. #MAGA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fauxtography Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 Better that than pushing Beastiality (ILLEGAL) and James Corden to the new generation like Taylor was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archetype Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 Because she is OUR president!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 12 minutes ago, SashaDevachelli said: Make America Gaga Again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jotham Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 She's taking notes from her friend Katheryn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tropez Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 This is why American artists need to be censored. All they do is spread US propaganda. They are deep state puppets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheep Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 Yes Gaga yes airplanes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ninasayers Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 it is def a choice but oh well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MAKSIM Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 (edited) Any country with Gaga is a country worth fighting for. Enroll today. Edited May 3, 2022 by MAKSIM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orsay Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 she runs the USA what do you expect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gov Hooka Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 She's always been a liberal which means support for US imperialism. I like her for her music, her politics like all the people this site stans, are atrocious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeMésTragique Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 2 hours ago, Tropez said: This is why American artists need to be censored. All they do is spread US propaganda. They are deep state puppets. 59 minutes ago, Gov Hooka said: She's always been a liberal which means support for US imperialism. I like her for her music, her politics like all the people this site stans, are atrocious Preach !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Mendes Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 Top Gun is much more gay propaganda than it is Air Fore propaganda. Sure the central love story is heterosexual but the extended homoerotic volleyball scene that goes on for as long as it does stands out much more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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