=Pedro= Posted March 9, 2015 Posted March 9, 2015 (edited) If I am me, and you are me, then who am I? HAHAHAHA. I was only joking with that question. I'm from Poland too and I was wondering if your HQ is placed in Świnoujście. Actually I had a nice dinner there with my friend from Międzyzdroje couple of weeks ago. I am definitely me myself but I'm not sure who you are being not being yourself. Does that make any sens for you lads XD GREETINGS FROM POLAND! Edited March 9, 2015 by =Pedro= Gigabyte Z390 Gaming X | i7 9700K@5.0GHz | Asus TUF OC RTX 4090 | 32GB DDR4@3200MHz | HP Reverb G2 | TrackIR 5 | TM Warthog HOTAS | MFG Croswinds
Wicaeed Posted March 9, 2015 Posted March 9, 2015 Check it out... A lot of good points about the F-14 and movie that I know I overlooked. http://www.wearethemighty.com/79-cringe-worthy-technical-errors-in-the-movie-top-gun-2015-03 Counterpoint: It's a goddamn Hollywood movie.
Ghostraider Posted March 9, 2015 Posted March 9, 2015 https://publicintelligence.net/u-s-navy-natops-f-14-tomcat-flight-manuals/ [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]www.49th.de
jvanhoog Posted March 9, 2015 Posted March 9, 2015 Obviously scratched an itch in the flight sim community, 92,000 views in less than a week! Wow.
King_Hrothgar Posted March 10, 2015 Posted March 10, 2015 And 770 replies including this one. Not too many announcement threads on these forums have garnered this much attention.
Demongornot Posted March 10, 2015 Posted March 10, 2015 And 770 replies including this one. Not too many announcement threads on these forums have garnered this much attention. Not too many threads announced the Tomcat :megalol: CPU : I7 6700k, MB : MSI Z170A GAMING M3, GC : EVGA GTX 1080ti SC2 GAMING iCX, RAM : DDR4 HyperX Fury 4 x 8 Go 2666 MHz CAS 15, STORAGE : Windows 10 on SSD, games on HDDs. Hardware used for DCS : Pro, Saitek pro flight rudder, Thrustmaster HOTAS Warthog, Oculus Rift. Own : A-10C, Black Shark (BS1 to BS2), P-51D, FC3, UH-1H, Combined Arms, Mi-8MTV2, AV-8B, M-2000C, F/A-18C, Hawk T.1A Want : F-14 Tomcat, Yak-52, AJS-37, Spitfire LF Mk. IX, F-5E, MiG-21Bis, F-86F, MAC, F-16C, F-15E.
Witchking Posted March 10, 2015 Posted March 10, 2015 Not too many threads announced the Tomcat :megalol: True. +1 WHISPR | Intel I7 5930K | Nvidia GTX980 4GB GDDR5 | 16GB DDR4 | Intel 730 series 512GB SSD | Thrustmaster WARTHOG | CH Pro Pedals | TrackIR4 pro | |A-10C|BS2 |CA|P-51 MUSTANG|UH-1H HUEY|MI-8 MTV2 |FC3|F5E|M2000C|AJS-37|FW190|BF 109K|Mig21|A-10:SSC,EWC|L-39|NEVADA|
Spook Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 Eagle Dynamics should make good use of this opportunity and create an effective marketing plan that can ensure the success of your product. Understanding that are 1 year of release of the F-14 Tomcat, which also coincides with the 30th anniversary of the movie Top Gun, movie produced by Paramount Pictures film producer; Eagle Dynamics should talk with Paramount Pictures and create a plan of strong marketing and promotes the DCS F-14, in my very personal concept, it is an opportunity not to be missed, taking advantage of this anniversary, really could do very well and could achieve 3 things: 1. Increasing the diffusion flight simulator worldwide 2. Ensure sales of this new product for 2016 3. Create new audience simulation of the F-14, about the movie that .... celebrates 30 years anniversary The same Tom Cruise who also likes aviation insurance would be an incredible marketing hook, gentlemen seriously as knowledgeable on the subject of marketing would be a great opportunity, I ask only Eagle Dynamics do not miss out. I hope they understand my bad English and comprenprendan my idea ... Greetings from Colombia, where we are big fans of Top Gun. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
cichlidfan Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 Eagle Dynamics should talk with Paramount Pictures... You do realize that Eagle Dynamics is not making the F-14. ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup:
Rangi Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 Eagle Dynamics should make good use of this opportunity and create an effective marketing plan that can ensure the success of your product. Understanding that are 1 year of release of the F-14 Tomcat, which also coincides with the 30th anniversary of the movie Top Gun, movie produced by Paramount Pictures film producer; Eagle Dynamics should talk with Paramount Pictures and create a plan of strong marketing and promotes the DCS F-14, in my very personal concept, it is an opportunity not to be missed, taking advantage of this anniversary, really could do very well and could achieve 3 things: 1. Increasing the diffusion flight simulator worldwide 2. Ensure sales of this new product for 2016 3. Create new audience simulation of the F-14, about the movie that .... celebrates 30 years anniversary The same Tom Cruise who also likes aviation insurance would be an incredible marketing hook, gentlemen seriously as knowledgeable on the subject of marketing would be a great opportunity, I ask only Eagle Dynamics do not miss out. I hope they understand my bad English and comprenprendan my idea ... Greetings from Colombia, where we are big fans of Top Gun. Not to mention Top Gun 2 is apparently in the works (still at script writing stage)....couldn't be as bad as the first one could it?? PC: 6600K @ 4.5 GHz, 12GB RAM, GTX 970, 32" 2K monitor.
King_Hrothgar Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 Oh ye of little faith. I have no doubt Top Gun 2 will be worse than the first.
Yurgon Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 Oh ye of little faith. I have no doubt Top Gun 2 will be worse than the first. LOL :D
IonicRipper Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 Actually, Top Gun wasnt so bad if you skipped the non-flying scenes. i5 4590 @ 3.77GHz | GTX 1060 6GB | 16GB 1600MHz DDR3 | 1TB HDD+500GB HDD | Win10 Home X64 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
captain_dalan Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 True, as a movie it wasn't half as bad as we often make it. As a blockbuster mass entertainment, it was actually quite good, certainly as good as anything they make these days. The flying scenes though.... that's a different story altogether :joystick: Modules: FC3, Mirage 2000C, Harrier AV-8B NA, F-5, AJS-37 Viggen, F-14B, F-14A, Combined Arms, F/A-18C, F-16C, MiG-19P, F-86, MiG-15, FW-190A, Spitfire Mk IX, UH-1 Huey, Su-25, P-51PD, Caucasus map, Nevada map, Persian Gulf map, Marianas map, Syria Map, Super Carrier, Sinai map, Mosquito, P-51, AH-64 Apache, F4U Corsair
sobek Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 It served as material for Hot Shots to spoof, that should be enough. Good, fast, cheap. Choose any two. Come let's eat grandpa! Use punctuation, save lives!
112th_Rossi Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 Not sure Top Gun was as bad as the Iron Eagle series. But still pretty bad.
NeilWillis Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 Let's be fair to Top Gun. Has ANY war film ever produced in Hollywood ever been true to history? I think of The Battle of the Bulge with Walker Bulldogs playing the role of King Tigers, U-571 with Americans playing the role of the British Navy, the list would be endless, and of course it isn't just Hollywood either. The Battle of Britain with Buchons for early Bf-109s... This could easily become an endless liturgy of blatant historical inaccuracies, but hey, Hollywood is there to entertain, not educate. And besides, this is getting very wide of the original thread topic too.
112th_Rossi Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 Let's be fair to Top Gun. Has ANY war film ever produced in Hollywood ever been true to history? I think of The Battle of the Bulge with Walker Bulldogs playing the role of King Tigers, U-571 with Americans playing the role of the British Navy, the list would be endless, and of course it isn't just Hollywood either. The Battle of Britain with Buchons for early Bf-109s... This could easily become an endless liturgy of blatant historical inaccuracies, but hey, Hollywood is there to entertain, not educate. And besides, this is getting very wide of the original thread topic too. Never let the facts get in the way of a good story, true. However once you have facts in your head it's hard to ignore the glaring errors. When I was a kid I loved Iron Eagle and Top Gun but now they look ridiculous.
Dudikoff Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 (edited) Let's be fair to Top Gun. Has ANY war film ever produced in Hollywood ever been true to history? I think of The Battle of the Bulge with Walker Bulldogs playing the role of King Tigers, U-571 with Americans playing the role of the British Navy, the list would be endless, and of course it isn't just Hollywood either. The Battle of Britain with Buchons for early Bf-109s... What has using the different planes or tanks for props (as the real ones are obviously not available) have to do with the "true to history" part? They have to use something don't they? Where does this nitpicking stop? E.g. I'm sure all the uniforms are not exactly the same original ones and the actors are not trained professional soldiers. Or would it be better if those war movies had no fighting scenes? Bottom line is they're movies, not documentaries. By those standards, no movie ever has been "true to history" then (EDIT: I see now that this was EXACTLY the point you were trying to make, sorry about that :( ) Regarding the U-571, while a truly dreadful movie IMHO, perhaps I got you wrong regarding which part exactly relates to the British Navy, but I'd expect it was inspired by the capturing of U-505 by the U.S. Navy? Edited March 11, 2015 by Dudikoff i386DX40@42 MHz w/i387 CP, 4 MB RAM (8*512 kB), Trident 8900C 1 MB w/16-bit RAMDAC ISA, Quantum 340 MB UDMA33, SB 16, DOS 6.22 w/QEMM + Win3.11CE, Quickshot 1btn 2axis, Numpad as hat. 2 FPH on a good day, 1 FPH avg. DISCLAIMER: My posts are still absolutely useless. Just finding excuses not to learn the F-14 (HB's Swansong?). Annoyed by my posts? Please consider donating. Once the target sum is reached, I'll be off to somewhere nice I promise not to post from. I'd buy that for a dollar!
PFunk1606688187 Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 Let's be fair to Top Gun. Has ANY war film ever produced in Hollywood ever been true to history? I think of The Battle of the Bulge with Walker Bulldogs playing the role of King Tigers, U-571 with Americans playing the role of the British Navy, the list would be endless, and of course it isn't just Hollywood either. The Battle of Britain with Buchons for early Bf-109s... This could easily become an endless liturgy of blatant historical inaccuracies, but hey, Hollywood is there to entertain, not educate. And besides, this is getting very wide of the original thread topic too. Oh nonsense. Top Gun wasn't awful because of historical inaccuracy. It was awful because it was awful. Purely as a story telling exercise it was trite and cliche and over the top and thats without considering the glaring inaccurate portrayal of air combat, which really isn't what makes a movie bad necessarily. Apocalypse Now is far from a historical re-enactment of the Vietnam War in any accurate sense but its still a far better movie than Top freakin' Gun. :lol: Now, know what was a fun movie thats not nearly as cringe worthy (by comparison)? Days of Thunder. Just gimme 5th gear! :megalol: 2 Warning: Nothing I say is automatically correct, even if I think it is.
Dudikoff Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 Now, know what was a fun movie thats not nearly as cringe worthy (by comparison)? Days of Thunder. Just gimme 5th gear! :megalol: Are those two movies really any different? The same basic plot in both, same production, director, main actor etc. just placed in a different setting. For my money's worth, I'd definitely prefer the Top Gun since I'm not a NASCAR fan. i386DX40@42 MHz w/i387 CP, 4 MB RAM (8*512 kB), Trident 8900C 1 MB w/16-bit RAMDAC ISA, Quantum 340 MB UDMA33, SB 16, DOS 6.22 w/QEMM + Win3.11CE, Quickshot 1btn 2axis, Numpad as hat. 2 FPH on a good day, 1 FPH avg. DISCLAIMER: My posts are still absolutely useless. Just finding excuses not to learn the F-14 (HB's Swansong?). Annoyed by my posts? Please consider donating. Once the target sum is reached, I'll be off to somewhere nice I promise not to post from. I'd buy that for a dollar!
shagrat Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 (edited) Problem with movies is, they usually have a "storyline". Unlike real life, stories tend to be favoring things like a moral component, a plot and twist and most often a Happy End . Unfortunately Real Life/History gives a damn about these minor details... So a "good story movie" rarely resembles any real events. Edited March 11, 2015 by shagrat Shagrat - Flying Sims since 1984 - Win 10 | i5 10600K@4.1GHz | 64GB | GeForce RTX 3090 - Asus VG34VQL1B | TrackIR5 | Simshaker & Jetseat | VPForce Rhino Base & VIRPIL T50 CM2 Stick on 200mm curved extension | VIRPIL T50 CM2 Throttle | VPC Rotor TCS Plus/Apache64 Grip | MFG Crosswind Rudder Pedals | WW Top Gun MIP | a hand made AHCP | 2x Elgato StreamDeck (Buttons galore)
Dudikoff Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 (edited) Problem with movies is, they usually have a "storyline". Unlike real life, stories tend to be favoring things like a moral component, a plot and twist and most often a Happy End . Unfortunately Real Life/History gives a damn about these minor details... So a "good story movie" rarely resembles any real events. I don't see them necessarily as problems - they're movies and they can serve different purposes, messages, intended audiences, artistic approaches, etc. (e.g. Platoon vs Full Metal Jacket vs Rambo II). IMHO, in the context of war-related movies, the problem is that it had become prohibitively expensive to make them so the producers are all too often aiming for the Blockbuster approach (i.e. for the widest possible audience). Edited March 11, 2015 by Dudikoff i386DX40@42 MHz w/i387 CP, 4 MB RAM (8*512 kB), Trident 8900C 1 MB w/16-bit RAMDAC ISA, Quantum 340 MB UDMA33, SB 16, DOS 6.22 w/QEMM + Win3.11CE, Quickshot 1btn 2axis, Numpad as hat. 2 FPH on a good day, 1 FPH avg. DISCLAIMER: My posts are still absolutely useless. Just finding excuses not to learn the F-14 (HB's Swansong?). Annoyed by my posts? Please consider donating. Once the target sum is reached, I'll be off to somewhere nice I promise not to post from. I'd buy that for a dollar!
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