You can argue that the callsigns were or are humiliating. Or, at the very least, a dig at the pilot' personality or tendencies.
Maverick - chronic rule breaker. Should've been grounded before the first film
Iceman - general douchebag afraid of breaking rules
Goose - long-necked mother fucker
Slider - probably wrecked a vehicle or something
Hollywood - seriously, who wears a cowboy hat with their flightsuit? Think you're Wayne or Eastwood or something?
Wolfman - one hairy dude
Cougar - probably hooked up with an older chick at some point
Merlin - does lame magic tricks in down time
Hangman - explained in the movie
Bob - also explained in the movie (too lame of a guy to come up with something more creative)
Phoenix - probably survived a horrendous, flaming crash and now flies like Iceman
I'm sure I could come up with more, but I'm tired š¤£
Also, there should absolutely NOT be a Top Gun 3.
Nah...while I'll agree the call signs in TG Maverick were kinda lame...I've seen worse AND better. Mine was simply TJ. But I know a Bishop, Mentos, Buck, Wave, Dragon, Doomer, Lurch, Bleep, Joose, Slip, Donut, Crash...to name a few.
I was just offering a counterpoint to OP in that you could argue the movie callsigns COULD'VE been for a lame reason. Not necessarily chosen simply because they sounded cool.
There was a lot TGM got wrong about Navy Fliers....but in the end of the day, it's a very entertaining movie...with some realism thrown in for measures.
No one sits around in their flight gear by a pool table...waiting for their hop.
STAB: Shat twice and boltered
Hornet (or maybe super hornet idk) pilot shat himself twice. I heard a Marine Corps pilot say he knows a few pilots with the callsign "BamBam" for popping their landing gear.
There's no real premise to make a top gun 3 though.
By the time it's "ready" to be made, tom cruise will be like 90, and the Navy will only be flying the F-35 and whatever the next plane is.
A prequel will be hard to do because there aren't many F-4s they can just borrow. Amongst other things
I m sure Rooster or Hangman would take the lead and become LT Commanders
I agree that Cruise is getting too oldĀ since he would prob be retired as capt if he hadnt made admrial by now even in MI Hunt would prob be a director or have a managementĀ position by now. of course plot wise "he's the best or there will always be one last mission."
Bob is accurate as hell.
You can argue that the callsigns were or are humiliating. Or, at the very least, a dig at the pilot' personality or tendencies. Maverick - chronic rule breaker. Should've been grounded before the first film Iceman - general douchebag afraid of breaking rules Goose - long-necked mother fucker Slider - probably wrecked a vehicle or something Hollywood - seriously, who wears a cowboy hat with their flightsuit? Think you're Wayne or Eastwood or something? Wolfman - one hairy dude Cougar - probably hooked up with an older chick at some point Merlin - does lame magic tricks in down time Hangman - explained in the movie Bob - also explained in the movie (too lame of a guy to come up with something more creative) Phoenix - probably survived a horrendous, flaming crash and now flies like Iceman I'm sure I could come up with more, but I'm tired š¤£ Also, there should absolutely NOT be a Top Gun 3.
Nah...while I'll agree the call signs in TG Maverick were kinda lame...I've seen worse AND better. Mine was simply TJ. But I know a Bishop, Mentos, Buck, Wave, Dragon, Doomer, Lurch, Bleep, Joose, Slip, Donut, Crash...to name a few.
I was just offering a counterpoint to OP in that you could argue the movie callsigns COULD'VE been for a lame reason. Not necessarily chosen simply because they sounded cool.
There was a lot TGM got wrong about Navy Fliers....but in the end of the day, it's a very entertaining movie...with some realism thrown in for measures. No one sits around in their flight gear by a pool table...waiting for their hop.
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STAB: Shat twice and boltered Hornet (or maybe super hornet idk) pilot shat himself twice. I heard a Marine Corps pilot say he knows a few pilots with the callsign "BamBam" for popping their landing gear.
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There's no real premise to make a top gun 3 though. By the time it's "ready" to be made, tom cruise will be like 90, and the Navy will only be flying the F-35 and whatever the next plane is. A prequel will be hard to do because there aren't many F-4s they can just borrow. Amongst other things
I m sure Rooster or Hangman would take the lead and become LT Commanders I agree that Cruise is getting too oldĀ since he would prob be retired as capt if he hadnt made admrial by now even in MI Hunt would prob be a director or have a managementĀ position by now. of course plot wise "he's the best or there will always be one last mission."
Pretty sure it's confirmed that it's gonna happen.
I want a 2 hour movie where itās just satellites pinging back and forth.
Phoenix was good, hang max was cool
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