(November 11, 2024 at 11:28 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(November 11, 2024 at 7:03 am)arewethereyet Wrote: I'll have to watch "Top Gun" again as I didn't realize it was really a documentary.
It pains me to admit it, but he's right. There's that Broken-clock theory at work. Of course it's not a documentary; movies like that do serve as ads for the military. How successful, as ads, they are is open to question, but they certainly paint a picture of the military which is, shall we say, not entirely realistic -- and usually erring to the positive.
I should have noted my smartassery. I was in the military too...it ain't always pretty but then neither is everything in military movies.
I would be surprised if military movies didn't have guidance from DoD in the same way that medical shows have medical advisors on staff.
