Comments by "Geoffrey Lyons" (@granatmof) on "YOU NEED TO SEE THIS Before You Watch Top Gun Maverick! (URGENT!)" video.
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I'm saying this having watched the movie.
The F18 was chosen for the movie because the two seat capacity of the F18 allowed the actors to actually be able to get in the aircraft while in the air. If the F35 was used, there would be nothing they could have flown for practical effects.
As for Maverick's Age, remember this was made in like 2019, and was in development hell through the pandemic. Cruise was lower age, and more believable.
As for the mission capacity in the movie, I'm surprised there aren't more videos online breaking down how the missions parameters they used and handwaved in the film isn't how the mission would have proceed. That's not to say I don't respect the writers for addressing the obvious elephants in the room, and gave the audience reason to suspend their disbelief. For one of the issue is electronic warfare, the Navy alhas the E18 growler to shut everything down, they have radar seeking missiles. They will use the F35C from a distance to laze the target for another system to launch a missile. They will just bomb it with cruise missiles and bunker busters, like they did the airfield. Or since it's the Navy, they'll send marine force recon to get eyes on target for a missile strike. The path they take is a little more than 2 minutes long by flight, so less than 50 miles. Marines can make that in a week no problem while evading enemy patrols. They'd also be able to deliver instant updates on target strikes.
That said, the death star run they created for the movie is so much more better than anything they could have created.
At the time it was made, the SU57 was considered a possible threat, but if the 5th Gen fighters, the SU57 is the least capable and is more akin to a F18 in capabilities with added stealth. Also since the movie was made, there's been like 14 SU57s in the world. The countries that ordered them have canceled their orders because of ongoing developement and reliability issues, if you can believe it from a Russia weapon system. But the way the SU 57 fights isn't how it would go down. "5th Gen fighters" are about engaging from long distance. As soon as the F14 is determined to be an enemy, the solution is to let it get away and fire missiles at it until it dies. Ironically enough the f14 has the capacity to fliy at a higher speed than the Su57, though it can't make the same tight turns, but it still can't outrun missiles. The fight is therefore the result of gross tactical error by the Su57, and reasonable that Maverick could win against a worse pilot. If a fighter is close enough to use guns they're too close, and the 57s got too close.
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