ORIGINAL: Doug Cronkhite
ORIGINAL: Mark Basel
Threshold is my favorite video, spectacular inflight video of the F-4J Blue Angels. Some of the narration is cheezy but you quickly ignore the talk because the inflight video from the cockpit is so good.
Absolutely, although the Discovery Channel's mini-series "Blue Angel - A Year in the Life" was incredible as well.
Sweatpea01, you hit the nail right on the head. It's the horrible inaccuracies that make this such a poor representation. When I was a kid, I was around Red Flag, and the US Navy Fighter Weapons School a lot due to my father's work with Cubic Corp, and the Tactical Air Crew Training System (Although it was called the ACMR system back then) he designed for them. So when I see movies like this it just makes me cringe. The director apparently LOVED the look of flares, since every aircraft is just crapping them out continuously in nearly every scene.
Andy, I disagree with you in that I'm jaded. Why is it so hard to present things accurately?
Do the men and women who put their lives on the line daily some justice, show them the respect they deserve, and do the damn movie the right way. Of course.. that's just my own jaded opinion.
Sorry, "jaded" wasn't an appropriate choice of a word. I could have made the same comment without saying that. Still, as a civilian, it looked pretty good to me. I think the intended message was relayed fairly well, even though every aspect of it wasn't represented in exact detail. Then again, do you really want your enemies to know EVERY detail of your own taining exercise?? I think not. I think a little obfuscation is good in a video like that to confuse the enemy.
Andy