• RSFC movie corner: Top Gun Maverick

    From xyzzy@21:1/5 to All on Sat Feb 4 02:32:07 2023
    Please tell me I’m not the only one seeing that this movie is basically a ripoff of Star Wars: A New Hope.

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  • From JGibson@21:1/5 to All on Mon Feb 6 07:23:56 2023
    On Monday, February 6, 2023 at 10:21:21 AM UTC-5, TE wrote:
    On Friday, February 3, 2023 at 9:32:12 PM UTC-5, xyzzy wrote:
    Please tell me I’m not the only one seeing that this movie is basically a
    ripoff of Star Wars: A New Hope.
    Only seen the first two Star Wars movies so I can't comment on that.
    Unless "Star Wars: A New Hope" was in fact the second Star Wars movie,
    and if that's the case, I don't remember it.

    It was the first Star Wars movie.

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  • From TE@21:1/5 to xyzzy on Mon Feb 6 07:21:19 2023
    On Friday, February 3, 2023 at 9:32:12 PM UTC-5, xyzzy wrote:
    Please tell me I’m not the only one seeing that this movie is basically a ripoff of Star Wars: A New Hope.

    Only seen the first two Star Wars movies so I can't comment on that.
    Unless "Star Wars: A New Hope" was in fact the second Star Wars movie,
    and if that's the case, I don't remember it.

    Yeah, I get the why Maverick is loved. It's a generally a pro-American island in
    a sea of woke BS and I'm probably just inside the target demographic for it, but man the jets and bombs didn't make-up for that crap story.

    -TE

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  • From mercellusb@21:1/5 to xyzzy on Mon Feb 6 07:36:50 2023
    On Friday, February 3, 2023 at 8:32:12 PM UTC-6, xyzzy wrote:
    Please tell me I’m not the only one seeing that this movie is basically a ripoff of Star Wars: A New Hope.

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    STAY ON TARGET

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  • From TE@21:1/5 to JGibson on Mon Feb 6 07:42:47 2023
    On Monday, February 6, 2023 at 10:23:58 AM UTC-5, JGibson wrote:
    On Monday, February 6, 2023 at 10:21:21 AM UTC-5, TE wrote:
    On Friday, February 3, 2023 at 9:32:12 PM UTC-5, xyzzy wrote:
    Please tell me I’m not the only one seeing that this movie is basically a
    ripoff of Star Wars: A New Hope.
    Only seen the first two Star Wars movies so I can't comment on that. Unless "Star Wars: A New Hope" was in fact the second Star Wars movie,
    and if that's the case, I don't remember it.

    It was the first Star Wars movie.

    I just checked your fax. So, and if my kids see this, they will laff at me, "Episode IV" was the first Star Wars episode?

    ...and yes, Maverick was clearly that movie.

    Or was Stars Wars Episode IV this movie:

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046889/

    -TE

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  • From xyzzy@21:1/5 to mercellusb on Mon Feb 6 19:14:06 2023
    mercellusb <tdrake7@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Friday, February 3, 2023 at 8:32:12 PM UTC-6, xyzzy wrote:
    Please tell me I’m not the only one seeing that this movie is basically a >> ripoff of Star Wars: A New Hope.

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    liberal personality.” — Altie

    STAY ON TARGET


    CAN’T SHAKE ‘EM

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  • From xyzzy@21:1/5 to randorwell@gmail.com on Mon Feb 6 19:14:06 2023
    TE <randorwell@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Friday, February 3, 2023 at 9:32:12 PM UTC-5, xyzzy wrote:
    Please tell me I’m not the only one seeing that this movie is basically a >> ripoff of Star Wars: A New Hope.

    Only seen the first two Star Wars movies so I can't comment on that.
    Unless "Star Wars: A New Hope" was in fact the second Star Wars movie,
    and if that's the case, I don't remember it.

    Yeah, I get the why Maverick is loved. It's a generally a pro-American island in
    a sea of woke BS and I'm probably just inside the target demographic for it, but man the jets and bombs didn't make-up for that crap story.


    The flying was awesome but yeah the story sucked. Besides the obvious
    ripoff of the Death Star bombing run: if we could use Tomahawk missiles to take out the enemy airfield, why couldn’t we also use them to take out the Uranium plant?

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  • From The NOTBCS Guy@21:1/5 to All on Mon Feb 6 12:12:06 2023
    I just checked your fax. So, and if my kids see this, they will laff at me, "Episode IV" was the first Star Wars episode?

    Yes, if by first, you mean the first one made/released. They added "Episode IV / A NEW HOPE" when they decided that the entire saga would be nine movies.

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