Also, you know, he's the son of the most powerful force wielder in the universe. Tends to help with piloting a bit.

Luke is also a skilled pilot and an excellent shot. And the movie never establishes how experienced his squadmates are, nor can we just assume they are all highly trained since they are part of a cobbled together resistance and not a traditional military. And the only thing he does better than the others is hit the target. His survival wasn't because he was better, it was because he was the last one left to make the suicide run, and because he was rescued at the last minute.

Oh, and let's not forget that he never could have done it without the wise old mentor. You know, the guy from a previous generation that fought in a great war. The guy who passes on ancient wisdom and who is the only reason look was able to make the shot. Not exactly something that fits the "Our generation is the awesomest" picture the post is trying to paint.

Also, Star Wars came out in 1977, not 1970.

You didn't even once talk about slop and how sticky it could get.

2/10

from watching "fighter pilot reviews" of the movie that was one aspect they said rings true

I'm gonna assume every other aspect of the movie does not ring true because that movie was so bad compared to the first Top Gun. There's a big list of stuff that doesn't make sense.

Yeah but it's fun anyway, because Bob Odenkirk is awesome.

He also got his ass handed to him in that scene...

Skill + strength. It's not always about how hard you hit someone but where and how.

I like the one in Secondhand Lions. Similar theme. Perhaps more believable.

So is pretty much every movie, mate. The point is to make it believable as you possibly can, without tipping over into farce. You can believe that an experienced fighter can beat an inexperienced one. Thats not an issue. The issue, for me anyway, usually comes when they take a hit. Thats usually when I start blowing big watery farts at the screen. See also small women beating up massive built dudes. Like The Woman King, seeing 50something Viola Davis taking haymakers from 25 year old heavy weight like they are nothing. Each punch enough to knock just about anyone on the planet out cold.

John Wick is another one. The gun play and stuff is fun, but as a tactical exercise, John Wick regularly gives up good cover for more sensational action shots that should have gotten him killed a million times over. The trick is making it fun. If you can do that, the audience forgives any bullshit. If you cant make it fun, the audience will nitpick it to fuck.

How long is it supposed to be?

Everybody thinks GenX are Boomers.

It’s because they’ve been right about that their entire lives.

They’re called Boomers beause they’re the largest generation. Being the largest generation means that you’re the generation with the most purchasing power, the most cultural cache, and the most voting power. Corporations, the media, and political parties have spent the past 50-60 years making the Boomers the foundation of their strategy.

The whole of mainstream society has been telling the Boomers for their entire lives that they’re the most important people in society.nIt’s only now that they’re dying off in a significant way that this strategy is starting to fail.

Nope he literally teaches the young pilots how to do the mission perfectly then at the end he goes “fuck it” I’ll do it myself and almost get myself killed for no reason.

problem is, you need the underdog to actually fail at least once

Is Tom Cruise an underdog at this point?

the first one or the 2nd one, the 2nd one was terrible.

Both Top Gun and Star Wars battles have more to do with WWII air battles than modern air or plausible sci-fi space battles.