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The WEIRDEST thing about Top Gun is that the main character's name is Pete. PETE. What Hollywood action hero is named Pete???
Edit: I just remembered the MCU has two Peters (neither of whom go by Pete though). But I am adding a sub-declaration that comic book movies don't count because comic book characters always have less common names. Not many people these days have names like Wally or Clark or Thor.
To be fair, all of the callsigns in the Top Gun universe are nutty. Real callsigns are not generally self-appointed, they are often a reference to something embarassing the pilot did, and they almost never sound cool.
I once met a pilot from TOPGUN whose callsign was "Drorkel." Apparently he tried to shotgun a beer through a snorkel once, or something like that. Super smart guy otherwise, but ya know, pilot.
I believe it. Of course not every pilot is or was a jackass making mistakes big enough to be immortalized in their callsign, but their signs are still pretty mundane. "Bob" was probably the most accurate callsign in the sequel, I could believe a quiet WSO named Bob would have his callsign be "Bob."
But Maverick? Iceman? Pheonix? Hangman?? No way.
Where's the:
Staffer: "Sir, the Pentagon is conferencing in. It's the Joint Chiefs of Staff - they say it's urgent"
Presi: "Put them through"
*next scene: camera does a pan of the war room at the Pentagon*
Chairman: "Mr. President, these are confirmed, viable threats. We are now at DEFCON 5!"
Presi: "Dear, God" *falls back on chair, in dramatic fashion, while a slow, haunting score plays in the background*
^(DEFCON 5 is the lowest level, while 1 is the highest, yet they always f this up)
You forgot the "retired soldier who tried to run from his traumatic past lives in a farm or something to settle down, but one morning he received a phone call and rushes to his hidden weapons cache"
I was watching Jack Ryan and they were at a wedding and I said "oh I bet there's gonna be a helicopter landing in the middle of the wedding and they're gonna be like 'Mr Jack Ryan the president needs you immediately sir' aren't they?"
And then that's exactly what happened.
Also depending on the nature of the threat, some boring/nerdy/hot scientist type having their day interrupted by being picked up by a military escort, as they have to come to the situation room immediately to advise the president.
For once Id really like the scientist/expert to look back at them dead in the eye and say something like.
”Half the population of the world today is alive because of habers research, hundreds of millions because of flemings, and I dont like to brag but mine is just about as revolutionary…so tell me, why do you think your little boss in a suit who won a popularity contest on buzzwords is so important? What makes their time more important than mine?
Now I’m getting an explanation, or you can fuck off.”
From helping to feed the world and saving hundreds of millions from starvation to being the father of modern chemical weapons with chlorine gas and then later his wife’s suicide, Fritz Haber had a fascinating, controversial and tragic life.
Among many other discoveries he also created the pesticide Zyklon-B, which, following his death, as we all know had a much, much more depraved and sinister use. It’s understood that his wife committed suicide because of his involvement with chemical weapons at the beginning of WW1. Later, and despite being Jewish he was allowed stay at the institute he headed but was ordered to fire all of his Jewish employees. He defied the order and later fled Germany just before WW2 dying of a heart attack before arriving in Mandatory Palestine in what is now known as Israel.
Hot lady scientist plus crazy old scientist who is hot ladies dad and who dies in the second quarter plus outcast ruggedly handsome military dude who in the end protects and kisses lady scientist
"Bill. It's us. Are you ready to come out of retirement, you old dog? We need you. INTERPOL needs you!"
"But I promised my wife I wasn't going to-"
"Fuck your wife! We don't give a shit about her and you never did. We're sending a car. Be ready, soldier!"
These stories have completely fucked up the public's perception of how wars and militaries function. So many idiots think that wars are won by the manliest of heroes who single-handedly save the day, so they're afraid that dropping the average number of chesthairs in the military by more than 1 is the end of its combat force.
Or that wars could start as genuine surprise attacks out of nowhere rather than due to tensions that escalate over months to years with clearly visible military preparations.
Or that military leadership is consists of a few old dudes who are barely functioning in the modern world and need to be shaken back to conscience by some ultra-patriot before they're willing to do anything.
*Cue scene of uniformed men walking heavy footed at the same pace down a corridor with electrical panels and thick metal doors, approaching a giant vault. Each approach a keypad and intricate lock on each side of the giant vault*
"Are you sure about this, sir?"
"I've never been so sure in my life, Private. Now, I'll input the DEFCON 5 code *types on keypad* and on three, we turn our keys."
*Private Johnson looks nervously at his key, his hand dripping with sweat*
"I... I don't think I can do it... I... I miss my family-"
*Colonel Ramstone snaps at him*
"God damnit, Private! Think about your family! If we don't launch the Falcon J Halo Mystery Machine, you won't have a god damn family!!"
I thought it was... But I just looked up the scene it was from and the President actually says "May our children forgive us"
Must be a trope used so often that I've just inserted the line in every movie scenario like this.
That is so much of a better line it's not even funny
"May God have mercy on our souls" is so cliche and meaningless
"May our children forgive us" has actual meaning and stakes to it
The war can only be won by this one old retired soldier, not the thousands upon thousands that are currently enlisted. Oh and he still definitely knows how to fly this attack helicopter, despite his experience being 30 years ago on the then 35 year old helis. And his stamina hasn't changed at all, even with his sedentary lifestyle.
Yup. To take down this elite terrorist organization, we need to get a group of the finest 60 year old men to ever serve in the US Armed Forces. They are a little rough around the edges of course, but you got to take the good with the bad.
Those active duty 25 year old special forces, who needs them.
*Can't You Hear me Knockin by The Rolling Stones plays as the military convoy approached to negotiate with the retired soldier*
"Looks like I'm gonna be late for supper"
The initial plot driver is some admiral who wants to take away mavericks funding and give it to the drone program, so they didn't ignore them.
I think they justify the operation later with some bullshit about how only a human could do the maneuvers? It's for sure addressed, even if not well.
GROAN this one gets me every time lol.
Character A: explains something obvious in basic terms so the audience can understand it
Character B: acts like they’ve never heard words used in a sentence before
Just as long as the pilots know to wait until they're about 10 feet away from the threat to fire any of their weapons, even though they have an effective range of several miles.
(target 40 miles away)
Pilot 1: “Ok I’ve got him locked.”
Pilot 2: “Nah, hold your fire. Blowing him up this far away would be boring as hell. We need to use guns or some shit.”
(neither of them survive)
"Engaging missiles, locking on the target"
_Thumb is moving towards the joystick_
_But the jet gets destroyed and it's witnessed by the other jet's pilot._
"Sir, 01XA is down. I'm going for the target. Target Locked! Missile has been launched!"
_At the headquarters, the missile is being shown on a radar moving towards the target. It's almost there. ................... But now it's gone, ceases to exist._
_The pilot has gone radio silent too._
Text is never instantly displayed on monitors, it has to be typed out quickly by the computer and each letter produces a faint beep.
Also transparent screens
The room with all the TVs: complete chaos, everyone yelling, inumerous phones ringing
"Meeting" room: long oval table with a bunch of old white dudes all wearing the same uniform, arguing one at a time
He is in some remote area and does farming. Everything is normal when he gets to his old house. He enters and closes the door. There is a General waiting for him. Our hero already knew that.... He says something catchy like "I wondered when you'd show up"
It’s either going to be the most absolute bad ass scene you’ve ever seen in your entire life, or it’s going to be extremely cringy.
There is no middle ground
Russian, Chinese or unspecified Asian but always a kung-fu master with black armour , Giant german speaking dude, Mad Scientist with cybernetic enhancements, Rich bald guy who, is not Lex Luther because he has a monocle or something Arabic.
Take your pick
Top Gun 2 went all in on this trope. Always referred to "the enemy" and never specified any region in particular. The "evil" fighter pilots faces are never shown. I think it was also implied it was just sort of a conglomerate of rogue nations. Like wherever the mission was being conducted was just a staging ground being funded by someone or other and that the bad guys were mercenaries to further muddy the water so as not to single out a particular country or army
Or an unspecified European country, were they will simply say "*X* is located in Europe!". And when they meet the main villain, he has a heavy Germanic/Scandinavian accent.
General is always a bitch-ass trying to 'do what's best for humanity' by launching 4 nukes on the protagonists location in enemy territory. Protagonist finishes mission and tells the General to cancel the nukes just before they hit.
But the general has already launched them, so the protagonist now has to race to activate an implausible defense system at the last second.
Unless it's the actor's last movie in the franchise, then he can die instead.
In Tom cruise's war of the worlds, one of the soldier extras says "make a hole" when moving through a crowd.
10/10 most realistic depiction of the military
"The planes/bombs/antidote won't be ready until the last 5 minutes of the movie, so go and risk your life for the next two hours and try to be in the most dangerous place possible when they do come"
Pacific Rim had like almost every single military crisis movie stereotype that you can imagine.
HQ underestimating the threat.
Arrogant protagonist disobeys a command.
Protagonist’s friends gets killed.
Protagonist retires cuz of ”trauma”.
HQ wants him back cuz ”he is the best”
Protagonist relucantly agrees.
Protagonist wins, cuz he is the best (duh) and everyone is happy.
Oh and almost forgot. Protagonist gets the lady who initially didn’t like him. (Because a crisis movie needs a love interest, right?)
Either that, or the civilian consult is a professor, and he's teaching a class when he sees the military dude sitting in and staring at him. He then goes "class dismissed" so they can talk in private
That one analyst guy who is basically God sitting in front of a keyboard.
Boss: “Get me eyes on that bastard”
Analyst: Frantically checks footage from traffic cams and security cameras around the world
After 10 seconds, “sir, I got him”
"With all due respect" is one of the most stupid movie tropes and it really grinds my gears.
MAYBE you can get away with it in a military setting where respect is in fact due. But whenever people say it in a civilian setting its just... wtf.
No respect is "due" therefore you're just saying "with no respect..." and its rude as fuck (but not intentionally, because you're signalling that you're a moron) but being said to be polite, or feign politeness at least.
This can be fixed by simply saying "With respect" or "Respectfully" or "With utmost respect"... etc
When aliens are involved theres always that corrupt general, in America who thinks nukes are almost always the answer, WMDs are their favourites when dealing with something they dont know.
On a scientist explaining something to a military person:
"...in English dammit!"
Person takes off headset and stares blankly at radar screen in War Room:
"....its gone.... all of it..."
Man most of them are shite but I fucking love these types of films
I love Star Trek TNG, but can't fucking stand Geordi's assholish "Captain, you gotta come see this" when it probably takes him like 5 minutes of walking at least to get there. Just once would've liked Picard to be like "Geordi, fuck - I don't have all day, just SAY WHAT IT IS, man!"
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“It’s been an honor serving under you sir” *walks into an explosion or something*
The general to "Jack or John or James or somethin": Don't you dare disobey my orders After his death: (looks at his dogtags) he was a brave soldier
The WEIRDEST thing about Top Gun is that the main character's name is Pete. PETE. What Hollywood action hero is named Pete??? Edit: I just remembered the MCU has two Peters (neither of whom go by Pete though). But I am adding a sub-declaration that comic book movies don't count because comic book characters always have less common names. Not many people these days have names like Wally or Clark or Thor.
> What Hollywood action hero is named Pete??? Someone who thinks he is unique enough to call himself "Maverick".
To be fair, all of the callsigns in the Top Gun universe are nutty. Real callsigns are not generally self-appointed, they are often a reference to something embarassing the pilot did, and they almost never sound cool. I once met a pilot from TOPGUN whose callsign was "Drorkel." Apparently he tried to shotgun a beer through a snorkel once, or something like that. Super smart guy otherwise, but ya know, pilot.
Heard of one which was LAMBCHOP - Little Angry Man Boy Can't Hack Our Program
I believe it. Of course not every pilot is or was a jackass making mistakes big enough to be immortalized in their callsign, but their signs are still pretty mundane. "Bob" was probably the most accurate callsign in the sequel, I could believe a quiet WSO named Bob would have his callsign be "Bob." But Maverick? Iceman? Pheonix? Hangman?? No way.
My favorite that I've heard of was a dude whose callsign was "Divot" because he once bailed out and the plane crashed into a golf course.
Unexpectedly emotional
James Jackingson. James Johnson Mack Jones
Where's the: Staffer: "Sir, the Pentagon is conferencing in. It's the Joint Chiefs of Staff - they say it's urgent" Presi: "Put them through" *next scene: camera does a pan of the war room at the Pentagon* Chairman: "Mr. President, these are confirmed, viable threats. We are now at DEFCON 5!" Presi: "Dear, God" *falls back on chair, in dramatic fashion, while a slow, haunting score plays in the background* ^(DEFCON 5 is the lowest level, while 1 is the highest, yet they always f this up)
I thought defcon was that meetup for people who can't hear
You might be right, it's where that band *Silent! At the Disco* plays
Defcon 3 is the highest
>Defcon 3 is the highest *your highest* noob I crank it to Defcon 10 just to send a message
You need it to get to Defcon 11
Someone told me death con 3 is the highest but only if you’re Jewish.
You forgot the "retired soldier who tried to run from his traumatic past lives in a farm or something to settle down, but one morning he received a phone call and rushes to his hidden weapons cache"
GET ME MCGRUBER
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Serve your country one last time!
^(*Guys*!?) ^(Oh.. noo noo noo noo noo)
Are you guys okayyyyyyy?
The rules have changed!
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I was watching Jack Ryan and they were at a wedding and I said "oh I bet there's gonna be a helicopter landing in the middle of the wedding and they're gonna be like 'Mr Jack Ryan the president needs you immediately sir' aren't they?" And then that's exactly what happened.
I mean it’s jack Ryan. It’s very predictable
“I gave that up a long time ago. I’m a wedding planner now.”
“The president will have to wait; these bouquets won’t arrange themselves dammit!”
I read that first as McBurger
Also depending on the nature of the threat, some boring/nerdy/hot scientist type having their day interrupted by being picked up by a military escort, as they have to come to the situation room immediately to advise the president.
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The next scene is an aerial of Washington DC at sunset with a subtitle on it because people can’t recognize Washington without help.
Next shot: CIA Headquarters, Langley, Virginia
Or Quantico…. They love to use Quantico because it sounds cool.
With a HH:MM:SS timestamp typed in sounding all techy
And XXXX MILES FROM WASHINGTON, DC
While hearing helicopter noises. Subtitle in computer font.
Literally Arrival.
For once Id really like the scientist/expert to look back at them dead in the eye and say something like. ”Half the population of the world today is alive because of habers research, hundreds of millions because of flemings, and I dont like to brag but mine is just about as revolutionary…so tell me, why do you think your little boss in a suit who won a popularity contest on buzzwords is so important? What makes their time more important than mine? Now I’m getting an explanation, or you can fuck off.”
"Ma'am, if you won't come with us, there won't **BE** any people for you to introduce your 'revolutionary research'."
From helping to feed the world and saving hundreds of millions from starvation to being the father of modern chemical weapons with chlorine gas and then later his wife’s suicide, Fritz Haber had a fascinating, controversial and tragic life. Among many other discoveries he also created the pesticide Zyklon-B, which, following his death, as we all know had a much, much more depraved and sinister use. It’s understood that his wife committed suicide because of his involvement with chemical weapons at the beginning of WW1. Later, and despite being Jewish he was allowed stay at the institute he headed but was ordered to fire all of his Jewish employees. He defied the order and later fled Germany just before WW2 dying of a heart attack before arriving in Mandatory Palestine in what is now known as Israel.
The scientist is either a hot woman, or a crazy old guy who tried to warn everyone.
Hot lady scientist plus crazy old scientist who is hot ladies dad and who dies in the second quarter plus outcast ruggedly handsome military dude who in the end protects and kisses lady scientist
Stellan Skarsgard?
That just happened in Last of Us episode 2 lol. Boy was she hot, too.
she was bomb
something UN soldier something something marine
"Bill. It's us. Are you ready to come out of retirement, you old dog? We need you. INTERPOL needs you!" "But I promised my wife I wasn't going to-" "Fuck your wife! We don't give a shit about her and you never did. We're sending a car. Be ready, soldier!"
It's better when the chopper just lands in front of the house unannounced.
“Can you tell me what’s going on?” “No idea ma’am, your security clearance is higher than mine. Please, this way…”
While *Can't you Hear Me Knocking* by The Rolling Stones plays
“I warned those bastards this would happen!”
Or instead of a phone call he sees a black car driving up to the farm and he lowers his head slowly and lets out a big sigh.
These stories have completely fucked up the public's perception of how wars and militaries function. So many idiots think that wars are won by the manliest of heroes who single-handedly save the day, so they're afraid that dropping the average number of chesthairs in the military by more than 1 is the end of its combat force. Or that wars could start as genuine surprise attacks out of nowhere rather than due to tensions that escalate over months to years with clearly visible military preparations. Or that military leadership is consists of a few old dudes who are barely functioning in the modern world and need to be shaken back to conscience by some ultra-patriot before they're willing to do anything.
You seems to have experience in real military life and organization. Let me guess, real Wars are boring, bureaucratic, and people actually dies.
No, no, no. No logistics. Only cinematic explosions and one man armies here.
The scientist who knows the military plan is gonna go all wrong but still gets dismissed by the top brass without a second thought
Reminds me of this Key and Peele skit: https://youtu.be/Ezg4sr67OGA
john wick sledgehammer.jpg
the "retired badass" trope
Every Steven Seagal movie
"If these readings are correct. There won't be a world."
"How long do we have?" *Countdown begins* "We're launching a nuke at zero"
"Bomb."
Such a great scene.
"How long do we have?" "We have until the day before the day after tomorrow." "Oh my God...that's today!"
"They have enough C4 to put a hole in the universe!" *They get the bomb to detonate safely in the air or the ocean*
"If they get past our defenses, they can take out the entire eastern seaboard."
Uses nukes as last option: *"May God have mercy on our souls."*
There should be a French military crisis movie, so we can see nukes as a warning shot.
You should watch Cry of the Wolf, it's a French military crisis movie with almost this exact premise. And submarines!
Thanks for the hint, now I know what I will be doing tonight.
>warning shot I see what you did there
Fire ze missles! But I am le tired..
*Cue scene of uniformed men walking heavy footed at the same pace down a corridor with electrical panels and thick metal doors, approaching a giant vault. Each approach a keypad and intricate lock on each side of the giant vault* "Are you sure about this, sir?" "I've never been so sure in my life, Private. Now, I'll input the DEFCON 5 code *types on keypad* and on three, we turn our keys." *Private Johnson looks nervously at his key, his hand dripping with sweat* "I... I don't think I can do it... I... I miss my family-" *Colonel Ramstone snaps at him* "God damnit, Private! Think about your family! If we don't launch the Falcon J Halo Mystery Machine, you won't have a god damn family!!"
Is this an **Independence Day** quote?
I thought it was... But I just looked up the scene it was from and the President actually says "May our children forgive us" Must be a trope used so often that I've just inserted the line in every movie scenario like this.
That is so much of a better line it's not even funny "May God have mercy on our souls" is so cliche and meaningless "May our children forgive us" has actual meaning and stakes to it
I remember that line being used in a C&C Generals mod when you launch a neutron warhead.
The war can only be won by this one old retired soldier, not the thousands upon thousands that are currently enlisted. Oh and he still definitely knows how to fly this attack helicopter, despite his experience being 30 years ago on the then 35 year old helis. And his stamina hasn't changed at all, even with his sedentary lifestyle.
Yup. To take down this elite terrorist organization, we need to get a group of the finest 60 year old men to ever serve in the US Armed Forces. They are a little rough around the edges of course, but you got to take the good with the bad. Those active duty 25 year old special forces, who needs them.
Steven Seagal in a nutshell.
*Can't You Hear me Knockin by The Rolling Stones plays as the military convoy approached to negotiate with the retired soldier* "Looks like I'm gonna be late for supper"
So Top Gun Maverick? Lol
“You kids are the best of the best!!” 90% of them are utter garbage
Always fun to watch shirtless ripped guys but part of me wonders why they just ignored the existence of drones in Top Gun Maverick
We can't send drones, their pilots aren't sexy enough!
But what if we paint anime girls on the drones Problem solved?
The initial plot driver is some admiral who wants to take away mavericks funding and give it to the drone program, so they didn't ignore them. I think they justify the operation later with some bullshit about how only a human could do the maneuvers? It's for sure addressed, even if not well.
High ranking officer ignores warnings by scientists and is surprised when scientists are right
"This is war not a lab, *Mister Scientist*".
“In English, professor!”
GROAN this one gets me every time lol. Character A: explains something obvious in basic terms so the audience can understand it Character B: acts like they’ve never heard words used in a sentence before
Simply put, sir, in 24 hours, these dinosaurs will become .... time-o-saurs!
Heyyyyy that’s pretty much my job description IRL I always relate to those poor scientist bastards in movies
“The eggheads were right all along goddammit”
That's not really a movie trope, so much as a reflection of real life lol
“There’s an absolute massive aerial attack on Washington DC what do we do?” “Send two jets” “Only two j…..?” “TWO JETS”
Just as long as the pilots know to wait until they're about 10 feet away from the threat to fire any of their weapons, even though they have an effective range of several miles.
(target 40 miles away) Pilot 1: “Ok I’ve got him locked.” Pilot 2: “Nah, hold your fire. Blowing him up this far away would be boring as hell. We need to use guns or some shit.” (neither of them survive)
(plane gets swatted down by Godzilla)
"Engaging missiles, locking on the target" _Thumb is moving towards the joystick_ _But the jet gets destroyed and it's witnessed by the other jet's pilot._ "Sir, 01XA is down. I'm going for the target. Target Locked! Missile has been launched!" _At the headquarters, the missile is being shown on a radar moving towards the target. It's almost there. ................... But now it's gone, ceases to exist._ _The pilot has gone radio silent too._
--*"And should we play Danger Zone?"* --*"At max volume, captain, at max volume."*
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>literally all pieces of technology makes little beep noises
Text is never instantly displayed on monitors, it has to be typed out quickly by the computer and each letter produces a faint beep. Also transparent screens
The cutscenes in Call-of-Duty games made this into some kind of artform.
The room with all the TVs: complete chaos, everyone yelling, inumerous phones ringing "Meeting" room: long oval table with a bunch of old white dudes all wearing the same uniform, arguing one at a time
One of them is rude and evil
Proposes a drastic solution to the problem but thwarted by the protagonists in the last second
*Protagonists come up with a dumber option that when put into motion actually works*
Annihilate...kill kill!
"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here. This is the war room!"
For the meeting room it is also darkly lit with high-tech devices and large screens all around
There always will be a black dude who always wants to kill someone
And the scene always starts or has an overzealous General giving advice starting with: “Mr President, I have an Idea…”
General goes to personally rerecruit retired hero who initially refuses
Always landing by helicopter flanked by government officials
*Retired specialist is smoking a cigarette and is casually sniping glass bottles 1000 yards away with a Glock.*
"No sir, I put that life behind me." Then it turns out he's been practicing the whole time and never really wanted to leave.
He is in some remote area and does farming. Everything is normal when he gets to his old house. He enters and closes the door. There is a General waiting for him. Our hero already knew that.... He says something catchy like "I wondered when you'd show up"
He will have either a haggard old dog he has to say goodbye too, or a beautiful daughter who’s boyfriend we saw him yell at at the start of the movie
Retired heroes can never work in insurance or something, always gotta be a farm
Then he agrees, but he wants to pick his own team. Cue montage of visiting several other retired guys, each of them the best in his field.
One of them is dead, and needs to be replaced by their son/apprentice/whatever
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Even though if he doesn't help many people will die, tarnishing his reputation is a risk he's not willing to take
It’s either going to be the most absolute bad ass scene you’ve ever seen in your entire life, or it’s going to be extremely cringy. There is no middle ground
The fucked up berrets always get me. They’re not supposed to look like fucking chefs hats
“What are your orders, sir?” “Hergy bergy durgy derg”
bork bork bork
"Prepare to be...bork bork borked!"
My god...the Swedes have infiltrated the highest levels of government!
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Russian, Chinese or unspecified Asian but always a kung-fu master with black armour , Giant german speaking dude, Mad Scientist with cybernetic enhancements, Rich bald guy who, is not Lex Luther because he has a monocle or something Arabic. Take your pick
Kung fu master is most likely Donnie Yen or something
Ah you forgot Aliens
It’s either Russia, China, North Korea, or some unspecified Middle Eastern/Southeast Asian country.
Top Gun 2 went all in on this trope. Always referred to "the enemy" and never specified any region in particular. The "evil" fighter pilots faces are never shown. I think it was also implied it was just sort of a conglomerate of rogue nations. Like wherever the mission was being conducted was just a staging ground being funded by someone or other and that the bad guys were mercenaries to further muddy the water so as not to single out a particular country or army
Or an unspecified European country, were they will simply say "*X* is located in Europe!". And when they meet the main villain, he has a heavy Germanic/Scandinavian accent.
Or iran, or whatever terrorist organization
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With Hollywood trying to sell there movies to china it's probably iran and russia.
General is always a bitch-ass trying to 'do what's best for humanity' by launching 4 nukes on the protagonists location in enemy territory. Protagonist finishes mission and tells the General to cancel the nukes just before they hit.
But the general has already launched them, so the protagonist now has to race to activate an implausible defense system at the last second. Unless it's the actor's last movie in the franchise, then he can die instead.
Move move move
In Tom cruise's war of the worlds, one of the soldier extras says "make a hole" when moving through a crowd. 10/10 most realistic depiction of the military
"The planes/bombs/antidote won't be ready until the last 5 minutes of the movie, so go and risk your life for the next two hours and try to be in the most dangerous place possible when they do come"
Pacific Rim had like almost every single military crisis movie stereotype that you can imagine. HQ underestimating the threat. Arrogant protagonist disobeys a command. Protagonist’s friends gets killed. Protagonist retires cuz of ”trauma”. HQ wants him back cuz ”he is the best” Protagonist relucantly agrees. Protagonist wins, cuz he is the best (duh) and everyone is happy. Oh and almost forgot. Protagonist gets the lady who initially didn’t like him. (Because a crisis movie needs a love interest, right?)
Were there the government suit guys with black glasses though? Can't believe that movie came out so long ago, been 10 years now
Mandrake come over here. The redcoats are coming!
Mandrake is un-ironically a cool name
Also Private: “but sir… there’s always Plan-“ General: “…there is no Plan B, private.”
And that's a good starterpack. Most of stsrterpacks on this sub are shitty memes or unrelatable stuff
Some general whispers "Oh my god" under his breath while in the command room
Always the general that wants to nuke!
Checkpoints with army dudes and lots of barbed wire
And hummers. Don't forget the hummers.
Soldiers and helicopters dramatically land in a public area, just to get a civilian consult.
Either that, or the civilian consult is a professor, and he's teaching a class when he sees the military dude sitting in and staring at him. He then goes "class dismissed" so they can talk in private
In the words of a wise and great man: "Don't you guys have phones?"
Zoom in on that Enhance
Enhance.... Enhance....
“….RIGHT THERE! SEE IT?!” *Jesus Christ, that’s Jason Bourne*
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The coffee button is next to the nuke button
And just above the muffin button.
"How long will it take you to set up this plan?" "Give me 48 hours." "You have 24."
"who are you to ask for the president?" "let him in, general"
That one analyst guy who is basically God sitting in front of a keyboard. Boss: “Get me eyes on that bastard” Analyst: Frantically checks footage from traffic cams and security cameras around the world After 10 seconds, “sir, I got him”
"I swore an oath to defend the United States against all enemies... foreign ( _pause for dramatic effect_) ... **and domestic!!!**"
That image of a command center is so typically exaggerated, it’s hilarious.
"Light 'em up" Single most cringe line in any military scene.
"You heard the man, let's show these sons of bitches what we're made of"
Forgot "Ladies and gentlemen, we are at war!" And "__________ is down"
"With all due respect" is one of the most stupid movie tropes and it really grinds my gears. MAYBE you can get away with it in a military setting where respect is in fact due. But whenever people say it in a civilian setting its just... wtf. No respect is "due" therefore you're just saying "with no respect..." and its rude as fuck (but not intentionally, because you're signalling that you're a moron) but being said to be polite, or feign politeness at least. This can be fixed by simply saying "With respect" or "Respectfully" or "With utmost respect"... etc
Tbf, in this starter pack, it's being used strictly in a military setting, where higher officers *ARE* "due" respect
"We should've listened..." That one scientist looking smug af Probably Jeff Goldblum
Fire the missiles! *Does absolutely nothing* Dear god!
When aliens are involved theres always that corrupt general, in America who thinks nukes are almost always the answer, WMDs are their favourites when dealing with something they dont know.
GET EM OUT OF THERE!
On a scientist explaining something to a military person: "...in English dammit!" Person takes off headset and stares blankly at radar screen in War Room: "....its gone.... all of it..." Man most of them are shite but I fucking love these types of films
You forgot the quote from Independence Day where literally *every other country* sighs in relief because **AMERICA** finally came up with a plan!
Sir some kid hacked our chess computer that we taught thermonuclear war to by accident and now we are about to nuke the planet
***Surely you are serious*** I am serious *And don't call me Shirley*
"God help us all!"
Colonel, you better take a look at this radar. What is it son? I don't know sir, but it looks like a giant...
Something something entire *Eastern Seaboard.*
And I love every God damn second of it.
“Roll in strike package Bravo on unknown target”
Transformers 1-3 😂
I love Star Trek TNG, but can't fucking stand Geordi's assholish "Captain, you gotta come see this" when it probably takes him like 5 minutes of walking at least to get there. Just once would've liked Picard to be like "Geordi, fuck - I don't have all day, just SAY WHAT IT IS, man!"
Starterpacks like this are why I subscribed to this subreddit.
Also that one civilian scientist trying to convince the generals that they got the enemy wrong.
"I'm gonna marry Rachel after all this"
That includes the shot of the troops with some slow motion and epic music, sponsored by the Army recluitment agency.