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Butch_Beth t1_j6mppvd wrote

Reply to comment by SutterCane in Why Film Festivals Are Steering Clear of Controversial Movies by BobRobot77

They never say it's the USSR in Top Gun.

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SutterCane t1_j6mt2z0 wrote

Huh.

  1. takes place during the Cold War

  2. bad guys have MiGs

  3. everyone is following the rules of engagement between US and Soviet forces

But I guess you’re right. They don’t say it, which means it’s totally not the USSR.

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The_Sundial_Man t1_j6mvktw wrote

Just like the enemy in Maverick is totally not North Korea.

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kinglearthrowaway t1_j6n0qxi wrote

Lol it’s funny you say that bc I saw them as “totally not Iran”

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Epyr t1_j6ncbzt wrote

It's Iran, not North Korea. They are trying to stop them from getting nukes. NK already has nukes.

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PureLock33 t1_j6p9rst wrote

Plus Iran still fields F14 Tomcats. They literally make their own spare parts for them since the US stopped making replacement parts.

So much wink wink to the audience. Totally not Iran, guys.

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Streets-Ahead- t1_j6ng1sn wrote

Tiem for history lesson

  1. Lots of counties had MiGs, the Soviets exported them.

  2. The battle at the end of Top Gun is loosely inspired by a real life incident in 80s where American Tomcats engaged Libyan fighters.

  3. An earlier draft of the script actually specified North Korean enemies.

  4. The insignia on the enemy fighters is fictional.

  5. Nobody at the end seems concerned at all that World War III may have just started.

Whoever they're fighting can be assumed to be a Soviet-aligned country, but it wasn't Big Red itself.

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Butch_Beth t1_j6nfdy7 wrote

MIG's were sold to many communist nations and in the movie are actually repainted F5's, they don't say it's Iran in the new movie either, but everyone knows it's Operation Opera.

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